IP Library Granted Patent US 8,931,428
Granted Patent B2
US 8,931,428 · App. 13/178,929 · Granted Jan 13, 2015

Scale element for a display instrument, instrument cluster and vehicle with a scale element

Inventor: Dino Demma (Ruesselsheim, DE)
Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
B60K35/00G01D13/18B60K2350/1064B60K2350/2017B60K2350/2086
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Patent No.
US 8,931,428
App. No.
13/178,929
Granted
Jan 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scale element for a display instrument that includes, but is not limited to a scaling. The scaling is impressed in the volume of the scale element by means of laser shot method. The scale element can furthermore include, but is not limited to a diffusion structure likewise impressed in the volume.

Claims (14)

1. A display instrument, comprising:

a scale element comprising a diffusion structure that is laser shot impressed in the scale element and is substantially formed as a flat disk aligned in a substantially parallel direction to two parallel main surfaces of the scale element; and

a scaling that is laser shot impressed on the scale element, wherein the scaling is laser shot impressed in a volume of the scale element.

2. The display instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the scaling is formed through hollow bodies arranged in a volume of the scale element.

3. The display instrument according to claim 2 , wherein the hollow bodies are arranged in groups in a plurality of planes.

4. The display instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the scaling is formed through surfaces arranged in a volume of the scale element.

5. The display instrument according to claim 4 , wherein the scale element is formed of a glass.

6. The display instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the scaling is formed through packed shot layers arranged in a volume of the scale element.

7. The display instrument according to claim 1 , further comprising a pointer connected to a pointer shaft in a rotationally fixed manner with a pointer flag drivable by the pointer shaft for display of a value on the scale element.

8. The display instrument according to claim 7 , further comprising a pointer flag that is formed through a light scattered on the diffusion structure.

9. The display instrument according to claim 8 , wherein the scale element is formed as a round disk and the light forming the pointer flag is directed from a center through a bottom surface of the round disk into the diffusion structure.

10. The display instrument according to claim 1 , further comprising a device configured to admit a light for a basic illumination into the scale element.

11. The display instrument according to claim 1 , further comprising a display monitor and the scale element that is arranged with respect to the display monitor or is formed as part of the display monitor.

12. The display instrument according to claim 1 , further comprising a display monitor and the scale element that is formed as part of the display monitor.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2014
From: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 034186/0776 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 28, 2012
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
Reel/Frame 028466/0870 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2011
From: DEMMA, DINO
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 026950/0813 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 026 773 · Jul 10, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120006253A1 · Jan 12, 2012