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Title:
VEHICULAR METER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003075206
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a combination meter 1 having a novel visibility with good appearance by devising the method of constituting and actuating a light transmittivity-variable member, i.e., a dimmer membrane 20 disposed in front of an indicator panel 10 (driver side).

A dimmer membrane 20 being a light transmittivity-variable member is pasted on the inside of a cover glass 3 disposed on the front of an indicator panel 10 (driver side) so as to cover the entire surface of the panel 10, and the membrane 20 is composed of a plurality of light transmittivity- variable members, i.e., dimmer members 21, 22, 23. A controller 30 individually controls the transmittivity of each dimmer member 21, 22, 23, so that the visibility of the panel 10 is not varied at a fixed rate over the entire panel 10 as in the prior art but can be gradually varied with partly leaving delay times, resulting in that a combination meter 1 having a novel visibility with good appearance can be provided.


Inventors:
WADA TOSHIKI
KUMAZAWA KATSUHIRO
Application Number:
JP2001267931A
Publication Date:
March 12, 2003
Filing Date:
September 04, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
DENSO CORP
International Classes:
B60K35/00; B60K37/02; B60R16/02; G09F13/04; G01D11/28; (IPC1-7): G01D11/28; B60K35/00; B60R16/02; G09F13/04
Domestic Patent References:
JPH02234857A1990-09-18
JP2001041780A2001-02-16
JPH05173191A1993-07-13
JPS61171034U1986-10-23
Foreign References:
WO1999004322A11999-01-28
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hirohiko Usui (2 outside)



 
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