Indicating instrument for automotive vehicle
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsTai Inoue, Masaya Sugita, Keiji Okamoto
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Abstract
To unvisualize the mechanical indicating instrument for an automotive vehicle when the ignition switch is turned off, the pointer is covered by a pointer cover below zero indication when the meter is deactivated, or a semitransparent front cover is disposed in front of the dial. In this case, the meter is offset by an offset magnet from a zero position to under the pointer cover when deactivated. On the other hand, to visualize the same instrument, when the ignition switch is turned on, lamps disposed in front and/or back of the dial are illuminated and a colored transparent pointer is illuminated by another or the same lamp in linkage with the ignition switch.
Claims7
An indicating instrument for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- (a) a dial for displaying pointer scale marks including:
- (1) a black opaque layer in which pointer scale marks are engraved;
- (2) a semitransparent layer;
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- (3) a colored transparent layer sandwiched between said black opaque layer and said semitransparent layer
- (b) a pointer for indicating on said dial a quantity measured;
- (c) means for driving said pointer according to a quantity measured;
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- (d) means, disposed on said dial means, for substantially covering said pointer when said means for driving said pointer is deactivated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.