Patent ID: 7932819
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. A vehicular instrument device comprising: a first meter cluster panel for displaying information that is visually recognizable within a predetermined angular field of vision outside of a steering wheel of the vehicle, when a driver of the vehicle directs a line of sight in a forward direction of the vehicle from an eye range of the driver; and a second meter cluster panel for displaying information that is visually recognizable within said predetermined angular field of vision inside said steering wheel; said first meter cluster panel and said second meter cluster panel being disposed on an instrument panel of said vehicle, wherein said first meter cluster panel is included in said instrument panel near a boundary line between said instrument panel and a front windshield of said vehicle, at a position deeper than said second meter cluster panel as viewed from a perspective of said driver, and wherein said first meter cluster panel has a center of display and said second meter cluster panel has a center of display, said center of display of said first meter cluster panel and said center of display of said second meter cluster panel being aligned along a longitudinal direction of said vehicle.