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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2007
Tetsuo Konagaya, Shimada, JP;
Tetsuya Maebashi, Shimada, JP;
Tetsuo Konagaya, Shimada, JP;
Tetsuya Maebashi, Shimada, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display device includes a dial portion which includes a design part having an index, a pointing portion which rotates along a front surface of the dial portion for pointing to the index, an ornamental member which is arranged on the front surface of the dial portion so as to surround the design part, a face glass portion which covers the dial, the pointing portion and the ornamental member, and a light source which illuminates light onto a rear surface of the dial portion for brightening the index with the light. A smoked layer is provided on the front surface of the dial portion. The smoked layer has a lower light transmittance than that of the face glass portion.