Driving device for head-up display

• US 11,125,995 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2018
• Issued: 09/21/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Inventors: You, Jaepio
• Primary Examiner(s): Dowling, William C.
• Application Number:
  US16/617,353
• Publication Number:
  US 20210132381A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,223 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/66 Projection screens or combiners
• 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 35/23 Head-up displays [HUD] optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01
• 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: G02B 2027/0154 with movable elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0101 characterised by optical features G02B27/0172 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0149 characterised by mechanical features G02B27/0176 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/005 Motorised alignment
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/1827 Motorised alignment

Abstract

A driving device for a head-up display including a motor, a driving gear mounted at the motor and rotated when the motor is driven, a worm gear engaged with the driving gear and rotated by interlocking with the driving gear, a movable mirror configured to linearly move by being engaged with the worm gear, a stopper configured to restrict movement of the movable mirror, and a bending prevention part formed in the driving gear and configured to be inserted into the worm gear, so that engagement between the driving gear and the worm gear is maintained in an excessive torque section, and noise generation is prevented.

Claims

1. A driving device for a head-up display, comprising:

a motor;

a driving gear mounted at the motor and configured to be rotated when the motor is driven;

a worm gear engaged with the driving gear via a radially inner surface of the worm gear and configured to be rotated by interlocking with the driving gear;

a movable mirror configured to reflect an image signal and linearly moved by being engaged with the worm gear;

a stopper configured to restrict movement of the movable mirror; and

a bending prevention part connected to the driving gear and configured to be inserted into the worm gear.

2. The driving device of claim 1, wherein the worm gear comprises:

a worm gear hub in which a hub gear part is formed and configured to be engaged with the driving gear by the radially inner surface; and

a worm gear shaft connected to the worm gear hub and configured to move the movable mirror by being engaged with the movable mirror.

3. The driving device of claim 2, wherein the bending prevention part comprises:

a prevention protrusion part protruding axially from the driving gear; and

a prevention guide part formed in the worm gear and into which the prevention protrusion part is axially inserted.

4. The driving device of claim 3, wherein the bending prevention part further comprises:

a prevention bearing mounted at the prevention protrusion part and configured to be rotated by coming into contact with the prevention guide part.

5. The driving device of claim 4, wherein the bending prevention part further comprises:

a prevention plate mounted at the worm gear and configured to prevent deviation of the prevention bearing from the prevention guide part.

6. The driving device of claim 3, wherein the prevention guide part is configured as a groove in the worm gear hub.