# US 2018/0027689 A1 · System for moving and/or rotating monitor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0027689 A1 - Document ID: US20180027689A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/214,576 - Filed: 2016-07-20 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-20 - Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Phillip Kerry Muldowney - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180027689A1 ## CPC - B60R 11/0235: {of flat type, e.g. LCD} - B60R 1/29: for viewing an area inside the vehicle, e.g. for viewing passengers or cargo - B60R 11/00: Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for - H05K 7/183: {support rails therefor} - B60R 2011/0028: {Ceiling, e.g. roof rails} - B60R 2011/0084: {with adjustment by linear movement in their operational position} - B60R 2011/0089: {around three axes, i.e. universally mounted} - B60R 2011/0276: {for rear passenger use} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A vehicle display system presents a display device in a motor vehicle provided with multiple seating positions and an interior headliner. The vehicle display system comprises a display device, a display device mounting bracket attached to the display device, the mounting bracket having a pair of pivots, each of the pivots being orthogonal to the other, and a plurality of mounting positions provided on the motor vehicle interior headliner. The display device is viewable by any one or any combination of a rearward facing second seating row occupant, a forward facing second seating row occupant, and a forward facing third seating row occupant. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle display system for presenting a display device in a motor vehicle provided with multiple seating positions and an interior headliner, the vehicle display system comprising a display device, a display device mounting bracket attached to the display device, the mounting bracket having a pair of pivots, each of the pivots being orthogonal to the other, and a plurality of mounting positions provided on the motor vehicle interior headliner. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, wherein the display device is rotatable 360° about an axis perpendicular to the interior headliner. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, wherein the display device is rotatable within an arc of 180° about an axis parallel to the interior headliner. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, wherein the mounting positions comprise a rail extending substantially along a longitudinal length of the interior headliner within which the mounting bracket is received. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vehicle display system of claim 4, wherein the display device is adapted to be disposed anywhere along the longitudinal length of the rail in the interior headliner. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of discrete access points disposed at predetermined locations within the interior headliner. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, wherein the display device includes an on-off control, and wherein the on-off control is operably connected with an instrument panel for control of the display device from the instrument panel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, wherein the mounting position further comprises a power source for the display device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, wherein the mounting bracket comprises a swivel mount oriented about a vertical axis and having a pair of locking tabs disposed thereon in opposed relation to one another and extending orthogonally to a vertical axis of the swivel mount, an intermediate portion rotationally coupled with the swivel mount about the vertical axis, and a display device holder rotationally coupled with the intermediate portion about a horizontal axis, and the mounting position comprises a fitted socket receiver mounted in the headliner, the mounting position having opposed recesses in the socket receiver within which fittingly receive the locking tabs of the swivel mount, and within which the mounting bracket can be rotated to mount and lock the display device to the headliner. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The vehicle display system of claim 9, wherein the socket receiver includes a positive and a negative terminal disposed on opposite sides of socket receiver within which the base of the swivel mount is received and the swivel mount includes a positive and negative terminal disposed one on each of the locking tabs that align with the positive and negative terminals in the socket receiver when the mounting bracket is mounted to and locked within the socket receiver. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The vehicle display system of claim 9, wherein a data source by which a visual and/or audio output provided by the display device is supplied through the socket receiver to the mounting bracket. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, wherein the motor vehicle is provided with a wireless network or Bluetooth communication system and the display device is operably connected with the wireless network or operably connected with the motor vehicle via the Bluetooth communication system, respectively. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, wherein the display device includes a camera. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The vehicle display system of claim 13, wherein an image captured by the camera is accessible from a first seating row of the motor vehicle via a second display device mounted to an instrument panel of the motor vehicle or is accessible from a smart device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, wherein the display device is viewable by a rearward facing second seating row occupant. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, wherein the display device is viewable by a forward facing second seating row occupant. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, wherein where the display device is viewable by a forward facing third seating row occupant. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The vehicle display system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises a plurality of display devices. ### Claim 19 A vehicle display system for presenting a display device in a motor vehicle provided with multiple seating positions and an interior headliner, the vehicle display system comprising a display device, a display device mounting bracket attached to the display device, the mounting bracket having a pair of pivots, each of the pivots being orthogonal to the other, and a plurality of mounting positions provided on the motor vehicle interior headliner, wherein the display device is viewable by any one or any combination of a rearward facing second seating row occupant, a forward facing second seating row occupant, and a forward facing third seating row occupant. ### Claim 20 A vehicle display system for presenting a display device in a motor vehicle provided with multiple seating positions and an interior headliner, the vehicle display system comprising: a display device; a display device mounting bracket attached to the display device, the mounting bracket comprising a swivel mount and having a pair of locking tabs disposed thereon in opposed relation to one another and extending orthogonally to an axis of the swivel mount, an intermediate portion rotationally coupled with the swivel mount about a vertical axis, a display device holder rotationally coupled with the intermediate portion about a horizontal axis, and a positive and negative terminal disposed one on each of the locking tabs; and a plurality of mounting positions provided on the interior headliner, the mounting position comprising a fitted socket receiver mounted in the headliner, opposed recesses disposed in the socket receiver within which fittingly receive the locking tabs of the swivel mount, and within which the mounting bracket can be rotated to mount and lock the display device to the headliner, and a positive and a negative terminal disposed on opposed sides of socket receiver within which the base of the swivel mount is received that align with the positive and negative terminals in the mounting bracket when the mounting bracket is mounted and locked to the socket receiver.