Patent ID: 7780304

Claim:
A vehicle instrument cluster lens assembly for reducing glare comprising: a first layer having a polarizing orientation for transforming incident light into polarized light having a first orientation that corresponds to the polarizing orientation: a second layer for receiving the polarized light and shifting the first orientation of the polarized light to a second orientation that is different than the first orientation; a light guide comprising a first interior surface facing a second surface for propagating light from a display light, the display light connected to said light guide, and at least partially external to said light guide, to a reflector having a reflector surface which reflects light from the light guide through the interior facing surface and the second surface toward the second layer and having an outer surface for receiving polarized light from the second layer and at least partially reflecting the polarized light in a direction toward the second layer, wherein the second layer shifts the second orientation of the polarized light to a third orientation that is different from the polarizing orientation of the first layer.