Patent · US Expired

Indicating instrument

US6653567B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16References

15Claims

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Assignee

Mannesmann VDO AG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Ritter · Katy, US
Manfred Zeiss · Rüsselsheim am Main, DE
Harald Ehmes · Großkrotzenburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 5, 2002
Grant date	Nov 25, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 5, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60K35/50
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an indicating instrument, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a housing with a front frame holding a cover pane, and an elastic spacing element arranged between the cover pane and front frame, and to a method for connecting the cover pane to the front frame.In order to ensure a reliable connection between the cover pane and front frame which is without play, the invention proposes the spacing element be placed in an axial cutout which is arranged in the region of the circumference of the front frame and faces the cover pane, and in which the cover pane can engage. The method consists in that in a first step the spacing element is inserted into the axial cutout in the front frame, and in a second step the cover pane is pressed into the axial cutout against the spacing element.

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