Housing for on-vehicle electronic apparatus

A housing for an on-vehicle electronic apparatus, comprising a housing body having a front surface elongate in the left-right direction and a recording medium insertion slit extending in the left-right direction at an upper portion of said front surface, and a panel provided at said front surface of said housing body so as to openably close said recording medium insertion slit;

• wherein
• said panel has an upper member and a lower member;
• said upper member has an upper panel portion elongate in the left-right direction;
• said lower member has a lower panel portion being connected to a lower portion of said upper member so as to be swingable about an axis extending in the left-right direction, being elongate in the left-right direction, and being disposed on the lower side of said upper panel portion;
• a support mechanism which supports said upper member so as to be movable in a substantially vertical direction and which moves said upper panel portion between an upper position for closing said recording medium insertion slit and a lower position for opening said recording medium insertion slit is provided at a front surface of said housing body;
• and
• a conjunction mechanism is provided at the front surface of said housing body, for ensuring that said lower member is swung in the front-rear direction about said axis according to the vertical movement of said upper member, said lower panel portion is set in an erected position for extending downwards continuously from the lower end of said upper panel portion when said upper panel portion is located in said upper position, and said lower panel portion is set in a slant position for being directed slantly upwards, with its upper end located on the front side of a lower portion of said upper panel portion, when said upper panel portion is located in said lower position.

A housing for an on-vehicle electronic apparatus, comprising a housing body having a front surface elongate in the left-right direction and a recording medium insertion slit extending in the left-right direction at a lower portion of said front surface, and a front panel assembly detachably attached to said front surface of said housing body so as to openably close said recording medium insertion slit;

• wherein
• said front panel assembly has a panel frame detachably attached to said front surface of said housing body, and an upper member and a lower member which are attached to said panel frame;
• said lower member has a lower panel portion elongate in the front-rear direction;
• said upper member has an upper panel portion being connected to an upper portion of said lower member so as to be swingable about an axis extending in the left-right direction, being elongate in the left-right direction, and being disposed on the upper side of said lower panel portion;
• said panel frame is provided with a support mechanism which supports said lower member in a substantially vertical direction and which moves said lower panel portion between a lower position for closing said recording medium insertion slit and an upper position for opening said recording medium insertion slit;
• and
• said panel frame is provided with conjunction mechanism for ensuring that said upper member is swung in the front-rear direction about said axis according to the vertical movement of said lower member, said upper panel portion is set in an erected position for extending upwards continuously from the upper end of said lower panel portion when said lower panel portion is located in said lower position, and said upper panel portion is set in a slant position for being directed slantly upwards, with its lower end located on the front side of an upper portion of said lower panel portion, when said lower panel portion is located in said upper position.