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US 5,576,687 AGranted
Vehicle information display
AssigneeDonnelly Corporation
InventorsRodney K. Blank, Ken L. Schierbeek, Jerry L. Beck
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AssigneeDonnelly Corporation
InventorsRodney K. Blank, Ken L. Schierbeek, Jerry L. Beck
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An information display for use in vehicles including a module or housing located behind, and attached to, a support for the interior rearview mirror assembly. The module includes a display which is observable around the profile of the mirror by the vehicle operator or passengers. An upper portion of the display module is attached to the mount used to support the mirror assembly on the vehicle windshield. The upper portion of the module may be detachably coupled to the mount by a snap-on clip, by a threaded fastener secured directly to the mount, or by a resilient S-clip. The information display of this invention lends itself to quickly and inexpensively adding a wide range of information displays such as a compass, trip computer, clock, warning light, temperature readout, or the like, to any vehicle, at a location readily seen by the vehicle operator within the forward field of vision without substantially interfering or impairing the operator's field of vision.
An information display for use in a vehicle, comprising:
An information display assembly for use in association with an interior rearview mirror assembly in a vehicle, said information display comprising, a module defined by a housing separate and apart from said interior rearview mirror assembly, said housing including a first portion adapted for attachment to said interior rearview mirror assembly, a coupler for engaging a mount supporting said interior rearview mirror assembly having a tab at one end for catching said mount and a clip at another end to engage a portion of said interior rearview mirror assembly, and a display element disposed within said module, said interior rearview mirror assembly having a peripheral edge, said module located behind, and separate from said rearview mirror assembly such that said display element is exposed by said peripheral edge of the rearview mirror assembly and observable by an operator.
An information display assembly for use in a vehicle having a windshield comprising:
The combination of an interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle and an information display assembly for use with said rearview mirror assembly in the vehicle, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.