Apparatus to mount a mobile device in a vehicle
First Claim
1. An apparatus to mount a mobile device such as a PDA or portable telephone in a vehicle comprising:
- a main body having a receiving recess to receive said mobile device;
a locking unit to lock said mobile device in said receiving recess when said mobile device is inserted into said receiving recess; and
a mounting fixture including at least one position adjusting unit having one end connected with said main body to adjust an angle and a height of said main body positioned in said vehicle, and at least one fixing unit formed on the other end of said position adjusting unit to fix said position adjusting unit in said vehicle.
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Abstract
An apparatus to mount a mobile device having a main body with a receiving recess to receive the mobile device, a first locker to support and secure a lower part of the mobile device, a second locker for elastically supporting and securing an upper part of the mobile device to lock up or release the upper part of the mobile device, a lock/release disposed to be movable between a locking position of locking up the mobile device and a releasing position to release the mobile device from the lock-up state, an ejector to lift the mobile device in a given distance when the lock/release is moved to the releasing position, and a mounting fixture including position adjusting units to adjust an angle and a height of the main body and fixing units to fix the position adjusting unit in the vehicle. Accordingly, since the apparatus has the lock/release and the ejector to automatically lock and release the mobile device and the mounting fixture to adjust the position of the main body, mounting and removing the mobile device as well as setting up the apparatus itself and the mobile device in the vicinity of the glass window of the vehicle to ensure the GPS receiver of the mobile device freely to receive and transmit radio waves from satellites at the inside of the vehicle can be easily carried out.
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27 Claims
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1. An apparatus to mount a mobile device such as a PDA or portable telephone in a vehicle comprising:
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a main body having a receiving recess to receive said mobile device;
a locking unit to lock said mobile device in said receiving recess when said mobile device is inserted into said receiving recess; and
a mounting fixture including at least one position adjusting unit having one end connected with said main body to adjust an angle and a height of said main body positioned in said vehicle, and at least one fixing unit formed on the other end of said position adjusting unit to fix said position adjusting unit in said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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15. An apparatus to mount a mobile device such as a PDA or portable telephone in a vehicle comprising:
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a main body having a receiving recess to receive said mobile device;
a first locker to support and secure one end of said portable device when said mobile device is inserted into said receiving recess;
a lock/release disposed to be movable between a locking position to lock up said mobile device to prevent said mobile device from being ejected in cooperation with said first locker when said mobile device is completely inserted into said receiving recess and a releasing position to release said mobile device from the lock-up state to enable said mobile device to be ejected when said mobile device is to be removed;
an ejector to lift said mobile device by a given distance to make said mobile device easily removable when said lock/release is moved to said releasing position; and
a mounting fixture comprising;
at least one position adjusting unit having one end connected with said main body to adjust an angle and a height of said main body positioned in said vehicle; and
at least one fixing unit formed on the other end of said position adjusting unit to fix said position adjusting unit in said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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22. A locking apparatus comprising:
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a first locker to support and secure a lower part of a mobile device into a recess of a mounting device;
a second locker to elastically support and secure an upper part of the mobile device to the mounting device to lock the upper part of the mobile device when the mobile device is inserted into the receiving recess and to release the upper part of the mobile device from the lock state when a force to remove the mobile device from the receiving recess is applied to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A mounting fixture comprising:
first and second position adjusting units, each having a leg with an adjustable height and rotatably connected to said mounting fixture to adjust the height and the angle of said mounting fixture. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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