US 12,415,422 B2
Vehicle interior with a retractable flexible display
José Ignacio Martínez Vela, Burgos (ES); Rafael García García, Burgos (ES); and Javier Cadiñanos Hernando, Burgos (ES)
Assigned to GRUPO ANTOLÍN-INGENIERÍA, S. A., Burgos (ES)
Filed by GRUPO ANTOLÍN-INGENIERÍA, S. A., Burgos (ES)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/536,679.
Claims priority of application No. 22383310 (EP), filed on Dec. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0217341 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 35/53 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/53 (2024.01) [B60K 35/81 (2024.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); B60K 2360/84 (2024.01); B60K 2360/96 (2024.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Vehicle interior with a retractable flexible display, comprising a dashboard (1) and a display assembly (2); the dashboard (1) comprises internal fixing configurations (1.1) and a top wall (1.2) facing the windshield of the vehicle; the display assembly (2) comprises two parallel guide rails (2.1), a flexible screen (2.2) attached on a flexible support (2.3) configured to run along the guide rails (2.1), and driving means (2.4) arranged for moving the flexible support (2.3) along the guide rails (2.1), characterised in that each guide rail (2.1) comprises a first segment (2.11), followed by a second segment (2.12), followed by a third segment (2.13), the first segment (2.11) remains totally or partially under the top wall (1.2) of the dashboard (1), the second segment (2.12) comprises a curved portion being concave regarding the dashboard (1), the first segment (2.11) is attached to the internal fixing configurations (1.1) of the dashboard (1), in such a way the flexible screen (2.2) can be disclosed to the vehicle interior in any extension according to its displacement along the guide rails (2.1).