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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigemitsu Inaba, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiro Morishita, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G12B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G12B 9/00 ;
Abstract
A meter is mounted to an instrument panel. The meter has an engaging portion in the form of a projection-like rotation shaft and projections located on the side walls of the meter. The instrument panel has a support groove and guide grooves. The meter is inserted into the instrument panel so that the projection-like rotation portion engages with the support groove of the panel. The meter is rotated about the projection-like rotation portion while the projections on the side wall of the meter engage with the guide grooves of the instrument panel.