Patent ID: 11860362
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS COMPANY OF AMERICA, DIVISION OF PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A head up display mirror holder arrangement for a motor vehicle, the arrangement comprising:
a calibration switch;
a picture generation unit configured to produce a light field;
a mirror configured to reflect the light field such that the light field is visible to the driver as a virtual image;
a rotatable mirror holder having two opposite ends and an activation feature, the two opposite ends being aligned along a rotational axis of the mirror, the mirror holder being configured to retain the mirror, the activation feature being configured to actuate the calibration switch by rotation of the mirror holder, the activation feature of the mirror holder having a cylindrical shape centered along the rotational axis of the mirror, wherein, while the light field is visible to the driver as a virtual image, the calibration switch has a maximum distance from the activation feature of the mirror holder, the maximum distance being less than one millimeter.