US 12,103,394 B2
Vehicle display device
Kazuhisa Maeda, Toyota (JP); Tatsuya Shimizu, Okazaki (JP); Takanobu Tabata, Toyota (JP); Yasuyuki Andou, Toyota (JP); Takahiro Suzuki, Toyota (JP); and Fumihiro Onogi, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/089,564.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-016751 (JP), filed on Feb. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249551 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 35/223 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 2360/691 (2024.01); B60K 2360/771 (2024.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle display device, comprising:
a display unit in a shape of a rectangular film, the display unit being configured to be advanced from and withdrawn into a ceiling of a vehicle cabin;
a lower edge reinforcing portion located at a lower edge of the display unit, the lower edge reinforcing portion reinforcing the lower edge of the display unit;
a support mechanism configured to be extended and retracted according to an amount by which the display unit protrudes beyond the ceiling, and configured to support the display unit;
a cover configured to be located on the ceiling, the cover being configured to open and close as the display unit is advanced and withdrawn, wherein
a longitudinal direction of the cover is in a lateral direction of a vehicle;
the support mechanism includes a pair of support arms that includes a first support arm and a second support arm;
the first support arm is provided on a first end of the cover in the longitudinal direction of the cover and is configured to support the lower edge reinforcing portion; and
the second support arm is provided on a second end of the cover in the longitudinal direction of the cover and is configured to support the lower edge reinforcing portion, wherein:
the lower edge reinforcing portion is provided with a pair of caught portions including a first caught portion and a second caught portion,
the first caught portion is located on a first end of the lower edge reinforcing portion in a longitudinal direction of the lower edge reinforcing portion and the second caught portion is located on a second end of the lower edge reinforcing portion in the longitudinal direction of the lower edge reinforcing portion; and
a first catching portion that is configured to catch the first caught portion is provided on a distal end of the first support arm, and a second catching portion that is configured to catch the second caught portion is provided on a distal end of the second support arm.