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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshiki Kawasaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ; B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3408154 ; 340461 ; 340995 ; 248 271 ; 345-7 ; 348837 ; 455347 ; 455348 ;
Abstract
A display can be retractably provided on an upper surface of an instrument panel. The display can be arranged such that it is not overlapped with an operation lever in a parking position P and a driving position D, to which the operation lever is frequently shifted during driving, in the course of eyeshot of the driver in a driver's seat. Hence, the operation lever never obstructs the driver's eyeshot looking at a screen of the display. As a result, the driver can easily monitor or watch the screen of the display without obstruction.