Patent ID: 6356046
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B60K,G01D,H02K

Abstract:
An instrument panel comprising:a scale plate having numerals and scales thereon; a pointer rotatable at a front side of the scale plate, the pointer being connected to a pointer shaft; a driver device for rotating the pointer shaft, the driver device comprising: a stepping motor composed of a stator including a field coil wound around a yoke and a rotor having a magnet; and a reduction gear train having a plurality of synthetic resin gears operably connected between the rotor of the stepping motor and the pointer shaft; and a circuit board, for electrically connecting the field coil, positioned at a rear side of the scale plate to form an inner space between the scale plate and the circuit board, wherein: the field coil and the yoke are supported by the circuit board and positioned in the inner space, the field coil being electrically connected to the circuit board by soldering; and the reduction gear train is positioned at a rear side of the circuit board.