US 7,482,914 B2
Operation information display for industrial vehicle
Kiyoshi Inoue, Machida (Japan); Takayuki Kishimoto, Iruma (Japan); Makoto Wagatsuma, Tachikawa (Japan); and Toru Takamura, Zama (Japan)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi (Japan)
Filed on Apr. 04, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/396,547.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-123679 (JP), filed on Apr. 21, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0238325 A1, Oct. 26, 2006
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 340—461  [340/691.6; 340/438; 700/108] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle information display device for use with an industrial vehicle having a steered wheel, comprising:
a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a vehicle speed;
a steering angle sensor configured to detect a steering angle of the steered wheel;
a meter which can selectively display the vehicle speed and the steering angle of the steered wheel; and
a programmable controller programmed to:
cause the meter to display the steering angle of the steered wheel when the vehicle speed is lower than a predetermined reference vehicle speed while the vehicle is running; and
cause the meter to display the vehicle speed when the vehicle speed is not lower than the predetermined reference vehicle speed.