Monitor stowage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10065573-B2
Application number	US-201314394468-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2013
Priority date	Jun 28, 2012
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

A monitor stowage device for stowing a monitor into a stowage component, the monitor capable of being opened and closed. The monitor stowage device comprises a motor and an opening-closing mechanism. The motor supplies drive force to the opening-closing mechanism to open and close the monitor. The drive force from the motor is transmitted to the opening-closing mechanism, and the opening-closing mechanism changes the state of the monitor from a closed state to an open state, the closed state in which the monitor is stowed in a stowage space of the stowage component such that the long-side direction of the monitor is aligned with a direction substantially perpendicular to the width direction of the stowage section, and the open state being a state in which the monitor is deployed in such a manner that the long-side direction of the monitor is aligned with the lateral direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A monitor stowage device comprising:
a monitor installed in a stowage component such that it can be moved between an opened state and a stowage position;
in the opened state, the monitor has a monitor opened horizontal width and a monitor opened vertical height;
the stowage component having a stowage component width and a stowage component length such that when the monitor is in the stowage position, the stowage component width corresponds to the monitor opened vertical height and the stowage component length corresponds to the monitor opened horizontal width;
a motor configured to supply drive force to an opening-closing mechanism for moving the monitor between the opened state and the stowage position; and
the opening-closing mechanism to which drive force is transmitted from the motor, moves the monitor between the opened state and the stowage position along a direction of a first plane with respect to the stowage component, and wherein
the monitor pivots around a pivot shaft and at the same time rotates around a rotary shaft such that in the opened state:
the monitor opened horizontal width is aligned along a second plane, the second plane being perpendicular to the first plane, and
the monitor opened vertical height is aligned along a third plane, the third plane being perpendicular to the first plane and the second plane;

the opening-closing mechanism has a first bevel gear, and
the opening-closing mechanism transmits drive force to the monitor via the first bevel gear in order to pivot and rotate the monitor.

2. The monitor stowage device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first bevel gear has a rotational axis provided along a stowage component length direction of the monitor, and which is disposed on a first end side in the stowage component length direction of the monitor, and
the opening-closing mechanism also has a second bevel gear that is fixed and disposed on an installation surface side of the stowage component so as to mesh with the first bevel gear.

3. The monitor stowage device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a support mechanism configured to support a second end part on the opposite side from the first end where the first and second bevel gears are provided in a monitor opened horizontal width direction of the monitor, when the monitor is opened.

4. The monitor stowage device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the motor is connected to the first bevel gear and is provided on a monitor side.

5. The monitor stowage device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the motor is connected to the second bevel gear and is provided on the stowage component side.

6. The monitor stowage device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the support mechanism has an opening formed in the stowage component along an opening direction of the monitor, and a support component that supports a second end side during opening of the monitor.

7. The monitor stowage device according to claim 6 , wherein:
the motor is connected to the first bevel gear and is provided on a monitor side.

8. The monitor stowage device according to claim 6 , wherein:
the motor is connected to the second bevel gear and is provided on the stowage component side.

9. The monitor stowage device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the motor is connected to the first bevel gear and is provided on a monitor side.

10. The monitor stowage device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the motor is connected to the second bevel gear and is provided on the stowage component side.

11. The monitor stowage device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the opening-closing mechanism has a rotary shaft configured to rotate the monitor in three-dimensional space, and a shaft support configured to move at an angle to the plane of the stowage component around the rotary shaft and support the monitor.

12. The monitor stowage device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the rotary shaft and the pivot shaft are aligned in different directions with respect to the stowage component.

13. The monitor stowage device according to claim 12 , wherein:
the rotary shaft and the pivot shaft are aligned in perpendicular direction to each other.

14. The monitor stowage device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the pivot shaft is aligned parallel with respect to a display surface of the monitor.

15. The monitor stowage device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the rotary shaft is aligned along an edge of the monitor.

16. A monitor stowage device comprising:
a monitor installed in a stowage component such that it can be moved between an opened state and a stowage position;
in the opened state, the monitor has a monitor opened horizontal width and a monitor opened vertical height that is shorter than the monitor opened horizontal width;
the stowage component having a stowage component width and a stowage component length such that when the monitor is in the stowage position, the stowage component width corresponds to the monitor opened vertical height and the stowage component length corresponds to the monitor opened horizontal width;
a motor configured to supply drive force to an opening-closing mechanism for moving the monitor between the opened state and the stowage position; and
the opening-closing mechanism to which drive force is transmitted from the motor, moves the monitor between the opened state and the stowage position along a direction of a first plane with respect to the stowage component, and wherein
the monitor pivots around a pivot shaft and at the same time rotates around a rotary shaft such that in the opened state:
the monitor opened horizontal width is parallel to the stowage component width;
the monitor opened horizontal width is aligned along a second plane, the second plane being perpendicular to the first plane, and
the monitor opened vertical height is aligned along a third plane, the third plane being perpendicular to the first plane and the second plane;
the opening-closing mechanism has a first bevel gear, and
the opening-closing mechanism transmits drive force to the monitor via the first bevel gear in order to pivot and rotate the monitor.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakano Yoshihiko

Classifications

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