Adjustable instrument cluster

• US 20070013181A1
• Filed: 07/11/2006
• Published: 01/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Heck, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US11/484,440
• Publication Number:
  US 20070013181A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/775
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/736 the user being the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/654 the user being the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 1/18 yieldable or adjustable, e.g. tiltable padded linings associated with the steering column B60R21/05

Abstract

An instrument cluster in a motor vehicle includes a housing in which display elements are arranged and face a driver. To ensure good visibility of the display elements to the driver, the housing of the instrument cluster is designed to be adjustable in its height and in its alignment toward the driver.

Claims

1. An instrument cluster in a motor vehicle, comprising a housing and display elements arranged in said housing which face a driver, wherein said housing is movably mountable on a device in the motor vehicle such that said housing is adjustable in height and in alignment toward the driver.

2. The instrument cluster of claim 1, wherein said housing is mechanically adjustable.

3. The instrument cluster of claim 1, wherein said housing is electromotively adjusted.

4. The instrument cluster of claim 2, further comprising an adjustable steering wheel arranged between the driver and said instrument cluster, said housing being connected to said adjustable steering wheel such that said housing of said instrument cluster is moved with said steering wheel in response to an adjustment of said steering wheel.

5. The instrument cluster of claim 2, further comprising an adjustable steering wheel arranged between the driver and said instrument cluster, and a drive element mechanically connecting said housing of said instrument cluster to said steering wheel such that said housing performs all the movements of said steering wheel, with the exception of the steering movement.

6. The instrument cluster of claim 1, wherein said device on which said housing is movably arranged comprises a linear guide installed in the motor vehicle at an angle to the floor of the vehicle and pointing obliquely toward the driver such that said housing is displaceable in a direction of the driver and is rotatably mounted about an axis perpendicular to said linear guide.