Vehicle display device with linearly retractaable reflection plate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9423613-B2
Application number	US-201313863644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2013
Priority date	Apr 23, 2012
Publication date	Aug 23, 2016
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle display device including a base to be mounted to a vehicle, a reflection plate which protrudes from and retracts in the base, a projection unit for projecting a display image on the reflection plate, a cover body covering a front portion in a protruding direction of the retracted reflection plate, a drive unit provided to the base for driving the reflection plate to protrude and retract, a holding member holding the reflection plate and connected to the drive unit to be driven linearly, and a posture maintenance unit provided across the holding member and the base to maintain a posture of the reflection plate. The reflection plate is moved to protrude and retract along a movement plane tilted in the protruding direction toward an eye-point with respect to an orthogonal plane orthogonal to a direction of line of sight of a driver to the reflection plate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle display device comprising:
a base to be mounted to a vehicle;
a reflection plate arranged to protrude upward from the base and to retract in the base;
a projection unit arranged to project a display image on the reflection plate;
a cover body arranged to cover a front portion in a protruding direction of the reflection plate retracted in the base;
a drive unit provided to the base and arranged to drive the reflection plate to protrude and retract;
a holding member arranged to hold the reflection plate and connected to the drive unit to be driven in a linear fashion; and
a posture maintenance unit provided across the holding member and the base to maintain a posture of the reflection plate,
wherein the reflection plate is moved to protrude and retract along a movement plane which is tilted toward a driver's eye point with respect to an orthogonal plane which is orthogonal to a direction of a line of sight of a driver to the reflection plate, wherein the reflection plate is consistently tilted toward a driver's eve point with respect to the orthogonal plane, avoiding a reflection of an external light by the reflection plate in the direction toward a driver's eye point when the reflection plate is positioned at a fixed position to use and is moved to and from the fixed position.

2. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the posture maintenance unit includes:
a rack provided to the base and having a plurality of teeth;
a guide groove provided to the base along the rack;
a gear rotatably supported by the holding member and having a tooth which engages with the rack; and a pin protruded from the holding member and arranged to be guided by the guide groove.

3. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 , wherein the guide groove is located closer to the projection unit than the rack, and the pin is located closer to the projection unit than the gear.

4. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 , wherein the posture maintenance unit further includes:
a guiding portion provided to the base and located adjacent to the rack; and
a rolling roller rotatably supported by the holding member and arranged to roll along the guiding portion.

5. The vehicle display device according to claim 3 , wherein the posture maintenance unit further includes:
a guiding portion provided to the base and located adjacent to the rack; and
a rolling roller rotatably supported by the holding member and arranged to roll along the guiding portion.

6. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 , wherein the posture maintenance unit further includes a guide roller which is rotatably supported by the holding member and arranged to roll on the base.

7. The vehicle display device according to claim 3 , wherein the posture maintenance unit further includes a guide roller which is rotatably supported by the holding member and arranged to roll on the base.

8. The vehicle display device according to claim 4 , wherein the posture maintenance unit further includes a guide roller which is rotatably supported by the holding member and arranged to roll on the base.

9. The vehicle display device according to claim 5 , wherein the posture maintenance unit further includes a guide roller which is rotatably supported by the holding member and arranged to roll on the base.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Ishibashi Shuichi

Classifications

• B60K35/53

  Movable instruments, e.g. slidable · CPC title

• B60K35/23

  Head-up displays [HUD] (optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01) · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• G02B27/0101 Primary

  characterised by optical features (G02B27/0172 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60K35/00

  Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles · CPC title