Patent ID: 7419123
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: B60R,G01C,G11B,H04B

Abstract:
1. A front panel operating apparatus of a car audio, comprising: a main chassis configured to receive an audio device, wherein the audio device is configured to receive and eject an information medium through an entrance; a front panel coupled to the main chassis having a display part exposed in a front side, wherein the front panel selectively covers the entrance; a protruded section protruded from an upper portion of at least one of the main chassis and the front panel toward the other of the main chassis and the front panel; a guide configured to engage the protruded section, wherein the guide is coupled to the other of the main chassis and the front panel, wherein the guide extends a prescribed distance in substantially a first direction; a supporting panel pivotably coupled to a lower portion of the front panel, wherein the supporting panel is configured to reciprocally move in substantially a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction; and a supporting panel driving section configured to move the supporting panel in the second direction to controllably adjust an inclination angle of the front panel with respect to the main chassis among a plurality of values from a closed position covering the entrance, wherein the support panel driving section comprises a clutch device that intermittently transfers power to the front panel, and wherein the clutch device comprises: