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Granted Patent B2
US 10,981,517 · App. 16/520,559 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Vehicular display device and roof module

Inventors: Shuichi Ishibashi (Shizuoka, JP); Kouji Matsuura (Shimada, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60R11/0235B60Q3/51B60Q3/74H05K5/0017B60R2011/0028
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Patent No.
US 10,981,517
App. No.
16/520,559
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicular display device according to an embodiment includes a light shielding housing fixed to a surface of a roof of a vehicle on a cabin side and having a concave portion concave upward, an opening portion formed at a position facing a rear of the vehicle in the concave portion, and a display device having a display surface disposed in the opening portion with the display surface directed to the rear of the vehicle.

Claims (42)

1. A vehicular display device comprising:

a light shielding housing that is fixed to a surface of a roof of a vehicle on a cabin side and has a concave portion concave upward;

an opening portion that is formed at a position facing a rear of the vehicle in the concave portion; and

a display device that has a display surface disposed in the opening portion with the display surface directed to the rear of the vehicle, wherein

the concave portion has a wall surface extending from an upper end of the opening portion toward the rear of the vehicle and facing downward, and

the wall surface is an inclined surface directed downward toward the rear of the vehicle.

2. The vehicular display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the concave portion has a first wall surface and a second wall surface positioned closer to the rear of the vehicle than the display surface and facing each other in a vehicle width direction, and

a gap between the first wall surface and the second wall surface in the vehicle width direction is larger than a width of the display surface.

3. The vehicular display device according to claim 2 , wherein

a gap between the first wall surface and the second wall surface in the vehicle width direction widens toward the rear of the vehicle.

4. The vehicular display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the housing shields the entire display surface when viewed from the vehicle width direction.

5. The vehicular display device according to claim 2 , wherein

a gap between the first wall surface and the second wall surface in the vehicle width direction widens downward.

6. The vehicular display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the housing shields the entire display surface when viewed from the vehicle width direction.

7. The vehicular display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the housing shields the entire display surface when viewed from the vehicle width direction.

8. The vehicular display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing shields the entire display surface when viewed from the vehicle width direction.

9. A vehicular display device comprising:

a light shielding housing that is fixed to a surface of a roof of a vehicle on a cabin side and has a concave portion concave upward;

an opening portion that is formed at a position facing a rear of the vehicle in the concave portion; and

a display device that has a display surface disposed in the opening portion with the display surface directed to the rear of the vehicle, wherein

the concave portion has a first wall surface and a second wall surface positioned closer to the rear of the vehicle than the display surface and facing each other in a vehicle width direction,

a gap between the first wall surface and the second wall surface in the vehicle width direction is larger than a width of the display surface,

a gap between the first wall surface and the second wall surface in the vehicle width direction widens toward the rear of the vehicle, and

a gap between the first wall surface and the second wall surface in the vehicle width direction widens downward.

10. The vehicular display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the housing shields the entire display surface when viewed from the vehicle width direction.

11. The vehicular display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the concave portion has a wall surface extending from an upper end of the opening portion toward the rear of the vehicle and facing downward, and

the wall surface is an inclined surface directed downward toward the rear of the vehicle.

12. A roof module comprising:

a light shielding housing that is fixed to a surface of a roof of a vehicle on a cabin side and has a concave portion concave upward;

an opening portion that is formed at a position facing a rear of the vehicle in the concave portion;

a light source that is disposed in the housing;

a light emitting unit that protrudes from a side surface of the housing and emits light by light emitted from the light source; and

a display device that has a display surface disposed in the opening portion with the display surface directed to the rear of the vehicle, wherein

the concave portion has a wall surface extending from an upper end of the opening portion toward the rear of the vehicle and facing downward, and

the wall surface is an inclined surface directed downward toward the rear of the vehicle.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2019
From: ISHIBASHI, SHUICHI; MATSUURA, KOUJI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049846/0136 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-155561 · Aug 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200062192A1 · Feb 27, 2020