Display screen mounting assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSreenivas Kuchibhatla, Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Tim R. Beard, Julian Garby, II, Dan G. Busuioc, David Warren Wilson
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Abstract
A vehicle instrument panel assembly includes a display screen positioned within a housing, wherein the housing includes first and second protrusions. The vehicle instrument panel assembly includes a cross-car beam and a first bracket coupled to the cross-car beam. A second bracket is coupled to the first bracket and the first and second protrusions.
Claims18
A vehicle instrument panel assembly, comprising:
- a display screen positioned within a housing, wherein the housing includes first and second protrusions;
- a cross-car beam;
- a first bracket coupled to the cross-car beam;
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- a second bracket coupled to the first bracket and the first and second protrusions of the housing, wherein the second bracket includes first and second lateral supports each including an upper coupling tab and a lower coupling tab configured to cooperate with top and bottom surfaces of the first and second protrusions.
A display screen mounting assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a display screen positioned within a housing, wherein the housing includes first and second protrusions;
- a first bracket having left and right first bracket members, wherein the left and right first bracket members are configured to be coupled to a cross-car beam;
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- a second bracket coupled to the first bracket and the first and second protrusions, wherein the second bracket includes a connector support extending between left and right lateral supports, and wherein each of the left and right lateral supports includes upper and lower coupling tabs configured to cooperate with top and bottom surfaces of the first and second protrusions.
The vehicle instrument panel assembly 9, wherein the left and right bracket members each define an elongated slot and an arcuate slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.