Vehicle computer monitoring system screen and display

- Caterpillar Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle computer monitoring system screen and display showing a first embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of a second embodiment thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of a third embodiment thereof.

The broken-line disclosure of the housing surrounding the screen in the views is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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  • Caterpillar Service Manual--Computerized Monitoring System With LCD Bargraph Gauges--dated Nov. 1991. Journal Article believed to have been published on or about Jan. 1990, entitled "All On Board With O & K" and sales literature attached thereto. Application Serial No. 07/945,451 filed Sep. 16, 1992 entitled "Computerized Diagnostic and Monitoring System." Application Serial No. 07/945,452 filed Sep. 16, 1992 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Indicating Faults in Switch-Type Inputs." Application Serial No. 07/945,464 filed Sep. 16, 1992 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Receiving Data." Application Serial No. 07/945,460 filed Sep. 16, 1992 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Converting an Identification Code to a Binary Signal." Application Serial No. 07/945,461 filed Sep. 16, 1992 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Selectively Monitoring Inputs." Application Serial No. 07/945,462 filed Sep. 16, 1992 entitled "Center Justified Gauge." Application Serial No. 07/945,463 filed Sep. 16, 1992 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Reconfiguring a Computerized Monitoring System." Application Serial No. 07/945,469 filed Sep. 16, 1992 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Modifying the Functionality of a Gauge." Application Serial No. 07/945,470 filed Sep. 16, 1992 entitled "Computerized Monitoring System having a Programmable Gauge." Application Serial No. 07/945,471 filed Sep. 16, 1992 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Displaying Sensor Outputs in a Diagnostic System." Application Serial No. 07/945,472 filed Sep. 16, 1992 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Indicating a Changed Condition."
Patent History
Patent number: D384341
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 16, 1992
Date of Patent: Sep 30, 1997
Assignee: Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Inventors: John P. Hoffman (Peoria, IL), Dennis A. Barney (Morton, IL), Joseph G. Kozlevcar (Peoria, IL)
Primary Examiner: Brian N. Vinson
Attorneys: Steven R. Janda, Mario J. Donato
Application Number: 7/945,459
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/114; Instrument Panel Or Element Thereof (D12/192); Dial Gauge Or Meter (D10/102)
International Classification: 1402;