US 12,392,645 B2
Magnet fixing implement
Tatsuo Koike, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by c/o ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/931,180.
Application 17/931,180 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/013542, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-066968 (JP), filed on Apr. 2, 2020; and application No. 2020-102578 (JP), filed on Jun. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003561 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G01D 13/22 (2006.01); G01R 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC G01D 13/22 (2013.01) [G01R 1/08 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnet fixing implement for fixing a magnet for rotation angle detection, attached to a rotation center portion of an indicator needle of an analog meter, comprising:
a main body;
a magnet holder provided on an upper surface of the main body, and configured to hold the magnet above the indicator needle;
a slit formed in the main body in a flat shape perpendicular to a rotation center of the indicator needle, and configured to accommodate the rotation center portion of the indicator needle;
a rotation shaft holder provided below the slit of the main body, and configured to hold a rotation shaft of the indicator needle; and
an indicator needle restricting portion protruding toward an outer side from an outer peripheral edge of the main body, and configured to restrict a rotation of the indicator needle with respect to the main body.