Patent ID: 8727549
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: B60K,G01D

Abstract:
1. A lighting system comprising: a display having first and second opposed sides; a pointer at least partially disposed on the first opposed side of the display; a motor disposed on the second opposed side of the display for moving the pointer; a lighting element disposed within the motor on the second opposed side of the display for lighting the pointer, the motor comprising a shaftless stepper motor and the lighting element being disposed within a shaftless portion of the shaftless stepper motor; a lens disposed on the first opposed side of the display with the pointer at least partially disposed between the first opposed side of the display and the lens; and a coating disposed on an underside of the lens facing the pointer and the display, wherein the coating is made of a material which when excited by light emits light onto the display creating a shadow of at least a portion of the pointer on the display.