Patent ID: 9689721
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G01D

Claim:
1. An indicator device for motor vehicles, comprising: a dial; an indicator unit with needle; and a motor device, the indicator device with needle being capable of being rotationally driven around an axis of rotation of the indicator device, the indicator unit with needle being designed to be rotationally driven by a torque generated by the motor device wherein the indicator device is capable of being operated with a motor device of a first type, the indicator device is capable of being operated with a motor device of a second type, the indicator device includes minimum time information matched with the motor device of the first type and with the motor device of the second type such that the position of the indicator unit with needle is identical for cases where the motor device of the first type or the motor device of the second type is used, and for different preceding displacements of the indicator unit with needle, the minimum time information matched with the motor device of the first type, and with the motor device of the second type, corresponds to a minimum time for performing the displacement of the indicator unit with needle from a first rotational position around the axis of rotation to a second rotational position around the axis of rotation, and the indicator device includes further minimum time information matched with the motor device of the first type and with the motor device of the second type, such that the position of the indicator unit with needle is identical for cases where the motor device of the first type or the motor device of the second type is used, and for different preceding displacements of the indicator unit with needle, and such that the further minimum time information matched with the motor device of the first type, and with the motor device of the second type, corresponds to a minimum time for performing the displacement of the indicator unit with needle from a third rotational position around the axis of rotation to a fourth rotational position around the axis of rotation.