Meter
A meter includes a liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal display surface and a case housing the liquid crystal display surface, an analog meter device including a dial portion having a plurality of translucent indicators, a light source configured to illuminate the dial portion from a back side of the dial portion, and an illumination light-passing section formed in a lateral edge portion of the case, configured to pass light from the light source toward the translucent indicator.
1. A meter, comprising:
a liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal display surface and a case housing the liquid crystal display surface;
an analogue meter including a dial portion having a plurality of translucent indicators, the dial portion being arranged such that at least a part of the translucent indicators is disposed so as to overlap with a lateral edge portion of the case, and such that a part of the translucent indicators does not overlap with the lateral edge portion of the case;
a light source configured to illuminate the translucent indicators of the dial portion, including the part of the translucent indicators which does not overlap with the lateral edge portion of the case, from a back side of the dial portion, the light source being disposed outside of the case; and
an illumination light-passing section configured to pass light from the light source disposed outside of the case toward the part of the translucent indicators which overlaps with the lateral edge portion of the case, the illumination light-passing section being formed in the lateral edge portion of the case in a position where the part of the translucent indicators which overlaps with the lateral edge portion is directly irradiated with the light from the light source.
2. The meter according to claim 1 , wherein the illumination light-passing section is disposed close to a virtual line connecting outer edge portions of the translucent indicators.
3. The meter according to claim 1 , wherein the dial portion includes an asperity configured to diffuse the light from the light source.
4. The meter according to claim 1 , wherein the illumination light-passing section is a cutout formed in the lateral edge portion of the case.
5. The meter according to claim 4 , wherein the dial portion includes a scale portion in which a plurality of scales made of transmissive slits is equally formed in a circumferential direction, and the illumination light-passing section made of consecutive cutouts is provided in an extending direction of the scale portion.
6. The meter according to claim 4 , wherein the case includes a connection frame connecting portions remaining in the lateral edge portion of the case due to the formation of the cutout.
7. The meter according to claim 6 , wherein the dial portion includes a non-translucent portion, and the non-translucent portion is disposed to overlap with the connection frame.