US 12,005,846 B2
Support structure for onboard electronic device assembly
Jumpei Watanabe, Nagakute (JP); Norimasa Koreishi, Miyoshi (JP); and Hideo Takeda, Hekinan (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/115,325.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-031389 (JP), filed on Mar. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278510 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/023 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0239 (2013.01) 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support structure for an onboard electronic device unit of a vehicle, the onboard electronic device unit having an electronic device and a hosing, the housing being a box housing the electronic device, the support structure comprising:
a bottom bracket supporting a bottom wall of the housing;
a support rod, a rear end of the support rod being in contact with a front wall of the housing, the support rod extending from the front wall towards the front of the vehicle; and
at least one front bracket supporting a front portion of the support rod,
wherein each of the at least one front bracket has a flange and a hook,
wherein the flange is secured to a vehicle body in an area adjacent to the support rod in a vehicle-width direction, and
wherein one end of the hook joins the flange, the hook extends from a vehicle-width side of the support rod across a top surface of the support rod to the opposite side of the support rod, and the other end of the hook is a free end.