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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2006
Isao Toda, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Katsumasa Sogame, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Takeshi Matsukawa, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an indicator device for a vehicle with an automatic transmission, which comprises a plurality of light-emitting elementseach adapted to be lighted up when one of P, R and N gear ranges corresponding thereto is selected, and a digital indicatoradapted to indicate an alphabet character 'D' when a D gear range is selected, and indicate a numeric character representing a gear position when a M gear range (manual shift mode) is selected. The indication device of the present invention makes it possible to utilize a space of an instrument panel with higher efficiency and offer enhanced visibility for a driver, while avoiding increase in production cost.