Front window shield for vehicle

• US 20080197656A1
• Filed: 02/11/2008
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Yoshimoto, Seiji, Fujimoto, Naotoshi, Taguchi, Katsuaki, Okuyama, Haruko
• Granted Patent: US 8,007,022 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/84.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/02 arranged at the vehicle front , e.g. structure of the glazing, mounting of the glazing on windscreen mounted antenna wire H01Q1/1271

Abstract

There is provided a vehicle having a simple and inexpensive structure that assists the driving sense. A front window shield 1 of a vehicle 100 is provided with a pair of marks 2 and 3 substantially horizontally aligned. The marks 2 and 3 are formed at the same height at the left and right sides of the front window shield 1. A driver perceives a virtual line L by the marks 2 and 3 on the front window shield 1, and trackings the line of sight W1 are induced to move such as to gather between the bottom end line (herein, a line of an instrument panel 6) and a virtual line L.

Claims

1. A front window shield for a vehicle, located at a front part of the vehicle and configured to secure a view of a driver in the vehicle, comprising:

a window shield including at least one mark indicating a substantially horizontal direction.

2. The front window shield for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the front window shield includes a pair of the marks formed on both a right side and left side.

3. The front window shield for a vehicle of claim 2, wherein each of the pair of the marks is shaped in a triangle formed of a base along a front pillar and an apex off and opposite the base.

4. The front window shield for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one mark is formed as a substantially-horizontal line connecting a right end and left end of the front window shield.

5. The front window shield for a vehicle of claim 2, wherein the pair of the marks are arranged at positions higher than an eye point of the driver.

6. The front window shield for a vehicle of claim 3, wherein the pair of the marks are arranged at positions higher than an eye point of the driver.

7. A front window shield for a vehicle, located at a front part of the vehicle and configured to secure a view of a driver in the vehicle, comprising:

a region with a lower transmission rate formed at a center of an upper portion or a lower portion of the front window shield; and

a region with a higher transmission rate formed substantially in a U-shape or substantially in an inverted U-shape.

8. A front window shield for a vehicle, located at a front part of the vehicle and configured to secure a view of a driver in the vehicle, comprising:

regions with a lower transmission rate formed at a center of an upper portion and at a center of a lower portion of the front window shield; and

a region with a higher transmission rate formed substantially in an H-shape.

9. A front window shield for a vehicle, located at a front part of the vehicle and configured to secure a view of a driver in the vehicle, comprising:

a bottom end portion being in a substantially-horizontal linear shape and disposed at a height same as horizontal waist lines on both sides.

10. A front window shield for a vehicle, located at a front part of the vehicle and configured to secure a view of a driver in the vehicle, comprising:

a bottom end portion being formed in a substantially-horizontal curved shape and having an end assistance so that the bottom end portion is visually perceived in a substantially-horizontal linear shape when viewed from a driver seat.

11. A window shield for a vehicle, located at a front part of the vehicle and configured to secure a view of a driver in the vehicle, comprising:

a bottom end portion being in a substantially-horizontal linear shape, wherein both left and right ends of the bottom end portion are crossed with respective front pillars on both sides in such a manner that both the left and right ends of the bottom end portion and the respective front pillars are visually perceived to form respective edge shapes.