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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigeru Okabayashi, Kamakura, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Company, Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 90 ; 340 / ; 3403 / ;
Abstract
A setup of meter indication display on an instrument board in an automobile, utilizing a panel type display unit such as a liquid crystal panel or an electroluminescence panel. To minimize unfavorable influence of brightness outside the car and to avoid interfering reflection of light rays incident upon the display panel, the front surface of the instrument board is recessed to provide a room, in which the display panel is disposed. The recessed areas of the instrument board surface are dark colored, and the display panel is supported by the use of, for example, a ball joint which allows the display panel to be swivelled and tilted.