Patent ID: 6400132
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G01D,G01R

Abstract:
A cross-coil type indicating instrument comprising:a dial plate; a housing disposed behind said dial plate, said housing having a plurality of terminal holders at the outer periphery thereof; a pair of coils crossing each other and supported by said housing; a plurality of terminals respectively disposed in said terminal holders; a circuit board supported by said housing and in parallel with said dial plate; an indicator shaft rotatably supported inside said housing to protrude outward through said circuit board and said dial plate; an indicator carried by a tip of said indicator shaft to turn in parallel with the surface of said dial plate; and a permanent magnet disposed in said housing coaxially with said indicator shaft at the middle of said shaft; wherein each of said plurality of terminals comprises a resilient member having a base portion fixed to said terminal holder, an elongation extending from said base portion toward a connection terminal that corresponds to one of said coils to be connected thereto, and a pressure-contact portion extending from said base portion toward said circuit board to pressure-contact said circuit board from behind.