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Granted Patent B2
US 11,667,249 · App. 17/549,303 · Granted Jun 6, 2023

Mount apparatus for securing an electronic device to a surface

Inventors: Kevin L. Kipper (Liberty Township, OH); Yusan Zheng (Brampton, CA); Daniel J. Bartosik (Centerville, OH)
Assignee: Escort Inc.
B60R11/02H01F7/0252B60R11/0211B60R11/0241B60R11/0252B60R11/0258B60R2011/007B60R2011/0026B60R2011/0056B60R2011/0085
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,667,249
App. No.
17/549,303
Filed
Dec 13, 2021
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3632
USPC
248/205.5
Abstract

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.

Claims (15)

1. An apparatus for mounting a device to a surface, comprising:

a first magnet that engages a corresponding magnetic element;

a first body including a cavity that defines a first lip, wherein the cavity contains one of the first magnet or the corresponding magnetic element, and wherein the first lip extends laterally, inward from the one of the first magnet or the corresponding magnetic element;

a second body defining a second lip adapted to structurally engage the first lip, wherein the second lip includes a front surface coplanar to an outer surface of the other one of the first magnet or the corresponding magnetic element, and wherein the second lip extends laterally outward from the other one of the first magnet or the corresponding magnetic element, and

wherein at least one of the first body and the second body includes a suction surface adapted to couple to the surface.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the corresponding magnetic element includes at least one of a metal plate and a second magnet.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first body includes the suction surface and the first magnet.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second body includes the corresponding magnetic element.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein both the first lip and the second lip are fixed lips.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first lip is parallel to and offset from a bottom surface of the cavity.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a flux guide surrounding at least a portion of the first magnet to enhance magnetic force of the magnet.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the flux guide is formed of metal.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the flux guide is generally U-shaped.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the outer surface is generally rectangular.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a back surface of the second lip engages a bearing surface of the first lip in a first coupled configuration and is adapted to be disengaged from the bearing surface in a second disengaged configuration.