US 11,731,559 B2
Mounting structure and mounting base for rotary mounting-type windshield mounted in-vehicle device
Naomi Sugimura, Shimada (JP)
Assigned to MURAKAMI CORPORATION, Shizuoka (JP)
Appl. No. 16/965,160
Filed by MURAKAMI CORPORATION, Shizuoka (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/002944
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 27, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/151233, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-014699 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0361379 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. B60R 1/04 (2006.01); F16C 11/06 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/04 (2013.01) [F16C 11/0695 (2013.01); B60R 1/12 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1223 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support stay mounting structure for an in-vehicle device, the support stay mounting structure comprising:
a mounting base to be mounted to a windshield surface of a cabin of a vehicle; and
a support stay to be mounted to the mounting base so as to be capable of dropping off from the mounting base, wherein:
the mounting base has a support stay mounting surface and the support stay has a mounted surface that are made to face each other and the mounting base and the support stay are joined via a support stay mounting leaf spring so as to be capable of rotating relative to each other in a direction around a predetermined rotation axis crossing the support stay mounting surface and the mounted surface;
the support stay mounting surface and the mounted surface include respective abutment support structures that are formed in the direction around the rotation axis and abut against each other via a biasing force of the support stay mounting leaf spring;
the support stay mounting structure is configured in such a manner that the support stay is capable of rotating in the direction around the rotation axis against the biasing force of the support stay mounting leaf spring in a state in which the mounting base and the support stay are joined via the support stay mounting leaf spring such that the support stay is mounted to the mounting base by increasing the biasing force of the support stay mounting leaf spring via the abutment support structures to bring the support stay mounting surface and the mounted surface into pressure-abutment with each other;
the support stay mounting structure is configured in such a manner that an external force of a predetermined amount or more applied to the support stay in a state in which the support stay is mounted to the mounting base causes joining between the support stay and the mounting base to be undone against the biasing force of the support stay mounting leaf spring by the external force to make the support stay drop off from the mounting base;
the abutment support structures include a structure in which the support stay mounting surface and the mounted surface are made to abut against each other via a plurality of abutment support portions surrounding the rotation axis; and
the plurality of abutment support portions includes a first abutment support portion disposed in an angle direction generally directly towards a lower side of a circumference around the rotation axis with the rotation axis as a center in a position in which the mounting base is fixed to a windshield surface of a cabin of a vehicle and the support stay is mounted to the mounting base,
wherein a vertical plane bisects the support stay mounting surface in an up-down direction, and the lower side of the circumference is generally aligned with the vertical plane.