US 11,951,836 B2
Vehicle instrument panel
Kyungpil Kang, Seoul (KR); and Yongjoon Sohn, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 16/757,688
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 23, 2018, PCT No. PCT/KR2018/003434
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 20, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/093594, PCT Pub. Date May 16, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0148036 (KR), filed on Nov. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0269698 A1, Aug. 27, 2020
Int. Cl. B60K 37/02 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 37/02 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133305 (2013.01); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/688 (2019.05); B60K 2370/692 (2019.05)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. An instrument panel for a vehicle, comprising:
at least one display;
a cover glass that covers the at least one display;
a first frame that supports the at least one display and is coupled to the cover glass, the at least one display being interposed between the cover glass and the first frame;
a second frame coupled to the cover glass; and
a back cover that is coupled to the second frame and in contact with a least a portion of the cover glass, the back cover defining a space that accommodates the at lease one display, the first frame, and the second frame therein,
wherein the at least one display is interposed between the cover glass and the first frame,
wherein the cover glass, the first frame, the second frame, and the back cover are concavely bendable in a left-right direction with respect to a passenger compartment of the vehicle,
wherein the at least one display comprises:
a first display that has a flat shape, the first display including (i) a first side that is formed flat and bonded to the cover glass along a curved surface of the cover glass with Optically Clear Resin (OCR) and (ii) a second side that is formed flat and coupled to the first frame, and
a second display that has a curved shape, the second display including (i) a first side that is formed curved and coupled to the cover glass along the curved surface of the cover glass by Optically Clear Adhesive (OCA) and (ii) a second side that is formed curved and coupled to the first frame.