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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2008
Hideki Masuda, Niigata, JP;
Tatsuki Kawamura, Niigata, JP;
Hideki Masuda, Niigata, JP;
Tatsuki Kawamura, Niigata, JP;
Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd., Niigata, JP;
Abstract
An on-vehicle display apparatus with an increased flat display size. The on-vehicle display apparatus includes a flat display capable of displaying various types of information, a light-transmitting substrate provided on a front-face side of the flat display, a pointer provided in the light-transmitting substrate, and a pointer drive means provided on a back-face side of the flat display. The pointer drive means rotates the pointer. The apparatus further includes a movement mechanism for moving the light-transmitting substrate to the outside of a display range. A first magnet is provided for the pointer, and a second magnet is provided for the pointer drive means and is configured to be opposite to first magnet.