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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ulrich Kabatek, Babenhausen, DE;
Jürgen Leimbach, Regensburg, DE;
Lutz-Wolfgang Tiede, Lappersdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann VDO AG, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
An indicating instrument for a vehicle includes an analog indication of the current measured value and has a variable indication of a reference value. An automatic setting device indicates the reference value based on variable data that are significant for the indicated measured variable. The entire indicating instrument is rotated by the setting device so that the pointer is aligned horizontally when the current measured value agrees with the reference value.