CAR AUDIO SYSTEM

• US 20100232117A1
• Filed: 09/01/2009
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Namsung
• Original Assignee: Namsung
• Inventors: Yoon, Seongho
• Application Number:
  US12/551,954
• Publication Number:
  US 20100232117A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/725
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0205 for radio sets B60R11/0211 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0005 Dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0007 Mid-console
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0075 using a containment or docking space
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0082 collapsible, e.g. for storing after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0094 characterised by means for covering after user, e.g. boxes, shutters or the like

Abstract

The present invention relates to a car audio system, in which a front panel is rotatably provided on the front of a car audio main body and a stand is provided on the rear of the front panel to place a portable media device. According to the present invention, when the front panel is opened such that the rear races the front side, the stand is exposed, such that the portable media device can be placed on the stand and easily used in a vehicle.

Claims

1. A car audio system comprising:

a car audio main body that is mounted in a vehicle;

a front panel that is disposed on the front of the car audio system main body and rotatably connected with the car audio main body; and

a stand that is provided on the rear of the front panel to place a portable media device.

2. The car audio system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a radio, a compact disc player, a DVD player, and a cassette player is provided in the car audio main body, and

an operating portion for operating the audio device provided in the car audio main body and a display for checking the operational state are provided on the front of the front panel.

3. The car audio system according to claim 1, wherein the car audio system is provided with an expansion slot for connecting an external memory.

4. The car audio system according to claim 3, wherein the stand has a terminal that is connected with the portable media device, and

the expansion slot is connected to the terminal and connected to the portable media device through the terminal.

5. The car audio system according to claim 1, wherein a shock absorbing means is interposed between the rear of the front panel and the front of the car audio main body.

6. The car audio system according to claim 5, wherein the shock absorbing means has a protrusion that protrudes from one of the rear of the front panel and the front of the car audio main body, and an elastic body that is disposed on the other one, corresponding to the protrusion.

7. The car audio system according to claim 1, wherein the stand includes:

a base body that is mounted on the rear of the front panel, and has a protruding base at the lower portion and a terminal that is provided to be connected width the portable media device on the upper surface of the base; and

a first jaw and a second jaw that are provided apart from each other on the front of the base body and held and fix the portable media device therebetween.

8. The car audio system according to claim 7, wherein the first jaw and the second jaw are movably mounted on the front of the base body and supported by a clamping spring.

9. The car audio system according to claim 7, wherein a media device operating portion for operating the portable media device connected to the terminal is provided on the rear of the front panel.

10. The car audio system according to claim 7, wherein the stand is rotatably mounted on the front panel to control the rotational position.

11. The car audio system according to claim 10, wherein the stand includes a rotary shaft that protrudes from the rear of the base body and has a plurality of spaced locking grooves on the outer circumference, and

an elastic lock that protrudes from the inner circumference of a shaft hole formed in the rear of the front panel to fit the rotary shaft and is inserted in the locking grooves.

12. The car audio system according to claim 1, wherein the front pane member is rotatably attached to the car audio main body by hinge members provided at both lower sides of the car audio main body, and

the hinge member includes:

a fixing link member that is provided at both front sides of the car audio main body;

a fixing cam member that is fixed to the fixing link member and has inclined surfaces with cams protruding from both sides;

a movable cam member that has a cam groove corresponding to the cam;

a cam casing that is fixed to one side of the front panel member while accommodating the movable cam member movably therein;

a spring that is disposed in the cam casing and elastically supports the movable cam;

a shaft that passes through the fixing cam member and the movable cam member; and

a retainer that retains the cam casing not to be separated by elastic force of the spring.