Vehicle switch arrangement structure
First Claim
1. A vehicle switch arrangement structure applied to a vehicle including a vehicle body panel, the vehicle body panel being composed of a steering wheel column covering a steering shaft of a steering wheel and an instrument panel on which the steering wheel column is installed to be erected upright, in which a starter switch adapted to start an engine by being operated when a main electric source of the vehicle is turned on, and a main switch adapted to changeover on/off of the main electric source of the vehicle in cooperation with a portable key are arranged on the vehicle body panel, the vehicle switch arrangement structure comprising:
- first and second lamp switches adapted to switch an operating state of a lamp; and
a switch box having an operation board and the first and second lamp switches and the starter switch arranged one above another on the operation board;
wherein the switch box is independent of the main switch and is disposed on the vehicle body panel in the vicinity of the main switch.
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Abstract
A switch box includes an optical-axis-changeover switch for headlamps, an on/off-changeover switch for the headlamps and a starter switch arranged on the same operation board. A main switch can turn on and off a main electric source of an MUV 1 in cooperation with a portable key. The switch box and the main switch are arranged on the instrument panel. The switch box is partially or fully disposed in a projective area of the steering wheel in a driver'"'"'s eyesight. The starter switch is made to be of a push-type, whereas the optical-axis-changeover switch and the on/off-changeover switch for the headlamps are made to be of a seesaw-type. A segment display of a meter device includes a unit indication member for switchably indicating kilometer indication and mile indication by displaying only an arbitrary display element of a plurality of display elements arranged adjacently to each other in a horizontal direction.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle switch arrangement structure applied to a vehicle including a vehicle body panel, the vehicle body panel being composed of a steering wheel column covering a steering shaft of a steering wheel and an instrument panel on which the steering wheel column is installed to be erected upright, in which a starter switch adapted to start an engine by being operated when a main electric source of the vehicle is turned on, and a main switch adapted to changeover on/off of the main electric source of the vehicle in cooperation with a portable key are arranged on the vehicle body panel, the vehicle switch arrangement structure comprising:
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first and second lamp switches adapted to switch an operating state of a lamp; and a switch box having an operation board and the first and second lamp switches and the starter switch arranged one above another on the operation board; wherein the switch box is independent of the main switch and is disposed on the vehicle body panel in the vicinity of the main switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicle meter device comprising:
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speed-unit indication means including a plurality of display elements arranged adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction; and display control means for switchably displaying one or more of the display elements; wherein the speed-unit indication means includes at least one common display element repeatedly displayed, wherein the speed-unit indication means is disposed on a right of a numeral indication to indicate speed-unit; the vehicle meter device includes input means for performing selection between a kilometer indication and a mile indication; the speed-unit indication means includes a first display element visually recognized as a shape of a “
k,”
a second indication means disposed right next to the first display element and visually recognized as a shape of a “
m,”
a third display element disposed right next to the second indication element and visually recognized as a shape of a straight line, a fourth display element disposed right next to the third display element and visually recognized as a shape of a circular arc, and a fifth display element disposed right next to the fourth display element and visually recognized as a shape of a “
h;
”the third display element and the fourth display element are arranged to be visually recognized as a shape of a “
p”
when both are displayed simultaneously; andthe display control section is configured to display the first display element, the second display element, the third display element and the fifth display element when the kilometer indication is selected based on a selection signal from the input means, and to display the second display element, the third display element and the fourth display element and the fifth display element when the mile indication is selected.
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19. A vehicle meter device comprising:
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distance-unit indication means including a plurality of display elements arranged adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction; and display control means for switchably displaying one or more of the display elements; wherein the distance-unit indication means includes at least one common display element repeatedly displayed, wherein the distance-unit indication means is disposed on the on a right of a numeral indication to indicate a distance-unit; the meter device includes input means for performing selection between a kilometer indication and a mile indication; the distance-unit indication means includes a first display element visually recognized as a shape of a “
k,”
a second display element disposed right next to the first display element and visually recognized as a shape of a “
m,”
a third display element disposed right next to the second display element and visually recognized as a shape of an “
i,”
a fourth display element disposed right next to the third display element and visually recognized as a shape of a “
l,” and
a fifth display element disposed right next to the fourth display element and visually recognized as a shape of an “
e;
” andthe display control section is configured to display the first display element and the second display element when the kilometer indication is selected based on a selection signal from the input means, and to display the second display element, the third display element and the fourth display element and the fifth display element when the mile indication is selected. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification