Auto device mounting structure

• US 4,557,445 A
• Filed: 04/20/1984
• Issued: 12/10/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Original Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Inventors: Ohara, Seishichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Foss, J. Franklin
• Application Number:
  US06/602,588
• Time in Patent Office: 599 Days
• Field of Search: 248/27.1, 248/27.3, 248/205.1, 248/906, 312/242, 312/245, 339/126 R, 70/58, 220/3.5, 220/3.6
• US Class Current: 248/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/50 Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle B60K35/231 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0205 for radio sets B60R11/0211 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0005 Dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0047 using hidden fastening means

Abstract

The auto device mounting structure comprises bracket means consisting of a sleeve-shaped bracket member which defines a recess to receive an auto device inserted from the front end and a rear frame which defines a substantially opened extension of said recess terminating at an end plate. The end plate is provided with a projection extending rearward to engage a fixed member immovable with respect to a car so as to keep the rear frame from fluctuation or rotation due to vibration of the car.

Claims

1. An auto device mounting structure for mounting an auto device in an aperture in a panel of a car, which structure comprises:

a sleeve-shaped bracket member receiving therein the auto device inserted from the front end thereof;

a rear frame consisting of two parallel plates coplanarly, rearwardly extending from opposed plates of said bracket member, and a rear end plate uniting said parallel plates together;

a projection rearwardly projecting from said rear end plate; and

a separate part secured to a fixed position of the car spaced behind said panel and having at least one hole receiving said projection therethrough, said projection being threaded along the outer circumference thereof and fixed to said separate part by a nut applied thereto behind said hole.

2. An auto device mounting structure of claim 1 further comprising a rubber cap applied to said projection.

3. An auto device mounting structure for mounting an auto device of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape in an aperture in a panel of a car, which structure comprises:

a rectangular sleeve-shaped bracket member receiving therein the auto device inserted from the front end of said sleeve-shaped bracket member, said sleeve-shaped bracket member having a rearward extent substantially less than that of said auto device so that said auto device projects rearward substantially beyond the rear edge of said sleeve-shaped bracket member;

a rear frame consisting of a top plate and a parallel bottom plate coplanarly, rearwardly extending from opposed top and bottom walls of said sleeve-shaped bracket member, and a rear end plate upstanding from said bottom plate and connecting same to said top plate at the rear ends of said top and bottom plates, the sideways width of said rear frame top and bottom plates and rear end plate being only a small fraction of the sideways width of said top and bottom walls of said sleeve-shaped bracket member, such that said bracket member and rear frame are of T-shape as seen from the top thereof; and

a projection rearwardly projecting from said rear end plate so as to be fixed to a fixed member spaced behind said panel in the car, said rear frame being entirely open sidewardly and mostly open to the top and bottom and rear so an installer looking rearward through the sleeve-shaped bracket member can see a hole in said fixed member while aligning and inserting the projection into the hole; and

a flat padlike cushion member sandwiched between the rear wall of said auto device and said rear frame rear end plate opposite said projection.

4. An auto device mounting structure of claim 3 wherein said fixed member is a separate part secured to a fixed position of the car and having at least one hole to receive said projection therethrough, said projection being threaded along the outer circumference thereof so as to be fixed by a nut applied thereto behind said hole.