Mounting arrangement and method of installing an audio unit in a vehicle dashboard
AssigneeCalsonic Kansei North America, Inc.
InventorsTim Zimkiewicz, Christopher Dawson, Alan Fontanin, Rene Zarco Garcia
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Abstract
A vehicle dashboard assembly includes a dashboard defining a component opening and a slot in the component opening, the slot having a first slot portion, a second slot portion extending from the first slot portion, and a third slot portion extending from the second slot portion and higher than the first slot portion. The assembly further includes a component configured to be received in the component opening, and at least one bracket coupled to the component and comprising a projection extending from a side of the bracket and configured to be received in the slot.
Claims20
A vehicle dashboard assembly, comprising:
- a dashboard defining a component opening and a slot in the component opening, the slot comprising:
- a first slot portion;
- a second slot portion extending from the first slot portion;
- and
- a third slot portion extending from the second slot portion and higher than the first slot portion;
- a component configured to be received in the component opening;
- and
- at least one bracket coupled to the component and comprising a projection extending from a side of the bracket and configured to be received in the slot.
A method of installing a component in a vehicle dashboard, comprising:
- providing a dashboard having a rear end and a forward end and defining a component opening formed therein, the component opening comprising:
- a side wall;
- and
- a slot formed in the side wall;
- providing a bracket comprising a projection extending from a side of the bracket;
- passing the projection in a forward direction in a first portion of the slot to a second portion of the slot;
- lifting the projection in an upward direction in the second portion of the slot toward a third portion of the slot;
- and
- passing the projection in a forward direction in the third portion of the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.