Display instrument
AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorHelmut Olbrich
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Abstract
An indicating instrument has a pointer (1) driven by a measuring mechanism by a pointer spindle (3). The pointer has a region (10) on the pointer hub side which in cross section has the form of an H. This H is formed by a horizontal bar (20) and two outer bars (21, 22). Ribs (23, 24) extending in zigzag form above and below the horizontal bar (20) increase the rigidity of the region (10) on the pointer hub side.
Claims2
An indicating instrument for use in a vehicle, comprising a pointer arranged on a rotatable pointer spindle of a measuring mechanism with a pointer hub and a pointer vane, the pointer vane having a region on a hub side that is covered or obscured from a viewer by a display and a region remote from the hub that is visible for the viewer, wherein the covered region (10) of the pointer vane on the pointer hub side has a profiled cross section, the region (10) of the pointer vane on the pointer hub side is formed as an H, U, T or double-T profile wherein the pointer (1) has at least one light launching surface (7;
- 26) and is illuminatable by light which can be launched into said pointer from a light source (5, 6;
- 25, 28), said light launching surface arranged in a region of the pointer hub (2) and the region (10) of the pointer vane on the pointer hub side has at least one bar (16, 17, 18) extending continuously over its entire region in longitudinal direction of the pointer, wherein the pointer (1) has behind the region (10) of the pointer vane on the pointer hub side, as seen from the pointer hub (2), an offset (11) directed toward the viewer and, following this offset (11), a pointer tip (12) directed radially inward or outward and the offset (11) directed toward the viewer has toward an opposite side of the pointer a light launching projection (27) which has the light launching surface (26) at its end facing away from the viewer.
An indicating instrument for use in a vehicle, comprising
- a pointer arranged on a rotatable pointer spindle of a measuring mechanism with a pointer hub and a pointer vane, the pointer vane having a region on a hub side that is covered or obscured from a viewer by a display and a region remote from the hub that is visible for the viewer, wherein the covered region (10) of the pointer vane on the pointer hub side has a profiled cross section,
- wherein the pointer (1) has behind the region (10) of the pointer vane on the pointer hub side, as seen from the pointer hub (2), an offset (11) directed toward the viewer and, following this offset (11), a pointer tip (12) directed radially inward or outward, and
- wherein the offset (11) directed toward the viewer has toward an opposite side of the pointer a light launching projection (27) which has the light launching surface (26) at its end facing away from the viewer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.