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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephan Zech, Eltville, DE;
Bernd Ludewig, Hirschberg, DE;
Gerhard Friepes, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Hermann Haas, Amorbach, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann VDO AG, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 3/500 ; G01D 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 3/500 ; G01D 1/102 ;
Abstract
In a pointer instrument ( ), a pointer drive ( ) is used to deflect a pointer ( ) arranged on a supporting element ( ). The supporting element ( ) is shaped essentially like a circular ring and is mounted by bearing points ( ) equally distributed over its circumference. The central area of the pointer instrument ( ) is therefore free of apertures and, as a result, permits the arrangement of a display ( ), for example an LCD display, which can be read irrespective of the angular position of the pointer ( ).