Display arrangement in a vehicle

US6674370B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Andreas Rodewald · Herrenberg, DE
• Harald Ruoff · Stuttgart, DE
• Kai Wagner · Kornwestheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 6, 2004
• Expiry date: May 14, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R1/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A display apparatus on the vehicle ceiling, in front of a partition wall which blocks the view of the rear window from the internal rear-view mirror, in order to display information, in particular about an area to the rear of the vehicle which is monitored by a monitoring device. When driving rearwards, the internal mirror is deflected, for example being pivoted automatically upwards from the position of the direction of travel selection lever, so that the driver can read the display, which is otherwise located outside the mirror field of view, via the rear-view mirror.