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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:
Dec. 23, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Regie Nationale des Usines Renault, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340 / ; 340 / ; 34081501 ;
Abstract
A display unit for a speedometer for an automobile, wherein car speed is sensed and displayed in at least two modes including a standard scale mode when car speed is above a set standard speed, and an enlarged scale mode when car speed falls below a lower set speed. The display unit includes a bar graph display, and a scale display, both of which are controlled in correspondence with car speed to operate in either the standard scale mode or the enlarged scale mode.