JP2006093373A - Electrical instrument with clip and attaching method of the clip - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrical instrument whose main body is hardly broken even if a clip is bent. <P>SOLUTION: A digital camera is provided on the main body 1 of the instrument with the clip 2. A cushion member 4 is attached between the base end of the clip 2 and the main body 1 of the instrument so as to be capable of being deformed elastically along the direction of a load applied on the clip 2. A supporting member 3 is attached to the main body 1 of the instrument, and a nut 5 is provided between the cushion member 4 and the supporting member 3. The clip 2 is attached to the main body 1 of the instrument by screwing a screw into the nut 5 through the cushion member 4 from the outside of the clip 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric device having a clip hooked in a pocket and a method for attaching the clip, and more particularly to a digital camera.

As a digital camera having a clip hooked in a pocket such as clothes, the one shown in FIG. 5 is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).
In this device, a base end portion (23) of an elastically deformable clip (2) is attached to the device main body (1). The clip (2) is formed by bending a metal plate. As shown in FIG. 6, the clip (2) is inserted into the pocket (7) while the device body (1) is stored in the pocket (7). It catches on the top edge. When hooking the clip (2), as shown in FIG. 7, the clip (2) is bent outward to widen the gap between the clip (2) and the device body (1), and then the device body (1 ) Is inserted into the pocket (7). The clip (2) is elastically restored and pinches the upper edge of the pocket (7).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-237585

As shown in FIG. 7, when the clip (2) is bent outward, a moment M due to a bending load is applied to the proximal end portion (23) of the clip (2). In this case, even if the metaphor bending load is within the specification of the device main body (1), there is a possibility that the device main body (1) may be damaged by locally concentrating the load due to the moment M.
An object of the present invention is to provide an electrical device in which the device body (1) is not easily damaged even if the clip (2) is bent.

In electrical equipment with a clip (2) on the equipment body (1),
A buffer member (4) is attached between the base end of the clip (2) and the device body (1), and the buffer member (4) can be elastically deformed along the direction of load applied to the clip (2). .

  When a load is applied to the clip (2), the clip (2) is bent and deformed. The buffer member (4) is elastically deformed by receiving a moment applied to the base end of the clip (2) due to the bending deformation. In other words, the load due to the moment of bending and deforming the clip (2) is relaxed by the buffer member (4), and the relaxed load is applied to the device body (1). Thereby, even if a clip (2) bends, an apparatus main body (1) becomes difficult to be damaged.

Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electric apparatus according to this example, specifically, a digital camera. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 cut along a plane including an AA line. A base end portion (23) of a clip (2) formed by bending a metal plate is attached to one end portion of the device main body (1). The clip (2) integrally includes a hanging plate (20) on which a user puts his / her finger and a mounting plate (21) orthogonal to the hanging plate (20) and facing the side surface of the device body (1). It has a letter shape.
As shown in FIG. 2, a support member (3) is attached to the side surface of the device body (1), and a metal is placed between the support member (3) and the attachment plate (21) of the clip (2). A buffer member (4) configured by bending a plate is provided. The buffer member (4) has a U-shaped cross section, and is attached to the support member (3) with the opening (43) facing downward. That is, the buffer member (4) can be elastically deformed along the load direction applied to the clip (2).
A nut (5) is inserted between the buffer member (4) and the support member (3). From the outside of the clip (2), the nut (5) passes through the clip (2) and the buffer member (4). A large screw (60) is screwed onto the clip, and the clip (2) is attached to the device main body (1).

  FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the buffer member (4) and the support member (3). The buffer member (4) is connected to the front vertical plate (40), the rear vertical plate (41) and the connecting plate (42), and the lower surface is opened (43) as described above. First screw through holes (44) (44) are formed on both sides of the front vertical plate (40), and three second screw through holes (45) (45) (45) are formed in the rear vertical plate (41). ) Has been established. The number of second screw through holes (45) is not limited to three. On the front vertical plate (40), a notch (46) is formed at a position facing the second screw through hole (45), (45), (45), in front of the second screw through hole (45). Allow the screw to be inserted from.

Third screw through-holes (31), (31), and (31) that overlap the second screw through-holes (45), (45), and (45) are formed in the central portion along the longitudinal direction of the support member (3). . On the support member (3), receiving walls (30) are provided on both sides of the third screw through holes (31), (31) and (31), and nuts (5) are provided inside the receiving wall (30). Is inserted. In the place where the nut (5) is to be inserted, a mark hole (32) having a hexagonal shape is formed in the same manner as the nut (5). A positioning hole (33) is formed in the vicinity of the mark hole (32), and the positioning hole (33) is fitted into a protrusion (11) protruding from the side surface of the device body (1).
On the side surface of the device body (1), a screw hole (10) is formed in which a screw passing through the second and third screw through holes (45) and (31) is screwed.

(Installation of support member and buffer member)
The procedure for attaching the support member (3) and the buffer member (4) to the side surface of the device main body (1) will be described below.
First, as shown in FIG. 3, the nut (5) is placed inside the receiving wall (30) of the support member (3) with the mark hole (32) as a mark. The nut (5) may be temporarily fixed to the support member (3) with a double-sided tape or the like. Next, the buffer member (4) is fitted from above the support member (3) with the opening (43) of the buffer member (4) facing downward. The support member (3) is sandwiched between the front vertical plate (40) and the rear vertical plate (41) of the buffer member (4), and the second screw through holes (45) (45) (45) and the third screw through holes (31) (31) (31) overlap. The front vertical plate (40) and the support member (3) face each other with the nut (5) interposed therebetween.
In this state, the support member (3) and the buffer member (4) are opposed to the side surface of the device body (1), and the positioning hole (33) is fitted into the protrusion (11). The small screws (6) (6) (6) (see FIG. 4) are passed through the second screw through holes (45) (45) (45) and the third screw through holes (31) (31) (31), Threaded into the screw holes (10), (10), (10) of the device body (1), and as shown in FIG. Install.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the mounting plate (21) of the clip (2) is made to face the buffer member (4). On both sides of the mounting plate (21), there are provided fourth screw through holes (22) and (22). Large screws (60) and (60) are connected to the fourth screw through holes (22) and (22) and 1 Screw through the nut (5) through the threaded through holes (44) and (44). Thus, the clip (2) is attached to the device main body (1).
Since the buffer member (4) is formed of a metal plate, if the large screw (60) is screwed directly to the buffer member (4), the large screw (60) has a small allowance and the mounting becomes unstable. . Therefore, the large screw (60) is screwed into the nut (5).

(Effect of this example)
As shown by an arrow P in FIG. 2, when a load is applied to the clip (2), the clip (2) is bent and deformed. The buffer member (4) is elastically deformed in response to the moment M applied to the base end of the clip (2) due to the bending deformation. In other words, the load due to the moment of bending and deforming the clip (2) is relaxed by the buffer member (4), and the relaxed load is applied to the device body (1). Thereby, even if a clip (2) bends, an apparatus main body (1) becomes difficult to be damaged.
In this example, a digital camera is shown as an electric device, but a mobile phone or the like may be used.

  The above description of the embodiments is for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the invention described in the claims or reducing the scope thereof. In addition, the configuration of each part of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the technical scope described in the claims.

It is a perspective view of a digital camera. It is sectional drawing which fractured | ruptured FIG. 1 in the surface containing an AA line. It is a disassembled perspective view of a buffer member and a supporting member. It is a perspective view which shows the state which attaches the attachment board of a clip to a buffer member. It is a perspective view of the conventional digital camera. It is a perspective view which shows the state in which the conventional digital camera was accommodated in the pocket. It is a figure which shows the state in which the load was added to the conventional clip.

Explanation of symbols

(1) Device body
(2) Clip
(3) Support member
(4) Buffer member
(5) Nut

Claims (3)

In electrical equipment with a clip (2) on the equipment body (1),
A buffer member (4) is attached between the base end of the clip (2) and the device body (1), and the buffer member (4) can be elastically deformed along the direction of load applied to the clip (2). Electrical equipment characterized by that. A support member (3) is mounted on the device main body (1) so as to face the buffer member (4), and a nut (5) is provided between the buffer member (4) and the support member (3). The electric device according to claim 1, wherein the clip (2) is attached to the device main body (1) by screwing a screw into the nut (5) through the buffer member (4) from the outside of the clip (2). . Attaching a nut (5) on the support member (3), and fitting a buffer member (4) to the support member (3);
Attaching the support member (3) and the buffer member (4) to the device body (1);
A clip attachment method comprising a step of attaching a clip (2) to an apparatus body (1) by screwing a screw into the nut (5) from the outside of the clip (2) through a buffer member (4).

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