Patent ID: 8442756

Claim:
A navigation apparatus comprising: a base unit that is fastenable to a dashboard at a driver's seat of a vehicle; a front panel unit that is attachable to and detachable from the base unit and is equipped with a display displaying map data; and a microcomputer that performs a navigation function to indicate a determined location of the vehicle on the map data, wherein a front surface of the front panel unit is made same size as a mating face of the base unit; a top part of the front panel unit projects from a surface of the dashboard, as viewed from a side, when the front panel unit is attached to the base unit; the base unit is accommodated in a recess formed in the dashboard to be fastenable to the dashboard; and a bottommost part of the front panel unit is located inside the recess, as viewed from the side, such as to be sunken totally into the recess, when the front panel unit is moved from an attached position to a detached position in response to operation of a detach button of an attach/detach mechanism by the user.