Display tilt mechanism
AssigneeTesla, Inc.
InventorsDevan Maximo Wiitala, Raghav Jalan, Brendan Kawar, Alessandro Valenzuela Bernardis, Shakeel Theodore, Harold Mejia Ruiz
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Abstract
A display assembly for deploying a display (104) includes a rail housing (220), a first link arm (214), a second link arm (214) and a motor transmission (216). During the deployment, the first link arm moves along a first rail formed by the rail housing at a first speed and the second link arm moves along a second rail formed by the rail housing at a second speed. The first speed is controlled to be different from the second speed such that the display may have less or minimized contact with a dashboard (102) of a vehicle during deployment.
Claims20
A display assembly for deployment of a display, wherein the display includes a first edge and a second edge both fitting with a dashboard of a vehicle while at an initial position, the display assembly comprising:
- a rail housing structurally forming a first rail and a second rail;
- a first link arm configured to connect to the display;
- a second link arm configured to connect to the display;
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- at least one motor transmission configured to drive the first link arm along the first rail and drive the second link arm along the second rail,
- wherein, during the deployment, the at least one motor transmission drives the first link arm along the first rail at a first speed and the second link arm along the second rail at a second speed different from the first speed such that the display does not interfere with the dashboard of the vehicle.
An assembly for deployment of a display relative to a dashboard, the assembly comprising:
- a rail housing configured to couple to the dashboard, the rail housing comprising a groove;
- a left link arm configured to extend and retract a left side of the display relative to the rail housing;
- a right link arm configured to extend and retract a right side of the display relative to the rail housing;
- at least one motor coupled to at least one of the left link arm or the right link arm;
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- a center arm engaged with the groove and configured to guide the movement of the display during the deployment.
An assembly for deployment of a display having a first edge and a second edge fitting to a recess region of a structure while at a home position, the assembly comprising:
- a rail housing structurally forming a first rail and a second rail;
- a first link arm configured to connect to the display;
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- a second link arm configured to connect to the display,
- wherein the first link arm is driven by at least one motor transmission along the first rail at a first speed and the second link arm is driven by the at least one motor transmission along the second rail at a second speed different from the first speed such that the display does not interfere with the structure during the deployment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.