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US 7,726,255 B2Granted
Display device for vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorHideaki Nakamichi
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Abstract
The present invention provides a display device for a vehicle that includes a speed display unit that displays a vehicle speed on a speed scale; and a supply-rate display unit that displays a supply rate that is a fuel supply amount per a give time on a supply-rate scale. In this display device for a vehicle, the speed scale and the supply-rate scale are arranged in parallel with a constant distance therebetween.
Claims10
A display device for a vehicle, said display device comprising:
- a speed display unit including a speed scale for displaying a vehicle speed, and a speed indicator for indicating a vehicle speed on the speed scale;
- and
- a supply-rate display unit that displays a supply rate of a current fuel supply amount per a given time on a supply-rate scale,
- wherein:
- the speed scale and the supply-rate scale are arranged in parallel with a constant distance therebetween;
- said speed scale and said supply-rate scale being corresponding with each other, and
- said speed indicator is also operable to indicate a corresponding fuel injection rate at a given vehicle speed;
- during operation of said vehicle, at a given vehicle speed, comparison of said current fuel supply amount per a given time with said corresponding fuel injection rate provides whether said vehicle being operated at a desirable fuel consumption level.
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A display device for a vehicle, said display device comprising:
- a rotation-rate display unit including a rotation-rate scale for displaying a rotation rate of an engine of the vehicle, and a rotation rate indicator for indicating a rotation rate of an engine on the rotation-rate scale;
- and
- a supply-rate display unit that displays on a supply-rate scale a supply rate of a current fuel supply amount per a given time,
- wherein the rotation-rate scale and the supply-rate scale are arranged in parallel with a constant distance therebetween;
- said rotation-rate scale and said supply-rate scale being corresponding with each other, and
- said rotation rate indicator is also operable to indicate a corresponding fuel injection rate at a given rotation rate of the engine;
- during operation of said vehicle, at a given rotation rate of the engine, comparison of said current fuel supply amount per a given time with said corresponding fuel injection rate provides whether said vehicle being operated at a desirable fuel consumption level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.