Patent classifications
B60R2011/0017
SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Described are passenger seats that include a system for storing objects disposed on a rear side of the passenger seat. The system may include a cavity and a divider wall disposed within the cavity, wherein the divider wall separates a lower portion of the cavity into at least two compartments including a personal electronic device compartment on a rear side of the cavity and a secondary compartment on a forward side of the cavity.
APPARATUSES THAT PROVIDE A MOUNT AND A STAND FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
An apparatus for mounting a portable electronic device to a pair of spaced apart posts (e.g., of a vehicle headrest or a suitcase), is also useful as a stand to support a portable electronic device at an angle relative to a horizontal support surface on which the apparatus rests. The apparatus includes a first element configured to be selectively attached to a pair of spaced apart posts by application of an external compressive or expansive force to thereby decrease or increase a distance between portions of the first element until grips of the first element can be aligned with and attached to the spaced apart posts, and then removing the external compressive or expansive force. The apparatus also includes a second element that is attached to the first element and is configured to selectively hold a portable electronic device. The apparatus, when used as a stand, functions like a tripod.
APPARATUSES FOR MOUNTING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN VEHICLES
An apparatus for mounting a portable electronic device in a vehicle includes an element that is compressible or expandable, first and second grips, and a device holder configured to selectively hold a portable electronic device. The element has first and second ends spaced apart from one another by a first distance when the element is in its uncompressed or unexpanded state. The first and second ends are movable towards or away from one another by application of an external force that causes the ends to be spaced apart from one another by less or more than the first distance. The element is biased to try to return to its uncompressed or unexpanded state when the external force is not being applied. The first and second grips extend from the first and second ends of the element and are configured to grip a pair of spaced apart vehicle headrest posts.
Autonomous audio system for seat headrest, seat headrest and associated vehicle
An audio system for a headrest having a set of R right speaker(s), a set of L left speaker(s), and an electronic chain configured to emit a sound signal from at least a right input signal and a left input signal. The electronic chain includes a separating module configured to obtain, from the right input signal and the left input signal (L.sub.IN), at least four mono audio components, and a sound spatialization module configured to apply, to each mono audio component delivered by the separating module, a binaural filter previously selected from the plurality of binaural filters, and dedicated to the audio component, producing a sound whose source position is associated with the previously selected binaural filter.
Display system for a vehicle entertainment system
A video display system for a passenger seat of a vehicle. The video display system is configured to be mounted to a seatback of each passenger seat or to other structure such that the system may be utilized by the passenger. The display system includes a video display assembly having a display housing configured to be mounted to structure in the vehicle. A video monitor is housed within the display housing. The video display assembly includes a depending tab portion disposed below the area of the video monitor. The depending tab portion includes a tab display capable of displaying a computer generated graphic and/or information. The display system may also have one or more indicator lights provided adjacent the external edge of the display housing.
Electronic device for fast assembling and connecting
An electronic device for fast assembling and connecting includes a holder and a monitor. The holder includes a main lever, an assembling member, a positioning member, and a signal connector. The monitor includes a rear shell body, an assembling slide, and a connector. The monitor is movably installed in the holder. The assembling member is pivotally connected with the main lever. A rear shell body of the monitor includes an assembling slide and a connector. A slide portion is formed on the rear shell body. The slide portion and the assembling slide are movably installed in the assembling member. The connector is electrically connected with a signal connector of the assembling member. Accordingly, the monitor may be quickly installed in the holder. During the installation, the connector may be electrically connected with the signal connector.
Vehicle entertainment system
A vehicle entertainment system is adapted to be mounted to a vehicle. It has a mounting bracket adapted for coupling to a dashboard of a vehicle, a vehicle seat, its headrest if present, or mounting posts for such a headrest, or into an arm-rest for a vehicle seat. A mounting arm is mounted for rotation relative to the mounting bracket about a main axis arranged in use to extend generally horizontally. A monitor unit has a front side and a rear side. The monitor unit has at least one structure enabling access to entertainment for a user. The structure may be at least one of a monitor screen on the front side, controls for an audio system on the front side, controls for an audio system on the rear side, and a slot adapted for a tablet computer to dock therein both physically and electronically with the screen of the tablet computer exposed on the rear side. The monitor unit is mounted to the mounting arm for rotation with the mounting arm about the main axis for adjustment of the angle of presentation of its front or rear side to suit a user. The monitor unit is coupled to the mounting arm by a pivot defining a pivot axis extending substantially at 45° to the main axis for rotation of the monitor unit relative to the mounting arm about this pivot axis. As a result, a user may select between presentation to the user of at least one of a monitor screen on the front side, controls for an audio system on the front side, controls for an audio system on the rear side, when present, and the screen of a tablet computer docked in the slot on the rear side of the monitor unit when present, in each case in a selected one of portrait and landscape modes.
Retaining Device For A Still or Video Camera In The Interior Of A Motor Vehicle
The invention relates to a retaining device for a still or video camera in the interior of a motor vehicle with a fastening apparatus (5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e) for attaching the retaining device to a vehicle seat part, such as a backrest (2), headrest (3), or headrest holder (4, 4a, 4b) of a vehicle seat (1), and a carrier arm (6, 6′, 6″, 60, 60′, 60″, 62, 62′, 62″) which is oriented approximately horizontally and parallel with respect to the broad side of the backrest (2) and at one end of which a holder (7) is arranged for receiving a camera (8), wherein the carrier arm (6, 6′, 6″, 60, 60′, 60″, 62, 62′, 62″) protrudes beyond the vehicle seat part (2, 3, 4, 4a, 4b) to such an extent that the lens (8a) of the camera (8) has an uninterrupted view towards the front in the driving direction and/or towards the rear in the direction counter to the driving direction, and wherein the carrier arm (6, 6′, 6″, 60, 60′, 60″, 62, 62′, 62″) at its other end is connected via a first rotary joint (6a) with an approximately vertically-oriented rotational axis Z2 to the fastening device (5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e) and can be pivoted in an approximately horizontal plane.
Wrap-around shield
Aspects of the disclosure include a frame that has an arc-shaped structure configured to create a space between the wrap-around shield and a child safety seat arranged inward from the frame. A first end of the frame is configured to curve toward a second end of the frame. The second end of the frame is also configured to curve toward the first end of the frame, and the first end and the second end having a respective profile that has a height which increases as the first end and the second end curve toward each other. A first connecting member connected to the first end of the frame, the first connecting member comprising a tether for connecting to a first latch of a rear seat.
Vehicle entertainment tablet unit and cradle
A vehicle entertainment system includes a tablet unit and a cradle. The tablet unit includes a display and a touch screen input device disposed on a front surface, a first electrical connection, a first mounting mechanism, and a wireless receiver. The wireless receiver is configured to receive media data from a wireless network and the touch screen input device is configured to receive input from a user. The cradle is disposed in a headrest in a vehicle and includes a second electrical connection and a second mounting mechanism. The tablet unit is electrically connected to the cradle via the first and second electrical connections, and is physically coupled to the cradle via the first and second mounting mechanisms upon mounting the tablet unit to the cradle.