Patent ID: 8567728

Claim:
An in-vehicle device mounting structure comprising: a plurality of brackets to be fixed to an in-vehicle device such that the brackets are positioned on both sides of the in-vehicle device so as to sandwich the device therebetween, the in-vehicle device being mounted through the brackets to an installation member of a vehicle such that the front of the in-vehicle device is exposed in the interior of the vehicle, wherein each of the brackets includes: a plate-shaped device mounting portion oriented along a first plane and adapted to be fixed to the in-vehicle device; a plate-shaped vehicle attachment portion oriented along a second plane disposed substantially orthogonal to the device mounting portion and adapted to be fixed to the installation member; a drawn bent portion that is curved between the first plane and the second plane to smoothly connect the device mounting portion to the vehicle attachment portion; and a plurality of slits that extend across the drawn bent portion such that the device mounting portion is notched, the slits extending substantially from the first plane to the second plane and being arranged in parallel in substantially the front and rear directions of the bracket, wherein the slitted drawn bent portion can deform to absorb an impact applied from the front side of the in-vehicle device fixed to the brackets.