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US 2008/0164865 A1Published application
Display system for an automotive vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKris Tomasson, Brian White
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Abstract
A display system for an automotive vehicle indicates a state of the vehicle by the position of an indicator bar. The indicator bar moves as the state of the vehicle changes.
Claims15
A display system for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- a sensor arrangement configured to determine a state of the vehicle;
- a display including indicia indicative of the state of the vehicle;
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- an indicator element associated with the display and operatively connected with the sensor arrangement such that the indicator element indicates the state of the vehicle by its position relative to the indicia, the indicator element being configured to translate in a first direction as the state of the vehicle increases, if the state of the vehicle is less than a first predetermined threshold, to rotate as the state of the vehicle increases, if the state of the vehicle is greater than the first predetermined threshold and less than a second predetermined threshold, and to translate in a second direction as the state of the vehicle increases, if the state of the vehicle is greater than the second predetermined threshold.
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A speedometer system for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- a display including indicia indicative of vehicle speed;
- an indicator element associated with the display and configured to indicate vehicle speed by its position relative to the indicia;
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- a looped belt attached with the indicator element and configured to cause the indicator element to translate in a first direction as vehicle speed increases, if the vehicle speed is less than a first predetermined vehicle speed, to rotate as the vehicle speed increases, if the vehicle speed is greater than the first predetermined vehicle speed and less than a second predetermined vehicle speed, and translate in a second direction as the vehicle speed increases, if the vehicle speed is greater than the second predetermined vehicle speed.
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A tachometer system for an automotive vehicle having an engine comprising:
- a display including indicia indicative of engine speed;
- an indicator element associated with the display and configured to indicate engine speed by its position relative to the indicia;
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- a looped belt attached with the indicator element and configured to cause the indicator element to translate in a first direction as engine speed increases, if the engine speed is less than a first predetermined engine speed, to rotate as the engine speed increases, if the engine speed is greater than the first predetermined engine speed and less than a second predetermined engine speed, and translate in a second direction as the engine speed increases, if the engine speed is greater than the second predetermined engine speed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.