US 12,227,073 B2
Supports for dynamically bendable auto interior display cover materials
Wesley J Buth, Corning, NY (US); Scott Steven Cronk, Webster, NY (US); Thomas Augustus Keebler, Corning, NY (US); Evan Gray Kister, Painted Post, NY (US); Eric Lee Miller, Corning, NY (US); and Jason Scott Stewart, Hornell, NY (US)
Assigned to CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/619,097
Filed by CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/038319
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/257380, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/864,155, filed on Jun. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0250475 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/53 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/10 (2024.01) [B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/223 (2024.01); B60K 35/53 (2024.01); B60K 2360/688 (2024.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display assembly for an automotive interior, the display assembly comprising:
a dynamically bendable cover panel comprising:
a first panel portion;
a second panel portion; and
a flexible panel portion connecting the first panel portion and the second panel portion;
a display adjacent the first panel portion and the second panel portion; and
a frame supporting the dynamically bendable cover panel, the frame comprising:
a first frame portion for supporting the first panel portion;
a second frame portion for supporting the second panel portion; and
a hinge portion coupling the first frame portion and the second frame portion, the hinge portion configured to induce a curvature having smoothly connected arc segments in the flexible panel portion between the first panel portion and the second panel portion when the second frame portion is articulated relative to the first frame portion from a straight position to a deployed position, wherein:
the hinge portion comprises a living hinge,
the living hinge comprises a mechanical weakening of the frame in the hinge portion, and
the living hinge comprises a plurality of longitudinal slots extending across the hinge portion proximate the flexible panel portion.