JP2018036051A - Vehicle instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle instrument which has no possibility of reduction in the readability of measured values.SOLUTION: The vehicle instrument includes: a display 10 for an instrument having a display unit 11 capable of displaying measured values according to different states of a vehicle; and a panel body 60 arranged on a viewer side of the display 10. The panel body 60 has a plurality of protrusions 62 formed to correspond to the display region of the display unit 11, the protrusions 62 having an overlapping unit 62a overlapping with an end part 11a of the display unit 11 when viewed from a viewer who recognizes the instrument.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle instrument mounted on a vehicle such as an automobile or a motorcycle.

  Conventionally, as this type of vehicle instrument, for example, the one described in Patent Document 1 below is known. The vehicle instrument described in Patent Document 1 includes an instrument display having a display unit that can display measurement values corresponding to various vehicle states (for example, a linear display unit that indicates a vehicle speed value as a linear line), A ring-shaped panel body arranged on the viewer side (front side) of the instrument display, and the panel body includes a plurality of indicator printing sections (for example, scales) provided corresponding to the display range of the linear display section. Printing section). And the viewer who visually recognizes the vehicle meter can grasp the measured value (for example, the value of the vehicle speed) by comparing and interpreting the linear display unit and the scale printing unit.

  On the other hand, in Patent Document 2, a plurality of holes for penetrating solid scales are provided in the ring-shaped panel body, and a transparent member is disposed along the back surface of the ring-shaped panel body. There is disclosed a vehicular instrument configured such that a raised portion formed of an integrally formed solid scale (convex scale) passes through a hole and protrudes to a viewer side.

JP 2005-156461 A JP 2009-31475 A

By the way, the scale printing part described in Patent Document 1 is replaced with the raised part (convex scale) described in Patent Document 2, and the measurement value is grasped by comparing and interpreting the linear display part and the raised part. In this case, the linear display portion and the raised portion are separated from each other in the radial direction (that is, the direction in which the linear display portion extends). That is, at this time, the linear display portion and the raised portion are installed at a predetermined distance in the radial direction by the panel body portion between the linear display portion and the raised portion. There is a possibility that the legibility of the measurement value is deteriorated by disposing the linear display portion away from the raised portion.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention is directed to providing a vehicle instrument that does not have a risk of degrading the readability of measured values in order to address the above-described problems.

  The present invention relates to a vehicle instrument comprising a display for an instrument having a display unit capable of displaying measurement values corresponding to various vehicle states, and a panel body arranged on a viewer side of the display for instrument. The body includes a plurality of raised portions formed so as to correspond to the display range of the display unit, and when viewed from the viewer side who visually recognizes the vehicle instrument, the raised portion is a predetermined portion of the display unit. It has the superposition | polymerization part which overlaps with a location, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  Further, according to the present invention, the panel body is disposed on the viewer side of the instrument display with a predetermined gap, and the overlapping portion includes a first wall portion extending horizontally from the raised portion, and the instrument portion. The second wall portion is formed integrally with the first wall portion so as to hang down toward the display side.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the initial objective can be achieved and the vehicle instrument which does not have a possibility that the readability of a measured value may fall can be provided.

The principal part front view of the display apparatus by embodiment of this invention. AA sectional drawing of FIG.

  Hereinafter, the case where the embodiment of the present invention is applied to a vehicle instrument including a speedometer mounted on a vehicle will be described as an example with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In the following description, the viewer side viewing the vehicle instrument from the front (viewing) is defined as the front side, and the counter-viewer side opposite to the viewer side is defined as the back side.

  1 and 2, the vehicle meter according to the present embodiment is a conductive display (made of metal) having an instrument display 10 for displaying various vehicle information and an opening 21 corresponding to the display area of the instrument display 10. Frame body 20, circuit board 30 disposed behind instrument display 10, and light guide member 40 for guiding illumination light from light source 31 mounted on circuit board 30 to instrument display 10. A case member 50 placed on the circuit board 30 so as to accommodate the light guide member 40, a panel body 60 disposed on the front side of the frame body 20 (instrument display 10), and the panel body The display board 70 mounted on the display board 60, a front-side casing 80 disposed on the front side of the display board 70, and a rear-side casing 90 that accommodates the circuit board 30 and the like are provided.

  An instrument display 10, for example, a substantially rectangular liquid crystal display panel in which liquid crystal is sealed between a pair of transparent substrates and polarizing plates are respectively attached to the front and back surfaces of the transparent substrate can be applied.

  The instrument display 10 also has a linear display unit (display unit) 11 that can display measurement values corresponding to various vehicle states (here, a vehicle speed value indicating the traveling speed of the vehicle). The linear display portion 11 forms a pointer portion extending linearly from the predetermined center point C1 to the outside (panel body 60 side), and rotates based on the measured value with the center point C1 as the start point. Operate.

  The frame body 20 is formed of a conductive material and mainly has a function as a fixing member for fixing the instrument display 10. The front wall portion includes a display window portion corresponding to the display area. An opening 21 is formed. In this case, the frame body 20 is fixed to the circuit board 30 by appropriate fixing means (for example, a caulking fixing means using a caulking piece (not shown) provided behind the frame body 20).

  The circuit board 30 is made of, for example, a hard wiring board in which a wiring pattern (not shown) is applied to a glass epoxy base material. For example, a control means (not shown) that performs display control of the instrument display 10 and light emission control of the light source 31. And the light source 31 and circuit components (not shown) such as a resistor and a capacitor are conductively connected to the wiring pattern.

  The light source 31 is formed of, for example, a chip-type light emitting diode that emits white light, and is mounted on the circuit board 30 so as to face a light receiving portion (described later) of the light guide member 40. Note that the number of light sources 31 may be provided as many as necessary in accordance with the shape (area) of the lower end surface of the light receiving unit.

  The light guide member 40 is formed of a translucent synthetic resin material, and is disposed on the main body 41 so as to face the light source 31 and a substantially rectangular main body 41 arranged along the back of the instrument display 10. And a light receiving unit 42 that is integrally formed and receives illumination light from the light source 31.

  The light receiving part 42 is bent so as to hang down from one side wall part of the main body part 41 toward the light emitting surface of the light source 31, and is directly introduced into the light receiving part 42 directly above the light receiving part 42. A light guide surface 43 having a curved surface shape or an inclined surface shape having a function of reflecting and guiding the illuminating light toward the main body 41 is provided.

  Reference numeral 44 denotes a light emitting surface composed of a flat surface for emitting the illumination light reflected and guided into the main body 41 through the light receiving unit 42 and the light guide surface 43 to the instrument display 10 side. Is provided on the front side of the main body 41.

  The case member 50 is formed of, for example, a white synthetic resin material, and has a holding portion 51 that holds the instrument display 10 and the main body portion 41. In this case, in addition to the function as a holding body for holding the instrument display 10 and the main body 41, the holding unit 51 is a light for efficiently guiding the illumination light introduced into the main body 41 to the light emitting surface 44 side. It has a function as a reflecting surface.

  The panel body 60 is formed in a substantially semi-annular shape with, for example, a light-transmitting synthetic resin material, and is disposed on the front side of the instrument display 10 (frame body 20) at a predetermined interval. Further, in this case, the panel body 60 includes a base portion 61 formed in a substantially semi-annular plate shape, and a plurality of raised portions 62 formed on the inner edge portion of the base portion 61.

  The base 61 constitutes a main part of the panel body 60, and in this case, partially covers the frame body 20.

  The raised portions 62 are formed of convex scale portions that are raised (projected) on the front side of the base portion 61 at the inner edge of the base portion 61, and a plurality of raised portions 62 are arranged at substantially equal intervals so as to correspond to the display range of the linear display portion 11. Individually formed. In this case, each bulging portion 62 is a predetermined portion of the linear display portion 11 schematically shown in FIG. 2 (for example, a linear display portion located on the opposite side to the center point C1 when viewed from the front side. 11 overlapped with the front end portion 11a) of the eleventh portion is integrally formed.

  Further, here, the overlapping portion 62a is horizontally formed so as to hang down toward the instrument display side 10 and a horizontal wall portion (first wall portion) P1 extending substantially horizontally from the raised portion 62 inward. It is comprised by the drooping wall part (2nd wall part) P2 integrally formed in wall part P1. For example, the hanging wall portion P2 is provided on the back side of the horizontal wall portion P1 so as to have a minute clearance of several millimeters so as not to contact the instrument display side 10. This minute clearance is configured as a space that is considerably narrower than the gap.

  The display board 70 is formed in a substantially semi-annular shape using, for example, a thin synthetic resin material, and a black ground color portion 71 is printed on the surface thereof. In addition, although detailed illustration here is abbreviate | omitted, the speed figure shall be formed in the display board 70 so as to correspond to each protruding part 62. FIG. The speed number is formed, for example, by a white translucent printing layer in a portion where the ground color portion 71 is not printed. Reference numeral 72 denotes a notch formed by notching the inner edge portion of the display board 70 so as to avoid the raised portions 62 (see FIG. 1). Thus, when the display board 70 is placed on the panel body 60, each raised portion 62 is configured to protrude to the front side of the display board 70.

  The front-side housing 80 includes a see-through portion 81 formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin material and an invisible portion 82 as an opaque portion formed of a light-blocking (for example, black) synthetic resin material. . In this case, for example, the front side housing 80 can be obtained by insert-molding the see-through part 81 into the invisible part 82.

  The see-through unit 81 includes a see-through panel provided so that the display means 10, the raised portion 62, and the display plate 70 can be seen through from the front side. The invisible portion 82 is made of an impermeable resin case provided so that a portion (for example, a part of the circuit board 30) excluding the display means 10, the raised portion 62, and the display board 70 cannot be seen from the front side.

  The back side housing 90 is made of, for example, a synthetic resin material and is formed in a substantially box shape. In this case, the rear case 90 and the front case 80 constitute an exterior case of the vehicle instrument.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the panel body 60 includes a plurality of raised portions 62 formed so as to correspond to the display range of the linear display unit 11, and the viewer side (that is, visually recognizes the vehicle instrument) When viewed from the front side, the raised portion 62 has a superposed portion 62a that overlaps the tip portion 11a of the linear display portion 11 that is a predetermined location of the linear display portion 11.

  Therefore, by providing the overlapping portion 62a in the raised portion 62, the linear display portion 11 and the raised portion 62 are not separated from each other in the radial direction (that is, the direction in which the linear display portion 11 extends). That is, since the overlapping portion 62a overlaps with the tip end portion 11a of the linear display portion 11 when viewed from the front side, a comparison between the raised portion 62 (the raised portion 62 and the speed number) and the linear display portion 11 is made. By reading, the viewer can easily grasp the measurement value, and can provide an instrument for a vehicle that does not cause a decrease in readability of the measurement value.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the panel body 60 is arrange | positioned in the front side of the instrument display 10 across the said clearance gap, and the superimposition part 62a is the horizontal wall part P1 extended horizontally from the protruding part 62, and the instrument display 10 side. And a hanging wall portion P2 formed integrally with the horizontal wall portion P1 so as to be hung toward the bottom.

  By configuring in this way, for example, as described above, the minute clearance formed between the hanging wall portion P2 and the instrument display 10 is set to about several millimeters that is considerably narrower than the gap, so that the viewer can Even when the measuring instrument is viewed from an oblique direction rather than from the front direction, the overlapping portion 62a is visually recognized as if it overlaps the tip portion 11a, and there is no possibility that the readability of the measurement value is deteriorated. A vehicle instrument can be provided.

  In addition, this invention is not limited by the above-mentioned embodiment and drawing. Changes (including deletion of constituent elements) can be added to the embodiments and the drawings as appropriate without departing from the scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, there is no mention of the light emitting of the speed numbers of the raised portion 62 of the panel body 60 and the display board 70, but illumination light is introduced into the base portion 61 as necessary. The raised portion 62 and the speed number may be emitted. In addition, the display unit 11 is a linear display unit extending linearly, but the display form of the display unit 11 may be configured such that the tip portion 11a and the overlapping portion 62a overlap when viewed from the front side. Any display form can be adopted, and for example, a display form that is bent at the base portion of the display unit 11 located on the center point C1 side may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Instrument display 20 Frame body 30 Circuit board 31 Light source 40 Light guide member 50 Case member 60 Panel body 61 Base part 62 Raised part 62a Superposition part 70 Display board C1 Center point P1 Horizontal wall part (1st wall part)
P2 hanging wall (second wall)

Claims (2)

An instrument display having a display unit capable of displaying measured values corresponding to various vehicle states;
In a vehicle instrument comprising a panel body arranged on the viewer side of the instrument display,
The panel body includes a plurality of raised portions formed to correspond to the display range of the display unit,
The vehicular instrument, wherein when viewed from the viewer side who visually recognizes the vehicular instrument, the raised portion has an overlapping portion that overlaps a predetermined portion of the display unit. The panel body is arranged on the viewer side of the instrument display with a predetermined gap therebetween,
The overlapping portion includes a first wall portion extending horizontally from the raised portion, and a second wall portion formed integrally with the first wall portion so as to be suspended toward the instrument display side. The vehicle instrument according to claim 1, comprising:

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