JP2002199595A - Spacer for charging stand - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save handling time and labor by making a charging stand compatible with various models by using a small number of spacers. SOLUTION: The spacer consists of two pieces, the main spacer 10 and an adaptor 11. The main spacer 10 can be used alone as a spacer when secured on a charger stand. The main spacer 10 can be used together with an adaptor 16 to increase its thickness by providing a projection 16 for coupling the adaptor. Further, turning 180 deg. the adaptor 16 to attach to the main spacer 10 increases the thickness with the projection 16. Thus, the main spacer 10 and an adaptor 11 are used in three ways and can save the handling time and labor by making the charging stand compatible with various models by using a small number of spacers.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a charging stand spacer for charging devices to be charged having different housing sizes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, handy-type electronic devices, for example, portable devices such as portable radios and portable telephones, have built-in rechargeable batteries for convenience. If you are using a charging stand.

[0003] The charging stand has, for example, an opening 3 for fitting a device to be charged 2 at an upper portion thereof and a charging terminal 4 provided inside the opening 3 like the charging stand 1 of the embodiment of the present invention in FIG. Then, the electrodes of the device to be charged 2 fitted into the openings 3 are pressed into contact with the charging terminals 4 so that the charging can be performed.

However, in such a structure, the opening 3 of the charging stand 1 must be exactly aligned with the housing of the device 2 to be charged, or the charging terminal 4 and the device 2
Electrode cannot be pressed. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a charging stand 1 having an opening 3 corresponding to the size of each of the charged devices 2 having different housing sizes.

[0005] One method for solving this problem is to use a spacer.

That is, in this method, spacers having different thicknesses are prepared, and these spacers are charged to the charging stand 1.
The number of the charging stands 1 to be prepared is reduced by fitting the opening 3 of the charging device 2 into the gap formed by the housing size of the device 2 to be charged so that the electrode of the device 2 to be charged can be pressed against the charging terminal 4. It is assumed that.

[0007]

However, in the method using spacers as described above, a plurality of spacers must be prepared in order to correspond to the shapes of the devices to be charged having a large number of housing sizes and different sizes. In addition, in this case, it takes time and effort to select a spacer that matches the size of the device to be charged from the plurality of prepared spacers and attach it to the charging stand.

[0008] For this reason, it is conceivable to enclose all the prepared spacers, but even in such a case, since only one is used, there is a problem that the rest is wasted.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to cope with many models with a small number of spacers, to save time and effort in management, and to reduce waste.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, an opening for fitting a device to be charged is formed at an upper portion, a charging terminal is provided inside the opening, and the charging terminal is provided on the charging terminal. In order to press the electrode of the device to be charged inserted into the opening, the spacer for the charging stand to be inserted into the gap between the opening wall and the device to be charged, the spacer comprises a spacer piece main body and an adapter piece. In one of the spacer piece main body and the adapter piece, a recess symmetrical with respect to the up-down direction to be fitted into the opening is formed, and a fitting portion that fits into the recess is provided on the other, and the adapter piece is attached to the spacer piece body by 180. ° Rotation so that it can be detachably attached, and a plurality of protrusions formed shorter than the fitting portion are vertically or asymmetrically disposed on the spacer piece main body or the adapter piece. While the forms or Re is the employing the configuration provided with a cutout for the projection and fitting the other.

[0011] By adopting such a configuration, the spacer piece main body and the adapter piece can be attached by fitting the fitting portion into the concave portion. At this time, either the spacer piece main body or the adapter piece can be attached. Is fitted with the notch provided on the other side. This way,
The thickness can be increased by the amount of the adapter piece attached. Also, at this time, when the adapter piece is attached to the spacer piece body by rotating it by 180 °, the positions of the protrusion and the notch are provided asymmetrically in the vertical direction. Only the clogs are worn, and the thickness can be further increased.

That is, by adopting the two-piece structure of the spacer piece main body and the adapter piece, first, only the spacer piece main body can be used as the spacer. Next, the adapter piece can be attached to the spacer piece main body and used as a spacer. Furthermore, since the adapter piece can be rotated by 180 ° and attached to the spacer piece body, it can be used as three types of spacers having different thicknesses.

At this time, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which a plurality of protrusions are provided asymmetrically in the vertical direction in the recess, and a fitting hole in which the protrusion fits is provided on a facing surface of the fitting portion facing the recess.

By adopting such a configuration, if the fitting hole of the opposite surface of the fitting portion is fitted to the projection of the recess, the fitting portion is fitted to the recess and the spacer piece main body and the adapter piece are attached. Can be.

Further, when the adapter piece is rotated by 180 °, the projection does not coincide with the insertion hole, and the projection comes into contact with the facing surface of the insertion portion to support the insertion portion. When the spacer piece main body and the adapter piece are attached, the strength of the spacer can be improved.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a charging stand 1 for a portable (handy) radio using the charging stand spacer of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the spacer for the charging stand is composed of a spacer piece main body 10 and an adapter piece 11.
It has a piece configuration.

The spacer piece main body 10 has a wall 12 formed along the outer periphery (the upper and lower wall ends are curved) in accordance with the shape of the housing of the portable radio, and charging stands (grooves 20) are provided on both sides thereof. ) Is provided.

The wall portion 12 is provided to form a concave portion 13 for fitting with the adapter piece 11, and a pressing portion 14 formed in a tapered shape is provided on both sides of the wall portion 12, and the pressing portion 14 is provided. The part 14 is configured to function as a spacer by abutting the radio body.

Further, when a projection 16 is provided on the pressing portion 14 and the adapter piece 11 is attached, the thickness of the spacer can be changed.

That is, the protruding portion 16 is provided with the pressing portion 14
The projections 16 provided on each side are provided asymmetrically with respect to the up-down direction without being provided at equal intervals. At this time, the protrusion 16 is made larger at the center so that the support can be stably performed when the adapter piece 11 is supported as described later.

The recess 1 formed by the wall 12
3 has a plurality of projections 15 provided therein.
The protrusions 15 are lower than the wall 12 and have a T-shape, and two protrusions are provided on the left and right, for a total of four locations. At this time, the distance from the upper end of the upper protrusion 15 to the lower protrusion 15
The distance from the lower end is not provided at equal intervals, but provided so as to be asymmetric with respect to the vertical direction.

In the recess 13 provided with the projection 15,
Notches 17 are provided symmetrically in four places in the vertical direction,
The notch 17 engages with a claw member 18 of the adapter piece 11 as described later.

On the other hand, the adapter piece 11 has a structure in which pressure contact portions 22 are provided on both sides of the fitting portion 21 as shown in FIG.

The fitting portion 21 is formed by projecting a member so as to fit into the concave portion 13 of the spacer piece main body 10.
3 are provided. The fitting holes 23 are provided at four locations on the facing surface, and are provided so that the four projections 15 of the recess 13 of the spacer piece main body 10 and the adapter pieces 11 can be fitted in the state of a, and are vertically It is asymmetric.

The press-contact portion 22 has a tapered portion 2 formed in a tapered shape so as to overlap the pressing portion 14 of the spacer piece main body 10.
4 and a contact portion 25 provided horizontally from the tapered portion 24. A cutout 26 is formed in the contact portion 25.

The notch 26 is formed so that the adapter piece 11 is in the state of a and the projection 16 provided on the pressing portion 14 of the spacer piece main body 10 is fitted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the abutting portion 25 is provided with an engaging claw member 18 for engaging with the notch 17 of the spacer piece main body 10 (as described later, the adapter (Even if it is rotated 180 °).

This embodiment is configured as described above. When the adapter piece 11 is attached to the spacer piece main body 10 in the state shown in FIG. 2A, as shown in FIG. Projection 16 formed on pressing part 14
Fits into the notch 26 of the press contact portion 22 of the adapter piece 11. At this time, the projection 15 of the concave portion 13 of the spacer piece main body 10 fits into the fitting hole 23 on the opposite surface of the adapter piece 11 facing the concave portion 13, and the fitting portion 21 of the adapter piece 11 fits into the concave portion 13 of the spacer piece main body 10. And the claw member 18
Engages with the notch 17 of the spacer piece main body 10. Therefore, the adapter piece 11 does not protrude as shown in FIG. 3A, but the pressing portion 22 of the adapter piece 11 overlaps the pressing portion 14 of the spacer piece main body 10, and the thickness can be increased accordingly. .

When the adapter piece 11 is attached to the spacer piece main body 10 in the state shown in FIG. 2B in which the adapter piece 11 is rotated by 180 °, as shown in FIG.
The protrusion 16 formed on the zero pressing portion 14 contacts the contact portion 25 of the press contact portion 24 of the adapter piece 11. for that reason,
The fitting portion 21 of the adapter piece 11 fits into the recess 13 of the spacer piece body 10 with the adapter piece 11 protruding by the protrusion 16 formed on the spacer piece body 10, and the claw member 18 of the adapter piece 11 is Single body 10
With the notch 17 of the second member. At this time, the spacer piece main body 1
The protrusion 15 of the recess 13 is in contact with the facing surface of the adapter piece 11 facing the recess 13 and supports the contacted surface to increase the strength when pressed against the housing of the wireless device. for that reason,
The thickness of the press contact portion 22 of the adapter piece 11 can be increased by the protrusion 16 of the spacer piece main body 10 as compared with that of FIG. As described above, when the adapter piece 11 is used, the thickness can be changed in two ways.

Therefore, by adopting a two-piece structure of the spacer piece main body 10 and the adapter piece 11, first,
Only the spacer piece main body 10 can be used as the spacer of the charging stand 1 (fitted into the engagement groove 20). Next, the adapter piece 11 can be attached to the spacer piece body 10 and used as a spacer. Furthermore, by rotating the adapter piece 11 by 180 ° and attaching it to the spacer piece main body 10, the thickness of the different thickness 3
Can be used as a kind of spacer.

In this embodiment, the concave portion is provided on the spacer body and the fitting portion is provided on one side of the adapter. However, the concave portion may be provided on one side of the adapter and the fitting portion may be provided on the spacer body side. Good. Similarly, the protrusion and the notch and the protrusion and the fitting hole may be provided in reverse.

Further, in the embodiment, the stand for the wireless device has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is apparent that the present invention can be applied to a charging stand having the above opening such as a mobile phone.

Further, in the embodiment, the two-piece structure of the spacer piece main body and the adapter piece is used, but the adapter piece does not need to be a single piece, and may be formed by a plurality of members.

[0036]

According to the present invention, since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to cope with many models with a small number of spacers, so that the trouble of management can be saved. Also,
At that time, the number of spacers to be attached can be reduced, so that waste can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Charging stand 2 Charged device 3 Opening 4 Charging terminal 10 Spacer piece main body 11 Adapter piece 12 Wall part 13 Concave part 14 Pressing part 15 Projection 16 Protrusion part 21 Fitting part 22 Pressure contact part 23 Fitting hole 26 Notch

Claims (2)

[Claims] An opening for fitting a device to be charged is formed in an upper portion, a charging terminal is provided inside the opening, and an electrode of the device to be charged fitted into the opening is pressed into the charging terminal. In the spacer for a charging stand to be inserted into the gap between the opening wall and the device to be charged, the spacer is composed of a spacer piece main body and an adapter piece, and is fitted into an opening in one of the spacer piece main body and the adapter piece. A concave portion symmetrical with respect to the vertical direction is formed, and a fitting portion that fits into the concave portion is provided on the other side so that the adapter piece can be detachably attached to the spacer piece body even if the adapter piece is rotated by 180 °, A plurality of protrusions formed shorter than the fitting portion were formed asymmetrically in the vertical direction on one of the spacer piece main body and the adapter piece, and the other was provided with a notch for fitting with the protrusion. Spacer for charging stand. 2. The spacer for a charging stand according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of protrusions are provided asymmetrically in the up-down direction in the recess, and a fitting hole in which the protrusion fits is provided on a surface facing the recess of the fitting portion. .