JP2005268942A - Structure of base of dual-purpose desk top/wall mount electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an elastic engagement piece, for closely attaching a base member to a bottom of an apparatus housing, from being damaged and avoid the design of appearance from being impaired. <P>SOLUTION: The elastic engagement piece 41 opposed to a wall mount purpose turnably supporting part is provided to an inner wall 40 of a rocking end 31 of the base member 30, the height h of the elastic engagement piece 41 is formed to be lower than the height H of the inner wall 40. An end face 17 of a projection 12A acting like the wall mount purpose turnably supporting part, opposed to the inner wall 40, of a lower case 3 is provided with a convex body 18 as a part to be engaged. When the base member 30 is closely attached to the bottom of the lower case 3, an elastic claw 42 of the elastic engagement piece 41 engages with the convex body 18. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention can be used as a desktop / wall-mounted electronic device in which the device housing can be raised and lowered with respect to the base member when used as a desktop, and the base member is in close contact with the bottom of the device housing when used as a wall hanging. It relates to the structure of the base in the device.

The base structure of a conventional desktop / wall-mounted electronic device consists of a base member having a base end pivotally supported at the bottom of the lower case and a protrusion provided at the swing end, and a base end pivoted at the bottom of the lower case. And a stand member that changes the angle of the operating portion of the telephone by engaging the oscillating end with the oscillating end of the base member, and when the telephone is used on a wall, the base member is placed on the bottom of the lower case. In order to bring the two into close contact, there is one in which an elastic engagement piece protruding from the bottom of the lower case is engaged with the protrusion of the base member (for example, see Patent Document 1). In addition, the applicant could not find any prior art documents closely related to the present invention by the time of filing other than the prior art documents specified by the prior art document information described in the present specification. .
JP 11-225194 A (paragraph “0018”, FIG. 7)

  In the base structure of the conventional desktop / wall-mounted electronic device described above, since the elastic engagement piece protrudes from the bottom of the lower case, when the telephone is used in a state where the device housing is raised on the desktop, The elastic engagement piece is exposed from between the lower case and the base member. For this reason, when a finger etc. contacted the elastic engagement piece, there was a problem that not only the elastic engagement piece might be damaged but also the appearance design was impaired.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems. The object of the present invention is to prevent breakage of the elastic engagement piece for bringing the base member into close contact with the bottom of the apparatus housing and impair the appearance design. Make sure that there is nothing.

  In order to achieve this object, the invention according to claim 1 includes a base member having a base end pivotally supported at the bottom of the device housing. The base end of the base member and the bottom of the device housing are provided with a base member. In a base structure for a desktop / wall-mounted electronic device in which the device housing is raised at a predetermined angle by interposing a stand member therebetween, a wall-mounting support portion projects from the bottom of the device housing, and the base member Is attached to the bottom of the device housing to provide the base member with a hollow portion for receiving the wall-hanging support portion, and on the inner wall of the swinging end portion of the base member, the wall hanging is accommodated in the hollow portion. An elastic engagement piece is provided opposite to the support part, and an engaged part is provided on the wall-supporting part to engage the elastic engagement piece.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein a projecting portion for protecting the elastic engagement piece is provided on the inner wall of the swinging end portion of the base member so as to sandwich the elastic engagement piece. is there.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the elastic engagement piece is provided on the inner side of the base member and is not exposed to the outside by the base member, when the electronic device is used while being raised on the table, Since the contact with the elastic engagement piece by the base member can be restricted by the base member, the elastic engagement piece can be prevented from being damaged. In addition, since the elastic engagement piece has a structure that is not exposed to the outside by the base member, the appearance design is not impaired.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the contact with the elastic engagement piece by a hand or the like can be more reliably regulated by the protruding portion, so that the elastic engagement piece can be reliably prevented from being damaged.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a telephone to which a base structure for a desktop / wall-mounted electronic device according to the present invention is applied, as viewed from the rear, FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the telephone, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the base member as seen from above, FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the base member in close contact with the bottom of the telephone, and FIG. 6 (A) is VI (A) -VI ( A) Line sectional view, FIG. 7B is a sectional view taken along line VI (B) -VI (B) in FIG. 5, FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion VII in FIG. 6B, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the telephone is raised when used on a table.

  In the telephone set generally indicated by reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1, a device housing is formed by an upper case 2 and a lower case 3, and a dial button 4 and a number of function buttons 5 are mounted on the surface of the upper case 2, and an arrow A display 6 is supported up and down at the end in the A direction, and a handset 7 is placed on the arrow D direction side.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of studs 10, 10 are integrally projected on the back surface of the lower case 3 on both sides of the end portion in the arrow B direction. Shaft portions 10a and 10a that pivotally support the base end portion 33 of the base member 30 are projected in a direction facing each other. Also, on the back side of the lower case 3 in the direction of arrow A, a bearing portion 11 is integrally provided by shaft support portions 11a and 11a having a circular cross section and an elastically deformable retaining piece 11b. A base end portion 25 of a stand member 22 to be described later is pivotally supported on the bearing portion 11.

  12A and 12B are convex portions as wall-mounting support portions protruding in a box shape on the back surface of the lower case 3, and tongue pieces 13 are integrally provided on the surfaces of the convex portions 12A and 12B. . The tongue piece 13 and a retaining portion 14 are provided on the convex portions 12A and 12B so as to surround the tongue piece 13, and the retaining portion 14 and the tongue piece 13 support the wall hanging support having the opening 15. A groove 16 is provided, and the telephone 1 is hung on the wall by engaging a protrusion (not shown) attached to the wall into the support groove 16 from the opening 15.

  Further, on the end surface 17 in the arrow A direction of one convex portion 12A, a convex strip as an engaged portion extending in the arrow CD direction in which an elastic claw 42 of an elastic engagement piece 41 described later is engaged. 18 is integrally projected. Reference numerals 19 and 19 denote engaging portions which are integrally provided so as to straddle the end surface 17 and the bottom portion of the lower case 3, and as will be described later, the base plate 30 is brought into close contact with the bottom portion of the lower case 3 so When the elastic claw 42 of 41 is engaged with the protrusion 18, it engages with the protrusion 43 of the base plate 30, and the engagement state between the elastic claw 42 of the elastic engagement piece 41 and the protrusion 18 is loose. Make sure it is in a solid state.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 22 denotes a stand member, and an end portion in the direction of arrow B is provided with a shaft portion 23 as shown in FIG. 9, and this shaft portion 23 is a bearing portion 11 of the lower case 3 described above. The base end portion 25 is pivotally supported by the lower case 3 so that the swing end portion 24 swings. Engaging claws (not shown) that engage with engaging holes 47 and 48 of the base plate 30 to be described later are provided at both ends of the swing end 24 of the stand member 22 in the direction of the arrow CD. Yes.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 30 denotes a base member, which is formed in a substantially U shape in plan view by a swing end portion 31 and both side portions 32 and 32 as shown in FIG. The two are connected by a first connecting part 34 and the two side parts 32, 32 are connected by a second connecting part 35. A first hollow portion 36 is formed in a portion surrounded by the swing end portion 31, both side portions 32 and 32, and the second connecting portion 35, and the base member 30 is connected to the bottom portion of the lower case 3 as described later. The first hollow portion 36 accommodates the convex portion 12 </ b> A of the lower case 3. In addition, a second hollow portion 37 is formed in a portion surrounded by the first connecting portion 34, both side portions 32, 32 and the second connecting portion 35, and the base member 30 is in close contact with the bottom portion of the lower case 3. When this is done, the convex portion 12 </ b> B of the lower case 3 is accommodated in the second hollow portion 37.

  The base end portions 33, 33 are provided with bearing portions 38, 38 into which the shaft portions 10a, 10a of the lower case 3 are detachably fitted, and the shaft portion 10a is fitted to the bearing portion 38. Thus, the base member 30 is attached to the bottom of the lower case 3 so that the swing end 31 swings about the shaft portion 10a. Of the members constituting the base member 30, the swinging end portion 31 and the side portions 32, 32 are formed with a groove 39 having a substantially U-shaped cross section for routing the cable, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, an inner wall 40 formed at a height H is provided so as to surround the hollow portions 36 and 37.

  As shown in FIG. 7, an elastic engagement piece 41 having an L-shaped cross section is formed along the inner wall 40 at the lower end of the central portion of the inner wall 40 of the swing end 31 of the base member 30. An elastic claw 42 protruding from the first hollow portion 36 is provided at the upper end. The height h of the elastic engagement piece 41 is formed to be lower than the height H of the inner wall 40 of the oscillating end 31 and is configured not to be exposed to the outside by the oscillating end 31. The elastic engagement piece 41 causes the base member 30 to be in close contact with the bottom of the lower case 3, and when the convex portion 12A of the lower case 3 is accommodated in the first hollow portion 36, the end surface 17 of the convex portion 12A is opposed. Then, the elastic claw 42 of the elastic engagement piece 41 engages with the convex strip 18 of the convex portion 12A. At this time, the engaging portion 19 of the lower case 3 engages with the protruding portion 43 of the base plate 30.

  In addition, a pair of protrusions formed on the inner wall 40 of the oscillating end 31 of the base member 30 so as to protrude from the inner wall 40 by approximately the same protrusion amount as the elastic engagement pieces 41 so as to sandwich the elastic engagement pieces 41. Projecting portions 43, 43 are provided. Ribs 44, 44 extending in the vertical direction are integrally provided at the ends of the protruding portions 43, 43 on the elastic engagement piece 41 side.

  First angle setting recesses 45, 45 and second angle setting recesses 46, 46 are provided at portions facing both sides 32, 32 of the base member 30 on the arrow A direction side. Engagement holes 47 and 48 are provided at the ends of the first and second angle setting recesses 45 and 46 in the direction of arrow A, respectively.

  With this configuration, when the telephone 1 is used in a state where it is raised on the table, the both ends of the swinging end 24 of the stand member 22 are connected to the base member 30 as shown in FIG. The engaging claw (not shown) of the swing end 24 is engaged with the engaging hole 47. At this time, a space in which a hand or the like can be inserted is formed between the base plate 30 and the lower case 3. However, as described above, the height h of the elastic engagement piece 41 provided on the base plate 30. Is formed lower than the height H of the inner wall 40 of the swing end 31. For this reason, since the contact to the elastic engagement piece 41 by a hand etc. can be controlled by the base member 30, damage to the elastic engagement piece 41 can be prevented. Moreover, since the elastic engagement piece 41 has a structure that is not exposed to the outside by the base member 30, the appearance design is not impaired.

  In addition, since the pair of protrusions 43 and 43 are provided so as to sandwich the elastic engagement piece 41, contact with the elastic engagement piece 41 by a hand or the like can be more reliably regulated by the protrusion 43. Further, it is possible to reliably prevent the elastic engagement piece 43 from being damaged. Similarly, since the ribs 44 and 44 are integrally projected on the projecting portions 43 and 43, the ribs 44 and 44 can further restrict contact with the elastic engagement piece 41 by a hand or the like.

  When changing from the state used on the table to the state used on the wall, the engagement between the engagement claws and the engagement holes 47 at both ends of the swing end 24 of the stand member 22 is released, and the swing end Both end portions of 24 are removed from the first angle setting recess 45 of the base member 30, and the stand member 22 is rotated around the shaft portion 23 to be in close contact with the bottom portion of the lower case 3. Next, the base member 30 is rotated about the shaft portion 10a of the lower case 3, and the convex portions 12A and 12B of the lower case 3 are accommodated in the first and second hollow portions 36 and 37, so that the base member When 30 is brought into close contact with the bottom of the lower case 3, the elastic claws 42 of the elastic engagement pieces 41 of the base member 30 engage with the ridges 18 of the convex portions 12 </ b> A.

  In this embodiment, an example in which the base structure of the present invention is applied to a telephone is described. However, the base structure of the present invention may be applied to various electronic devices other than the telephone.

It is the external appearance perspective view which looked at the telephone to which the structure of the base in the desktop / wall-mounted electronic device of this invention was applied from the back. It is a bottom view of the telephone to which the structure of the base in the electronic device for desktop / wall mounting of the present invention is applied. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line in FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the base member of the telephone which applied the structure of the base in the electronic device for desktop / wall hangings of this invention from the upper surface. The bottom view of the state which made the base member closely_contact | adhere to the bottom part of the telephone which applied the structure of the base in the desk / wall-mounted electronic device of this invention 5A is a sectional view taken along the line VI (A) -VI (A) in FIG. 5, and FIG. 5B is a sectional view taken along the line VI (B) -VI (B) in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the VII part in FIG. 6 (B). It is a VIII arrow line view in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which raised the telephone, when using the telephone to which the structure of the base in the desktop / wall-mounted electronic device of this invention is applied on a desk.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Telephone, 3 ... Lower case, 10a ... Shaft part, 12A ... Projection part, 18 ... Projection body (engaged part), 22 ... Stand member, 30 ... Base member, 31 ... Swing end part, 36 ... 1st hollow part, 40 ... inner wall, 41 ... elastic engagement piece, 42 ... elastic nail | claw, 43 ... protrusion part.

Claims (2)

  A base member having a base end pivotally supported at the bottom of the device housing is provided, and a stand member is interposed between the swinging end side of the base member and the bottom of the device housing so that the device housing is at a predetermined angle. In the base structure of the desk / wall-mounted electronic device in the raised state, a wall-hanging support portion projects from the bottom of the device housing, and the base member is brought into close contact with the bottom of the device housing. A hollow portion for accommodating the wall hanging support portion is provided, and an elastic engagement piece facing the wall hanging support portion accommodated in the hollow portion is provided on an inner wall of the swing end portion of the base member, A base structure for a desktop / wall-mounted electronic device, wherein a support portion is provided with an engaged portion to which the elastic engagement piece engages. 2. A base structure for a desktop / wall-mounted electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion for protecting the elastic engagement piece is provided on the inner wall of the swinging end portion of the base member so as to sandwich the elastic engagement piece. Base structure for desktop / wall-mounted electronic devices.

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