What is claimed is:
1. A vehicle body structure comprising:
an instrument panel extending in the widthwise direction of a vehicle body and vertically separated into an upper panel and a lower panel which are individually mounted on said vehicle body;
a column-mounting bracket fixed to said vehicle body inside said instrument panel; and
a steering column mounted on said vehicle body with said column-mounting bracket therebetween.
2. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1, further comprising:
a column holder for holding said steering column; and
a fastening member which is independently fastened to said column-mounting bracket and to said column holder so as to fix said column holder to said column-mounting bracket.
3. The vehicle body structure according to claim 2, wherein said fastening member comprises:
a bolt member including a first externally-threaded portion to be passed through a first bolt hole formed in said column-mounting bracket, a second externally-threaded portion to be passed through a second bolt hole formed in said column holder, and a flange, said first externally-threaded portion and said second externally-threaded portion being combined with said flange therebetween;
a first nut member to be screwed onto said first externally-threaded portion; and
a second nut member to be screwed onto said second externally-threaded portion.
4. The vehicle body structure according to claim 3, wherein at least one of said first bolt hole and said second bolt hole is formed of a U-shaped groove which is opened at one end.
5. The vehicle body structure according to claim 2, wherein said column holder has a retaining claw to be retained on said column-mounting bracket.
6. The vehicle body structure according to claim 3, wherein said column holder has a retaining claw to be retained on said column-mounting bracket.
7. The vehicle body structure according to claim 4, wherein said column holder has a retaining claw to be retained on said column-mounting bracket.
8. A vehicle body structure comprising:
an instrument panel extending in the widthwise direction of a vehicle body and vertically separated into an upper panel and a lower panel which are individually mounted on said vehicle body;
a column-mounting bracket fixed to said vehicle body inside said instrument panel;
a column holder for holding a steering column on said column-mounting bracket; and
a fastening member which is independently fastened to said column-mounting bracket and to said column holder so as to fix said column holder to said column-mounting bracket.
9. The vehicle body structure according to claim 8, wherein said fastening member comprises:
a bolt member including a first externally-threaded portion to be passed through a first bolt hole formed in said column-mounting bracket, a second externally-threaded portion to be passed through a second bolt hole formed in said column holder, and a flange, said first externally-threaded portion and said second externally-threaded portion being combined with said flange therebetween;
a first nut member to be screwed onto said first externally-threaded portion; and
a second nut member to be screwed onto said second externally-threaded portion.
10. The vehicle body structure according to claim 9, wherein at least one of said first bolt hole and said second bolt hole is formed of a U-shaped groove which is opened at one end.
11. The vehicle body structure according to claim 8, wherein said column holder has a retaining claw to be retained on said column-mounting bracket.
12. The vehicle body structure according to claim 9, wherein said column holder has a retaining claw to be retained on said column-mounting bracket.
13. The vehicle body structure according to claim 10, wherein said column holder has a retaining claw to be retained on said column-mounting bracket.
14. A method for mounting a steering column on a vehicle body, comprising the steps of:
mounting one of an upper panel and a lower panel, which are vertically separated and constitute an instrument panel in the widthwise direction of said vehicle body, onto said vehicle body;
attaching said steering column to a column-mounting bracket fixed to said vehicle body; and
mounting the other of said upper panel and said lower panel onto said vehicle body.
15. The vehicle having a vehicle body structure according to claim 1.
16. The vehicle manufactured by using a method for mounting a steering column to a vehicle body according to claim 14.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a media including game content; and
a data protection portion including a file system alteration checking portion that protects the apparatus from modification of the game content by determining whether the game content has been modified, and if the game content has been modified, then the use of the game content within the apparatus fails.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the media includes a removable media that is removable from the apparatus.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the removable media includes an optical disk.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the removable media includes a digital video disk.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus includes a game console.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data protection portion includes a media type checking portion for checking whether the type of the media is as expected for media that has not been copied.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the media type checking portion reduces the possibility of copying the game content from a pressed disk to an end user writable disk.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data protection portion checks the entire file to ensure that the media has not been invalidated
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data protection portion includes a file signature checking portion for checking whether the file signature is as expected for media that has not been modified.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein a signature check is performed on files as they are accessed.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data protection portion checks the contents of a file as it is opened.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the file system alteration checking portion allows sector level validation rather than file level validation.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the game content is stored in a game console specific format.
14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the media content includes non-game content.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the non-game content is stored in a non-game console specific format.
16. A method comprising:
attempting to mount a file system, wherein the attempting to mount the file system includes comparing an actual signature of a table of contents from a media with an expected signature of the table of contents; and
attempting to read a cluster of sectors from the media, wherein the attempting to read the cluster of sectors includes, for every cluster of sector read, calculating an actual signature, and comparing the actual signature with an expected signature found in the table of contents for every cluster of sectors read.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the file exists on removable media.
18. The method of game 16, wherein the method is run on a game console.
19. The method of claim 16, wherein the data is stored in a non-game console specific format.
20. The method of claim 16, wherein method is a file system alteration check.
21. The method of claim 16, that interfaces with a media containing game content.
22. The method of claim 16, that interfaces with a media containing non-game content.
23. The method of claim 16, wherein the data is stored in a game console specific format.
24. A method comprising:
obtaining game content from a media; and
protecting the game content from modification by determining whether the game content has been modified, and if the game content has been modified, then failing to allow the use of the game content, wherein the protecting the game content includes a file system alteration checking portion.
25. A computer readable memory having computer readable instructions that when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
attempt to use a file, wherein the attempting to use the file includes comparing an actual signature of a table of contents from a media with an expected signature of the table of contents; and
attempt to read a cluster of sectors from the media, wherein the attempting to read the cluster of sectors includes, for every cluster of sectors read, calculating an actual signature, and comparing the actual signature with an expected signature found in the table of contents for every cluster of sectors read.
26. A method comprising:
attempting to mount a file system, wherein the attempting to mount the file system includes:
acquiring an expected signature for a table of contents from a media,
comparing an actual signature of the table of contents with the expected signature of the table of contents,
if the expected signature of the table of contents does not match the actual signature of the table of contents, then failing to mount the file system, and
if the expected signature of the table of contents does match the actual signature of the table of contents, then mounting the file system; and
attempting to read a cluster of sector from the media, wherein the attempting to read the cluster of sector includes:
for every cluster of sector read, calculating an actual signature,
comparing the actual signature with an expected signature found in the table of contents for every cluster of sector read,
if the actual signature for the cluster of sector does not match the expected signature for the cluster of sector, then failing to read the clusters of data from the media, and
if the actual signature for the cluster of sector does match the expected signature for the cluster of sector, then reading the clusters of data from the media.