Patent ID: 9124331
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B60R,H04B

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle audio device comprising: a casing; a tuner configured to receive radio broadcasts transmitted from radio broadcast stations and to output an audio signal; audio output circuitry configured to amplify and output the 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 said portable audio device being physically 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 to disengageably connect to an audio signal output connector of said portable audio device, wherein said portable audio device is remotely controlled by a remote control unit that transmits a control signal, wherein a stop is disposed inside said casing and near said opening of said housing chamber that prevents said housing from being detached from said casing, wherein said housing includes side plates, and wherein said side plates include respective teeth portion on upper edges of said side slates that abut against respective sto s disposed inside said casing and revent said housing from being detached from said casing when said housing is partially moved out of said housing chamber to said foremost position.