Dial plate structure and automotive meter
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorYasufumi Mochizuki
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Abstract
A dial plate structure of a vehicular combination meter includes a dial plate; a light guide disposed back side of the dial plate, the light guide receiving light from a three-dimensional scale light source incident upon a proximal end side thereof; three-dimensional scale marks protruding and disposed on a distal end side of the light guide, the three-dimensional scale marks protruding from through holes perforated in the dial plate; a dimming white print formed on the back surface of the dial plate; and a hard coat clear print formed on the back surface of the dial plate so as to cover at least portions of the dimming white print opposed to the three-dimensional scale marks.
Claims7
A dial plate structure comprising:
- a dial plate;
- a light guide disposed back side of the dial plate, the light guide receiving light from a light source incident upon a proximal end side thereof;
- a three-dimensional design portion protruding and disposed on a distal end side of the light guide, the three-dimensional design portion protruding from a through hole perforated in the dial plate;
- a print layer formed on the back surface of the dial plate, the print layer coloring light propagating in the dial plate;
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- a transparent protective layer formed on the back surface of the dial plate so as to cover at least a portion of the print layer opposed to the three-dimensional design portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.