×

VDU workstation in a vehicle

  • US 5,359,349 A
  • Filed: 01/22/1991
  • Issued: 10/25/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. Video display unit workstation in a vehicle comprising a video display unit, a keyboard arranged on an operating part, and a computing unit connecting said video display unit and said keyboard to one another electrically, said video display unit and keyboard being supported by a base part which, in an operating position of the video display unit workstation, projects approximately horizontally from a supporting part and extends in the direction of a user seat, said video display unit being moveable from an upright reading position into a flat storage position, wherein;

  • in said operating position, the base part extends over only a part of the video display unit workstation in the direction of the user seat, and the operating part containing the keyboard adjoins the base part, extending away from the latter in the direction of the user seat;

    said base part is displacable as a unit together with, and in fixed spacial relationship to, said operating part and said video display unit between a stowed position and said operating position, from which said video display unit is movable into said upright reading position;

    said operating part is adapted to be displaced in a defined manner which is one of;

    below the base part and at least partially into the base part, in response to an impact-specific horizontal or vertical force when said video display unit workstation is in the operating position, whereby the overall extension of said base part and operating part in the direction of the user can be shortened as a whole; and

    said video display unit is adapted to be superposed on the base part when an impact specific force is applied thereto.

View all claims
  • 4 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×