Patent ID: 9091571
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B60K,G01D

Abstract:
1. An instrument lighting device comprising: a circuit board formed of a hard material, an instrument body arranged on the circuit board and having a drive shaft extending toward the front, an indicating needle mounted on a distal end side of the drive shaft, a display panel arranged between the indicating needle and the circuit board and having markings corresponding at least to the indicating needle, a luminous source for lighting the markings arranged on a front side of the circuit board and configured to light at least the markings, an instrument housing arranged between the display panel and the circuit board, a cylindrical portion provided on the instrument housing and formed into a frame shape so as to surround the drive shaft, a reflecting surface portion provided on the instrument housing and configured to irradiate the display panel with light from the luminous source for lighting the markings arranged on an outer surface of the cylindrical portion, a reflecting wall portion provided on the instrument housing and arranged so as to face the luminous source for lighting the markings for reflecting and guiding the light from the luminous source for lighting the markings toward the reflecting surface portion, and information display portions arranged so as to surround the drive shaft are provided on the display panel, wherein: the instrument housing is formed integrally with light-shielding tubular portions formed so as to be divided into a plurality of items to be displayed on the information display portions provided on the display panel so as to surround the cylindrical portion, information display luminous sources are arranged respectively under the respective tubular portions and are mounted on the circuit board, the reflecting wall portion is provided so as to be positioned outside of an area of the information display portions, the reflecting wall portion includes a conical first reflecting wall portion formed so as to protrude in the radial direction from the center of rotation of the indicating needle and configured to light mainly the markings existing in a first marking area near the luminous source for lighting the markings, and a second reflecting wall portion formed into a curved surface and provided continuously from the first reflecting wall portion for lighting mainly the markings existing in a second marking area farther from the first marking area, the first reflecting wall portion is arranged on a side of a distal end of the reflecting wall portion, and the second reflecting wall portion is arranged on a side of the center of the indicating needle outside of the frame shape of the cylindrical portion.