For the bearing of mobile phone
The application is to be that January 24, international application no in 2005 are the applying date: PCT/IB2005/000159, national applications number are: 200580046145.4, name is called the divisional application of the application for a patent for invention of " for the bearing of mobile phone ".
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of bearing for mobile phone, more specifically relate to the bearing for being arranged on vehicle.
Background technology
Conventionally be used in vehicle for holding device or the so-called bearing of mobile phone, for mechanically supporting described device and for being electrically connected to the hands-free device and/or the exterior antenna that are arranged on vehicle.Also there is other servicing units that can be connected with phone by bearing, for example external loudspeaker.Such bearing must meet various requirement, and these require substantially and the mechanical stability of user's gripping, bearing and relevant for the support performance of mobile device and the reliability that electrically contacts.
Mechanical stability mainly depends on the intensity of bearing.Bearing should be designed to withstand user's various gripping actions.In addition, bearing also should designed to be able to and suitably withstand the stress that it is stood due to the operation of vehicle that it is installed.This specially refers to vibration, impact and accelerative force, and these for example may occur in the collision process causing due to accident.
By suitably designing the support performance of bearing, must guarantee in principle the mechanical connection between bearing and mobile device.On the other hand, support or confining force also affect usability, because support or confining force when having to overcome in the time that bearing takes off mobile device.
Be arranged on being connected and must arranging in reliable mode between parts in vehicle and mobile device.Here must consider the aforesaid stresses causing due to the operation of vehicle.In addition, should be designed such that also can set up afterwards electrical connection through quite repeatedly activating (namely insert and take out) even if electrically contact.
About the concept of shell, there are a large amount of different phone and mobile devices, for example traditional " brick formula " or integral type phone and nearest folding and slidingtype phone.Due to they special and different character, these phone types need different pedestal configurations.
Traditional bearing utilizes the steady pin engaging with corresponding fixing hole in mobile phone on bearing.Thus, insert and take out and be not easy, particularly, in the time that user only can carry out this action with a hand, because for phone is assemblied in bearing, steady pin must accurately be aimed at fixing hole.In addition, this traditional scheme all needs very strict design rule to shell and bearing, that is to say the form of fixing hole and pin and position underaction.This receiving position is set in shell to be increased cost and has seriously limited the possibility that designs corresponding mobile phone.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the object of this invention is to provide a kind of new holder mechanism, it provides a kind of easy-to-use bearing, has met above-mentioned demand, and provides greater flexibility for the design of bearing and corresponding mobile device.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of bearing for mobile phone.Described bearing comprises: rear support surface; Left and right sidewall; Two guide rails, it is positioned on the front side of described left and right sidewall and is laterally projecting from described sidewall; And bottom, it comprises the connecting element for mechanically and electrically engaging with the bottom connector of described mobile phone.Described rear support surface, described sidewall and described guide rail define and are parallel to the left and right groove that described sidewall extends, for receiving the left and right side of mobile phone, for by the mobile phone that is inserted into phone in described bearing top side and guides to described bottom and keep being received in described bearing for resist the power acting in the direction that is approximately perpendicular to described groove.Described connecting element comprises the device on the bottom connector for locking onto the mobile phone that is received in described bearing, for resisting along the power of the directive effect that is roughly parallel to described groove, described mobile phone is remained on to described bearing.The mobile phone that can be used to the three kinds of main Types (also referred to as form factor) that use at present according to bearing of the present invention, they are traditional integral type, flip-shell and slidingtypes.
Bearing of the present invention does not need the Special fixing rationed marketing for engaging with the fixing hole being arranged on mobile phone, for example, for conventionally there is no the phone (jack knife phone) in this hole particularly useful thus.The present invention can make design have very large flexibility, and can obtain the support of mobile phone holding device/bearing simultaneously.The support that can obtain mobile phone holding device/bearing means all requirements that can use described bearing to realize hold facility, may require to clash into safety etc.It is also by reducing required processing (especially because fixing hole can be omitted completely) cost and passing through greatly to simplify the development for electric component, for the cost in mobile phone evolution provides possibility.Pass through modular design, the present invention can also use standardized component (for example connecting element) and independent mobile phone special-purpose member together, so that the bearing that is particularly suitable for specific mobile phone to be provided, this bearing can and/or become original with the work reducing and manufacture.
According to a kind of illustrative embodiments, described guide rail is tapered towards their upper end from described bottom.When for receiving folding formula mobile phone, the present invention is particularly useful, this feature can or even folding cell phone be accommodated in bearing in time also keep this folding cell phone in almost completely closed mode.For this reason, need to make guide rail thin especially, to allow the two halves of shell close as far as possible.As shown in Figure 4, due to the geometry of this phone, the guide rail that is formed as taper by setting can be realized this object best.
According to a kind of illustrative embodiments, described guide rail comprises the step that is limited with upper and lower that is arranged in described groove, for receiving respective upper and the bottom of the sliding mobile telephone in opening configuration.Because it is quite popular that the mobile phone of this special shape factor has become, so advantageously adopt and the invention provides a kind of general bearing concept, in this execution mode, the present invention is suitable for these phones.This ledge structure allows the bottom of (sliding opening) slidingtype phone to be received in the bottom of groove, and the top of phone is received in the top of groove.
According to a kind of illustrative embodiments, described connecting element is engaged in described bottom in removable mode.This has allowed the modular mechanism according to bearing of the present invention, and wherein, for example the support body one of standardized connecting element and phone-specific is used.
According to a kind of illustrative embodiments of the present invention, bearing also comprises at least one releasing member, and by activating described releasing member, described releasing member is removed the locking between the described bottom connector of described connecting element and described mobile phone.According to the type of connecting element, that is to say, if comprising, it for example locks uncinus or clip, need such releasing member to carry out engaging of release and bottom connector.But if depended on for example friction between mechanical bias parts in lock out action, such releasing member makes mobile phone become easy from the removing action of bearing.
According to a kind of illustrative embodiments, in the time activating described releasing member, described releasing member also upwards pushes away the mobile phone being received in described bearing, removes described phone to assist from described bearing.Especially, be engaged in completely wherein if bearing is designed so that mobile phone, namely phone is not outstanding from the top side of bearing, the auxiliary user's of this feature removing action.
According to a kind of illustrative embodiments, described at least one releasing member is spring-loaded, separates and upwards push away described mobile phone for auxiliary described mobile phone with described connecting element.Make spring-loading element (such as metal spring or elastomer element) can help to reduce user and activate the required power of the actuating devices such as release-push.
According to a kind of illustrative embodiments, described releasing member and described connecting element form.This is conducive to the modularized design of bearing.
According to a kind of illustrative embodiments, bearing also comprises the interface for described connecting element is electrically connected with servicing unit.Because bearing intention is mainly used in being arranged on vehicle, so it must comprise interface, to be connected with hands-free device, exterior antenna, battery charger or other servicing unit.For example, by having for the fixed cable of the plug of this device or for the socket of attachment plug, can realize this interface.
According to a kind of illustrative embodiments, described rear support surface, described sidewall and described guide rail form.Connecting element/releasing member unit for example also with one, this provides favourable structure, and this structure has the very large flexibility with regard to design.
According to a kind of illustrative embodiments, described connecting element comprises USB connector.USB is such as, widely accepted bus system for connecting multiple electronic installation (PC, Digital Video, multimedia device etc.).Thus, present embodiment can provide the mobile phone that comprises this connector required linkage function.
According to a kind of illustrative embodiments, described guide rail is spring-biased, for applying power to the mobile phone that is received in described bearing in the direction perpendicular to described groove.If for example guide rail is flexible at least partly, they can be assisted mobile phone is remained in bearing.Because neighboring region is quite large, so in the time inserting mobile phone, user does not need to overcome very large power.
According to a kind of illustrative embodiments, bearing also comprises the erecting device for described bearing being arranged on to vehicle.Can provide together different erecting device from bearing of the present invention, be arranged in various vehicles to be suitable for it.
Brief description of the drawings
Below, describe the present invention in detail with reference to accompanying drawing, accompanying drawing only shows illustrative embodiments by way of example, and is not to be construed as and limits the invention to illustrated any specific implementations.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shows a kind of execution mode according to bearing of the present invention, also shows together the mobile phone being received in bearing;
Fig. 2 illustrates the another kind of execution mode according to bearing of the present invention, and it has removable connecting element;
Fig. 3 illustrates the another kind of execution mode according to bearing of the present invention with broken section;
Fig. 4 illustrates the execution mode that is designed to especially flip phone.
Embodiment
In Fig. 1, show the 3-D view according to bearing of the present invention, its entirety is shown to label 2 for referencial use.Bearing is designed to receive mobile phone 4, and mobile phone 4 will be inserted on the top side of bearing.Bearing mainly comprises the left and right sidewall in rear support surface 6, two 8, two guide rails 10 (show in the drawings and make overall guide rail) and bottoms 12.Rear support surface 6, sidewall 8 and guide rail 10 define groove, for receiving the lateral parts of mobile phone 4.Mobile phone 4 is inserted on the top of bearing, as shown by arrows, then in groove, is booted down to the bottom of bearing.It should be noted that in the figure, what describe is the mobile phone of folding or flip-shell.Certainly,, in the time that such phone is received in bearing, it must be operable.In order to make phone can be opened to its exercisable configuration in bearing, only the rear portion of phone (under make position) or bottom 18 (under open position) is inserted in groove.Thus, such phone is supported well and still can be operated by user.But, it should be noted that due to guide rail 10, when in bearing, phone can not be completely closed.Because such flip phone comprises the several transducer of or make position in an open position for detection of phone conventionally, so guide rail 10 must be formed and two parts of shell still can be closed into be enough to make transducer closure state to be detected.For this reason, guide rail 10 can be arranged so that their not whole extensions from rest base to top side, and in addition, (as illustrated better in Fig. 4), they can be tapered towards the top of bearing.In both cases, they all must be formed thinly as far as possible to support jack knife phone.But, also can be for the phone of integral type or slidingtype according to bearing of the present invention.Inserting phone and guiding to 12 o'clock, bottom downwards, connecting element 14 mechanically and electrically engages the bottom connector of phone.Connecting element 14 (it can be a part for replaceable module 16, sees the more detailed description in conjunction with Fig. 2) is as the main holding element of bearing.The groove being formed by rear support surface 6, sidewall 8 and guide rail 10 is as holding element, and opposing acts on the power on mobile phone in the direction that is approximately perpendicular to groove.In most cases, these grooves, as passive retainer, are not namely exerted pressure to shell, but be only arranged for the direction of the longitudinal axis almost parallel of phone on guide phone.But guide rail 10 also can be designed to for example apply certain power by spring-biased or part elasticity to shell, to support to keep function.
Connecting element 14 is as the main mechanical locking device of bearing of the present invention.Can use the various devices such as clip or uncinus.Connecting element 14 is as locking member, by keeping resistance to act on the power on phone in the direction parallel with groove with the press-fit engagement of the bottom connector of mobile phone.For this reason, may be necessary rigidity (for example metal) parts of the bottom connector mechanical connection of use and phone, also may need corresponding phone in the connector of bottom, to comprise corresponding rigid element (for example metal framework), for engaging with connecting element 14.Mobile phone is fastened securely in bearing for meeting fall, the demand of collision and shock-testing (for example ECE 16R and ECE 21R specify) is very important.
It should be noted that the connecting element 14 in Fig. 1 is only the representative of different connector element, it can also comprise the uncinus or the clip etc. that clearly do not illustrate.Only as example, trapezoidal mini USB formula B connector or
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In Fig. 2, illustrate and the similar bearing of the bearing shown in 1 with 3-D view.The bearing here comprises rear support surface 6, left and right sidewall 8 and is positioned at the guide rail 10 in the inner front side of sidewall 8.Guide rail 10 is laterally projecting toward each other from sidewall 8.Rear support surface 6, left and right sidewall 8 and guide rail 10 form in this illustrative embodiments.A kind of execution mode that there is shown bearing of the present invention at this, wherein connecting element 14 is included in replaceable units 16.
Unit 16 can for example, be assemblied in support body by any suitable device (connecting with screw or buckle), and above-mentioned device itself is known, will no longer thoroughly discuss here thus.The module structure of bearing of the present invention provides very large flexibility for design rule, because connecting element 14 and the support body that comprises guiding groove can design independently of one another.Conventionally, mobile phone series comprises all bottom connectors of compatibility of a series of phone model.But the actual design of shell can be different, particularly size and geometry.Therefore, such module structure makes the producer of bearing can use to belonging to having of certain series all phones identical or similar bottom connector the support body of identical connecting element and particular model.Certainly, vice versa in the application of this concept.Connector modules 16 can also comprise interface 20, for being connected with some servicing units of hands-free kits and so on.
Interface 20 may be implemented as the cable being fixed in module 16, or for the socket of External cable.Thus, this module 16 may be according to the most intensive single parts of cost in the bearing of this execution mode.Therefore,, for producer, it is particularly advantageous that necessary design variation is limited only within support body.In this text, it is also contemplated that releasing member (not shown) is provided in module 16, make in the situation that not needing to comprise any movable part, to manufacture support body.Such advantage is clearly.Describe releasing member in detail in connection with Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 shows another kind of illustrative embodiments of the present invention.Here the mode illustrated base to analyse and observe.Bearing consists essentially of the element identical with the element of describing in conjunction with Fig. 1 and 2, therefore, is also applicable to these figure for the description of those parts.Shown here is two releasing members that discharge mobile phone from bearing for auxiliary.For this object, two little plungers 22 are set, they can activated upwards to promote mobile phone, thereby separate with connecting element 14, and phone can easily be removed from bearing.In order to reduce required actuation force, these plungers 22 can be designed as has elasticity, for example, be described as arranging corresponding spring 24 here.Spring-loaded releasing member can activate by button 26 (wherein illustrating clearly with not being connected of element, because here it is positioned at support body inner side).The preferred implementation of releasing member can be constructed to make spring in the time that phone inserts to be pressed downward, and locking in the time that phone engages securely with connecting element.This can be by realizing with known mechanism.Then, button 26 can be set to again make spring release, and plunger 22 can upwards be driven by spring force, and phone is separated with connecting element.Then, can Remove phone from bearing easily.According to the type of connecting element 14, described relieving mechanism also can be used to discharge the locking member (such as uncinus or clip etc.) being arranged in connecting element self.If these are integrated in the connecting element 14 engaging with the bottom connector of mobile phone, they must apply power upwards and release/release before removing mobile phone from bearing.
It should be noted that have flexible other device also can for replace spring, for example some elastomer elements.In addition, relieving mechanism can also be designed without means for assisting in the removal of the phone.For example, button can be by deflection or the direct actuating plunger 22 of leverage.Can simplify like this relieving mechanism.But, depend on the confining force that connecting element 14 comprises, may need user to apply larger power and separate phone.(see describing of Fig. 2) as previously mentioned, releasing member (one or more) can be included in module together with connecting element, further to support the modular design of bearing.
Fig. 4 illustrates the execution mode of bearing 2 of the present invention, and it is used in particular for the mobile phone 4 of folding or flip-shell.On the left side of this figure, can find out that guide rail 10 is tapered in the direction towards its upper end, make in the time that phone 4 is arranged in bearing 2, two parts of shell can be each other very close to.For example, guide rail 10 can have the form of general conical.Under the closed configuration of phone, the two halves of shell have very little angle [alpha] thus, for example 3.5 °.Like this, can guarantee to be arranged in phone for detection of phone whether still closed transducer operate as required.Phone may be received in bearing and in the time that phone is not in use and remains closed, but also can open according to user's operation.
Bearing of the present invention can also use the phone of the another kind of type that has become recently very famous, i.e. slidingtype phone.In order to receive such phone, guide rail can be designed such that they comprise the step that is limited with upper and lower, and described upper and lower is respectively used to receive the upper and lower of slidingtype phone.But contrary with folding telephone, the phone of slidingtype only can be received in according in bearing of the present invention in the position of its sliding opening.Otherwise, can not guarantee the firm maintenance of mobile phone for such mobile phone.
Can draw from above description, can be for three of current use kind of the main Types mobile phone of (or being called form factor) according to bearing of the present invention, they are traditional integral type, flip-shell and slidingtype phones.Bearing of the present invention does not need the Special fixing rationed marketing for engaging with the fixing hole being arranged on mobile phone, for example, for conventionally there is no the phone (jack knife phone) in this hole particularly useful thus.The present invention can make design have very large flexibility, and can obtain the support of mobile phone holding device/bearing simultaneously.The support that can obtain mobile phone holding device/bearing means all requirements that can use described bearing to realize hold facility, may require to clash into safety etc.It is also by reducing required processing (especially because fixing hole can be omitted completely) cost and passing through greatly to simplify the development for electric component, for the cost in mobile phone evolution provides possibility.Pass through modular design, the present invention can also use standardized component (for example connecting element) and independent mobile phone special-purpose member together, so that the bearing that is particularly suitable for specific mobile phone to be provided, this bearing can and/or become original with the work reducing and manufacture.