IP Library Granted Patent US 12,222,496
Granted Patent B2
US 12,222,496 · App. 17/714,122 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Vehicle display device

Inventors: Yasuhiro Katsumata (Shizuoka, JP); Yuki Miyoshi (Shizuoka, JP); Katsuyoshi Itahana (Shizuoka, JP); Takuya Ishigami (Shizuoka, JP); Takayuki Mizushima (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
G02B27/01G02B2027/0141
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Patent No.
US 12,222,496
App. No.
17/714,122
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a vehicle display device, a locking mechanism has a first support part that supports a first end of a display panel and a second support part located at a position relatively different from the first support part. The second support part has a pair of urging portions that urge the display panel in a support state, and a first receiving portion that receives a lower surface of a second end of the display panel. Each of the urging portions is formed curving in an S shape when viewed from the optical axis direction, and a distal end portion formed at an end opposite to the fixed end portion has a second receiving portion that protrudes from an abutting surface toward the display panel and interposes the second end of the display panel between the second receiving portion and the first receiving portion, in the support state.

Claims (18)

1. A vehicle display device comprising:

a display that emits a display image as display light to be visually recognized as a virtual image by an occupant of a vehicle, wherein

the display includes:

a display panel that is formed in a rectangular shape and displays the display image on the basis of light from a light source; and

a housing including a locking mechanism that locks the display panel,

the locking mechanism includes a first support part that supports a first end at one in a first direction of both ends of the display panel in a plane direction, and a second support part that supports a second end at the other end in the first direction of the display panel in a support state in which the display panel is supported by the first support part,

the first support part and the second support part are formed at relatively different positions in an optical axis direction of the display light,

the second support part includes a pair of urging portions that urge the display panel toward the first end in the support state, and at least one first receiving portion that is formed protruding from an inner wall of the housing and receives a lower surface of a second end of the display panel in the support state,

each of the urging portions is formed curving in an S shape when viewed from the optical axis direction and includes a fixed end portion fixed to the inner wall of the housing, a distal end portion formed at an end opposite to the fixed end portion, and an extending portion extending between the fixed end portion and the distal end portion, and

the distal end portion includes an abutting surface that abuts an end surface of the second end of the display panel in the support state, and a second receiving portion that protrudes from the abutting surface toward the display panel and interposes the second end between the second receiving portion and the first receiving portion.

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

the housing includes third support parts that support both ends of the display panel in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction in the plane direction,

each of the third support parts includes a groove in a placing surface on which the display panel is placed in an up and down direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction in a state in which the display panel is supported by the third support parts, the groove being formed extending in the first direction at a position facing an end on a side in the second direction of the display panel in the up and down direction, and

the groove is formed up to an outside of the end on the side in the second direction of the display panel when viewed from an extending direction of the groove, and is opened to the outside.

3. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein,

in each of the urging portions, the fixed end portion and the extending portion are formed extending toward the light source in the up and down direction from the first receiving portion, and the distal end portion includes a notch formed on a side of the light source in the up and down direction from the first receiving portion.

4. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 , wherein,

in each of the urging portions, the fixed end portion and the extending portion are formed extending toward the light source in the up and down direction from the first receiving portion, and the distal end portion includes a notch formed on a side of the light source in the up and down direction from the first receiving portion.

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 Apr 5, 2022
From: KATSUMATA, YASUHIRO; MIYOSHI, YUKI; ITAHANA, KATSUYOSHI; ISHIGAMI, TAKUYA; MIZUSHIMA, TAKAYUKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059613/0758 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-065142 · Apr 7, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220326515A1 · Oct 13, 2022
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