IP Library Granted Patent US 12,429,689
Granted Patent B2
US 12,429,689 · App. 17/964,481 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Head-up display

Inventor: Tetsuya Ogura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD
G02B27/0101G02B7/1821
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Patent No.
US 12,429,689
App. No.
17/964,481
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head-up display includes a mirror body, a mirror having a shaft serving a rotary axis, a bearing member which holds the shaft of the mirror to be rotatable, a torsion spring through which the shaft penetrates and which urges the mirror in a predetermined rotational direction of the rotary axis with respect to the bearing member, and a housing which accommodates the mirror, the bearing member, and the torsion spring. The torsion spring is disposed on an opposite side opposite to the mirror with respect to the bearing member. The bearing member includes a protrusion to which one end of the torsion spring is hung. The housing includes a depressed portion fitted to the bearing member to fix the bearing member.

Claims (47)

1. A head-up display comprising:

a mirror including:

a mirror body; and

a shaft serving as a rotary axis;

a bearing member which holds the shaft of the mirror to be rotatable;

a torsion spring through which the shaft penetrates and which urges the mirror in a predetermined rotational direction of the rotary axis with respect to the bearing member; and

a housing which accommodates the mirror, the bearing member, and the torsion spring, wherein

the torsion spring is disposed on an opposite side opposite to the mirror with respect to the bearing member,

the bearing member includes:

a protrusion which is protruded to the opposite side and to which one end of the torsion spring is hung,

a flat plate part parallel to a direction intersecting an axial direction, and

a bearing body parallel to the direction intersecting the axial direction and the direction in which the flat plate extends, and

the housing includes a depressed portion fitted to the bearing member to fix the bearing member, wherein the depressed portion is in tight contact with a side of the bearing body.

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

a height of the protrusion is greater than a width of the one end of the torsion spring.

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

the flat plate part is protruded to exceed the height of the protrusion.

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

the protrusion is disposed in a direction of extension of the flat plate part, and

the bearing member includes a concavity disposed between the protrusion and the flat plate part.

5. The head-up display according to claim 4 , wherein

a portion from the concavity to the protrusion is oblique to an axial direction of the shaft.

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

the bearing member is fixed to the depressed portion by fitting a portion of the bearing member excluding the flat plate part to the depressed portion.

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

the housing includes:

a first member; and

a second member which defines a space of the housing with the first member, and

the flat plate part of the bearing member is sandwiched by the first member and the second member.

8. The head-up display according to claim 7 , wherein

the bearing member is fixed to the depressed portion by further fixing the flat plate part to the housing by a fastening member which penetrates through the flat plate part.

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

the depressed portion includes:

a first portion defining a first space to which the bearing member is fitted; and

a second portion defining a second space which is disposed under the first space and is smaller than the first space.

10. The head-up display according to claim 9 , wherein

the second space is smaller than the bearing body.

11. The head-up display according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a drive unit which generates power to rotate the mirror, wherein

the mirror includes a gear member for transmitting the power from the drive unit to the shaft.

12. The head-up display according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a switch which transits to an ON state when pressed, wherein

the gear member includes a protrusion which presses the switch when the mirror is in a posture at a start of rotation.

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

the torsion spring further has a function as a compression spring, and

the head-up display further comprises

a restricting member which is fixed to an end of the shaft, and restricts extension of the torsion spring in a state where the restricting member sandwiches and compresses the torsion spring with the bearing member.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0745 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2023
From: OGURA, TETSUYA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062319/0794 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-170418 · Oct 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230120396A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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