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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Applicants:
Denso International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Inventor:
Cary Horvath, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignees:
DENSO International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 13/04 (2006.01); G01D 13/22 (2006.01); G01D 13/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 13/265 (2013.01); G01D 13/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dial plate is in a disc shape. A pointer body is located at a center of the dial plate and rotational relative to the dial plate. The dial plate has a plurality of grooves extending radially outward from the center. The pointer body is configured to emit light radially outward to illuminate one of the grooves to produce a linear illumination extending linearly outward from the pointer body.