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Granted Patent B2
US 12,187,215 · App. 17/697,947 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Display module

Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu (Miao-Li County, TW); Tsung-Han Tsai (Miao-Li County, TW); Kuan-Feng Lee (Miao-Li County, TW)
Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
B60R21/205B60K35/60B60R21/203B60K35/223B60K35/50B60K2360/782B60K2360/816B60Y2200/11
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Patent No.
US 12,187,215
App. No.
17/697,947
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display module installed on a device of a vehicle is disclosed. The device includes an airbag module having an inflator and an airbag, and the airbag is configured to be inflated by a gas produced by the inflator. The display module includes a display panel. The display panel is disposed on the airbag module when the airbag is not inflated by the gas. The display panel is secured to the device of the vehicle when the airbag is inflated by the gas.

Claims (10)

1. A display module installed on a device of a vehicle, the device comprising an airbag module having an inflator and an airbag configured to be inflated by a gas produced by the inflator, the display module comprising:

a display panel disposed on the airbag, wherein the display panel is at least partially overlapped with the airbag and not overlapped with the inflator in a top-view direction of the display panel when the airbag is not inflated by the gas,

wherein the display panel is secured to the device of the vehicle and the airbag at least partially overlaps the display panel in the top-view direction of the display panel when the airbag is inflated by the gas.

2. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display panel is secured to the device of the vehicle through a hinge.

3. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inflator is surrounded by the display panel in the top-view direction of the display panel.

4. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the device is a steering wheel, and the display panel is ring-shaped, oval-shaped or circular-shaped.

5. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the device is a container below a windshield of the vehicle, and the display panel is bar-shaped.

6. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display panel is a flexible display panel.

7. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display panel is a stretchable display panel.

8. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display panel is a rollable display panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2022
From: WU, YUAN-LIN; TSAI, TSUNG-HAN; LEE, KUAN-FENG
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110417783.3 · Apr 19, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220332267A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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