| 摘要 |
1491414 Instrument panels STEWARTWARNER CORP 12 March 1976 [13 March 1975] 10006/76 Heading G1J [Also in Division B7] An auxiliary instrument panel 10 that can be mounted as an accessory in a vehicle comprises a mounting panel 14 pivoted to a mounting bracket 12 by a hinge 32, a projection 27 on one component (12) and receiving means 52 on the other component (14), the projection and receiving means having inter-engaging teeth to hold the components 12, 14 in any set position of relative angular orientation about the hinge axis within a predetermined range of angular adjustment. The whole panel 10 is a one-piece plastics moulding, initially as shown in Fig. 5, the hinge 32 being a flexible web. In Figs. 1, 2, 5 the mounting bracket 12 has two quadrant projections 26, 27 having teeth 44, 46 respectively which can engage with teeth 50, 52 on the inner faces of side walls 38, 40 of the mounting panel 14. The mounting panel 14 is shaped to receive at least one indicating instrument. In a modification, Fig. 12, the mounting panel incorporates integral brackets 216, 217 at its rear, with holes 225 to 229 suitable to receive threaded studs projecting from the rear of various patterns of indicating instrument. A lamp-support bracket 238 may also be provided. In Fig. 9, the mounting bracket 112 has two posts 116 (118) projecting downwardly therefrom, with serrations 136. A transverse wall 122 of the mounting panel has two sharp-edged holes 124 (126) to receive the posts 116 (118). |
