JPH1173128A - In-vehicle display device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide an in-vehicle display device capable of fixing a bracket and a display unit by screwing as few places as possible. SOLUTION: A substantially L-shaped mounting leg portion 40 protruding toward a flange portion 21c is provided on one side of a display portion 30.
The mounting leg 40 has a vertical piece 42 and a horizontal piece 44 that is partially bent outward from the tip of the vertical piece 42.
A portion where the horizontal piece 44 at the tip of the vertical piece 42 is not formed is a holding portion 43, and a projection 45 is formed at the tip of the horizontal piece 44. The other side of the display section 30 is made use of the elastic restoring force of the mounting leg section 40 by engaging the convex section 45 with the front surface of the flange section 21c with the contact point between the pressing section 43 and the flange section 21c as a fulcrum. With the other side of the display unit 30 being urged in a direction away from the bracket 20,
And screw it down.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an in-vehicle display device mounted on a dashboard or the like of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of in-vehicle display device, a display unit such as a liquid crystal display device is attached to a front panel provided with switches and the like via a bracket.

At this time, the fixing between the bracket and the display unit has been performed by screwing in consideration of the vibration of the vehicle.

Further, in order to stably fix the bracket and the display unit, screws are provided at at least three or more places.

[0005]

However, it is impossible to provide a large number of components for screwing, such as a space for forming a screw hole, due to the space inside the display device or the design. There are cases.

[0006] Further, there is a problem that assembling of the vehicle-mounted display device is complicated by screwing at a number of places.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle-mounted display device capable of fixing a bracket and a display unit by screwing as few places as possible. Aim.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a panel having a first opening formed on a front surface thereof, and a panel mounted on a back side of the panel and having the first opening formed thereon. A bracket in which a second opening is formed at a position corresponding to the portion, and attached to the back side of the bracket with its display area disposed at a position corresponding to the first and second openings. A vehicle-mounted display device having a display unit, wherein the bracket is provided on one side of a peripheral edge of a second opening of the bracket,
A flange portion formed in an overhanging shape toward the inside,
A screw mounting portion formed on the other side of the periphery of the second opening of the bracket; a vertical piece protruding forward from one side of the display section toward the flange portion; and a tip of the vertical piece. A horizontal piece partially bent outward from the portion, and a portion where the horizontal piece at the tip of the vertical piece is not formed is a restraining portion capable of contacting the rear surface of the flange portion. An L-shaped mounting leg portion, wherein the horizontal piece is engaged with the front surface of the flange portion with a position where the holding portion is in contact with the rear surface of the flange portion as a fulcrum, thereby providing the other side of the display portion. Is held in a position biased in a direction away from the bracket, and in this state, the other side of the display unit is screwed against the elastic restoring force of the mounting leg unit so as to press the other side of the display unit against the screw mounting unit. The display unit is attached to the bracket And it features.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An on-vehicle display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 1, the display device 1 is used by being incorporated in a device mounting portion at the center of a dashboard of a vehicle.
Based on a control signal from a navigation control device (not shown) provided in a trunk room or the like of the vehicle, predetermined navigation information and the like are displayed.

That is, in the navigation control device, various processing operations necessary for performing car navigation, for example, an operation of receiving communication information for navigation transmitted from a satellite, a road from a predetermined recording medium such as a CDROM, etc. Information reading operation and information processing required for predetermined road guidance based on received communication information, road information read from a recording medium, and the like are performed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the apparatus main body 1 has a bracket 20 mounted on the rear side of the panel 10 and a display unit 30 mounted via the bracket 20. Printed circuit boards 50 and 52 are attached to the back of the display unit 30.

The panel 10 is formed in a box shape with an opening on the back side, a first opening 12 of a substantially rectangular shape is formed on the front surface, and an opening is formed on the side of the first opening 12. The switch lever 2 is swingably attached to the pair of upper and lower switch attachment portions 14 thus formed.

A switch contact portion is provided inside the panel 10 at a position corresponding to the switch mounting portion 14, and a touch switch unit is provided so as to surround the outer periphery of the first opening 12. The mounting board (not shown) is attached via the small boss 16 (only a part is shown in FIG. 2).

The bracket 20 is formed in a box shape whose front side is open, and has upper, lower, left and right side walls 22a to 22d.
Are formed to fit inside the panel 10. Flanges 21a to 21d extend from the back side of the four side walls 22a to 22d toward the inside thereof, and are positioned at positions corresponding to the first openings 12 so as to be surrounded by the flanges 21a to 21d. A second opening 24 having a substantially square shape is formed in the second opening.

A screw hole 23 is formed substantially at the center of the upper and lower flange portions 21a and 21b. The large boss on the panel 10 side is passed through the screw hole 23 with the bracket 20 fitted in the panel 10. The bracket 20 is attached to the panel 10 by tightening the screw 18 (see FIG. 3).

Furthermore, one side wall 2 of the bracket 20
A pair of cutout holes 26 mainly extending toward the side wall 21c are formed in the ridge line portion formed by the flange 2c and the flange portion 21c.
An inverted L-shaped screwing portion 27 is formed rearward at a substantially central position of the other flange portion 21d and at a position of the lower flange portion 21b from the flange portion 21d. Is formed with a screw hole 28.

The display section 30 has a liquid crystal display device D mounted on the front side of a mounting plate 32 via screws (not shown) or the like.

A bracket 20 is provided on one side of the mounting plate 32.
A pair of upper and lower substantially L-shaped mounting legs 40 are formed corresponding to the two notched holes 26, and a screw hole 33 is formed at a position corresponding to the screw hole 28 of the other screwed portion 27 on the other side. It is formed. Then, the two mounting legs 40 are connected to the bracket 2.
The other side of the mounting plate 32 is screwed into the screwing portion 27 via the screw hole 33 in a state where the notch 26 is inserted into the notch hole 26 provided on one side from the inner surface side and is locked to the flange portion 21. By stopping, the display unit 30 is
(The details will be described later). This allows
As shown in FIG. 1, the display area of the liquid crystal display device D is connected to the panel 1 through the second opening 24 and the first opening 12.
0 It is arranged at a position facing the front.

On the back side of the mounting plate 32, two types of long and short board mounting portions 34 and 36 are erected. Each of the board mounting portions 34 and 36 is formed in an L-shape in which a front end portion is bent at substantially a right angle, and a screw hole 35.3 is formed in the bent portion.
7 is formed.

The large and small substrates 50 and 52 provided on the back side of the display unit 30 are printed circuit boards on which mounting components for driving and controlling the liquid crystal display device D are mounted. 51 and 53 are formed. In FIG. 2, components mounted on each of the substrates 50 and 52 are omitted.
Then, the screw holes 37 and 35 and the screw holes 51 and 53 are overlapped with each other and screwed together, so that the substrates 50 and 52 are mounted on the rear side of the display unit 30 in this order in a stacked manner.

Next, the structure of the mounting leg 40 and the display 30
The method of attaching the bracket 20 and the bracket 20 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 4, each mounting leg 40 has a vertical piece 42 protruding forward from each of the upper and lower ends of one side edge of the mounting plate 30, and a vertical piece 42 of the vertical piece 42. A horizontal portion 44 bent partially outward from the distal end portion, and a holding portion 43 in which a portion where the horizontal portion 44 at the distal end of the vertical piece 42 is not formed can contact the rear surface of the flange portion 21c.
It has been.

The width of each of the horizontal pieces 44 is finished so as to fit into the cutout 26. In addition, a convex portion 45 that can be in contact with the front surface of the flange portion 21c is formed at the tip of each horizontal piece 44.

The display unit 30 and the bracket 20 are attached in the following manner.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, a board on which switch contacts and a touch panel unit are mounted is mounted inside the display unit 30, and then the bracket 20 is fitted into the display unit 30 and screwed.

Thereafter, the two mounting legs 40 are connected to the second opening 24 in a state where one side of the display unit 30 is inclined forward of the other side.
Through the back of the device. As a result, the distal end surfaces of the respective holding portions 43 are formed with the upper and lower flange portions 21a and 21b.
Therefore, the display unit 30 is shifted toward the flange portion 21c, and the outer surfaces of the vertical pieces 42 are brought into contact with the edge of the flange portion 21c. At this time,
The distal end of each horizontal piece 44 is slightly inserted into each notch 26. In this state, the display unit 30
When the force for supporting the display is released, the display unit 30 is moved by its own weight as shown in FIG.
, The convex portion 45 of the horizontal piece 44 engages with the front surface of the flange portion 21c with the contact positions of the tips of the both holding portions 43 with the flange portions 21a and 21b as a fulcrum. At this time, since the convex portion 45 is formed on the back side of the horizontal piece bent and formed substantially perpendicularly to the vertical piece 42, the display section 30 has the bracket 20 on the other side as shown by the solid line in FIG. Is held in an inclined posture separated from the camera.

In this state, the display 30 is pushed in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 5 against the elastic restoring force of the mounting leg 40, and the other side of the display 30 is pressed against the bracket 20 as shown in FIG. By screwing the screw S into the screw hole 33 of the mounting plate 32 and the screw hole 28 of the screw mounting portion 27,
The display unit 30 and the bracket 20 are attached.

According to the in-vehicle display device configured as described above, the convex portion 45 on the rear side of the horizontal piece 44 is engaged with the front surface of the flange portion 21c with the contact point between the tip of the holding portion 43 and the flange portion 21c as a fulcrum. By attaching them, the mounting legs 4
The other side of the display unit 30 is urged in the direction away from the bracket 20 using the elastic restoring force of 2, and the other side of the display unit 30 is screwed so as to be pressed against the bracket 20. Therefore, the bracket 20 and the display unit 30 can be fixed by screwing as few places as possible, and the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced.

The flange portion 21c for mounting the mounting leg portion 40 can have a relatively compact configuration as compared with a case where a screw hole or a configuration for mounting a screw is provided therein. The effect of reducing the size of the in-vehicle display device and increasing the degree of freedom in design design is also obtained.

Furthermore, since the other side of the display unit 30 urged in the direction away from the bracket 20 is screwed so as to press against the bracket 20 side, there is play between the bracket 20 and the display unit 30. Generation of abnormal noise due to rattling is prevented.

It is to be noted that, even if the angle formed between the horizontal piece 44 and the vertical piece 42 is set to less than 90 degrees instead of forming the convex portion 45 on the horizontal piece 44, the other side of the display section 30 is mounted on the bracket 20.
It can be supported in a state where it is inclined in a direction away from it.

[0033]

As described above, according to the in-vehicle display device of the present invention, the display is achieved by engaging the horizontal piece with the front surface of the flange portion with the position where the holding portion is in contact with the rear surface of the flange portion as the fulcrum. In a state where the other side of the portion is urged in a direction away from the bracket, the other side of the display portion is screwed so as to be pressed against the screw mounting portion, and the display portion is attached to the bracket, The bracket and the display unit can be fixed by screwing as few places as possible.

At this time, by utilizing the elastic restoring force of the mounting leg portion, the other side of the display portion is urged in a direction away from the bracket so as to be pressed against the screw mounting portion. Therefore, rattling between the bracket and the display unit is prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an in-vehicle display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the on-vehicle display device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a panel and a bracket are assembled.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a process of assembling a bracket and a display unit.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing an assembling step of the same.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a state where the bracket and the display unit are assembled.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Panel 12 1st opening part 20 Bracket 21a-21c Flange part 24 2nd opening part 27 Screw mounting part 27 30 Display part 33 Screw hole 40 Mounting piece 42 Vertical piece 43 Suppression part 44 Horizontal bending part 45 Convex part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A panel having a first opening formed on a front surface thereof, and a bracket attached to a back side of the panel and having a second opening formed at a position corresponding to the first opening. And a display unit attached to the back side of the bracket in a state where the display area is disposed at a position corresponding to the first and second openings. A flange portion formed in a protruding shape toward the inside on one side of a peripheral portion of the second opening portion, and a screw mounting portion formed on the other side of the peripheral portion of the second opening portion of the bracket; A vertical piece protruding forward from one side of the display section toward the flange portion, and a horizontal piece partially bent outward from a tip end of the vertical piece; The portion of the tip where the horizontal piece is not formed is the flange portion. A substantially L-shaped mounting leg portion serving as a holding portion that can be brought into contact with the back surface, and the horizontal piece is provided on the front surface of the flange portion with a position where the holding portion is brought into contact with the back surface of the flange portion as a fulcrum. By engaging, the other side of the display unit is held in a posture biased in a direction away from the bracket, and in this state, the other side of the display unit is pressed against the elastic restoring force of the mounting leg. By screwing down so that it is held down by the screw mounting part,
An in-vehicle display device, wherein the display unit is attached to the bracket.