Rearview monitor apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11027664-B2
Application number	US-201916580228-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2019
Priority date	Oct 12, 2018
Publication date	Jun 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021

Abstract

A rearview monitor apparatus includes: a display provided on an instrument panel; and a housing formed to surround a periphery of the display, wherein the housing includes an upper surface arranged above the display, a side surface arranged at the outside in a vehicle width direction of the display, and a visor that extends in a vehicle rearward direction beyond the display from vehicle rearward positions of the upper surface and the side surface and that forms an opening part in a vehicle rearward direction, and a first recess part of which a depth gradually increases toward a vehicle frontward direction towards the inside in the vehicle width direction from an outer end in the vehicle width direction is formed on the upper surface side of the visor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rearview monitor apparatus, comprising:
a display provided on an instrument panel of a vehicle, arranged further outward in a vehicle width direction than a range in which a steering is projected in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle, and that displays a captured external image to a driver; and
a housing formed to surround a periphery of the display,
wherein the housing includes
an upper surface arranged above the display,
a side surface arranged outside in the vehicle width direction of the display and that faces the outside, and
a visor that extends in a vehicle rearward direction beyond the display from vehicle rearward positions of the upper surface and the side surface and that forms an opening part in a vehicle rearward direction, and

a first recess part of which a depth gradually increases toward a vehicle frontward direction towards an inside in the vehicle width direction from an outer end in the vehicle width direction is formed on the upper surface side of the visor.

2. The rearview monitor apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the visor is arranged obliquely so as to extend in a vehicle rearward direction towards the outside in the vehicle width direction, and
a second recess part recessed in a vehicle frontward direction with respect to a rear end of an upper surface of the instrument panel and that continues to the first recess part is formed at the inside in the vehicle width direction on the upper surface side of the visor.

3. The rearview monitor apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein an outer end portion in the vehicle width direction of the second recess part is located between an outermost portion in the vehicle width direction of the projected range of the steering and the inside in the vehicle width direction of a range in which the display is projected in the front-to-rear direction of the vehicle.

4. The rearview monitor apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the upper surface of the visor, a part at the outermost in the vehicle width direction of the projected range of the steering is located at a vehicle forefront position.

5. The rearview monitor apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein in the upper surface of the visor, a part at the outermost in the vehicle width direction of the projected range of the steering is located at a vehicle forefront position.

6. The rearview monitor apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein in the upper surface of the visor, a part at the outermost in the vehicle width direction of the projected range of the steering is located at a vehicle forefront position.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shigefuji Yasuyuki
• Osafune Shunsuke
• Myoi Akinori
• Seki Susumu

Classifications

• 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

• B60Y2300/18033

  Reversing · CPC title

• B60R2300/8066

  for monitoring rearward traffic · CPC title

• B60R2001/1269

  with sun visors · CPC title