IP Library Granted Patent US 10,094,687
Granted Patent B2
US 10,094,687 · App. 15/117,955 · Granted Oct 9, 2018

Display device for a motor vehicle

Inventors: Pascal Clochard (Chevreuse, FR); Arnaud De Guibert (Montrouge, FR); Jean-Philippe Bekaert (Montigny le Bretonneux, FR)
Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
G01D13/20B60K37/02B60Q3/14B60Q3/62G01D11/28B60K2350/1064B60K2350/203B60K2350/206B60K2350/2086B60K2350/402B60K2350/408
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Patent No.
US 10,094,687
App. No.
15/117,955
Granted
Oct 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device for a motor vehicle having at least one annular gauge ( 1 ) and a display panel ( 2 ) having a display surface ( 20 ) intended to be oriented toward the inside of a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The device comprises a transparent pane ( 4 ) positioned facing the display surface ( 20 ) and serving as a support for the annular gauge ( 1 ).

Claims (21)

1. A display device for a motor vehicle, the device comprising:

at least one annular gauge comprising a support ring,

a display panel having a display surface configured to face an inside of a passenger compartment of the vehicle,

a transparent pane positioned facing the display surface and serving to support the at least one annular gauge, wherein:

the at least one annular gauge has a cut-out center to leave a surface of the display panel visible,

the transparent pane having has marks at a periphery of the annular gauge,

dimensions of the display panel are greater than those of the annular gauge, and

the support ring of the annular gauge is fastened to the transparent pane.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support ring comprises a crown extending on the transparent pane so as to cover the transparent pane at the periphery of an opening, and a tubular part connected to the crown and passing through the opening.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the annular gauge comprises an annulus mounted rotatably and guided on the tubular part, the annulus carrying a pointer projecting beyond the crown.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one light source at the periphery of the transparent pane, in order to illuminate the marks by using the transparent pane as a light guide.

5. The device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the light source comprises an optical guide extending obliquely or perpendicularly to the transparent pane and having a reflection surface facing an edge of the transparent pane to reflect the light toward the transparent pane.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an optical fiber-based prism is positioned on the display panel in the cut-out of the annular gauge.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one light source at the periphery of the transparent pane, in order to illuminate the marks by using the transparent pane as a light guide.

8. The device as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising at least one light source at the periphery of the transparent pane, in order to illuminate the marks by using the transparent pane as a light guide.

9. The device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising at least one light source at the periphery of the transparent pane, in order to illuminate the marks by using the transparent pane as a light guide.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an optical fiber-based prism is positioned on the display panel in the cut-out of the annular gauge.

11. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein an optical fiber-based prism is positioned on the display panel in the cut-out of the annular gauge.

12. The device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein an optical fiber-based prism is positioned on the display panel in the cut-out of the annular gauge.

13. The device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein an optical fiber-based prism is positioned on the display panel in the cut-out of the annular gauge.

14. The device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein an optical fiber-based prism is positioned on the display panel in the cut-out of the annular gauge.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE S.A.S.
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 071931/0711 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2016
From: CLOCHARD, PASCAL; DE GUIBERT, ARNAUD; BEKAERT, JEAN-PHILIPPE
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 039644/0815 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 14 51089 · Feb 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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