Patent ID: 6883393

Claim:
A vehicular combination meter comprising: an analog meter having: a face plate having a front surface, a rear surface and an opening; a transparent dial having a through hole, wherein the dial is located behind the face plate such that the dial is visible through the opening; a driving unit located behind the dial, the driving unit including a driving body and an output shaft, wherein the output shaft is rotatably fixed to the driving body and extends through the through hole; a pointer supported by the output shaft for rotation over a front surface of the dial; a shift indicator for indicating a gear position of a transmission in accordance with a shift operation, the shift indicator having; indicator pieces provided on the front surface of the face plate next to the opening and aligned; transparent colored segments located behind the face plate and opposite to indicator pieces, respectively, the colored segments each having a different color to color light passing through the color segment toward the indicator piece, wherein the dial and the colored segments are formed of a single gauge board made of a transparent resin; a first light distribution member located along a rear surface of the dial for distributing light to the dial; and a second light distribution member located along front surfaces of the colored segments for distributing light to the indicator pieces.