Accessory holder in cabin

• US 6,918,566 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2001
• Issued: 07/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Murakami Corporation
• Original Assignee: Murakami Corporation
• Inventors: Tsutsumi, Noriyuki, Marusawa, Masahiko, Suzuki, Hisaya
• Primary Examiner(s): BAXTER, GWENDOLYN WRENN
• Application Number:
  US10/466,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20040079853A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,341 Days
• Field of Search: 248/549, 248/479, 248/480, 248/481, 248/484, 248/900, 248/181.1, 248/181.2, 248/288.31, 359/872, 359/871, 359/873, 296/1.11, 527/851.2
• US Class Current: 248/549
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0089 around three axes, i.e. universally mounted
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/90 Movable or disengageable on impact or overload

Abstract

A retaining apparatus (H) for retaining a room accessory such as a mirror assembly (4) comprises a base (1), a linear spring (2), and a base inner (3). The linear spring (2) includes linear parts (21) and a curved part (22), which are connected together with hairpin parts (23). A base (1) is attached between the linear parts (21) while a flange (39) provided at the base inner (3) is attached inside the curved part (22). The flange (39) is provided at a socket (38). A pivot (52) of a stay 5 of the mirror assembly (4) is pressed into the socket (38).

Claims

1. An accessory retaining apparatus for a vehicle comprising:

a base fixed in a room;

a base inner attached to said base over a linear spring; and

a stay provided at an accessory body;

said accessory body being retained by attaching said stay provided at said accessory body to said base inner;

said linear spring having a pair of linear parts, a U-shaped curved part and U-shaped hairpin parts connecting ends of said linear parts with said U-shaped curved part;

said base having a width larger than a width between the linear parts and having a contact surface for receiving said pair of linear parts of said linear spring from a bottom of said base;

said base inner having a flange held by said curved part of said linear spring;

said linear parts of said linear spring being sliding on a contact surface of said base to be installed at said base;

in a case that an impact is applied to said accessory body, said linear spring, said base inner and said accessory body sliding on the contact surface of said base and said accessory body coming off.

2. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said base and said linear spring is made of metal.

3. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a socket is formed at said base inner, and one end of said stay is attached to said accessory body, and a pivot to be pressed into said socket is formed at another end of said stay.

4. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said flange is formed at a head of said socket.

5. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a stopper is provided at said pivot so as to stop a rotation of said stay around an axis of a shaft perpendicular to a sliding direction of the base inner and substantially parallel to the axis.

6. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 5, wherein an accessory body-side pivot is provided at one end of said stay, and a stay-side socket to which said accessory body-side pivot is pressed is formed at said accessory body.

7. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an accessory body-side pivot is provided at one end of said stay, and a stay-side socket to which said accessory body-side pivot is pressed is formed at said accessory body.

8. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a stopper is provided at said pivot so as to stop a rotation of said stay around an axis of a shaft perpendicular to a sliding direction of the base inner and substantially parallel to the axis.

9. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 8, wherein an accessory body-side pivot is provided at one end of said stay, and a stay-side socket to which said accessory body-side pivot is pressed is formed at said accessory body.

10. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an accessory body-side pivot is provided at one end of said stay, and a stay-side socket to which said accessory body-side pivot is pressed is formed at said accessory body.

11. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an accessory body-side pivot is provided at one end of said stay, and a stay-side socket to which said accessory body-side pivot is pressed is formed at said accessory body.

12. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a socket is formed at said base inner, and one end of said stay is attached to said accessory body, and a pivot to be pressed into said socket is formed at another end of said stay.

13. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said flange is formed at a head of said socket.

14. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 13, wherein a stopper is provided at said pivot so as to stop a rotation of said stay around an axis of a shaft perpendicular to a sliding direction of the base inner and substantially parallel to the axis.

15. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 14, wherein an accessory body-side pivot is provided at one end of said stay, and a stay-side socket to which said accessory body-side pivot is pressed is formed at said accessory body.

16. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 13, wherein an accessory body-side pivot is provided at one end of said stay, and a stay-side socket to which said accessory body-side pivot is pressed is formed at said accessory body.

17. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 12, wherein a stopper is provided at said pivot so as to stop a rotation of said stay around an axis of a shaft perpendicular to a sliding direction of the base inner and substantially parallel to the axis.

18. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 17, wherein an accessory body-side pivot is provided at one end of said stay, and a stay-side socket to which said accessory body-side pivot is pressed is formed at said accessory body.

19. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 12, wherein an accessory body-side pivot is provided at one end of said stay, and a stay-side socket to which said accessory body-side pivot is pressed is formed at said accessory body.

20. An accessory retaining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an accessory body-side pivot is provided at one end of said stay, and a stay-side socket to which said accessory body-side pivot is pressed is formed at said accessory body.