Showing papers on "Dashboard published in 1990"

Video camera mounted in the front side of a vehicle

Abstract: A small video camera 3 mounted in the front side 6 of a car and connected to a small screen 15 incorporated within the dashboard enables drivers to see around obstructions without manoeuvering half as much of the vehicle into the road. The camera is automatically switched on and off by operating the vehicle's direction indicator arm 12.

Beverage temperature controlling assembly for a vehicle

Abstract: The beverage temperature controlling assembly includes a vehicle dashboard of special construction. The dashboard includes an air duct below the top of the dashboard and leading from a heater and/or air conditioner to an exhaust vent in the of the dashboard. The assembly also includes in one embodiment a top dashboard lid permitting access to the air duct for storage of beverage containers therein. In another embodiment, the assembly includes a drawer slideably received in the dashboard in line with the duct and bearing the vent. The drawer has an open top, front and back and can be slid rearward to a beverage container-loading position in front of the dashboard and then slid back adjacent the duct in the dashboard. In another embodiment, the dashboard has a front beverage container-supporting ledge directly below and behind the vent. The ledge may have a vertically slideable sleeve or rim for temporarily enclosing the sides and front of a beverage container to assure full circulation therearound. A can caddy with open top, front and back and closed sides and bottom can be positioned on the ledge, in the duct and in the drawer.

Sun visor system

Abstract: A sun visor system allows light incoming to a vehicle interior to be deflected and obstructed by a lightweight and easily manipulable flat shield. The flat shield is removably attachable to several interior supports including: the main visors of the vehicle, the dashboard, and upper surfaces. Removable attachments include magnets on metal and hook-and-loop fasteners. V-shaped bendable plates are included in the system to provide connective support for a flat shield when, without the V-shaped bendable plate, such connective support would be absent.

Duration of drivers' glances at mirrors and displays

Abstract: The frequency and duration of visual glances by drivers scanning the roadway scene has been researched. Recent studies have given statistical parameters of experimental data. This data allows the statistical distribution of driver glance times to be estimated based on an appropriate analytical model. This paper presents the statistical distribution of driver glance times to two mirrors, four dashboard displays, and an outside-the-vehicle target. The closeness with which the model approximates the data is presented in detail for one dashboard display. The details of the study are described, and the results are discussed.

Motor vehicle dashboard

Abstract: This motor vehicle dashboard is characterised in that it includes at least one liquid crystal display (1, 2) and means (3) for programming the display configuration of the information exhibited on this display. According to one embodiment, the programming means (3) include means for storing various possible configurations for displaying the information and means for selecting one of these configurations, and the storage means comprise an integrated circuit board associated with a board reader.

Instrument danel assembly for motor vehicle dashboard

Abstract: Motor vehicle dashboard comprising, from the front to the rear, an instrut panel, a raised portion pierced with windows displaying measuring and counting instrument dials, the raised portion receiving a window interposed between it and the instrument panel, the measuring and counting instruments, a case and an electric circuit support. The raised portion comprises, projecting rearward, pins for positioning the instruments which cooperate with complementary holes provided on the instruments. The instruments and the case are fixed respectively to the case and to the raised portion.

Dashboard assembly for children's ride-on-vehicle

Abstract: A dashboard assembly is provided to allow unitary vehicle body construction and to provide a dashboard which extends rearward over a floor pan area of a children's ride-on vehicle. The dashboard assembly, or mounting structure, includes a ledge which is integrally formed and recessed in the vehicle body and includes slots formed therein. An abutment structure is provided and surrounds the ledge and the vehicle body. The dashboard structure is constructed to rest on the ledge and has tangs thereon which are receivable in the slots formed in the ledge and abutment structure. An abutment-contacting structure is located on the dashboard structure and contacts the abutment structure to maintain the dashboard in the desired location.

Crash pad for vehicle steering wheel

Abstract: An attachment for the steering wheel of a vehicle for preventing facial, head, eye and chest to a driver in the event of sudden impact of a vehicle. A buffer pad of energy absorbing material such as a foam rubber or a polyurethane foam is attached to the steering wheel on the operator side with clearance for gripping the wheel and an oval opening is provided to allow visual access to the speedometer and dashboard gauges. The oval opening also will receive the facial features of a driver upon vehicle impact and thus protect the face against injury.

Help panel at vehicle instrument board

Abstract: The present invention relates to bonded plates associated to the dashboard of a motor vehicle, said plate (1) being connected to at least one switch (6,7,8,9) and having an interconnection network (11) . According to the invention the switch (6,7,8,9) cooperates directly with the interconnection network (11) of said platen (1) shaped for this purpose. Application to motor vehicles.

Portable memo pad holder device for car and phone

Abstract: A portable memo pad holder device which can be transported in a vehicle between the vehicle and a remote phone. The device includes a removable pad and a mount adapted to fit on the standard cradle of a telephone in place of the transmitter-receiver. The mount also includes a suction cup for removably attaching the device to the dashboard or the like of a vehicle. Thus, the device can be moved back and forth between the vehicle and a remote telephone.

A concealable air vent

Abstract: of EP0412063The vent, particularly for a motor vehicle dashboard (4), comprises means for moving the body (2) of the vent substantially transverse the dashboard (4) between an operative position in which the body (2) of the vent projects through a hole (10) formed in the dashboard (4) and a rest position in which the body (2) of the vent is retracted behind the dashboard (4). At least one element (20) is also provided for covering the hole (10) in the dashboard (4) and has means for moving it between an inactive, retracted position which it assumes when the body (2) of the vent projects through the hole (10) and an active, covering position which it assumes when the body (2) of the vent is behind the dashboard (4).

Dashboard for motor vehicles with a side door

Abstract: In a motor vehicle with a side door and dash board (1) whose side face (5) is covered by the side door (3) when the said side door (3) is closed, it is proposed to arrange a container (9) for electrical components, in particular for fuses, in the side face (5) of the dashboard (1).

Device for the control of the direction change indicators of a motor vehicle

Abstract: This device includes a three-position direction change indication control element 1 and an emergency control element 2, linked to a central control unit 3 connected to a time base 4 whose outputs are linked to the direction change indicators 5, 6 of the vehicle and to warning lamps 7, 8 on the dashboard of the vehicle, and the warning lamps 7, 8 comprise sequentially illuminated display elements a, b, c, d, e, a', b', c', d', e' controlled by the central unit 3.

Steering system for boats

Abstract: A steering system (10) of a boat (25) has a steering column (12), a dashboard mounting structure (18), a cable housing (20), and a cable (22). Parts within the cable housing (20) transfer rotation of the steering column (12) to a push-pull movement of the cable (22), causing a rudder or the like (62) to be pivoted to steer the boat (25). The cable housing (20) has a cable access door (70) to enable convenient replacement of the cable (22) as needed. The dashboard mounting structure (18) includes first and second nuts (90, 92) and a lockwasher (94) to attach the steering system (10) to the dashboard (98). The lockwasher (94) has vertical walls (106) that prevent rotation of the first nut (90) and a tab (108) that fits into a hole (104) in the dashboard (98) when the second nut (92) is tightened to prevent rotation of the lockwasher and the steering system.

Airbag for motor vehicles

Abstract: An airbag for motor vehicles, which can be inflated in the direction of travel in front of a passenger and is shaped in such a manner that it protects the passenger from hitting a dashboard and a front-wall pillar in the vehicle interior, has an impact surface, which faces the passenger and is provided, only in the upper region, with at least one lateral, ear-shaped widened portion

Automatic assembling system of parts to automobile body

Abstract: PURPOSE:To enable an assembling jig to be positioned by a simpler method in reference to the part assembling place of a vehicle body by forming a reference part for positioning in the bottom of the vehicle body, and also forming location holes for the assembling jig in the vicinity of the vehicle parts assembling place. CONSTITUTION:After a vehicle body has been positioned in a working station, an assembling jig 7 is moved to a prescribed assembling position being opposite to the dashboard Wh of the vehicle body, and then the jig 7 is moved forward toward the dashboard Wh to assemble a heater unit A into the dashboard Wh. Here, location holes Wi capable of being fitted to location pins 7a having been assembled in the jig 7 are formed in the dashboard Wh, and the vehicle body is manufactured by controlling the relative position accuracy between the holes Wi and a reference hole Wb to be used as the positioning reference of the vehicle body and a seat piece Wa. And, when the jig 7 is moved to a prescribed assembling position, the pins 7a are brought to the positions opposite to the location holes Wi; and when the jig 7 is moved forward from the assembling position, the pins 7a are securely fitted in the location holes Wi, thus the jig 7 can be accurately positioned.

Scent generating device

Abstract: A round box with a vent 15 contains four sections, three of which contain different fragrance impregnated wicks 14 which are rechargeable and adequately isolated from each other. The rotatable box slides on and off its base for recharging purposes. A switch may be connected to the device's electrical power supply making it possible for the user to select one of three fragrances from a distance. The device may be installed in a car's ventilation inlet, with the switch being placed on the car's dashboard.

Utilities mounting plate associated with the dashboard of a motor vehicle

Abstract: The present invention relates to the utilities mounting plates which are associated with the dashboard of a motor vehicle, the said mounting plate 1 being connected to at least one switch 6, 7, 8, 9 and including an interconnection network 11. According to the invention, the switch 6, 7, 8, 9 interacts directly with the interconnection network 11 of the said mounting plate 1. Application to motor vehicles.