IP Library Granted Patent US 11,772,492
Granted Patent B1
US 11,772,492 · App. 18/101,431 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

Head-up display

Inventors: Kousuke Sasaki (Kanagawa, JP); Daiki Kawai (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B60K37/02G02B27/0149B60K2370/1529G02B2027/0154G02B2027/0169
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Patent No.
US 11,772,492
App. No.
18/101,431
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

A head-up display includes: a display device that emits image light; a mirror that reflects the image light; a mirror holder that includes a rotating shaft; and a bearing that rotatably supports the rotating shaft. The mirror holder supports the mirror from a back surface side of the mirror. The rotating shaft comprises a first rotating shaft located outside a perimeter of the mirror as viewed from the back surface side of the mirror, and a second rotating shaft located inside the perimeter of the mirror as viewed from the back surface side of the mirror. The second rotating shaft is provided on an axis same as an axis of the first rotating shaft. The bearing supports the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft.

Claims (36)

1. A head-up display comprising:

a display device that emits image light;

a mirror that reflects the image light;

a mirror holder that includes a rotating shaft; and

a bearing that rotatably supports the rotating shaft, wherein

the mirror holder supports the mirror from a back surface side of the mirror,

the rotating shaft comprises a first rotating shaft located outside a perimeter of the mirror as viewed from the back surface side of the mirror, and a second rotating shaft located inside the perimeter of the mirror as viewed from the back surface side of the mirror, the second rotating shaft being provided on the same side with respect to the mirror on an axis same as an axis of the first rotating shaft,

the bearing supports the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft,

the bearing comprises a first bearing and a second bearing,

the first bearing supports the first rotating shaft, and

the second bearing supports the second rotating shaft.

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

a casing that accommodates the display device, the mirror, the mirror holder, and the bearing, wherein

the casing supports the first bearing and the second bearing.

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

the second rotating shaft is narrower than the first rotating shaft.

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

the mirror holder further includes a contact surface portion that contacts the mirror along a back surface of the mirror, and a projecting plate portion that projects from the contact surface portion and connects to the rotating shaft.

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

the projecting plate portion comprises a first projecting plate portion and a second projecting plate portion that are disposed spaced apart from each other in an axis direction of the rotating shaft,

the first rotating shaft is connected to the first projecting plate portion, and

the second rotating shaft includes one end connected to the second projecting plate portion and an other end connected to the contact surface portion.

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

the mirror includes one end portion and an other end portion which are located at end portions of the rotating shaft, the end portions being in an axis direction, and

the mirror holder comprises a first mirror holder that supports the one end portion of the mirror and that includes the first rotating shaft, and a second mirror holder that supports the other end portion of the mirror and that includes the first rotating shaft.

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

the first rotating shaft of the second mirror holder has a hollow structure.

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

the mirror is a concave mirror.

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

the axis of the rotating shaft intersects with a back surface of the mirror.

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

a fixed mirror different from the mirror, wherein

the fixed mirror reflects, toward the mirror, the image light emitted from the display device.

11. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein the mirror and the mirror holder are separate.

12. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein coefficients of linear expansion of the mirror are different from coefficients of linear expansion of the mirror holder.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0216 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2023
From: SASAKI, KOUSUKE; KAWAI, DAIKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063756/0873 →