Vehicle including instrument panel and interior member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10759279-B2
Application number	US-201816118315-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2018
Priority date	Sep 20, 2017
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle includes a driver's seat and a passenger's seat, an interior member, and an instrument panel. The instrument panel has a meter cluster portion and an information display portion. The interior member has, on a front side of the vehicle, a extending portion extending around a back side of the information display portion so as to be spaced from the information display portion, and the information display portion has a panel capable of displaying at least either one information of images or characters, and at least when the information is not displayed, enters a light transmission state so as to allow a driver to visually recognize the extending portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a driver's seat and a passenger's seat disposed on a floor panel so as to be spaced from each other in a vehicle width direction;
an interior member disposed to extend from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward a front side of the vehicle; and
an instrument panel disposed below a front window shield to extend in the vehicle width direction, and having a meter cluster portion disposed in front of a steering wheel and an information display portion disposed closer to a center in the vehicle width direction than the meter cluster portion,
wherein the interior member has, on the front side of the vehicle, an extending portion extending around a back side of the information display portion so as to be spaced from the information display portion, and
the information display portion has a panel capable of displaying at least either one information of images or characters, and at least when the information is not displayed, enters a light transmission state so as to allow a driver to visually recognize the extending portion.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the information display portion is configured with a transparent display.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the instrument panel further has a trim portion provided to pass below the information display portion and extend in the vehicle width direction, and
the interior member three-dimensionally crosses below the trim portion to extend to the front side of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the interior member has an instruction input portion which accepts input related to display information in the information display portion, and a light emission portion which is linear and is provided to extend from a proximity of the instruction input portion to the extending portion.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the light emission portion has a plurality of light emission modules disposed along a longitudinal direction, and is configured to enable serial lighting in the longitudinal direction.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein a part of the light emission portion provided in the extending portion is visually recognizable by a driver at least when the information display portion does not display the information.

7. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein a part of the light emission portion provided in the extending portion is visually recognizable by a driver at least when the information display portion does not display the information.

8. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
the interior member has an instruction input portion which accepts input related to display information in the information display portion, and a light emission portion which is linear and provided to extend from a proximity of the instruction input portion to the extending portion.

9. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the interior member has an instruction input portion which accepts input related to display information in the information display portion, and a light emission portion which is linear and provided to extend from a proximity of the instruction input portion to the extending portion.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein an outer surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to be gradually located closer to a side of the driver's seat toward the extending portion from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

11. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein an outer surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to be gradually located closer to a side of the driver's seat toward the extending portion from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

12. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein an outer surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to be gradually located closer to a side of the driver's seat toward the extending portion from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

13. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein an outer surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to be gradually located closer to a side of the driver's seat toward the extending portion from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

14. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein an upper end surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to gradually increase an inclination of the upper end surface portion toward a side of the driver's seat from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward the extending portion.

15. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein an upper end surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to gradually increase an inclination of the upper end surface portion toward a side of the driver's seat from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward the extending portion.

16. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein an upper end surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to gradually increase an inclination of the upper end surface portion toward a side of the driver's seat from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward the extending portion.

17. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein an upper end surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to gradually increase an inclination of the upper end surface portion toward a side of the driver's seat from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward the extending portion.

18. A vehicle, comprising:
a driver's seat and a passenger's seat disposed on a floor panel so as to be spaced from each other in a vehicle width direction;
an interior member disposed to extend from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward a front side of the vehicle; and
an instrument panel disposed below a front window shield to extend in the vehicle width direction, and having a meter cluster portion disposed in front of a steering wheel and an information display portion disposed closer to a center in the vehicle width direction than the meter cluster portion,
wherein the interior member has, on the front side of the vehicle, an extending portion extending around a back side of the information display portion so as to be spaced from the information display portion,
the information display portion has a panel capable of displaying at least either one information of images or characters, and at least when the information is not displayed, enters a light transmission state so as to allow a driver to visually recognize the extending portion,
the information display portion is configured with a transparent display,
the instrument panel further has a trim portion provided to pass below the information display portion and extend in the vehicle width direction, and
the interior member three-dimensionally crosses below the trim portion to extend to the front side of the vehicle.

19. The vehicle according to claim 18 , wherein an outer surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to be gradually located closer to a side of the driver's seat toward the extending portion from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

20. The vehicle according to claim 18 , wherein an upper end surface portion of the interior member on a side of t

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Iwao Norihito
• Sekine Seiji
• Hamanaga Daiki
• Maruyama Jun

Classifications

• B60Q3/10 Primary

  for dashboards · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B60K37/10

  Arrangements for attaching the dashboard to the vehicle · CPC title

• B60K35/215

  characterised by the combination of multiple visual outputs, e.g. combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title