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Granted Patent B2
US 10,759,279 · App. 16/118,315 · Granted Sep 1, 2020

Vehicle including instrument panel and interior member

Inventors: Norihito Iwao (Hiroshima, JP); Seiji Sekine (Yokohama, JP); Daiki Hamanaga (Aki-gun, JP); Jun Maruyama (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
B60K37/02B60K35/00B60Q3/10B60Q3/12B60Q3/14B62D25/14B60K2370/27
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Patent No.
US 10,759,279
App. No.
16/118,315
Granted
Sep 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes a driver's seat and a passenger's seat, an interior member, and an instrument panel. The instrument panel has a meter cluster portion and an information display portion. The interior member has, on a front side of the vehicle, a extending portion extending around a back side of the information display portion so as to be spaced from the information display portion, and the information display portion has a panel capable of displaying at least either one information of images or characters, and at least when the information is not displayed, enters a light transmission state so as to allow a driver to visually recognize the extending portion.

Claims (38)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a driver's seat and a passenger's seat disposed on a floor panel so as to be spaced from each other in a vehicle width direction;

an interior member disposed to extend from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward a front side of the vehicle; and

an instrument panel disposed below a front window shield to extend in the vehicle width direction, and having a meter cluster portion disposed in front of a steering wheel and an information display portion disposed closer to a center in the vehicle width direction than the meter cluster portion,

wherein the interior member has, on the front side of the vehicle, an extending portion extending around a back side of the information display portion so as to be spaced from the information display portion, and

the information display portion has a panel capable of displaying at least either one information of images or characters, and at least when the information is not displayed, enters a light transmission state so as to allow a driver to visually recognize the extending portion.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the information display portion is configured with a transparent display.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the instrument panel further has a trim portion provided to pass below the information display portion and extend in the vehicle width direction, and

the interior member three-dimensionally crosses below the trim portion to extend to the front side of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the interior member has an instruction input portion which accepts input related to display information in the information display portion, and a light emission portion which is linear and is provided to extend from a proximity of the instruction input portion to the extending portion.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the light emission portion has a plurality of light emission modules disposed along a longitudinal direction, and is configured to enable serial lighting in the longitudinal direction.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein a part of the light emission portion provided in the extending portion is visually recognizable by a driver at least when the information display portion does not display the information.

7. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein a part of the light emission portion provided in the extending portion is visually recognizable by a driver at least when the information display portion does not display the information.

8. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

the interior member has an instruction input portion which accepts input related to display information in the information display portion, and a light emission portion which is linear and provided to extend from a proximity of the instruction input portion to the extending portion.

9. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein

the interior member has an instruction input portion which accepts input related to display information in the information display portion, and a light emission portion which is linear and provided to extend from a proximity of the instruction input portion to the extending portion.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein an outer surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to be gradually located closer to a side of the driver's seat toward the extending portion from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

11. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein an outer surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to be gradually located closer to a side of the driver's seat toward the extending portion from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

12. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein an outer surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to be gradually located closer to a side of the driver's seat toward the extending portion from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

13. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein an outer surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to be gradually located closer to a side of the driver's seat toward the extending portion from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

14. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein an upper end surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to gradually increase an inclination of the upper end surface portion toward a side of the driver's seat from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward the extending portion.

15. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein an upper end surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to gradually increase an inclination of the upper end surface portion toward a side of the driver's seat from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward the extending portion.

16. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein an upper end surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to gradually increase an inclination of the upper end surface portion toward a side of the driver's seat from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward the extending portion.

17. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein an upper end surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to gradually increase an inclination of the upper end surface portion toward a side of the driver's seat from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward the extending portion.

18. A vehicle, comprising:

a driver's seat and a passenger's seat disposed on a floor panel so as to be spaced from each other in a vehicle width direction;

an interior member disposed to extend from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward a front side of the vehicle; and

an instrument panel disposed below a front window shield to extend in the vehicle width direction, and having a meter cluster portion disposed in front of a steering wheel and an information display portion disposed closer to a center in the vehicle width direction than the meter cluster portion,

wherein the interior member has, on the front side of the vehicle, an extending portion extending around a back side of the information display portion so as to be spaced from the information display portion,

the information display portion has a panel capable of displaying at least either one information of images or characters, and at least when the information is not displayed, enters a light transmission state so as to allow a driver to visually recognize the extending portion,

the information display portion is configured with a transparent display,

the instrument panel further has a trim portion provided to pass below the information display portion and extend in the vehicle width direction, and

the interior member three-dimensionally crosses below the trim portion to extend to the front side of the vehicle.

19. The vehicle according to claim 18 , wherein an outer surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to be gradually located closer to a side of the driver's seat toward the extending portion from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

20. The vehicle according to claim 18 , wherein an upper end surface portion of the interior member on a side of the passenger's seat is provided to gradually increase an inclination of the upper end surface portion toward a side of the driver's seat from between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat toward the extending portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: IWAO, NORIHITO; SEKINE, SEIJI; HAMANAGA, DAIKI; MARUYAMA, JUN
To: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046761/0265 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-179833 · Sep 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190084422A1 · Mar 21, 2019