Mounting assembly for mobile radio

A trunnion bracket for supporting an electronic transceiver within a vehicle, the trunnion bracket comprising:

• a base configured to be mounted to a surface of the vehicle;
• a pair of upright support arms configured to receive and mount the transceiver relative to the surface of the vehicle, the pair of upright support arms each including:
• an outer face that faces away from the transceiver when the transceiver is received within the trunnion bracket,
• an inner face that faces toward the transceiver when the transceiver is received within the trunnion bracket, and
• an aperture defining a pivot axis;
• at least one tab extending away from the inner face of each upright support arm along a direction parallel to the pivot axis, the at least one tab guides the transceiver into the trunnion bracket to coaxially align threaded holes of the transceiver with the apertures of the upright support arms;
• and
• a nest coupled to the outer face of each upright support arm that are configured to funnel a fastener into the apertures of the upright support arms.

A mounting assembly configured to be mounted to a surface of a vehicle, the mounting assembly comprising:

• a transceiver including threaded holes on opposing sides of the transceiver and an annular ring disposed around the threaded holes extending away from the transceiver;
• a trunnion bracket for receiving and mounting the transceiver, the trunnion bracket including at least one tab extending away from the trunnion bracket and engages the annular ring of the transceiver to guide the transceiver into the trunnion bracket until the threaded holes of the transceiver coaxially align with apertures of the trunnion bracket, at which point the at least one tab limits the threaded holes of the transceiver from moving beyond the apertures of the trunnion bracket;
• and
• a nest coupled to the trunnion bracket that are configured to funnel a fastener into the apertures of the trunnion, the nest including a rib that extends radially inward from an aperture of the nest, which provides tactile feedback to a user as threads of the fastener slide past the rib,
• wherein the trunnion bracket is disposed between the transceiver and the nest.