Retainer for a display device to be retained in a motor vehicle

{
  "publication_number": "US9908414B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Retainer for a display device to be retained in a motor vehicle",
  "abstract": "The invention relates to a retainer (1) for a display device (3), which display device is to be retained in a motor vehicle, in particular in a motor-vehicle-side fitting, and in particular forms a part of a head-up display. The retainer comprises at least one support (5, 6) having at least one bearing device (8) for supporting the display device (3). The bearing device (8) can be positionally adjusted in relation to the support (5, 6) by means of an adjusting device (11) arranged on the support side. The adjusting device (11) has a setting element (12) that can be positionally adjusted in relation to the support (5, 6). The setting element has a first coupling segment (13) for coupling to the bearing device (8), wherein the first coupling segment (13) is provided with a first thread segment (16) on the circumference of the first coupling segment, and a second coupling segment (14) for coupling to the support (5, 6), wherein the second coupling segment (14) is provided with a second thread segment (17) on the circumference of the second coupling segment, wherein the two thread segments (17, 18) have different thread pitches.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A retainer for retaining a display device in a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one support comprising at least one bearing device for supporting the display device; and a support-side adjusting device configured to adjust a position of the bearing device relative to the at least one support, said support-side adjusting device comprising a setting element having a position that is adjustable relative to the support, a first coupling segment with a first thread segment disposed on its circumference for coupling to the bearing device, and a second coupling segment with a second thread segment disposed on its circumference for coupling with the at least one support, with the first thread segment and the second thread segment having different thread pitches, wherein the setting element is constructed as a spindle, wherein the first coupling segment and the second coupling segment have different diameters, and wherein a diameter of the first coupling segment is smaller than a diameter of the second coupling segment, and wherein the at least one support is constructed of a plastic material and the plastic material comprises reinforcing fibers, and wherein the at least one bearing device is non-rotatably supported and the first thread segment engages directly in a part of the at least one bearing device that comprises a counter-thread segment corresponding to the first thread segment, or wherein a coupling part is non-rotatably supported and the first thread segment engages in a part of the coupling part that supports the at least one bearing device and comprises a counter-thread segment corresponding to the first thread segment and is disposed between the first coupling segment and a part of the bearing device; and wherein said coupling part comprises a sleeve part fitted within said coupling part.",
    "2. The retainer of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second thread segment is formed by a threaded insert that clampingly surrounds the respective first or second coupling segment.",
    "3. The retainer of claim 1, wherein the at least one support comprises a receiving area formed in the support for the setting element, wherein the first coupling segment of the setting element is disposed in a first receiving area section having a first diameter and the second coupling segment of the setting element is disposed in a second receiving area section having a second diameter.",
    "4. The retainer of claim 1, wherein the first thread segment engages in a cylindrical receiving space of the coupling part, with the cylindrical receiving space of the coupling part having a diameter that corresponds to the diameter of the first coupling segment and a counter-thread segment corresponding to the first thread segment, and wherein the second thread segment engages in a corresponding cylindrical receiving space of the support, with the cylindrical receiving space of the support having a diameter that corresponds to the diameter of the second coupling segment and a counter-thread segment corresponding to the second thread segment.",
    "5. The retainer of claim 1, wherein the support comprises a receiving area with a first receiving area section having a first diameter for the coupling part and a second receiving area section having a second diameter for the setting element.",
    "6. The retainer of claim 1, wherein the at least one bearing device comprises has a bore providing access to an exposed end face of the setting element.",
    "7. The retainer of claim 1, wherein the at least one support has at least one connecting point for connecting the at least one support to a vehicle body.",
    "8. The retainer of claim 7, wherein the at least one support has three connecting points.",
    "9. The retainer of claim 7, wherein the at least one connecting point is shaped as a through-hole.",
    "10. The retainer of claim 1, comprising at least two supports, wherein at least one of the at least two supports has at least one bearing device.",
    "11. The retainer of claim 10, comprising at least two supports, wherein the at least two supports have each at least one bearing device.",
    "12. The retainer of claim 10, wherein a first support of the at least two supports has a corresponding bearing device and an additional bearing point for supporting the display device, whereas a second support of the at least two supports has only a corresponding bearing device.",
    "13. The retainer of claim 1, wherein the display device is retained in a motor vehicle-side fitting.",
    "14. The retainer of claim 1, wherein the display device forms a part of a head-up display."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The invention relates to a retainer for a display device to be retained in a motor vehicle, especially in a motor vehicle-side fitting, which in particular forms a part of a head-up display.\n\nSuch retainers are in themselves known in the art and are used to support or retain display devices, in particular display devices forming parts of a head-up display, which are usually arranged in fittings in the area of an instrument panel of a motor vehicle. Such supports must ensure stable and precise positioning of suitable display devices, in particular under different operating or running conditions of a motor vehicle, since this is essential for the proper operation of corresponding display devices. This is important in particular for the support of display devices that form parts of head-up displays. Moreover, respective retainers must make it possible to allow a very fine setting or adjustment of the position or orientation of corresponding display devices.\n\nIn particular, conventional retainers are primarily unsatisfactory because they do not exhibit the desired stability and adjustability with respect to the support of display devices.\n\nThe invention is thus based on the problem to provide an improved support for a display device, in particular a display device forming part of a head-up display, to be retained in a motor vehicle, in particular in a motor vehicle-side fitting.",
  "cpc": [
    "G02B 27/0149",
    "B60K 2350/405",
    "B60K 2350/941",
    "B60K 2360/816",
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    "B60K 35/60",
    "B60K 37/00",
    "B60K 37/04"
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  "ipc": [
    "B60K 35/22",
    "B60K 35/231",
    "B60K 35/50",
    "B60K 35/53",
    "B60K 35/60",
    "G02B 27/01"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Audi AG"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Klaus Nonnenbroich",
    "Robert Haumer"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2014-03-21",
  "publication_date": "2018-03-06",
  "grant_date": "2018-03-06",
  "priority_date": "2013-04-16",
  "application_number": "US-201414784806-A",
  "family_id": "50390041",
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