US 11,718,224 B2
Display device for a vehicle
Harutoshi Nakajima, Makinohara (JP); Ami Shibahara, Shimada (JP); Hiroyuki Oishi, Shimada (JP); and Teruomi Sano, Makinohara (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/720,360.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-083132 (JP), filed on May 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363188 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/217 (2017.01); B60K 37/02 (2006.01); B60Q 3/10 (2017.01)
CPC B60Q 3/217 (2017.02) [B60K 37/02 (2013.01); B60Q 3/10 (2017.02); B60K 2370/1523 (2019.05)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel configured to be placed at a dashboard; and
a linear lighting configured to be placed at the dashboard, the linear lighting extending along a longitudinal direction of the dashboard,
wherein a linear display section is positioned in the display panel continuously with an end of the linear lighting or on extension of the linear lighting,
wherein the linear lighting and the linear display section are configured to be able to perform linked light emission,
wherein the linear display section includes:
a first linear portion extending along the longitudinal direction of the dashboard;
a second linear portion extending upward from an end of the first linear portion;
a third linear portion extending from an end of the second linear portion along the longitudinal direction of the dashboard;
a fourth linear portion extending downward from an end of the third linear portion; and
a fifth linear portion extending from an end of the fourth linear portion along the longitudinal direction of the dashboard, and
wherein the display panel is divided by the linear display section into two regions which are a first region and a second region.