Combiner raising/lowering device and headup display device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenji Nakayama, Kousuke Sasaki
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Abstract
A combiner lifting device includes: a support unit that includes a first pin and a second pin, and supports a combiner; and two side surface portions disposed on both sides of the combiner, respectively. Each of the side surface portions includes a first groove along which the first pin slides, and a second groove along which the second pin slides. The side surface portions support the support unit in such a manner that the support unit is rotatable around the first pin when the first pin is located at an end of the first groove.
Claims14
A combiner lifting device comprising:
- a support including a first projection and a second projection, and supporting a combiner;
- and
- two side surface portions disposed on both sides of the combiner, respectively, each of the two side surface portions provided with a first groove along which the first projection slides, and a second groove along which the second projection slides, and supporting the support in such a manner that the support is rotatable around the first projection when the first projection is located at an end of the first groove,
- wherein the second groove includes a first groove area along which the second projection slides when the support rotates around the first projection located at the end of the first groove;
- and
- wherein the second projection is covered with a damper that fills a clearance between the second projection and the first groove area.
A combiner lifting device according to comprising:
- a support including a first projection and a second projection, and supporting a combiner;
- and
- two side surface portions disposed on both sides of the combiner, respectively, each of the two side surface portions provided with a first groove along which the first projection slides, and a second groove along which the second projection slides, and supporting the support in such a manner that the support is rotatable around the first projection when the first projection is located at an end of the first groove, wherein:
- the second groove includes a first groove area along which the second projection slides when the support rotates around the first projection located at the end of the first groove, and
- each of the two side surface portions includes a rib that comes into contact with the second projection when the second projection slides along the first groove area.
A head-up display device comprising:
- a combiner lift;
- a housing that houses the combiner lift;
- a cover that covers an upper part of the housing;
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- a cover opening/closing mechanism provided with a third groove along which a first projection slides,
- wherein the combiner lift comprises:
- a support including the first projection and a second projection, and supporting a combiner;
- and
- two side surface portions disposed on both sides of the combiner, respectively, each of the two side surface portions provided with a first groove along which the first projection slides, and a second groove along which the second projection slides, and supporting the support in such a manner that the support is rotatable around the first projection when the first projection is located at an end of the first groove,
- the cover opening/closing mechanism is turnably disposed such that at least a part of the third groove extends in a direction different from an extension direction of the first groove, and
- the cover is opened and closed in accordance with turn of the cover opening/closing mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.