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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Yukio Ogasawara, Niigata, JP;
Shuichi Nomizu, Niigata, JP;
Toshiyuki Ohtake, Niigata, JP;
Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd., Niigata, JP;
Abstract
An instrumental device is provided which includes a variable display portion and a pointer moving around the variable display portion and achieves excellent response and resistance to vibration without complicating the shape of a member. The instrumental device has a display platehaving a variable display portion, a pointermoving around the variable display portion, and pointer drive meansprovided on the back-face side of the display platefor moving the pointer. The instrumental device includes a guide rail portionprovided in the display plateto surround the periphery of the variable display portion, the pointerbeing located on the guide rail portion, a holding portionholding the pointermovably along the guide rail portion, a first magnetprovided in the pointeror the holding portion, and a second magnetprovided in the pointer drive meanssuch that the second magnetis opposite to the first magnet