APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A DISPLAY ELEMENT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20160046243A1
• Filed: 08/14/2015
• Published: 02/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Inventors: Rode, Andreas, Nolten, Dirk, Gottschalk, Andres, Greberstein, Michael, Deus, Teodoro
• Granted Patent: US 9,855,899 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0229 for displays, e.g. cathodic tubes
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle

Abstract

An apparatus for mounting a free-standing display element is disclosed herein. The apparatus is u-shaped, and provides a joint that allows movement in a rotational manner to and from the viewer of the display. The mounting may occur in a motor vehicle. In response to force being applied to the display, the apparatus is configured to either maintain (or lock into a position), or allow movement along the rotational axis.

Claims

1. A mounting apparatus for a display element, the display element being installed in a motor vehicle, comprising:

a retaining element with a first component and a second component, the first component and the second component are connected by a joint, the joint allowing for a pivot about a rotation axis;

a triggering element configures so as the first component is moved towards the triggering element,

the first component is locked in response to a force associated with the contact on the triggering element being below a predefined limit value, and

the triggering element allows the second component to pivot about the rotation axis in response to the force being above the predefined limit value.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the joint is situated on a non-viewing side of the display element.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the triggering element is installed behind the joint.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the triggering element is installed behind the joint.

5. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display element is attached to the first component.

6. The apparatus according to one of the claim 1, wherein the rotation axis is aligned in a horizontal direction of the display element.

7. The apparatus according claim 1, wherein the retaining element is designed in a U-shaped configuration with two legs aligned parallel to each other, and a cross link being arranged on a first end of each of the legs, wherein a free end of each of the legs are connected to the second component.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second component has a first part and a second part, the first part being connected to a first free end and the second part being connected to a second free end.

9. The apparatus according to one of the claims 1, further comprising a limit stop, wherein the limit stop locks movement along the rotational axis in response to a force below a predefined limit value, and permits a movement along the rotational axis in response to the force being above a predefined limit.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the limit stop is installed between the joint and the display element.