Flexible vehicle display screen
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsAthanassios L. Tubidis, James J. Farber, John Krsteski, Ted W. Ringold, Samuel Centellas
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Abstract
A conformable vehicle display includes a flexible display screen coupled to a substrate. The substrate is a curved transparent substrate that is adapted to be coupled to a vehicle component having a curved exterior surface. The flexible display screen is at least partially separate from the exterior surface of the vehicle component and has a luminescent display. The exterior surface of the vehicle component is visible through the flexible display screen and the substrate when the flexible display screen is not activated. The flexible display screen may be a transparent organic light emitting diode display device.
Claims29
A conformable vehicle display, comprising:
- a curved transparent substrate adapted to be coupled to a vehicle component having a curved exterior surface;
- and a flexible display screen coupled to the substrate, at least a portion of the display screen being separate from the exterior surface of the vehicle component, the flexible display screen having a luminescent display;
- wherein the exterior surface is visible through the flexible display screen and the substrate when the flexible display screen is not activated.
A vehicle instrument panel, comprising:
- a curved base surface;
- a fabric layer coupled to the base surface;
- a transparent curved substrate coupled to the base surface above the fabric layer;
- and a flexible transparent organic light emitting diode display screen coupled to and matching the curvature of the substrate above the fabric layer, wherein the fabric layer is visible when the display screen is off.
A method of making a vehicle display, comprising the steps of:
- providing a vehicle component, a transparent curved substrate, and a flexible light emitting display;
- coupling the light emitting display to the substrate;
- and coupling the substrate to a textured exterior surface of the vehicle component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.