JP2983957B2 - Vehicle instrumentation - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an instrument panel for a vehicle which is disposed, for example, on an instrument panel in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle or on a handle of a motorcycle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are tachometers (rotational speedometers), speedometers (speedometers), oil pressure gauges, fuel gauges, and the like, which are provided on an instrument panel in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle. (Agree with fuel gauge) There are a number of instruments necessary for the vehicle type and grade, such as turbo boost gauge, water temperature gauge, odometer (integrator), trip meter (recorder for short distance), etc. However, in the conventional vehicle instrument device, since the scale plate of each of these instruments is formed of an opaque material, it is impossible to visually recognize the internal structure of the instrument from the scale plate, and the instrument internal configuration is There was a problem that the operating state and the heat generation state could not be visually confirmed, and it took a long time to find the fault location in case of instrument failure.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a plurality of gauges and a scale plate corresponding to the plurality of gauges, wherein at least one of the plurality of scale plates is provided. The scale plate can be selected from opaque, transparent, or translucent to be interchangeable, so that each of these scales can be selected to be compatible with the needs of the driver. The degree of freedom in selecting a scale plate is improved, and when selecting a transparent or translucent scale plate, the internal structure of the instrument can be visually recognized from this scale plate. The status can be checked visually, and if a meter fails, it is easy to find the location of the failure. In addition, it is possible to improve the design feeling, the occupant's feeling performance, and the meter reversal prevention (falsification prevention) measures. And an object thereof is to provide a vehicle for the instrument apparatus that.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the object of the first aspect, the internal structure of the lamp cover is visually checked by forming the lamp cover with a transparent or translucent body. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicular measuring device capable of improving the design feeling and the occupant's feeling while also improving the feeling of design.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the object of the first or second aspect of the present invention, a window plate located outside the scale plate and facing the scale plate is made of a transparent material. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle instrument device capable of visually recognizing each element inside the window plate from the wind plate, and further improving the design feeling and the occupant's feeling.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window plate for covering a front opening of a meter hood in which a plurality of meters are built, and a scale corresponding to a pointer member of the plurality of meters is provided on the window plate. Together with
By all parts of the window plate so as to be seen instruments internal structure of the inner is made of a transparent member or a semitransparent member, transparent portion of the entire window plate, the inside of the instrument internals translucent portion It can be visually checked, the operating state of the instrument's internal configuration and the state of heat generation can be visually checked, and if an instrument fails, it is easy to find the location of the failure, as well as the design feeling, the feeling for the occupants, and the measures to prevent the meter from turning over It is another object of the present invention to provide a vehicle instrument device in which a conventional scale plate can be omitted and the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be significantly reduced.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an instrument system for a vehicle comprising a plurality of gauges and a scale plate corresponding to the plurality of gauges. At least one of the scale plates is a vehicle instrument device mounted so as to be selectively interchangeable by selecting from among an opaque body, a transparent body, and a translucent body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle instrument device in which a lamp cover is formed of a transparent or translucent body. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first or second aspect of the present invention, the window plate located outside the scale plate and facing the scale plate is made of a transparent material. It is a configured instrument device for a vehicle.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an instrument system for a vehicle having a plurality of instruments, wherein a window plate is provided for covering a front opening of a meter hood in which the plurality of instruments are incorporated. the plate of the plurality of instruments
Thereby forming a graduation in correspondence with guidance member, the inner
Of the wind plate so that the internal structure of the instrument can be seen .
Characterized in that it is a vehicle meter device configured by a transparent member or a semitransparent member all parts.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, at least one of the plurality of scale plates corresponding to the plurality of instruments is opaque, transparent, or translucent. The scales are mounted so that they can be interchanged by selecting from them, so that each of these scale plates can be arbitrarily selected and exchanged according to the needs of the driver (occupant). This has the effect of increasing the degree of freedom in selecting a board. In particular, when selecting a transparent or translucent scale plate, you can visually check the internal structure of the instrument from this scale plate, so that you can visually check the operating state, deterioration state, and heat generation state of the internal structure of the instrument, and also if the instrument fails. Sometimes it is easy to find the location of the failure, and it is possible to significantly improve the design feeling and to improve the countermeasures against the reverse rotation of the meter. In addition, the driver is driving a high-mechanical vehicle (or motorcycle). Can cause such a drive feeling,
This has the effect of improving the feeling of the occupant.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
In addition to the effects of the first aspect of the present invention, since the lamp cover is formed of a transparent or translucent body, the internal structure of the lamp cover can be visually checked from the outside, and the design and feeling can be improved. There is an effect that ring characteristics can be further improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention,
In addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, since the window plate located outside the scale plate and facing the scale plate is formed of a transparent body, instruments from the window plate to the inside thereof are provided. Can be visually recognized, and there is an effect that the design feeling and the feeling given to the occupant can be further improved.

According to the invention described in claim 4 of the present invention,
A window plate is provided to cover the opening on the front side of the meter hood in which a plurality of instruments are incorporated, and a scale corresponding to the pointer member of the plurality of instruments is formed on the window plate, and the internal structure of the instrument inside the window plate can be visually recognized. since all parts of the window plate and made of a transparent material or a semitransparent material as the transparent portion of the entire window plate, a semi-transparent portion can be visually recognized inside thereof instrument internal structure, the operation of the meter internal configuration The state, deterioration state, and heat generation state can be visually checked.Furthermore, in the event of a meter failure, it is easy to find the location of the failure.In addition, the design feeling and feeling performance can be improved, and the meter reversal prevention measures can be improved. Since the previous multiple scale plates can be omitted, the number of parts,
There is an effect that the number of assembling steps can be significantly reduced.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawings show a vehicle instrument device. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the vehicle instrument device has a fuel hood 2, a speedometer 3, a tachometer 4, and a water temperature gauge 5 provided in a synthetic resin meter hood 1. At the bottom of the fuel meter 2, a fuel warning lamp 6, an exhaust temperature lamp 7, and overdrive ON / OFF are provided.
A one-side lamp unit 9 having a lamp 8 is provided therein. An oil warning light 10, a seat belt lamp 11, a half door warning light 12, and an electric warning light 13 such as a battery and an alternator are provided below the water temperature gauge 5. Other side lamp unit 1 provided
4 are provided internally.

Further, an odometer (integrator) 15 and a trip meter (recorder for short distance) 16 are provided below the speedometer 3 (so-called speedometer).
A digital timepiece 17 is provided in a lower region of the tachometer (rotational speed meter) 4. Reference numeral 18 denotes a trip meter reset button, and 19 denotes a time set button.

A front opening of the meter hood 1 in which these elements 2 to 19 are provided is provided with a cover body 2 made of synthetic resin.
A cover 22 composed of a 0 (window plate) and a transparent plate 21 (front lens) is detachably attached to protect the pointer members 23, 24, 25, and 26 of each of the meters 2 to 5. In addition, pointer members 23 to 26 and their scale plates 27 and 2 are provided on the cover body 20 (window plate).
Opening 3 so that each graduation of 8, 29 and 30 can be visually checked.
1, 32, 33 and 34 are formed.

The scale plate 27 of the above-mentioned fuel meter 2 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, it has an opening 35 located at a pivot point of the pointer member 23, a screw hole 36, and two locking holes 37 and 38. It is configured to be removable from the holder 40 immediately below.

The scale plate 28 of the speedometer 3 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG.
1, screw holes 42, 43, locking holes 44, 45, an odometer opening 46, and a trip meter opening 47. It is configured to be detachable from the holder 50 immediately below. When the scale plate 28 is made of a transparent member or a translucent member, instead of the openings 46 and 47 described above,
Non-opening marking means may be used. In this case, the step of forming the openings 46 and 47 can be omitted.

The scale plate 29 of the tachometer 4 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, an opening 51 located at a pivot of the pointer member 25, screw holes 52 and 53, locking holes 54 and 55,
It has a time set button insertion hole 56, and is configured to be detachable from a holder 59 directly below the scale plate 29 by attaching and detaching the pointer member 25 and screws 57 and 58. FIG.
Is a mark corresponding to the digital clock 17,
When the scale plate 29 is formed of an opaque material, the mark portion 60 is set to an opening. When the scale plate 29 is formed of a transparent or translucent material, the mark portion 60 is set to a marking means (or an opening). Is done.

The scale plate 30 of the water thermometer 5 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the opening 6 located at the pivot of the pointer member 26
1, a screw hole 62, and locking holes 63 and 64, and are configured to be detachable from a holder 66 immediately below the scale plate 30 by attaching and detaching the pointer member 26 and the screw 65. Each of the above-described locking holes 37, 38, 44, 45, 54, 55, 63,
Numeral 64 is detachably locked to a locking pin integrally formed at a corresponding position of the holders 40, 50, 59, 66.

Here, each of the scale plates 27, 28, 2
Opaque, colorless transparent, colored transparent, and translucent ones are provided as 9, 30, respectively, and any scale plate is selectively and interchangeably mounted among them according to the needs of the occupant. When the scale plates 27 to 30 are formed of a transparent or translucent material, they are colorless, red, yellow, blue,
It can be formed in green and other colors (for example, brown, purple, orange, pink, etc.), and synthetic resins such as vinyl chloride can be used as these materials.

In the embodiment of FIG. 3, each scale plate 27, 28, 2
Although colorless transparent, colored transparent or translucent ones are selected for all of 9 and 30, it is also possible to select colorless transparent, colored transparent or translucent only for some scale plates. Further, each of the above-mentioned scale plates 27 to 30 may be formed of a colored transparent body (or translucent body) of the same color or similar color, and a colored transparent body (or translucent body of different color or different color). body)
With such a configuration, the degree of freedom in selecting the scale plates 27 to 30 according to the needs of the occupant is greatly improved, and the combination of the scale plates 27 to 30 is greatly diversified. Can be planned.

In FIG. 3, reference numerals 67 and 68 denote lamp covers which are detachably provided on the surfaces of the lamp units 9 and 14 arranged close to the instrument.
Similarly to the above-mentioned scale plates 27 to 30, reference numeral 68 is opaque, colorless and transparent, colored and transparent, and translucent. Further, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 69 denotes a neon tube as an example of a luminous illumination means arranged so as to effectively use a surplus space between the cover body 20 (window plate) and the meter hood 1. The neon tube 69 emits light. Thereby, the illumination effect of the vehicle instrument device can be ensured. It is needless to say that the emission color of a lamp (not shown) already provided in the above-mentioned meter hood 1 may be selected to be an arbitrary color.

As described above, according to the vehicle instrument device of the above embodiment, the plurality of instruments (fuel meter 2, speedometer 3,
Scale plate 27, 28, 2 of tachometer 4 and water thermometer 5)
Since at least one of the scale plates 9 and 30 is made of a transparent or translucent body, the internal structure of the instrument (for example, an electronic component such as a capacitor, a resistor, a diode, and an IC chip, a printed circuit board, and the like) is visually recognized from the scale plate. It is possible to visually check the operation state, deterioration state and heat generation state of the internal configuration of the instrument, and when an instrument fails, it is easy to find the location of the failure, and the design feeling is greatly improved and the meter is prevented from reversing. In addition, there is an effect that the driver can have a driving feeling as if he / she is driving a high-mechanical car.

In addition, the scale plates 27 to
The driver (occupant) because at least one of the scales 30 is mounted so that it can be interchangeably selected from opaque, transparent or translucent bodies.
These scale plates can be arbitrarily selected according to the needs, and can be interchanged. This has the effect of increasing the degree of freedom in selecting the scale plates, and can also diversify these combinations. When selecting the scale plate of the body or translucent body, the internal structure of the instrument (for example, electronic components such as capacitors, resistors, diodes, IC chips, printed circuit boards, windings, etc.) can be visually checked from this scale plate. It is possible to visually check the operation state, deterioration state, and heat generation state of the configuration, and it is also possible to easily find a failure location when an instrument fails.

Further, since the above-mentioned lamp covers 67 and 68 are formed of a transparent or translucent body, the lamp cover 6
It is possible to visually check the internal configuration of 7, 68 from the outside, and it is possible to further improve the design feeling.

As shown in the embodiment, the cover body 20
When the neon tube 69 is disposed so as to make the neon tube 69 itself invisible from the driver's seat side by effectively utilizing the surplus space between the (wind plate) and the meter hood 1, Accordingly, there is an effect that the illumination effect of the vehicle instrument device can be secured, and the neon tube 69 can be freely selected according to needs according to needs. It is extremely effective for sports cars and RVs (Recreational Vehicles).

FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the instrument system for a vehicle, wherein each of the scale plates 27 to 30 shown in FIGS. 4 to 7 and the lamp covers 67 and 68 shown in FIG. 70, the various scales necessary for the single scale plate 70 are formed as shown in the figure, and the whole of the single scale plate 70 is transparent (including both colorless and colored) or translucent body. (Both colorless and colored).

With this configuration, a plurality of scale plates 27 are provided.
30 can be achieved and the number of parts can be greatly reduced. However, in other respects, the operation and effects are almost the same as those of the previous embodiment. Are given the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. In FIG. 8, reference numeral 71 denotes an opening through which the trip meter reset button 18 is inserted.

FIG. 9 shows still another embodiment of the vehicular instrument device. In the embodiment shown in FIG.
30, and each of these scale plates 27-30
The entirety of at least the vertical plane portion in FIG. 9 of the window plate 20 opposed to the window plate 20 is formed of a colorless or colored transparent body. In this case, each opening 3 shown in FIG.
All of the steps 1 to 34 can be omitted.

When the wind plate 20 is formed of a colored transparent body, its colors are red, yellow, blue, green, brown,
Any of purple, orange, pink and other colors can be selected according to the needs of the occupants.

As shown in FIG. 9, the above-mentioned scale plates 27 to 30
Of each of the scale plates 27 to
If the window plate 20 facing the window plate 30 is made of a transparent material, each element including instruments inside the window plate 20 can be visually recognized, and there is an effect that the design feeling can be further improved. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 as well, other operations and effects are substantially the same as those of the previous embodiment. Therefore, in FIG. The detailed description is omitted.

FIG. 10 shows still another embodiment of the vehicle instrument system. In this embodiment, a plurality of instruments 2, 3, 4, 5 are provided.
Is provided on the front side opening 72 of the meter hood 1 in which the window plate 20 is provided.
In the vertical section of the instrument, the instruments 2,
Scales corresponding to the pointer members 23 to 26 (see FIG. 3) of 3 , 4 , and 5 are formed, and the internal structure of the instrument inside the scale is visually recognized.
At least the entire vertical surface of the window plate 20 is made of a transparent or translucent body so that it can be formed.

An opening 73 for attaching a pointer is formed in a portion of the window plate 20 corresponding to each of the instruments 2, 3, 4, and 5. In addition, when using a colored material as the above-mentioned transparent body and translucent body, the color is red, yellow, blue, green, brown, purple, orange, pink and other colors according to the needs of the occupant. Arbitrarily selected.
In the case of the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the openings 31 to 34 shown in FIG. 1 and the scale plates 27 to 30 shown in FIG. 3 can be omitted.

As described above, according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the window plate 20 that covers the front opening 72 of the meter hood 1 in which the plurality of meters 2 to 5 are built is provided. Guidelines for multiple instruments 2-5
A scale corresponding to the members 23 to 26 is formed, and
Since the inside of the instrument internal structure is made of a transparent member or a semitransparent member all of the window plate 20 so as to be seen, transparent portion of the window plate 20, the translucent portion all
You can see the internal structure of the instrument inside from your body ,
The operating state and heat generation state of the internal configuration of the instrument can be visually checked, and when an instrument fails, the location of the failure can be easily found, and the sense of design and the countermeasures for preventing the meter from reversing can be improved. Since the reference numeral 20 has a scale display function, all the conventional scale plates 27 to 30 can be omitted, and as a result, the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be significantly reduced.

In correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the meter of the present invention is a fuel-fuel meter 2 of the embodiment,
Although the present invention corresponds to the speedometer 3, the tachometer 4, and the water temperature gauge 5, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

That is, there are a plurality of instruments used in the vehicle instrument device, which are necessary for a vehicle type and a grade, such as a tachometer, a speedometer, an oil pressure gauge, a fuel meter, a turbo boost meter, a water temperature gauge, an odometer, and a trip meter. Instruments are selected and the arrangement layout of these instruments is also varied, but it goes without saying that the vehicle instrument device of the present invention can be applied to all vehicles and motorcycles.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a vehicle instrument device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the vehicle instrument device with the cover removed.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a fuel meter scale plate.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a speedometer scale plate.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a tachometer scale plate.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a scale plate for a water thermometer.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing another embodiment of the scale plate.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the vehicular instrument device of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing still another embodiment of the vehicle instrument device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Meter hood 2 ... Fuel quantity meter 3 ... Speedometer 4 ... Tachometer 5 ... Water temperature gauge 20 ... Wind plate23-26 ... pointer member  27-30, 70 ... Scale plate 67, 68 ... Lamp cover 72 ... Front side opening

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A vehicle instrument device comprising a plurality of meters and a scale plate corresponding to the plurality of meters, wherein at least one of the plurality of scale plates is opaque, transparent, or A vehicle instrument device that is mounted so as to be interchangeable by selecting from translucent bodies. 2. The vehicle instrument device according to claim 1, wherein the lamp cover is formed of a transparent or translucent body. 3. A window plate located outside of the scale plate and facing the scale plate is made of a transparent material.
Or the vehicle instrument device according to 2. 4. A vehicle instrument device having a plurality of instruments, wherein a window plate is provided for covering a front opening of a meter hood in which the plurality of instruments are built, and the window plate has a pointer for the plurality of instruments . The scale corresponding to the member is formed and the internal structure of the instrument inside
There vehicle meter device where the entire part of the window plate and made of a transparent material or semitransparent material so as to be seen.