Head up display (HUD) system with a service position for easy display assembly replacement

US8749889B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• JABIL CIRCUIT, INC. · US

Inventors

• Christoph Potakowskyj · Wien, AT
• Henricus M. Ruyten · Wien, AT
• Alois Huber · Fürstenzell, DE
• Peter Landbauer · Weitensfeld im Gurktal, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B2027/0156
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A head up display (HUD) system includes a housing, a display assembly, and a mechanical guide system. The housing contains optical and electronic components that support a head up display function. The display assembly is captured by the housing. The display assembly has a display element for conveying head-up display information and a carrier that structurally supports the display element. The mechanical guide system moves and guide the display assembly to an in-use position, a storage position, and a service position. When in the service position, the display assembly is removable from the housing without disassembly of the housing. When not in said service position, the display assembly can be movable between an in-use position (in which the display element is substantially exposed outside the housing but is physically secured by the housing) and a storage position (in which the display assembly is substantially enclosed and protected by the housing).