Road vehicle provided with a dashboard with a central information display screen located between the driver and passenger and with a supporting plate located behind the steering wheel that supports human-vehicle interface controls and an information display screen

1 . Road vehicle having a longitudinal direction parallel to the direction of travel and a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; the road vehicle comprises a steering wheel inside the passenger compartment on the driver's side; a dashboard and a steering column on one side connected to the steering wheel and on the opposite side connected to the dashboard; wherein the dashboard comprises:

a supporting plate behind the steering wheel that supports human-vehicle interface controls and a first information display screen;

a central information display screen along the transverse direction at the side of the supporting plate toward the passenger;

wherein the supporting plate and the central information display screen are integrated with each other in a single structure and both the supporting plate and the central information display screen are integrated into and form a single piece with the steering column;

wherein the central information display screen is coupled to the supporting plate via a movable connector adapted to provide for a plurality of display positions of the central information display screen with respect to the supporting plate;

wherein the steering column is movably constrained with respect to the dashboard to assume a plurality of different driving attitudes; wherein the single structure integrated with the supporting plate and the central information display screen is integrally constrained to the steering column so that moving the steering wheel controls a corresponding movement of the single structure integrated with the plate and the central information display screen.

2 . Vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the structure integrating the central screen and the supporting plate is rectangular in shape with larger dimension along the transverse direction.

3 . Vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central screen is hinged to the supporting plate in such a way that it can vary from a display position aligned with the plate along the transverse direction, so as to make a flat surface continuous with the supporting plate, to another display position angled toward the driver wherein between the supporting plate and central screen there is an angle of less than 180°.

4 . Vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central screen is of the roll-up type around its connecting end with the supporting plate to vary the length of the central screen along the transverse direction.

5 . Vehicle as claimed in claim 4 , wherein there is a motorization to control the rolling up or unrolling of the central screen with respect to the supporting plate.

6 . Vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the steering column is made in the form of a telescopic rod having a first end fixed and axially constrained to the dashboard and a second end supporting the steering wheel.

7 . Vehicle as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the telescopic steering column comprises at least a first portion housed inside the dashboard and at least a second portion at least a part inside the passenger compartment; the structure integrated with the supporting plate and central screen being coupled to the portion of the steering column in the passenger compartment.

8 . Vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the steering column is rotatable at the first end around an axis parallel to the transverse direction.

9 . Vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the steering column is coupled in the centerline of the supporting plate.

10 . Road vehicle having a longitudinal direction parallel to the direction of travel and a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; the road vehicle comprises a steering wheel inside the passenger compartment on the driver's side; a dashboard and a steering column on one side connected to the steering wheel and on the opposite side connected to the dashboard, the steering column having a center longitudinal axis; wherein the dashboard comprises:

a supporting plate behind the steering wheel that supports human-vehicle interface controls and a first information display screen;

a central information display screen along the transverse direction at the side of the supporting plate toward the passenger;

wherein the supporting plate and the central information display screen are integrated with each other in a single structure and both the supporting plate and the central information display screen are integrated into and form a single piece with the steering column such that the center longitudinal axis of the steering column intersects the supporting plate;

wherein the central information display screen is coupled to the supporting plate via a movable connector adapted to provide for a plurality of display positions of the central information display screen with respect to the supporting plate due to the central information display screen being configured to move independently relative to the first information display screen;

wherein the steering column is movably constrained with respect to the dashboard to assume a plurality of different driving attitudes; wherein the single structure integrated with the supporting plate and the central information display screen is integrally constrained to the steering column so that moving the steering wheel controls a corresponding movement of the single structure integrated with the plate and the central information display screen.

11 . Vehicle as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the center longitudinal axis intersects the supporting plate at a location between a top edge and a bottom edge of the supporting plate.

12 . Vehicle as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the central information display screen, in its entirety, is located laterally offset from the steering wheel.

13 . Vehicle as claimed in claim 10 , wherein a rolled portion of the central information display screen is disposed behind the supporting plate.