US 12,496,905 B2
Vehicle display
Rami Batarseh, Sterling Heights, MI (US); Mark Larry, Macomb, MI (US); and Biaohe Guo, Northville, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/585,604.
Prior Publication US 2025/0269723 A1, Aug. 28, 2025
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60K 35/21 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/65 (2024.01); B60J 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/22 (2024.01) [B60K 35/213 (2024.01); B60K 35/656 (2024.01); B60J 1/02 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a body defining a passenger compartment and having first and second support pillars on opposite sides on a front side of the passenger compartment;
a windshield connected to the body and located between the first and second support pillars, the windshield having a configuration with a windshield curvature;
a panel generally extending between the first and second support pillars below the windshield, wherein the panel comprises an instrument panel;
an electronic display substantially extending between the first and second support pillars and proximate to a lower portion of the windshield, wherein the electronic display has a display curvature that is substantially similar to the windshield curvature, wherein the windshield has the windshield curvature along the height of the windshield that substantially matches the display curvature along a height of the electronic display, wherein the windshield curvature of the windshield along a width substantially matches the display curvature of the electronic display along the width; and
a mechanical support structure having a male member on one surface of the electronic display and the instrument panel configured to be received within a female receptacle on the other surface of the electronic display and the instrument panel.