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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2014
Applicant:
James Paul Farell, Canton, MI (US);
Inventor:
James Paul Farell, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 13/22 (2006.01); B60K 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 13/22 (2013.01); B60K 37/02 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1064 (2013.01); B60K 2350/206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pointer device, an instrument cluster, and a display for an instrument cluster are described herein. The pointer device includes a pointer with a stem and paddle. The instrument cluster includes a technique to display a bar graph based interface with a mechanically driven pointer. The display allows for a dual representation employing multiple pointers, with one pointer dedicated to a dial-based display, and another pointer dedicated to a bar graph display.