[illumination structure of a meter]

An illumination structure installed in a meter comprising a casing covered with a glass cover, a faceplate marked with graduations and mounted inside said casing, at least one circuit board mounted inside said casing, a mini motor mounted in said circuit board, said mini motor having an output shaft vertically upwardly extending through a center through hole of said faceplate, and a pointer fixedly fastened to the output shaft of said mini motor above said faceplate and movable with the output shaft of said mini motor relative to said faceplate to point out the graduations at said faceplate, the illumination structure comprising a plurality of light emitting elements installed in said circuit board and controlled by said circuit board to emit light toward said pointer, light diffusion means formed integral with a part of said faceplate and adapted to diffuse light in all directions in the space above said faceplate within said casing, and light guide means mounted inside said casing between said circuit board and said faceplate around said light emitting elements and adapted to guide the light from said light emitting elements toward said light diffusion means.