Supports – Instrument in panel
Patent
1990-11-27
1992-12-08
Foss, J. Franklin
Supports
Instrument in panel
248551, 312 71, G12B 900
Patent
active
051690977
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method is provided for the support of an accessory unit within the defined space of a storage area. The storage area is preferably a floor-mounted console receptacle or a dashboard receptacle commonly found within the seating compartment of an automobile. The support structure provides a mounting plate that supports a radio telephone unit within the receptacle by spanning the space separating side walls of the receptacle. Engaging Velcro attachment elements mounted upon both side flanges of the mounting plate and the receptacle side walls permits the mounting plate supporting the radio telephone unit to be easily installed to removed within the receptacle. The use of Velcro elements to removably install the mounting plate within the receptacle eliminates the need for fastening screws, nuts and bolts, or rivets to mount a support structure within the storage area. In an alternative embodiment, a support structure includes a U-shaped mounting bracket that supports an accessory unit within a dashboard receptacle. A pair of support arms, attached to a center connecting bar of the mounting bracket, are spaced apart by approximately the distance separating the space between receptacle side walls. Upon inserting the mounting bracket within the receptacle, an angular tab located on each of the support arms engages one of the receptacle side walls and tends to act as a barb to frictionally retain the mounting bracket within the receptacle. A projection located on either side panel of the accessory unit mates with a corresponding projection installation hole positioned on each support arm to removably install the accessory unit within the installed mounting bracket and thereby mount the accessory unit inside the receptacle. This eliminates the need for any fastening screws to install the accessory unit to either the mounting bracket or the face of the dashboard receptacle.
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Copy of pages taken from Nokia-Mobira brochure.
Foss J. Franklin
Oki America Inc.
OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
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