Patent ID: 9688147
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60R,H04R

Claim:
1. An instrument cluster assembly comprising: a case assembly having a visor attached to a front side of the case assembly, the visor having at least one sound hole; a dial sheet mounted within the case assembly, the dial sheet having at least one indicator; a lens mounted to the visor such that the at least one indicator of the dial sheet is viewable through the lens; a speaker mounted within the instrument cluster assembly that generates sound waves; a sound tube within the instrument cluster assembly that directs the sound waves from the speaker to the at least one sound hole of the visor such that 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; and a printed circuit board mounted within the instrument cluster assembly, the printed circuit board including electronics that control a graphical display of the instrument cluster assembly; wherein the printed circuit board includes an aperture that is aligned with the sound tube and aligned with the speaker.