VDU workstation in a vehicle

US5359349A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Arno Jambor · Leinfelden, DE
• Gerd Seidenfaden · Leonberg, DE
• Jurgen Mutschler · Au am Rhein, DE
• Wilhelm Seeger · Nagold, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 22, 1991
• Grant date: Oct 25, 1994
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S345/905
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A Video Display Unit ("VDU") workstation is matched to the specific safety requirements in a motor vehicle. In its working position, the configuration of the VDU workstation is adapted to be changed, in the event of an accident, by repositioning individual components in response to an impact-specific force in such a way that, inter alia, its extension in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is reduced. When not in use, the VDU workstation can be lowered in a stowage recess of a supporting part mounted, for example in the back rest of a vehicle seat.