JP2005079341A - Multimedia port - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate wiring by dispensing with guidance by leading a cable for feed wiring in a body. <P>SOLUTION: In a multimedia port for accommodating at least one of equipment for picture and equipment for communication as an inner unit, a relay terminal board 102 is provided in the body 1 for composing an information board. The relay terminal board 102 is connected to a pair of electric wires fed and wired from the outside of the body 1 and is connected to the internal unit for specified feed wiring by the internal cable of the body 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a multimedia port configured by accommodating at least one of a video device and a communication device as an internal unit in one or a plurality of information boards.

Conventionally, various types of multimedia ports have been commercially available and proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a multi-unit including a modular jack relay terminal block in which the relay wiring can be concentrated by a single unit and the size of other devices arranged in parallel is unified and the installation space is not increased. The media port is listed.
JP 2000-133363 A

  By the way, a system using a home gateway and an SCP (Simple Control Protocol) unit has been proposed to remotely monitor and control household devices. However, an internal unit for a feed wiring such as an SCP unit is installed in an information panel. In the case of housing in a modular jack relay terminal block, it is necessary to wire the cable for feeding wiring by drawing it into the body, which causes a problem that wiring becomes very troublesome.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a multimedia port that facilitates wiring by eliminating the need to draw and route a cable for feeding wiring into the body.

  The invention according to claim 1 for solving the above-mentioned problem is a multimedia port configured by accommodating at least one of a video device and a communication device in one or a plurality of information panels as an internal unit, A relay terminal block is provided in the body constituting the information panel, and this relay terminal block is connected to at least a pair of external cables to be fed and connected to an internal unit for a predetermined feed wiring by an internal cable. It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, when the internal unit for the feed wiring is not used, the internal cable is short-circuited. When the internal unit for the feed wiring is used, the internal unit for the feed wiring and the relay terminal block are connected by the internal cable. Since it only has to be connected, it is not necessary to draw the external cable into the body and route it, and wiring becomes easy.

  1 is a perspective view of a body constituting an information board of a multimedia port according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the multimedia port, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are use of a relay terminal block provided on the body. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example.

  The multimedia port of the present embodiment accommodates at least one of a video device and a communication device in one or a plurality of information boards as an internal unit, and has a rectangular opening in the front in the example of FIG. An information board including a resin body 1 formed in a box shape and a resin cover 2 formed so as to close the opening is provided, and a metal (for example, a magnetic material such as iron) is provided in the information board. ) Made of internal device mounting plate 3 and a plurality of internal devices 4 are accommodated.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a rectangular cable insertion hole 10a having a longitudinal direction in the left-right direction is formed in the rear surface portion 10 serving as the bottom of the box-shaped body 1 at the upper end and the lower end side. A harpoon-shaped mounting hole 10b with a head for inserting the foot of the mounting screw facing upward is drilled in the center on the upper end side, and is a rectangular shape with a semicircular cutout in the upper and lower center. Mounting holes 10c are formed in the vicinity of the four corners. Thus, after inserting the preceding wired cable into the cable insertion hole 10a and inserting a fitting such as an attachment screw temporarily fixed to a construction surface such as a wall into the attachment holes 10b and 10c, The body 1 can be temporarily fixed to the construction surface, and the body 1 can be fixed to the construction surface by fixing the temporarily fixed metal fitting.

  In addition, an attachment screw hole (for example, a hole of a nut) 10d for attaching the upper end portion of the inner unit 4 to the front surface of the rear surface portion 10 is provided near the lower portion of the cable insertion hole 10a on the upper end side in the rear surface portion 10 of the body 1. A plurality of units are juxtaposed in the left-right direction at predetermined unit dimension intervals. A support piece 100 for supporting the lower end of the inner unit 4 and the inner unit 4 are formed in the vicinity of the upper portion of the cable insertion hole 10a on the lower end side in the rear surface part 10 and formed with an L-shaped cross section with the tip portion protruding upward. A plurality of mounting screw holes (for example, nut holes) 10e for mounting the lower end portion of the rear surface portion 10 to the front surface of the rear surface portion 10 are arranged in parallel in the left-right direction at predetermined unit dimension intervals.

  Furthermore, a projecting base 101 for attaching a joint box (not shown) interposed between the commercial power source and the internal unit 4 that requires the commercial power source projects from the center of the rear end portion 10 of the body 1 to the front. Has been. The joint box is connected with a cable (metal cable) that has been previously wired from a commercial power source and a cable (metal cable) to the internal unit 4, and the commercial power source and the internal unit 4 are connected by internal wiring. .

  The side circumferential portion that is erected forward from the entire circumference of the rear surface portion 10 of the body 1 and that includes the upper side surface portion 11, the lower side surface portion 12, the left side surface portion 13, and the right side surface portion 14 is a depth dimension in the front-rear direction of each inner unit 4. Is set to a larger dimension. In addition, a pair of not-shown collar pieces that abut on tip portions 312 and 312 of a pair of leg portions 31 and 31 described later are integrally or separately provided at each edge portion of the upper side surface portion 11 and the lower side surface portion 12. Each of the pair of flanges is provided with a screw hole or a screw hole by a nut.

  The cover 2 is formed in a box shape having a rectangular opening at the rear, and is fixed to the body 1 by, for example, its own opening edge being fitted to the opening edge of the body 1, and the opening of the body 1 can be freely opened and closed. It is supposed to block. And in the front part 20 used as the bottom part of the box-shaped cover 2, the vent hole 20a which makes the left-right direction a longitudinal direction is formed with two or more by each of an upper end and a lower end side. Further, the side peripheral portion standing rearward from the entire periphery of the front surface portion 20 of the cover 2 is also set to a dimension larger than the depth dimension in the front-rear direction of each internal unit 4.

  The inner device mounting member 3 is formed in an H shape having a rectangular main portion 30 and a pair of leg portions 31, 31 extending on both sides of the upper and lower ends, and at the center of the left end of the main portion 30. While having the notch 30a for exposing the protrusion 101 in the rear surface part 10 of the body 1 forward, the inner unit 4 attached to the rear surface part 10 of the body 1 near the right end of the main part 30 And has a window hole 30b serving as a window portion.

  On the upper end side of the main portion 30, a plurality of mounting screw holes 30d for attaching the upper end portion of the inner unit 4 to the front surface of the main portion 30 are arranged in parallel in the left-right direction at predetermined unit dimension intervals. On the lower end side of the main portion 30, a plurality of mounting screw holes 30 e for attaching the lower end portion of the inner unit 4 to the front surface of the main portion 30 are arranged in parallel in the left-right direction at predetermined unit dimension intervals. The main portion 30 is formed with a plurality of mounting screw holes for mounting the inner unit 4 having a shape not conforming to a predetermined unit dimension.

  The leg portion 31 has a stepped structure in which an intermediate portion 311 between the base portion 310 and the tip portion 312 is bent backward, and the tip portion 312 located one step rearward is a dart that is lateral to the head (for example, rightward). Shaped mounting holes are drilled. Thereby, if the attachment screw temporarily fixed to the screw hole of each collar piece of the body 1 is inserted into the attachment hole of each leg portion 31 of the internal device attachment member 3, the internal device attachment member 3 is provided by each of these attachment screws. Can be temporarily fixed to the body 1, and the inner device mounting member 3 can be fixed to the body 1 by fixing the temporarily fixed mounting screws. When removing the internal unit attachment member 3 from the body 1, after loosening the respective attachment screws, if the head of each attachment screw is passed through the trunk of the attachment hole of the leg portion 31, the internal unit attachment member 3 can be removed from the body 1.

  The internal unit 4 has a shape conforming to a predetermined unit size (internal units 4 and 4 attached to the body 1 in FIG. 2) and other types (in FIG. 2 attached to the internal unit attachment member 3). The internal unit 4 conforming to the unit dimensions has an upper and lower height dimension set to a substantially constant height, and the left and right width dimensions are integral multiples of a predetermined unit dimension (1,2 Dimensional modularization is achieved by including the container 40 set to be double or the like.

  The container 40 is formed in a rectangular shape whose longitudinal direction is the vertical direction, and the front surface portion and the rear surface portion are rectangular. The upper surface portion 401 and the lower end portion 402 are formed by projecting the rear surface portion vertically from the front surface portion. Is a saddle. Such a container can be constituted by, for example, a container body having an opening at the rear and a back cover that is longer in the vertical direction than this. Or it can also be comprised by the container body which has an opening in the back and has a flange on the upper and lower sides of this opening edge part, and the back cover which obstruct | occludes this opening.

  The upper end 401 of the body 40 is provided with an insertion hole 401a for inserting a foot of an attachment screw corresponding to the attachment screw hole 10d of the body 1 or the attachment screw hole 30d of the inner device attachment member 3, The lower end 402 is formed with an insertion hole for inserting a foot portion of an attachment screw corresponding to the attachment screw hole 10e of the body 1 or the attachment screw hole 30e of the internal device attachment member 3.

  As a feature of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a relay terminal block 102 is provided at the center of the lower end of the rear surface portion 10 of the body 1 and between the cable insertion holes 10a, 10a. Are connected to a pair of external cables (see L1 and L1 in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4), and are connected to a predetermined feed wiring such as an SCP unit by an internal cable (see L2 and L2 in FIG. 4). It is connected to the inner unit 4.

  In the example of FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, the relay terminal block 102 provided at the center of the lower end of the front surface portion 10 of the body 1 has a rectangular terminal block body (container). The main body has a connection portion for an internal cable and a connection portion for an external cable on the upper side surface portion and the lower side surface portion, respectively. The body 1 is not limited to this, and the connection portion of the internal cable is provided on the front surface portion or the upper side surface portion of the terminal block main body, and the connection portion of the external cable is provided on the rear surface portion of the terminal block main body. A cable insertion hole may be formed at the position of the rear surface portion 10. Alternatively, external cable connection portions may be provided on the left and right side surfaces of the terminal block main body, and connected to the pair of external cables via the cable insertion holes 10a and 10a on both sides of the relay terminal block 102, respectively.

  According to the multimedia port having such a configuration, for example, the lower end of the inner unit 4 is supported by the support piece 100 of the body 1, and the foot portion of the mounting screw is inserted into the insertion hole 401 a of the upper end portion 401 of the body 40. Then, it is screwed into the corresponding mounting screw hole 10 d of the body 1, and the foot of the mounting screw is inserted into the insertion hole of the lower end portion 402 of the container body 40, and screwed into the corresponding mounting screw hole 10 e of the body 1. By wearing, the inner unit 4 can be easily attached to the front surface of the rear surface portion 10 of the body 1. In addition, the inner vessel 4 can be easily attached to the front surface of the rear surface portion 10 of the body 1 by making the insertion hole 401a of the upper end portion 401 of the vessel body 40 into a darling shape upward.

  In addition, while aligning the insertion hole 401a of the upper end 401 and the insertion hole of the lower end 402 with the mounting screw hole 30d and the mounting screw hole 30e of the inner unit mounting member 3, respectively, The foot portion of the mounting screw is inserted into the insertion hole 401a of 401 and screwed into the mounting screw hole 30d of the corresponding inner device mounting member 3, and the foot portion of the mounting screw is inserted into the insertion hole of the lower end portion 402. The inner unit 4 can be attached to the front surface of the main portion 30 of the inner unit mounting member 3 by screwing into the mounting screw hole 30e of the corresponding inner unit mounting member 3. Thereby, the number of internal units 4 that can be accommodated in the multimedia port can be increased without increasing the width dimension of the multimedia port in the left-right direction.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the internal cable L2 is short-circuited when the internal unit 4 for feed wiring is not used, and when the internal unit 4 for feed wiring is used, as shown in FIG. Since the feed wiring inner unit 4 and the relay terminal block 102 have only to be connected by the cables L2 and L2, it is not necessary to draw the external cables L1 and L1 into the body 1 and route them, and wiring becomes easy. In the case where the connection portion of the external cables L1 and L1 is provided on the rear surface portion of the terminal block body and the cable insertion hole is formed at the position of the rear surface portion 10 of the body 1 where the rear surface portion comes, Therefore, it is not necessary to draw the external cables L1, L1 for use into the body 1.

  In this embodiment, as in Patent Document 1, the mounting screw holes 10d and 10e, the support piece 100, and the like may be formed on a mounting plate (mounting base) that is screwed to the bottom inner surface of the body 1. Good.

It is a perspective view of the body which comprises the information board of the multimedia port of one Embodiment by this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the same multimedia port. It is a schematic diagram which shows the usage example of the relay terminal block provided in a body. It is a schematic diagram which shows the usage example of the relay terminal block provided in a body.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body 10 Rear surface part 10a Cable insertion hole 10b Attachment hole 10c Attachment hole 10d Attachment screw hole 10e Attachment screw hole 100 Support piece 101 Projection base 102 Relay terminal block 11 Upper side surface part 12 Lower side surface part 13 Left side surface part 14 Right side surface part 2 Cover 20 Front portion 20a Vent 3 Internal device attachment member 30 Main portion 31 Leg portion 310 Base portion 311 Intermediate portion 312 Tip portion 4 Internal device

Claims (1)

  A multimedia port configured such that at least one of a video device and a communication device is housed in one or more information panels as an internal unit, and includes a relay terminal block in a body constituting the information panel, The multimedia port, wherein the relay terminal block is connected to at least a pair of external cables to be fed and connected to an internal unit for a predetermined feed wiring by an internal cable.

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