Device for illuminating a plate of transparent or translucent material, particularly in a vehicle instrument panel

摘要

The device for illuminating a plate 40 by refraction, using a lamp 12 situated behind the plate 40 under an opaque rim 44 of the latter, comprises a thin element 50 made of a translucent or transparent material which is placed between the plate 40 and the base 48 of an opaque box 46 which contains the lamp 12 and is closed by the plate 40. The invention relates particularly to the illuminating of certain translucent plates in a vehicle instrument panel. IMAGE