US 9,434,315 B2Granted

Driving assistance device in vehicle for receiving electronic device

AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

InventorsKuang-Yao Liao, Chih-Chao Wang

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Abstract

A driving assistance device to accommodate, and communicate with, a portable device includes a housing, a plug connector, a controller and an ejection member. The housing defines a receiving chamber therein and an end opening communicating with the receiving chamber. The housing includes a bulkhead assembled in the receiving chamber to divide the receiving chamber into a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion, the first receiving portion communicates with the opening. The plug connector is assembled to the bulkhead and aligned to the opening. The controller is received in the second receiving portion and electrically coupled to the plug connector. The ejection member can be operated to eject the portable device.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A driving assistance device for a portable device detachably coupled thereto, the driving assistance device comprising:

a housing defining a receiving chamber therein and an opening at an end communicating with the receiving chamber, and the housing comprising a bulkhead assembled in the receiving chamber to divided the receiving chamber into a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion, the first receiving portion communicating with the opening and configured for receiving the portable device;
a plug connector assembled to the bulkhead and aligned to the opening, the plug connector being configured for releasably and electrically coupled to the portable device;
a controller received in the second receiving portion and electrically coupled to the plug connector, the controller being configured for exchanging data with the portable device via the plug connector;
and
an ejection member slidably received in the second receiving portion and partially received in the first receiving portion, and the ejection member being capable of pushing the portable device to depart from the plug connector.

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A driving assistance device configured to be detachably coupled to a portable device, the driving assistance device comprising:

a housing defining a receiving chamber therein and an opening at an end of the housing, the housing comprising a bulkhead dividing the receiving chamber into a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion, wherein first receiving portion is configured to receive the portable device;
a plug connector coupled to the bulkhead and aligned to the opening, the plug connector configured to be releasably and electrically coupled to the portable device;
a controller configured to be received in the second receiving portion and electrically coupled to the plug connector, the controller configured to exchange data with the portable device via the plug connector;
and
an ejection member configured to be slideably received in the second receiving portion and configured to be partially received in the first receiving portion, the ejection member being configured to push the portatable device away from the plug connector.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/311,589Filed 23 Jun 2014
Priority: TW 102122358 A24 Jun 2013
Published: US 2014/0375075 A125 Dec 2014
Granted: 6 Sep 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

B60R 1/12
Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or…:…
B60R 2001/1284
Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks: with communication systems other than radio-receivers, e.g. keyless entry systems,…
B60R
Vehicle fittings and parts

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US 2014/0375075 A1Pre-grant publication · published 25 Dec 2014
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