Patent ID: 9197261
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: B60R,H04B

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-mounted audio device comprising: a casing; a tuner disposed in said casing; audio output circuitry for amplifying and outputting an audio signal supplied from said tuner; a housing chamber defined in said casing, said housing chamber including an opening defined in a front panel of said casing; a housing configured to accommodate a portable audio device therein, said housing being configured to be moveably disposed in said housing chamber through said opening, said portable audio device being physically accessible when said housing is at least partially moved out of said housing chamber to a foremost position, and portable audio device being inaccessible when said housing is moved to a stored position; a lock mechanism that selectively locks said housing in said housing chamber and unlocks said housing from said housing chamber; and a casing connector electrically connected to said audio output circuitry and disposed in said housing for disengageably connecting to an audio signal output connector of the portable audio device, wherein said housing chamber has a guide for guiding said housing for movement into and out of said casing, said guide includes parallel guide rails disposed inside said casing that contact respective side plates of said housing, and said respective side plates include respective teeth portion on upper edges of said respective side plates that abut against respective stops disposed inside said casing to prevent said housing from being detached from said casing when said housing is partially moved out of said housing chamber to said foremost position.