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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1994
Steven G Skiver, Kokomo, IN (US);
Mankong H Leung, Kokomo, IN (US);
Delco Electronics Corporation, Kokomo, IN (US);
Abstract
An automotive instrument cluster has closely spaced face plate and circuit board and a compact gauge including a housing mounted on the side of the circuit board facing the face plate. A light conducting pointer has a two-part snap-together hub extending into the gauge housing and an end face adjacent surface mount LEDs on the circuit board for direct pointer illumination. A gear on the hub is driven by another gear on a stepper motor which is offset from the pointer hub. The stepper motor has a permanent magnet armature supported by the housing and the circuit board, and surface mount electromagnets on the circuit board to provide a motor field.