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US 12,109,948 B2Granted
Adapter device for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, KIPP GmbH & Co KG
InventorsJi Ah Kim, Jin Ho Hwang, Ji Seob Park, Sascha Fischer, Patrick Staiger, Adrian Dettling
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Abstract
An adapter device for a vehicle includes a rail unit installed in the vehicle and defining a moving path, and an adapter unit mounted on the rail unit to move along the moving path, with a connector for mounting various convenience equipment being interchangeably coupled to the adapter unit.
Claims10
An adapter device for a vehicle, the adapter device comprising:
- a rail unit installed in the vehicle, and defining a moving path;
- and
- an adapter unit mounted on the rail unit, the adapter unit being configured to move along the moving path, a connector being configured to mount equipment to the adapter unit;
- wherein the adapter unit comprises:
- a main body having a coupling hole configured to receive the connector;
- a plurality of coupling guide rollers coupled to an upper surface of the main body and configured to be inserted into the rail unit, wherein the plurality of coupling guide rollers are configured to guide movement of the main body along the moving path;
- a rotary handle connected to the coupling guide roller, and configured to rotate the coupling guide roller to mount or dismount the main body on or from the rail unit;
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- a plurality of buttons configured to guide movement of rail fixing members mounted on opposite sides of the main body, the plurality of buttons being configured to cause the rail fixing members to be drawn into the main body as the plurality of buttons are pressed.
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An adapter device for a vehicle, the adapter device comprising:
- a rail unit installed in the vehicle and defining a moving path;
- an adapter unit mounted on the rail unit, the adapter unit being configured to move along the moving path, and a connector being configured to mount equipment to the adapter unit;
- wherein the adapter unit comprises:
- a main body having a coupling hole configured to receive the connector;
- a plurality of coupling guide rollers coupled to an upper surface of the main body, and configured to guide movement of the main body along the moving path while pressing and catching an outer circumference of a protrusion positioned in the rail unit;
- and
- a button configured to guide movement of any one of the coupling guide rollers, and to increase a distance between the facing coupling guide rollers, thereby releasing the coupling guide rollers from the protrusion and dismounting the main body from the rail unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.