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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
Denso International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Michael Koch, New Hudson, MI (US);
Ryo Kunitachi, Novi, MI (US);
Brandon Peterson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Joseph Falzon, Livonia, MI (US);
Amol Deshmukh, Canton, MI (US);
Denso International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
An instrument cluster assembly is provided and includes a case assembly having a visor attached to a front side of the case assembly, the visor having at least one sound hole. The instrument cluster assembly also includes a dial sheet having at least one indicator. The instrument cluster assembly also includes a lens mounted to the visor such that the at least one indicator of the dial sheet is viewable through the lens. The instrument cluster assembly also includes a speaker that generates sound waves and a sound tube that directs the sound waves from the speaker to the at least one sound hole of the visor such that the sound waves generated by the speaker travel through the sound tube and exit the at least one sound hole of the visor without traveling through the dial sheet and the lens.