Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Indicator apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 指示仪
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Application No.: US11992819Application Date: 2006-09-21
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Publication No.: US07730848B2Publication Date: 2010-06-08
- Inventor: Axel Förster
- Applicant: Axel Förster
- Applicant Address: DE Regensburg
- Assignee: VDO Automotive AG
- Current Assignee: VDO Automotive AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Regensburg
- Agency: Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP
- Priority: DE102005046714 20050929
- International Application: PCT/EP2006/066561 WO 20060921
- International Announcement: WO2007/036474 WO 20070405
- Main IPC: G01D11/16
- IPC: G01D11/16 ; G01D13/22

Abstract:
The invention relates to an indicator apparatus (1) having a ring pointer (2), which is mounted such that it can move in the circumferential direction (5), and having a drive unit (3), which drives the ring pointer (2) in the circumferential direction (5), wherein the ring pointer (2) interacts with a stop (10) in a manner limited in terms of its circumferential movement. Particularly in the case of synchronization, radial disengagement often occurs in conventional ring pointer arrangements, and the aim of the invention is to prevent this. In order to solve the problem, the invention proposes arranging the stop (10) directly next to the drive unit (3). The critical advantage of this is that the tangential force on the ring pointer (2) from the drive unit generates an only small disengagement moment on the ring pointer (2).
Public/Granted literature
- US20090056617A1 Indicator Apparatus Public/Granted day:2009-03-05
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