FR2987007A1 - Device for retaining portable communicator in relation to instrument panel of car, has adjustment unit comprising biasing unit, which moves electronic unit and is reinforced by movement of support according to displacement direction - Google Patents

Abstract

The device (1) has a biasing unit (11) and a handle (12) for mobilizing a support (5) in two displacement directions (9, 10). An adjustment unit attaches an electronic unit (4) and the support, where the electronic unit interfaces a portable communicator (3). The adjustment unit comprises a biasing unit for moving the electronic unit with respect to the support according to a degree of freedom. The latter biasing unit is reinforced by the movement of the support according to one of the displacement directions.

Description

The present invention relates to a host device for portable communicator. Such a device is able to accommodate a portable communicator, for example in the livery of a motor vehicle.

Such a device must advantageously allow the portable communicator to ensure its own communication functions, still allow exchanges between the portable communicator and the vehicle according to one or more communication protocols, and advantageously ensure the electrical recharging of the portable communicator.

Due to the large dimensional dispersion of existing portable communicators, such a device must offer adjustable holding means. Such a device must be able to maintain a portable communicator, including in case of movements, vibrations and shocks, which may be caused by the vehicle.

In addition, it is advantageous that, in use, the portable communicator is accessible, at least as regards its speaking face. There are currently, to answer this problem, either devices without holding means, at the risk of allowing the portable communicator to move or even to be projected, or reception devices comprising holding means, for example of type vise or "pinball", complex, and therefore expensive, and more difficult to adjust, in that they require many manipulations. The existing docking devices most often form protuberances on the dashboard, which can be troublesome or dangerous, and at least unsightly. In addition, the existing devices are apparent and let appear or guess the presence of a portable communicator at the risk of arousing envy. The device according to the invention is advantageously retractable. It also provides a means for positioning and maintaining the portable communicator simple to implement. The object of the invention is a portable communicator docking device 30 relative to a dashboard of a motor vehicle comprising: - a support adapted to receive a portable communicator, a guiding means capable of allowing a movement of the support from an external position where the support is out of the dashboard to an internal position where the support is retracted into the dashboard, according to a first direction of movement 35 called retraction, and reciprocally from the internal position to the external position, in a second direction of displacement opposite the first direction of movement, - a first return means adapted to mobilize the support in the first direction of movement, and a handle for mobilizing the support, according to the second direction of movement , by opposing the first return means, - an electronic unit capable of interfacing with the portable communicator, an adjustment means solidifying the unit electronics and the support, while allowing a relative displacement of the electronic unit relative to the support according to at least one degree of freedom, - a second return means, able to move the electronic unit relative to the support, said second means of recall being armed by a movement of the support in the second direction of movement. According to another characteristic of the invention, the device further comprises a proximal locking means, integral with the dashboard, adapted to oppose a movement of the support in the first direction of movement. According to another characteristic of the invention, said proximal locking means is able to bear against a proximal end of a portable communicator accommodated in the support, when the support is out in the external position. According to another characteristic of the invention, the device further comprises a means of release, mechanically or electrically controllable, capable of releasing the proximal locking means. According to another characteristic of the invention, the device further comprises a distal locking means. , secured to the support, adapted to oppose a movement of a portable communicator received in the support, relative to the support, according to the second direction of movement. According to another characteristic of the invention, the distal locking means is further adapted to automatically center a portable communicator when the portable communicator is pressed against the distal locking means. According to another characteristic of the invention, the distal locking means 30 comprises two jaws symmetrical to each other, each comprising a bearing zone, a pressure zone and an axis of rotation, shaped in such a way that that a bearing on the bearing zone, in the second direction of movement, causes a rotation of the first jaw in a first direction of rotation, and a rotation of the second jaw in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of Rotation, so that the pressure zones come closer to each other. According to another characteristic of the invention, a pressure zone has a profile such that the contact between the pressure zone of a jaw and a lateral flank of a portable communicator accommodated in the support is limited to one or more stops ( s) the portable communicator. According to another characteristic of the invention, the second return means and the first return means are merged.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the guiding means comprises a first portion secured to the dashboard, a second portion carrying the electronic unit and movable relative to the first part, and a third part carrying the support and movable relative to the second part. According to another characteristic of the invention, the device further comprises a controllable lock capable of selectively enabling or preventing a movement of the electronic unit relative to the support. According to another characteristic of the invention, the device further comprises a processing means adapted to control said controllable lock to maximize an interface quality signal between the electronic unit and a portable communicator 15 hosted in the support. According to another characteristic of the invention, the device also comprises a braking means capable of braking the relative movement of the electronic unit with respect to the support, at least in the first direction of movement. According to another characteristic of the invention, the device further comprises a pusher adapted to bear against a proximal end of a portable communicator accommodated in the support when the support is retracted into an internal position. Other features, details and advantages of the invention will emerge more clearly from the detailed description given below as an indication in relation to drawings in which - Figure 1 illustrates a first embodiment of the invention, in a side view, FIG. 2 illustrates another embodiment of the invention, seen from above, FIG. 3 illustrates another embodiment of the invention, with a view to profile, Figure 4 illustrates another embodiment of the invention, in profile, - Figure 5 illustrates a detail of an embodiment of the invention, in front view. The invention relates to reception device 1 for portable communicator 3 relative to a dashboard 2. A handheld communicator 3 herein denotes a personal electronic device such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a telephone smartphone, a GPS receiver, a navigation aid, or any other equivalent object. Such a portable communicator 3 is typically dedicated to a user. Said user, when in a vehicle, for example automobile, may wish to deposit his portable communicator 3. Such a deposit, is useful in several ways. A first function may be to connect, with or advantageously wireless, the portable communicator 3 with vehicle equipment. Thus it can be cited a vehicle equipment that interfaces and takes over the telephone functions to provide a "hands-free" function. It can still be cited an interface with the memory of the portable communicator 3 in order to transmit to the vehicle of the user's preferences, or data such as music, in order to be broadcast by means of the audio system of the vehicle. It can still be cited an interface NFC ("Near Field Communication" in English) that is to say a near field communication interface, the portable communicator 3 being used as a key contact and / or as a means of authorization starting. It can still be cited a power interface capable of recharging the battery 15 of the portable communicator 3. Such an interface can be wired or advantageously wireless by means of an inductive charger. Some functions of the portable communicator 3 require that the latter be within range or that a talking face is visible to the user, who can most often be the driver. Also, the portable communicator 3 must be able to be deposited close to the user, for example on or near the dashboard 2. In certain circumstances, the portable communicator 3 must also be hidden from view, for example when the vehicle is parked. Advantageously, such masking must not prevent the functions of the portable communicator 3. The reception device 1 according to the invention must be able to receive a portable communicator 3 and keep it within the user's reach. Advantageously, such a device 1 must allow a simple implementation of the portable communicator 3, while being adaptable to the various formats of existing portable communicators. The docking device 1 must still provide effective maintenance of the portable communicator 3, despite the conditions of movement, vibration and shock, which may be encountered in a vehicle. It is advisable to avoid any risk of projection of the portable communicator 3. In addition, especially for the wireless interfaces with vehicle equipment, the device 1 according to the invention should allow precise positioning of the portable communicator 3 and advantageously model-adjustable, relative to at least one electronic unit 4, disposed in the vehicle, in charge of the interface with the hand-held communicator 3.

In order to facilitate the understanding of the invention, the description is continued with a possible embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1. To meet the needs expressed above, such a reception device 1 comprises a support 5. Such a support 5 is able to accommodate a portable communicator 3, to adapt to different sizes of portable communicator 3 and hold it securely in position. It has been found by the inventor that a reception device 1 allowing, optionally, to release the portable communicator 3 out of the dashboard 2, or to retract it under the dashboard 2, presented numerous advantages. . Also, the receiving device 1 according to the invention further comprises a guiding means 6, 6a-c (see Figure 2). This guiding means 6, 6a-c is able to allow bidirectional displacement of the support 5 between an external position B where the support 5 is outside the dashboard 2 and an internal position A (shown in dashed lines in FIG. the support 5, and with it a possible portable communicator 3, are retracted into the dashboard 2. In the internal position A, the device 1 is advantageously closed by an opaque cover means 8 and merging with the dashboard 2. Thus, once retracted device 1 no longer appears and thus conceals a possible portable communicator 3 received in its support 5. 20 Said guide means 6, 6a-c, allows a two-way movement. A first direction of movement 9, which goes from the external position B to the internal position A is called retraction. Conversely, a second direction of movement 10, which goes from the internal position A to the outer position B is called the output, and is opposite the first direction of movement 9. According to one embodiment, the receiving device 1 still comprises a first return means 11. This first return means 11 is able to mobilize the support 5 in the first direction of movement 9, guided by the guide means 6. Thus, in the absence of restraint, the first return means 11 causes the retraction of the support 5 in internal position A. The first return means 11 is made by any means 30 able to exert a force directed in the first direction 9. It may be an elastic means such as a spring or an elastomer, a gravity means such as a counterweight, an engine, or any other means known to those skilled in the art. Said force is exerted between the support 5 and the dashboard 2, either directly or by any known means of transmission or return, such as pulley, cable, lever, etc. According to one embodiment, the reception device 1 is advantageously able to be mobilized in the second direction of movement 10, guided by the guide means 6, manually by an action of the user. For this, the reception device 1 advantageously further comprises a gripping means, such as a handle 12. Thus the user can grip the device 1 by its handle 12 and mobilize the support 5, according to the second direction of movement 10, in order to bring the support 5 into outer position B. In doing so, the user opposes the first return means 11, which is thus armed. Such an output displacement is for example carried out in order to carry out the setting up of a portable communicator 3 in the support 5. The reciprocating exit / retraction movement of the reception device 1 makes it possible to define, with respect to the dashboard 2 considered as fixed, a proximal side, closer to the dashboard 2 and a distal side, farther from the dashboard 2. These qualifiers are applied to the support 5, the portable communicator 3 possibly accommodated in the support 5, and Advantageously, the receiving device 1 further comprises a proximal locking means 13. Such a proximal locking means 13 is typically integral with the dashboard 2 and is able to oppose a movement of the support 5 according to the first direction of movement 9. Thus this proximal locking means 13, when active, prevents the support 5 from retracting and allows it to remain in the outer position B. As shown in FIG. 1, this proximal locking means 13 may be a mobile latch, for example rotary, able to abut against a portion of the support 5, or another component in contact with the support 5, in order to oppose the displacement in the first direction of movement 9. According to an advantageous embodiment, the proximal locking means 13 is such that it automatically comes into the locking position after the passage of the outgoing support 5. This can be achieved by a proximal locking means 13 automatically setting in the locking position, by a return means. This return means 25 may be gravity as illustrated in Figure 1 or alternatively or complementarily complemented by a means of action: elastic, spring, motor or other. Advantageously, the locking means is retracted by the support 5 itself during its outgoing passage, opposing the biasing means. As shown in the figures, the proximal locking means 13 moves from a free position to a locked position by rotation about an axis. A translation or any type of displacement would also be possible. According to an advantageous characteristic of an embodiment, said proximal locking means 13 is able to bear against a portable communicator 3 35 housed in the support 5. Thus, as illustrated, for example in FIG. 2, the locking means proximal 13 abuts against a proximal end 3p of a portable communicator 3. If, moreover, said portable communicator 3 is held integral with the support 5, the proximal locking means 13 by blocking the portable communicator 3 also blocks the support 5 and In addition, if a first return means 11 is present, the locking by the proximal locking means 13 is effected against the return means 11. The portable communicator 3 is thus pinched between the proximal locking means 13 and the support 5. Under the effect of the force exerted by the first return means 11, this clamping provides two functions. A first function is an automatic dimensional adaptation of the support 5 according to the height of the portable communicator 3. A second function is that this nip is exerted with a certain force 10 advantageously guaranteeing a maintenance of the portable communicator 3 in the support 5, including conditions of movement, vibration and shock. Thus, when a user maneuvers the reception device 1 in the second direction 10, he brings the support 5 to the external position B or beyond, by actuating the handle 12. In doing so, he arms the return means 11. After passing out of the support 5, the proximal locking means 13 is activated, advantageously automatically. The user can deposit a portable communicator 3 in the support 5. When the user releases the handle 12, the device initiates a movement in the first direction 9, under the effect of the first return means 11. This displacement stops when the proximal locking means 13 abuts on the proximal end 3p of the portable communicator 3. The support 5, and the portable communicator 3 that it receives, then remain stopped in external position B. It should be noted that the all of the operations to be carried out by a user during the installation of a portable communicator 3 in the support 5 may advantageously be carried out with one hand, advantageously the hand which brings and deposits the portable communicator 3 and without necessarily looking at the device 1. This set of operations can thus, if necessary, be carried out, including by a driver in driving condition, without much disrupt. According to an advantageous characteristic of an embodiment, the reception device 1 also comprises a release means 14. This release means 14, one embodiment of which is illustrated in FIG. 1 and another is illustrated in FIG. 4, is able to release the proximal locking means 13. In doing so, the blocking provided by the proximal locking means 13 against the support 5 and / or the portable communicator 3 is eliminated. The support 5, carrying a possible portable communicator 3, is then free to move according to the guide means 6. If a first return means 11 35 is present, the support 5 moves automatically, in the first direction of movement 9 until it is retracted into the internal position A8.

The releasing means 14 acts by moving the proximal locking means 13 in a movement opposite to the movement which brings the proximal locking means 13 into the locking position. The release means 14 may be mechanically controllable. Thus, for example, maneuvering means may be accessible to a user, for example on the front face of the dashboard 2. A manual action on this means of maneuver thus allows a user to trigger the retraction of the device. 1. Alternatively or additionally, the release means 14 may be electrically controllable. Thus, the receiving device 1 may advantageously comprise processing means adapted to control said release means 14 and thus a retraction in response to an external signal. It is thus possible to control a retraction based on signals from other equipment of the vehicle. It is thus possible to control a retraction in a logical manner in the following situations, detected by the associated signals. In order to avoid a potentially dangerous projection of the portable communicator 3 in the event of an impact, a retraction can be controlled on a crash detection signal. In order not to leave a portable communicator 3 visible in a vehicle, in the absence of a user, at the mercy of potential thieves, a retraction is advantageously controlled when the vehicle is parked. A retraction can thus be controlled on a vehicle door locking / locking signal or on a contact cut-off signal. It is in this situation still possible, beforehand, to warn the user that he has forgotten a portable communicator 3 in the device 1, by an audible or visual alarm. The fact of having an electrically controllable retracting means still allows any configuration to the choice of the manufacturer or the user. It may thus be decided to retract the device 1, to restore a smooth appearance of the dashboard 2, and / or not to disturb a driver, for example, as soon as the vehicle is traveling 30 and exceeds a certain speed. It has been previously seen that the portable communicator 3 is advantageously immobilized relative to the support 5. The proximal locking means 13 prevents relative movement of the portable communicator relative to the support 5 in the first direction of movement 9. According to an advantageous characteristic of In one embodiment, the receiving device 1 further comprises a distal locking means 15. This distal locking means 15 prevents relative movement of the portable communicator 3 relative to the support 5 in the second direction of movement 10. The combination a distal locking means 15 and a proximal locking means 13 ensures that a portable communicator 3 accommodated in a support 5 is immobilized relative to the support 5. According to a simple embodiment, the distal locking means 15 is an abutment secured to the support 5, typically disposed at the distal end of the support 5 and adapted to come into contact with a distal end 3d of the portable communicator 3 (cf. Figure 2). Such a stop is typically transverse to the direction 9, 10 of the movement 10 of the device 1. According to a preferred optional embodiment, the distal locking means 15 moreover and simultaneously provides a centering function of the portable communicator 3 relative to the support 5 Such centering is advantageous in that it allows accurate and repeatable positioning of the portable communicator 3 relative to the support 5. This is important in the presence and use of an electronic unit 4, as will be described later. before. Advantageously, according to a preferred embodiment, the distal locking means 15 provides said centering function automatically. This can be done, for example, under the effect of a support of the portable communicator 3 against the distal locking means 15. The fact that this centering is automatic has at least two advantages. A first advantage is that this centering is done simply, the establishment of the portable communicator 3 in the support 5 without complex intervention of the user. A second advantage is that this centering is performed independently of the dimensional variation that may exist from one handheld communicator model 3 to the other, automatically accommodating said dimensional change. According to an illustrative embodiment, particularly shown in FIG. 2, which has a reception device 1 seen from above, with a portable communicator 3 placed in the support 5, such a distal locking means 15 comprises two jaws 16g, 16d. These two jaws 16g, 16d are symmetrical to each other. They each comprise a bearing zone 17g, 17d, a pressure zone 18g, 18d, and an axis of rotation 19g, 19d. These components are shaped so that a bearing on the bearing zone 17g, 17d, in the direction of the second direction of movement causes a rotation of the first jaw 16g in a first direction of rotation 20g, and a rotation of the second jaw 16d in a second direction of rotation 20d opposite the first direction of rotation 20g. Thus the two opposite rotations 20g, 20d, and the shapes of the jaws 16g, 16d are such that the pressure zones 18g, 18d approach one another. Thus, when a portable communicator 3 is disposed in the support 5 and comes into contact against the distal locking means 15, for example under the effect of a pressure of the proximal locking means 13 on the end proximal 3p of the portable communicator 3, the distal end 3d of the portable communicator 3 is pressed on the respective bearing areas 17g, 17d of the jaws 16g, 16d. This causes the opposing rotations 20g, 20d of the jaws 16g, 16d, displacing the respective pressure zones 18g, 18d towards each other. The bearing zone 18g of the left jaw 16g thus bears on the left flank 3fg of the portable communicator 3. The bearing zone 18d of the right jaw 16d thus bears on the right flank 3fd opposite the left flank 3fg The two jaws 16 g, 16 d, thus center the portable communicator 3 relative to the support 5 by clamping them together. The centering function is thus doubled by a function of adaptation to the dimensions of the portable communicator 3 and a clamping function ensuring a hold, including in motion, vibration and shock conditions. The pair of opposing proximal and distal locking means 15 provides dimensional adaptation of the support 5 to the portable communicator 3 in a longitudinal direction, substantially parallel to the displacements 9, 10 of the support 5. A clamping is furthermore ensured between the two means of blocking 13, 15, under the action of the first return means 11. The pair of jaws 16g, 16d further ensures dimensional adaptation of the support 5 to the portable communicator 3 in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A tightening is moreover ensured between the two jaws 16g, 16d, still under the action of the first return means 11, returned by the axes of rotation 19g, 19d. A single return means 11 thus ensures dimensional adaptation and clamping of the portable communicator 3 in two dimensions. A portable communicator 3 typically has a substantially parallelepiped shape. From one model to another, a large dimensional variation can be observed. The host device 1 shown may for example accommodate a portable communicator 3 having a width and / or height may be equal to 12 cm. A potential disadvantage of the self-adjusting and self-centering jaws 16g, 16d as described could be that the pressure zones 18g, 18d inadvertently press a button, often present on the sidewalls 3fg, 3fd, of a hand-held communicator 3 .

As illustrated in FIG. 5, which has a front view, in a plane perpendicular to the movement directions 9, 10 of the reception device 1, in order to overcome this drawback, according to an advantageous optional embodiment, a pressure zone 18g, 18d, has a profile such that the contact between the pressure zone 18g, 18d of a jaw 16g, 16d and a lateral flank 3fg, 3fd, of a portable communicator 3 accommodated in the support 5 is limited to a or two edges 3a of the portable communicator 3. The left part of FIG. 5 illustrates a first embodiment with a pressure zone profile 18g, 18d, oblique, touching the portable communicator 3 only on an upper edge 3a. Advantageously, the oblique orientation of this oblique profile 10 further maintains the portable communicator 3 against the support 5. The right part of FIG. 5 illustrates a second embodiment with a hollow profile (here a dihedron, which could still be a cylinder, a torus, etc.), touching only the two upper and lower edges 3a. Advantageously, such a profile still maintains the portable communicator 3 against the support 5. In all cases the pressure zone profile 18g, 18d, releases between the jaw 16g, 16d and the flank 3fg, 3fd opposite, a clearance 35g, 35d able to accommodate a possible button 36 projecting from the flank 3fg, 3fd, of a portable communicator 3. The presence of a portable communicator 3 in the reception device 1 is advantageously used to recharge the communicator's battery portable 3 and / or to establish a dialogue between the portable communicator 3 and certain computer equipment or communicating the vehicle. The charging of the battery can advantageously be ensured by a contactless power supply operating on an induction transfer principle. The power supply is then provided with a transmitter, coil or antenna 29 which must be positioned fairly precisely near and opposite a receiver, coil or antenna 30 present in the portable communicator 3. The establishment of a dialogue can advantageously be achieved by an interface equipment comprising a transmitting and / or receiving antenna 29 which is advantageously positioned precisely close to and facing a transmitting and / or receiving antenna 30 present in the portable communicator 3. The dialogue can use, for example, an NFC protocol, a WiFi protocol, a BlueTooth protocol or any other equivalent wireless communication protocol, mono or bidirectional. It is possible to perform at least one power function, and / or at least one dialogue function. Generic unit 4 is called the equipment (power supply and / or interface equipment) carrying the antenna or antennas 29.

Whatever the function performed, even if the precision constraints vary, it is necessary to achieve a precise positioning of the electronic unit 4 relative to the portable communicator 3. Thus, for the food function, which appears to be the most critical, the quality The charging of the battery is an increasing function of the proximity of the antennas 29, 30 which must advantageously be opposite +/- 5mm. In order to ensure said function, the reception device 1 advantageously comprises an electronic unit 4. In order to ensure the proximity of the antennas 29, 30, the reception device 1 advantageously comprises an adjustment means 22 (see FIG. . This adjustment means 22 is such that the electronic unit 4 is secured to the support 5, and remains secured to the support 5 during its exit movements 10 or retraction 9. Thus the electronic unit 5 remains close and motionless relative to the portable communicator 3, the latter being stationary relative to the support 5. However, in particular to accommodate the different types of portable communicators 3 and the different relative antenna positions 30 which result, the adjustment means 22 allows, under certain conditions, a relative displacement of the electronic unit 4 relative to the support 5. This makes it possible to adjust the relative position of the electronic unit 4 and its antenna 29, relative to the support 5 and thus relative to the portable communicator 3 possibly hosted in the support 5 and its antenna 30.

According to one embodiment, said adjustment displacement is possible according to a degree of freedom. It is still possible to provide a second degree of freedom. Advantageously, the reception device 1 comprises a lock 24 per degree of freedom of the adjustment means 22. An example of such a lock 24 is illustrated in FIG. 3. Such a lock 24 has two states: a locked state where the support 5 and the electronic unit 4 are integral and move simultaneously according to the guide means 6 and a free or unlocked state where the support 5 and the electronic unit 4 are released and move independently of one another, according to the guiding means 6. Such a latch 24 can be made by any means of clutch or equivalent, 30 for example comprising a finger secured to one of the components of the support 5 and the electronic unit 4, mobile capable of engaging / to release a crenellated profile 25 integral with the other component. According to a first embodiment, the adjustment means 22 is adapted to be manually operated by a user. In this case the latch 24 is manual and can advantageously be recalled by default in the locked state. Thus the user unlocks by manually actuating the latch 24, manually adjusts the relative position, then releases the latch 24 which returns to the locked state as soon as released and thus maintains the adjustment. According to another embodiment, alternative or complementary, the adjustment means 22 is electrically controllable. In this case the latch 24 is electrically controllable. This allows an automatic adjustment mode which will be described later. According to another embodiment, the adjustment means 22 comprise a second return means. According to an embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4, this second return means may be a return means 23 specific to the adjustment means 22 and to the adjustment function. According to other embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3, subject to certain conditions on the kinematics of the guide means 6, the second return means may be merged with the first return means 11. In both cases the second return means 11, 23 is able to move the electronic unit 4 relative to the support 5. Thus, depending on the controlled state of the latch 24 possibly present, it is possible to adjust the relative position of the electronic unit 4 by 5. The second biasing means 11, 23, when armed, exerts a force which tends to move the electronic unit 4 relative to the support 5, in a direction of movement, for example as illustrated in FIG. the figures, according to the first direction of movement 9. No displacement is produced as the lock 24 remains in a locked state. When the latch 24 is controlled in free state, under the effect of the second return means 11, 23, the electronic unit 4 moves relative to the support 5, in the first direction of movement 9. This continues until that the lock 24 is again controlled 25 in a locked state. It is thus possible to move the electronic unit 4 relative to the support 5 and thus adjust the adjustment means 22 to obtain a relative position, only by controlling the state of the latch 24. Alternatively, the movement can also be stopped by the finish against a final stop. It will be noted that this control mode, with a single return means 11, 23, makes it possible to control only one direction of movement. Advantageously, the second return means 11, 23 is armed by a movement of the support 5 in the opposite direction of movement, here in the second direction of displacement 10. During the retraction movement 9, or the displacement 10 of direction 35 opposite, a set of stops advantageously allows to "reset" the relative position of the support 5 relative to the electronic unit 4 by replacing the electronic unit 4 against an initial stop, disposed at the other end of the stroke relative to the final stop.

Thus, as illustrated in FIG. 4, an embodiment with a second return means 23 distinct from the first return means 11, a stop 32 during a retraction 9 prevents a folding of the segment 6b carrying the electronic unit. 4. The first return means 11 still acts on the segment 6c carrying the support 5. This causes a relative movement of the support 5 relative to the electronic unit 4 in the first direction 9. This relative movement allows to "reset" the position of the electronic unit 4 against an initial stop 31 and at the same time to arm the second return means 23, here arranged between the segments 6b and 6c. After such a "reset", it is possible by acting on the state of the latch 24 to control any intermediate position of the stroke between the initial stop and the final stop. This is particularly simple for controlling a relative position of the electronic unit 4 relative to the support 5. Such an arrangement is particularly advantageous with respect to devices of the prior art where the same function is achieved by a motorized movement of the electronic unit 5. The guide means 6 of the receiving device 1 can be shaped in a variety of ways. It is connected at one end to the dashboard 2 and at the other end to the support 5. It thus determines the movement in the directions 9, 10 of the support 5 relative to the dashboard 2. It provides guidance along a trajectory 20 can be complex but typically in a single degree of freedom. According to an embodiment illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, the guide means 6 may be telescopic. It then comprises segments, typically prismatic / cylindrical, sliding relative to each other. The guiding means 6 comprises at least three successive segments 6a-c. A first segment 6a 25 is integral with the dashboard 2. A last segment 6c is secured to the support 5. Between these two segments 6a, 6c are successively arranged a series comprising at least one segment 6b. All segments are successively connected by a prismatic link. According to a particularly advantageous arrangement, the electronic unit 4 is integral with an intermediate segment 6b, kinematically located between the first segment 6a and the last segment 6c integral with the support 5. Such an arrangement advantageously makes it possible to couple the movement of the support 5 relative to the dashboard 2 and the movement of the electronic unit 4 relative to the support 5. These two movements are thus combined in such a way that a same return means 11 is able to mobilize them. Thus, when the first return means 11 is armed, and the support 5 is in the outer position B, abutting against the proximal locking means 13, the first return means 11 tends to mobilize the support 5 relative to the unit 4 while in the first direction of movement 9. While maintaining a telescopic arrangement, it is possible to vary the guide means 6. Thus, as shown in Figure 3, the movement can be rectilinear.

As shown in Figure 4, the movement can be circular. Such circular movement is advantageous in that it allows a better presentation angle of the portable communicator 3 in the external position B, while having a reduced input profile in the dashboard 2 of the support assembly 5 and portable communicator 3. The portable communicator 3 is introduced into the dashboard 2 according to its weakest profile, by the slice.

Other arrangements are possible. It is possible to achieve with a telescopic guidance means 6 a "toaster" or "eat-disk" type arrangement. An articulated arm is also possible, with substantially any kinematics. A "flap" type device, with a rotary support around an axis parallel to one of the faces 3p, 3d, 3fg, 3fd of the portable communicator 3 is also possible. Those skilled in the art will be able to adapt the teachings herein to the various kinematics and particularly the principles of use of the return means and their armament. With a setting means 22 tensioned by a second biasing means 11, 23 and a latch 24 it has been seen that it is possible to control the relative position of the electronic unit 4 with respect to the support 5. The latch 24 is advantageously controlled by a processing means. If the electronic unit 4 is able to provide an interface quality signal indicative of the quality of the interface established between the electronic unit 4 and a possible portable communicator 3 accommodated in the support 5 opposite, it is possible to control the lock 24, in a controlled manner, as a function of this interface quality signal. Thus, if this interface quality signal has a value depending on the distance between the antenna 29 of the electronic unit 4 and the antenna 30 of the portable communicator 3, for example by analyzing the quality of the transmission, and has an extremum when this distance is minimal, it is possible to achieve control of the adjustment position of the adjustment means 22 controlled in order to obtain an optimum value. The principle of servitude is simple. A first step measures the value of the interface signal. In a second step the latch 24 is controlled in free state to allow a displacement of the electronic unit 4 relative to the support 5. During a third step, the value of the interface signal is measured again.

A fourth step compares this measured value with the previously measured value. If the value has increased the process continues by resuming at the third step. If the value has dropped, the lock 24 is again controlled in the locked state to immobilize the electronic unit 4. The method considers that the optimal position is reached and stops. Optionally, it is alternatively possible to lock the latch 24 before the third step and to unlock the latch 24 before resuming in the third step, if the measurement / comparison is too slow relative to the movement of the adjustment means 22. Equipped with a such processing means, adapted to perform such a control, the device according to the invention allows a setting up a portable communicator 3 of the simplest. The user opens the docking device 1 places the portable communicator 3 in its support 5 with one hand. In doing so it arms the first return means 11 which provides a possibility of retraction and the second return means 11, 23 which provides the energy for the mobility of the adjustment means 22 and the servo which automatically adjusts the position of the electronic unit 4 until reaching an optimal position for the purpose of communicating / charging the hand-held communicator 3. So that the reception device 1 does not retract too suddenly, at the risk of being damaged or damaging the communicator 3, it is advantageous that the reception device 1 comprises a braking means 27 able to slow down the movement of the support 5, at least in the first direction of movement 9. Such a braking means 27 may for example be a throttling providing a leakage flow limited to the air expelled by a compressed cylinder during the retraction movement. According to one embodiment, said jack merges with the guiding means 6.

According to a particularly advantageous arrangement, a second braking means 27 (see FIG. 3) is arranged in such a way as to slow down the relative movement of the electronic unit 4 relative to the support 5. According to an advantageous arrangement, the second braking means 27 merges with the first braking means. Such braking which causes a slowing down of the adjusting movement is particularly advantageous in that it makes it possible to increase the accuracy of the control of the position of the electronic unit 4 relative to the support 5 / portable communicator 3 as a function of the interface quality signal. The portable communicator 3 should remain operational after retraction, when it is in the internal position A. Thus, for example in case of a crash, having ordered a retraction, the communicator must be able to launch an alarm telephone call. Other functions must still be provided and the portable communicator 3 and its antenna 30 should remain correctly positioned relative to the antenna 29 of the electronic unit 4. As long as the portable communicator 3 remains present in the support 5, the latch 24 remains controlled and the position of the electronic unit 4 remains unchanged 5 relative to the support 5, including during the outward movements 10 or retraction 9. However it has been seen that the immobilization of the portable communicator 3 is in part provided by the proximal locking means 13. By its conformation, the proximal locking means 13 is integral with the dashboard 2 and can no longer perform its function of holding the portable communicator 3 when the support 5 is retracted into position A. Also, the host device further advantageously comprises a pusher 28 (see Figure 1). This pusher is a stop, disposed in the dashboard 2 so as to bear against a proximal end 3p of a portable communicator 3 received in the support 5, when it is in the internal position 8, when the support was retracted. Thus, said pusher 28 presses on the proximal end 3p of the portable communicator 3 and thus maintain the support of the latter against the distal locking means 15. This ensures, where appropriate, the centering function. Said pusher 28 thus replaces the proximal locking means 13 when the device 1 is retracted and the portable communicator 3 is in the internal position 8.

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REVENDICATIONS1. Portable communicator docking device (3) relative to a dashboard (2) of a motor vehicle comprising a support (5) adapted to receive a portable communicator (3), characterized in that it further comprises: guiding means (6) adapted to allow movement of the support (5) from an external position (B) where the support (5) is out of the dashboard (2) to an internal position (A) where the support (5) is retracted into the dashboard (2) in a first direction of movement (9) called retraction, and reciprocally from the internal position (A) to the outer position (B) in a second direction displacement (10) opposed to the first direction of movement (9), a first return means (11) adapted to mobilize the support (5) in the first direction of movement (9), and a handle (12) for mobilizing the support (5), in the second movement direction (10), opposing the first return means (11). an electronic unit (4) capable of interfacing with the portable communicator (3), an adjustment means (22) solidifying the electronic unit (4) and the support (5), while allowing a relative movement of the unit electronics (4) with respect to the support (5) according to at least one degree of freedom, the adjustment means (22) comprising a second return means (23), able to move the electronic unit (4) relative to the support ( 5), said second return means (23) being armed by a movement of the support (5) in the second direction of movement (10). 2. Device according to claim 1, further comprising a proximal locking means (13), integral with the dashboard (2), adapted to oppose a movement of the support (5) in the first direction of movement (9) . 3. Device according to claim 2, wherein said proximal locking means (13) is adapted to bear against a proximal end (3p) of a portable communicator (3) accommodated in the support (5), when the support ( 5) is out in the outer position (B). 4. Device according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising a release means (14), mechanically or electrically controllable, capable of releasing the proximal locking means (13). . Device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a distal locking means (15), integral with the support (5), adapted to oppose a movement of a portable communicator (3) received in the support (5), relative to the support (5), according to the second direction of movement (10). 6. Device according to claim 5, wherein the distal locking means (15) is further adapted to automatically center a portable communicator (3) when the portable communicator (3) is pressed against the distal locking means (15). 7. Device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the distal locking means (15) comprises two jaws (16g, 16d) symmetrical to each other, each comprising a bearing zone (17g, 17d), a pressure zone (18g, 18d) and an axis of rotation (19g, 19d), shaped so that a bearing on the bearing zone (17g, 17d), according to the second direction (10) of displacement, causes a rotation of the first jaw (16g) in a first direction of rotation (20g), and a rotation of the second jaw (16d) in a second direction of rotation (20d) opposite the first direction of rotation (20g), in such a way that the pressure zones (18d, 18g) come closer to one another. 8. Device according to claim 7, wherein a pressure zone (18d, 18g) has a profile such that the contact between the pressure zone (18g, 18d) of a jaw (16g, 16d) and a lateral flank ( 3fg, 3fd) of a portable communicator (3) accommodated in the holder (5) is limited to a stop (s) (3a) of the portable communicator (3). 9. Device according to claim 1, wherein the second return means (23) and the first return means (11) are merged. 10. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the guiding means (6) comprises a first portion (6a) integral with the dashboard (2), a second portion (6b) movable relative to the first part (6a) and carrying the electronic unit (4) and a third part (6c) movable relative to the second part (6b) and carrying the support (5). 11. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising a controllable lock (24) capable of selectively allowing or preventing movement of the electronic unit (4) relative to the support (5). 12. Device according to claim 11, further comprising a processing means adapted to control said controllable latch (24) to maximize an interface quality signal indicative of the quality of the interface between the electronic unit (4) and a portable communicator (3) received in the holder (5). 13. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, further comprising a braking means (27) capable of braking the relative movement of the electronic unit (4) relative to the support (5), at least according to the first direction of movement (9). 14. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 13, further comprising a pusher (28) adapted to bear against a proximal end (3p) of a portable communicator (3) received in the support (5) when the support (5) is retracted in the internal position (A).