Detachable type carborne electronic apparatus

• US 4,947,661 A
• Filed: 10/20/1988
• Issued: 08/14/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Original Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Inventors: Yoshida, Tomoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Wolfe, Robert L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dino, Suzanne L.
• Application Number:
  US07/260,538
• Time in Patent Office: 663 Days
• Field of Search: 70/57, 70/58, 70/207, 70/209-211, 70/224, 292/29, 292/52, 292/108, 292/210, 292/100, 292/118, 292/126, 292/200, 292/217, 292/226, 292/DIG. 30, 248/27.1, 248/27.3, 248/201, 248/551, 455/89, 455/90, 455/345-348, 312/7.1
• US Class Current: 70/57
• 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 11/0211 for record carriers apparatus, e.g. video recorders, tape players or CD players
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0005 Dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0047 using hidden fastening means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/0932 Lever
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/1059 Lever
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/50 Special application

Abstract

Disclosed is a detachable type carborne electronic apparatus equipped with a rotatable handle, which can be used both in carrying the electronic apparatus and in locking and unlocking the electronic apparatus from the car body. Specifically after being pushed in the dashboard, the electronic apparatus can be locked by rotating and lowering its handle. The electronic apparatus can be unlocked by rotating and raising its handle, and then the electronic apparatus is ready for withdrawal from the dashboard.

Claims

1. A detachable type carborne electronic apparatus comprising:

a bracket fixed to a car and having a side wall;

an engaging projection provided on an inner surface of said side wall of said bracket;

an apparatus body which can be slidably inserted into and removed from said bracket, and which has a side surface corresponding to said side wall of said bracket;

a handle located near a front surface of said apparatus body and supported for pivotal movement about a first pivot axis between a received position in which the handle is received along a peripheral portion of said apparatus body and a rising position in which the handle extends to the front of the apparatus body, said handle having a grip portion, and having a first pushing part provided near said grip portion with respect to said first pivot axis and a second pushing part provided on an opposite side of said first pivot axis from said grip portion; and

a catch lever having a hook portion and supported on said side surface of said apparatus body for pivotal movement about a second pivot axis between a catch position in which said hook portion engages a rear end of said engaging projection to releasably fix said apparatus body to the car and a release position in which said hook portion is free of engagement with said rear end of said engaging projection, said catch lever having opposed first and second pushed parts at respective positions thereon near said handle with respect to said second pivot axis and having said hook portion on a side of said second pivot axis opposite from said handle, said catch lever being forcibly maintained at said catch position by pushing motion of said first pushing part on said first pushed part when said handle is located at said received position, and being forcibly maintained at said release position by pushing motion of said second pushing part on said second pushed part when said handle is located at said rising position.

2. A detachable type carborne electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first and second pushing parts are spaced from said first pivot axis in respective directions which form approximately a right angle with respect to each other.

3. A detachable type carborne electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first pushing part is a projection.

4. A detachable type carborne electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said first pushing part and said first pushed part has a slant surface which is engageable with the other thereof and which extends substantially perpendicular to a direction in which said first pushing part moves into contact with said first pushed part.

5. A detachable type carborne electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said first pushing part and said first pushed part has a bent expanded area, and at least one of said second pushing part and said second pushed part has a bent expanded area.

6. A detachable type carborne electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said handle is pivotally supported by a journal which has sufficient frictional resistance to prevent rotation of said handle in response to ordinary vibration of the car.

7. A detachable type carborne electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said handle has means for preventing undesired pivotal motion of said handle from said received position to said rising position when a relatively weak force is applied to said handle.