Lighting structure of liquid crystal panel in gauge for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9108565-B2
Application number	US-201414270706-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2014
Priority date	Nov 8, 2011
Publication date	Aug 18, 2015
Grant date	Aug 18, 2015

Abstract

A lighting structure of a liquid crystal panel in a gauge for a vehicle includes a dial, a pointer member, a liquid crystal display panel, a pointer, and a pointer illuminating light source. The lighting structure further includes an illuminating light dividing and output part, and a luminance adjusting part. The luminance adjusting part includes a first luminance adjusting plate, and a second luminance adjusting plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting structure of a liquid crystal panel in a gauge for a vehicle comprising:
a dial having a pointer driving shaft insert hole and a scale corresponding to measured quantities arranged substantially in the form of a circular arc on the pointer driving shaft insert hole at a center;
a pointer member having a pointer main body which includes a shaft connecting part fixed to an end of a pointer driving shaft and a pointer part extending in a radial dir…

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Mori Kouji

Classifications

• B60K35/60

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• G01D13/22 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01D13/02

  Physics · mapped topic

• B60Q3/044 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• G01D11/28 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic