On-vehicle acoustic apparatus

• US 8,130,975 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2006
• Issued: 03/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Original Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Yasuhiko, Iguchi, Fukuya, Yahiro, Takao, Mori, Naoki, Takahashi, Shinnosuke, Shimizu, Akari
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dao H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tram H
• Application Number:
  US11/991,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20090154724A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,062 Days
• Field of Search: 381/86, 381/87, 381/300, 381/302, 381/366, 381/365, 381/389, 381/388, 381/387, 381/386, 381/184, 381/186, 381/334, 381/335, 701/207, 701/208, 701/209, 701/210, 701/211, 701/212, 701/213, 701/201, 701/202, 701/49, 340/990, 340/995, 342/357.01, 342/357.12, 342/357.1, 342/357.14
• US Class Current: 381/86
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/003 with radio receiver
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/022 Cases
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/027 Covers G11B33/022 takes precedence; with means for guiding the record carrier G11B17/34
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/12 Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules

Abstract

There is provided an acoustic apparatus whose front-side exterior appearance construction can be freely changed and which can be easily added with a new function.

A freely detachable control panel 2 is provided to an acoustic apparatus body 1 mounted on a vehicle 101, and audio units Au-1, Au-2, Au-3 which are connected to the acoustic apparatus body 1 through the control panel 2 are freely detachably provided to the control panel 2.

Claims

1. An on-vehicle acoustic apparatus comprising:

a control panel provided to an acoustic apparatus body mounted in a vehicle; and

plural audio units having different audio functions freely detachably provided to the control panel so as to be connected to the acoustic apparatus body through the control panel, wherein

the control panel has plural connectors each of which freely secures any of the audio units.

2. The on-vehicle acoustic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control panel has one or more rail to which the plural audio units having different audio functions are freely secured.

3. The on-vehicle acoustic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

one or more insertion portion for inserting the plural audio units along the one or more rail is formed on a side surface of the control panel, and

the control panel is fitted to a fitting portion provided to the acoustic apparatus body so as to hide the one or more insertion portion.

4. The on-vehicle acoustic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control panel is equipped with one or more projecting portion which is projected from the control panel to the plural audio units by one or more urging portion, and

when the audio unit is located at a fixed position on the control panel, the one or more projecting portion is hooked to one or more receiving portion provided to the audio unit to fix the audio unit.

5. The on-vehicle acoustic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control panel and the plural audio units have magnets so that counter poles of the magnets face each other, and

the plural audio units are fixed to the control panel by magnetic force of the magnets.

6. The on-vehicle acoustic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control panel has an interface portion which is electrically connected to the acoustic apparatus body, and

the plural audio units are electrically connected to the acoustic apparatus body through the interface portion.

7. The on-vehicle acoustic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control panel has a common connector having plural control panel side terminals adaptable to the plural audio units and any connectable audio unit, and

each of the plural audio units has an individual connector having audio unit side terminals corresponding to at least some of the plural control panel side terminals.

8. The on-vehicle acoustic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the control panel has an interface portion which is electrically connected to the acoustic apparatus body, and

the common connector is electrically connected to the acoustic apparatus body through the interface portion.