Driver monitoring device mounting structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYusuke Takai
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Abstract
A driver monitoring device mounting structure that includes: a driver monitoring device main body that is attached to a steering column; a supporting component that has an anchoring portion and a fastening portion, and that supports a connector that is attached to a lead wire that is drawn out from the driver monitoring device main body; and a column cover that has a temporary fixing portion to which the anchoring portion is temporarily fixed, and a fixing portion to which the fastening portion is fixed, and that covers the steering column.
Claims5
A driver monitoring device mounting structure, the structure comprising:
- a driver monitoring device main body that is attached to an upper portion of a steering column that supports a steering wheel, the driver monitoring device main body being disposed on the upper portion of the steering column and in front of the steering wheel as viewed in a front-rear direction of a vehicle;
- a supporting component that has an anchoring portion and a fastening portion, and that supports a connector that is attached to a lead wire that is drawn out from the driver monitoring device main body;
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- a column cover that has a temporary fixing portion to which the anchoring portion is temporarily fixed, and a fixing portion to which the fastening portion is fixed,
- wherein the column cover covers the anchoring portion, the fastening portion, the temporary fixing portion and the steering column,
- wherein the anchoring portion is temporarily fixed to the temporary fixing portion by means of a weight of the supporting component.
A driver monitoring device mounting structure, the structure comprising:
- a driver monitoring device main body that is attached to an upper portion of a steering column that supports a steering wheel, the driver monitoring device main body being disposed on the upper portion of the steering column and in front of the steering wheel as viewed in a front-rear direction of a vehicle;
- a supporting component that has an anchoring portion and a fastening portion, and that supports a connector that is attached to a lead wire that is drawn out from the driver monitoring device main body;
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- a column cover that has a temporary fixing portion to which the anchoring portion is temporarily fixed, and a fixing portion to which the fastening portion is fixed,
- wherein the column cover covers the anchoring portion, the fastening portion, the temporary fixing portion and the steering column, and
- wherein the anchoring portion includes a distal end bent into a hook-shape, and the temporary fixing portion includes (i) a slit portion or a hole portion, into which the hook-shaped distal end is inserted, and (ii) a catch portion that catches the hook-shaped distal end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.