Granted Patent B2

US 12,734,884 · App. 18/199,472 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Inventor: Marcus Koch (Waldbronn, DE)

Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH

B60K35/50B60K35/22B60K35/53B60K37/00B60K2360/652B60R11/0235

Abstract

Claims (36)

1 . A display device for transportation, comprising:

a display module having a display panel; and

a housing for receiving the display module,

wherein the housing has resilient bistable fastening elements configured as a plurality of elastic arms which are designed in such a manner that said fastening elements when responding to a movement of a steering column of the transportation move the display device out of a collision region with the steering column or a steering wheel,

wherein the plurality of elastic arms fix a central element in relation to a frame, the elastic arms being configured to:

maintain the central element in a first stable position;

transition the central element through an unstable intermediate position; and

snap the central element into a second stable position.

2 . The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resilient bistable fastening elements are designed to cause an upward displacement of the display device or a rotation of the display device about a horizontal axis.

3 . The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a force required for triggering the movement is at least 500 N.

4 . The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resilient bistable fastening elements are an integral constituent part of the housing.

5 . The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing and the resilient bistable fastening elements are made from a magnesium-based material.

6 . The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resilient bistable fastening elements implement a flexural buckling mechanism, a torsional buckling mechanism, or a flexural torsional buckling mechanism.

7 . The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an arm length of the resilient bistable fastening elements is chosen such that a resultant elastic deformation path enables a jump from a first state to a second state.

8 . The display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the resilient bistable fastening elements when jumping from the first state to the second state are stressed beyond a yield point.

9 . A dashboard for transportation, comprising:

a display device, comprising:

a display module having a display panel; and

a housing for receiving the display module,

wherein the housing has resilient bistable fastening elements configured as plurality of elastic arms which are designed in such a manner that the fastening elements when responding to a movement of a steering column of the transportation move the display device out of a collision region with the steering column or a steering wheel, and

wherein the display device by the resilient bistable fastening elements is fastened to assigned fastening points of the dashboard,

wherein the plurality of elastic arms fix a central element in relation to a frame, the elastic arms being configured to:

maintain the central element in a first stable position;

transition the central element through an unstable intermediate position; and

snap the central element into a second stable position.

10 . A motor vehicle comprising:

a dashboard, comprising:

a display device, comprising:

a display module having a display panel; and

a housing for receiving the display module,

wherein the housing has resilient bistable fastening elements configured as a plurality of elastic arms which are designed in such a manner that the fastening elements when responding to a movement of a steering column of the transportation move the display device out of a collision region with the steering column or a steering wheel, and

wherein the display device by the resilient bistable fastening elements is fastened to assigned fastening points of the dashboard,

wherein the plurality of elastic arms fix a central element in relation to a frame, the elastic arms being configured to:

maintain the central element in a first stable position;

transition the central element through an unstable intermediate position; and

snap the central element into a second stable position.

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