JP2010056674A - Charger for portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To switch a standing angle of a charger mounting a portable terminal with a simple configuration without increasing the number of components and to allow a user to select the standing angle in accordance with a use state. <P>SOLUTION: A standing member storage part 8 is provided with: first and second slide guide parts 12b and 13b for sliding a standing member to a first slide completion position or a second slide completion position; a first fulcrum part 12a for rotatably supporting the standing member at the first slide completion position; and a second fulcrum part 13a for rotatably supporting the standing member at the second slide completion position. The standing member is provided with a first guide axis part 22 which is engaged with the first fulcrum part 12a or the first slide guide part 12b and a second guide axis part 23 engaged with the second fulcrum part 13a or the second slide guide part 13b. A charger body 6 stands at a first standing angle in the state that the standing member is rotated to the first slide completion position and the charger body 6 stands at a second standing angle in the state that the standing member is turned to a second slide completion position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal charging base that performs charging in a state where a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a mobile communication device is detachably held.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a portable terminal charging base that performs charging while holding a portable terminal detachably has been used.

  In order to make the mobile terminal self-supporting, for example, as in Patent Document 1, a self-supporting member is provided on the lower end side of the mobile terminal so as to be rotatable. Some are known to move and become independent.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 17, in the portable terminal 101 having the housed self-standing member 120, the portable terminal 101 can be made independent by rotating the self-standing member 120 to a set angle as shown in FIG. And can.

Further, as shown in FIG. 19, when the self-standing member 220 is provided on the charging base 210 itself, as shown in FIG. 20, the portable terminal can be held in a state where the self-standing member 220 is rotated. . Since the shape of the portable terminal is simplified by providing the self-supporting member 220 on the charging base 210 side, this method is often used in recent models.
JP 2001-292217 A

  However, in the conventional charging base 210, the self-supporting member 220 attached to the charging base 210 has one rotation fulcrum, and the self-supporting member 220 is stored (closed) and the self-supporting member 220 is self-supporting. Although it is possible to switch to the standing (open) self-standing state, the self-standing state can only be self-supporting at one set angle.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the portable terminal 301 in the vertically long state tends to have a larger display unit 301a. As the digital terrestrial broadcasting is operated, the display unit 301a is installed as shown in FIG. There are an increasing number of scenes where you can stand in a landscape and enjoy watching TV.

  However, if it can become independent only at one angle as in the prior art, there is an inconvenience that the angle cannot be set according to the height of the ground plane and the TV cannot be viewed comfortably.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to enable selection of a self-supporting angle of a charging stand for a portable terminal in accordance with the height of a ground plane with a simple configuration. There is.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the self-supporting member provided in the charging stand can be rotated in the opposite direction depending on the slide position.

Specifically, in the first invention, a mobile terminal charging stand that can stand by itself while holding the mobile terminal is targeted.
The mobile terminal charging stand is
A charging base main body having a terminal accommodating portion that detachably holds the portable terminal on the front side, and a self-supporting member accommodating portion on the back side;
A self-supporting member that can be switched to a self-supporting state that assists the self-supporting main body to be self-supporting in a state of being accommodated in the self-supporting member housing portion or in a rotated state;
A first and a second slide guide part formed in the self-supporting member housing part and sliding the self-supporting member to a first slide completion position or a second slide completion position;
A first fulcrum portion that is formed in the self-supporting member accommodating portion and supports the self-supporting member rotatably at the first slide completion position, and a second fulcrum portion that supports the self-supporting member rotatably at the second slide completion position. When,
A first guide shaft portion that is formed on the self-standing member and engages with the first fulcrum portion or the first slide guide portion, and a second guide shaft portion that engages with the second fulcrum portion or the second slide guide portion. Yes.

  The self-supporting member causes the charging base body to be self-supporting at a first self-supporting angle while being rotated at the first slide completion position, and the charging base is rotated at the second slide completion position. It is comprised so that it may assist so that a main body may become independent at a 2nd self-supporting angle.

  According to said structure, a self-supporting member is a 1st slide completion position or a 2nd slide within a self-supporting member accommodating part, when a 1st guide shaft part and a 2nd guide shaft part move a 1st and 2nd slide guide part. Slide to the completion position. The self-supporting member makes the charging stand main body self-supporting at the first self-supporting angle while being rotated at the first slide completion position. Further, the self-supporting member makes the charging stand main body self-support at the second self-supporting angle in a state where the self-supporting member is rotated at the second slide completion position. In this way, the user can select two independent angles.

In the second invention, in the first invention,
The first slide guide portion is continuous with a first detachment portion for detaching the first guide shaft portion,
The second slide guide portion is continuous with a second detachment portion that detaches the second guide shaft portion.

  According to said structure, when a self-supporting member rotates centering on the 1st guide shaft part in a 1st support part in a 1st slide completion position, a 2nd guide shaft part remove | deviates from a 2nd separation part, and a self-supporting member However, when the second guide shaft portion is pivoted about the second guide shaft portion at the second support portion at the second slide completion position, the first guide shaft portion is detached from the first separation portion, so that the pivoting operation is easy.

In the third invention, in the first or second invention,
The first fulcrum part is formed with a first rotation holding part for locking the self-supporting member in a state where the charging stand main body is self-supporting at the first self-supporting angle, and the first guide shaft part includes Is formed with a first rotation lock portion that engages with the first rotation holding portion,
The second fulcrum portion is formed with a second rotation holding portion for locking the self-supporting member in a state where the charging stand main body is self-supporting at the second self-supporting angle, and the second guide shaft portion is provided with the second support shaft portion. Is formed with a second rotation lock portion that engages with the second rotation holding portion.

  According to said structure, even when a self-supporting member exists in any of a 1st self-supporting angle and a 2nd self-supporting angle, it locks reliably.

In a fourth invention, in any one of the first to third inventions,
The self-standing member is provided with a slide lock portion so as to be sandwiched between the first guide shaft portion and the second guide shaft portion,
When the self-supporting member is in the first slide completion position, the self-supporting member accommodating portion has a first holding portion that engages with the slide lock portion and the self-supporting member is in the second slide completion position. A second holding portion with which the slide lock portion is engaged is formed.

  According to the above configuration, since the self-supporting member is securely locked when it is in either the first slide completion position or the second slide completion position, the self-supporting member in the storage state is slid or rotated unintentionally. There is nothing to do.

In a fifth invention, in any one of the first to fourth inventions,
The mobile terminal is a mobile phone having a TV receiving function.

  According to the above configuration, the user can select one of the two self-supporting angles according to the height of the ground plane, so that TV viewing can be comfortably performed on the mobile phone.

  As described above, in the present invention, one self-supporting member is slid to one of two slide completion positions and rotated in the opposite direction at each slide position, so that the portable terminal is not enlarged. The user can select one of two independent angles with a simple configuration without increasing the number of parts.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a portable terminal 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The portable terminal 1 of the present embodiment has a large display unit 1a that is long in the vertical direction when it is held in a vertically long state and corresponds to terrestrial digital or the like. In the portable terminal 1, the first housing 2 having the display unit 1a is configured to be slidable on the second housing 3 having operation keys (not shown). That is, the mobile terminal 1 is a sliding mobile phone.

  FIG. 2 shows a portable terminal charging base 5 that holds the portable terminal 1 detachably and performs charging and the like. FIG. 3 shows a state where the portable terminal 1 is held on the charging stand 5. The charging stand 5 has a rectangular parallelepiped charging stand main body 6 that is slightly larger than the portable terminal 1, and a terminal accommodating portion 7 that accommodates the portable terminal 1 is recessed on the surface side of the charging stand main body 6. The charging stand 5 also has a role as a TV stand for watching TV in a state where the portable terminal 1 is accommodated in the terminal accommodating portion 7. Although not shown in detail, a connection terminal connected to the charging terminal of the mobile terminal 1 is provided on the wall surface of the terminal accommodating portion 7, and a power cord (not shown) is connected to the charging stand 5.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the back surface of the charging base main body 6 is provided with a self-supporting member storage portion 8 for storing a self-supporting member 20 that makes the charging base main body 6 self-supporting. FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of the charging stand 5. FIG. 6 shows the self-supporting member accommodating portion 8 in an enlarged manner. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, first to sixth directions A to F are defined for convenience.

  As shown in FIG.6 and FIG.7, the self-supporting member accommodating part 8 is comprised by the rectangular recessed part. Specifically, the first direction A, the second direction B, the fifth direction E, and the sixth direction F are provided with first to fourth wall surfaces 8a to 8d, respectively, and further a flat bottom surface 8e is provided in the third direction C. ing. The first wall surface 8a, the third wall surface 8c, and the fourth wall surface 8d are substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface 8e, and only the second wall surface 8b is inclined so as to expand in the second direction B with respect to the bottom surface 8e. The angle of the first wall surface 8a and the angle of the second wall surface 8b with respect to the bottom surface 8e are related to first and second free standing angles α and β of the charging stand 5 described later.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the self-standing member accommodating portion 8 has a length L1 in the first direction A and the second direction B so that the rectangular plate-shaped self-standing member 20 is completely accommodated. The length of the member 20 is greater than the length L2 (L1> L2). For this reason, the self-supporting member 20 can slide in the first direction A and the second direction B with respect to the charging stand 5.

  As shown in FIG. 7 in which only the fourth wall surface 8d side is enlarged, the self-supporting member housing portion 8 includes a slide holding portion 11 and a first guide portion 12 that are recessed in the third wall surface 8c and the fourth wall surface 8d from the periphery. And a second guide portion 13.

  The slide holding part 11 sandwiched between the first guide part 12 and the second guide part 13 is composed of a first holding part 11a on the B direction side and a second holding part 11b on the A direction side, which are hemispherical holes. ing.

  The first guide part 12 has a first fulcrum part 12 a made of a circular hole for rotating the self-standing member 20. The first slide guide portion 12b extends in parallel with the bottom surface 8e of the self-supporting member accommodating portion 8 continuously from the first fulcrum portion 12a, and the first slide guide portion 12b is a bottom surface perpendicular to the bottom surface 8e of the self-supporting member accommodating portion 8. It is continuous with the first separation portion 12c extending in the direction away from 8e. The width W1 of the first slide guide portion 12b is set smaller than the inner diameter D of the first fulcrum portion 12a in order to prevent rotation within the slide range (W1 <D). The width W2 of the first detachment portion 12c is set larger than the inner diameter D of the first fulcrum portion 12a in order to facilitate the detachment of the first fulcrum portion 12a (D <W2). Moreover, the 1st rotation holding | maintenance part 12d for controlling rotation of the self-supporting member 20 is recessed so that it may extend outside from the 1st fulcrum part 12a.

  The second guide portion 13 has a shape obtained by inverting the first guide portion 12. Similarly to the first guide portion 12, the second guide portion 13 includes a second fulcrum portion 13 a, a second slide guide portion 13 b, and a second detachment portion 13 c. Have. Unlike the first rotation holding portion 12d, the second rotation holding portion 13d for holding the rotation is inclined with respect to the bottom surface 8e of the self-supporting member housing portion 8 so as to follow the second wall surface 8b. It extends to.

  FIG. 8 shows the self-standing member 20 in an enlarged manner, and the self-standing member 20 is provided with protrusions that engage with the third wall surface 8 c and the fourth wall surface 8 d of the self-standing member housing portion 8. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the first guide shaft portion 22 is provided at a position corresponding to the first guide portion 12, and the second guide shaft portion 23 is positioned at a position corresponding to the second guide portion 13. Is provided. A slide lock portion 21 that engages with the slide holding portion 11 is provided at a position between the first guide shaft portion 22 and the second guide shaft portion 23. The slide lock portion 21 has a hemispherical shape so as to fit completely into the first holding portion 11a and the second holding portion 11b. The first guide shaft portion 22 includes a first guide shaft 22a and a first rotation lock portion 22b extending in the second direction B. The first guide shaft portion 22 has a flat surface facing the round bar in accordance with the width W1 of the first slide guide portion 12b so that the first guide shaft portion 22 can slide within the slide range of the first slide guide portion 12b. It is chamfered. The second guide shaft portion 23 has a shape obtained by inverting the first guide shaft portion 22, and similarly includes a second guide shaft 23a and a second rotation lock portion 23b extending in the first direction A. It is configured to engage with the guide portion 13.

  By comprising as mentioned above, the 1st and 2nd guide shaft parts 22 and 23 can rotate and slide in the 1st and 2nd fulcrum parts 12a and 13a of the charging stand 5, and the 1st and 2nd The second slide guide portions 12b and 13b can only be slid, and the first and second detachment portions 12c and 13c can be detached.

-How to use the charging stand-
Next, a method for using the charging stand 5 according to the present embodiment will be described.

(1) Flat-laying state When the user charges the charging stand 5 in a flat flat-laying state without standing independently, the free-standing member 20 remains housed in the self-standing member housing portion 8 as shown in FIG. It becomes a state. In this flat state, since the display unit 1a is also horizontal, it is not suitable for TV viewing.

  FIG. 11 shows a state in which the self-supporting member 20 is accommodated in the self-supporting member accommodating portion 8, the first guide shaft 22a is engaged with the first slide guide portion 12b, and the second guide shaft 23a is engaged with the second fulcrum portion 13a. Is engaged. Further, the self-standing member 20 is slidable in the first direction A. The slide lock unit 21 is engaged with the first holding unit 11 a of the slide holding unit 11 and is locked at the first slide completion position where the slide in the second direction B is completed. In this state, the self-supporting member 20 is held on the charging stand 5.

  If the lock between the slide lock portion 21 and the first holding portion 11a is released, the first guide shaft 22a can be detached in the D direction by the first separation portion 12c, and is continuous to the first separation portion 12c. The first slide guide portion 12b can slide in the first direction A. The second guide shaft 23a can be rotated by the engaged second fulcrum part 13a, and can be slid in the first direction A by the second slide guide part 13b continuous to the second fulcrum part 13a. .

(2) 1st self-supporting state When a user wants to make a charging stand self-supporting, it is necessary to raise the self-supporting member 20 from the self-supporting member accommodating part 8 of the charging stand 5.

  First, the lock of the slide lock portion 21 and the first holding portion 11a is released from the state of FIG. 11 to cause the self-supporting member 20, and the first guide shaft 22a is detached from the first separation portion 12c in the fourth direction D. As a result, the lock of the self-supporting member 20 is released and the self-standing member 20 can be rotated.

  Furthermore, it is rotated in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. At this time, the rotation fulcrum of the self-standing member 20 becomes the second guide shaft 23a and the second fulcrum part 13a.

  The self-standing member 20 raised to the rotation completion position is locked at the first rotation completion position by the second rotation lock portion 23b engaging with the second rotation holding portion 13d. As shown in FIG. 13, the charging stand 5 that is in a self-supporting state is self-supported at the first self-standing angle α by the grounding surface 5 a of the charging stand 5 and the first grounding surface 20 a of the locked self-standing member 20. TV viewing is possible with the mobile terminal 1 attached.

(3) Second Self-Standing State Next, a case where the user uses the charging stand 5 at the second self-standing angle β in which the self-standing angle is further reduced as shown in FIG. 14 will be described.

  In this case, the self-standing member 20 is not rotated from the state shown in FIG. 11, but the lock between the slide lock portion 21 and the first holding portion 11 a is first released and slid in the first direction A. In the state of FIG. 11, the first guide shaft 22a of the self-supporting member 20 can slide in the first direction A by the engaged first slide guide portion 12b, and the second guide shaft 23a is engaged with the second fulcrum. Since the slide in the first direction A is possible from the portion 13a through the second slide guide portion 13b, the self-standing member 20 can be slid in the first direction A.

  FIG. 15 shows a state where the self-standing member 20 has been slid in the first direction A. The slide lock portion 21 is engaged with the second holding portion 11b, and the self-standing member 20 is held at the second slide completion position. If the lock between the slide lock portion 21 and the second holding portion 11b is released, the first guide shaft 22a can be rotated by the engaged first fulcrum portion 12a and is continuous to the first fulcrum portion 12a. The first slide guide portion 12b can slide in the second direction B. The second guide shaft 23a can be detached in the D direction by the second detaching portion 13c, and can be slid in the second direction B by the second slide guide portion 13b continuous with the second detaching portion 13c.

  In order to be independent from the second slide completion position, it is necessary to release the lock between the slide lock portion 21 and the second holding portion 11b to cause the self-standing member 20 to be caused by the self-standing member accommodating portion 8. As shown in FIG. 16, in the self-supporting member 20, the first guide shaft 22a and the first fulcrum portion 12a serve as a rotation fulcrum, and the second guide shaft 23a is detached from the second separation portion 13c. It is caused by the member accommodating portion 8.

  The self-standing member 20 raised to the second rotation completion position is locked at the second rotation completion position by the first rotation lock portion 22b engaging the first rotation holding portion 12d.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the charging stand 5 that is in a self-supporting state has a second smaller than the first self-standing angle α due to the grounding surface 5 a of the charging stand and the second grounding surface 20 b of the locked self-standing member 20. TV viewing is possible in a state of being independent at an independent angle β (α <β).

-Effect of the embodiment-
As described above, in the charging stand 5 of the present embodiment, the self-supporting member 20 having the first and second guide shafts 22a and 23a that are the two rotation fulcrums can be slid, and the fulcrum according to the slid position. It is a compact member that can be stored in the charging stand 5 by rotating around the first or second fulcrum portion 12a, 13a that is a single stand-alone with a simple configuration without increasing the number of parts. The member 20 can change the self-supporting angle, and the first or second self-supporting angles α and β according to use can be selected, so that TV viewing can be performed comfortably.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention may be configured as follows with respect to the above embodiment.

  That is, in the above embodiment, the mobile terminal 1 is a slide type mobile phone, but may be a straight type or a foldable type mobile phone. The mobile terminal 1 may be a PHS, PDA, PC, mobile tool, electronic dictionary, calculator, game machine, or the like.

  In addition, the above embodiment is an essentially preferable illustration, Comprising: It does not intend restrict | limiting the range of this invention, its application thing, or a use.

The portable terminal concerning embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. The charging stand concerning embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. The state which mounted | wore the charging stand with the portable terminal is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the charging stand from the back. It is the VV sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a perspective view which expands and shows a storage part. It is sectional drawing which expands and shows a storage part. It is a perspective view which expands and shows a self-supporting member. It is a side view which expands and shows a self-supporting member It is sectional drawing which shows a mode that the charging stand holding a portable terminal was laid flat. It is sectional drawing which shows a mode that a self-supporting member exists in the 1st slide completion position. It is sectional drawing which shows a mode that a self-supporting member exists in the 1st rotation completion position. It is sectional drawing which shows a mode that the charging stand holding a portable terminal was inclined at the 1st angle. It is sectional drawing which shows a mode that the charging stand holding a portable terminal was inclined by the 2nd angle. It is sectional drawing which shows a mode that a self-supporting member exists in the 2nd slide completion position. It is sectional drawing which shows a mode that a self-supporting member exists in the 2nd rotation completion position. It is a perspective view which shows the conventional portable terminal. It is a perspective view which shows the self-supporting state of the conventional portable terminal. It is a perspective view which shows the conventional charging stand. It is a perspective view which shows the self-supporting state of the conventional charging stand. It is a perspective view which shows the vertically long state of the conventional portable terminal. It is a perspective view which shows the horizontally long state of the conventional portable terminal.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile terminal 1a Display part 2 1st housing | casing 3 2nd housing | casing 5 Charging stand for mobile terminals 5a Grounding surface 6 Charging stand main body 7 Terminal accommodating part 8 Self-supporting member accommodating part 8a 1st wall surface 8b 2nd wall surface 8c 1st 3 wall surface 8d 4th wall surface 8e bottom surface 11 slide holding portion 11a first holding portion 11b second holding portion 12 first guide portion 12a first fulcrum portion 12b first slide guide portion 12c first detaching portion 12d first rotation holding portion 13 2nd guide part 13a 2nd fulcrum part 13b 2nd slide guide part 13c 2nd detachment part 13d 2nd rotation holding part 20 Self-standing member 20a 1st grounding surface 20b 2nd grounding surface 21 Slide lock part 22 1st guide shaft Portion 22a first guide shaft 22b first rotation lock portion 23 second guide shaft portion 23a second guide shaft 23b second rotation lock portion

Claims (5)

In the charging stand for mobile devices that can stand by itself while holding the mobile device,
A charging base main body having a terminal housing portion that detachably holds the portable terminal on the front side, and a self-supporting member housing portion on the back side
A self-supporting member that is switchable to a self-supporting state that assists the self-supporting of the main body of the charging base in a storage state accommodated in the self-supporting member storage portion or in a rotated state;
A first and a second slide guide part formed in the self-supporting member housing part and sliding the self-supporting member to a first slide completion position or a second slide completion position;
A first fulcrum portion that is formed in the self-supporting member accommodating portion and supports the self-supporting member rotatably at the first slide completion position, and a second fulcrum portion that supports the self-supporting member rotatably at the second slide completion position. When,
A first guide shaft portion that is formed on the self-supporting member and engages with the first fulcrum portion or the first slide guide portion, and a second guide shaft portion that engages with the second fulcrum portion or the second slide guide portion;
The self-supporting member causes the charging base body to be self-supporting at a first self-supporting angle while being rotated at the first slide completion position, and also allows the charging base body to be rotated while being rotated at the second slide completion position. A charging stand for a portable terminal, wherein the charging stand is configured to assist so as to be independent at a second independent angle. In the charging stand for portable terminals of Claim 1,
The first slide guide portion is continuous with a first detachment portion for detaching the first guide shaft portion,
The charging terminal for a portable terminal, wherein the second slide guide part is continuous with a second detaching part for detaching the second guide shaft part. In the portable terminal charging stand according to claim 1 or 2,
The first fulcrum part is formed with a first rotation holding part for locking the self-supporting member in a state where the charging stand main body is self-supporting at the first self-supporting angle, and the first guide shaft part includes Is formed with a first rotation lock portion that engages with the first rotation holding portion,
The second fulcrum portion is formed with a second rotation holding portion for locking the self-supporting member in a state where the charging stand main body is self-supporting at the second self-supporting angle, and the second guide shaft portion is provided with the second support shaft portion. Is formed with a second rotation lock portion that engages with the second rotation holding portion. In the charging stand for portable terminals in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3,
The self-standing member is provided with a slide lock portion so as to be sandwiched between the first guide shaft portion and the second guide shaft portion,
When the self-supporting member is in the first slide completion position, the self-supporting member accommodating portion has a first holding portion that engages with the slide lock portion and the self-supporting member is in the second slide completion position. A charging base for a portable terminal, wherein a second holding portion with which the slide lock portion is engaged is formed. In the portable terminal charging stand according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The mobile terminal is a mobile phone having a TV reception function.

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