Meter illumination device

Abstract

Disclosed is a meter illumination device which makes it possible to sufficiently illuminate the indicating sections of the indicating needle and the display panel. A meter housing () is equipped with a light guide tube () that guides light rays from a light source () to the base () end of an indicating needle (); a light guide opening () that is provided between the bottom end of the light guide tube () and a circuit board (); an upright reflective circumferential wall section () that surrounds the periphery of the light guide opening () and is provided at a prescribed distance from the light source (); a first reflective wall section () that is provided in order to perform transmission illumination of the indicating section () regions of a display panel (), and that is contiguous with the upper end of the upright reflective circumferential wall section (); and a second reflective wall section () having a substantially inverted conical shape provided at a point on the outer periphery of the light guide tube () for reflectively directing light onto the first reflective wall section ().