Indicating instrument for vehicle speed indicator
AssigneeScania CV AB (publ)
InventorNils-Gunnar Vågstedt
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Abstract
An indicating instrument intended to be fitted in a vehicle and serve for vehicle speed indication (in km/h). The instrument has an instrument panel with a seed scale and a needle pointer which indicates the speed of the vehicle fitted with the instrument panel also incorporates an illuminable indicating area which is composed of firable/extinguishable light emitting means and which varies in extent depending on at least two different speed values, one of which is a speed relating to the vehicle fitted with the instrument and other is a speed pertaining to another vehicle. The indicating area has at least two separate demarcating edges which form indicating delineations with respect to the speed scale on the instrument panel.
Claims12
A vehicle speed indicating instrument comprising an installment panel and a speed indicator for indicating the vehicle speed;
- an illuminable indicating area on the instrument panel and having a variable extent variable dependent upon indicating at least first and second speed values, wherein the first speed value is related to a first vehicle in which the indicating instrument is fitted and the second speed value is related to another vehicle, the illuminable indicating area having respective demarcating edges each corresponding to the respective one of the speed values, and the edges also forming indicating delineations with respect to the speed indicator on the instrument panel.
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