Patent ID: 8385074

Claim:
A display device for displaying information in a vehicle, comprising: a housing having a housing opening; a display unit comprising a display movable between a rest position, in which the display unit is fully retracted into the housing, and a displaying position, in which the display unit is deployed out of the housing into an at least approximately vertical position of its display; a cover movable between a covering position, wherein the cover covers the housing opening, and an opened-up position, wherein the cover opens up the housing opening; a rotary drive; and a coupling assembly that is driven by the rotary drive, the coupling assembly arranged to moveably drive the display unit and the cover, the coupling assembly comprising: a first coupler having a first end rotatable about a positionally fixed first rotary axle and a free end articulately coupled to the cover by a first articulated joint at the free end; a second articulated joint articulately connecting the display unit to the cover at a first distance from the first articulated joint of the first coupler; a second coupler pivotable at a first end about a second rotary axle that is positionally fixed in relation to the first rotary axle; and a third articulated joint articulately connected to a second end of the second coupler opposite the first end of the second coupler, at a second distance from the first articulated joint and at a third distance from the second articulated joint.