Information system in a motor vehicle

US5631638A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hohe GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Rudolf Kaspar · Collenberg, DE
• Peter Fuerst · Freudenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 1994
• Grant date: May 20, 1997
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2001/1284
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An information system in a motor vehicle which includes electronic circuits connectable to the vehicle computer of the motor vehicle as well as one or more sensors, a display device and possibly operational elements. In order that the display device be clearly laid out for the driver, it is designed so that the sensor and the circuits are accommodated in the frame of a motor vehicle rear-view mirror, with the circuits being linked to a cable connectable to the on-board computer and led through a hollow arm of the rear-view mirror, with the display system being integrated in the mirror glass of the rear-view mirror.