US 12,461,602 B2
Content display device for road vehicle and relative road vehicle
Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, CA (US); Eugene Whang, San Francisco, CA (US); Jeremy Bataillou, San Francisco, CA (US); Anthony Ashcroft, San Francisco, CA (US); Suhang Zhou, San Francisco, CA (US); Benoit Louzaouen, San Francisco, CA (US); Jemima Kiss, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US); Wan Si Wan, San Francisco, CA (US); Biotz Natera, San Francisco, CA (US); James McGrath, San Francisco, CA (US); Roger Guyett, San Francisco, CA (US); Joseph Luxton, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael Matas, San Francisco, CA (US); Patrick Kessler, San Francisco, CA (US); Maximilian Romani, Modena (IT); Vito Conigliaro, Modena (IT); Giacomo Medici, Modena (IT); and Alessandro Pilichi, Modena (IT)
Assigned to FERRARI S.P.A., Modena (IT)
Filed by FERRARI S.P.A., Modena (IT)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/498,225.
Claims priority of application No. 102022000022719 (IT), filed on Nov. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0152216 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/231 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/53 (2024.01); B60K 35/65 (2024.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0202 (2013.01) [B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/53 (2024.01); B60K 35/654 (2024.01); B60K 35/656 (2024.01); B60K 35/231 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 2360/128 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1438 (2024.01); B60K 2360/688 (2024.01); B60K 2360/691 (2024.01); B60R 2011/0005 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0085 (2013.01); B60R 11/0235 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A content display device (5) for a road vehicle (1); the content display device (5) comprising:
a support element (9) configured to be mounted centrally at a dashboard (4) of the road vehicle (1);
at least one display screen (10) mechanically connected to the support element (9) and configured to be visible to a passenger (P) and/or driver (DR) while driving;
the support element (9) comprising a perimeter portion (30) surrounding the screen (10);
wherein the content display device (5) further comprises mechanical controls (31) arranged on and protruding from the perimeter portion (30) parallel to a plane on which the screen (10) lies, wherein the content display device (5) further comprises a time measurement system (36), and wherein the mechanical controls (31) are configured to provide instructions to the time measurement system (36); and
a moving system (11) hinged to the support element (9) and hingeble to the dashboard (4) for alternately rotating the at least one display screen (10) towards the driver (DR), wherein the moving system (11) comprises at least one swing arm (18), of which a first end (19) is hinged, by means of a first hinge (20), to the support element (9), and a second end (21) is hinged, by means of a second hinge (22), to the dashboard (4) of the road vehicle (1).