Automotive information display device

An automotive information display device for displaying various kinds of information in an automobile, comprising:

• a processing unit for processing various information in an automobile;
• a memory information-reading actuating unit for reading, in accordance with an instruction given by said processing unit, selected recorded information;
• a display unit for displaying the information read by said information-reading actuating unit;
• an instrument panel having an opening formed therein in which opening said processing unit, said actuating unit and said display unit are received;
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• support means for mounting said display unit in said opening so as to be retracted into or extracted from said opening and so that the display unit is rotatively movable about a horizontal axis to cover the opening when the display unit is extracted from the opening;
• said display unit including a display panel and a frame in which said display panel is mounted for rotation about a vertical axis;
• a case accommodating said processing unit, said information-reading actuating unit and said display unit, said case being received in said opening of said instrument panel.

An automotive information display device comprising:

• an instrument panel of an automobile having an opening formed in the front wall thereof;
• case means disposed in said opening of said instrument panel and having guide means extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of said automobile;
• information display means disposed in said case means and having guide pins engaging with said guide means so that said information display means is movable in said longitudinal direction, said display means including a body and a liquid crystal panel;
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• rotatable moving means for supporting said body and said liquid crystal panel of said display means for rotatable movement about a respective axis, said rotatable moving means including a first rotatable moving mechanism including first engaging members provided on ends of said guide pins of said display means and having an engaging serration on the surfaces thereof facing said case means and second engaging members provided on said case means and having serrations engageable with said serrations on said first engaging members when said body of said display means has been extracted from said case means, and a second rotatable moving mechanism including third engaging members provided on said liquid crystal panel and having serrations on their surfaces facing said body of said display means, and fourth engaging members provided on said body of said display means and having serrations engaging with said serrations on said third engaging members.

An automotive information display device for displaying various kinds of information in an automobile, comprising:

• a processing unit for processing various information in an automobile;
• a memory information-reading actuating unit for reading, in accordance with an instruction given by said processing unit, selected recorded information;
• a display unit for displaying the information read by said information-reading actuating unit, including a liquid crystal panel arranged in a recess formed therein;
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• an instrument panel having an opening portion formed therein in which opening portion said processing unit, said actuating unit and said display unit are received, said display unit being mounted in the opening portion so as to be retracted into or extracted from said opening portion and so that the positions of the display unit and the liquid crystal panel are independently adjustable when the display unit is extracted from the opening portion.