Rear view monitoring device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10899228-B2
Application number	US-201916583297-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2019
Priority date	Oct 12, 2018
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

A rear view monitoring device includes: a display unit which is provided on both sides of an instrument panel in a vehicle width direction; and a housing formed to surround a periphery of the display unit, wherein the housing includes an opening portion formed on a display surface side of the display unit, an upper surface disposed above the display unit, a side surface disposed outside the display unit in the vehicle width direction, and an overhanging portion which straddles the upper surface and the side surface and overhangs outward in the vehicle width direction from a range in which a pillar projects in a vertical direction, and at least the overhanging portion is formed to have a downward gradient toward an outside in the vehicle width direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rear view monitoring device, comprising:
a display unit which is provided on both sides of an instrument panel of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction and displays, to a driver, a captured external image; and
a housing which is formed to surround a periphery of the display unit,
wherein the housing includes
an opening portion formed on a display surface side of the display unit,
an upper surface disposed above the display unit,
a side surface which is disposed outside the display unit in the vehicle width direction and faces the outside of the vehicle, and
an overhanging portion which straddles the upper surface and the side surface, extends above the instrument panel, and overhangs outward further than a pillar in the vehicle width direction, wherein the pillar is configured to constitute a part of a frame of a side door of the vehicle on the first side in the vehicle width direction and projects in a vertical direction, and

at least the overhanging portion is formed to have a downward gradient toward an outside of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction.

2. The rear view monitoring device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the overhanging portion is formed to be curved, and
a connecting portion between the overhanging portion and the upper surface is located inward in the vehicle width direction from an outermost side of a projection range of the pillar in the vehicle width direction.

3. The rear view monitoring device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the display unit is located inward in the vehicle width direction from an outermost side of a projection range of the pillar in the vehicle width direction.

4. The rear view monitoring device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the display unit is located inward in the vehicle width direction from the outermost side of the projection range of the pillar in the vehicle width direction.

5. The rear view monitoring device according to claim 1 ,
wherein an end portion of each of the upper surface and the side surface of the housing on an opening portion side is formed to gradually turn toward the display unit side from a front of the vehicle toward a rear of the vehicle.

6. The rear view monitoring device according to claim 2 ,
wherein an end portion of each of the upper surface and the side surface of the housing on an opening portion side is formed to gradually turn toward the display unit side from a front of the vehicle toward a rear of the vehicle.

7. The rear view monitoring device according to claim 3 ,
wherein an end portion of each of the upper surface and the side surface of the housing on an opening portion side is formed to gradually turn toward the display unit side from a front of the vehicle toward a rear of the vehicle.

8. The rear view monitoring device according to claim 4 ,
wherein an end portion of each of the upper surface and the side surface of the housing on an opening portion side is formed to gradually turn toward the display unit side from a front of the vehicle toward a rear of the vehicle.

9. The rear view monitoring device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the housing includes
a housing main body which covers the display unit from the front of the vehicle, and
a rim portion which is integrally provided at the housing main body on a rear side of the housing main body and forms the opening portion, and

an outer surface of the rim portion is formed to gradually turn toward the display unit side from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle.

10. The rear view monitoring device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the housing includes
a housing main body which covers the display unit from the front of the vehicle, and
a rim portion which is integrally provided at the housing main body on a rear side of the housing main body and forms the opening portion, and

an outer surface of the rim portion is formed to gradually turn toward the display unit side from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle.

11. The rear view monitoring device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the housing includes
a housing main body which covers the display unit from the front of the vehicle, and
a rim portion which is integrally provided at the housing main body on a rear side of the housing main body and forms the opening portion, and

an outer surface of the rim portion is formed to gradually turn toward the display unit side from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle.

12. The rear view monitoring device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the housing includes
a housing main body which covers the display unit from the front of the vehicle, and
a rim portion which is integrally provided at the housing main body on a rear side of the housing main body and forms the opening portion, and

an outer surface of the rim portion is formed to gradually turn toward the display unit side from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shigefuji Yasuyuki
• Myoi Akinori
• Seki Susumu

Classifications

• B60K35/50

  Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle (B60K35/231 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · 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

• B60R2300/101

  using cameras with adjustable capturing direction · CPC title

• B60R11/04

  Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle · CPC title