Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
  • B60K35/00—Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
  • B60K35/50—Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
  • B60R11/02—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
  • B60R11/0205—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof for radio sets
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
  • B60R2011/0001—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by position
  • B60R2011/0003—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by position inside the vehicle
  • B60R2011/0005—Dashboard
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
  • B60R2011/0042—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by mounting means
  • B60R2011/0043—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by mounting means for integrated articles, i.e. not substantially protruding from the surrounding parts
  • B60R2011/0045—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by mounting means for integrated articles, i.e. not substantially protruding from the surrounding parts with visible part, e.g. flush mounted
  • B60R2011/0047—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by mounting means for integrated articles, i.e. not substantially protruding from the surrounding parts with visible part, e.g. flush mounted using hidden fastening means

Definitions

• Combined handle and locking mechanism for a dashboard mounted apparatus such as a car radio.
• the present invention relates to a combined handle and lock mechanism for a dashboard mounted apparatus such as a car radio or the like, comprising a latch member which can be moved into and out of engagement with a cooperating blocking means fixed relative to the dashboard.
• the apparatus housing itself is provided on opposite sides with spring tongues and the cassette (the frame portion) mounted permanently in the dashboard is provided with recesses to fit the tongues, into which the tongues snap when the apparatus is inserted into the cassette.
• the spring tongues In order to remove the apparatus, the spring tongues must be moved out of the cassette recesses This is done with the aid of a pair of separate U-shaped rods which are inserted through openings in the front plate of the apparatus and thereby push the tongues out of the recesses at the same time as the rods hook on to the tongues, to then be used as handles to pull the apparatus out of the cassette.
• One of the disadvantages of this arrangement is however that one must always keep track of a pair of loose components, without which it is very difficult to remove the apparatus.
• the purpose of the present invention is to achieve a mechanism of the type described above, without any loose or protruding parts, which is simple to handle and holds the apparatus securrely and rattle-free in place in the dashboard.
• a mechanism which has a slide guide to be securely fastened to the apparatus, a slide displacably mounted in the slide guide and having a handle shaped end portion, a latch member displacably mounted relative to the slide guide, and interacting portions of the slide and the latch member, said portions, in a predetermined inserted position of the slide, holding the latch member in a locked position and blocking the slide against being pushed out but permitting further insertion of the slide from said predetermined position to disengage the latch member and permit the slide to be pushed out past said predetermined position to the outer end position in which the handle protrudes outside the slide guide.
• 1 designates an apparatus case and 2 a front plate which in a conventional manner frames the front of the apparatus and forms a transition to the surrounding dashboard.
• a mechanism according to the invention (generally designated 4) is screwed to either side 3 of the apparatus case.
• the mechanism 4 comprises a bottom plate 5 and a cover plate 6, which are screwed securely to each other.
• the bottom plate 5 has pressed raised portions 7 , so that a space is formed between the plates.
• a pair of guides 6 and 9 of a low friction material, preferably a plastic material, are fixed and between them tnere is guided a slide
• the slide 10 which is somewhat resilient and suitably consistsof the same material as the guides 6 and 9, has a lower guide surface 11, which slides against a guide surface 12 on the lower guide 8, and upper guide surfaces 13,14, which slide against guide surfaces 15, 16, respectively, on the upper guide 9.
• the slide 10 is guided with a slight clearance (not shown) between the guides 8 and 3 and is at its innermost end made with a curved resilient arm 17, which slides against a surface 18 on the lower guide 3.
• the arm 17 is some what pretensioned when the slide is in its mounted state, so that it presses the slide upwards to take up the play between, in the first place, the guide surface 14 of the slide and the guide surface 16 of the upper guide 9.
• the slide 10 cooperates with a latch member 20, which is swingably mounted in the space bet en the plates 5 and 6.
• the latch member 20 consists of an L-shaped plate and has a latch portion 21 made for engagement with a suitable blocking means (not shown) in a cassette or the like in the dashboard.
• the latch member 20 has a portion 22 with a recess 23 in which a protrusion 24 on the slide 20 engages in the position shown with solid lines in the figure.
• the latch membe 20 and the protrusion 24 are made of metal, and the protruding portion 24 has a T-shaped portion 25 fitted into a T-shaped groove in the slide 10. In the position shown in the figure, the latch member 20 is in its locked position and the slide 10 is locked against movement to the left.
• a folded leaf spring 26 and a spring tongue 27 assure freedom from play.
• the front plate 2 has a slot for each slide 10 and in the locked position, each slide is pushed in so far that its outer end is flush with the surface of the front plate.
• the latching portion 21 of the latch member 20 engages in this position with a fixed blocking means (not shown) in a theft preventive cassette permanently mounted in the dashboard.
• the above described arrangement provides a certain amount of resilience in the engagement of the latch means because the inner end of the slide, upon clockwise rotation of the latch 20, can be displaced somewhat against the effect of the spring force of the arm 17. This means that the later; in its locked position will be under a certain amount of spring tension due to the force of the spring arm 17, which assures freedom from play and eliminates all rattling.
• the slide 10 When the apparatus is to be removed, the slide 10 is pushed in only as far as is needed for the protrusion 24 to slide out of the recess 23. In practice, all that is required is to push the slide in several millimeters. Since the end of the slide is flush with the front plate 2, an add such as a coin or the like is required to push in the slide.
• the folded spring 26 can push the slide 10 outwards to the position shown with desn-dot lines in the figure, at the same time as the slide swings in the latch so that it disengages the blocking means.
• the slide is provided at its outer end with a recess 28 forming a handle 29, which in this position projects outside of the front plate so that the apparatus can be easily removed.
• each slide 10 When reinserting the apparatus, each slide 10 is only pushed in until the end lies flush with the front plate 2, and the protrusion 24 snaps into the recess 23. This can be done without any aids.
• the design according to the invention provides a simple and reliable mechanism with only two moving parts. The mechanism can be made very thin, in practice only a few millimeters thick.

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• Fittings On The Vehicle Exterior For Carrying Loads, And Devices For Holding Or Mounting Articles (AREA)
• Lock And Its Accessories (AREA)
• Casings For Electric Apparatus (AREA)

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