Vehicle fuel mileage meter

• US 6,975,217 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2003
• Issued: 12/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Endoh, Kazuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery
• Assistant Examiner(s): MEHMOOD, JENNIFER
• Application Number:
  US10/616,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20040008109A1
• Time in Patent Office: 886 Days
• Field of Search: 340/450.2, 340/438, 340/441, 340/318, 340/439, 701/123, 701 29- 35
• US Class Current: 340/438
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0232 for measuring vehicle parameters and indicating critical, abnormal or dangerous conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 9/001 with electric, electro-mechanic or electronic means G01F9/008 and G01F9/02 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 9/023 with electric, electro-mechanic or electronic means

Abstract

A vehicle fuel mileage meter capable of displaying a value approximate to a fuel mileage obtained from actual driving only is provided. The fuel mileage meter includes a fuel mileage display and a control unit. The control unit controls display of a fuel mileage on the fuel mileage display based on a distance traveled and an amount of fuel consumed after a vehicle speed exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Claims

1. A fuel mileage meter for a vehicle, comprising:

a fuel mileage display for displaying a rate of fuel consumption of the vehicle; and

a control unit for controlling, the display of the fuel consumption rate on said fuel mileage display, wherein the displayed fuel consumption rate is based on a distance traveled and an amount of fuel consumed only after a speed of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold.

2. A fuel mileage meter as set forth in claim 1, for a vehicle, comprising:

a fuel mileage display for displaying a rate of fuel consumption of the vehicle; and

a control unit for controlling, based on a distance traveled and an amount of fuel consumed only after a speed of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold, display of the fuel consumption rate on said fuel mileage display,

wherein said control unit comprises a traveled distance calculator for calculating a distance traveled after the vehicle speed exceeds the predetermined threshold, a consumed fuel amount calculator for calculating an amount of fuel consumed after the vehicle speed exceeds the predetermined threshold, and a fuel mileage calculator for calculating a fuel mileage based on the traveled distance and the consumed fuel amount.

3. A fuel mileage meter as set forth in claim 1, wherein said fuel mileage display is provided at a meter indicator portion.

4. A fuel mileage meter as set forth in claim 1, wherein said control unit comprises a traveled distance calculator for calculating a distance traveled after the vehicle speed exceeds the predetermined threshold, a consumed fuel amount calculator for calculating an amount of fuel consumed after the vehicle speed exceeds the predetermined threshold, and a fuel mileage calculator for calculating a fuel mileage based on the traveled distance and the consumed fuel amount.

5. A fuel mileage meter as set forth in claim 2, wherein said fuel mileage display is provided at a meter indicator portion.