Patent ID: 8816838

Claim:
A transmission position indicator for a vehicle, comprising: a housing; a PCB (printed circuit board) embedded in the housing, wherein a light source is provided at a predetermined position on the PCB; a light guide plate provided above the PCB and receiving light from the light source, wherein the light guide plate includes light-diffusion-ink patterns printed on a surface thereof, each of the light-diffusion-ink patterns having ink dots; and a cover coupled to an upper end of the housing, wherein the cover is made of opaque material and includes gear indication characters therein, the gear indication characters being made of transparent material, so that the light transmitted from the light guide plate is emitted outside the cover through the gear indication characters; wherein the light-diffusion-ink patterns are printed on the light guide plate at positions spaced apart from each other by predetermined distances corresponding to the respective gear indication characters; and wherein the light-diffusion-ink patterns have shapes corresponding to the respective gear indication characters.