Display system for automotive vehicle
US4635033A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 27, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B2027/0169
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A display system adapted to a dashboard in a vehicle compartment, the dashboard including an instrument panel and a hood located above the instrument panel and below a front windshield of the vehicle compartment, wherein the instrument panel is provided with a first opening directed toward the driver's seat in the compartment, and the hood is provided with a second opening directed toward the internal surface of the front windshield, and wherein the display system comprises an indicator mounted within the dashboard in such a manner than the display surface of the indicator is opposed to the second opening, a mirror plate arranged within the dashboard and movable between a first position in which the mirror plate reflects visual rays representative of information on the indicator toward the first opening and blocks the visual rays toward the second opening and a second position in which the mirror plate permits the visual rays toward the second opening and blocks the visual rays toward the first opening, and an electric drive mechanism for selectively actuating the mirror plate from the first position to the second position and vice versa.
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