Patent ID: 8356570

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 provided, at the front-face side, for the pointer; and a second magnet provided, at the back-face side, for the pointer drive means to be opposite to the first magnet, the pointer being rotated in association with rotation drive of the pointer drive means by attraction force of the first and second magnets, wherein: a shaft portion rotatably supporting the pointer is located in the display plate, the shaft portion includes a main shaft, a main-shaft receive portion securing the main shaft to the display plate, and a rotation shaft portion provided rotatably about the main shaft and located on and secured to the pointer, and the main-shaft receive portion has a hollow portion containing a viscous liquid and the bottom end of the rotation shaft portion is located in the hollow portion.