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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernward Kneer, Karlstein, DE;
Ingo Kopsieker, Seligenstradt, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 1/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 1/128 ;
Abstract
A dial for an indicating instrument, in particular in a motor vehicle. The dial comprises an optically conducting basic body whose outside is shaped as a two-stage cone. Except for light passages ( ) forming symbols, the outside is covered by an opaque layer ( ), the light, which hag previously been coupled into the basic body ( ), exiting there. A special feature is that the basic body ( ) is produced by injection molding, and this permits the production of a non-planar outer surface, the opaque layer ( ) itself being produced on the outer surface.