Showing papers on "Dashboard published in 1978"

A study of the effects of mobile telephone use and control unit design on driving performance

Abstract: Concern about the effects of mobile telephone use on driving control led to the development of a methodology for evaluating driving performance. A summary of the methodology is presented along with the results of a study comparing the effects of dialing a telephone to the effects of adjusting the car radio. A detailed account of a study of the effects of alternative control unit designs is provided. Three types of dials were implemented for this study. They are a rotary dial, a pushbutton dial, and a pushbutton dial-in-handset. Three mounting locations for the pushbutton dial were studied: on the dashboard, in the dashboard, and in the visor area. The rotary dial and the dial-in-handset models were mounted on the transmission tunnel. The results of the study indicate that the design of a dial that is located within the reach and sight of the driver has little effect on driving control. User preferences favored a pushbutton dial mounted in the dashboard area.

Apparatus for protecting and preventing theft of in-dashboard mounted radios and the like

Abstract: Apparatus for protecting and preventing theft of in-dashboard mounted vehicle radios and the like is shown wherein the locking apparatus is attached by means of the very same threaded shafts which are utilized as the primary mounting means of the radio instrument itself. The threaded mounting shafts of the radio instrument secure a backing plate to the face of the dashboard and a cover is removably connected to the back plate in such a manner that it may be locked over the mounting shafts as well as the operable portions of the instrument.

Compound acoustic apparatus for automotive vehicles

Abstract: A compound acoustic apparatus includes a radio receiver and a magnetic tape player which are adapted to be mounted on the interior panel such as the dashboard of an automobile. The apparatus includes a main unit formed with an opening in its front side, which is adpated to receive a tape cartridge which cooperates with the player and an operating unit having operating buttons, knobs and indicators of the player and the receiver mounted thereon and which is formed with a slot of a commensurate size as the cartridge receiving opening. The main unit and the operating unit are disposed on the opposite sides of the interior panel, which is also formed with a slot which provides a communication between the cartridge receiving opening and the slot formed in the operating unit.

Instrument mounting system

Abstract: A system for mounting instruments such as CB radios, tape players, or other vehicle electronic systems such as computers in the dashboard opening of the ventilation system of a vehicle includes an adaptor plenum, housing and faceplate for redirecting the vehicle's output ventilators and providing adjacent space in the housing for the mounting of an electronic instrument. Such a system incorporates the existing ventilating system opening for the addition of after-market electronic systems to achieve a factory installed design appearance and to conveniently position the electronic instrument for use by the vehicle operator.

Front mounting vehicle radio

Abstract: An improved radio and/or radio tape player combination that is readily mounted in a dashboard from the same convenient position in front thereof in which it is operated or played, but yet is not susceptible to theft by being merely disconnected from the dashboard, due to a transversely oriented front housing incorporated in the construction thereof. The housing, as explained in greater detail subsequently, serves as an effective compartment-bounding structure for the advantageous internal placement of the mounting bolts which attach the radio to the dashboard; the bolts, as a result, being readily masked from view and otherwise rendered difficult to be tampered with.

Cable kit for making a remote controlled truck mirror

Abstract: A kit for converting a conventional truck side view mirror, so that it can be remotely controlled in adjustment by the truck driver within the truck cab; the kit including a flexible cable which, at one end, is attached to a pivotable side view mirror, and which, at its other end, extends into the interior of the cab, and under the dashboard, where it terminates with a manually controllable handle or knob, and intermediate portion of the flexible cable being grasped by guide means supported from the mirror tubular support.

Air ventilation apparatus for vehicle

Abstract: A hollow body with first and second open ends is spanned between a dashboard and an instrument panel in such a manner that the first open end is open to a fresh air inlet opening formed in the dashboard and the second open end is supported by the instrument panel. A guide member is mounted on the mouth of the first open end of the hollow body to aid in locating the first open end during the connection of the same to the dashboard while allowing air to flow thereover to enter the hollow body.

Carburetor checking and adjusting apparatus

Abstract: A checking and adjusting apparatus for the carburetor of an internal combustion engine such as an automobile or other vehicle, and wherein there is provided a warning signal on the dashboard of the vehicle that will be actuated when the carburetor is out of adjustment. In addition there is provided a hand controlled device for adjusting the carburetor from the dashboard of the vehicle.

CB radio mounting bracket

Abstract: A mounting bracket for use in a motor vehicle for securing a CB radio or the like to the dashboard by means of a housing member having mounting means and locking means operatively associated therewith to provide the necessary clamping force against the dashboard, and readily released to remove CB radio.

Hot water supply device

Abstract: PURPOSE:To providea device for immediately changing water into hot water and supplying it in succession by partitioning a strage tank in the upper and lower chambers and establishing a water supply pipe, water level controller and temperature detector in the upper chamber and a heater and hot water supply pipe in the lower chamber and then a communicating pipe in dashboard.

Parking aid for road vehicle - operates using pressure sensors in soft bumper strip linked to indicators viewed by driver

Abstract: A soft elastic strip is fitted around the vehicle bumpers, containing a pressure sensing strip (3, 5). Indicators on the dashboard indicate when the bumpers have touched other vehicles, when parking, before any damage is done. The indicators can be divided into sections so that the driver can easily tell if either side of the vehicle has touched an obstruction, especially when backing into a confined space.

Dashboard control lamps for car lights - are optically coupled to lights by flexible light guides

Abstract: Each exterior light on the vehicle is linked to a control panel on the dashboard by a simple fibre optic, either as a single filament or a multi-strand systmer. The light points on the control board enable the driver to see at a glance if any of his exterior lights has failed. The system requires no voltage supply and the fibre optic links can be threaded through the car like supply cables. The simple system has a control panel which comprises a sheet of clear plastic with blind holes in the rear to push in the ends of the fibre optics. Identifying markings on the front of the panel indicate the lights.

Car shaver and holder therefor

Abstract: An electric shaver is constructed to operate by electric energy generated from a car battery. A holder is fixed to a dashboard of a car for accommodating the electric shaver when it is not in use. A plug of the electric shaver is inserted into a cigarette lighter socket secured on the dashboard to receive the electric energy generated from the car battery. The electric shaver includes a slidable hood for selectively protecting a cutting portion of the electric shaver and exposing the cutting portion to ambience. A switching means is associated with the slidable hood so that the electric shaver is automatically power supplied from the plug when the slidable hood is located at a position where the cutting portion is exposed to the ambience.

Car type condition monitors - have pressure and temp. sensors interacting with control circuit to give dashboard defects warning

Abstract: The tyre is fitted with pressure and temp. monitors spaced about the wheel rim. As the pressure and/or temp. moves beyond and set value the monitors extend control shafts whose displacement is monitored by sensors mounted on the fixed part of the vehicle. The system gives the driver an early dashboard warning of any defects in the tyres so that accidents can be prevented.

Warning circuit for vehicle lights - has lamps as part of resistance network to operate warning relay with separate circuits decoupled by diodes

Abstract: The separate lighting controls on the dashboard are coupled to a monitoring network, with all the circuits as parallel resistances in a network. Any fault in one circuit provides a signal to trip a control relay and operate the warning light. The system can be fitted to any vehicle, with all the control circuit inside the dashboard. The separate lighting circuits are decoupled from each other by diodes.