Navigational device for installation in a vehicle and a method for doing same
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B60N-003/12
B60N-003/00
출원번호
US-0613703
(2006-12-20)
등록번호
US-7363148
(2008-04-22)
발명자
/ 주소
Laverick,David J.
Schoenfish,Brian G.
Minelli,Jeffrey D.
출원인 / 주소
Garmin Ltd.
대리인 / 주소
West,Kevin E.
인용정보
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6인용 특허 :
66
초록▼
A navigation assembly (5l) for mounting a navigational device (10l) in an open port (12l) of a vehicle resulting from removal of a non-navigational component is provided. The navigation assembly (5l) broadly comprises a mounting assembly (218l) and the navigational device (10l). The mounting assembl
A navigation assembly (5l) for mounting a navigational device (10l) in an open port (12l) of a vehicle resulting from removal of a non-navigational component is provided. The navigation assembly (5l) broadly comprises a mounting assembly (218l) and the navigational device (10l). The mounting assembly (218l) is mounted within the open port (12l), and the navigational device (10l) is fixedly or removably attached to the mounting assembly (218l), such that the navigational device (10l) may be linearly raised or lowered between two viewing positions that are in a general linear relationship to each other. The navigational device (10l) is operable to pivot left and right within the open port (12l). Additionally, a navigation assembly (5m) broadly comprising a mounting assembly (218m) and a navigational device (10m) for raising and lowering the navigational device (10m) among three viewing positions that are in a general linear relationship to each other is provided.
대표청구항▼
Having thus described the preferred embodiment of the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent includes the following: 1. A method of providing navigational capabilities to a vehicle not originally equipped with such capabilities, the method comprising the ste
Having thus described the preferred embodiment of the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent includes the following: 1. A method of providing navigational capabilities to a vehicle not originally equipped with such capabilities, the method comprising the steps of: removing at least one non-navigational component from the vehicle, wherein removal of the non-navigational component creates an open port; installing a mounting assembly within the open port; and attaching a navigational device to the mounting assembly, such that the mounting assembly is configured to linearly raise and lower the navigational device between a raised position, wherein at least one-half of the navigational device is positioned within the open port, and a lowered position, wherein more than one-half of the navigational device is positioned outside the open port. 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting assembly is operable to pivot the navigational device left and right relative to the open port. 3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the non-navigational component was originally installed in the vehicle during manufacture of the vehicle. 4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the non-navigational component is housed in an overhead console of the vehicle. 5. The method as claimed in claim 1, the navigational device including a display for displaying navigation and other information. 6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the navigational device is in the raised position, only a lower portion of the display may be viewed, and when the navigational device is in the lowered position, substantially all of the display may be viewed. 7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein when the navigational device is in the raised position, information, such as heading, temperature, and current location, may be displayed on the lower portion of the display. 8. A method of providing navigational capabilities to a vehicle not originally equipped with such capabilities, the method comprising the steps of: removing at least one non-navigational component from the vehicle, such that removal of the non-navigational component creates an open port; installing a mounting assembly in the open port; and attaching a navigational device having a display to the mounting assembly, wherein the navigational device may be rotated about a generally transverse axis and may be raised or lowered among three generally linear viewing positions, wherein when the navigational device is in a first, stowed position, substantially none of the display may be viewed, when the navigational device is in a second, intermediate position, only a lower portion of the display may be viewed, and when the navigational device is in a third, lowered position, substantially all of the display may be viewed. 9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the non-navigational component was originally installed in the vehicle during manufacture of the vehicle. 10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the non-navigational component is housed in an overhead console of the vehicle. 11. A method of providing navigational capabilities to a vehicle not originally equipped with such capabilities, the method comprising the steps of: removing at least one non-navigational component from the vehicle, wherein removal of the non-navigational component creates an open port; installing a mounting assembly within the open port; and attaching a navigational device to the mounting assembly, such that the mounting assembly is configured to linearly raise and lower the navigational device between a raised position, wherein at least one-half of the navigational device is positioned within the open port, and a lowered position, wherein approximately two thirds of the navigational device is positioned outside the open port. 12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the mounting assembly is operable to pivot the navigational device left and right relative to the open port. 13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the non-navigational component was originally installed in the vehicle during manufacture of the vehicle. 14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the non-navigational component is housed in an overhead console of the vehicle. 15. The method as claimed in claim 11, the navigational device including a display for displaying navigation and other information. 16. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein when the navigational device is in the raised position, only a lower portion of the display may be viewed, and when the navigational device is in the lowered position, substantially all of the display may be viewed. 17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein when the navigational device is in the raised position, information, such as heading, temperature, and current location, may be displayed on the lower portion of the display.
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