IP Library Granted Patent US 12673620
Granted Patent B2
US 12673620 · App. 18/973,136 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

In-vehicle system and assembling method of in-vehicle system

Inventors: Kosuke Asano (Yokohama, JP); Yuki Takahashi (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
B60R11/0205B62D65/14B60R2011/0005
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Patent No.
US 12673620
App. No.
18/973,136
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An in-vehicle system includes: an in-vehicle device that includes a device main unit with a panel provided on a front surface thereof; a cluster panel that is arranged on the panel; a positioning mechanism which mutually positions the panel and the cluster panel; a vehicle mounting bracket that is fixed to the cluster panel and the device main unit, and that is mounted on a vehicle; and multiple mounting holes that are aligned in a vehicle longitudinal direction in the vehicle mounting bracket and which correspond to screw holes which are provided on a side surface of the device main unit, each of which has a larger diameter than each of screw holes, and a vertical diameter of the mounting hole is formed to be larger as the mounting hole is positioned towards a vehicle front side.

Claims (21)

1 . An in-vehicle system comprising:

an in-vehicle device that includes a device main unit with a panel provided on a front surface thereof;

a cluster panel that is arranged on the panel;

a positioning mechanism which mutually positions the panel and the cluster panel;

a vehicle mounting bracket that is fixed to the cluster panel and the device main unit, and that is mounted on a vehicle; and

multiple mounting holes that are aligned in a vehicle longitudinal direction in the vehicle mounting bracket and which correspond to screw holes which are provided on a side surface of the device main unit, each of which has a larger diameter than each of screw holes, and a vertical diameter of the mounting hole is formed to be larger as the mounting hole is positioned towards a vehicle front side.

2 . The in-vehicle system according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the mounting holes is formed to have a same front-rear hole diameter.

3 . The in-vehicle system according to claim 1 , wherein

the positioning mechanism includes claw portions that are formed at a top, bottom, left, and right inside a frame of the cluster panel; and a rib that is formed on an outer periphery of the panel so as to restrict the panel in forward, upward, downward, leftward, and rightward directions relative to the cluster panel by being engaged with the claw portions.

4 . The in-vehicle system according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle mounting bracket includes a panel-side contact piece that abuts on an abutting portion formed on a rear surface of the cluster panel to be fixed; and insertion holes which are arranged on the panel-side contact piece and in which protruding portions formed on the rear surface of the cluster panel are inserted.

5 . An assembling method of an in-vehicle system that includes:

an in-vehicle device that includes a device main unit with a panel provided on a front surface thereof;

a cluster panel that is arranged on the panel;

a positioning mechanism which mutually positions the panel and the cluster panel;

a vehicle mounting bracket that is fixed to the cluster panel and the device main unit, and that is mounted on a vehicle; and

multiple mounting holes that are aligned in a vehicle longitudinal direction in the vehicle mounting bracket and which correspond to screw holes which are provided on a side surface of the device main unit, each of which has a larger diameter than each of screw holes, and a vertical diameter of the mounting hole is formed to be larger as the mounting hole is positioned towards a vehicle front side, the method comprising:

positioning the cluster panel and the panel by the positioning mechanism;

fixing the vehicle mounting bracket to the cluster panel; and

fixing the vehicle mounting bracket to the device main unit by fastening screws in the screw holes through the mounting holes.