Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Instrument device
- Patent Title (中): 仪器设备
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Application No.: US13378802Application Date: 2010-03-31
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Publication No.: US08826846B2Publication Date: 2014-09-09
- Inventor: Takashi Hori , Takeo Mizukoshi
- Applicant: Takashi Hori , Takeo Mizukoshi
- Applicant Address: JP Nagaoka-Shi, Niigata JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.,Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.,Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagaoka-Shi, Niigata JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP
- Priority: JP2009-147580 20090622
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/055954 WO 20100331
- International Announcement: WO2010/150583 WO 20101229
- Main IPC: G01D13/04
- IPC: G01D13/04 ; G01D11/28 ; G01D13/28

Abstract:
An instrument device which enhances a texture while creating a sense of depth by superimposing and stereoscopically disposing a light-guiding member on an indicator panel, and which has a good appearance and visibility when illuminated, is provided. The instrument device includes an indicator panel, an instrument main part, an indicator needle provided to the instrument main part, a transparent light-guiding member disposed on the indicator panel, and a light source that emits a light beam into the light-guiding member. The light-guiding member is provided with a light-guiding portion provided at the outer circumferential portion of the light-guiding member and which reflects the light beam from the light source in the direction toward the rotation center of the indicator needle, so that portions of the indicator panel shine like strips, and the indicator panel and the light-guiding member are illuminated in a stereoscopic manner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120090532A1 INSTRUMENT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-04-19
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