Patent ID: 7534000

Claim:
A vehicle display comprising: a display housing, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a display light guide, a first light source and a second light source, the display housing defining a plurality of telltale apertures, the LCD being coupled to the display housing and including a display screen, the display screen including a first portion, which is selectively operable for displaying a first set of vehicle data, and a plurality of second portions that are selectively operable for displaying a second set of vehicle data, the display light guide being disposed between the LCD and the first and second light sources, the first light source being selectively operable such that light generated by the first light source is transmitted through the display light guide and back illuminates the first portion of the display screen, the second light source being comprised of a plurality of light source sets, each of the light source sets being received in an associated one of the telltale apertures and being selectively operable such that light generated by each of the light source sets is transmitted through the display light guide and back illuminates an associated one of the second portions of the display screen; wherein the second set of vehicle data consists of symbols, wherein the display housing includes a predetermined quantity of telltale apertures and wherein at least one of the second portions of the display screen toggles between two or more symbols when a quantity of symbols to be displayed exceeds the predetermined quantity of telltale apertures; wherein one of the first and second light sources is configured to transmit the light generated therefrom directly through the display light guide without altering a direction of the light generated by the one of the first and second light sources; and wherein the other one of the first and second light sources is configured to transmit the light generated therefrom into the display light guide in a manner that causes the display light guide to alter a direction of the light generated by the other one of the first and second light sources.