An instrument panel 10 including an aperture (16, fig. 1) and a rotatable display mechanism 17 comprising at least two display surfaces 1, (2, 3; fig. 12) mounted on a rotatable support 26. The support is mounted for rotation relative to a mount 48a (48b, 58; fig 11), the mount also being pivotable (e.g. about axle 59) towards and away from the aperture, e.g. via a motorised linear worm drive (72, fig. 10) on housing 61. In use, each display surface can be arranged in the aperture in turn. To change from one to another, the mount is moved away from the instrument panel, the support is rotated and the mount is then moved back towards the panel. There are preferably three display surfaces on a triangular prism, the first 1 including a touch sensitive screen; the second a dial or gauge (19, 20, 21; fig 5); and the third trim elements (22, fig 3). The support may rotate in both directions and be actuated by a motor 54 operating a belt 52. There may be an aligning surface 81 on housing 61 and projections 82 on end surfaces of the support to align each display surface in the aperture.
Rotatable Display
2019-08-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |