JP2009119941A - Image display part-storing type equipment and in-vehicle information equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide image display part-storing type equipment in which a flexible cable is not trapped in a clearance between a device body part and an image display part even though the device body part and the image display part are rotated, and also to provide in-vehicle information equipment. <P>SOLUTION: The image display part storing type equipment is equipped with the device body part 10 and the image display part 20 stored inside the device body part 10 and rotating to the device body part 10 after being drawn out. The device body part 10 and the image display part 20 are electrically connected by the flexible cable 100 capable of being bent along with the rotation of the image display part 20. The equipment includes a bending part supporting member 120 having a bending part 123 for bending the flexible cable 100 drawn to a device bottom face side of the device body part 10 toward a device upper face side and an attitude holding member 130 having a flat surface part 133 for keeping an attitude of the flexible cable 100 extending from the bending part supporting member 120 to the device upper face side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image display unit storage type device and an in-vehicle information device that are used by rotating an image display unit with respect to an apparatus main body.

Some mobile objects such as automobiles are equipped with information communication equipment such as DVDs and car navigation systems. These devices include an apparatus main body with an operation panel attached to the front surface, and an image display unit that is housed in the apparatus main body and has a screen formed of a liquid crystal panel or the like. For example, the image display unit is housed inside the apparatus main body with the screen facing downward. When the image display unit is used, the image display unit is pulled out toward the front side, and the image display unit is rotated upward ( The user can see the screen by waking up (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Further, the apparatus main body and the image display unit described above are electrically connected by a flexible cable so that the flexible cable can bend and follow freely as the image display unit rotates. It has become.
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  However, in the above-described configuration, the necessary length of the flexible cable that connects the image display unit and the apparatus main body unit is longer than before the image display unit is rotated. Therefore, when the length of the flexible cable is determined with a long dimension according to the length after the rotation, there is a margin in the length of the flexible cable in the state before the rotation. Therefore, when the image display unit is rotated, there is a possibility that the flexible cable may be sandwiched between the apparatus main body unit and the image display unit due to this margin.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and even when the apparatus main body and the image display section are rotated, the flexible cable is not sandwiched between the apparatus main body and the image display section. An object of the present invention is to provide an image display unit storage device and an in-vehicle information device.

  In the present invention, it comprises an apparatus main body, and an image display unit that is housed inside the apparatus main body and is rotated with respect to the apparatus main body after being pulled out, and the apparatus main body and the image display are In the image display unit storage type device that is electrically connected by a flexible cable that can be bent along with the rotation of the image display unit, the flexible cable that is routed toward the device bottom side of the device main body unit is provided on the device top side. A bending portion supporting member having a bending portion bent toward the surface; and a posture holding member having a flat portion for maintaining the posture of the flexible cable extending from the bending portion supporting member to the upper surface side of the apparatus.

The image display unit includes a first guide unit that guides the flexible cable from the back side to the front side of the image display unit, and a second guide that guides the flexible cable guided by the first guide unit to the back side. A part can also be provided.
Furthermore, the bending portion support member and the posture holding member may be provided in the apparatus main body portion.
Furthermore, the flexible cable guided from the second guide portion to the upper surface side of the device main body portion and guided to the upper surface side of the device by the posture holding member forms a bent portion that protrudes toward the upper surface side. May be.

On the other hand, an apparatus main body and an image display unit that is housed inside the apparatus main body and is rotated with respect to the apparatus main body after being pulled out. In an in-vehicle information device that is electrically connected by a flexible cable that can be bent as the display unit rotates, the flexible cable that is routed toward the bottom side of the device main body is bent toward the top side of the device. A bending portion supporting member having a bending portion and a posture holding member having a flat portion for maintaining the posture of the flexible cable extending from the bending portion supporting member to the upper surface side of the apparatus.
Further, in the in-vehicle information device, the image display unit includes a first guide unit that guides a flexible cable from a back side to a front side of the image display unit, and a flexible cable guided by the first guide unit. And a second guide part that guides the rear side to the back side.

According to the present invention, the bending portion supporting member having a bending portion for bending the flexible cable drawn toward the apparatus bottom surface side of the apparatus main body portion toward the apparatus upper surface side, and the bending portion supporting member from the bending portion support member to the apparatus upper surface side. And a posture holding member having a flat portion for maintaining the posture of the extending flexible cable. By maintaining the posture of the flexible cable with the posture holding member, the flexible cable draws a predetermined arc on the bent portion supporting member. It will bend while. As a result, the wiring path can be determined so that the flexible cable passes through the path determined by the bent portion support member, and the margin of the flexible cable can be absorbed. As a result, the flexible cable does not protrude to the upper surface side of the apparatus main body with the margin, and the flexible cable can be prevented from being sandwiched in the gap between the apparatus main body and the image display unit.
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  Hereinafter, an image display unit storage type device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, as an example of the image display unit storage type device, an in-vehicle information device (a device having a function such as a car navigation system, a DVD playback system, or a terrestrial digital TV) attached to an instrument panel of an automobile. explain.

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an in-vehicle information device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the image display unit is pulled out from the state of FIG. 3 to 6 are side views showing a series of operation processes from the state in which the image display unit is housed to the state in which the image display unit is started up through the state of being pulled out.
In the following description, directions such as the upper surface side and the lower surface side (bottom surface side) are based on the state shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the in-vehicle information device 1 includes a device main body 10 that forms the outside of the device, an image display unit 20 that can be pulled out from the device main body 10, and a device main body. 10, the operation panel 30 attached to the lower side of the image display unit 20, and the vehicle information device 1 when the vehicle information device 1 is attached to the attachment opening Q of the instrument panel P of the automobile. And a decorative panel 40 that covers the edge of the opening Q from the vehicle interior side.

  The apparatus main body 10 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape whose outer portion is formed by sheet metal processing, and is formed in a so-called 1 DIN size (length 50 mm × width 178 mm). That is, even if the surface area of the instrument panel P is narrow, the instrument panel P is formed in such a size that it can be attached, and is inserted into the attachment opening Q of the instrument panel P as shown in FIG. It is fixed by metal fittings.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the image display unit 20 is formed in a substantially flat plate shape having a predetermined thickness, and a liquid crystal display screen 22 is provided on one plane. In the state where the vehicle-mounted information device 1 is not used (the state shown in FIG. 1), the image display unit 20 has a liquid crystal display screen 22 positioned on the front side of the image display unit 20 inside the apparatus main body unit 10. Stored facing the side. On the other hand, when the image display unit 20 is used, the image display unit 20 is pulled out to the front side (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1) with the liquid crystal display screen 22 facing downward, and then directed toward the upper surface side of the apparatus main body unit 10. And the liquid crystal display screen 22 is turned to the user side (the image display unit 20 is erected as shown in FIG. 2). Further, when the image display unit 20 is stored, it is stored by the reverse operation.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the leading end 20 a in the drawing direction of the image display unit 20 is positioned on the front side of the apparatus main body 10 in a state where the image display 20 is housed in the apparatus main body 10. It is supposed to be. When the image display unit 20 is pulled out from the state shown in FIG. 3 to the state shown in FIG. 4, the relay unit 11 is pulled out from the inside of the apparatus main body unit 10 as the image display unit 20 moves. . The relay unit 11 is electrically connected to the image display unit 20 by a flexible cable 100 (see FIGS. 7 to 9), which will be described in detail later, while a flexible cable (not shown) is also connected to the main board of the apparatus main body unit 10. ) Is electrically connected. As a result, the image display unit 20 can exchange power and various signals via the relay unit 11.

The relay unit 11 is guided in the drawing direction of the image display unit 20 by a guide rail (not shown) provided inside the apparatus main body unit 10, and is freely spaced from the image display unit 20 at a predetermined interval in the drawing direction. To move to.
The image display unit 20 is connected to the relay unit 11 by a hinge unit (not shown). As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the image display unit 20 is centered on the rotation center Z with a predetermined distance from the relay unit 11. It is designed to rotate.

  FIG. 7 is a side view showing a wiring path of the flexible cable 100 when the image display unit 20 is pulled out. FIGS. 8 and 9 are views when the image display unit 20 is rotated around the rotation center Z. FIG. It is a side view which shows the wiring path | route of the flexible cable 100 of.

The length of the flexible cable 100 is manufactured with a dimension after the rotation because a longer dimension is necessary after the rotation of the image display unit 20 before and after the rotation. That is, there is a margin in the length of the flexible cable 100 before the rotation. Therefore, it is necessary to make the wiring path of the flexible cable convex toward the upper surface side of the apparatus main body 10 by the margin (see FIG. 7).
At this time, when the convex vertex of the flexible cable 100 is positioned above the back plate 25 (details will be described later; see FIG. 7) of the image display unit 20 and the top plate 14 (see FIG. 7) of the relay unit 11. When rotating the image display unit 20, the flexible cable 100 may be sandwiched between the apparatus main body unit 10 and the image display unit 20. In particular, when the thickness of the image display unit 20 is reduced, it becomes difficult to secure a wiring route for routing the flexible cable 100 within the range of the thickness, and the convex vertex is inevitably located above the back plate 25 and the like. turn into. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the following structure is provided so that the convex apex is below the back plate 25 and the top plate 14.

The outer shape of the image display unit 20 is formed by a back plate 25 positioned on the back and a front panel 26 positioned on the front, and a liquid crystal panel substrate 21 is provided therein as shown in FIG. ing. One end of a flexible cable 100 that can be freely bent by a connection connector 27 is connected to the liquid crystal panel substrate 21. The liquid crystal panel substrate 21 is provided on the upper side of the liquid crystal panel 23 (the back side of the image display unit 20) because the liquid crystal display screen 22 is provided on the lower side of the image display unit 20 in FIG. .
In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the relay unit 11 has a relay board 12 provided therein, and the other end of the flexible cable 100 is connected to the connection connector 13 provided on the relay board 12. Has been. An upper surface plate 14 is provided on the upper side of the relay portion 11, and the relay substrate 12 is attached to the upper surface plate 14. Further, the end portion of the upper surface plate 14 on the image display unit 20 side is bent downward, and a holding unit 15 having a plane substantially orthogonal to the drawing direction of the image display unit 20 is formed. Details of the function of the holding unit 15 will be described later.

  In this structure, the gap Y (see FIG. 7) between the image display unit 20 and the holding unit 15 is the position of the rotation center Z of the image display unit 20, the shape of the hinge unit (not shown), and the connection on the relay substrate 12. It is determined by the position of the connector 13. When these are optimally arranged, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the connection length of the flexible cable 100 required in the state before the image display unit 20 is rotated (see FIG. 7) is rotated. In this state (see FIG. 9), the connection length becomes longer than necessary. Therefore, in the state before the image display unit 20 is rotated, the flexible cable 100 has a margin at least as long as the difference between before and after the rotation.

Further, a flexible cable 100 extending from the liquid crystal panel substrate 21 located on the back side of the image display unit 20 is provided at the end of the image display unit 20 on the relay unit 11 side, on the liquid crystal screen side (the image display in FIG. 7). A detour structure portion 110 is formed to be routed to the end of the lower portion 20.
As shown in FIG. 7, the detour structure portion 110 includes a first guide portion 111 formed by folding an end portion of the back plate 25 toward the front panel 26, and a position outside the first guide portion 111. In addition, the front panel 26 includes a second guide portion 112 that protrudes toward the back plate 25 side. As shown in FIG. 7, the first guide part 111 and the second guide part 112 are arranged with a gap X1 through which the flexible cable 100 can be inserted in the pull-out direction. The first guide portion 111 extends to the vicinity of the front panel 26, and a gap X <b> 2 through which the flexible cable 100 can be inserted is formed between the first guide portion 111 and the front panel 26.

  The flexible cable 100 extending from the liquid crystal panel substrate 21 by the detour structure unit 110 passes through the gap X2 on the front panel 26 side and passes through the gap X1, so that the liquid crystal display screen 22 side (lower side) of the image display unit 20 is displayed. It is pulled out from the side) toward the upper side.

On the other hand, in order to absorb the margin of the flexible cable 100, the relay portion 11 has a bent portion support member 120 attached to the lower side of the relay portion 11 and an attitude attached to the upper side of the bent portion support member 120. A holding member 130 is provided.
10A is a side view of the bent portion supporting member 120, and FIG. 10B is a front view thereof. 11A is a side view of the posture holding member 130, and FIG. 11B is a front view thereof. As shown in FIG. 7, the flexible cable 100 is bent into a substantially S shape by the functions of the bent portion support member 120 and the posture holding member 130. Hereinafter, a bent portion that bends convex toward the bottom surface side of the apparatus main body 10 on the relay portion 11 side of the flexible cable 100 is referred to as a first bent portion 100a, and is closer to the image display portion 20 than the first bent portion 100a. The bent portion that bends convexly toward the upper surface side of the apparatus main body 10 is referred to as a second bent portion 100b (bent portion).

As shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the bent portion support member 120 includes mounting portions 121 and 122 that are attached to the relay portion 11 by a fastening member such as a screw, and the first bent portion of the flexible cable 100. The bending part 123 which supports 100a from the lower side (refer FIG. 7), and the stopper 125 for supporting the board | substrate 12 for relay are provided.
As shown in FIG. 7, the bending portion 123 is formed so that the bending start point 123 a starts from substantially the lower side of the connection connector 13 in a state where the bending portion support member 120 is attached to the relay portion 11. Further, the bending end point 123b of the bending portion 123 is positioned below the holding portion 15 described above. Furthermore, a receiving portion 124 extending in the pull-out direction is formed so as to extend toward the image display portion 20 from the bending end point 123b.
Further, as shown in FIG. 10B, the stopper 125 is formed by bending the right end portion upward, and the relay substrate 12 is fitted into the stopper 125.

  As shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, the posture holding member 130 includes attachment portions 131 and 132 that are attached to the upper surface plate 14 of the relay portion 11 by a fastening member such as a screw, and the flexible cable 100 is vertically moved. And a holding portion 133 (a flat portion) for maintaining a posture extending in the direction (see FIG. 7). The holding portion 133 has a flat surface that is substantially flush with the holding portion 15 formed on the upper surface plate 14 described above.

When the image display unit 20 is gradually rotated upward from the state shown in FIG. 7, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the slack (margin) of the flexible cable 100 is gradually reduced. .
More specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, the upper end portion of the convex portion of the second bent portion 100b is gradually lowered while the first bent portion 100a is supported by the bent portion 123 of the bent portion supporting member 120. I will do it. In this state, the position of the upper end portion of the convex portion of the second bent portion 100b is set to be lower than the shortest gap R between the image display portion 20 and the relay portion 11. When the image display unit 20 is further rotated, as shown in FIG. 9, the second bent portion 100 b of the flexible cable 100 comes into contact with the receiving portion 124 of the bent portion supporting member 120.

According to the in-vehicle information device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the first bent portion 100a is formed on the flexible cable 100 that is routed toward the apparatus bottom surface side of the apparatus main body portion 10, and the first bent portion 100a is moved downward. Since the bending portion supporting member 120 having the bending portion 123 that supports from the side and directs the flexible cable 100 toward the upper surface side of the apparatus is provided, the flexible cable 100 is routed along the bending portion 123 so that the flexible cable 100 can be wired. The path and the wiring path length can be set to one. In addition, the flexible cable 100 is prevented from projecting below the bent portion support member 120 (the bottom surface side of the apparatus main body 10).
In addition, since the posture holding member 130 having the holding portion 133 that maintains the posture of the flexible cable 100 extending from the bent portion support member 120 to the upper surface side of the apparatus main body 10 is provided, the posture in which the flexible cable 100 extends vertically is maintained. By doing so, the wiring path and the wiring path length of the flexible cable 100 are determined to be one, and the flexible cable 100 can be easily fitted along the curved portion 123 of the bent portion supporting member 120.
Furthermore, since the plane of the holding part 133 and the plane of the holding part 15 located at the tip of the upper surface plate 14 of the relay part 11 are substantially flush, the attitude of the flexible cable 100 is also determined by this holding part 15. Can be maintained.
Accordingly, there is no possibility that the flexible cable 100 protrudes upward, and there is no possibility that the flexible cable 100 is sandwiched in the gap between the apparatus main body 10 and the image display unit 20.

  In addition, since the bent portion support member 120 and the posture holding member 130 are provided in the relay portion 11, the wiring path of the flexible cable 100 routed around the apparatus main body side is adjusted by a member only on the apparatus main body portion 10 side. Can do. Moreover, since these members are assembled when the apparatus main body 10 is assembled, the assembly workability is improved.

  Further, the image display unit 20 includes a first guide unit 111 that guides the flexible cable 100 from the liquid crystal panel substrate 21 disposed on the back plate 25 side to the liquid crystal display screen 22 side, and the first guide unit 111 provides guidance. Since the second guide portion 112 that guides the flexible cable 100 to the back plate 25 side is provided, the flexible cable 100 can be pulled out from the liquid crystal display screen side of the image display portion 20. Further, the flexible cable 100 guided from the second guide part 112 to the upper surface side of the apparatus main body part 10 and guided to the upper surface side of the apparatus by the posture holding member 130 forms a second bent part 100b that protrudes upward. Therefore, the position of the apex of the second bent portion 100b of the flexible cable 100 can be positioned as close to the bottom surface of the apparatus main body 10 as possible. As a result, there is no possibility that the flexible cable 100 protrudes upward, and there is no possibility that the flexible cable 100 is sandwiched in the gap between the apparatus main body 10 and the image display unit 20.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and changes can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention. .
For example, although the case where the image display unit 20 is rotated upward has been described in the present embodiment, the present invention can be applied even when the image display unit 20 is rotated downward. In this case, the flexible cable 100 is connected between the apparatus main body 10 and the image display unit 20 by making the protruding directions of the first bent portion 100a and the second bent portion 100b opposite to the present embodiment, respectively. It can be prevented from being pinched.

1 is an overall perspective view of an in-vehicle information device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the image display unit is pulled out from the state illustrated in FIG. 1 and started up. It is a side view of the vehicle-mounted information device shown in FIG. It is a side view which shows the state which pulled out the image display part shown in FIG. 3 to the near side. It is a side view which shows the state which rotated the image display part shown in FIG. 4 to the upper side. It is a side view which shows the state which rotated the image display part shown in FIG. 5 completely. It is a side view which shows the wiring path | route of a flexible cable when an image display part is pulled out. It is a side view which shows the wiring path | route of a flexible cable when an image display part is rotated upwards from the state of FIG. It is a side view which shows the wiring path | route of a flexible cable when an image display part is further rotated to the upper side from the state of FIG. It is a bending part support member which supports the flexible cable in a 1st bending part, Comprising: (a) is a side view, (b) is a front view. It is a posture holding member that holds the posture of the flexible cable between the first bent portion and the second bent portion, wherein (a) is a side view and (b) is a front view.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 In-vehicle information equipment 10 Apparatus main body part 11 Relay part 12 Relay board 13 Connection connector 14 Upper surface board 15 Holding part 20 Image display part 21 Liquid crystal panel substrate 22 Liquid crystal display screen 23 Liquid crystal panel 25 Back board 26 Front panel 27 Connection connector 30 operation panel 40 decorative panel 100 flexible cable 100a first bent portion 100b second bent portion (bent portion)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 Detour structure part 111 1st guide part 112 2nd guide part 120 Bending part support member 121,122 Attaching part 123 Bending part 123a Bending start point 123b Bending end point 124 Receiving part 125 Stopper 130 Posture holding member 131, 132 Attaching part 133 Holding part (Flat part)
R Shortest gap X1, X2, Y Gap Z Center of rotation

Claims (6)

An apparatus main body section, and an image display section that is housed inside the apparatus main body section and rotated with respect to the apparatus main body section after being pulled out, and the apparatus main body section and the image display section are connected to the image display section. In the image display unit storage type device that is electrically connected by a flexible cable that can be bent with the rotation of
A bending portion support member having a bending portion that bends the flexible cable routed toward the device bottom surface side of the device main body portion toward the device upper surface side;
An image display unit-accommodating type apparatus comprising: a posture holding member having a flat portion for maintaining the posture of the flexible cable extending from the bent portion support member to the upper surface side of the apparatus.   The image display unit includes a first guide unit that guides the flexible cable from the back side to the front side of the image display unit, and a second guide unit that guides the flexible cable guided by the first guide unit to the back side. The image display unit storing type device according to claim 1, wherein the image display unit storing type device is provided.   3. The image display unit storage type device according to claim 1, wherein the bent portion supporting member and the posture holding member are provided in the apparatus main body. 4.   The flexible cable guided from the second guide portion to the upper surface side of the device main body portion and guided to the upper surface side of the device by the attitude holding member forms a bent portion that protrudes toward the upper surface side. The image display unit accommodation type device according to claim 2 or 3. An apparatus main body section, and an image display section that is housed inside the apparatus main body section and rotated with respect to the apparatus main body section after being pulled out, and the apparatus main body section and the image display section are connected to the image display section. In-vehicle information equipment that is electrically connected by a flexible cable that can be bent with the rotation of
A bending portion support member having a bending portion that bends the flexible cable routed toward the device bottom surface side of the device main body portion toward the device upper surface side;
An in-vehicle information device comprising: a posture holding member having a flat portion for maintaining the posture of the flexible cable extending from the bent portion support member to the upper surface side of the apparatus.   The image display unit includes a first guide unit that guides the flexible cable from the back side to the front side of the image display unit, and a second guide unit that guides the flexible cable guided by the first guide unit to the back side. The vehicle-mounted information device according to claim 5, wherein the vehicle-mounted information device is provided.

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