Abstract: A mounting assembly for mobile electronic equipment modules includes a pair of attachment legs that are adapted to engage the carpet of a vehicle compartment and extend through mounting apertures formed in the equipment module. A pair of retainers serves to retain the module in place on the attachment legs. The attachment legs include carpet engagement portions that extend through the vehicle carpet and remain underneath the carpet base, and support portions that extend up from the attachment legs to provide a support for the equipment module. The support portion extend through apertures formed in the module and receive retainers that secure the module to the attachment leg support portions.

Abstract: An improved cigarette lighter adapter for an electronic device has an exterior flexible covering that provides a textured surface for gripping by the user to facilitate the insertion and removal of the adapter from a cigarette lighter socket. The adapted also includes a pair of ground contacts in the form of spring members that abut ground contact pads on an internal circuit board. The ground contacts are biased in place within the adapter against the circuit board contact pads in a solderless manner. The ground contacts are positioned in alignment with each other on opposite sides of the circuit board so that contact forces they exert on the circuit board balance so as not to apply any detrimental stress to the circuit board.