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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshiki Wada, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ; G01D 1/128 ; G01D 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ; G01D 1/128 ; G01D 5/00 ;
Abstract
A graduation board has an arc-shaped graduation portion and translucent graduations disposed along the graduation portion. A light emitting pointer is disposed on a front side of the graduation board and moves along the graduations. A plurality of LEDs that are disposed on a reverse side of the graduation board emits respective graduations. A control circuit controls an emission order of the LEDs according to the movement of the light emitting pointer when a key switch of the vehicle is turned on. As a result, the combination meter provides attractiveness and originality for the driver, when the key switch turns on.