Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mounting structure of an indicating needle for an instrument system
- Patent Title (中): 用于仪器系统的指示针的安装结构
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Application No.: US12801009Application Date: 2010-05-17
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Publication No.: US08353254B2Publication Date: 2013-01-15
- Inventor: Yuusuke Aono , Shigeki Totsuka
- Applicant: Yuusuke Aono , Shigeki Totsuka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
- Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
- Agent James E. Armstrong, IV; Stephen D. LeBarron
- Priority: JP2009-121700 20090520
- Main IPC: G01D13/22
- IPC: G01D13/22 ; G01D11/30

Abstract:
An instrument system includes a speedometer as an indicating instrument. The speedometer includes a disk-like dial, a movement element, and an indicating needle. The dial includes an indication element indicative of vehicle's speed. The movement element has an output shaft connected to a measurement device measuring the vehicle's speed and configured to rotate based on measurements obtained by the measurement device. The needle is attached to the output shaft by a mounting structure. The needle includes a skirt attached to the output shaft of the movement element, and a pointer extending radially from the skirt, so as to be rotated by the output shaft and indicate a value of interest of the indication element of the dial. The skirt includes a hole into which the output shaft is press-fit. The hole has an elliptical cross section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100294194A1 Mounting structure of an indicating needle for an instrument system Public/Granted day:2010-11-25
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