IP Library Granted Patent US 12,043,177
Granted Patent B2
US 12,043,177 · App. 18/195,679 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

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 AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
B60R1/08B60R1/04B60R1/1207B60R11/04B60R2001/1253B60R2300/8066
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Patent No.
US 12,043,177
App. No.
18/195,679
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle-mounted display device includes 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 configured to output a display light toward the glass plate. 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 the projection includes a second arcuate surface.

Claims (60)

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 configured to output 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 entirely 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

the projection includes a second arcuate surface.

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 a 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 a radius of the first arcuate surface is 2.5 mm or larger.

5. 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.

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

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

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

the projection includes an inner surface provided along 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 first outer circumferential edge part of the glass plate; and

a reflective layer provided between the frame and 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 entirely 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 a 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 a radius of the first arcuate surface is 2.5 mm or larger.

12. 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.

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

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

14. The vehicle-mounted display device according to claim 12 , wherein

the projection includes an inner surface provided along 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 configured to output 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 entirely 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 17 , wherein

the projection includes an inner surface provided along the inclined part.

20. 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 Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0752 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-064475 · Mar 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17686829 · Mar 4, 2022
Continuation 16366580 · Mar 27, 2019
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