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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2010
Hideki Ikarashi, Niigata, JP;
Hideki Ikarashi, Niigata, JP;
NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD., Niigata, JP;
Abstract
A pointer-type meter is provided in which, even when a pointer has a meandering shape, the influence thereof on the operation characteristics of the pointer can be minimized. The meter includes a display, display platesandhaving indicator portionsand, respectively, and placed to allow visual recognition of the display, a driving apparatusplaced at the back of the displayand having a pointer shaftprotruding toward the display, and a pointerpivoting about the pointer shaftserving as a rotation center axis RC to point to the indicator portionsand, the pointerincluding a detour portionand a pointing portionpointing to the indicator portionsand, wherein a point Pof the detour portionfarthest from the rotation center axis RC is closer to the rotation center axis RC than a tip Pof the pointing portion