Patent ID: 9109927
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B60K,G01D

Abstract:
1. A pointer-type meter comprising: a display; a display plate having an indicator portion, surrounding the periphery of the display, and placed to allow visual recognition of the display, a driving apparatus placed at the back of the display and having a pointer shaft protruding toward the display, the display plate having a first display plate and a second display plate placed closer to an observer than the first display plate; a pointer coupled to the pointer shaft and pivoting about the pointer shaft serving as a rotation center to point to the indicator portion, the pointer including a detour portion at least extending on a back-face side of the display and bent in a direction of the rotation center and a pointing portion extending in a direction opposite to the rotation center on a front side of the display plate to point to the indicator portion; and a light guide member positioned adjacent to a light source and extending toward a back of the second display plate such that the light guide member is closer to the observer than the first display plate; wherein: a point of the detour portion farthest from the rotation center is closer to the rotation center than a tip of the pointing portion, a point of the detour portion extending in the direction of the rotation center extends between the first display plate and the second display plate toward the rotation center and connects to the pointing portion, and the pointing portion extends in a direction opposite to a rotation center axis along a front face of the second display plate.