Indicator device for motor driven vehicle

• US 20060038667A1
• Filed: 08/08/2005
• Published: 02/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Kitayama, Kyosuke
• Granted Patent: US 7,327,240 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/438
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/12 Motorcycles, Trikes; Quads; Scooters
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 11/14 Handlebar constructions, or arrangements of controls thereon, specially adapted thereto hand controls per se B62K23/02
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 2202/00 Motorised scooters
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 1/08 Arrangements of scales, pointers, lamps or acoustic indicators, e.g. in automobile speedometers

Abstract

A motor driven vehicle having an indicator device that includes a speed indicating portion for indicating the running speed of the motor driven vehicle provided with an electric motor capable of imparting power to a driving wheel, plural running mode indicating portions for individually indicating a plurality of running modes of the vehicle, and vehicle operating condition indicating portions for indicating operating conditions of the vehicle, wherein the speed indicating portion, the plural running mode indicating portions and the vehicle operating condition indicating portions are arranged on a common indicating surface. In addition, the plural running mode indicating portions and the vehicle operating condition indicating portions are arranged in a continuously endless manner around the speed indicating portion.

Claims

1. An indicator device for a motor driven vehicle, comprising:

a speed indicating portion for indicating the running speed of the motor driven vehicle provided with an electric motor capable of imparting power to a driving wheel;

plural running mode indicating portions for individually indicating a plurality of running modes of the motor driven vehicle; and

vehicle operating condition indicating portions for indicating operating conditions of the vehicle, wherein

said speed indicating portion, said plural running mode indicating portions, and said vehicle operating condition indicating portions are arranged on a common indicating surface, and

said plural running mode indicating portions and said vehicle operating condition indicating portions are arranged in a continuously endless manner around said speed indicating portion.

2. An indicator device for a motor driven vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said plural running mode indicating portions and said vehicle operating condition indicating portions are each formed in a generally arcuate shape.

3. An indicator device for a motor driven vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said plural running mode indicating portions and said vehicle operating condition indicating portions have mutually different indication colors.

4. An indicator device for a motor driven vehicle according to claim 2, wherein said plural running mode indicating portions and said vehicle operating condition indicating portions have mutually different indication colors.

5. An indicator device for a motor driven vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the motor driven vehicle is a hybrid type vehicle having an engine in addition to said electric motor, and wherein said plural running mode indicating portions comprise:

a motor running mode in which the vehicle runs with only the electric motor,

a special running mode in which a shift control is different from a normal shift control, and

a series hybrid running mode in which said electric motor is driven with electric power generated by a generator, said generator being driven by an engine.