Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
  • B60K35/00—Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
  • B60K35/60—Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
  • B60K2360/00—Indexing scheme associated with groups B60K35/00 or B60K37/00 relating to details of instruments or dashboards
  • B60K2360/20—Optical features of instruments
  • B60K2360/27—Optical features of instruments using semi-transparent optical elements

Definitions

• the invention relates to motor vehicle handsets comprising a standard handset, or dashboard, mounted in a dashboard behind a semi-reflecting window through which the driver can see the table and which sends the driver the image of the '' equipment (display, dial, ...) mounted above the window, in the visor of the dashboard, or below, at the level of the steering column.
• Such handsets have the drawback of space and lead to the need for a thicker dashboard visor than the manufacturers would like or a difficulty in setting up because of the steering column which prevents the handset from being lowered. .
• the surface of the displays does not stop increasing, but remains limited to that of the handset, i.e. inserted between the visor and the column of direction.
• Handsets have therefore already been proposed comprising displays on the lower surface of the cap and made visible to the driver by reflection of his image on the window of the handset, suitably inclined. But you cannot install displays that require a certain amount of space. The cap would then become unsightly.
• Handsets have also been proposed. comprising displays on the bottom surface of the instrument panel and made visible to the driver by reflecting his image on the glass of the instrument panel, tilted in the opposite direction to that of the previous solution. But, because of the steering column, one cannot, there again, install displays there requiring a certain obstruction.
• a motor vehicle handset comprising a dashboard in at least two parts arranged on either side of a semi-reflecting window and respectively substantially orthogonal and substantially parallel to the axis of vision, characterized in that the part of the dashboard substantially parallel to the axis of vision extends laterally to the front of the dashboard orthogonal to the line of vision.
• the lateral part of the dashboard can form a box. light for the front of the handset, or even form an eye-catcher for the passenger seated next to the driver.
• the front part of the dashboard is surrounded by two side parts substantially parallel to the axis of vision.
• the semi-reflecting window comprises at least one semi-reflecting portion inclined on the two dashboard parts and a portion parallel to the front part of the dashboard.
• the handset window is in one piece.
• FIG. 1 is a front view, from the front, of the handset and
• FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the handset along the line II-II of Figure 1.
• the handset 1 which will now be described has several parts, one of which is frontal 10, substantially orthogonal to the line of vision VI, in which a pointer indicator 2, here a speedometer, indicator lights 5 and displays 3, 4, here of the LCD (liquid crystal display) type, have been inserted, and, here, two lateral parts substantially parallel to the viewing axis VI, left 8 and right 9, into which needle indicators have been inserted, a indicator li on the left and a second indicator 14 on the right of the standard dashboard.
• a pointer indicator 2 here a speedometer
• indicator lights 5 and displays 3 4 of the LCD (liquid crystal display) type
• the parts 8, 9, 10 of the dashboard, and with them the on-board instruments comprising the indicators 2, 11, 14, the indicators 5 and the LCD displays 3, 4, are protected by a single semi-reflecting window 6, 12, and 13, described below.
• Part 10, on the one hand, and parts 8 and 9 of the dashboard, on the other hand, are respectively substantially orthogonal and substantially parallel to the axis of vision VI of the driver of the vehicle.
• the parts of the dashboard 8 and 10 on the one hand, and 9 and 10, on the other hand, are respectively arranged on either side of the parts 12 and 13 of the window.
• the window here in one piece, is formed of three parts, one front 6, the other two lateral left 12 and right 13, and is arranged to protect the three parts of the dashboard described above, respectively parts 10, 8, 9.
• the window is also arranged to allow normal vision of the on-board instruments, whether they are arranged orthogonally or parallel to the axis of vision VI.
• the left 12 and right 13 side parts of the window are semi-reflective and inclined at an angle ⁇ relative to the front part 10 of the dashboard so as to send the vision of the instrument 11 back to the driver.
• the front window part 6 is set back with respect to the advanced edges 22, 23 of the inclined side window parts 12, 13 to which it is connected by glass portions 32, 33 parallel to the line of vision.
• the window therefore has a broken zigzag shape here.
• the front part 6 of the window can also perform the same role relative to indicators or other instruments which would have been placed in the dashboard cap, its inclination then being provided relative to the horizontal plane of the dashboard and therefore to the axis of vision.
• the lateral parts of the dashboard which has just been described can be used to create a light box for the front displays and to hide these for the passenger seated next to the driver.

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