Meter for motor vehicle
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsYoshiyuki Furuya, Tetsuya Sugiyama
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Abstract
A meter for a motor vehicle includes a meter case 4 for protecting components of the meter which are incorporated therein, and a front cover 9 composed of a prism which is a part of a convex lens and provided in front of the meter case 4. A dial plate 5 of the meter has an outer contour in a substantially elliptical shape so that a virtual image of the dial plate as seen through the front cover 9 may look like a substantially perfect circle. Since the virtual image of the dial plate 5 is expanded in a vertical direction due to magnification inherent in the prism 9, the dial plate 5 formed in a substantially elliptical shape will be deformed into a substantially perfect circle in sight.
Claims2
A meter for a motor vehicle comprising;
- a meter case for protecting components of said meter which are incorporated therein, and
- a front cover composed of a prism which is a part of a convex lens and provided in front of said meter case,
- wherein a dial plate of said meter has an outer contour in a substantially elliptical shape so that a virtual image of said dial plate as seen through said front cover may look like a substantially perfect circle.
A meter for a motor vehicle comprising;
- a meter case for protecting components of said meter which are incorporated therein, and
- a front cover composed of a prism which is a part of a convex lens and provided in front of said meter case,
- wherein a dial plate of said meter is provided with an outline in a substantially elliptical shape encircling a dial on said dial plate so that a virtual image of said outline as seen through said front cover may look like a substantially perfect circle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.