# US 12,222,496 B2 · Vehicle display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,222,496 B2 - Document ID: US12222496B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/714,122 - Filed: 2022-04-05 - Published: 2022-10-13 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-07 - Assignees: Yazaki Corporation - Applicants: Yazaki Corporation - Inventors: Yasuhiro Katsumata; Yuki Miyoshi; Katsuyoshi Itahana; Takuya Ishigami; Takayuki Mizushima - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12222496B2 ## CPC - G02B 27/01: Head-up displays - B60K 35/22: Display screens - B60K 35/23: Head-up displays [HUD] (optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01) - B60K 35/50: Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle (B60K35/231 takes precedence) - G02B 27/0149: {characterised by mechanical features (G02B27/0176 takes precedence)} - G02F 1/133314: {Back frames} - G02F 1/133317: {Intermediate frames, e.g. between backlight housing and front frame} - B60K 35/60: Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) - B60K 2360/785: on or in relation to the windshield or windows - B60K 2360/816: Fastening of displays or touch screens - B60K 2360/96: by assembling - G02B 2027/0141: {characterised by the informative content of the display} - G02B 2027/0161: {characterised by the relative positioning of the constitutive elements} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS ## Abstract In a vehicle display device, a locking mechanism has a first support part that supports a first end of a display panel and a second support part located at a position relatively different from the first support part. The second support part has a pair of urging portions that urge the display panel in a support state, and a first receiving portion that receives a lower surface of a second end of the display panel. Each of the urging portions is formed curving in an S shape when viewed from the optical axis direction, and a distal end portion formed at an end opposite to the fixed end portion has a second receiving portion that protrudes from an abutting surface toward the display panel and interposes the second end of the display panel between the second receiving portion and the first receiving portion, in the support state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle display device comprising: a display that emits a display image as display light to be visually recognized as a virtual image by an occupant of a vehicle, wherein the display includes: a display panel that is formed in a rectangular shape and displays the display image on the basis of light from a light source; and a housing including a locking mechanism that locks the display panel, the locking mechanism includes a first support part that supports a first end at one in a first direction of both ends of the display panel in a plane direction, and a second support part that supports a second end at the other end in the first direction of the display panel in a support state in which the display panel is supported by the first support part, the first support part and the second support part are formed at relatively different positions in an optical axis direction of the display light, the second support part includes a pair of urging portions that urge the display panel toward the first end in the support state, and at least one first receiving portion that is formed protruding from an inner wall of the housing and receives a lower surface of a second end of the display panel in the support state, each of the urging portions is formed curving in an S shape when viewed from the optical axis direction and includes a fixed end portion fixed to the inner wall of the housing, a distal end portion formed at an end opposite to the fixed end portion, and an extending portion extending between the fixed end portion and the distal end portion, and the distal end portion includes an abutting surface that abuts an end surface of the second end of the display panel in the support state, and a second receiving portion that protrudes from the abutting surface toward the display panel and interposes the second end between the second receiving portion and the first receiving portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes third support parts that support both ends of the display panel in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction in the plane direction, each of the third support parts includes a groove in a placing surface on which the display panel is placed in an up and down direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction in a state in which the display panel is supported by the third support parts, the groove being formed extending in the first direction at a position facing an end on a side in the second direction of the display panel in the up and down direction, and the groove is formed up to an outside of the end on the side in the second direction of the display panel when viewed from an extending direction of the groove, and is opened to the outside. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein, in each of the urging portions, the fixed end portion and the extending portion are formed extending toward the light source in the up and down direction from the first receiving portion, and the distal end portion includes a notch formed on a side of the light source in the up and down direction from the first receiving portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The vehicle display device according to claim 2, wherein, in each of the urging portions, the fixed end portion and the extending portion are formed extending toward the light source in the up and down direction from the first receiving portion, and the distal end portion includes a notch formed on a side of the light source in the up and down direction from the first receiving portion.