DISPLAY AUDIO DEVICE

• US 20170297430A1
• Filed: 09/11/2014
• Published: 10/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kojima Industries Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kojima Industries Corporation
• Inventors: HORI, Hayato, YOSHIMURA, Shigenori
• Granted Patent: US 10,406,919 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1438 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/563 Vehicle displaying mobile device information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/569 Vehicle controlling mobile device functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/682 Arrangements to cover or hide instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/691 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/834 Docking arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/22 Display screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/25 using haptic output
• 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: B60K 35/53 Movable instruments, e.g. slidable
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/80 Arrangements for controlling instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 for controlling displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers

Abstract

This DA device is installed in a vehicle and works in tandem with a portable information terminal in outputting information, said DA device being provided with: a main body section; a display section that can be opened and closed relative to the main body section; a holder part for holding the information terminal, said holder part being connected to the back surface of the display section and opening and closing together with the display section; an electric circuit that is housed in the main body section; and an opening and closing mechanism for switching the display section between an open state in which the holder part is exposed to the outside of a case and a closed state in which the holder part is inside the case.

Claims

1. A display audio apparatus that is equipped on a vehicle and that cooperates with a transportable information terminal to output information, the display audio apparatus comprising:

a main body that is fixed on a fixed member;

a display which can be opened and closed with respect to the main body;

a holder that holds the information terminal, that is connected to a back surface of the display, and that is opened and closed with the display;

an electric circuit that is provided on the main body, that displays, on the display, information which is output from an information terminal held on the holder, and that transmits an operation instruction from a user to the information terminal; and

an open/close mechanism that switches the display between an open state in which the holder is exposed to an outside of a case, and a closed state in which the holder is positioned inside the case.

2. The display audio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the open/close mechanism comprises an urging member that urges the display forward, wherein the urging member moves the display in an open direction when the closed state is released, and causes the information terminal held on the holder to closely contact a wall surface of the holder in the closed state.

3. The display audio apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a harness that electrically connects the information terminal held on the holder and the electric circuit, wherein

in the closed state, the harness is stored in the case in a connected state to the information terminal.