Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Enclosed compartment
Reexamination Certificate
2003-01-08
2004-06-22
Patel, Kiran (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Enclosed compartment
C296S064000, C296S037800, C296S065090, C296S065170
Reexamination Certificate
active
06752444
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a device disposing apparatus for a mobile body in which disposing means for disposing therein audio devices and video reproducing devices to be mounted on a mobile body such as a motor vehicle is provided in a position between a driver's seat and a front-passenger's seat.
BACKGROUND ART
FIG. 46
is a schematic drawing showing an arrangement inside a vehicle compartment of a conventional motor vehicle.
Referring to
FIG. 46
, reference numeral
1
denotes an instrument panel provided in a front inside the vehicle compartment, reference numeral
2
audio devices such as a radio receiver, a cassette tape deck, a compact disc (CD) player, or the like, reference numeral
3
a dashboard provided in a central upper part of the instrument panel
1
, reference numeral
4
a steering wheel provided on the right side of the instrument panel
1
, and reference numeral
5
front seats which are made up of a driver's seat
5
a
and a front passenger's seat
5
b
arranged in the right and left positional relationship.
Reference numeral
6
denotes a central console box disposed in a position between the driver's seat
5
a
and the front passenger's seat
5
b.
Conventionally, the audio devices
2
are arranged, as the dominant influence of the times, to be disposed in the center
1
a
of the instrument panel
1
.
However, with the recent spreading of navigation apparatuses, various devices are gradually emerging, i.e.,: an arrangement in which a navigation apparatus main body (not shown) is disposed under the front-side seat such as the driver's seat or the front passenger's seat and a display for displaying thereon the map information outputted from the navigation apparatus is disposed in the neighbourhood of the center of the instrument panel
1
; an arrangement in which the space for disposing the audio devices is made smaller and the display is disposed in a central upper part of the instrument panel
1
, i.e., is buried inside the dashboard
3
; and an arrangement in which the instruments which show the state of a brake system and are conventionally disposed on the side of the driver's seat of the instrument panel
1
are disposed in the center of the instrument panel
1
. This kind of arrangements are going to dominating influence of the times in the future.
In addition, in disposing the display, there is appeared an arrangement in which the display is disposed in the central upper part of the instrument panel
1
, i.e., is buried inside the dashboard
3
, or an arrangement in which the display is provided on a head rest, which forms an upper part of the driver's seat
5
a
or the front-passenger's seat
5
b
, through a supporting part.
There is further appeared an arrangement in which a monitor fixed to the intermediate of the ceiling which corresponds to the neighbourhood of an intermediate between the front seats and the rear seats so that the rear-seat passengers can display the images such as a television set, a video, a digital versatile disk (DVD), or the like, by using the monitor.
Under such a background, in Published Unexamined Japanese Patent Application No. 297391/1998 an arrangement is disclosed in which the switches for the audio devices, an air conditioner, or the like, which used to be disposed in the center of the instrument panel
1
are provided in the central console
6
which is disposed between the driver's seat and the front-passenger's seat.
FIG. 47
is a schematic diagram showing a purview thereof.
Referring to
FIG. 47
, reference numeral
1
denotes an instrument panel provided in a front inside the vehicle compartment, reference numeral
3
a dashboard provided in a central upper part of the instrument panel
1
, reference numeral
4
a steering wheel provided on the right side of the instrument panel
1
, and reference numeral
5
front seats which are made up of a driver's seat
5
a
and a front passenger's seat
5
b
arranged in the right and left positional relationship.
Reference numeral
6
denotes a central console box disposed in a position between the driver's seat
5
a
and the front-passenger's seat
5
b
, reference numeral
7
a gearshift lever provided in the central lower part of the instrument panel
1
and reference numeral
8
a display provided in a central upper part of the instrument panel
1
.
As shown in
FIG. 48
, the central console box
6
is provided with a lid
6
a
, and a housing to be opened and closed by this lid
6
a
is formed inside the central console box
6
.
In a part of the front of the central console box
6
, there is provided a switch disposing part
9
which is formed into a recessed shape. A remote control unit
10
is removably fit into this switch disposing part
9
.
the arrangement thus constructed as above described makes it possible for the passenger seated in the driver's seat or in the front-passenger's seat to readily operate the switches while keeping an ordinarily seated posture.
Further, in Japanese Utility Model Registration Application No. 86638/1992 (Published Unexamined Japanese Utility Model Registration Application No. 49220/1994), a carriage case for carrying, in the back and forth direction in a bus compartment, facilities for service to the passengers such as a television receiver, a heater/refrigerator, or the like, as well as articles such as foods and drinks for the passengers.
FIG. 49
is a schematic diagram showing an arrangement of the apparatus and
FIG. 50
is a sectional view showing a state where the television receiver is housed inside the carriage case.
Referring to
FIGS. 49 and 50
, reference numeral
21
denotes a display of the television receiver which is disposed in one surface of the carriage case
25
(to be mentioned in more detail later), reference numeral
22
the bus as a mobile body, reference numerals
23
seats disposed inside the bus
22
, reference numeral
24
a rail provided substantially in the center of the ceiling of the bus
22
, reference numeral
25
the carriage case which is movably suspended from the rail
24
, and reference numeral
26
a roller by which the carriage case
25
is slidably supported by the rail
24
.
The arrangement thus constructed as described above easily moves the carriage case containing therein facilities for service to the passengers such as the television receiver, or the like, as well as articles for the passengers such as foods and drinks inside the bus compartment. When the facilities and the foods and drinks are not needed, the carriage case is out of sight of the passengers. The articles such as foods and drinks can, at the same time, be easily distributed to each of the passengers.
Still further, in Published Unexamined Japanese Patent Application No. 78693/1999, a monitoring apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed in which a monitor is disposed inside a room mirror main body in a motor vehicle.
FIG. 51
is an exploded perspective view showing an arrangement of a purview of the apparatus,
FIG. 52
is a sectional view showing a section of a purview thereof, and
FIG. 53
is an explanatory drawing showing an example of display on a purview.
In these
FIGS. 51
,
52
and
53
, the room mirror main body
30
is disposed on a ceiling surface inside the vehicle compartment in front of the driver's seat in the vehicle body. This room mirror main body
30
has a function of a rear-view mirror to reflect the rear of the vehicle body and a capability as a rear monitor of a rear-imaging camera which images the rear of the vehicle body. It is made up of a casing
31
, a monitor
32
, a half-mirror
33
, a frame
34
and an arm
35
. Once the power source of the monitor
32
is switched on, when the vehicle is put in reverse gear, an image is displayed on the monitor
32
as shown in FIG.
53
. In
FIG. 53
, the display is divided into two screens of the right and the left. The right screen displays the backward image picked up by the camera and the left screen displays the remarks to be noted.
Ieda Masahiro
Kasuga Kei
Kato Shin-ichi
Kitano Toyoaki
Kono Osamu
Birch & Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Mitsubishi Denki & Kabushiki Kaisha
Patel Kiran
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