JP2006180098A - Placing table of electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the placing table of an electronic apparatus in which the attachment and detachment of a portable electronic apparatus are easily performed by only a strip manual operation without using both hands and the operation can be performed only by pushing the electronic apparatus from the top particularly in the case of removing. <P>SOLUTION: A supporting plate 25 is turnably attached by a hinge pin 42 to the body 26 of the placing table 11, a connector 32 attached in the body 26 is loosely fit and attached in the aperture 30 of this supporting plate 25, and the lock 57 of the supporting plate 25 is locked by a push-push type latch 48 by the side of the body 26. After charging or external input/output performance is ended, when a digital video camera 10 is depressed from above to below so that it may push against the supporting plate 25, the locking of the lock 57 is canceled by the push-push type latch 48 so that the supporting plate 25 is floated by the elastic restoring force of the compensation coil spring 65 built in the push-push type latch 48. At this point, the connection of the connector 32 is canceled. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mounting table for an electronic device, and more particularly to a mounting table for an electronic device in which an electronic device is mounted thereon and connected to a connected portion of the electronic device by a connector to perform a predetermined operation.

  For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-35543, a main body case including an upper case and a lower case of a charger, a first charging unit that charges a secondary battery housed in a portable electronic device, and a charging case The second charging unit for charging the secondary battery accommodated in the battery is juxtaposed in the longitudinal direction and arranged in the height direction so that the first charging unit includes the first charging terminal and the second charging unit. The charging part is provided with a second charging terminal, the charging case is detachably attached to the main body case by a battery hook, and the upper case and the lower case are fixed bosses, and the main body case of the portable electronic device There is disclosed a charger for a portable electronic device that is used both as a positioning means for attaching to and attaching to a main body case. According to such a charger, the secondary battery housed in the portable electronic device and the secondary battery housed in the charging case can be charged simultaneously.

  Thus, in a portable electronic device, when not in use, the portable electronic device is mounted on a mounting table for purposes such as charging. In particular, when signals are exchanged through the mounting table, a connector provided on the mounting table is connected to a connected portion of the electronic device, and the external device such as a computer or printer is connected through the mounting table. In this way, data is exchanged and data processing, processing, and printing are performed.

  However, with the conventional portable electronic device mounting table, if the electronic device is simply lifted when removing the electronic device, the mounting table will also be lifted together, and the mounting table must be held with one hand. You have to lift the electronic device with your other hand and remove it with both hands.

Also, in the case of a portable electronic device having a connector at the bottom, if the electronic device is inserted directly into the cradle that constitutes the mounting table from above, the electronic device is attached when the electronic device is mounted. The orientation of the device is easily mistaken, which may damage the terminal portion.
JP 2001-35543 A JP-A-9-27348

  The subject of this invention is providing the mounting base of the electronic device which enabled the attachment or detachment of the electronic device easily with one hand.

  Another problem of the present invention is that when the electronic device is removed from the mounting table, if the electronic device is lifted only, the mounting table is lifted together, and for this purpose, the mounting table is held down with one hand so as not to float, It is an object of the present invention to provide a mounting table for an electronic device that does not need to be removed using both hands.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a mounting table for an electronic device that can be removed simply by pressing the electronic device from above when it is removed from the mounting table.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a mounting table for an electronic device in which there is no risk of damaging a connecting portion even if the orientation is wrong when the electronic device is mounted.

  The above-described problems and other problems of the present invention will be clarified by the technical idea of the present invention and the embodiments thereof described below.

The main invention of the present application is a mounting table in which an electronic device is mounted thereon and connected to a connected portion of the electronic device by a connector to perform a predetermined operation.
The upper portion of the mounting table is composed of a receiving plate, the receiving plate is rotatably attached to the main body portion of the mounting table, and the lock portion of the receiving plate is provided on the main body portion of the mounting table. -Locked by a push-type latch and kept in use,
When the electronic device is pressed against the receiving plate so that the electronic device is pushed in use, the lock portion switches the push-push type latch to the released state, and the latch pushes the receiving plate through the lock portion. The present invention relates to a mounting table for an electronic device, wherein the connection between the connector and the connected portion of the electronic device is released.

  Here, the connector may be connected to the connected portion of the electronic device, and charging or external input / output may be performed via the mounting table. In addition, an opening may be formed in the receiving plate corresponding to the connected portion of the electronic device, and a connector may be attached to the main body of the mounting table so as to face the opening. In addition, the push-push type latch has a deformed heart cam, and when the engagement pin engages with the engagement portion of the heart cam, the latch performs a locking operation and further pushes the electronic device in the locked state. When it is pressed against the receiving plate, the engagement pin gets over the heart cam and is disengaged, and when the pressing force against the electronic device is released, the lock portion is pushed in the direction opposite to the pushing direction by the spring built in the latch. The connection between the connector and the connected portion of the electronic device may be released by pushing up and the receiving plate being pushed up in conjunction with the push-up. The latch includes a case, a slider that is slidable in the push-in direction in the case, a narrowing element that is deformably connected to the upper end of the slider, and a side of the slider An irregularly shaped heart cam provided at an end; a swingable engaging pin that engages with the heart cam; and a spring that biases the slider upward, and the slider is moved downward in the case. When slid, the narrowing element is deformed by the side wall portion of the case, and the lock portion of the receiving plate is tightly locked and locked, and the engagement pin is engaged with the engagement portion of the deformed heart cam. Thus, a locking operation may be performed. The receiving plate may include positioning means for positioning a positioned portion of the electronic device. Further, the receiving plate may be rotatably supported by the main body portion by a hinge pin in the vicinity of the side end opposite to the lock portion. The electronic device may be a video camera.

  According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, an electronic device can be easily and easily disposed with one hand by disposing a detachable mechanism using a raised latch in a mounting table constituting a cradle that enables charging, external output, input, and the like of the electronic device. It is possible to attach and detach. According to such a configuration, the portable electronic device can be easily mounted on the mounting table by one-handed operation. Further, when removing from the mounting table, it is only necessary to push the electronic device down from above, so that the removal operation can be performed very easily and with one hand.

  The main invention of the present application is to place an electronic device thereon, connect to a connected portion of the electronic device by a connector and perform a predetermined operation, and the upper portion of the placement table is configured from a receiving plate, The receiving plate is rotatably attached to the main body portion of the mounting table, and the lock portion of the receiving plate is locked by a push-push type latch provided on the main body portion of the mounting table and maintained in use. When the electronic device is pressed against the receiving plate so that the electronic device is pushed in use, the lock portion switches the push-push type latch to the released state, and the latch pushes up the receiving plate via the locking portion, and the connector and the electronic device. The connection with the connected part is released.

  Therefore, according to the mounting table for such an electronic device, when the predetermined operation is completed, the electronic device on the mounting table is pushed, so that the lock portion of the receiving plate releases the push-push type latch. The latch is pushed up, and the latch pushes up the receiving plate through the lock portion to release the connection between the connector and the connected portion of the electronic device. Accordingly, it is not necessary to lift the electronic device upward with the other hand while holding the mounting table in advance with the other hand, and the electronic device can be removed only by pressing the electronic device from above with one hand.

  The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 shows a mounting table 11 composed of a cradle on which the digital video camera 10 of this embodiment is mounted. First, the digital video camera 10 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the digital video camera 10 includes a lens barrel 14 at the upper end thereof and in the front end side in the optical axis direction. A viewfinder 15 is provided at a position opposite to the lens barrel 14. A monitor 16 comprising a liquid crystal display unit is attached to the side surface of the main body so as to be openable and closable. In addition, the digital video camera 10 has three positioning recesses 17 formed in a portion of the outer casing opposite to the portion to which the monitor 16 is attached, and at the side end as shown in FIG. 3A. A positioning recess 18 is formed on the surface. Further, when placed on the mounting table 11, a connected portion 20 to be connected to the connector is provided in a portion located on the lower side (see FIGS. 2 and 3B).

  Next, a description will be given of a mounting table 11 composed of a cradle on which such a digital video camera 10 is mounted. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the mounting table 11 includes a receiving plate 25, a main body 26, a bottom plate. 27. Here, in particular, the receiving plate 25 is provided with a rectangular opening 30 that is biased to the side at the distal end thereof, and a connector holder 31 is provided so as to be loosely fitted into the opening 30. A connector 32 is attached to the lower part of the connector holder 31. The connector 32 is mounted on a printed circuit board 33, and the wiring on the printed circuit board 33 is connected to the printed circuit board 35 on the bottom plate 27 via the flexible substrate 34. In addition, the printed circuit board 33 is attached to the lower surface of the main body 26 by a presser 36 from below.

  Three positioning convex portions 39 are formed on the receiving plate 25 of the mounting table 11, and these convex portions 39 are engaged with the positioning concave portion 17 of the digital video camera 10. Further, a positioning claw 40 is formed on the side of the receiving plate 25, and the claw 40 is engaged with the positioning recess 18 on the outer side of the digital video camera 10. A pair of hinge brackets 41 are provided at the lower end of the receiving plate 10 and on the side end sides thereof, and the hinge pins 42 are supported by the hinge brackets 41. The hinge pin 42 engages with the hinge bracket 43 on the lower surface of the main body portion 26, whereby the receiving plate 25 is rotatably supported with respect to the main body portion 26.

  A rectangular opening 46 is formed on the main body portion 26, and a holding portion 47 is formed on the distal end side of the opening 46. The holding portion 47 holds the push-push type latch 48. The main body portion 26 includes a locking claw 49, and the locking claw 49 constitutes a coupling means for the main body portion 26 and the bottom plate 27.

  Next, the structure of the push-push type latch 48 that locks the receiving plate 25 and pushes it up when the lock is released will be described with reference to FIGS. The push-push type latch 48 includes a synthetic resin case 52 having an open top, and a slider 53 made of a synthetic resin molding is slidably held in the case 52. Narrowing elements 55 are attached to the upper end of the slider 53 on both sides thereof through thin hinges 54 so as to be deformable. The narrowing element 55 is pressed by the pressing side walls 56 on both sides of the case 52, and as a result, as shown in FIG. 8A, the locking portion 57 connected to the receiving plate 25 is tightly attached to perform the locking operation. .

  A deformed heart cam 60 is formed on each of the front side and the back side of the slider 53, and an engaging portion 61 including a step portion is provided at an intermediate position of the heart cam 60. An engagement pin 62 that engages with the engagement portion 61 is provided in the case 52. The bent portion 63 at the upper end of the engaging pin 62 is engaged with the engaging portion 61. A guide rib 64 is formed on the lower side of the heart cam 60 of the slider 53.

  The slider 53 is pressed upward by a compression coil spring 65 in the case 52. The compression coil spring 65 is housed and held in a circular recess 66 opened on the lower surface of the slider 53 and is held by a pin 67 erected on the bottom of the case 52. A protrusion 68 is formed on the front surface side of the slider 53, and the protrusion 68 is slidably guided by a longitudinal slit 69 formed in the case 52.

  FIG. 5 shows a state (A) in which the video camera 10 is mounted on such a mounting table 11 having a push-push type latch 48 and a predetermined operation such as charging and input / output operations is performed, and the video. In order to release the lock of the receiving plate 25 by pushing the camera 10 downward from the top, thereby releasing the lock of the receiving plate 25 and the state where the video camera 10 is pushed upward together with the receiving plate 25 (B). FIG. 9 shows a state (C) in which the video camera 10 is pushed downward in the state A.

  6A, 6B, and 6C correspond to FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C, in which the receiving plate 25 with the video camera 10 properly attached is correctly locked (A), and the receiving plate 25 is unlocked. The relationship between the receiving plate 25 and the main body portion 26 in the state (B) and in the state (C) in which the video camera 10 is pushed down to release the lock of the receiving plate 25 is shown.

  Next, the operation of the mounting table 11 configured as above will be described. 5B and 6B show a state in which the receiving plate 25 of the mounting table 11 is unlocked. At this time, the lock portion 57 of the receiving plate 25 is pushed upward by the push-push type latch 48, thereby receiving the receiving plate 25. The plate 25 is stopped at a position rotated about 3 degrees upward about the hinge pin 42. At this time, the connected portion 20 of the video camera 10 and the connector 32 of the mounting table 11 are not connected. In such a state, the positioning concave portion 17 of the video camera 10 is engaged with the positioning convex portion 39 of the receiving plate 25, and the positioning concave portion 18 of the video camera 10 is aligned with the positioning claw 40 of the receiving plate 25. The camera 10 is correctly positioned on the receiving plate 25.

  In this state where the receiving plate 25 is rotated upward, the digital video camera 10 is placed on the receiving plate 25, and at that time, the positioning recesses 17 and 18 of the digital video camera 10 are placed on the receiving plate 25. The positioning projections 39 and the positioning claws 40 are engaged with each other for positioning. Therefore, the digital video camera 10 is correctly positioned with respect to the receiving plate 25 before the receiving plate 25 is lowered. Accordingly, when the digital video camera 10 is subsequently pushed down and the receiving plate 25 is lowered to engage the connected portion 20 of the digital video camera 10 with the connector 32 of the mounting table 11, both are positioned correctly. Damage to the connected portion 20 and the connector 32 is avoided.

  If the video camera 10 is correctly positioned as described above, the video camera 10 on the mounting table 11 is pushed downward from above in this state. The maximum pushing position is shown in FIGS. 5C and 6C. And by such pushing operation, the connection of the to-be-connected part 20 of the video camera 10 and the connector 32 of the mounting base 11 is achieved. When the pressing force is released by releasing the hand from the video camera 10 in this state, the push-push type latch 48 that locks the lock portion 57 of the receiving plate 25 is in the state shown in FIG. The engaging portions 61 of 53 deformed heart cams 60 are engaged with the bent portions 63 of the engaging pins 62. Accordingly, the receiving plate 25 is locked in a horizontal state by the push-push type latch 48. Therefore, the video camera 10 can be connected to the outside through the connector 32 of the mounting table 11, and charging and external input / output operations can be performed.

  Next, in the state where the receiving plate 25 is locked as described above and the video camera 10 is placed thereon, as shown in FIG. 5C, a force is applied to the upper surface of the video camera 10 by hand. 10 is pushed downward, the state of the push-push type latch 48 changes as shown in FIG. 8C, and the bent portion 63 of the engagement pin 62 moves to the upper right end side of the deformed heart cam 60 of the slider 53. Then, the engaged state is released.

  Accordingly, when the force applied to the video camera 10 is removed in this state, the receiving plate 25 is pushed up by the compression coil spring 65 built in the push-push type latch 48 with the video camera 10 mounted. That is, the video camera 10 is pushed up together with the receiving plate 25 so that the coil spring 65 pushes up the lock portion 57 via the slider 53. By this operation, the connection between the connected portion 20 of the video camera 10 and the connector 32 held by the main body portion 26 is released. Accordingly, since the video camera 10 is simply placed on the receiving plate 25, the video camera 10 can be easily removed with the hand pressed down, and at this time, it is not necessary to hold the mounting table 11 with hand. .

  Therefore, according to such a configuration, the video camera 10 can be easily mounted with one hand by using the push-push type latch 48 in the mounting table that enables charging and external input / output of the video camera 10. It becomes possible to attach and detach, and the video camera 10 can be easily attached to and detached from the mounting table 11 by one-hand operation. In particular, when detaching from the mounting table 11, it is only necessary to push the video camera 10 downward from above, and the operability of detaching from the mounting table 11 is improved.

  Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the illustrated embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea of the invention included in the present application. For example, the embodiment described above relates to the mounting table 11 for charging the digital video camera 10 and external input / output. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the video camera 10 and various portable electronic devices can be mounted. It can be widely used as a stand.

  The present invention can be widely used for a mounting table with a connector having charging and external input / output functions.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the relationship between a video camera and a mounting base. It is an external appearance perspective view of a video camera. It is the side view and front view of a video camera. It is a disassembled perspective view of a mounting base. It is a front view which shows the operation | movement of attachment or detachment of the video camera with respect to a mounting base. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view seen from the back side which shows the change of the state of the receiving plate of a mounting base. It is a disassembled perspective view of a push-push type latch. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a push-push type latch.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Digital video camera, 11 ... Cradle (mounting stand), 14 ... Lens barrel, 15 ... Viewfinder, 16 ... Monitor (liquid crystal display part), 17, 18 ... Positioning concave part, 20 ... Connection part, 25 ... Receiving Plate, 26 ... Main body, 27 ... Bottom plate, 30 ... Opening, 31 ... Connector holder, 32 ... Connector, 33 ... Printed circuit board, 34 ... Flexible board, 35 ... Printed circuit board, 36 ... Presser, 39 ... Positioning convex part, 40 ... Positioning claw, 41 ... Hinge bracket, 42 ... Hinge pin, 43 ... Hinge bracket, 46 ... Opening, 47 ... Holding part, 48 ... Push-push latch, 49 ... Locking claw, 52 ... Case, 53 ... Slider 54... Thin hinge part 55. Narrow element 56. Side wall for pressing 57. Lock part 60. Deformed heart cam 61. Engagement part 62 62 Engagement pin 63 ... Bending part, 64 ... Guide rib, 65 ... Compression coil spring, 66 ... Circular recess, 67 ... Pin, 68 ... Projection, 69 ... Slit

Claims (8)

In a mounting table on which an electronic device is mounted and connected to a connected portion of the electronic device by a connector to perform a predetermined operation,
The upper portion of the mounting table is composed of a receiving plate, the receiving plate is rotatably attached to the main body portion of the mounting table, and the lock portion of the receiving plate is provided on the main body portion of the mounting table. -Locked by a push-type latch and kept in use,
When the electronic device is pressed against the receiving plate so that the electronic device is pushed in use, the lock portion switches the push-push type latch to the released state, and the latch pushes the receiving plate through the lock portion. A mounting table for an electronic device, wherein the connection between the connector and the connected portion of the electronic device is released.   2. The electronic device mounting table according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device mounting table is connected to a connected portion of the electronic device through the connector, and is charged or externally input / output via the mounting table.   2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein an opening is formed in the receiving plate corresponding to the connected portion of the electronic device, and a connector is attached to the main body of the mounting table so as to face the opening. Mounting table.   The push-push type latch has a deformed heart cam, and when an engagement pin is engaged with the engagement portion of the heart cam, the latch performs a locking operation and further pushes the electronic device in the locked state. When pressed against the plate, the engaging pin gets over the heart cam and is disengaged, and when the pressing force against the electronic device is released, the spring incorporated in the latch pushes the lock portion in the direction opposite to the pushing direction. The electronic device mounting table according to claim 1, wherein the receiving plate is pushed up in conjunction with the connection, and the connection between the connector and the connected portion of the electronic device is released. The latch includes a case, a slider that is slidable in the pushing direction in the case, a narrowing element that is deformably connected to an upper end portion of the slider, and a side end of the slider. An irregularly shaped heart cam provided on the oscillating member, a swingable engaging pin that engages with the heart cam, and a spring that biases the slider upward,
When the slider is slid downward in the case, the narrowing element is deformed by the side wall portion of the case, and the lock portion of the receiving plate is tightly locked and locked. 5. The electronic device mounting table according to claim 4, wherein a locking operation is performed by engaging with an engaging portion of the deformed heart cam.   The mounting table for an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving plate has positioning means for positioning a portion to be positioned of the electronic device.   2. The electronic device mounting table according to claim 1, wherein the receiving plate is rotatably supported by the main body portion by a hinge pin in the vicinity of a side end opposite to the lock portion. 2. The electronic device mounting table according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a video camera.

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