Patent ID: 6367407
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: B60Q,B62D

Abstract:
An indicator device intended for installation in a vehicle and on a dashboard of the vehicle to provide visual indication of the orientation of the steering wheel relative to the central axis of the vehicle and simultaneously a visual indication of a distance traveled, the indicator device comprising:a housing having a front surface, a moving transparent faceplate which is moveably attached to the front surface, a mapping on said faceplate which moves with said faceplate and which pictures a motion needed to parallel park the vehicle, a threaded rotatable shaft comprising a threaded nut assembly having a marker, said nut assembly moves along the threaded rotatable shaft, wherein said movement of said faceplate and said map is substantially orthogonal to said movement of said threaded nut assembly; a flexible cable having two ends, one said end being attached to said faceplate, the other said end being adapted to connect to the vehicle tie-rod end, said flexible cable causes movement of said faceplate and is calibrated to correspond to movement of the vehicle steering wheel; and a contact wheel assembly having a rotatable wheel, said contact wheel assembly being designed to affix to the vehicle so that said rotatable wheel can contact a front wheel of the vehicle, said contact wheel assembly connecting to a rotatable cable, said rotatable cable connects to said threaded rotatable shaft and movement of said rotatable wheel causes the movement of said nut assembly with said marker, the movement of said nut assembly being calibrated to correspond to the reverse and forward motion of the vehicle.