WO2006003274A1 - Indicating device provided with a pivotable pointer - Google Patents

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WO2006003274A1
WO2006003274A1 PCT/FR2005/001264 FR2005001264W WO2006003274A1 WO 2006003274 A1 WO2006003274 A1 WO 2006003274A1 FR 2005001264 W FR2005001264 W FR 2005001264W WO 2006003274 A1 WO2006003274 A1 WO 2006003274A1
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Joël FOURNIER
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01D—MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01D13/00—Component parts of indicators for measuring arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variable
    • G01D13/02—Scales; Dials
    • G01D13/04—Construction
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01D—MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01D13/00—Component parts of indicators for measuring arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variable
    • G01D13/22—Pointers, e.g. settable pointer
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  • the present invention relates to an in ⁇ needle indicator device such as those used in particular on motor vehicles to display the speed or the engine speed of the vehicle.
  • Such an indicator device generally comprises a plate, a fixed dial relative to the pla ⁇ tine, a drive member mounted on the pla ⁇ tine movable and a needle extending in front of the dial and having a connecting end to the driving organ.
  • the drive member is generally an output shaft of a motor passing through an opening of the dial. The dial thus extends between the needle and the plate, which forces to mount the needle on the plate after the dial has been mounted on the plate.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a means for simplifying the mounting of the device-indicator.
  • an indicating device comprising a plate, a fixed dial relative to the plate, a drive member movably mounted on the plate and a needle extending in front of the dial and having a connecting end to the drive member, the connecting end of the ai ⁇ guille being connected to the drive member by an articulated link ITA ⁇ ment allowing a degree of freedom in rotation around an axis parallel to the plate.
  • the needle can be brought into a posi ⁇ tion in which it does not interfere with the mounting of the dial.
  • the needle can thus be mounted before the dial.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of an indicator device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view of this positive section along the line II-II of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 is a partial detail view of the device of FIG. 2,
  • the invention is here described in application to an indicator device implanted in an automo ⁇ bile vehicle, combining the display of the speed and the engine speed.
  • the indicating device is generally designated 1 and comprises a housing 2 containing a plate 3 on which is mounted a liquid crystal display 4 which is connected to a speed measuring device which is known in itself and is not represent.
  • An arm 5 is mounted on the plate 3 to pivot between the plate 3 and the display 4 parallel to them.
  • the arm 5 has an end secured to an output shaft of an electric motor which is fixed on one side of the plate 3 opposite to the arm 5 and which is connected to a measuring dis ⁇ positive of the engine speed not shown and con ⁇ nu in itself.
  • the arm 5 has an end portion 6 bent to overlap an outer portion of the display 4 and have a free end 11 extending in front of the display 4 and behind a dial 7 secured to the housing 2 in front of the display 4.
  • the dial 7 has substantially a crown shape leaving the display visible and having an outer edge 8 and a circular inner edge 9 over most of their lengths.
  • the dial 7 is here made of a transparent material, such as polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), and has a planar bottom of which a portion 10 bears readable graduations through the material constituting the dial 7.
  • PMMA polymethylmethacrylate
  • a needle generally designated 12 is re ⁇ linked to the free end 11 by a connecting element ge ⁇ generally designated 13 to extend in front of the dial 7.
  • the arm 5 thus constitutes a drive member of the needle 12.
  • the needle 12 is made of a transparent material such as polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and here comprises a finger 14 for attachment to the connecting element 13 and an indicator portion 15 having an end secured to the finger 14 and a free opposite extremi ⁇ tee such that the finger 14 extends ⁇ in the vicinity of the inner edge 9 and that the in ⁇ dicatrice portion 15 extends cantilever from the finger 14 above of the portion 10 of the dial 7.
  • PMMA polymethylmethacrylate
  • the connecting element 13 comprises an end portion 16 threaded onto the free end 11 of the end portion 6 of the arm 5 and an end portion 17 receiving the finger 14 of the needle 12.
  • the end portions 16 and 17 are connected to one another by a deformable lug 18 between a first state (visible in FIG. 4) in which the end por ⁇ tions 16, 17 are 180 degrees. ° one of the other and a second state (visible in Figure 3) wherein the end portions 16, 17 are 90 ° one of the au ⁇ be.
  • the connecting element 13 is thus articulated to au ⁇ torise a degree of freedom in rotation about an axis parallel to the plate 3 so that the needle is movable between a mounting position (see Figure 4) in which leg 18 is in its first state and the indicator portion 15 of the needle is perpendicular to the plate and a position of use (see Figure 3) in which the lug 18 is in its second state and the indicator portion 15 of the needle is parallel at platinum 3.
  • the connecting element 13 comprises means for holding the end portions 16, 17 when they are in the position of use with respect to each other.
  • the holding means comprise complementary snapping projections 19, 20 (visible in FIG. 4) integral with the end portions 16, 17 to cooperate together when the end portions 16, 17 are in the position of use.
  • the end portion 17 is provided here with side wings in the vicinity of the lug 18 which are each provided with an opening 19. When the lug 18 is in its second state (position of use shown in FIG. ), the wings extend on either side of the end portion 16 which has lateral projections 20 received in the openings 19 to oppose the return of the tab 18 to its first state of deformation (position of mon ⁇ tage).
  • the connecting element 13 and the needle 12 are mounted on the free end of the arm 5.
  • the lug 18 is in its first state.
  • the plate 3 is equipped with the arm 5, the associated motor and the display 5 whose outer portion is slid into the end portion 6 of the arm 5.
  • the dial 7 is then mounted in the housing 2, the indicator portion 15 of the needle 12 being engaged in the central ou ⁇ of the dial 7.
  • the needle 12 is then brought into its position of use, the indicator part 15 being folded down on the dial 7 and the complementary snap-in reliefs 19, 20 holding the end portions 17, 18 at 90.degree. one another in the use position.
  • the connecting element can com ⁇ take a hinge instead of the deformable tab.
  • the drive member may be the output shaft of the motor, the dial then having a shape for example of disk pierced with an opening for the passage of the needle in the mounting position (the indicator portion substantially aligned with the axis of the motor output shaft).
  • the complementary reliefs of snap may have other shape such as a hook secured to the end portion 16 to hook a lug integral with the end portion 17.
  • the end portions can be maintained in the position of use by snapping means or clipping but also by other means such as gluing.

Abstract

The inventive indicating device comprises a plate (3), an indicating dial (7) fixed to the plate, an actuating unit (5) which is movably mounted on the plate and a pointer (12) which extends forwardly to the indicating dial and is provided with an end (14) for connecting to the actuating unit, the pointer connection end is connected to the actuating unit by a pivotable connection element (13), thereby authorising a rotatable degree of freedom around an axis parallel to the plate.

Description

Dispositif indicateur à aiguille articulée. Indicator device with articulated needle.
La présente invention concerne un dispositif in¬ dicateur à aiguille tel que ceux utilisés notamment à bord des véhicules automobiles pour afficher la vitesse ou le régime moteur du véhicule.The present invention relates to an in¬ needle indicator device such as those used in particular on motor vehicles to display the speed or the engine speed of the vehicle.
ARRIERE-PLAN TECHNOLOGIQUEBACKGROUND
Un tel dispositif indicateur comprend générale¬ ment une platine, un cadran fixe par rapport à la pla¬ tine, un organe d'entraînement monté mobile sur la pla¬ tine et une aiguille s 'étendant en avant du cadran et possédant une extrémité de liaison à l'organe d'entraîne¬ ment. L'organe d'entraînement est généralement un arbre de sortie d'un moteur passant au travers d'une ouverture du cadran. Le cadran s'étend ainsi entre l'aiguille et la platine, ce qui oblige à monter l'aiguille sur la platine après que le cadran a été monté sur la platine.Such an indicator device generally comprises a plate, a fixed dial relative to the pla¬ tine, a drive member mounted on the pla¬ tine movable and a needle extending in front of the dial and having a connecting end to the driving organ. The drive member is generally an output shaft of a motor passing through an opening of the dial. The dial thus extends between the needle and the plate, which forces to mount the needle on the plate after the dial has been mounted on the plate.
OBJET DE L'INVENTIONOBJECT OF THE INVENTION
Un but de l'invention est de fournir un moyen pour simplifier le montage du dispositif-.indicateur.An object of the invention is to provide a means for simplifying the mounting of the device-indicator.
BREF EXPOSE DE L'INVENTIONBRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A cet effet, on prévoit, selon l'invention, un dispositif indicateur comportant une platine, un cadran fixe par rapport à la platine, un organe d'entraînement monté mobile sur la platine et une aiguille s 'étendant en avant du cadran et possédant une extrémité de liaison à l'organe d'entraînement, l'extrémité de liaison de l'ai¬ guille étant reliée à l'organe d'entraînement par un élé¬ ment de liaison articulé autorisant un degré de liberté en rotation autour d'un axe parallèle à la platine.For this purpose, there is provided, according to the invention, an indicating device comprising a plate, a fixed dial relative to the plate, a drive member movably mounted on the plate and a needle extending in front of the dial and having a connecting end to the drive member, the connecting end of the ai¬ guille being connected to the drive member by an articulated link élé¬ ment allowing a degree of freedom in rotation around an axis parallel to the plate.
Ainsi, l'aiguille peut être amenée dans une posi¬ tion dans laquelle elle ne gêne pas le montage du cadran. L'aiguille peut de la sorte être montée avant le cadran.Thus, the needle can be brought into a posi¬ tion in which it does not interfere with the mounting of the dial. The needle can thus be mounted before the dial.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'in¬ vention ressortiront à la lecture de la description qui suit d'un mode de réalisation particulier non limitatif de l'invention. BREVE DESCRIPTION DES DESSINSOther features and advantages of the invention appear on reading the following description of a particular non-limiting embodiment of the invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
II sera fait référence aux dessins annexés, parmi lesquels :Reference will be made to the appended drawings, among which:
- la figure 1 est une vue de face d'un dispositif indicateur conforme à 1 ' invention,FIG. 1 is a front view of an indicator device according to the invention,
- la figure 2 est une vue schématique de ce dis¬ positif en coupe selon la ligne II-II de la figure 1,FIG. 2 is a schematic view of this positive section along the line II-II of FIG. 1,
- la figure 3 est une vue partielle de détail du dispositif de la figure 2,FIG. 3 is a partial detail view of the device of FIG. 2,
- la figure 4 est également une vue partielle de détail de ce dispositif.- Figure 4 is also a partial detail view of this device.
DESCRIPTION DE L'INVENTIONDESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
L'invention est ici décrite en application à un dispositif indicateur implanté dans un véhicule automo¬ bile, combinant l'affichage de la vitesse et du régime moteur.The invention is here described in application to an indicator device implanted in an automo¬ bile vehicle, combining the display of the speed and the engine speed.
Le dispositif indicateur est généralement désigné en 1 et comprend un boîtier 2 contenant une platine 3 sur laquelle est monté un afficheur 4 a cristaux liquides qui est relié à un dispositif de mesure de la vitesse qui est connu en lui-même et n'est pas représenté.The indicating device is generally designated 1 and comprises a housing 2 containing a plate 3 on which is mounted a liquid crystal display 4 which is connected to a speed measuring device which is known in itself and is not represent.
Un bras 5 est monté sur la platine 3 pour pivoter entre la platine 3 et l'afficheur 4 parallèlement à ceux- ci. Le bras 5 a une extrémité solidaire d'un arbre de sortie d'un moteur électrique qui est fixé d'un côté de la platine 3 opposé au bras 5 et qui est relié à un dis¬ positif de mesure du régime moteur non représenté et con¬ nu en lui-même.An arm 5 is mounted on the plate 3 to pivot between the plate 3 and the display 4 parallel to them. The arm 5 has an end secured to an output shaft of an electric motor which is fixed on one side of the plate 3 opposite to the arm 5 and which is connected to a measuring dis¬ positive of the engine speed not shown and con¬ nu in itself.
Le bras 5 a une portion terminale 6 recourbée pour chevaucher une portion externe de l'afficheur 4 et avoir une extrémité libre 11 s 'étendant devant l'affi¬ cheur 4 et derrière un cadran 7 solidaire du boîtier 2 en avant de l'afficheur 4.The arm 5 has an end portion 6 bent to overlap an outer portion of the display 4 and have a free end 11 extending in front of the display 4 and behind a dial 7 secured to the housing 2 in front of the display 4.
Le cadran 7 a sensiblement une forme de couronne laissant l'afficheur visible et ayant un bord externe 8 et un bord interne 9 circulaires sur la majeure partie de leurs longueurs. Le cadran 7 est ici réalisé en un maté¬ riau transparent, comme du polymétacrylate de méthyle (PMMA) , et possède un fond plan dont une portion 10 porte des graduations lisibles au travers du matériau consti¬ tuant le cadran 7.The dial 7 has substantially a crown shape leaving the display visible and having an outer edge 8 and a circular inner edge 9 over most of their lengths. The dial 7 is here made of a transparent material, such as polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), and has a planar bottom of which a portion 10 bears readable graduations through the material constituting the dial 7.
Une aiguille généralement désignée en 12 est re¬ liée à l'extrémité libre 11 par un élément de liaison gé¬ néralement désigné en 13 pour s'étendre devant le cadran 7. Le bras 5 constitue ainsi un organe d'entraînement de l'aiguille 12.A needle generally designated 12 is re¬ linked to the free end 11 by a connecting element ge¬ generally designated 13 to extend in front of the dial 7. The arm 5 thus constitutes a drive member of the needle 12.
Plus précisément, l'aiguille 12 est réalisée en un matériau transparent comme du polymétacrylate de mé¬ thyle (PMMA) et comprend ici un doigt 14 de fixation à l'élément de liaison 13 et une partie indicatrice 15 ayant une extrémité solidaire du doigt 14 et une extrémi¬ té opposée libre de telle manière que le doigt 14 s'éten¬ dent au voisinage du bord interne 9 et que la partie in¬ dicatrice 15 s'étende en porte-à-faux a partir du doigt 14 au-dessus de la portion 10 du cadran 7.More specifically, the needle 12 is made of a transparent material such as polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and here comprises a finger 14 for attachment to the connecting element 13 and an indicator portion 15 having an end secured to the finger 14 and a free opposite extremi¬ tee such that the finger 14 extends¬in the vicinity of the inner edge 9 and that the in¬ dicatrice portion 15 extends cantilever from the finger 14 above of the portion 10 of the dial 7.
L'élément de liaison 13 comprend une portion d'extrémité 16 enfilée sur l'extrémité libre 11 de la portion terminale 6 du bras 5 et une portion d'extrémité 17 recevant le doigt 14 de l'aiguille 12.The connecting element 13 comprises an end portion 16 threaded onto the free end 11 of the end portion 6 of the arm 5 and an end portion 17 receiving the finger 14 of the needle 12.
Les portions d'extrémité 16 et 17 sont reliées l'une à l'autre par une patte 18 déformable entre un pre¬ mier état (visible sur la figure 4) dans lequel les por¬ tions d'extrémité 16, 17 sont à 180° l'une de l'autre et un deuxième état (visible sur la figure 3) dans lequel les portions d'extrémité 16, 17 sont à 90° l'une de l'au¬ tre. L'élément de liaison 13 est ainsi articulé pour au¬ toriser un degré de liberté en rotation autour d'un axe parallèle à la platine 3 de telle manière que l'aiguille est mobile entre une position de montage (voir la figure 4) dans laquelle la patte 18 est dans son premier état et la partie indicatrice 15 de l'aiguille est perpendicu¬ laire à la platine et une position d'utilisation (voir la figure 3) dans laquelle la patte 18 est dans son deuxième état et la partie indicatrice 15 de l'aiguille est paral¬ lèle à la platine 3.The end portions 16 and 17 are connected to one another by a deformable lug 18 between a first state (visible in FIG. 4) in which the end por¬ tions 16, 17 are 180 degrees. ° one of the other and a second state (visible in Figure 3) wherein the end portions 16, 17 are 90 ° one of the au¬ be. The connecting element 13 is thus articulated to au¬ torise a degree of freedom in rotation about an axis parallel to the plate 3 so that the needle is movable between a mounting position (see Figure 4) in which leg 18 is in its first state and the indicator portion 15 of the needle is perpendicular to the plate and a position of use (see Figure 3) in which the lug 18 is in its second state and the indicator portion 15 of the needle is parallel at platinum 3.
L'élément de liaison 13 comprend des moyens de maintien des portions d'extrémité 16, 17 lorsque celles- ci sont dans la position d'utilisation l'une par rapport à l'autre. Les moyens de maintien comprennent des reliefs complémentaires d'encliquetage 19, 20 (visibles sur la figure 4) solidaires des portions d'extrémité 16, 17 pour coopérer ensemble lorsque les portions d'extrémité 16, 17 sont dans la position d'utilisation. La portion d'extré¬ mité 17 est pourvue ici d'ailes latérales au voisinage de la patte 18 qui sont pourvues chacune d'une ouverture 19. Lorsque la patte 18 est dans son deuxième état (position d'utilisation représentée à la figure 3) , les ailes s'étendent de part et d'autre de la portion d'extrémité 16 qui comporte des saillies latérales 20 reçues dans les ouvertures 19 pour s'opposer au retour de la patte 18 vers son premier état de déformation (position de mon¬ tage) .The connecting element 13 comprises means for holding the end portions 16, 17 when they are in the position of use with respect to each other. The holding means comprise complementary snapping projections 19, 20 (visible in FIG. 4) integral with the end portions 16, 17 to cooperate together when the end portions 16, 17 are in the position of use. The end portion 17 is provided here with side wings in the vicinity of the lug 18 which are each provided with an opening 19. When the lug 18 is in its second state (position of use shown in FIG. ), the wings extend on either side of the end portion 16 which has lateral projections 20 received in the openings 19 to oppose the return of the tab 18 to its first state of deformation (position of mon¬ tage).
Les opérations principales du montage du disposi¬ tif indicateur en liaison avec l'invention vont mainte¬ nant être décrites.The main operations of mounting the disposi¬ tif indicator in connection with the invention will now be described n ~ be described.
L'élément de liaison 13 et l'aiguille 12 sont montés sur l'extrémité libre du bras 5. La patte 18 est dans son premier état .The connecting element 13 and the needle 12 are mounted on the free end of the arm 5. The lug 18 is in its first state.
La platine 3 est équipée du bras 5, du moteur as¬ socié et de l'afficheur 5 dont la portion externe est glissée dans la portion terminale 6 du bras 5.The plate 3 is equipped with the arm 5, the associated motor and the display 5 whose outer portion is slid into the end portion 6 of the arm 5.
L'aiguille 12 étant en position de montage, le cadran 7 est ensuite monté dans le boîtier 2, la partie indicatrice 15 de l'aiguille 12 étant engagée dans l'ou¬ verture centrale du cadran 7. L'aiguille 12 est ensuite amenée dans sa position d'utilisation, la partie indicatrice 15 étant rabattue sur le cadran 7 et les reliefs complémentaires d'encli- quetage 19, 20 maintenant les portions d'extrémité 17, 18 à 90° l'une de l'autre dans la position d'utilisation.The needle 12 being in the mounting position, the dial 7 is then mounted in the housing 2, the indicator portion 15 of the needle 12 being engaged in the central ou¬ of the dial 7. The needle 12 is then brought into its position of use, the indicator part 15 being folded down on the dial 7 and the complementary snap-in reliefs 19, 20 holding the end portions 17, 18 at 90.degree. one another in the use position.
Bien entendu, l'invention n'est pas limitée au mode de réalisation décrit, mais englobe au contraire toute variante reprenant, avec des moyens équivalents, les caractéristiques essentielles énoncées plus haut.Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiment described, but on the contrary covers any variant using, with equivalent means, the essential characteristics mentioned above.
En particulier, l'élément de liaison peut com¬ prendre une charnière aux lieu et place de la patte dé- formable.In particular, the connecting element can com¬ take a hinge instead of the deformable tab.
L'organe d'entraînement peut être l'arbre de sor¬ tie du moteur, le cadran ayant alors une forme par exem¬ ple de disque percé d'une ouverture pour le passage de l'aiguille en position de montage (la partie indicatrice sensiblement alignée avec l'axe de l'arbre de sortie du moteur) .The drive member may be the output shaft of the motor, the dial then having a shape for example of disk pierced with an opening for the passage of the needle in the mounting position (the indicator portion substantially aligned with the axis of the motor output shaft).
Les reliefs complémentaires d' encliquetaσe peu¬ vent avoir d'autre forme comme un crochet solidaire de la portion d'extrémité 16 pour accrocher un ergot solidaire de la portion d'extrémité 17. Les portions d'extrémité peuvent être maintenues en position d'utilisation par des moyens d'encliquetage ou de clipsage mais également par d'autres moyens tels que le collage. The complementary reliefs of snap may have other shape such as a hook secured to the end portion 16 to hook a lug integral with the end portion 17. The end portions can be maintained in the position of use by snapping means or clipping but also by other means such as gluing.

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REVENDICATIONS
1. Dispositif indicateur comportant une pla¬ tine (3) , un cadran (7) fixe par rapport à la platine, un organe d'entraînement (5) monté mobile sur la platine et une aiguille (12) s 'étendant en avant du cadran et possé¬ dant une extrémité de liaison (14) à l'organe d'entraîne¬ ment, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité de liaison de l'aiguille est reliée à l'organe d'entraînement par un élément de liaison articulé (13) autorisant un degré de liberté en rotation autour d'un axe parallèle à la pla¬ tine.1. Indicator device comprising a pla¬ tine (3), a dial (7) fixed relative to the plate, a drive member (5) movably mounted on the plate and a needle (12) extending forward of the dial and possessing a connecting end (14) to the drive member, characterized in that the connecting end of the needle is connected to the drive member by an articulated connecting element (13) allowing a degree of freedom in rotation about an axis parallel to pla¬ tine.
2. Dispositif indicateur selon la revendica¬ tion 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un écran (4) monté entre la platine (3) et le cadran (7) , le cadran ayant sensiblement une forme de couronne laissant un ac¬ cès visuel à l'écran, en ce que l'organe d'entraînement est un bras (5) pivotant autour d'un axe perpendiculaire à la platine et ayant une portion terminale (6) recourbée qui chevauche une portion extérieure de l'écran et qui a une extrémité libre (11) entre le cadran et l'écran, et en ce que l'élément de liaison (13) relie l'extrémité de liaison de l'aiguille à l'extrémité libre de la portion terminale du bras.2. Indicator device according to revendica¬ tion 1, characterized in that it comprises a screen (4) mounted between the plate (3) and the dial (7), the dial having substantially a crown shape leaving a ac¬ cès visual on the screen, in that the driving member is an arm (5) pivoting about an axis perpendicular to the plate and having a curved end portion (6) which overlaps an outer portion of the screen and which has a free end (11) between the dial and the screen, and in that the connecting element (13) connects the connecting end of the needle to the free end of the end portion of the arm.
3. Dispositif indicateur selon la revendica¬ tion 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de liaison (13) comprend deux portions d'extrémité (16, 17) reliées par une patte (18) déformable et des moyens de maintien (19, 20) des portions d'extrémité lorsque celles-ci sont dans une position d'utilisation l'une par rapport à l'au¬ tre.3. Indicator device according to revendica¬ tion 1 or 2, characterized in that the connecting element (13) comprises two end portions (16, 17) connected by a tab (18) deformable and holding means ( 19, 20) end portions when they are in a position of use with respect to the au¬ be.
4. Dispositif indicateur selon la revendica¬ tion 3, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de maintien (19, 20) comprennent des reliefs complémentaires d'enclique- tage solidaires des portions d'extrémité.4. Indicator device according to revendica¬ tion 3, characterized in that the holding means (19, 20) comprise complementary insertion reliefs secured to the end portions.
5. Dispositif indicateur selon la revendica- tion 4, caractérisé en ce que, en position d'utilisation, les portions d'extrémité (16, 17) s'étendent sensiblement à 90° l'une de l'autre. 5. Indicating device according to the claim 4, characterized in that, in the position of use, the end portions (16, 17) extend substantially 90 ° from each other.
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