Angle adjusting device for an instrument panel
US5704581A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16M2200/024
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An angle adjusting device includes an adjusting plate fixedly mounted on a bottom wall of an instrument panel and having a convex portion with a first side facing the bottom wall of the instrument panel and a second side. A plurality of first teeth are arranged on the second side of the convex portion. Two spaced elongate slots are each defined in the convex portion. A supporting socket is pivotally mounted on the adjusting plate and includes a concave portion mating with the convex portion. A plurality of second teeth are arranged on the concave portion and mesh with each of the plurality of first teeth. Two spaced blocks each protrude from the concave portion and each slidably extend through a corresponding one of the two elongated slots. A positioning plate abuts on the first side of the convex portion and is fixedly mounted on the two blocks for fastening the adjusting plate on the supporting socket.
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