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US 9,517,733 B2Granted
Motor vehicle having a retractable screen
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsChristian Wall, Stefan Richter
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Abstract
A trim part of a motor vehicle has a gap into which a display device with a screen can be retracted into the interior of the trim part in a covered position. The screen projects into a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle in a use position by moving through the gap from the covered position with a pivot movement. The screen is suspended in the trim part by one or more coupling mechanisms supporting the pivot movement.
Claims10
A motor vehicle having a passenger compartment with a trim part, the trim part having an interior and an exterior with a gap in the exterior, said motor vehicle comprising:
- a display screen retracting into the interior of the trim part in a covered position and projecting into the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle in a use position by pivoting through the gap in the trim part;
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- at least one coupling mechanism supporting said display screen and enabling the pivoting thereof, said at least one coupling mechanism including
- at least two pivot elements, each of the pivot elements having first and second ends with the first end mounted in a rotatable manner on the trim part, and
- a carrier plate having a leading surface, adjacent the bottom of the display screen, with a longest measurement substantially parallel to a longest dimension of the gap, the carrier plate mounted in a pivotable manner in the interior of the trim part at the second ends of the at least two pivot elements, providing a coupling element of said at least one coupling mechanism and having said display screen cantilevered from the carrier plate, the carrier plate and said display screen being mechanically mounted in the trim part solely by the at least two pivot elements.
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