Patent ID: 7093948

Claim:
A display device comprising: a dial face having translucent dial face indicia; a pointer disposed on a front side of the dial face; a drive unit disposed behind the dial face and coupled to the pointer, the drive unit including a motor that drives the pointer about at least a portion of the dial face, the drive unit including an output shaft onto which the pointer is mounted; a light guide disposed rearwardly of the dial face and surrounding the output shaft, the light guide including a guide structure into which a plurality of first apertures and a plurality of second apertures are formed, the first apertures being positioned radially between the output shaft and the second apertures, the second apertures being disposed radially in-line with the output shaft and circumferentially spaced apart from an associated adjacent one or ones of the first apertures; and a first light source disposed rearwardly of the light guide and disposed about the output shaft, the first light source comprising no more than four lamps, each of the lamps being disposed radially between the output shaft and a radially inward end of the second apertures.