Dashboard

About: Dashboard is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1933 publications have been published within this topic receiving 14928 citations. The topic is also known as: control panel (engineering) & dash.

Mounting device for motor vehicle dashboard assembly

Abstract: The mounting device has a rigid carrier (1) attached to the vehicle structure in an approximately horizontal position and able to act as a support for the dashboard. The carrier has walls bounding a hollow chamber (5) which accepts electrical cables which can be connected to devices (9) or control panels. The walls of the carrier consist of a lower wall and at least two side walls (2-1,2-2). Both side walls are connected to an upper wall to form a U-shaped profile which is inversely mounted to form a downward facing open side which can be closed by an attached lower plate forming the lower wall of the carrier.

Airbag flap arrangement hinged on a dashboard

Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag flap arrangement hinged to a dashboard provided with an opening closed by a flap ( 4 ), both the opening and the flap being defined by an outline ( 3 ), the flap being suitable for opening so as to allow an airbag to be deployed. The arrangement is provided with one or more linear ties ( 11 - 14 ) fastened to one face of the dashboard body and to one face of the flap, in such manner that at least two linear tie segments straddle a lateral portion ( 8, 9 ) of the outline ( 3 ). The two linear tie segments are slack and cross over each other at the lateral portion of the outline that they straddle so as to constitute means for limiting the amplitude of opening of the flap. The invention relates to motor vehicle safety.

Portable, vehicle-mounted, self-contained alarm clock

Abstract: A mounting structure incorporated into the dashboard of an automotive vehicle or the like for removably supporting a portable, self-contained, battery operated alarm clock to enable the clock to be easily mounted in the dashboard and just as easily removed therefrom to enable the clock to be used in the vehicle in a customary manner and removed therefrom and carried to any desired location for use as a portable alarm clock having general utility. The clock is especially useful by travelers since it can be taken out of the automobile and into the motel or hotel room so that it can be used as an alarm clock. The mounting structure and clock are uniquely associated so that the clock may be easily inserted but yet securely retained in the vehicle dashboard even when traversing rough or uneven roadways and the like with a manually manipulated structure enabling easy removal of the clock from its secure position in the dashboard.

Effect of active cruise control design on glance behaviour and driving performance

Abstract: Minimising driver distraction is a crucial factor in the design of new driver assistance systems and in-vehicle information systems. Therefore two different driver-vehicle interface concepts for an Active Cruise Control (ACC) system were designed and tested with 12 drivers in a static driving simulator. These concepts differed in the location (steering wheel vs. dashboard) and type of controls. Feedback on the ACC settings was given in a simulated Head-Up Display. While driving, participants were required to adjust the desired speed and following distance of the ACC system. The concepts were compared based on objective measurements of task times, driving performance and glance behaviour as well as subjective questionnaires. The type of task had a significant effect on all dependent measures, whereas the control concept had a lesser effect. The results are used to derive guidelines for the general design of the driver-vehicle interface of such driver assistance systems.

Cruise control system for a vehicle with a multi-functional selector / control device

Abstract: of EP1129885The multifunction operating element (1) has a first element for setting a desired speed and/or for varying the desired speed in a first direction, a second element for setting a desired speed and/or varying it in a second direction and a third element for activating or deactivating speed and/or distance regulation. Independent claims are also included for the following: a dashboard central console with a multifunction operating element and a steering wheel with a multifunction operating element.