IP Library Granted Patent US 9,244,276
Granted Patent B2
US 9,244,276 · App. 14/276,074 · Granted Jan 26, 2016

Head-up display device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,244,276
App. No.
14/276,074
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head-up display device projects a display light on a windshield of a vehicle to form a virtual image thereon. The device includes a casing, an indicator which is attached to the casing to emit the display light into the casing, a light guide path through which the display light emitted from the indicator is guided, and a wiring board which is provided with a driving circuit for driving the indicator. The casing includes a guide rail formed along an irradiation direction of the display light from the indicator to support both lateral portions of the wiring board on the guide rail, and the wiring board is attached in a containing space of the casing formed between the light guide path and an inner surface of the casing by guiding and sliding the wiring board along the irradiation direction of the display light with the guide rail.

Claims (14)

1. A head-up display device for projecting a display light on a windshield of a vehicle to form a virtual image thereon, the head-up display device comprising:

a casing;

an indicator which is attached to the casing to emit the display light into the casing;

a light guide path through which the display light emitted from the indicator is guided; and

a wiring board which is provided with a driving circuit for driving the indicator, wherein the casing includes a guide rail formed as an inner surface of a lateral wall of the casing at one end side of the casing along an irradiation direction of the display light from the indicator to support both lateral portions of the wiring board on the guide rail, and

the wiring board is attached, by a slidable attachment, in a containing space of the casing formed between the light guide path and an inner surface of the casing and is configured to slide on the guide rail along the irradiation direction.

2. The head-up display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the indicator is integrally mounted on the wiring board, and

the indicator is configured to be attached to the casing by the slidable attachment of the wiring board to the guide rail.

3. The head-up display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the containing space is formed between the light guide path and a bottom surface of the casing, and the wiring board is accommodated in substantially parallel with the bottom surface of the casing in the containing space.

4. The head-up display device according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator is orthogonal to the irradiation direction and the wiring board.

5. The head-up display device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring board extends, in the irradiation direction, away from the indicator.

6. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein the guide rail is configured to slide both lateral edges of the wiring board on the guide rail along the irradiation direction.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2014
From: SHIMADA, TAKAHIRO; SASAKI, JUNICHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032877/0073 →