MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR HEAD UP DISPLAY

• US 20170082856A1
• Filed: 01/23/2015
• Published: 03/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
• Original Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
• Inventors: Satou, Takeshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,101,584 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/66 Projection screens or combiners
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/691 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/822 Adjustment of instruments during mounting
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/84 Mounting of dashboard components
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/212 displaying on manual operation elements, e.g. on a knob
• 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: B60R 11/0229 for displays, e.g. cathodic tubes
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/015 involving arrangement aiming to get less bulky devices
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0154 with movable elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0161 characterised by the relative positioning of the constitutive 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

Abstract

A large-sized head up display unit can be reasonably provided in an inner portion of an instrument panel. A column bracket to mount a steering column (5) is provided at a lower portion of a vehicle body strength member (4) extending in a vehicle width direction disposed in a vehicle rear side of a front wall panel (1) of a vehicle interior. A head up display unit (21) is mounted on the column bracket to be movable to a vehicle upward direction by an emergency input load from a vehicle front direction.

Claims

1. A mounting structure for a head up display comprising:

a vehicle body strength member disposed at a vehicle rear side of a front wall panel of a vehicle interior and extending in a vehicle width direction;

a column bracket provided at a lower portion of the vehicle body strength member and that mounts a steering column; and

a head up display unit,

wherein the head up display unit is mounted on the column bracket to be movable to a vehicle upward direction by an emergency input load from a front direction of the vehicle.

2. The mounting structure for a head up display according to claim 1,

wherein an inclination guiding part of backward rise that guides the movement of the head up display unit to the vehicle upward direction is provided on the column bracket.

3. The mounting structure for a head up display according to claim 2,

wherein a casing of the head up display unit includes at least a lower casing and an upper casing,

the lower casing has a higher strength than that of the upper casing, and

an inclined guiding surface that is guided by the inclination guiding part is provided on a lower surface of the lower casing.

4. The mounting structure for a head up display according to claim 3, wherein the lower casing of the head up display unit acts as a post bracket that connects the vehicle body strength member and the front wall panel of the vehicle interior.