Signals and indicators – Vehicle – Transmission indicator
Patent
1991-07-10
1992-11-03
Shoap, Allan N.
Signals and indicators
Vehicle
Transmission indicator
116334, 362 26, 362 30, G01D 1304, G09F 900
Patent
active
051598922
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is a shift position indicating device for use with a shift lever. The device comprises a plastic case; a light conductive structure including a horizontal wall and a vertical wall which are integrally connected with each other, the horizontal wall having an indicating outer surface on which first and second groups of projections are integrally formed, the vertical wall having a rounded cut formed in a lower edge thereof, the light conductive structure being substantially embedded within a wall of the plastic case having the indicating outer surface of the horizontal wall exposed to the outside of the plastic case and having the lower edge of the vertical wall exposed to an interior of the plastic case; a pointer located within the plastic case below the horizontal wall of the light conductive structure, the pointer being movable with the shift lever; and a light source installed in the plastic case near the rounded cut of the verical wall. An inner layer of the wall of the plastic case is formed with a plurality of openings through which back surfaces of the first groups of projections are exposed to the interior of the plastic case.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2781597 (1957-02-01), Doane
patent: 4911096 (1990-03-01), Munakata
patent: 4991535 (1991-02-01), Kobayashi et al.
Hara Toshiyuki
Shirahama Katsunori
Nissan Motor Co,. Ltd.
Ohi Seisakusho Co. Ltd.
Shoap Allan N.
Worth W. Morris
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