Patent ID: 6599049
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: B60K,Y10T

Abstract:
An indicating instrument enclosed by a housing having an external thread, wherein the instrument can be inserted by the housing into a recess in a dashboard and can be fixed on the dashboard, in particular of a vehicle, by a housing nut which has an internal thread and which is screwable onto the external thread by engagement with the internal thread, wherein either the external thread (7) and the internal thread (8) are provided only in at least two subregions of the circumference of the housing (3) and of the housing nut (9), respectively, subregions (18, 20) without a thread being in each case arranged in circumferential direction between the subregions haying a thread (7, 8), so that the housing nut (9) is pushable in at least two angular positions completely onto the housing (3) without engagement in the external thread (7), or wherein only the external thread (7) or the internal thread (8) is provided in at least two subregions of the circumference and these subregions are resilient radially in a position in which the internal thread (8) and external thread (7) become disengaged; andwherein the housing (3) has latches (5) which, after insertion of the housing into the recess (2), grip behind the dashboard (1) from a rear side, and in this latched position the external thread (7) protrudes forward out of the recess (2), and wherein the housing nut (9) is adapted for fastening on the external thread (7) and moves towards the latches upon rotation of the internal thread along the external thread, the latches being located between the housing and the nut.