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Patent No.:

US 8308312 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012

Filed:

May. 18, 2009
Applicants:

Naoki Murasawa, Saitama, JP;

Mizuho Asao, Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Naoki Murasawa, Saitama, JP;

Mizuho Asao, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 11/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A vehicle meter is provided including a dialand light sources provided on the rear face of the dial. A plurality of characters can be arranged on the dial and can be displayed by transmitting light from the light sources (a plurality of LEDs) and formed differently from each other in amount of transmitted light. The characters arranged on the dial may be provided with an increased and decreased amount of transmitted light to improve the visibility of the character intended to be emphasized. This makes it easy to visually recognize the entire string of characters in the vehicle meter.


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Murasawa, Naoki. (2012). Vehicle meter (U.S. Patent No. 8308312). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8308312

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