US 7,515,800 B2
	Display device with fiber-optic arrangement
Steffen Reichel, Mehlingen (Germany); Burkhard Danielzik, Bingen (Germany); Kevin Tabor, Webster, Mass. (US); and Michael Weisser, Southbridge, Mass. (US)
Assigned to Schott AG, (Germany)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/855,056.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2006 043 947 (DE), filed on Sep. 14, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0069505 A1, Mar. 20, 2008
Int. Cl. G02B 6/04 (2006.01); G02B 6/06 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 385—120  [385/115; 385/901]

30 Claims

1. A display device having a fiber-optic plate and a display with an image plane on which the image information of the display is generated, and having a display with a light emission lobe directed further forward compared with a Lambert radiator, the fiber-optic plate comprising a fiber bundle with a multiplicity of fiber cores extending beside one another, which are enclosed by a cladding material and which transmit light from an entry face of the fiber-optic plate, facing the display, to an exit face of the fiber-optic plate, wherein the entry face of the fiber-optic plate lies at least 300 micrometers away from the image plane.