Retractable mirror support for mobile devices
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsLeonardo Alonso Huitron, Edgar Javier Ortega, Allan Alberto Mejia Jaramillo, Omar Antonio Ramirez Pavon
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Abstract
A mobile device holder for a rear-view mirror of a vehicle may include a mirror housing, a mobile device bracket arranged on a support, the support arranged at least partially within the mirror housing in a stored position, and a deployment mechanism connected to the support and including a pin configured to rotatedly hinge the support from the stored position to a deployed position extending out of the housing.
Claims13
A mobile device holder for a rear-view mirror of a vehicle, comprising:
- a mirror housing;
- a mobile device bracket including at least one telescoping arm having a brace configured to receive and maintain a mobile device within the bracket, the bracket arranged on a support, the support arranged at least partially within a recess of the mirror housing in a stored position;
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- a deployment mechanism connected to the support and including a pin configured to hinge the support from the stored position to a deployed position extending out of the housing.
A mobile device holder for a rear-view mirror of a vehicle, comprising:
- a bracket having a telescoping arm including at least one brace configured to receive and maintain a mobile device, the bracket arranged on a support, the support arranged at least partially within a recess defined at a rear of a mirror housing in a stored position, and
- a deployment mechanism connected to the support and including a pin configured to rotatedly hinge the support from the stored position within the housing to a deployed position extending out of the housing, wherein the deploying mechanism includes a pin maintained and rotatable within a knuckled, the pin fixed to the support and configured to move the support radially from the stored position within the mirror housing to a deployed position below the mirror housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.