Turn lock bezel for gauge extraction and retention

Details Turn lock bezel for gauge extraction and retention Turn lock bezel for gauge extraction and retention

1995-03-15

2000-04-25

Dombroske, George

Measuring and testing

Instrument casing

G04B 3700

Patent

active

06053043&

ABSTRACT:
A turn lock bezel mounts an instrument gauge on an instrument panel by exerting axial retention forces that force a bezel ring against a front margin of a mounting aperture in the instrument panel and a dial graphic and dial plate of the gauge against a rear edge of a retaining ring that holds a window glass in the bezel ring and passes axially into the mounting aperture. In a first embodiment, when the bezel is turned a small acute angle in one direction, it can be extracted from the mounting aperture leaving the gauge behind in the instrument panel, and when turned a small acute angle further, the bezel can still be extracted, but it now extracts the gauge too. In a second embodiment, a lost motion connection is provided between the bezel and the gauge so that finger tip clearance will exist between the rear edge of the bezel ring and the instrument panel before the bezel begins to extract the gauge. This allows the person to get a better grip for better overcoming resistance that may be encountered in separating the electrical terminals of the gauge from mating terminals in a circuit board in the instrument panel.

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