Patent ID: 8151725

Claim:
An indicator apparatus comprising: a display plate, a pointer provided on a front-face side of the display plate, a pointer drive means provided on a back-face side of the display plate for rotating the pointer, a first magnet in a ring shape provided for the pointer, a second magnet provided for the pointer drive means opposite to the first magnet, a yoke in a ring shape located closer to a surface of the first magnet that is not opposite to the second magnet, a light-guide portion, which guides illumination light emitted from behind the pointer, wherein: the pointer is rotated in association with rotation drive of the pointer drive means by attraction force of the first and second magnets, each of the first and second magnets includes two magnetized poles on its surface opposite to each other, the yoke comprises a clearance portion, the light-guide portion is located in the clearance portion, and the clearance portion intersects magnetic field boundaries of the first magnet in a substantially perpendicular direction.