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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1992
Jurgen Mutschler, Au am Rhein, DE;
Gerd Seidenfaden, Leonberg, DE;
Johann Tomforde, Sindelfingen, DE;
Mercedes-Benz AG, , DE;
Abstract
A vehicle VDU workstation is matched to specific safety requirements in a motor vehicle and essentially comprises, as physical elements of a working unit, a keyboard and a flat screen which can be folded onto the latter. A sliding guide allows those parts, on one hand, to be stowed in the glove compartment of the vehicle in a space-saving manner and, on the other hand, also placed in a use position on the folded-out glove compartment door. In the stowed position, the working unit is located behind the glove compartment door. Special mounting elements, some of which at least can be stowed in the glove compartment, allow the VDU workstation also to be used in other seats in the vehicle by being suspended behind backrests of vehicle seats from headrest supports and, to this extent, placed there in a use position. Vibrations of the working unit are weakened by damping elements. When at least one accident-specific force is exerted, either deformation and/or predetermined break points are triggered in order to change the configuration of the VDU workstation into a less cumbersome one.