A mobile device holder for a rear-view mirror of a vehicle may include a mirror housing and a mobile device bracket arranged at least partially therein in a stored position, and a deployment mechanism connected to the bracket and including a torsion spring configured to rotatedly hinge the bracket from the stored position to a deployed position extending out of the housing in response to actuation of the torsion spring.

A vent blade device mounting assembly (20). The assembly (20) including a first body part (24), a static jaw (38), a movable jaw (34), a spring (32), a second body part (26) and a link means (30). The static jaw (38) extends from the first body part (24). The movable jaw (34) extends from the first body part (24). The spring (32) biases the movable jaw (34) towards the static jaw (38). The second body part (26) telescopically mounts to the first body part (24). The link means (30) is between the second body part (26) and the movable jaw (34). Depression of the second body (26) part inwardly into the first body part (24) drives the link means (30) which in turn drives the movable jaw (34) away from the static jaw (38) against the bias of the spring (32).

Multi-use mounts adapted to hold a portable electronic device, such as a smartphone, in a plurality of different positions, are described herein. In certain embodiments, a multi-use mount comprises a main body configured to be selectively attached to the portable electronic device to thereby attach the multi-use mount to the portable electronic device, a neck pivotably connected to the main body, and a base pivotably connected to the neck. The multi-use mount is configured to be positioned in the plurality of different positions by pivoting at least a portion of at least one of the main body, the neck, or the base, relative to at least a further portion of at least one of the main body, the neck, or the base. The plurality of different positions include at least a closed position and a standing easel position. The base can include one or more magnets.

A vehicle agnostic removable pod can be mounted on a vehicle using one or more legs of a pod mount. The removable pod can collect and time stamp a variety of environmental data as well as vehicle data. For example, environmental data can be collected using a sensor suite which can include an IMU, 3D positioning sensor, one or more cameras, and/or a LIDAR unit. As another example, vehicle data can be collected via a CAN bus attached to the vehicle. Environmental data and/or vehicle data can be time stamped and transmitted to a remote server for further processing by a computing device.

A storage device for a vehicle which has a plurality of compartments for storing objects is provided. The device comprises a receptacle space with a removal opening, at least one storage unit which is accommodated inside the receptacle space and has at least one compartment, an adjustment device by means of which the at least one storage unit can be adjusted within the receptacle space, with the result that whether a specific compartment of the storage device is accessible to a user via the removal opening depends on the position of the storage unit, an electronic memory, an image-capturing device by means of which at least one image of contents of one of the compartments can be produced and stored in the memory and a control unit by means of which an image produced by the image-capturing device and stored in the memory can be displayed on a display device.

The present invention, pertaining to the field of smart device accessories, provides a mobile phone car mount. The mobile phone car mount comprises: a mobile phone shell, a securing portion, a rotating portion and a holding portion; wherein a back of the mobile phone shell comprises a metal portion; a front end of the securing portion is provided with a magnet, the magnet being in magnetic-snap to the metal portion; a rear end of the securing portion is secured to a rotation side of the rotating portion; a back of a securing side of the rotating portion is coupled to a rear end of the holding portion, a top portion of the securing side is provided with a press switch; and the press switching driving the holding portion to open or close. The technical solution according to the present invention has the advantage of bettering user experience.

Various embodiments of a mount apparatus are disclosed herein for securing an electronic device (such as a radar/laser detector. GPS device, and/or dash camera or other electronic device used within a vehicle) to a surface such as an interior surface (e.g., windshield, dashboard) of a vehicle. In one example, the mount apparatus includes a magnet which is adapted to be coupled with a corresponding metal surface within the electronic device, so that the magnet positioned within the apparatus provides a magnetic force to aid a user in securing the mount apparatus and the electronic device to each other.

A system comprising a self-propelled device and an accessory device. The self-propelled device includes a spherical housing, and a drive system provided within the spherical housing to cause the self-propelled device to roll. When the self-propelled device rolls, the self-propelled device and the accessory device magnetically interact to maintain the accessory device in contact with a top position of the spherical housing relative to an underlying surface on which the spherical housing is rolling on.

A protective case for a handheld electronic device can include an opening in the rear wall which receives an attachment member. In some configurations, the attachment member can comprise a metal element, which allows the case to be mounted to one of a plurality of magnetic mounts. The attachment member can be recessed from an outer surface of the rear wall to define a shoulder that can engage the magnetic mount to inhibit slippage of the case from the mount.

A ventilation-mounted holder for attachment on a ventilation lamella assembly in vehicles for mounting electronic devices or other articles includes a carrier body onto which a holding bracket for engagement over a ventilation lamella is arranged on the back-side, and a holding device for a smartphone or a tablet is arranged on the front side. The carrier body is configured as an elongated carrier arm. The holding bracket and at least one further holding bracket are each arranged rotatably and spaced apart from one another on an end region of the carrier arm, and the holding device is arranged on the opposite end region of the carrier arm.