US 12,441,189 B2
Frame for auto interior display panel
Amey Ganpat Badar, Corning, NY (US); Timothy Michael Gross, Corning, NY (US); Khaled Layouni, Fontainebleau (FR); Torsten Nath, Berlin (DE); Jong Se Park, Horseheads, NY (US); Michael William Price, Corning, NY (US); Yousef Kayed Qaroush, Painted Post, NY (US); and Yang Yang, Windsor Mill, MD (US)
Assigned to CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/286,132
Filed by CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/056191
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/081488, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/842,885, filed on May 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/747,545, filed on Oct. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0370774 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 2360/652 (2024.01); B60K 2360/688 (2024.01); B60K 2360/691 (2024.01); B60K 2360/693 (2024.01); B60K 2360/822 (2024.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automotive display module comprising:
a mounting bracket securable to a component of an automobile;
a display panel including a front side and an opposite back side, the display panel coupled to the mounting bracket;
a cover substrate including a front side and a back side, the back side adjacent to the front side of the display panel, wherein the cover substrate is a glass article having a thickness of 0.4 mm to 1.5 mm;
a frame member connected to the back side of the cover substrate, the frame member substantially surrounding a periphery of the display panel, wherein the frame member is a component of a frame that defines an opening through the thickness of the frame, the opening extending from a front surface of the frame to a rear surface of the frame, so that the display panel can be positioned in the opening after the frame is attached to the cover substrate, wherein a second moment of area of the frame member is between about 18 millimeters quartic to about 200 millimeters quartic;
a housing enclosing the back side of the cover substrate and secured to the frame; and
one or more ribs securable to a backside of the frame member to reinforce the frame member, wherein the one or more ribs are positioned around a periphery of the housing.