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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2006
Kenichi Arie, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kazuhiro Hasunuma, Utsunomiya, JP;
Naoki Wada, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masahide Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Kabayama, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Koike, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kenichi Arie, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kazuhiro Hasunuma, Utsunomiya, JP;
Naoki Wada, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masahide Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Kabayama, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Koike, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A first meter cluster panel and a second meter cluster panel are disposed on an instrument panel of a vehicle such that the first meter cluster panel and the second meter cluster panel have respective centers of display disposed substantially coaxially with each other. The first meter cluster panel is disposed near a boundary line at a position deeper than that of the second meter cluster panel as viewed by a driver who is directing his or her line of sight from an eye range in the forward direction of the vehicle. The first meter cluster panel displays information that is visually recognized outside of a steering wheel. The second meter cluster panel displays information that is visually recognized inside the steering wheel when the driver directs his or her line of sight from the eye range in the forward direction of the vehicle.