DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLES

• Main Authors: ISHIBASHI YASUSHI, SUZUKI TOSHIAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.02.2014
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; MEASURING; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device for vehicles capable of preventing light leakage from a light guide member.SOLUTION: A first display member 12 has an opening 12b. A second display member 10 is visible through the opening 12b of the first display member 12. An indicator needle 8 points at a dial section 12a formed on the first display member 12. An indicator needle drive unit 6 pivotably moves the indicator needle 8. Luminous elements 15 emit illumination light for illuminating the first display member 12. A light guide member 16 guides the illumination light to the first display member 12. A light shield member 19 has a ring-shaped shielding wall 19b for preventing the illumination light from irradiating the second display member 10 through an inner peripheral end face 16c of the light guide member 16. The light guide member 16 has a sloped face 16d extending from the inner peripheral end face 16c which is lower in height than the shielding wall 19b.