Display Opening and Closing Angle Detecting Mechanism

• US 20090251624A1
• Filed: 05/17/2006
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Ikunami, Takahiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,059,215 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/837
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0028 Ceiling, e.g. roof rails
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0082 collapsible, e.g. for storing after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position

Abstract

A display opening and closing angle detecting mechanism includes a display 1 mounted on a ceiling of a vehicle, and rotating with a rotating shaft 3 as the fulcrum integrally with the rotating shaft in an opening or closing direction; a supporting means 4 supporting the rotating shaft 3; a means 18 causing the supporting means to displace the rotating shaft vertically according to the rotation of the display; a rotor displaced up and down and rotating, integrally with the rotating shaft; a lever 9 pressed and moved by a projecting and recessed part at a plurality of rotation positions of the rotor; and a switch 14 operating according to the operation of the lever.

Claims

1. A display opening and closing angle detecting mechanism comprising:

a display mounted on a ceiling of a vehicle, and rotating in an opening or closing direction with a rotating shaft as a fulcrum integrally with the rotating shaft;

a supporting means for supporting the rotating shaft;

a rotating shaft moving means for displacing the rotating shaft vertically to the supporting means the according to the rotation of the display;

a rotor having a projecting and recessed part that is displaced vertically and rotates, integrally with the rotating shaft;

a lever pressed and moved at a plurality of rotation positions of the rotor by the projecting and recessed part; and

a switch operating according to the movement of the lever to obtain a signal for controlling the display.

2. The display opening and closing angle detecting mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of rotation positions of the rotor include a position where the display is in the stored state and a position where the display is opened exceeding the viewable angle of the display.

3. The display opening and closing angle detecting mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the signal for controlling the display includes a signal for turning on or turning off the power of the display for displaying information on its screen.