JPH1111223A - Phone holder - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To enable a telephone holder with a connector to be used in common for a plurality of types of mobile phones, and to stably and easily hold each mobile phone. SOLUTION: A single outer case 10 to which a holder connector 40 is fixed, and a plurality of types of inner cases 20A to 20 which are selectively mounted on the outer case 10 are provided.
C. The inner surface shape of each of the inner cases 20A to 20C is set to a shape in which a mobile phone corresponding to the inner case can be fitted with almost no gap, and the inner surface position is set so that the telephone-side connector of the mobile phone is a holder connector when the mobile phone is inserted. It is set to a position where it can be combined with 40

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone holder which is installed in an automobile or the like and holds a portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of portable telephones, a vehicle-mounted telephone holder for using and storing the portable telephone in a car has been developed. Such a phone holder includes a holder body in a frame shape or the like for holding the mobile phone, and a holder connector attached to the holder body or the vehicle body via a curl code or the like, and the mobile phone and the holder connector are provided. In addition, it is generally known that the portable telephone is connected to the holder body and placed on the holder body, and the portable telephone is held in this state by a locking means or the like.

[0003]

In the conventional telephone holder as described above, it is not easy to align the mobile phone and the holder connector when connecting the two, and such an operation is performed by an automobile driver. It is difficult to do this during driving. Further, the holding state of the mobile phone is not stable, and the mobile phone may fall off from the holder due to vibration or the like during traveling.

[0004] As means for solving such inconveniences,
The inner shape of the holder body substantially matches the outer shape of the mobile phone, and the mobile phone is fitted into the holder body with almost no gap, thereby facilitating alignment between the mobile phone and the holder connector, and It is conceivable to stabilize the holding state of the mobile phone.

However, with such a configuration, since only a mobile phone having a shape conforming to the inner surface shape of the holder body can be held, a plurality of types of mobile phones having different outer shapes and arrangement positions of telephone-side connectors are provided. In the case of using telephones together (for example, when a plurality of persons having different mobile telephones share a single automobile), the same number of telephone holders as the number of types of the mobile telephones must be prepared. Lacks versatility. In particular, the holder connector fixed to the holder body is relatively expensive, and it is very uneconomical to prepare the same number of such holder connectors as the mobile phone.

Further, when a plurality of types of telephone holders are used, it is conceivable that all these holders are arranged and fixed in a vehicle interior or the like, or the telephone holders are exchanged according to the portable telephone used. In such a case, a large amount of space is required to install all the holders, and in the latter case, there is a disadvantage that the installation work and the removal work when replacing the holder are very troublesome.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention can be used in common for a plurality of types of portable telephones having different outer shapes and different positions of telephone-side connectors while being installed in a vehicle cabin or the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone holder that can easily and stably hold each mobile phone.

[0008]

As a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a holder case into which a mobile phone is inserted, and a telephone-side connector provided in the mobile phone inserted into the holder case. And a holder connector that is coupled to the mobile phone, and is configured to be commonly used for a plurality of types of mobile phones having at least one of an outer surface shape and an arrangement position of the phone side connector different from each other. Then, the holder case is fixed to a plurality of types of inner cases provided corresponding to the respective mobile phones and the holder connector, and the inner cases are selectively and detachably mounted inside. It is divided into an outer case and the inner surface shape of each inner case is set so that the mobile phone corresponding to the inner case can be inserted. Thus, the inner surface position of each inner case is set such that the mobile phone is held in the inner case, and in this inserted state, the telephone-side connector of the mobile phone can be coupled to the holder connector. .

According to the above-mentioned telephone holder, an inner case corresponding to the mobile phone to be used is selected, and the inner case is mounted inside the outer case, and then the mobile phone is inserted into the inner case, whereby the mobile phone is inserted. The telephone can be stably held and guided to the holder connector reliably. In other words, the outer case and the holder connector are installed in the cabin of the automobile, etc., while the fixed case is simply replaced with the inner case attached to the outer case. it can.

[0010] The "shape in which the mobile phone is held in the inner case" means that the mobile phone can be inserted into the inner case so that the mobile phone can be stably held almost without rattling. Things. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the case where the inner case is inserted with almost no gap in the entire area inside the inner case, and only a part of the mobile phone is fitted into the inner case with almost no gap. The mobile phone may be stably held on the inner case side. However, if the inner surface shape of the inner case is set so that the mobile phone is fitted into the inner case at least in the vicinity of the holder connector with almost no clearance, the mobile phone is more reliably guided to the holder connector. It becomes possible.

In the present invention, the mounting structure of the inner case with respect to the outer case and the insertion direction of the mobile phone into the inner case are not particularly limited, and may be appropriately set according to the installation location and the installation status of the holder. However, the shape of each of the inner cases is a shape into which the mobile phone is inserted in the longitudinal direction of the mobile phone, and the shape of the outer case is such that each inner case is inserted in the longitudinal direction of the mobile phone. If the holder connector is fixed to the inner part in the insertion direction, the holding state of the mobile phone by the inner case and the mounting state of the inner case to the outer case can be further stabilized. Further, since the direction of inserting the mobile phone into the inner case matches the direction of inserting the inner case into the outer case, operability is also improved.

[0012]

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

There are a plurality of types of telephone holders (three types shown in FIGS. 4A to 4C in the illustrated example).
0A, 30B, and 30C are commonly used, and include a single outer case 10 and a plurality of types of inner cases 20A, 20B, and 20C corresponding to the mobile phones 30A, 30B, and 30C, respectively. ing.

Each of the above-mentioned portable telephones 30A, 30B, 30C
The same telephone-side connector 32 as shown in FIGS.
When the mobile phones 30A and 30B are compared, both have different outer shapes (particularly, planar shapes), and when the mobile phones 30A and 30C are compared, both have different connector arrangement positions.

The present invention can be applied to a case where all portable telephones to be used are compared with each other and only the outer shape thereof is different, or a case where the outer shape is the same but only the connector arrangement position is different. is there.

In this embodiment, the outer case 10 has a substantially rectangular cylindrical shape whose both ends in the longitudinal direction are open. The outer case 10 is installed and fixed at an appropriate position (for example, the interior of an automobile) with the longitudinal direction facing up and down. A holder connector 40 that can be coupled to the telephone-side connector 32 is fixed to a bottom portion thereof. Specifically, on the side surface (four side surfaces in the illustrated example) of the holder connector 40, a cylindrical nut portion 42 having a screw hole that opens to the side is formed, and the above-described respective portions are formed at the lower portion of each side wall of the outer case. The through-hole 12 is formed at a position corresponding to the nut portion 42, and the bolt 14 is inserted into the through-hole 12 from outside, and the bolt 14 is inserted until the head of the bolt 14 contacts the outer surface of the outer case 10. The holder connector 40 is fixed by screwing the nut 14 into the nut portion 42.

However, in the present invention, a specific structure for fixing the holder connector to the outer case does not matter.

Each inner case 20A, 20B, 20C
Is set to a shape (a rectangular shape in the illustrated example) that can be fitted into the outer case 10 from above, so that the inner cases 20A to 20C can be attached to the outer case 10 alternatively. . As shown in FIG.
A step 16 is formed on the inner surface of the outer case 10 at substantially the same height as the upper surface of the holder connector 40, and the inner case 20A
20C, the upper surface of the inner case and the upper surface of the outer case 10 are substantially flush with each other when any one of the inner cases 20C is inserted (attached state).
The length dimension is set.

Each inner case 20A, 20B, 20C
The mobile phone insertion space 22 penetrating this up and down
A, 22B and 22C are formed respectively. The planar shape of each of the mobile phone insertion spaces 22A to 22C (that is, the inner surface shape of the inner case 20A to 20C) allows the mobile phones 30A, 30B, and 30C to be fitted into these mobile phone insertion spaces 22A, 22B, and 22C with almost no gap. The mobile phone insertion space 22 is set in the shape.
A, 22B, and 22C are located in the space in the
The shape is such that the telephone-side connector 32 can be automatically coupled to the holder connector 40 of the outer case 10 with the 0A, 30B, and 30C inserted.

That is, FIGS. 4A to 4C and FIG.
As is clear from comparison between (a) to (c), the inner surface shape (the planar shape of the mobile phone insertion spaces 22A, 22B, and 22C) viewed from above the inner cases 20A, 20B, and 20C is the same as that of the mobile phone. Each of the inner cases 20A, 20B, and 30C has a shape that is substantially the same as the outer shape of the upper case 30A, 30B, and 30C, and corresponds to the amount of eccentricity of the connector disposition position in each of the mobile phones 30A, 30B, and 30C.
Mobile phone insertion space 22A, 22B, 2 in 20C
An eccentric amount of 2C is set.

Each of the mobile phone insertion spaces 22A, 22
B, 22C, mobile phones 30A, 30C
Outward tapered surfaces 24A, 24B, 24C for facilitating insertion of B, 30C are formed, respectively.

Next, how to use the telephone holder will be described.

With the holder connector 40 fixed to the bottom of the outer case 10, the outer case 10 is fixed to a vehicle compartment or the like of an automobile so as to face upward. However, the installation direction of the outer case 10 may be appropriately set according to the installation place and the installation situation. For example, the outer case 10 is placed in a state where the opening thereof faces forward (that is, in a state where the outer case 10 is laid down). It may be fixed.

From the inner cases 20A to 20C, an inner case corresponding to the mobile phone to be used is selected and inserted into the outer case 10. In the example shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the inner case 20A corresponding to the mobile phone 30A is inserted into the outer case 10 in order to use the mobile phone 30A.

The mobile phone 30A is connected to the inner case 2
0A is inserted into the mobile phone insertion space 22A from above.
Since the shape and position of the mobile phone insertion space 22A are set in accordance with the outer shape of the mobile phone 30A and the arrangement position of the telephone-side connector 32, the above-described insertion work alone does not particularly perform positioning. The telephone-side connector 32 and the holder connector 40 can be easily connected (the state of FIGS. 2 and 3). Moreover, in this mounted state, the mobile phone 30A is fitted into the inner case 20A with almost no gap, so that the inner case 2
0A will be held very stably.

When it is desired to use the mobile phone 30B instead of the mobile phone 30A, for example, the inner case 20A may be removed from the outer case 10 and the inner case 20B may be inserted into the outer case 10 instead. In this state, by inserting the mobile phone 30B into the mobile phone insertion space 22B of the inner case 20B, the telephone-side connector 32 and the holder connector 40 of the mobile phone 30B can be easily coupled as described above.

That is, according to this telephone holder,
By inserting and removing only the inner cases 20A to 20C with respect to the outer case 10 in a state where the outer case 10 is installed in a car room or the like, a plurality of types of mobile phones 30A to 30C can be commonly used. Can be.

The present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, but may take the following forms as an example.

(1) In the present invention, the mounting structure of the inner case with respect to the outer case and the direction in which the mobile phone is inserted into the inner case may be set as appropriate. For example, as shown in FIG. 6 as a second embodiment, an inner case insertion space 18 that opens laterally in the outer case 10 is formed, and a vertical mobile phone insertion space 22 is formed in the inner case insertion space 18. May be configured to be inserted from the side. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 7 as a third embodiment, in a horizontal type holder into which a mobile phone is inserted from above in a horizontal orientation, a horizontally long inner case insertion space 18 opened upward in the outer case 10. Is formed, and a holder connector 40 is fixed to the side of the inner case 20. The inner case 20 having the mobile phone insertion space 22 opened to the holder connector 40 side and the upper side is placed sideways from above in the inner case insertion space 18. You may comprise so that it may be inserted inside. In this case, after the mobile phone is inserted into the mobile phone insertion space 22 from the top in a horizontal state, the mobile phone is slid along the inner surface of the inner case 20 toward the holder connector 40 to thereby obtain the mobile phone. In this case, the telephone-side connector and the holder connector 40 may be connected to each other.

However, as in the first embodiment,
Mobile phone 30A-in inner case 20A-20C
30C has a shape inserted along the longitudinal direction thereof, and the outer case 10 has a shape in which each of the inner cases 20A to 20C is inserted along the longitudinal direction of the mobile phone. If the holder connector 40 is fixed, there is an advantage that the holding state of the mobile phone by the inner case and the attachment state of the inner case to the outer case can be more stabilized. Also, with this structure, the operation of inserting the inner case into the outer case and the operation of inserting the mobile phone into the inner case can be performed from the same direction, so that the operability is excellent.

(2) In the first embodiment, the mobile phone 3 covers the entire area of the inner cases 20A to 20C.
Although 0A to 30C are inserted without gaps,
In the present invention, even if there is a gap between the outer surface of the mobile phone and the inner surface of the inner case, it is sufficient that the mobile phone can be stably held in the inner case by the insertion.

For example, in the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the inner surface shape of the inner case 20 is uniform throughout the insertion direction (vertical direction in the figure) of the mobile phone 30, whereas the mobile phone 30 The lower end section has a shape larger than the upper end section. The lower end of the mobile phone 30 is fitted into the inner case 20 with almost no gap, whereas the outer surface of the upper end of the mobile phone 30 and the inner case 20 have the same shape. A relatively large gap 26 is left between the inner surface of the mobile phone 30 and the inner surface of the upper end of the mobile phone 30. However, if the mobile phone 30 is stably held in the inner case 20 by fitting the lower end of the mobile phone, there is no problem. As a fifth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, a bulging portion 27 bulging inward is formed at a specific location on the inner surface of the inner case 20. The telephone 30 may be fitted with almost no gap (that is, the gap 26 is left in an area other than the bulging portion 27).

However, the fourth embodiment and the fifth embodiment
Even when the inner case 20 and the mobile phone 30 are locally fitted with almost no gap as in the embodiment, it is preferable that the fitting location is set as close to the holder connector 40 as possible. Is more preferable. Thereby, the mobile phone 30 can be more smoothly connected to the holder connector 4.
The advantage of guiding to zero is obtained.

(3) In the present invention, regardless of the number of inner cases used for a single outer case, it may be set appropriately according to the type of mobile phone. For example, the number of inner cases may be two or four or more.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, the inner case corresponding to each of a plurality of types of portable telephones is selectively mounted on a single outer case. By inserting the mobile phone into the inner case, the mobile phone is held in the inner case, and the phone-side connector of the mobile phone can be connected to the holder connector. By simply replacing the inner case attached to the outer case while installing and fixing it in the car compartment etc., it is possible to respond immediately to the change of the mobile phone used, making it easy to attach and detach the mobile phone There is an effect that it can be held stably.

Here, if the inner surface shape of the inner case is set so that at least a portion near the holder connector is fitted into the inner case with almost no clearance inside the inner case, the fitting allows the mobile phone to be connected to the holder connector. An effect that can be guided more smoothly is obtained.

Further, the shape of each of the inner cases is formed so that the mobile phone is inserted in the longitudinal direction of the mobile phone inside thereof, and the shape of the outer case is changed to the shape in which the inner case is formed inside the longitudinal direction of the mobile phone. If the holder connector is fixed at the back of the insertion direction, the holding state of the mobile phone by the inner case and the mounting state of the inner case to the outer case can be more stabilized. In addition, the operability can be improved by matching the direction in which the mobile phone is inserted into the inner case with the direction in which the inner case is inserted into the outer case.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state before a mobile phone is inserted into an inner case in the phone holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially sectional perspective view showing a state where a mobile phone is inserted into an inner case in the phone holder.

FIG. 3 is a sectional front view showing a state in which a mobile phone is inserted into an inner case in the phone holder.

FIGS. 4A to 4C are bottom views of a mobile phone in which the above-mentioned telephone holder is commonly used.

5 (a) to 5 (c) are plan views showing states in which different inner cases are inserted into outer cases of the telephone holder, respectively.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a telephone holder according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a telephone holder according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a telephone holder according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a telephone holder according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Outer case 20, 20A, 20B, 20C Inner case 22, 22A, 22B, 22C Cellular phone insertion space 30, 30A, 30B, 30C Cellular phone 32 Phone side connector 40 Holder connector

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Masashi Sugimoto 1-7-10 Kikuzumi, Minami-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture Inside Harness Research Institute, Inc. (72) Inventor Tetsuji 1-7-7 Kikuzumi, Minami-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture 10 Harness Research Institute, Inc. (72) Inventor Shigeki Sakai 1-7-10 Kikuzumi, Minami-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture Harness Research Institute, Inc. (72) Inventor Yoshito Sakai Kikuzumi, Minami-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture 1-7-10 Harness Research Institute, Inc. (72) Inventor Yuichiro Tsutsumi 1-7-10 Kikuzumi, Minami-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Harness Research Institute, Inc.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A portable telephone comprising: a holder case into which a mobile phone is inserted; and a holder connector to be inserted into the holder case, the holder connector being coupled to a telephone-side connector provided on the mobile phone. A telephone holder configured to be used in common for a plurality of types of mobile phones in which at least one of the arrangement positions of the side connector is different, wherein the holder case is provided corresponding to each of the mobile phones. A plurality of types of inner cases, the holder connector is fixed, and the inner case is divided into an outer case in which the inner cases are selectively and detachably mounted inside, and the inner surface shape of each inner case is set inside the inner case. A form in which the mobile phone is held in the inner case when the mobile phone corresponding to the inner case is inserted. A telephone holder, wherein the inner surface position of each inner case is set such that the telephone-side connector of the mobile telephone can be coupled with the holder connector in the inserted state. 2. The telephone set according to claim 1, wherein the inner shape of the inner case is set so that at least a part of the mobile phone is fitted into the inner case with substantially no gap. holder. 3. The telephone holder according to claim 2, wherein the inner surface shape of the inner case is set such that the mobile phone is fitted into the inner case at least in the vicinity of the holder connector with substantially no gap. And phone holder. 4. The telephone case according to claim 1, wherein each of the inner cases has a shape into which a mobile phone is inserted in a longitudinal direction of the mobile phone. Characterized in that the inner case has a shape in which each inner case is inserted in the longitudinal direction of the mobile phone, and the holder connector is fixed to a deep portion in the insertion direction.