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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2011
Takahira Katoh, Kariya, JP;
Kenichi Hiura, Kariya, JP;
Minoru Sumiya, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Kuno, Kariya, JP;
Takahira Katoh, Kariya, JP;
Kenichi Hiura, Kariya, JP;
Minoru Sumiya, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Kuno, Kariya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A meter apparatus is mountable on a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine having an output shaft that rotates at a predetermined idling speed during idling of the engine. When the vehicle satisfies a predetermined stop condition during rotation of the output shaft at the idling speed, the rotation of the output shaft is stopped temporarily. The meter apparatus includes a pointer needle that moves according to a rotation speed of the output shaft to indicate the rotation speed. The amount of movement of the pointer needle with respect to a change in the rotation speed of the output shaft is less when the rotation speed is in a low speed range below the idling speed than when the rotation speed is in a high speed range above the idling speed.