Surface panel, display unit, on-vehicle display device, and instrument panel
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsMasahiro Takamatsu, Tai Inoue, Masahide Nagata, Takayuki Ogawa, Gosei Sato, Takao Kanai
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Abstract
A surface panel is attached to an instrument panel so as to cover a display surface of a display unit disposed on the instrument panel of a vehicle. When the display unit is turned on, light L from the display unit is projected toward the driver's seat side via a thin hole formed in the surface panel.
Claims22
A surface panel which is installed so as to cover a display surface of a display portion or portions provided in an instrument panel of a vehicle, wherein:
- plural small apertures are formed through the surface panel and are open to both an outside of the surface panel and an inside of the surface panel;
- wherein axial lines of the small apertures are inclined at acute angles through a thickness of the surface panel so as to be directed to the driver or passenger seat side,
- wherein at least a first one of the plural small apertures is arranged at a first one of the acute angles through the thickness of the surface panel,
- wherein at least a second one of the plural small apertures is arranged at a second one of the acute angles through the thickness of the surface panel, and
- wherein the first one of the acute angles is different than a second one of the acute angles.
An on-vehicle display device incorporated in a body surface of an instrument panel of a vehicle, comprising:
- a base which displays an image parallel with the body surface;
- and
- a surface panel which covers a surface of the base and guides the image displayed by the base to a driver or passenger-seat-side part of a vehicle compartment,
- wherein the surface panel comprises plural small apertures formed through the surface panel and open to both an outside of the surface panel and an inside of the surface panel,
- wherein axial lines of the small apertures are inclined at acute angles through a thickness of the surface panel,
- wherein at least a first one of the plural small apertures is arranged at a first one of the acute angles through the thickness of the surface panel,
- wherein at least a second one of the plural small apertures is arranged at a second one of the acute angles through the thickness of the surface panel, and
- wherein the first one of the acute angles is different than a second one of the acute angles.
An on-vehicle display device incorporated in a body surface of an instrument panel of a vehicle, comprising:
- a base which displays an image parallel with the body surface;
- and
- a surface panel which covers a surface of the base and guides the image displayed by the base to a driver or passenger-seat-side part of a vehicle compartment,
- wherein the on-vehicle display device is incorporated so as to extend from a driver or passenger-seat-side portion of the instrument panel to a front end of a windshield,
- wherein the surface panel comprises plural small apertures formed through the surface panel and open to both an outside of the surface panel and an inside of the surface panel,
- wherein axial lines of the small apertures are inclined at acute angles through a thickness of the surface panel,
- wherein at least a first one of the plural small apertures is arranged at a first one of the acute angles through the thickness of the surface panel,
- wherein at least a second one of the plural small apertures is arranged at a second one of the acute angles through the thickness of the surface panel, and
- wherein the first one of the acute angles is different than a second one of the acute angles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.