JP2003319566A - Charger for portable electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charger for a portable electronic apparatus, capable of previously preventing charging failure due to contamination or deformation of charging terminal springs. <P>SOLUTION: In this charger 10 for a portable electronic as an embodiment, a slide block 15 formed with a movable pawl 15p is movably provided between a standby position where the charging terminal springs 13 are stored without be protruding to the outside with a pocket telephone (portable electronic apparatus) 1 not attached and a holding position where the charging terminal spring 13 is protruded to the outside with the pocket telephone attached. The slide block 15 is always forced toward the standby position from the holding position by a forcing spring 16. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a charger for a portable electronic device used for charging a rechargeable portable electronic device such as a portable telephone. Things. 2. Description of the Related Art A foldable portable telephone A, which is an embodiment of a portable electronic device shown in FIG. 12, has a main body B and a lid C which are openably and closably connected by a hinge D. Is provided with a key operation unit (not shown) and the like, while a display unit (not shown) and the like are provided on the lid C, and is driven by a rechargeable secondary battery housed in the main body B. You. Further, a front end (one end) Ba of a main body (equipment housing) B of the mobile phone A has a pair of one-side recesses B.
f, Bf, and a pair of left and right charging terminal plates E, E are provided, and one other-side concave portion Br is formed at a rear end (the other end) Bb of the main body (device housing) B. Have been. FIGS. 13 and 14 show a conventional charger (a charger for a portable electronic device) used to charge the above-mentioned portable telephone A. A front support J and a rear support K are formed with a cradle I for accommodating and placing the mobile phone A therebetween. [0005] The front support J has fixed claws (one-side claws) which engage with the concave portions Bf, Bf on one side of the mobile phone A.
L, L are projected, while the rear support K has a movable claw that engages with the other side recess Br of the mobile phone A.
(The other claw portion) M is provided, and the movable claw M is movably supported in a manner to protrude and retract from the cradle I, and a spring S
Urged in the direction (left direction in the drawing) projecting from the rear support K. [0006] The front support J has charging terminal springs R, R abutting on charging terminal plates E, E of the cellular phone A.
And these charging terminal springs R, R
And a part thereof projects from the front support J toward the cradle I. [0007] In order to charge the mobile phone A, the mobile phone A is mounted on the charger G described above.
The mobile phone A is guided by an operator's manual operation as shown by an arrow a in FIG. 15A, and the fixing claws L, L of the charger G are engaged with the concave portions Bf, Bf on one side of the mobile phone A. Then, the rear part (right side in the figure) of the mobile phone A is pressed down as shown by an arrow b, and is placed on the cradle I while pushing the movable claw M against the urging force of the spring S. The movable claw M is engaged with the concave portion Br on the other side of the mobile phone A. Thus, the one-side recess B of the portable telephone A
By engaging the fixed claw L and the movable claw M of the charger G with f and the other side recess Br, the mobile phone A is mounted and held at a predetermined position of the charger G as shown in FIG. , Charger G
The charging terminal springs R, R of the charging terminal plate H of the mobile phone A,
H is securely contacted, and the mobile phone A is charged in this state. [0010] In the conventional charger G described above, the pair of charging terminal springs R, R project from the front support J when the portable telephone A is not mounted. It is exposed in a state. For this reason, when the mobile phone A is mounted on the charger G, the fixed claw L is provided on one side recess Bf of the mobile phone A.
When the charging terminal plate E of the mobile phone A is engaged.
In some cases, the charging terminal spring R may come into contact with other parts, for example, the surface of the main body (device housing) B or the like. At this time, if a foreign substance such as dust adheres to the charging terminal spring R due to the contact of the main body B or the like, the charging terminal spring R and the charging terminal strong when the portable telephone A is mounted on the charger G. There is a problem that foreign matter is interposed between the mobile phone A and the board E, which causes charging failure of the mobile phone A. When the mobile phone A is attached to the charger G, the charging terminal spring R may be deformed by contact with the mobile phone A.
Is deformed, the contact with the charging terminal plate E becomes unstable, and there is a problem that the charging failure of the mobile phone A is caused. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a charger for a portable electronic device capable of preventing occurrence of charging failure due to contamination or deformation of a charging terminal spring. . According to the present invention, there is provided a charger for a portable electronic device according to the present invention, wherein a one-side claw portion which engages with a one-side recess provided at one end of a device housing of the portable electronic device; The other end of the device housing includes a claw portion that engages with the other side recess provided at the other end, and a charging terminal spring that abuts a charging terminal plate provided at one end of the device housing, wherein the one side includes The portable electronic device is mounted in a state where the claw is engaged with the one-side recess, the other-side claw is engaged with the other-side recess, and the charging terminal spring is in contact with the charging terminal plate. Hold and
A charger for a portable electronic device that charges the portable electronic device, the charger including the one-side claw portion, wherein the charging terminal spring protrudes outside when the portable electronic device is not mounted. A slide block movably provided between a standby position for accommodating the portable electronic device and a holding position for protruding the charging terminal spring to the outside when the portable electronic device is mounted, and holding the slide block. And a biasing spring that constantly biases from the position toward the standby position. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a mobile phone which is one mode of a mobile electronic device, and is shown in FIGS.
1 shows a first embodiment of a charger for a portable electronic device for charging the portable telephone shown in FIG. 1, to which the present invention is applied. A foldable portable telephone 1 which is an embodiment of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1 has a main body 2 and a lid 3 connected by a hinge 4 so as to be openable and closable. While the cover 3 is provided with a display unit (not shown) and the like, the cover 3 is driven by a rechargeable secondary battery housed in the main body 2. A front end (one end) 2a of the main body (equipment housing) 2 of the mobile phone 1 has a pair of one-side recesses 2a.
f, 2f are formed on the left and right, and a pair of charging terminal plates 5, 5 are formed.
The rear end (the other end) 2b in the above has one other side recess 2r
Are formed. A portable electronic device charger 10 (hereinafter, referred to as a charger 10) shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is a device used when charging the above-mentioned portable telephone 1, and is used for charging the portable telephone 1. The cradle 11A for accommodating and holding the mobile phone 1 is interposed between the front support 11 and
F and a rear support 11R are formed. The circuit board 1 is provided inside the housing 11.
2 is accommodated and installed, and one end side of this circuit board 12
A pair of charging terminal springs 13 are attached to the left end (in FIG. 3), and a connector 14 for connecting an external power supply or the like is attached to the other end (the right end in FIG. 3). . Further, inside the housing 11, a slide block 15 is movably housed so as to face the cradle 11A from the front support 11F and cover the charging terminal springs 13, 13. The slide block 15 is provided with movable claws (one-side claw portions) 15p, 15p which engage with the concave portions 2f, 2f on one side of the portable telephone 1, respectively.
And are integrally formed in such a manner as to project toward. On the other hand, the rear support 11 in the housing 11
R has a fixed claw (other claw portion) 11p that engages with the other-side recess 2r of the mobile phone 1 and a cradle 11A of the housing 11.
And are integrally formed in such a manner as to project toward. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the slide block 15 includes a guide portion 12 g formed on the circuit board 12.
The standby position (see FIG. 6A) when the mobile phone 1 is not mounted on the charger 10 and the holding position when the mobile phone 1 is held at a predetermined position of the charger 10 (see FIG. 6). 6 (b)). Further, the slide block 15 is constantly urged from the holding position to the standby position by an urging spring 16 interposed between the slide block 15 and the housing 11. It stops at the standby position by contacting a stopper (not shown) formed on the substrate 12. Here, when the slide block 15 is occupied at the standby position, the charging terminal spring 13 is provided with a concave portion (not shown) provided inside the slide block 15 as shown in FIG. And is surrounded without protruding anywhere from the slide block 15. On the other hand, when the slide block 15 is occupied in the holding position, the charging terminal spring 13 passes through an opening 13o provided in the front of the slide block 15, as shown in FIGS. And protrudes out of the slide block 15. The slide block 15 is formed by engaging flanges 15f, 15f formed on the left and right sides with, for example, guide rails (not shown) formed on the housing 11, thereby forming the inside of the housing 11. In the vertical direction. The portable telephone 1 is connected to the charger 10 having the above-described configuration.
First, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), the mobile phone 1 is guided by a manual operation of the worker, and the mobile claw 15p of the slide block 15 occupying the standby position is attached to the mobile claw 15p. The one side recess 2f is engaged. Next, the mobile phone 1 is advanced as shown by the arrow a, and the slide block 15 is pushed toward the holding position against the urging force of the urging spring 16, and the rear portion of the mobile phone 1 (in the figure). To the right) as shown by the arrow b.
The other side concave portion 2r of the mobile phone 1 is engaged with the fixed claw 11p of the charger 10. Here, by moving the slide block 15 toward the holding position, the slide block 15 is moved.
The charging terminal spring 13 housed in the mobile phone 1 is exposed, and is pushed by the mobile phone 1 moving forward to elastically deform.
The charging terminal spring 13 comes into pressure contact with the charging terminal plate 5 of the mobile phone 1 by its own elastic restoring force. In this manner, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the movable claw 15p of the slide block 15 occupied in the holding position.
And the one-side recess 2f of the mobile phone 1, and the fixing claw 11p of the rear support 11R and the other-side recess 2r of the mobile phone 1.
Is engaged, the mobile phone 1 is mounted and held at a predetermined position of the charger 10, and the charger 10 is operated in a state where the charging terminal spring 13 and the charging terminal plate 5 are securely in contact with each other. The mobile phone 1 is charged. According to the charger 10 having the above-described configuration, when the mobile phone 1 is mounted on the charger 10, the mobile phone 1 having the one-side recess 2f engaged with the movable claw 15p of the slide block 15 is in the standby position. The charging terminal spring 13 is guided to a predetermined mounting position by the slide block that moves from the to the holding position, so that the charging terminal spring 13 does not come into contact with a portion other than the charging terminal plate 5, for example, the surface of the main body (equipment housing) 2 or the like. . Thus, the charging terminal spring 13 is prevented from being stained due to the attachment of foreign matter or the like, and the foreign matter is located between the charging terminal spring 13 and the charging end strong plate 5 when the portable telephone 1 is mounted on the charger 10. , The charging failure of the mobile phone 1 is prevented beforehand. The movable claw 15 of the slide block 15
The mobile phone 1 in which the one-side recess 2f is engaged with the p is guided to a predetermined mounting position by the slide block 15 that moves from the standby position to the holding position. Does not work. Thus, in order to prevent the charging terminal spring 13 from being inadvertently deformed, the charging terminal plate 5 and the charging terminal spring 1 are mounted when the mobile phone 1 is mounted on the charger 10.
The contact with the mobile phone 3 becomes stable, and the charging failure of the mobile phone 1 is prevented beforehand. Further, since the charging terminal spring 13 is housed without protruding to the outside by the slide block 15 occupying the standby position, even when the mobile phone 1 is not mounted, foreign matter adheres. Of the charging terminal spring 13 due to an external force or the charging terminal spring 1 due to an unexpected external force.
3 can be prevented beforehand, and the user's fingertip or the like does not accidentally touch the charging terminal spring 13, so that an unexpected situation caused by the user touching the charging terminal spring 13 can be prevented. Can be avoided. FIGS. 7 and 8 show a second embodiment of a charger for a portable electronic device to which the present invention is applied. The charger 20 for a portable electronic device (hereinafter, referred to as a charger 20) is shown in FIG.
It is used when charging the mobile phone (portable electronic device) 1 shown in FIG. Inside the housing 21 of the charger 20,
Two slide blocks 25, 25 are movably accommodated and installed so as to cover the pair of charging terminal springs 23, 23, respectively, and each slide block 25 is associated with one side recess 2f of the mobile phone 1. A single movable claw (one-side claw portion) 25p is integrally formed. Each slide block 25 is guided by a guide portion 22g of the circuit board 22, can move between a standby position and a holding position, and is interposed between the housing 21 and the slide block 25. The urging spring 26 constantly urges the holding position to the standby position. The configuration of the charger 20 described above is basically the same as that of the charger 10 shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 except that two slide blocks 25 corresponding to the individual charging terminal springs 23 are provided. Since there is no change, the components of the charger 20 which have the same function as the components of the charger 10 are added to the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. The detailed description is omitted by attaching the numbers. In the charger 20 having the above-described configuration, the mobile phone 1 is mounted in the same manner as the charger 10 described above, and accordingly, the occurrence of poor charging due to the soiling or deformation of the charging terminal spring 23. And the like, and the same operation and effect as those of the charger 10 described above can be achieved. Also, in the charger 20 having the above-described configuration, even if one of the slide blocks 25 is erroneously pushed in and the one charging terminal spring 23 is exposed, the other independent slide block 25 does not move. Since the other charging terminal spring 23 is not exposed, an unexpected situation caused by the user's fingertip or the like simultaneously contacting the pair of charging terminal springs 23 can be avoided. A foldable portable telephone 1 ', which is an embodiment of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 9, has a main body 2' and a lid 3 'connected by a hinge 4' so as to be openable and closable.
Is provided with a key operation section (not shown) and the like, while a cover 3 'is provided with a display section (not shown) and the like, and is provided with a rechargeable battery housed in the main body 2'. It is driven by the next battery. The main body (device housing) of the mobile phone 1 '
A pair of one-side recesses 2f 'and 2f' are formed at the front end (one end) 2a 'of the 2' at the left and right.
While a pair of charging terminal plates 5 ', 5' are formed facing the bottom surface, one other-side concave portion 2r 'is formed at a rear end (other end) 2b' of the main body (equipment housing) 2 '. Is formed. FIGS. 10 and 11 show a third embodiment of a portable electronic device charger to which the present invention is applied. This portable electronic device charger 30 (hereinafter referred to as a charger 30) is shown in FIG. The portable telephone (portable electronic device) 1 'shown in FIG. Here, the configuration of the above-described charger 30 is basically the same as that of the charger 10 shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 except that the charging terminal spring 33 has a shape corresponding to the above-mentioned portable telephone 1 ′. In FIG. 10, the components of the charger 30 having the same functions as those of the charger 10 are the same as those of FIG.
Also, in FIG. 11, the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. In the charger 30 having the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG. 11, the portable telephone 1 'is mounted in the same manner as the charger 10 described above, so that the charging terminal spring 3
It is possible to achieve the same operation and effects as those of the charger 10 described above, for example, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of charging failure due to the contamination or deformation of the battery 3 beforehand. In each of the embodiments described above, the charger for a foldable mobile phone, which is one mode of a mobile electronic device, is illustrated. It is needless to say that the present invention can also be effectively applied to a charger having the above configuration. Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, an example is shown in which the present invention is applied to a charger intended for a portable telephone which is a rechargeable portable electronic device. For example, a PDA (Personal Data Assistance) is used. Needless to say, the present invention can be effectively applied to a charger for various portable electronic devices other than the portable telephone. As described above in detail, the charger for a portable electronic device according to the present invention has a one-side claw that engages with a one-side recess provided at one end of a device housing of the portable electronic device. Department and
The other end of the device housing includes a claw portion that engages with the other side recess provided at the other end, and a charging terminal spring that abuts a charging terminal plate provided at one end of the device housing, wherein the one side includes The portable electronic device is mounted in a state where the claw is engaged with the one-side recess, the other-side claw is engaged with the other-side recess, and the charging terminal spring is in contact with the charging terminal plate. A portable electronic device charger for holding and charging the portable electronic device, comprising the one-side claw portion,
A standby position for accommodating the charging terminal spring without projecting to the outside in a state where the portable electronic device is not mounted, and a holding position for projecting the charging terminal spring to the outside in a state where the portable electronic device is mounted. And a biasing spring for constantly biasing the slide block from the holding position toward the standby position. According to the portable electronic device charger having the above configuration, when the portable electronic device is mounted, the portable electronic device in which the one-side concave portion is engaged with the one-side claw portion of the slide block,
Since the slide block that moves from the standby position to the holding position guides the charging terminal spring to a predetermined mounting position, the charging terminal spring does not come into contact with a portion other than the charging terminal plate. Thus, the charging terminal spring is prevented from being stained due to the attachment of foreign matter, and the foreign matter is located between the charging terminal spring and the charging end strong plate when the portable electronic device is mounted on the portable electronic device charger. Thus, the charging failure of the portable electronic device due to the presence of the above is prevented beforehand. Further, the portable electronic device in which the one-side claw portion is engaged with the one-side claw portion of the slide block is guided to a predetermined mounting position by the slide block that moves from the standby position to the holding position. No unexpected large external force acts on the spring. Thus, the contact between the charging terminal plate and the charging terminal spring is stabilized when the portable electronic device is mounted on the charger for the portable electronic device, since the charging terminal spring is prevented from being inadvertently deformed. As a result, charging failure of the portable electronic device is prevented beforehand. Further, since the charging terminal spring is housed without protruding outside by the slide block occupying the standby position, even when the portable electronic device is not mounted, foreign matter such as dust can be prevented. It is possible to prevent the charging terminal spring from being stained by the adhesion and from being deformed due to an unexpected external force. Further, the charging terminal spring is accommodated without protruding outside by the slide block occupying the standby position, so that the user's fingertip or the like can be held in a state where the portable electronic device is not mounted. It is possible to prevent the user from accidentally touching the charging terminal spring, thereby avoiding an unexpected situation caused by the user touching the charging terminal spring.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 (a), (b), (c) and (d) are a plan view, a side view, a front end view and a rear end view showing a portable electronic device. FIGS. 2 (a) and (b) are a plan view and a side view showing a first embodiment of a charger for a portable electronic device according to the present invention. 3 is a cross-sectional side view of the charger for a portable electronic device shown in FIG. 2; FIGS. 4A and 4B are cross-sectional side views of a main part of the portable electronic device charger shown in FIG. 2; 5 is a perspective view of a main part of the portable electronic device charger shown in FIG. 2; FIGS. 6A and 6B are conceptual diagrams showing a procedure for mounting the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1 to the portable electronic device charger shown in FIG. 2; FIGS. 7A and 7B are a plan view and a side view showing a second embodiment of the charger for a portable electronic device according to the present invention. 8 is a perspective view of a main part of the portable electronic device charger shown in FIG. 7; FIGS. 9A, 9B, 9C, and 9D are a plan view, a side view, a front end view, and a rear end view showing the portable electronic device. FIG. 10 is a third perspective view of a charger for a portable electronic device according to the present invention.
Sectional side view which shows an Example. FIGS. 11A and 11B are conceptual diagrams showing a procedure for mounting the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 9 to the portable electronic device charger shown in FIG. 10; 12A, 12B, 12C, and 12D are a plan view, a side view, a front end view, and a rear end view showing a portable electronic device. 13A and 13B are a plan view and a side view showing a conventional charger for a portable electronic device. FIG. 14 is a sectional side view of the charger for the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 13; 15A and 15B are conceptual diagrams showing a procedure for mounting a portable electronic device on a conventional portable electronic device charger. [Description of Signs] 1, 1 ': Mobile phone (portable electronic device), 2, 2': Main body (device housing), 2a, 2a ': Front end (one end), 2b, 2b': Rear end (The other end), 2f, 2f '... one side recess, 2r, 2r' ... the other side recess, 5, 5 '... charging terminal board, 10, 20, 30 ... charger (portable electronic device charger), 11 , 21, 31 ... housing, 11p, 21p, 31p ... fixed claw (the other claw portion), 13, 23, 33 ... charging terminal spring, 15, 25, 35 ... slide block, 15p, 25p, 35p ... movable claw (One side claw portion), 16, 26, 36 ... biasing spring.

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A one-side claw engaging with a one-side recess provided at one end of a device housing of a portable electronic device, and the other-side recess provided at another end of the device housing. And a charging terminal spring that contacts a charging terminal plate provided at one end of the device housing, and the one-side claw is engaged with the one-side recess. The portable electronic device is mounted and held in a state where the other claw portion is engaged with the other concave portion, and the charging terminal spring is in contact with the charging terminal plate, and the portable electronic device is charged. A charger for a portable electronic device, comprising: the one-side claw portion; a standby position for accommodating the charging terminal spring without protruding to the outside when the portable electronic device is not mounted; and The charging in a situation where the portable electronic device is mounted A slide block movably provided between a holding position for projecting the child spring to the outside, and a biasing spring for constantly biasing the slide block from the holding position toward the standby position. A charger for a portable electronic device, comprising: