Patent ID: 8777290
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. A vehicle dashboard instrument assembly, comprising: a gauge faceplate includes a front face, a rear face, and a gauge-receiving opening through the gauge faceplate from the front face to the rear face; a gauge includes a front end, having a measurement display and an outer rim encircling a viewing area to the measurement display, and a rear end; a collar having an inner side directly abutting the front face of the gauge faceplate outboard of the gauge-receiving opening, and an outer side; the front end of the gauge applied to the gauge-receiving opening, the outer rim of the gauge directly abutting the outer side of the collar, the measurement display located for viewing in a direction toward the front face of the gauge faceplate, and the gauge extends rearwardly from the rear face of the gauge faceplate from the front end of the gauge applied to the gauge-receiving opening to the rear end of the gauge; a bracket removably connected between the gauge and the rear face of the gauge faceplate so as to clamp the collar between the outer rim of the gauge and the front face of the gauge faceplate; and the collar decoratively encircles the outer rim of the gauge.