Mounting structure for head up display

• US 10,101,584 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2015
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
• Original Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
• Inventors: Satou, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Bihn
• Assistant Examiner(s): Burtner, Douglas
• Application Number:
  US15/126,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20170082856A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,362 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/66 Projection screens or combiners
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/691 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/822 Adjustment of instruments during mounting
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/84 Mounting of dashboard components
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/212 displaying on manual operation elements, e.g. on a knob
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/23 Head-up displays [HUD] optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/50 Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle B60K35/231 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0229 for displays, e.g. cathodic tubes
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/015 involving arrangement aiming to get less bulky devices
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0154 with movable elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0161 characterised by the relative positioning of the constitutive elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0101 characterised by optical features G02B27/0172 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0149 characterised by mechanical features G02B27/0176 takes precedence

Abstract

A head up display unit can be provided in an inner portion of an instrument panel. A column bracket for mounting a steering column is at a lower portion of a vehicle body strength member and extends in a vehicle width direction in a vehicle rear side of a front wall panel of a vehicle interior. The head up display unit is mounted on the column bracket so as to be movable to a vehicle upward direction by an emergency input load from a vehicle front direction.

Claims

1. A mounting structure for a head up display comprising:

a vehicle body strength member at a vehicle rear side of a front wall panel of a vehicle interior, the vehicle body strength member extending in a vehicle width direction;

a column bracket for mounting a steering column, the column bracket being at a lower portion of the vehicle body strength member;

a head up display unit on a vehicle front side of the vehicle body strength member, the head up display unit being at an upward position of the steering column; and

an inclination guiding part of backward rise on the column bracket,

wherein the inclination guiding part has an inclination angle such that the head up display unit is configured to slide along the vehicle body strength member to a vehicle upward direction by an emergency input load from a front direction of the vehicle.

2. The mounting structure according to claim 1,

wherein a casing of the head up display unit includes at least a lower casing and an upper casing,

a wall thickness of the lower casing is larger than a wall thickness of the upper casing, and

an inclined guiding surface configured to be guided by the inclination guiding part is on a lower surface of the lower casing.

3. The mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein the lower casing of the head up display unit is configured to act as a post bracket that connects the vehicle body strength member and the front wall panel of the vehicle interior.

4. A mounting structure for a head up display comprising:

a vehicle body strength member at a vehicle rear side of a front wall panel of a vehicle interior, the vehicle body strength member extending in a vehicle width direction;

a column bracket for mounting a steering column, the column bracket being at a lower portion of the vehicle body strength member; and

a head up display unit,

wherein;

the head up display unit is mounted on the column bracket so as to be movable to a vehicle upward direction by an emergency input load from a front direction of the vehicle, and

the head up display unit is configured such that the head up display unit does not rotate upon movement by the emergency input load from the front direction of the vehicle.

5. The mounting structure according to claim 4, wherein an inclination guiding part of backward rise configured to guide the movement of the head up display unit to the vehicle upward direction is on the column bracket.