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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 17, 2010
Yuusuke Aono, Shizuoka, JP;
Shigeki Totsuka, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuusuke Aono, Shizuoka, JP;
Shigeki Totsuka, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An instrument system includes a speedometer as an indicating instrument. The speedometer includes a disk-like dial, a movement element, and an indicating needle. The dial includes an indication element indicative of vehicle's speed. The movement element has an output shaft connected to a measurement device measuring the vehicle's speed and configured to rotate based on measurements obtained by the measurement device. The needle is attached to the output shaft by a mounting structure. The needle includes a skirt attached to the output shaft of the movement element, and a pointer extending radially from the skirt, so as to be rotated by the output shaft and indicate a value of interest of the indication element of the dial. The skirt includes a hole into which the output shaft is press-fit. The hole has an elliptical cross section.