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US 6,158,279 AGranted
Speedometer mounting device for a vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTerunari Saiki
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Abstract
In a headlight integral with a speedometer the rigidity of the headlight case is ensured while making the headlight water and dust-proof. A meter hole is formed in the upper surface of a headlight case which constitutes a headlight, a speedometer is inserted into the meter hole from above and is secured to the headlight case through a meter stay in the interior of the headlight case. In addition, a meter cord and bulb cord are put together and extend between the exterior and the interior through a wiring hole formed in the rear portion of the headlight case.
Claims10
A speedometer mounting device for a vehicle comprising:
- a headlight case having a front opening and an opening in an upper surface and an input opening;
- a headlight operatively mounted within said front opening of said headlight case;
- a speedometer mounted in said opening in said upper surface of the headlight case, said speedometer being an electric meter, said electric meter having a vehicle speed detecting means, a vehicle speed calculating means for calculating a vehicle speed in accordance with a detection signal provided from said vehicle speed detecting means and for outputting a vehicle speed signal, and a drive means for receiving said vehicle speed signal and indicating the vehicle speed;
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- an input for illuminating said headlight and an input for actuating said speedometer being both supplied through said input opening.
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