Patent ID: 7196635
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: B60K,G01D

Abstract:
1. An indicating instrument for a vehicle, the indicating instrument comprising: a dial panel having a display portion; a light source that luminously displays the dial panel; a movement that is for driving a pointer and including a shaft for the pointer that extends forward of the dial panel; a control circuit that is for controlling driving of the movement and putting on and off of the light source; a design board where the movement and the light source are mounted; and a control board where the control circuit is mounted, wherein the movement and the light source are not mounted to the control board, wherein the design board and the control board are constructed separately from each other, wherein the design board is disposed forward of the movement, wherein the control board is disposed backward of the design board so that the control board does not overlap or intersect with the movement in a direction of a shaft of the movement, wherein the movement is one of a plurality of movements, and wherein the control board is disposed backward of the design board so that the control board is disposed between adjacent movements.