FI128676B - A carrier for a portable electronic device - Google Patents

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FI128676B
FI128676B FI20185438A FI20185438A FI128676B FI 128676 B FI128676 B FI 128676B FI 20185438 A FI20185438 A FI 20185438A FI 20185438 A FI20185438 A FI 20185438A FI 128676 B FI128676 B FI 128676B
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Pasi Hautala
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Fanttiset Oy
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
    • H04B1/38—Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
    • H04B1/3827—Portable transceivers
    • H04B1/385—Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D1/00—Garments
    • A41D1/002—Garments adapted to accommodate electronic equipment
    • A41D1/005—Garments adapted to accommodate electronic equipment with embedded cable or connector
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D27/00—Details of garments or of their making
    • A41D27/20—Pockets; Making or setting-in pockets
    • A41D27/205—Pockets adapted to receive a mobile phone or other electronic equipment
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D3/00—Overgarments
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
    • A45F3/00—Travelling or camp articles; Sacks or packs carried on the body
    • A45F3/02—Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of one strap passing over the shoulder
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
    • A45F5/00—Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
    • A45F5/02—Fastening articles to the garment
    • A45F5/022—Fastening articles to the garment within pockets
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/20—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater
    • H05B3/34—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs
    • H05B3/342—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs heaters used in textiles

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  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
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  • Purses, Travelling Bags, Baskets, Or Suitcases (AREA)

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a carrier (100) for a portable electronic device, within which carrier (100) the portable electronic device may be heated or at least kept warm under cold conditions. The carrier comprises a first holder (101) adapted to receive the portable electronic device, a second holder (102) adapted to receive a battery, a heating resistor (103) adapted to heat the portable electronic device and/or the battery, and electrical wires adapted to supply electrical energy provided by the battery to the portable electronic device and/or the heating resistor (103).

Description

A carrier for a portable electronic device Technical field This specification relates to a carrier for a portable electronic device.
Some aspects of the specification relate to a carrier for a portable electronic device, which carrier may be used for heating the portable electronic device for example in arctic conditions.
Background Portable electronic devices typically suffer from operational defects in cold weather.
Exposure to cold temperatures may cause for example problems to the device's battery, such that its ability to supply power to the device is affected.
Further, the electronics and the display screen may be affected by cold temperatures to a point that the electronic device is shutting itself down while being used in cold weather.
Under extremely cold conditions, it may be necessary to utilize a user's body heat in order to keep the device in working order.
In that case, the device has to be placed under at least the user's outer clothing, in a direct or close contact to the user's body.
Summary The above disclosed problems may be addressed by providing a carrier for a — portable electronic device, within which carrier the portable electronic device = may be heated or at least kept warm under cold conditions.
An advantage is N that the portable electronic device may be kept in working order under severe 3 conditions, such as low temperatures.
Heating or at least keeping warm the 2 portable electronic device allows the battery of the device to maintain its ability I 30 to supply power to the device and to receive power when loaded.
As the carrier N comprises means for heating the device, it is not necessary to utilize the user's Q body for keeping the device warm.
Thus, heat losses by the body of the user o caused by the actions taken when the device needs to be used are diminished.
N Moreover, for devices that need to be used every now and then, the disclosure — provides a carrier, which enables the portable electronic device to be easily reachable when needed.
Yet another advantage of the carrier according to the disclosure is that besides a holder for the portable electronic device, it also comprises a holder for a battery. When in use, the battery may provide electrical energy to a heating resistor adapted to heat both the portable electronic device as well as the battery itself. Moreover, the battery may serve as a standby battery providing electrical energy to the portable electronic device. Therefore, there is provided a carrier for a portable electronic device, wherein the carrier comprises - afirst holder adapted to receive the portable electronic device, - a second holder adapted to receive a battery, - a heating resistor adapted to heat the portable electronic device and/or the battery, and - electrical wires adapted to supply electrical energy provided by the battery to the portable electronic device and/or the heating resistor. The carrier is a carrier strap comprising a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, and the carrier strap is adapted to be attachable on a shoulder of a user such that the first longitudinal end of the carrier strap and the second longitudinal end of the carrier strap are placeable on opposite sides of a torso of the user. Objects according to this disclosure are further described in the appended claims.
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N 3 Figure 1 illustrates a carrier according to an embodiment.
O I 30 Figure 2 illustrates a carrier according to an embodiment placed on N a shoulder of a user. 3 © The figures are presented to illustrate the disclosed embodiments and are not to be taken to be limiting the scope of their use. The figures are not in any particular scale.
Detailed description Within context of this specification, portable electronic device refers to any electronic device that may be carried around by a user. Those include, for example, a mobile phone, a tablet, a laptop, a walkie-talkie, a code reader, a carrier terminal, a professional mobile radio (PMR), a camera, a GPS tracking unit. It is desirable to keep the portable electronic device in working order under severe conditions, such as low temperatures. Moreover, under such conditions, for devices that need to be used every now and then, it is highly beneficial that the device is easily reachable when needed. Thus, it is an aim of this specification to provide a carrier for a portable electronic device, by which carrier the portable electronic device may be heated, thus rendering the — carrier especially useful at low temperatures. Within context of this specification, a carrier refers to any object that is capable of carrying something else. The carrier may be for example a bag, a case, a backpack, a holster, a casing. The carrier may be worn by a user. The carrier may be an article of clothing, such as a jacket, a vest, pants, a hood, a hat, a glove, a shirt, a sweater. The carrier may be a strap, a belt or suspenders. The carrier may be a helmet. It is an aim of this disclosure to provide a carrier for a portable electronic device, within which carrier the portable electronic device may be heated or at = least kept warm under cold conditions.
N 3 The carrier comprises a first holder. The first holder is adapted to receive a 2 portable electronic device. The first holder may comprise insulating material. I 30 The first holder may comprise an insulating layer. The first holder may be a N pocket or a bag. The pocket or the bag may be closeable or it may be open. 3 © The carrier further comprises a second holder. The second holder is adapted to receive a battery. The second holder may comprise insulating material. The second holder may comprise an insulating layer. The second holder may be a pocket or a bag. The pocket or the bag may be closeable or it may be open.
The carrier also comprises a heating resistor.
The heating resistor is adapted to heat the portable electronic device and/or the battery.
Further, the carrier comprises electrical wires adapted to supply electrical energy provided by the battery to the portable electronic device and/or the heating resistor.
The carrier may comprise a switch for switching the heating resistor on and off.
The carrier may comprise means for monitoring a temperature of the portable electronic device and/or the battery, and for adjusting the operation of the heating resistor based on the temperature.
The carrier may be arranged to receive an information regarding the temperature of the portable electronic device and/or the battery or about the need for heating of the portable electronic device and/or the battery via a data cable, other connector or a wireless data transfer.
The carrier may comprise display means for displaying — the temperature of the portable electronic device and/or the battery.
When in use, the battery contained by the carrier may provide electrical energy to the heating resistor adapted to heat both the portable electronic device as well as the battery itself.
Moreover, the battery may serve as a standby battery providing electrical energy to the portable electronic device.
Within the disclosed carrier the portable electronic device may be kept in working order under severe conditions, such as low temperatures.
Heating or at least keeping warm the portable electronic device allows the battery of the device to maintain its ability to supply power to the device and to receive power = when loaded.
By using the carrier according to the disclosure, it is not N necessary keep the portable electronic device in a direct or close contact to 3 the body of the user in order to keep the device warm.
Thus, heat losses by 2 the body of the user caused by the actions taken when the device needs to be I 30 used are diminished.
Further, a better signal (such as radio, GPS, Wi-Fi, N Bluetooth, RFID) for the portable electronic device may be gained as the user's Q clothing does not mask the signal.
Moreover, for devices that need to be used o every now and then, the disclosure provides a carrier, which enables the N portable electronic device to be easily reachable when needed.
Yet another advantage of the carrier according to the disclosure is that besides a holder for the portable electronic device, it also comprises a holder for a battery.
According to an embodiment illustrated in Figure 1, the carrier 100 is carrier strap.
The carrier strap is adapted to be attachable on a shoulder of a user.
The carrier strap comprises a first longitudinal end 104 and a second 5 longitudinal end 105. The carrier strap is adapted to be attachable on the shoulder of the user such that the first longitudinal end 104 of the carrier strap and the second longitudinal end 105 of the carrier strap are placeable on opposite sides of torso of the user.
This is illustrated in Figure 2. The carrier strap may be attachable on either shoulder of the user.
The carrier strap may comprise textile and/or leather.
An outer lining material of the carrier strap may comprise waterproof material.
The waterproof material renders the carrier strap snowproof and water resistant, and thus especially suitable for arctic conditions.
The first longitudinal end 104 of the carrier strap comprises a first holder 101 adapted to receive the portable electronic device.
The first holder 101 may comprise textile and/or leather.
An outer lining material of the first holder 101 may comprise waterproof material.
The first holder 101 may be a pocket or a bag.
The pocket or the bag may be closeable or it may be open.
Open pocket or bag may enable the portable electronic device to be situated partly in the pocket or bag, which may enable the portable electronic device to be operated in its place.
Thus, there is no need to remove the portable electronic device from the pocket or bag when using the device.
The pocket or the bag may comprise closing means, for example, a zipper, a snap fastener, a magnet, a velcro (a hook and loop fastener) or a knob for closing the pocket or the bag. = The first holder 101 may comprise insulating material.
The first holder may N comprise an insulating layer.
Insulating material allows the first holder 101 to 3 retain the heat supplied by a heating resistor 103. Thus the heating power of 2 the heating resistor 103 reguired to keep the portable electronic device warm x 30 enough may be reduced. 00 Q The second longitudinal end 105 of the carrier strap comprises a second holder o 102 adapted to receive a battery.
The second holder 102 may comprise textile N and/or leather.
An outer lining material of the second holder 102 may comprise waterproof material.
The second holder 102 may be a pocket or a bag.
The pocket or the bag may be closeable or it may be open.
The pocket or the bag may comprise closing means, for example, a zipper, a snap fastener, a magnet, a velcro (a hook and loop fastener) or a knob for closing the pocket or the bag. The second holder 102 may comprise insulating material. The second holder may comprise an insulating layer. Insulating material allows the second holder 102 to retain the heat supplied by a heating resistor 103. Thus the heating power of the heating resistor 103 required to keep the battery warm enough may be reduced. The carrier strap comprises the heating resistor 103 adapted to heat the portable electronic device and/or the battery. The heating resistor 103 may be arranged between the outer lining of the carrier strap and an inner lining of the carrier strap. As illustrated in Figure 2, the heating resistor 103 may be longitudinal in its shape, extending from the first longitudinal end 104 of the carrier strap to the second longitudinal end 105 of the carrier strap. The carrier — strap may comprise a switch for switching the heating resistor 103 on and off. The switch may be arranged to adjust the operation of the heating resistor 103 for example by choosing a level of heating. The switch may be arranged on a center part of the carrier strap, such that in use, when the carrier strap is attached on the shoulder of the user, the switch is located on a front part of the shoulder of the user. This enables easy and fast access to the switch by the user. The carrier strap also comprises electrical wires adapted to supply electrical energy provided by the battery to the portable electronic device and/or the heating resistor 103. The electrical wires may be adapted to be connected via = USB to the battery, the portable electronic device and/or the heating resistor N 103.
S 2 The carrier strap may comprise means for monitoring a temperature of the I 30 portable electronic device and/or the battery, and for adjusting the operation of N the heating resistor 103 based on the temperature. The carrier strap may be 2 arranged to receive an information regarding the temperature of the portable o electronic device and/or the battery or about the need for heating of the N portable electronic device and/or the battery via a data cable, other connector or a wireless data transfer. The carrier strap may comprise display means for displaying the temperature of the portable electronic device and/or the battery.
The carrier strap may comprise means for attaching the carrier strap on the shoulder of the user.
The means for attaching the carrier strap on the shoulder of the user may comprise a magnet.
Alternatively, or additionally, the means for attaching the carrier strap on the shoulder of the user may comprise fastening means, such as a snap fastener, a clamping jaw -type fastener or a connector knob and a corresponding dock part as a counterpart.
In a case the means for attaching comprises magnet, a counterpart magnet may be placed on the shoulder of the user in order to allow the attachment.
The counterpart magnet may be placed under the user's upper clothing.
Attaching the carrier strap on the shoulder of the user brings about many advantages.
The portable electronic device is reachable by the user in a fast and easy manner.
Further, a signal (such as radio, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RFID) of better quality for the portable electronic device may be gained, as the user's body does not mask the signal and the portable electronic device may be situated high enough.
The better signal also enhances the device's battery life.
When situated on the shoulder of the user, a transmit power of the device is smaller, and a coverage for the device is wider.
As the device is not placed under the user's clothing, the clothing that protects the user from cold doesn't have to be opened in the case the device needs to be used, and heat losses by the body of the user are diminished.
When in use, the battery contained by the carrier strap may provide electrical energy to the heating resistor 103 adapted to heat both the portable electronic = device as well as the battery itself.
Moreover, the battery may serve as a N standby battery providing electrical energy to the portable electronic device. 3 Further, the battery may serve as a counterbalance, when the carrier strap is 2 placed on a shoulder of the user as illustrated in Figure 2. I 30 N A carrier for a portable electronic device is provided.
The carrier comprises a Q first holder adapted to receive the portable electronic device, a second holder o adapted to receive a battery, a heating resistor adapted to heat the portable N electronic device and/or the battery, and electrical wires adapted to supply electrical energy provided by the battery to the portable electronic device and/or the heating resistor.
The first holder and the second holder may comprise insulating material. The first holder and/or the second holder may be a pocket or a bag. The carrier may comprise a switch for switching the heating resistor on and off. The carrier may comprise means for monitoring a temperature of the portable electronic device and/or the battery, and for adjusting the operation of the heating resistor based on the temperature. The carrier may be a carrier strap comprising a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, and the carrier strap may be adapted to be attachable on a shoulder of a user such that the first longitudinal end of the carrier strap and the second longitudinal end of the carrier strap are placeable on opposite sides of a torso of the user. The carrier strap may comprise means for attaching the carrier strap on the shoulder of the user. The means for attaching the carrier strap on the shoulder of the user may comprise a magnet. The first longitudinal end may comprise the first holder and the second longitudinal end may comprise the second holder. A combination of a carrier and a counterpart for attaching the carrier on a shoulder of a user is provided. A combination of an article of clothing and a carrier is provided.
Many obvious variations of the embodiments set out herein will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art in light of the present disclosure. Such obvious variations are within the full intended scope of the appended claims.
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1. A carrier (100) for a portable electronic device, wherein the carrier (100) comprises - afirst holder (101) adapted to receive the portable electronic device, - a second holder (102) adapted to receive a battery, - a heating resistor (103) adapted to heat the portable electronic device and/or the battery, and - electrical wires adapted to supply electrical energy provided by the battery to the portable electronic device and/or the heating resistor (103), characterized in that the carrier (100) is a carrier strap comprising a first longitudinal end (104) and a second longitudinal end (105), and the carrier strap is adapted to be attachable on a shoulder of a user such that the first longitudinal end (104) of the carrier strap and the second longitudinal end (105) of the carrier strap are placeable on opposite sides of a torso of the user.
2. The carrier (100) according to claim 1, wherein the first holder (101) and the second holder (102) comprise insulating material.
3. The carrier (100) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first holder (101) and/or the second holder (102) is a pocket or a bag. 4 The carrier (100) according to any of preceding claims, wherein the N carrier (100) comprises a switch for switching the heating resistor (103) on and N off.
S a 5. The carrier (100) according to any of preceding claims, wherein the Ek 30 carrier (100) comprises means for monitoring a temperature of the portable N electronic device and/or the battery, and for adjusting the operation of the i heating resistor (103) based on the temperature. ©
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6. The carrier (100) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the carrier strap comprises means for attaching the carrier strap on the shoulder of the user.
7. The carrier (100) according to claim 6, wherein the means for attaching the carrier strap on the shoulder of the user comprises a magnet.
8. The carrier (100) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the first longitudinal end (104) comprises the first holder (101) and the second longitudinal end (105) comprises the second holder (102).
9. A combination of a carrier (100) and a counterpart for attaching the carrier (100) on a shoulder of a user, wherein the carrier (100) is according to any of the preceding claims.
10. A combination of an article of clothing and a carrier (100), wherein the carrier (100) is according to any of the claims 1-8.
11. Use of a carrier (100) according to any of the claims 1-8 for carrying a portable electronic device.
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