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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toru Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362489 ; 362 23 ; 362 84 ; 362 85 ;
Abstract
A display panel includes a transparent EL panel held at an inner end of an opening formed in an instrument panel portion and inclined at a predetermined acute angle with respect to a viewing direction. A cover is disposed at a back side of the display panel for covering the display panel. A surface of the opening portion and an inner face of the cover, to which light from the display panel enters, are colored dark to absorb unnecessary ambient light.