Patent ID: 7659868
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: B60K,G02B

Abstract:
1. A head-up display apparatus comprising: a display unit for displaying a specific image, a mirror for reflecting the image toward a windshield, a housing embedded behind an instrument panel for receiving the display unit and the mirror, the housing having an inner wall, a cover for covering an opening of the housing, wherein the cover and the mirror are integrated with each other as a movable member, and a link mechanism for linking the movable member to the housing, the movable member having a bottom end wherein the movable member is gradually moved upward when the head-up display apparatus is changed to a state of not in use, to cover the opening of the housing, or downward when the head-up display apparatus is changed to a state of in use by following the inner wall of the housing through an up/down operation of the movable member, and wherein said link mechanism includes, an arc-shaped groove for guiding the bottom end of the movable member to move gradually upward by following the inner wall of the housing, and V-shaped guiding groove for guiding the top end of the movable member to move arcuately around the opening of the housing, and guiding pins for moving through the guiding grooves through said up/down operation.