US 12,083,964 B2
Rotatable display
David Alan Rook, Sandbach (GB); Jeff Brindle, Chester (GB); Ian Armstrong, Market Drayton (GB); Richard Stevens, Windermere (GB); and Darren Day, Audlem (GB)
Assigned to Bentley Motors Limited, Crewe (GB)
Appl. No. 16/341,422
Filed by BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED, Crewe (GB)
PCT Filed Oct. 11, 2017, PCT No. PCT/GB2017/053072
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 11, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/069699, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1617468 (GB), filed on Oct. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0039444 A1, Feb. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/53 (2024.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/0235 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/53 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1438 (2024.01); B60K 2360/167 (2024.01); B60K 2360/682 (2024.01); B60K 2360/816 (2024.01); B60R 2011/0005 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0085 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An instrument panel having an aperture in which a display surface is deployable; the instrument panel further comprising a rotatable display mechanism, the mechanism comprising at least two display surfaces supported on a rotatable support; the rotatable support being mounted for rotation with respect to a mount and the mount being pivotally mounted and movable away from and towards the aperture in the instrument panel; whereby in use each display surface may be arranged in the aperture and wherein to change from one display surface to another display surface, the mount is pivoted away from the aperture in the instrument panel, the rotatable support is rotated and the mount is then pivoted back towards the aperture in the instrument panel so as to align another display surface in the aperture.