Vehicle display system

• US 10,399,439 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2017
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Sugiyama, Tomohiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu, Jonathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Guan, Guang H
• Application Number:
  US15/433,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20170232844A1
• Time in Patent Office: 930 Days
• Field of Search: 248 271, 353 7, 353 14
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/22 Display screens
• 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: B60R 11/00 Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0005 Dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0092 with motorization

Abstract

A vehicle display system 1 that displays information in an inner region 11a of a movable body 10, wherein a guide device 30 includes a guide rail 32 that shifts the movable body from an upright position P1 to a tilt position P2 in a direction of a first driving force, and shifts the movable body from the tilt position to the upright position in a direction of a second driving force, and the guide rail includes an arc-shaped guide portion 33 that guides the guided portion at the time of initial application of the first driving force and at the time of final application of the second driving force, and a linear guide portion 34 that guides the guided portion after initial application of the first driving force and until final application of the second driving force.

Claims

1. A vehicle display system comprising:

a movable body including a frame configured to be allowed to shift between at least two fixed positions including;

an upright position in which an inner region of the frame faces at least a vehicle rear side, and

a tilt position in which the inner region of the frame faces at least a vehicle upper side;

a first holding body being configured to hold a first one of an upper side of the movable body and a lower side of the movable body in the upright position;

a second holding body being configured to hold a second one of the upper side of the movable body and the lower side of the movable body in the upright position;

a display device including a display body and a semitransparent mirror, the frame of the movable body being positioned at a vehicle front side of the semitransparent mirror, the semitransparent mirror being configured to be penetrated by a display image projected from the display body to form a virtual image of the display image, thereby the display device is configured to display information to be displayed in the inner region of the frame via the semitransparent mirror to allow a user inside a vehicle interior to recognize the information based on the virtual image;

a driving device configured to transmit power of a power source as a driving force to the first holding body at a time of a shift operation of the movable body between the upright position and the tilt position, the driving force corresponding to;

a first driving force transmitted at a time of shifting the movable body from the upright position to the tilt position, and

a second driving force at a time of shifting the movable body from the tilt position to the upright position, the second driving force being reverse to the first driving force; and

a guide device including a guided portion and a guide rail, the guide device being configured to guide the shift operation of the movable body between the upright position and the tilt position by guiding the guided portion coupled to the second holding body along the guide rail, wherein

the guide rail is configured to shift the movable body from the upright position to the tilt position by guiding the guided portion such that a first held portion of the movable body held by the first holding body moves toward the guide rail when the first driving force acts on the first holding body, and the guide rail is configured to shift the movable body from the tilt position to the upright position by guiding the guided portion such that the first held portion moves away from the guide rail when the second driving force acts on the first holding body, and

the guide rail includes an arc-shaped guide portion that is configured to guide the guided portion in an arc-shaped path during an initial application of the first driving force and during a final application of the second driving force, and the guide rail includes a linear guide portion that is configured to guide the guided portion in a linear path after the initial application of the first driving force and until the final application of the second driving force.

2. The vehicle display system according to claim 1, wherein the driving device includes:

a shaft member having a male screw portion threaded along an axis direction and configured to rotate around an axis by power of the power source, and

a motion direction conversion member having a female screw portion screwed with the male screw portion, the motion direction conversion member being connected to the first holding body to reciprocate in the axis direction in association with rotation of the shaft member.

3. The vehicle display system according to claim 1, wherein

the tilt position is a position in which the inner region of the frame faces the vehicle upper side and the vehicle rear side.

4. The vehicle display system according to claim 1, wherein

the frame has an annular shape.

5. The vehicle display system according to claim 1, wherein

the movable body is able to shift along a vehicle width direction different from a direction in which the movable body shifts from the upright position to the tilt position.

6. A vehicle display system comprising:

a movable body including a frame configured to be allowed to shift between at least two fixed positions including;

an upright position in which an inner region of the frame faces at least a vehicle rear side, and

a tilt position in which the inner region of the frame faces at least a vehicle upper side;

a first holding body being configured to hold a first one of a an upper side of the movable body and a lower side of the movable body in the upright position;

a second holding body being configured to hold a second one of the upper side of the movable body and the lower side of the movable body in the upright position;

a display device configured to display information to be displayed in the inner region of the frame to allow a user inside a vehicle interior to recognize the information;

a driving device configured to transmit power of a power source as a driving force to the first holding body at a time of a shift operation of the movable body between the upright position and the tilt position, the driving force corresponding to;

a first driving force transmitted at a time of shifting the movable body from the upright position to the tilt position, and

a second driving force at a time of shifting the movable body from the tilt position to the upright position, the second driving force being reverse to the first driving force; and

a guide device including a guided portion and a guide rail, the guide device being configured to guide the shift operation of the movable body between the upright position and the tilt position by guiding the guided portion coupled to the second holding body along the guide rail, wherein

the guide rail is configured to shift the movable body from the upright position to the tilt position by guiding the guided portion such that a first held portion of the movable body held by the first holding body moves toward the guide rail when the first driving force acts on the first holding body, and the guide rail is configured to shift the movable body from the tilt position to the upright position by guiding the guided portion such that the first held portion moves away from the guide rail when the second driving force acts on the first holding body,

the guide rail includes an arc-shaped guide portion that is configured to guide the guided portion in an arc-shaped path during an initial application of the first driving force and during a final application of the second driving force, and the guide rail includes a linear guide portion that is configured to guide the guided portion in a linear path after the initial application of the first driving force and until the final application of the second driving force,

the first driving force acts on the guided portion at a point of action and in a first direction when the first driving force initially acts on the guided portion, and

the arc-shaped guide portion is formed such that an included angle is formed by the first direction and a tangent line tangent to the arc-shaped guide portion at the point of action, and the included angle gradually increases as the guided portion approaches the linear guide portion.