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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2016
Yazaki Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kunimitsu Aoki, Susono, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A head-up display apparatus stored in a storage space within an instrument panel of a vehicle for irradiating a display light into a projection area on an upper side of the instrument panel to form a virtual image, is provided. The apparatus includes a display for emitting the display light, a reflecting member supported swingably about a swing axis for reflecting the display light from the display toward the projection area, a drive mechanism arranged in the reflecting member for swinging the reflecting member, and a case storing the display, the reflecting member and the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a drive part and a transmission part for transmitting a drive force of the drive part to the reflecting member. The drive mechanism is arranged at a position shifted from an optical path of the display light nearer the display than the reflecting member.