Apparatus for mounting a display element in a motor vehicle

• US 9,855,899 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2015
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Inventors: Rode, Andreas, Nolten, Dirk, Gottschalk, Andres, Grebenstein, Michael, Deus, Teodoro
• Primary Examiner(s): WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J
• Application Number:
  US14/826,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20160046243A1
• Time in Patent Office: 872 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0229 for displays, e.g. cathodic tubes
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle

Abstract

An apparatus for mounting a free-standing display element is disclosed herein. The apparatus is u-shaped, and provides a joint that allows movement in a rotational manner to and from the viewer of the display. The mounting may occur in a motor vehicle. In response to force being applied to the display, the apparatus is configured to either maintain (or lock into a position), or allow movement along the rotational axis.

Claims

1. An electronic display with a display element and a mounting apparatus, comprising:

a retaining element with a first component and a second component, the first component and the second component are connected by a joint, the joint allowing for a pivot about a rotation axis, the first component being integrally formed with the display element;

a triggering element integrally formed on the second component, extending vertical in a direction parallel to a viewable screen of the display element;

a limit stop integrally formed on the second component, extending vertical in the direction parallel to a viewable screen of the display element,

the limit stop and the triggering element defining an opening in between, the joint being disposed with in the opening;

the triggering element being configured to break-away in response to at least 200 or more Newtons of force being applied in a first rotation direction of the rotation axis, and

the limit stop being configured to break-away in response to at least 200 or more Newtons of force being applied in a second rotation direction of the rotation axis, the second rotation direction being opposite to the first rotation direction,

the triggering element and the limit stop being non-movable prior to at least 200 or more Newtons of force being applied in either the first rotation direction or the second rotation direction.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the joint is situated on a non-viewing side of the display element.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the triggering element is behind the joint.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the triggering element is behind the joint.

5. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display element is attached to the first component.

6. The apparatus according to one of the claim 1, wherein the rotation axis is aligned in a horizontal direction of the display element.

7. The apparatus according claim 1, wherein the first component comprises a U-shaped element, with two legs aligned parallel to each other, and a cross link being arranged on a first end of each of the legs, wherein a free end of each of the legs are connected to the second component.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second component has a first part and a second part, the first part being connected to a first free end and the second part being connected to a second free end.