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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1994
Hiroshi Ichikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshiaki Nakayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Keizo Nishitani, Shizuoka, JP;
Chiaki Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Minoru Kubota, Shizuoka, JP;
Tatsuo Ikegaya, Shizuoka, JP;
Masanori Muto, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaki Oishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Masahiro Muramatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuo Hosoda, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An instrument panel with meters/indicating lamps and their drive circuits implemented therein, a centralized control circuit board provided with control circuits for vehicle-mounted electric equipment including the meters/indicating lamps, and an electric junction box for distributing power sources and input/output signals for the vehicle-mounted electric equipment and for integrating ground wires, are gathered and integrally united. Electric wiring and installation of electric instruments such as an instrument panel in the dashboard portion of an automobile are facilitated.