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US 6,476,320 B1Granted
Indicating instrument
AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorsThomas Ritter, Manfred Zeiss, Harald Ehmes
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AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorsThomas Ritter, Manfred Zeiss, Harald Ehmes
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An invention relates to an indicating instrument, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a housing with a front frame holding a cover pane, and an elastic spacing element arranged between the cover pane and front frame, and a method for connecting the cover pane to the front frame. In order to ensure a reliable connection between the cover pane and front frame which is without play, the spacing element be is placed in an axial cutout which is arranged in the region of the circumference of the front frame and faces the cover pane, and in which the cover pane can engage. The method consists in that in a first step the spacing element is inserted into the axial cutout in the front frame, and in a second step the cover pane is pressed into the axial cutout against the spacing element.
An indicating instrument, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a housing with a front frame holding a cover pane, and an elastic spacing element arranged between the cover pane and front frame, wherein the spacing element (3) is placed in an axial cutout (4) which is arranged in a region of circumference (27) of the front frame (2) and faces the cover pane (1), and in which the cover pane (1) is engageable, wherein the axial cutout (4) has a groove-shaped section, and wherein a groove base (33) of the axial cutout (4) has an indentation (34) extending in a direction away from the cover pane (1).
A method for connecting a cover pane to a front frame of an indicating instrument, the indicating instrument comprising a housing with a front frame holding a cover pane, and an elastic spacing element arranged between the cover pane and front frame, an axial cutout (4) disposed in a region of circumference (27) of the front frame (2) and facing the cover pane (1) for engagement with the cover pane (1), wherein the spacing element is located in the axial cutout;
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