Vehicular video system
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorRichard Boudinot
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Abstract
An entertainment system for a vehicle has a display configured such that it may be pivoted with respect to a seat. The display may be configured to be pivoted in either a forward direction or a direction opposite the forward direction. The display may be configured to face both the forward direction of travel and a different direction. The display may also be configured to be pivoted in a direction by generating a first torque, and pivoted farther in that direction by generating a second torque of greater force than the first torque. This may be accomplished by using a damper and a spring. The system may include a braking mechanism, may include a frame where the display is visible through a first side and protected by a second side, and may be pivotable along more than one axis.
Claims22
An entertainment system for a vehicle having a forward direction of travel, comprising:
- a display configured to display images to a passenger in the vehicle, the display configured to be mounted to a seat of the vehicle;
- wherein the display is configured to pivot with respect to the seat
- wherein the display is configured to pivot in the forward direction of travel;
- wherein the display is pivotable in the forward direction of travel by generating a first torque and pivotable farther in the forward direction of travel by generating a second torque of greater force than the first torque;
- wherein the first torque is about an amount of force equal to acceleration forces produced by a rear collision;
- and
- wherein the second torque is at least four times as great as the first torque.
An entertainment system for a vehicle having a forward direction of travel, comprising:
- a display configured to display images to a passenger in the vehicle, the display configured to be mounted to the vehicle;
- wherein the display is pivotable in the forward direction of travel by generating a first torque and pivoted farther in the forward direction of travel by generating a second torque of greater force than the first torque;
- wherein the display is pivotable opposite to the forward direction of travel by a third torque and wherein the second torque requires at least eight times as much force as the third torque.
An entertainment system for a vehicle having a forward direction of travel, comprising:
- a display configured to display images to a passenger in the vehicle, the display mounted to a seat of the vehicle;
- wherein the display is pivotable with respect to the seat;
- wherein the display is configured to pivot opposite the forward direction of travel against action of a spring member, the spring member applying a return torque in the forward direction of travel;
- and
- wherein the display is in an upper region of a seatback of the seat.
An entertainment system for a vehicle having a forward direction of travel, comprising:
- a display configured to display images to a passenger in the vehicle, the display configured to be mounted to a seat of the vehicle;
- wherein the display is configured to pivot with respect to the seat;
- and
- wherein the display is configured to pivot opposite the forward direction of travel against action of a spring member and configured to pivot in the forward direction of travel against action of a damper member, the damper member operating separately from the spring member;
- wherein the display is configured to be mounted in an upper region of a seatback of the seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.