JPH0231812Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a mounting mechanism for in-vehicle devices, and more specifically, the present invention relates to an in-vehicle device mounting mechanism that allows various devices such as wireless devices, radios, or car stereos to be easily attached to and detached from the vehicle. Related to equipment mounting mechanism.

It is common practice to incorporate wireless devices, radios, car stereos, etc. near the dashboard of an automobile. This is for drivers to enjoy radio broadcasts, stereo music, etc. while driving, to communicate with each other using wireless devices, and in some cases to obtain traffic information.

By the way, when assembling this type of wireless equipment to a dart board, for example, in the prior art, a protrusion is formed on the main body of the wireless equipment, etc., and the device is fixed to a recess formed in the dart board via this projection. has been adopted. Therefore, the presence of this protrusion significantly impairs the appearance of the main body of the wireless device, and furthermore, it becomes difficult to easily remove this type of wireless device once it has been installed. Therefore, when a vehicle owner wants to replace wireless equipment, etc., they must go through the help of a specialized engineer one after another, which is not only complicated, but also costs too high to ignore. It has been pointed out that this is an inconvenience.

The present invention has been made to overcome this type of inconvenience, and is to provide a guide groove in place of the protrusion in the main body of the device, and to install the guide groove inside the mounting casing that houses the main body of the device. An in-vehicle device configured to include a guide rail for guiding the device, and to integrate the casing and the main body by fitting a locking pin disposed inside the casing into a locking groove of the device main body under the action of a lever member. The purpose is to provide a mounting mechanism for

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention forms a lock pin guide having a locking groove and a slope on both sides of a main body of a device such as a radio device, and a guide groove for a guide rail, and a groove is formed at one end of the guide groove. On the other hand, a guide rail that fits into the guide groove is disposed inside a casing housing the device main body, and one end of the guide rail faces the first inclined surface. A rotatable lever member forming a second inclined surface and further having a lock pin is provided, the guide rail of the device main body is fitted into the guide groove and housed in the housing, and the first and second inclined surfaces are The main body of the device is fixed to the housing by bringing the two into contact with each other to bend the housing and fitting the locking pin into the locking groove.

Next, preferred embodiments of the mounting mechanism for on-vehicle equipment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 indicates a housing for mounting the main body of the device, and as can be easily understood from the figure, the housing 10 is formed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and has an open bottom. A plurality of holes 12 are formed in the upper surface of the casing 10, and the casing 10 is attached to the inside of the dash board or roof of an automobile using screws or the like through the holes 12. Slits, holes, etc. are formed in the side walls 14, 14 of the housing 10, respectively.

First, a slit 16 extending vertically is bored on the rear end side of the side wall 14.
The lower end portion of 6 has a shape that expands downward. A long hole 18 wider than the slit 16 is formed in the side wall portion 14 in parallel with the slit 16, and a coil spring 20 is installed inside the long hole 18. That is, one end of the coil spring 20 is connected to the elongated hole 1.
8, and the other end thereof is locked to a lever member to be described later. On the other hand, a slit 22 is formed at the tip of the side wall portion 14 extending in the longitudinal direction, and the tip of the slit 22 is expanded to form a stopper portion 24 .

Next, a guide rail 26 is attached to extend in the longitudinal direction near the open lower end, while a second guide rail 26 is attached to the expanded portion of the slit 16 and further directed toward the corner of the casing 10. A guide rail 28 is fixed. The guide rail 26 has a stepped portion 29, and an inclined surface 30 is formed at the tip of the stepped portion 29.
On the other hand, the second guide rail 28 includes a triangular prism-shaped protrusion 32 that extends toward the rear surface of the housing 10 . In this case, the guide rails 26 and 28 are preferably made of polyacetal resin, for example.

Next, the upper surface of the housing 10 and the guide rail 2
6, a lever member 34 is disposed between the lever member 34 and the lever member 34. The lever member 34 is swingable by a shaft 36, one end of which is bulged downward, and a lock pin 38 is fixed to this one end. On the other hand, the other end of the lever member 34 is connected to the housing 10.
An operating section 40 is formed which extends outward from the terminal and is further formed into an angular shape.

Next, the device main body 50, such as a wireless device, will be explained. Groove-shaped lock pin guides 54 that widen toward the rear end are formed on both sides of the casing 52 constituting the device body 50, and the lock pin guides 54 have dovetails arranged symmetrically at their terminal ends. It communicates with groove-shaped lock grooves 56a and 56b. As can be easily understood from the figure, the lock grooves 56a and 56b extend in the vertical direction, and extend horizontally from the central portion where they join to each other to the front part of the device body 50 to provide a guide. A groove 58 is formed. The casing 5 is located at the tip of the guide groove 58.
A slanted portion 60 is formed to face the side surface of 2. In addition, in the figure, reference numeral 62 indicates a recess that engages with the protrusion 32.

The in-vehicle device mounting mechanism according to the present invention is basically constructed as described above, and its operation and effects will be explained next.

First, as described above, the housing 10 is fixed to the dash board in the hole 12 using, for example, screws. Next, the device main body 50 is inserted into the housing 10. That is, the lock pin guide 54 of the casing 52 is engaged with the guide rails 28, 28, and the device body 50 is gradually inserted into the housing 10. In this case, the stepped portion 29 fits into the guide groove 58 and preferably guides the casing 52 into the housing. When inserted a predetermined distance, the lock pins 38, 38
contacts the lock pin guide 54. usually,
The locking pins 38, 38 abut against the upper slope of the locking pin guide 54, so that the locking pins 38, 38 are tilted downwardly.
The lock grooves 56a, 5 are also slightly displaced downward.
Reach the halfway point of 6b. As a result, the lock pins 38, 38 are fitted into the lock groove 56a under the tension of the coil spring 20, and the tail end of the casing 52 reaches above the protrusion 32 of the guide rail 28, and the protrusion is inserted into the recess 62. The portion 32 is engaged and positioned. At this time, the side end inclined surfaces 30, 30 of the guide rails 26, 26 engage with the inclined parts 60, 60 of the casing 52, respectively, and the guide rails 26, 26 made of polyacetal resin engage with the inclined parts 60, 60 of the casing 52, respectively.
6 will be pressed outwards towards each other. This outward pressing force causes the casing 10 to bend, and this pressing force causes the device body 50 to firmly hold the casing 1.
It ends up being fixed inside 0. In this case,
The pressing force can be appropriately adjusted by adjusting the depth of the slits 22, 22 and the slits 16, 16. In such a state, only the lever members 34, 34 are exposed to the outside, and the operating parts 40, 40 are located on the side surface of the device main body 50 (see FIG. 3).

Therefore, next, this device main body 50 is attached to the housing 1.
The case of separating from 0 will be explained. First of all,
Press the operation parts 40, 40 upward at the same time. As a result, the lever member 3
4 and 34 swing and are displaced upward within the range of the stopper portion 24. For this reason, the lever member 34
locking pins 38, 38 attached to one end of the
descends and reaches the middle portion of the lock grooves 56a, 56b. At this point, the lock is temporarily released. Then, the device main body 50 is led out along the guide rails 26, 26. As a result, the lock pins 38, 38 are locked in the lock grooves 56a, 5.
6b, and then the lever members 34, 34
It is only necessary to release the device and remove only the device main body 50.

Next, FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention.
In this case, unlike the previous embodiments, the housing 10 is inverted and the hole 12 is directly fixed to a desk or the like. In this state, the main body 50 may be inserted into the housing 10 in the same manner as described above. At this time, the lock pin 38 is fitted into the lock groove 56b under the tension of the coil spring 20. When removing and removing the main body 50, the lock pin 38 can be easily removed from the lock groove 56b by pushing down the operating portion 40.

According to the present invention, lock grooves and guide grooves are carved on both sides of the device main body 50 as described above, and on the other hand, a guide rail and a rotatable groove are formed on the inner wall of the casing 10 in which the device main body 50 is housed. A lever member is arranged. Therefore, by unifying the standards, that is, by standardizing the relative positional relationships between the guide groove, the guide rail, and the lever, it is possible to Whether it is a radio or a car stereo, it can be easily installed and removed.
Moreover, it can be mounted either forward or reverse as required.

As described above, the present invention allows a wide variety of in-vehicle devices to be easily installed, and since it has a simple structure, it is easy to manufacture. Neither exists. Furthermore, since it is possible to manufacture a mechanically robust structure, it can be said to be extremely durable as a device mounting device for a vehicle that repeatedly vibrates.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various improvements and changes in design are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention. Of course.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the mounting mechanism for in-vehicle equipment according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partially omitted vertical perspective explanatory view showing the internal structure of the casing in the mounting mechanism for in-vehicle equipment shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a perspective explanatory view of the state in which the casing and the main body of the device are attached, and FIG. 4 is a perspective explanatory view of the state in which the casing is installed upside down. 10... Housing, 12... Hole, 14... Side wall, 18... Elongated hole, 20... Coil spring,
22...Slit, 24...Stopper part, 26,
28...Guide rail, 29...Stepped portion, 30...
Inclined surface, 32... protrusion, 34... lever member,
36...Shaft, 38...Lock pin, 40...Operation unit, 50...Device body, 52...Casing, 5
4...Lock pin guide, 56a, 56b...Lock groove, 58...Guide groove, 60...Slope portion.

Claims (1)

[Claim for Utility Model Registration] A lock pin guide having a locking groove and an inclined surface and a guide groove for a guide rail are formed on both sides of a main body of a device such as a radio device, and a first groove is formed at one end of the guide groove.
A guide rail that fits into the guide groove is disposed inside the casing housing the device main body, and a first inclined surface faces the first inclined surface at one end of the guide rail. A rotatable lever member is provided which forms the second inclined surface and has a lock pin, and the guide rail of the device body is fitted into the guide groove and housed in the casing, and the first and second inclined surfaces are A mounting mechanism for an in-vehicle device, characterized in that the main body of the device is fixed to the casing by bringing the device into contact with the casing to bend the casing and by fitting the locking pin into a locking groove.