Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
116286000 | With illumination means | 53 |
20090078190 | 3D INSTRUMENT CLUSTER - An instrument panel having at least one needle indicator comprising a dial of indicating characters supported by a first faceplate, an indicating needle and a motor for rotating the needle along the dial. The instrument panel includes a second faceplate for supporting other indicating characters, such that the indicating needle is configured to lie between the two faceplates. The faceplates are screen-printed flat before being shaped in relief. | 03-26-2009 |
20090078191 | Indicating Instrument - To provide an indicating instrument capable of reducing the number of parts and improving the positioning precision. | 03-26-2009 |
20100064961 | INDICATOR APPARATUS - To provide an indicator apparatus in which a pointer is secured to a pointer drive means by attraction force of magnets and it is possible to prevent an overshoot and pulsation of the pointer with sufficient attraction force. The indicator apparatus has a display plate | 03-18-2010 |
20110100290 | Meter system with indicator for vehicle - A meter system includes: an indicator including a pointer, a step motor, a stopper mechanism and a driving controller; and a flasher function unit including a flasher switch, a flasher and a flasher controller. The driving controller has: a stopper position detection operation executing element for executing a pointer moving away operation when a stopper position detection operation executing condition is satisfied and for executing a voltage detection type zero point stopper position detection operation when the executing condition is satisfied, and the flasher switch does not turn on and off, and a zero point return enforcement type zero point stopper position detection operation when the executing condition is satisfied, and the flasher switch turns on and off; a zero point setting element; and an applying element for applying the driving signal having the zero point. | 05-05-2011 |
20110107959 | INDICATOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE, PARTICULARLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND NEEDLE MOUNTING METHOD FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to an indicator device, a display device, particularly for a motor vehicle, and a needle mounting method for a display device. | 05-12-2011 |
20120000413 | POINTER-TYPE METER - A pointer-type meter is provided in which, even when a pointer has a meandering shape, the influence thereof on the operation characteristics of the pointer can be minimized. The meter includes a display | 01-05-2012 |
20120006253 | SCALE ELEMENT FOR A DISPLAY INSTRUMENT, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND VEHICLE WITH A SCALE ELEMENT - A scale element for a display instrument that includes, but is not limited to a scaling. The scaling is impressed in the volume of the scale element by means of laser shot method. The scale element can furthermore include, but is not limited to a diffusion structure likewise impressed in the volume. | 01-12-2012 |
20120060747 | USE OF PIEZO MOTOR TO OPERATE A RING POINTER OVER DISPLAY - A display system is disclosed. The display system includes a display for presenting a visual output to a user, a piezoelectric element overlaying the display, and a rotor disposed adjacent the piezoelectric element and in mechanical communication therewith, wherein a selective energizing of the piezoelectric element causes a rotational movement of the rotor. | 03-15-2012 |
20120090532 | INSTRUMENT DEVICE - The present invention provides an instrument device which is enhanced a texture while creating a sense of depth by superimposing and stereoscopically disposing a light-guiding member on an indicator panel of the instrument device, and which has a good appearance and a novel visibility when illuminated. An instrument device with a good appearance and novel visibility is provided which includes an indicator panel ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120247385 | BACKLIT REFLECTIVE POINTER - A gauge assembly defining an interior direction and an exterior direction includes a gauge faceplate having a plurality of indicators and a hub that is substantially opaque. The hub includes a hub reflective portion that generally faces toward the interior direction. The assembly additionally includes a pointer having a first portion adjacent the hub and a second portion spaced away from the hub. The pointer is operable to move relative to the gauge faceplate such that the second portion distinguishes between the plurality of indicators. The pointer is substantially opaque, and the second portion includes a pointer reflective portion that generally faces toward the exterior direction. Moreover, the assembly includes a light source that emits a light generally in the exterior direction. The light reflects from the hub reflective portion generally toward the pointer reflective portion. The light also reflects from the pointer reflective portion generally toward the exterior direction. | 10-04-2012 |
20130036965 | RECLOSER POSITION INDICATOR - A status indicator includes a display disc with a pin located within a central portion if the display disc, a first colored section, and a second colored section. The status indicator also includes a lens unit with an opaque section and a non-opaque section to alternately reveal the first colored section or the second colored section such that either the first or the second colored section is visible from any angle within a hemisphere below the status indicator. The status indicator also includes an indicator cam configured to receive a linear force initiated by an actuator component and to translate the linear force to a rotational force on the pin. The rotational force causes the display disc to rotate from a first position to a second position that aligns the second colored section with the non-opaque section. | 02-14-2013 |
20130087092 | AUTOMOBILE INSTRUMENT - An automobile instrument ( | 04-11-2013 |
20130092077 | INDICATOR DISPLAYING DEVICE - A combination meter has an indicator for radiating light having entered from an entrance portion thereof and a display panel having a displaying portion illuminated by light passing through such portion. A cylindrical body is inserted into a panel-side opening of the display panel. The cylindrical body has a body-side supporting portion so as to hold the display panel between the body-side supporting portion and a housing-side supporting portion. An outer peripheral reflecting portion formed in the cylindrical body reflects light toward a housing-side reflecting portion of a housing. Light emitted from a light source not only illuminates the indicator but also is reflected by the respective reflecting portions to illuminate the displaying portion. | 04-18-2013 |
20140116321 | METER WITH POINTER - A meter has a background board, a pointer, a driving source, and a cover member. The driving source rotates the pointer. The pointer points an indicator to show a value of a variable. The background board is disposed behind the pointer. The cover member is disposed on a front side to the pointer. The cover member is transparent and is disposed between the pointer and a viewer. The indicator is formed on the cover member. As a result, the indicators can be placed on the near side than both the pointer and the background board. It is possible to provide an easy-to-read indicator and a perspective, three-dimensional appearance. | 05-01-2014 |
20140174335 | DUAL COLOR POINTER ARM FOR AN INSTRUMENT GAUGE - A dual colored pointer arm for an instrument gauge constructed of a clear material and having a coated bi-color top surface. | 06-26-2014 |
20140360423 | GAUGE HAVING VARIABLE DISPLAY - A gauge which uses a prism or other type of reflector to illuminate a single graphic or icon on a dial such that only one graphic on the dial is shown during the operation of the gauge. All of the remaining graphics have a dead front appearance, and cannot be viewed, such that the gauge presents only one discrete value at a time. The dial is beneath a lens, and the prism is beneath the dial. An actuator is mounted to a PCB, and an LED is also mounted to the PCB to allow the prism to transmit light to the desired area of the dial. The dial also includes a central graphic, or icon, and the gauge is able to display different values, while the central graphic remains constantly illuminated in the center of the gauge. | 12-11-2014 |
20150096487 | DIAL PLATE STRUCTURE AND AUTOMOTIVE METER - 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. | 04-09-2015 |
116287000 | Edge | 36 |
20090056616 | INDICATION INSTRUMENT - An indication instrument with improved illumination efficiency. The indication instrument has an indication panel ( | 03-05-2009 |
116288000 | Pointer | 35 |
20080202408 | ILLUMINATED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER - An illuminated instrument assembly includes a light housing that defines an interior space over which is supported a dial face. A pointer rotates below the dial face and is visible through a clear portion of the dial face. The light housing is fabricated from a white material and provides the background visible that provides the desired contrast between the dial face and the pointer. Light from a light guide integral with the pointer is directed through the pointer and into the interior space behind the dial face. | 08-28-2008 |
20080210154 | Electrically Illuminating Indicator Needle and Light Guiding Member - An electrically illuminating indicator needle and a light guiding member therefor that allow such a control as length of the needle can be varied while undergoing less unevenness in luminance and can be manufactured at a lower cost are provided. | 09-04-2008 |
20080257253 | Rotary Gauge Structure - A rotary gauge structure includes a gauge, a base, a rotary part, and a connecting component. The gauge is installed on the top of the base, and below the base is outer thread for rotary part to sleeve on the outside and clamped between gauge and rotary part. Inside the base is the inner thread, the rotary part is a ring structure for connecting to the thread of the gauge, and the top of rotary part is installed with several grooves for fitting with oil seal. The connecting component, with top installed with outer thread, is for fitting with the base of gauge, and the bottom is for connecting to mechanical equipment. The installation of rotary part for the gauge is capable of rotating 360 degrees freely so that the gauge is not restricted in displaying at fixed angle for added convenience in functionality. | 10-23-2008 |
20080264328 | ILLUMINATED HUB POINTER - A pointer assembly includes the pointer and hub that are both illuminatable. The hub includes a main portion with a concave surface. A reflector is partially received within a slot through the concave surface and is supported on top of the hub. The reflector includes a reflective surface that directs light onto the concave surface. Light from a light source is directed by separate reflective surfaces on the pointer and the reflector to illuminate both the hub and the pointer. | 10-30-2008 |
20090038535 | Instrument Pointer Assembly - An instrument pointer assembly package for illuminating an instrument pointer is provided. The assembly package has an instrument pointer, a light pipe socket, a motor, and a plurality of light sources. The instrument pointer has a blade portion and a stem portion. The light pipe socket has a terminus portion located along a rotational axis, which is connected to the stem portion of the instrument pointer. The light pipe socket also has a base portion, which is located longitudinally farther along the rotational axis from the instrument pointer than the terminus portion. The base portion has a diameter that is larger than the diameter of the upper portion. A side tapers inward from the base portion toward the terminus portion. | 02-12-2009 |
20090173271 | DASHBOARD INDICATOR MODULE - A dashboard indicator module including a rotating actuator including a hollow output shaft controlling movement of an indicator with a light conducting path, connected to a light source, diffusing a light at an angle, and a reduction gear set. The external diameter of the conducting path is between 2.6 and 5.5 millimeters. | 07-09-2009 |
20090217865 | ACTIVELY LIT POINTER - A pointer for an instrument panel which is actively lighted and, more specifically, an actively lighted pointer including a flex circuit. | 09-03-2009 |
20090277375 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH CHANGEABLE DISPLAY BACKGROUND - A vehicle display with a housing having a gauge port, an interior wall around the gauge port, and an appliqué port extending from an exterior side of the vehicle display and intersecting the gauge port. A light source provides light into the gauge port and directs the light outwardly from a front side of the housing. An appliqué has a first locking feature. The appliqué port at least partially receives the appliqué between the front side of the housing and the light source. The light from the light source illuminates a portion of the appliqué. The first locking features releasably engages a second locking feature. | 11-12-2009 |
20100043697 | INDICATOR APPARATUS - To provide an indicator apparatus in which a pointer is secured to a pointer drive means by attraction force of magnets and the pointer can be secured more tightly to prevent an overshoot and pulsation of the pointer. The indicator apparatus has a display plate | 02-25-2010 |
20100050927 | Configurable gauge apparatus including a flat panel display and a mechanical pointer - A configurable gauge apparatus includes a flat panel display (FPD) for displaying a user-defined gauge face, a transparent panel spaced from the FPD through which the displayed gauge face is viewed, and a mechanical pointer disposed between the FPD and the transparent panel for indicating a current value of a parameter of interest. The pointer includes a stem and a hub that rotatably supports the stem, and the hub is mounted on the FPD or the transparent panel. Pointer position is regulated either magnetically with a pointer magnet and a magnetic field generator disposed behind the FPD, or electrically with a motorized hub activated with transparent conductors formed on the FPD or transparent panel. The stem of the pointer is illuminated by either the FPD, or a hub-mounted LED activated with transparent conductors. Transparent conductors are also used to form a sensor array for detecting pointer position. | 03-04-2010 |
20100064962 | FLOOD ILLUMINATED CLUSTER WITH TELLTALES - An illuminated gauge assembly includes a top surface of a light housing that includes a scale and a light guide that extends through the light housing for distributing light onto the surface of the top surface. A single light source is disposed below the light housing and directs through the light guide onto the top surface of the light housing. | 03-18-2010 |
20100071611 | MOVING GRADUATION LIGHTING ACCENT FROM POINTER - A gauge may employ a dial plate, a pointer shaft driven by a motor, a printed circuit board having a plurality of light sources, such as LEDs, and a motor. An upper pointer may be located on a viewed side of the dial plate and a lower pointer may be located on an unviewed side of the dial plate. The upper and lower pointers are attached to the pointer shaft. The lower pointer is positioned to receive light from the light source and direct the light into indicia and graduations of the dial plate, and into the upper pointer. An area surrounding the upper pointer is more brightly lit than other areas of the dial plate. A light-collecting ring may collect light and transmit light into the lower pointer. The ring may be an integral or attached part of the lower pointer or it may be a detached and separate piece. | 03-25-2010 |
20100083894 | MULTI-COLORED FEATURES FOR INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGES - An instrument cluster includes a gauge with selectively and visually variable features to communicate vehicle information to a vehicle operator. A border is illuminatable by colored LED assemblies to provide an indication of the range of a vehicle operating condition. A pointer assembly is also selectively illuminatable to provide a visual reference of a specific operating condition that is responsive and varies depending on a specific current operating condition. A digital display within the gauge includes telltales that are also selectively illuminatable and visually variable, responsive to specific operating conditions to communicate not only a problem or an issue with a specific feature but also a range or magnitude of alert to the vehicle operator. | 04-08-2010 |
20100154700 | Instrument Gauge And Pointer - A pointer for an instrument panel having an enlarged central display area substantially free from obstruction from the pointer as it rotates about an axis located within the central display area. | 06-24-2010 |
20100186661 | HUB GLOW POINTER - A gauge of an instrument cluster includes a glow hub. The gauge includes a dial and a pointer including a hub portion rotatably mounted in the instrument cluster and movable to a plurality of positions. A light source is disposed in the gauge and adapted to direct light in a first direction through a translucent portion of the hub. A first reflecting surface portion of the hub is adapted to receive light directed from the light source and adapted direct light in a second direction. A second reflecting surface portion of the hub is adapted to receive light directed from the first reflecting surface portion and adapted to direct light in a third direction. | 07-29-2010 |
20100236471 | FREE SHAPE GAUGE BY LASER POINTER - A gauge can include a face plate and an indication area disposed about a gauge center. The indication area can have a shape that can be defined by a bottom boundary, a top boundary, and first and second ends joining respective ends of the top and bottom boundaries. The top and bottom boundaries can be spaced apart from the gauge center by first and second radial distances. The indication area can be angled rearward relative to the face plate with the top boundary being spaced rearward from the face plate. A plurality of indicia can be disposed on the face plate. The gauge can further include a laser system disposed behind a rear side of the face plate and arranged to rotate and reflect a laser beam to a position adjacent or relative to a specific one of the plurality of indicia based on a signal output from a sensor. | 09-23-2010 |
20100263584 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR GENERATING A CONTOURED FORM - The invention relates to a display device having a first displaceable pointer, a second displaceable pointer, a light source, and a display surface, the first pointer and the light source being disposed on a side of the display surface facing away from the visible side, the first pointer and the light source being disposed such that light can be emitted from the first pointer toward the display device, and the second pointer being disposed on the visible side of the display surface, the display surface further being at least partially transparent in the region of the light emitted by the first pointer, such that the representation of the first pointer substantially corresponds to the representation of the second pointer. | 10-21-2010 |
20110061586 | POINTER ILLUMINATION - A disclosed instrument cluster includes dial gauges with an illuminated pointer including light reflecting features for uniformly distributing light within the pointer. The light deflecting structure directs light toward tip of the pointer by reflecting the light of each of the first and second sides. The light deflecting structure provides the desired distribution of luminescence by directing light toward the sides surfaces of the pointer. | 03-17-2011 |
20110114009 | POINTER ILLUMINATION STRUCTURE - Provided is a pointer illumination structure which is simple, and in which a rotary part including a pointer body can be made lightweight. A containing cover | 05-19-2011 |
20110139061 | BACKLIT GRADUATED GAUGE INCLUDING MEANS FOR SUPER-ILLUMINATING A PORTION OF THE GRADUATIONS - The invention relates to a backlit motor vehicle gauge such as a speedometer or a revolution counter, which gauge has a wall provided with translucent graduations disposed over a circular arc, one or more light-emitting elements ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110179990 | MONITORING UNIT FOR A MEASURING INSTRUMENT - A monitoring unit for a measuring instrument ( | 07-28-2011 |
20120255483 | INSTRUMENT DRIVING DEVICE - Provided is an instrument driving device which can have improved marketability and designability by providing a new expression for a prompting operation. The instrument driving device is provided with an instrument ( | 10-11-2012 |
20130000543 | INDICATOR DEVICE AND LIGHT-GUIDE MEMBER - [Problem to be Solved] | 01-03-2013 |
20130092078 | INDICATING DEVICE - The present invention relates to an indicating device, in particular for a motor vehicle, which comprises a dial, a first needle and a second needle, the first needle being rotated in front of the dial and about a rotational axis, the second needle being rotated behind the dial and about the rotational axis, the second needle comprising an end portion visible along the periphery of the dial, the end portion including at least one first marking element and one second marking element, the first marking element and the second marking element being separated along the circumference of the dial, the indicating device comprising a means of illuminating the end portion of the second needle. | 04-18-2013 |
20140033965 | POINTING DEVICE AND METER APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A pointing device includes a pointer having light guiding properties, a cap that is attached to the pointer and has light blocking properties, a pointing shaft that is vertically formed on a proximal end portion of the pointer, and a light blocking member. The light blocking member includes a cylindrical main body having both end portions for inserting the pointing shaft and a rotary shaft of a motor having light guiding properties respectively thereinto to prevent illuminating light propagating through the rotary shaft from a light source and entering the pointing shaft from leaking from an outer peripheral surface of the pointing shaft. | 02-06-2014 |
20140116322 | METER WITH POINTER - A meter has a pointer which points indicators to show a vehicle status value. The meter has a light source to illuminate the pointer. The light source is disposed to be rotatable with the pointer. The meter has an electromagnetic power supplying device having a primary module and a secondary module. The primary module provides a stationary transmitter module which generates radio frequency electromagnetic field. The secondary module provides a movable receiver module which induces electric power by receiving the radio frequency electromagnetic field generated by the primary module. The secondary module supplies power to the light source. | 05-01-2014 |
20140290562 | DUAL POINTER DISPLAY - A pointer display with a first visible indication and a second visible indication, including a first pointer element, the first pointer element being rotatable around a first axis and comprising a first pointer arm and a first stem, the first stem extending in a first axis and the first pointer arm extending away from the first stem to facilitate the first visible indication; and a second pointer element, the second pointer element being rotatable around a second axis and comprising a second pointer arm and a second stem, the second stem extending a second axis and the second pointer arm extending away from the second stem to facilitate the second visible indication, and the first axis and the second axis being coincident with each other wherein the first pointer element and the second pointer element rotate around a common axis. | 10-02-2014 |
20150047553 | REAR-MOUNTED INSTRUMENTED MODULE FOR A DASHBOARD - An indicator module for a dashboard, including an electric motor, a mechanical motion-reduction unit, an output shaft, a housing, and a light source. The electric motor is mechanically and electrically connected to a first surface of a printed circuit and drives a visual indicator about an axis of rotation via the reduction unit and the output shaft through the printed circuit such that the indicator provides visual information beyond a second surface of said printed circuit. The light source is positioned on the first or second surface of the printed circuit sending a light flow toward the axis of rotation. The housing has a light case, which extends beyond the second surface of the printed circuit and which is formed around the axis of rotation of the visual indicator. | 02-19-2015 |
20150068442 | INSTRUMENT PANEL WITH POINTER POSITION DETECTION - A vehicle instrument panel assembly that includes a display, a pointer, and a light detector. The display is configured to define indicia on a surface of the display. The indicia are configured to emit light. The pointer is configured to rotate a shaft of the pointer about an axis to align a tip of the pointer with the indicia. The pointer is also configured to conduct light emitted by the indicia from the tip into the shaft when the tip is substantially aligned with the indicia. The light detector is configured to detect light in the shaft of the pointer to determine the position of the pointer. | 03-12-2015 |
20150068443 | INSTRUMENT PANEL HAVING POINTER - An instrument panel having a pointer includes a pointer rotatably centered on a point to pass a numerical region. The pointer may include a transparent portion formed at the numerical region making the numerical region visible from outside of the instrument panel. A first color portion is formed on an outer end portion of the pointer so as to be seen in a first color, and a second color portion is formed on a center of the pointer so as to be seen in a second color. | 03-12-2015 |
20160011021 | DISPLAY DEVICE | 01-14-2016 |
20160093405 | STEPPER POINTER - A gauge assembly which has a gauge surface including graphics representing a vehicle operating parameter. A pointer arm is provided which is made out of a light guide or light transmitting material. The pointer arm includes a step portion in an operative portion of the second bottom surface for reducing light received by said second surface adjacent the step portion and providing an overall even light throughout the operative illuminated viewing surface of the pointer arm. | 03-31-2016 |
20160116311 | DASH LINE POINTER - A gauge assembly having a pointer arm extending away from a hub is supported for movement about an axis to indicate a current vehicle condition. This is accomplished when the pointer points to a specific location and telltales on the gauge surface. The pointer arm has a pointer arm viewing surface with one or more clear portions and one or more illuminated portions along the length of the pointer arm viewing surface. The pointer arm further includes one or more raised steps formed on a bottom surface of the pointer arm located opposite the viewing surface of the pointer arm. The one or more raised steps is aligned with the one or more illuminated portions and the one or more raised steps have a reflective surface for reflecting light through the one more illuminated portions on the viewing surface. | 04-28-2016 |
20160161303 | STRUCTURE OF SCALE GRADUATION AND VEHICLE INSTRUMENT - A structure of a scale graduation includes: a meter dial plate, a light-guiding body made of a translucent material in a dark color, a three-dimensional graduation disposed in a protruding manner on a front surface of the light-guiding body and made of a translucent material in the dark color disposed on the front side of the meter dial plate, and a light source that makes light enter the three-dimensional graduation through the light-guiding body. When the light source emits outgoing light, the three-dimensional graduation lights on in a light color different from the dark color. | 06-09-2016 |
20160187169 | GAUGE WITH MULTIPLE COLOR POINTER TIP - A gauge assembly having a pointer and gauge surface area with a scale representing operating parameters. The pointer has a first half and second half that are illuminated by light sources. The second half selectively changes color according to the portion of the scale that the pointer is indicating. This is accomplished by light isolation between the first and second halves as well as a prism to direct light from the midpoint of the pointer to the tip of the second half of the pointer. As the pointer moves about an axis, the prism for second half illumination aligns with respective chambers formed in a reflector to direct illumination from the different color lights. The second half color changes whenever the light source color under the prism is different. When the pointer is within predetermined ranges on the scale, the second half illumination changes color to represent that respective range. | 06-30-2016 |