Interchangeable switch assembly for media device

• US 8,400,572 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2007
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
• Original Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
• Inventors: Macholz, Jeff
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilbert, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): FERENCE, JAMES M
• Application Number:
  US11/691,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20070242172A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,185 Days
• Field of Search: 348/836, 348/837, 348/838, 348/839, 348/843, 348/E05.128
• US Class Current: 348/837
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0094 characterised by means for covering after user, e.g. boxes, shutters or the like

Abstract

A media device for a vehicle includes an interchangeable switch assembly, and a console including a receiving part accommodating the interchangeable switch assembly. The interchangeable switch assembly includes a switch panel and a circuit board. The interchangeable switch assembly further includes a backlight unit for providing light to the switch panel.

Claims

1. An overhead media device for a vehicle, comprising:

an interchangeable switch assembly; and

a console mounted to an overhead portion of a vehicle, the console including a receiving part accommodating the interchangeable switch assembly and a main circuit board, wherein the main circuit board includes a connecting wire extending from the main circuit board at a bottom surface of the console, wherein the interchangeable switch assembly includes a switch panel and a second circuit board, and wherein the second circuit board includes a pin connector for mating with an end portion of the connecting wire, the pin connector being located at the bottom surface of the console when the interchangeable switch assembly is positioned in the receiving part, wherein the interchangeable switch assembly is mounted to and supported by the console via the receiving part, wherein a peripheral region of the receiving part comprises one or more holes corresponding to one or more holes in the main circuit board.

2. The media device of claim 1, wherein the interchangeable switch assembly further includes a backlight unit for providing light to the switch panel.

3. The media device of claim 1, wherein the switch panel includes a plurality of buttons.

4. The media device of claim 1, wherein the interchangeable switch assembly is mounted to the console by screws.

5. The media device of claim 1, wherein the receiving part has a shape which corresponds to a shape of the interchangeable switch assembly to receive the interchangeable switch assembly therein.

6. The media device of claim 1, wherein the receiving part comprises an open portion in the console receiving the interchangeable switch assembly therein.