IP Library Granted Patent US 11,708,028
Granted Patent B2
US 11,708,028 · App. 17/686,829 · Granted Jul 25, 2023

Rear-view mirror device mounted in a vehicle, vehicle-mounted display device, vehicle-mounted display system

Inventors: Norihito Kitajima (Kanagawa, JP); Tomoaki Yamamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Yuji Matsumoto (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B60R1/08B60R1/04B60R1/1207B60R11/04B60R2001/1253B60R2300/8066
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Patent No.
US 11,708,028
App. No.
17/686,829
Granted
Jul 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle-mounted display device includes a glass plate including a first arcuate surface at a first outer circumferential edge part and facing a front surface side, a casing that supports the glass plate from a rear surface side and including a housing and a frame that projects therefrom, and a display unit stored in the casing. A rear surface of the glass plate and a front surface of the frame are spaced and face each other. The frame includes a projection that projects from the front surface of the frame toward the rear surface of the glass plate at a second outer circumferential edge part of the front surface of the frame. The projection includes a second arcuate surface and a center and a radius of the second arcuate surface that are identical to a center and a radius of the first arcuate surface, respectively.

Claims (63)

1. A vehicle-mounted display device comprising:

a glass plate that includes a first arcuate surface at a first outer circumferential edge part, the first arcuate surface facing a front surface side;

a casing that supports the glass plate from a rear surface side, the casing including a housing and a frame that projects from the housing; and

a display unit stored in the casing and outputting a display light toward the glass plate, wherein

a rear surface of the glass plate and a front surface of the frame face each other at a spaced distance,

the frame further includes a projection that projects, within the spaced distance, from the front surface of the frame toward the rear surface of the glass plate at a second outer circumferential edge part of the front surface of the frame,

the projection includes a second arcuate surface, and

a center and a radius of the second arcuate surface are made to be identical to a center and a radius of the first arcuate surface, respectively.

2. The vehicle-mounted display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a half mirror part provided between the casing and the glass plate.

3. The vehicle-mounted display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a thickness between a front surface and the rear surface of the glass plate is smaller than the radius of the first arcuate surface.

4. The vehicle-mounted display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a thickness of the glass plate is 1.1 mm or larger, and the radius of the first arcuate surface is 2.5 mm or larger.

5. The vehicle-mounted display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a bending fracture strength of the glass plate is 40 MPa or larger, and a Vickers hardness of the glass plate is 500 HV or higher.

6. The vehicle-mounted display device according to claim 1 , wherein

an inclined part is provided on the rear surface side of the glass plate and is inclined upward from the rear surface of the glass plate toward the first arcuate surface, and

the projection projects toward the inclined part.

7. The vehicle-mounted display device according to claim 6 , wherein

a width of the projection is wider than a width of the inclined part.

8. The vehicle-mounted display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the front surface of the frame has an inner circumferential edge part which is located at an inner side of the second outer circumferential edge part, and

a distance between the rear surface of the glass plate and the second outer circumferential edge part is smaller than a distance between the rear surface of the glass plate and the inner circumferential edge part.

9. A rear-view mirror device comprising:

a glass plate that includes a first arcuate surface at a first outer circumferential edge part, the first arcuate surface facing a front surface side;

a casing that supports the glass plate from a rear surface side, the casing including a housing and a frame that projects from the housing, the frame including a second arcuate surface in a portion extending toward the outer circumferential edge part of the glass plate; and

a reflective layer provided between the frame and the glass plate, wherein

a center and a radius of the second arcuate surface are made to be identical to a center and a radius of the first arcuate surface, respectively,

a rear surface of the glass plate and a front surface of the frame face each other at a spaced distance, and

the frame further includes:

a projection that projects, within the spaced distance, from the front surface of the frame toward the rear surface of the glass plate at a second outer circumferential edge part of the front surface of the frame; and

a portion of the projection is included in the second arcuate surface.

10. The rear-view mirror device according to claim 9 , wherein

a thickness between a front surface and the rear surface of the glass plate is smaller than the radius of the first arcuate surface.

11. The rear-view mirror device according to claim 9 , wherein

a thickness of the glass plate is 1.1 mm or larger, and the radius of the first arcuate surface is 2.5 mm or larger.

12. The rear-view mirror device according to claim 9 , wherein

a bending fracture strength of the glass plate is 40 MPa or larger, and a Vickers hardness of the glass plate is 500 HV or higher.

13. The rear-view mirror device according to claim 9 , wherein

an inclined part is provided on the rear surface side of the glass plate and is inclined upward from the rear surface of the glass plate toward the first arcuate surface, and

the projection projects toward the inclined part.

14. The rear-view mirror device according to claim 13 , wherein

a width of the projection is wider than a width of the inclined part.

15. The rear-view mirror device according to claim 9 , wherein

the front surface of the frame has an inner circumferential edge part which is located at an inner side of the second outer circumferential edge part, and

a distance between the rear surface of the glass plate and the second outer circumferential edge part is smaller than a distance between the rear surface of the glass plate and the inner circumferential edge part.

16. A vehicle-mounted display device comprising:

a glass plate that includes a first arcuate surface at a first outer circumferential edge part, the first arcuate surface facing a front surface side;

a casing that supports the glass plate from a rear surface side, the casing including a housing and a frame that projects from the housing, the frame including a second arcuate surface in a portion extending toward the first outer circumferential edge part of the glass plate; and

a display unit stored in the casing and outputting a display light toward the glass plate, wherein

a center and a radius of the second arcuate surface are made to be identical to a center and a radius of the first arcuate surface, respectively,

a rear surface of the glass plate and a front surface of the frame face each other at a spaced distance,

the frame further includes a projection that projects, within the spaced distance, from the front surface of the frame toward the rear surface of the glass plate at a second outer circumferential edge part of the front surface of the frame, and

a portion of the projection is included in the second arcuate surface.

17. The vehicle-mounted display device according to claim 16 , wherein

an inclined part is provided on the rear surface side of the glass plate and is inclined upward from the rear surface of the glass plate toward the first arcuate surface, and

the projection projects toward the inclined part.

18. The vehicle-mounted display device according to claim 17 , wherein

a width of the projection is wider than a width of the inclined part.

19. The vehicle-mounted display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the front surface of the frame has an inner circumferential edge part which is located at an inner side of the second outer circumferential edge part, and

a distance between the rear surface of the glass plate and the second outer circumferential edge part is smaller than a distance between the rear surface of the glass plate and the inner circumferential edge part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
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