Showing papers on "Dashboard published in 1987"

Releasable mounting for an audio device

Abstract: An automotive audio device includes a handle provided at a front operation board of the audio device so that the audio device is readily removed or mounted with respect to an inner case fixed to a dashboard of a car by merely moving the handle vertically. With this arrangement, a user never feel it troublesome to remove the audio device from the dashboard and bring it with him for the antitheft purpose when he leaves the car.

Pre-assembled driving controls for the passenger space of motor vehicles

Abstract: Pre-assembled driving controls for the passenger space of motor vehicles constituted by a dashboard 21 incorporating, in particular, the air distribution means, a support for the mechanism which carries the pedals assembly, the steering column and an assembly constituted by the instrument panel forming part of an envelope structure in two sections and a heating and ventilation unit, characterised in that the internal face of the dashboard 21 comprises ribs 25, 26, 27 which extend transversely on either side of a central supply cavity 24c in order to delimit between them channels 30, 31, 32 for air distribution, demisting, heating and ventilation, and two housings 36, 37 for receiving the driving module.

Front structure of vehicle body

Abstract: An open cowl type front structure of a vehicle body includes a dashboard panel which defines a part of the open cowl structure. The dashboard panel is provided with a closed cross-section portion extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle body along the open cowl structure. A front frame is mounted on a wheel apron defining a side wall of an engine compartment formed on the front side of the dashboard panel and extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body in the engine compartment. A reinforcement connects the closed cross-section portion with the front frame.

Built in air fragrance unit

Abstract: Aroma producing apparatus for use in a center location in the dashboard for even distribution within the passenger compartment of a vehicle employing a housing containing a fan and a slide tray containing the material to be vaporized. The tray is conveniently replaceable and vents are provided to direct the flow of air and a shutter arrangement is provided to prevent vapor generation. The unit may be mounted in the dashboard or mounted below the dashboard.

Life belt warning device

Abstract: A self contained device for installation in a vehicle which gives an audible message to remind the occupants to fasten their seat belt. The device includes circuitry for producing a synthesized voice message from a prerecorded ROM and announcing through a speaker. A strap is provided to enable the device to be easily installed under the dashboard of the vehicle. The device is powered from any vehicle source, such as from a cigarette lighter socket and is activated, in its normal mode, when the ignition or accessories are turned on. It is deactivated manually by pressing a normally open switch which is located remotely of the device. In another mode, the recorded message may be manually activated and deactivated by sequential pressings of the switch for warning passengers who have entered the vehicle after the engine has already been started.

Covering device for a parcel shelf

Abstract: A covering device for a parcel shelf, especially in a dashboard of a motor vehicle, comprises a cover which is connected to a guide linkage which, driven by a spring, swivels it upwards into a position parallel to and close in front of the dashboard.

Desk with dashboard facing

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a desk including a plurality of legs designed to support the desk on a floor surface, a planar surface substantially perpendicular to the legs and designed as a support surface for supporting various articles and to be used as a writing surface. Finally, the desk includes at its rearmost portion an upstanding structure which is made to resemble the dashboard of a vehicle including the visualization of an instrument panel, ventilation ducts and the like. The dashboard facing further includes a working high-fidelity stereo system which may include an AM-FM stereo receiver, tape deck, graphic equalizer and other stereo equipment as desired. Furthermore, at each end of the facing, speakers are mounted which are functional. If desired, the facing may include the visualization of a steering wheel, and the instrument visualization as well as the indicators for the stereo equipment may include selectively operable backlighting.

Device for the visual display of operating states of a motor vehicle or the like on the windscreen of the latter

Abstract: Device for the visual display of operating states, in particular of critical operating states, of a motor vehicle or the like on the windscreen (12) of the latter approximately at the eye level of the driver. For individual adjustment both to the driver and the external conditions, such as light conditions, and for reliable distinguishing at least one light source (22), mountable on the top of the dashboard (16) of the motor vehicle extending approximately horizontally, is provided with a light beam directed against the windscreen (12), the light source (22) being individually adjustable in its intensity or luminosity and/or the direction of the emitted light beam (36).

Flat Dot Matrix Display Module for Vehicle Instrumentation

Abstract: Due to the recent increase in safety and operational information supplied to vehicle operators, an important need has arisen: the development of an effective display unit which uses a minimal amount of dashboard space. A flat dot matrix lcd module is one possible satisfactory solution, but it is somewhat limited in terms of response time and viewing angle. This paper presents a review of the recent progress and projected future trends in lcd technology as it is applied to vehicle instrumentation. In addition, the paper discusses the design methodology, electrooptical properties, and function of three types of flat dot matrix display modules which have an intermediate number of picture elements (a).

Multifunctional operation and display unit for vehicle

Abstract: PURPOSE:To make it possible to operate and display the numerous functions, by making it possible to operate at hand several parts of on-vehicle appliance such as a radio, a cassette deck, a CD player, and an air-conditioner, and arranging display units of them on the upper side of a dashboard. CONSTITUTION:To a main body unit 1, numerous operational buttons 9-32, and a cassette slot 33 are furnished, and a radio, a cassette deck, a CD player, an air-conditioner, a trip calculator, a system checking unit, and an on-vehicle telephone are made possible to operate. Of those operational units, some units of a high frequency in use are operated on an operational unit at hand 2 which is furnished near the handle, and operational conditions of them are displayed in a remote display unit 3 which is furnished at the place easily seen such as the upper side of the dashboard. By positioning the operational units of high frequency in use and their display units near the driver, the numerous and various operations and displays can be secured without using a complicated structure.

Arrangement of a camera in a vehicle

Abstract: The arrangement of a camera in a vehicle is described, the camera being accommodated by a container (6, 9) which is mounted, in such a way that it can be pulled out or folded out, as a built-in structural member in an opening (5) which is provided in a vehicle fitting, such as a dashboard (1), a control panel, an armrest, a door lining or the like.

Design of a dashboard in a motor vehicle

Abstract: The invention relates to a dashboard, especially for the cockpit interior in a motor vehicle, both for small motor vehicles in the form of passenger cars and for large vehicles in the form of trucks and long vehicles, in combination with an analogue instrument panel and in combination with a display wideband console between steering wheel hub and windscreen of the motor vehicle for driving and dialogue mode. At the same time, the reading of analogue instruments performing a road safety function is not to be rendered more difficult by the additional arrangement of dialogue displays, the driver's attention not distracted from maintaining the direction and lane of the vehicle and the boundary lines of the driver's angle of view and side markers not constricted by the drive and dialogue console, even taking the individually adjustable mirrors into account, since a much greater number of technically related and logically comprehensible process data sequences are to be reliably and readably displayed for the human eye whilst driving. In contrast to the instrument layout in the cockpit of an aircraft, the design of meters, instruments and displays in the cockpit of a motor vehicle has a great influence on driving and the dialogue with the driver, since the maintenance of lane by the vehicle [...] on a multidimensional... Original abstract incomplete.

Method and device for detecting fog and its application to assisting the driving of a vehicle

Abstract: An infrared light emission is backscattered by the fog. The backscattered part is picked up and then analysed, which allows the visibility to be deduced. As a function of the individual characteristics of the car, this allows a recommended speed to be calculated as a function of the visibility. This recommended speed is compared with the actual speed of the vehicle, which makes it possible to indicate to the driver the risk which he is taking relative to the visibility allowed by the fog. The system comprises: - an emission optical system - a receiving optical system - processing electronics - a system for signalling to the driver using warning lights. The tests will be made with the apparatus mounted behind the windscreen on the dashboard.

Steering wheel supporting construction for automobile

Abstract: PURPOSE:To make a driver's head hit only the less rigid part of a steering wheel by displacing the wheel downward at the time of collision. CONSTITUTION:When a dashboard lower panel 3 has been pressed by an engine 'E' at the time of collision, a lower support bracket 11 retreats. Concurrently therewith, a connecting rod 12 is moved about the upper end thereof and said bracket 11 is guided and shifted above the axial line of a steering shaft 1. Therefore, the steering shaft 1 is caused to move about the intermediate part thereof supported by an upper support bracket 8, thereby displacing a steering wheel 2 downward.

Cockpit for vehicles, especially motor vehicles, and method for the manufacture of such a cockpit

Abstract: A cockpit for vehicles, especially motor vehicles, has a dashboard body, initially manufactured without recesses, into which openings, for example for display instrument and heating, radio and groups of switches and for the glove compartment can then be punched. In addition, further cockpit elements are provided, which are composed of the same material as the dashboard body. Areas of the dashboard body, which are intended for punching out the openings are so formed that these entire areas or parts suitably formed from them can be used as further cockpit elements after punching out. Such a design of the dashboard body has the advantage that the material sections produced when punching out the openings no longer constitute waste, as hitherto, but can be further utilised to good effect as further cockpit elements, for example as console or as glove compartment cover.

Dashboard for vehicles, especially motor vehicles

Abstract: A dashboard for vehicles, especially motor vehicles, is composed of an upper part (dashboard support member) and a lower part (air duct), which are each composed of a material differing from the material of the other part and are joined to one another, for example bonded. In this case the material of the lower part (air duct) has a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than the material of the upper part (dashboard support member). In order to compensate for the correspondingly differing thermal expansion characteristics of the lower part and the upper part under the relatively large temperature differences, to which the dashboard may be subjected, according to the season, weather and operating conditions, the lower part (air duct) has at least one, preferably more, expansion joints, which like a tent are bridged by film hinges.

Device for fixing panel in dashboard

Abstract: The device has a bolt (22) passing through a hole in the panel (2) and engaging, via a clip-type nut (7), with the dashboard (1). Since such panels are usually of plastics while the dashboard is of metal, they are liable to work loose or crack in time. The nut has an external spring face, against which a shoulder (24) on the bolt bears. This distorts it so as to bear against the panel.

Electronic apparatus for displaying information,especially dashboard instrumentation for automobiles.

Abstract: The dashboard instrumentation of automobiles is of the type comprising a cathode ray tube for display on a screen, in different colours, of the sets of information that are useful for driving the vehicle and an electronic circuit which processes the signals coming from sensors of quantities and controls said tube. The invention consists in the use, as display for the information, of a tube equipped with a screen having coloured zones. The screen may possess, in addition, a black-and-white zone or monochrome zone for the display of images originating from image detection equipment, such as television cameras for rear vision, for the controi of the doors, video cassettes, television circuits etc. Advantages: the number, form and distribution of the colour zones on the screen can be chosen practically to suit the wishes of the user.