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US 10,500,957 B2Granted
Meter cluster and meter cluster system
AssigneesDENSO International America, Inc., Denso Corporation
InventorsCharles Jaber, Kazushige Hara, Gareth Webb
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a meter cluster. The meter cluster includes a first luminous panel and a second luminous panel. The first luminous panel indicates first information. The second luminous panel is arranged in front of the first luminous panel. The second luminous panel indicates second information. Each of the first luminous panel and the second luminous panel has transparency. The first information of the first luminous panel is visible through the second luminous panel.
Claims8
A meter cluster comprising:
- a first luminous panel that indicates first information;
- and
- a second luminous panel that is arranged in front of the first luminous panel, the second luminous panel indicating second information, wherein
- each of the first luminous panel and the second luminous panel has transparency, and
- the first information of the first luminous panel is visible through the second luminous panel, wherein
- the meter cluster further comprises:
- a first pointer that is used for indicating the first information;
- and
- a second pointer that is used for indicating the second information,
- the first pointer and the second pointer indicate the first information and the second information, respectively, when both the first information and the second information are lit,
- each of the first information and the second information is shown as a circular shape,
- the first information and the second information are shown to be coaxial with a common axis, and
- the first and second pointers rotate about the common axis,
- the first information is either one of a tachometer and a speedometer,
- the second information is the other one of the tachometer and the speedometer, and
- the first luminous panel is away from the second luminous panel along the common axis and gives the first information depth perception.
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A meter cluster system comprising:
- a first luminous panel that indicates first information;
- a second luminous panel that is arranged in front of the first luminous panel, the second luminous panel indicating second information;
- a first light source that emits a light toward the first luminous panel;
- a second light source that emits a light toward the second luminous panel;
- and
- a controller that controls the first light source and the second light source, wherein
- each of the first luminous panel and the second luminous panel has transparency,
- the first information is lit when the controller controls the first light source to emit the light,
- the second information is lit when the controller controls the second light source to emit the light, and
- the first information of the first luminous panel is visible through the second luminous panel,
- the meter cluster system further comprises:
- a first pointer;
- a second pointer;
- a first motor that drives the first pointer to rotate, the first motor being controlled by the controller;
- and
- a second motor that drives the second pointer to rotate, the second motor being controlled by the controller,
- the controller controls the first light source to emit the light, the second light source to emit the light, the first motor to have the first pointer indicate the first information, and the second motor to have the second pointer indicate the second information,
- each of the first information and the second information is shown as a circular shape,
- the first information and the second information are shown to be coaxial with a common axis, and
- the first and second pointers rotate about the common axis,
- the first information is either one of a tachometer and a speedometer,
- the second information is the other one of the tachometer and the speedometer, and
- the first luminous panel is away from the second luminous panel along the common axis and gives the first information depth perception.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.