JPH05640A - Fitting structure for display device mounted on vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the fitting structure of a base plate and a liquid crystal display to be provided in a vehicle so as to improve its operatability. CONSTITUTION:The connection of a base plate 23 provided in a vehicle to a liquid crystal display 22 housed inside the plate 23 is achieved by inserting the 2nd connected portion 25C and the 1st connected portion 25b of the connection member 25 of a free arm 24 into the through hole of a connection portion 23a and the through hole of a connection portion 22a provided respectively in the base plate 23 and the display 22.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for mounting an on-vehicle display device on an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, some vehicles such as passenger cars are equipped with a display device as a vehicle interior information terminal for improving habitability and operability. The display device can display various information such as the current position and congestion information and a television screen. Therefore,
The liquid crystal display is preferably embedded on the console box or dashboard on the front of the driver's seat or in the dashboard so as to improve the visibility of the driver.

However, various devices such as an audio device such as a radio and a stereo device and a ventilator grill of an air conditioner are generally disposed in these parts, so that the display device is configured by a CRT. It was difficult to secure space.

Therefore, as a conventional vehicle-mounted display device, there is provided a device in which a slide structure part that can be pulled out to the driver's seat side is provided in the storage part in the console box, and a liquid crystal display is connected to this slide structure part. Proposed.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, in these conventional vehicle-mounted display devices 1, a liquid crystal display 3 housed in a case 2 is connected to a slide structure 5 via a pair of hinges 4. .. Then, the liquid crystal display 3 connects the bearing portion of the mounting portion (not shown) of the liquid crystal display 3 and the hinge 4, and rotates in the vertical direction (arrow direction in the drawing) with this connecting portion as a fulcrum. There is. However, in the liquid crystal display 3 having such a configuration, the operations of taking out and storing and the operations of causing and pulling down are complicated.

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional example, the slide structure portion 5
A lock mechanism (not shown) and a biasing mechanism that gives a biasing force when pulling out the liquid crystal display from the case are arranged between the front end of the and the rear inner wall of the case, so the depth dimension for storage is It was getting bigger.

Further, since the slide structure, the biasing mechanism, and the vertically rotating mechanism are provided, the number of parts is increased, and rattling and imitation sound may be generated during operation.

[0008]

As described above, in the conventional display device, the depth dimension at the time of storage is large, the taking out and storing operations are complicated, the number of parts is large, and the backlash at the time of operation is large. There was a problem such as generating the onomatopoeia.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned problems.
By using a free arm that can be rotated back and forth and up and down to connect the base plate and the liquid crystal display, the liquid crystal display can be taken out and stored, and the liquid crystal display can be raised and pulled down. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle-mounted display mounting structure capable of minimizing the depth dimension during storage, reducing the number of parts used, and having no rattling or artificial noise during operation.

[0010]

A vehicle-mounted display device according to the present invention comprises a box-shaped base plate incorporated in a vehicle body and a liquid crystal display housed in the box-shaped base plate, which are arranged in front, rear, top and bottom. It is characterized in that it is connected via a free arm provided with a mechanism for rotating in the direction.

[0011]

The on-vehicle display device having the above structure is
The liquid crystal display can be rotated in two directions: removal and storage, and raising and pulling.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 relate to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a vehicle-mounted display device.
2 is an exploded perspective view showing the mounting structure of the vehicle-mounted display device, and FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view showing the operation of the liquid crystal display.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mounting structure of the in-vehicle display device 21 includes a liquid crystal display 22 and a box-shaped base plate 23 which houses the liquid crystal display 22 and is arranged in a console box in a vehicle (not shown). , A free arm 24 for connecting the liquid crystal display 22 to the base plate 23.

The liquid crystal display 22 is provided with a connecting portion 22a for connecting the free arm 24 at a part of a corner. The corner portions 22b, which are located diagonally to the connecting portion 22a, prevent contact with the base plate 23 when the liquid crystal display 22 is rotated (in the direction of the arrow in the drawing) about the free arm 24. Therefore, it is formed in an R shape.

The mounting structure of the liquid crystal display 22 and the base plate 23 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, (a) shows a liquid crystal display 22 and a free arm 24.
An exploded perspective view showing the connection with the joining member 25 constituting the
FIG. 6B is an exploded perspective view showing the connection between the joining member 25 and the base plate 23 that form the free arm 24.

As shown in the figure, for example, the connecting portion 22a of the liquid crystal display 22 is provided with a through hole 22c, and the connecting portion 23a of the base plate 23 is provided with a through hole 23b. Further, the free arm 24 is composed of a joining member 25, a fitting member 26, and a rotary hinge 27. The joining member 25 has a first connecting portion 2 formed in a bifurcated shape having a through hole 25a at its tip.
5b and a second connected portion 25c formed in a cylindrical shape are provided. The fitting member 26 has a through hole 26a for fitting and joining the second connected portion 25c of the 25.
Is provided. Further, the rotary hinge 27 has a through hole 25 provided in the first connected portion 25b of the joining member 25.
a and a through hole 22a provided in the liquid crystal display.

The liquid crystal display 22 and the base plate 23
As shown in FIG. 2 (a), first, the liquid crystal display 22 is bifurcated so as to be rotatable about the rotary hinge 27 as a central axis (direction AA 'in the drawing). One connected portion 25b is sandwiched between the connecting portions 22a, and the rotary hinge 27 is inserted through the through hole 25a and the through holes 22c and 25a of the sandwiched portion and connected.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2B, the liquid crystal display 22 is rotatable about the second connected portion 25c as a central axis (direction BB 'in the drawing).
The through hole 23 in which the second connected portion 25c of the joining member 25 connected to the liquid crystal display 22 is provided in the base plate 23.
It is inserted in b and the tip of the second connected portion 25c is fitted and connected by a fitting member 26.

Next, referring to FIG. 3, a liquid crystal display 22
The movement of will be described. In FIG. 3, (a) is a diagram showing the movement of the liquid crystal display 22 around the rotary hinge 27 as a central axis and moving it back and forth (in the direction of AA ′ in the drawing) during storage, and (b) is a joint of the free arm 24. Liquid crystal display 2 with the second connected portion 25c of the member 25 as the central axis
2 up and down movement when pulling up and pulling down (illustration B
It is a figure showing -B 'direction). As shown in FIG. 3A, the liquid crystal display 22 is locked by rotating the screen downward from the locked position of the base plate 23 to the take-out completion position. And FIG. 3 (b)
As shown in FIG. 5, the liquid crystal display 22 has the screen facing downward at the take-out completion position, and therefore the display 22 main body is raised to a position where the driver can easily see it.

However, the liquid crystal display 22 is in the image receivable state when the raising angle is in the range of 90 degrees to 120 degrees. Further, when the display 22 is changed from the image receiving state to the storage state, the operation reverse to the above operation may be performed.

The liquid crystal display 22 has a structure in which the range of rotation in the front-back direction (direction AA 'in the drawing) is set between the take-out position and the take-out completion position (90 degrees in the figure). , Vertical rotation range (illustrated BB '
For direction, the rotation angle can be freely set (120 degrees in the figure) by the free stop function.

In the above-mentioned structure, by connecting the liquid crystal display 22 of the display device 21 and the base plate 23 via the free arm 24, it is possible to reduce the number of parts, and at the same time, the operation of taking out and storing and raising and pulling. The tilting operation can be simplified.

Further, since the liquid crystal display 22 can be taken out and stored by rotating the rotary hinge 27 of the free arm 24 about the central axis (direction AA 'in the drawing), it can be slid into the storage space. Since the space for the structure portion and the biasing mechanism is not required, the depth dimension can be reduced.

Further, due to the simplification of the structure and the reduction of the number of used parts, the operation is simplified and the rattling and the imitation sound are not generated during the operation.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, by using the free arm which can be rotated back and forth and up and down for connecting the base plate and the liquid crystal display, the operation for taking out and storing the liquid crystal display, The liquid crystal display can be raised and pulled down, the depth dimension when stored can be minimized, the number of parts used can be reduced, and rattle and onomatopoeia can be eliminated during operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a vehicle-mounted display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a mounting structure of an in-vehicle display device.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view showing an operation of a liquid crystal display.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a vehicle-mounted display device according to a conventional example.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an in-vehicle display device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of an in-vehicle display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 ... In-vehicle display device 22 ... Liquid crystal display 22a ... Connection part of liquid crystal display 23 ... Base plate 23a ... Connection part of base plate 24 ... Free arm 25 ... Joining member 25b ... First connected part 25c ... Second object Connection part 26 ... Fitting member 27 ... Rotating hinge

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A mechanism for rotating a box-shaped base plate incorporated in an automobile body and a display housed in the box-shaped base plate in two directions, i.e., front and rear and up and down. A mounting structure for an in-vehicle display device, which is characterized in that it is connected via a free arm.