JP2021040116A - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

To inhibit falling of a hook from a belt etc. in a case that a cable body is connected to a housing lower part of an electronic device.SOLUTION: A controller S4 serving as an electronic device includes: a housing 2; a hook 11 which is provided on a back surface of the housing 2 and inserted into a belt B from above; an electric cord 100 connected to a lower part of the housing 2; and removal prevention parts 21L, 21R protruding from the back surface 2b of the housing 2 and located between the back surface 2b and the hook 11.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The techniques disclosed herein relate to electronic devices.

Conventionally, in order to attach an electronic device or the like to a belt or the like, it is widely known to provide a hook on the electronic device or the like. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses that a separate hook (clip) is attached to the back surface of an electronic device (portable device).

Specifically, the hook disclosed in Patent Document 1 is configured to be inserted into a belt or the like from above. However, if the hook is simply provided, it may fall off from the belt or the like.

Therefore, Patent Document 1 also discloses that a convex piece that protrudes so as to face the tip of the hook and is integrated with the hook is provided, and by sandwiching a belt or the like between the convex piece and the hook. , The convex piece functions as a stopper to prevent it from falling off from the belt or the like.

Jikkenhei 7-8716

By the way, various forms of electronic devices can be considered. In particular, when a cable body such as an electric cord is connected to the housing of an electronic device from below, when a force that pushes up the housing from below acts through the cable body, The hook may be elastically deformed.

In this case, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, if the convex piece integrated with the hook is used, the convex piece moves with respect to the electronic device due to the elastic deformation of the hook, and the belt or the like is used. There is a possibility of falling out of.

The technology disclosed here was made in view of this point, and the purpose thereof is to prevent the hook from falling off from the belt or the like when the cable body is connected to the lower part of the housing of the electronic device. There is.

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device including a housing, a hook provided on the back surface of the housing and inserted into a belt or the like from above, and a cable body connected to the lower part of the housing. The electronic device includes a retaining portion that protrudes from the back surface and is located between the back surface and the hook.

Here, the term "belt or the like" includes not only a general waist belt but also a waist circumference portion (so-called waist band) in trousers or the like.

Further, the term "cable body" includes various members formed in a cable shape such as an electric cord and an optical cable.

According to the above configuration, by providing the retaining portion on the back surface of the housing instead of providing the retaining portion integrally with the hook, even if the hook is elastically deformed, the retaining portion moves with respect to the electronic device, particularly the housing. Can be suppressed. That is, the positioning of the retaining portion can be stabilized by projecting the retaining portion from the back surface of the housing instead of projecting the retaining portion from the plate portion or the like for attaching the hook to the housing. As a result, it becomes possible to prevent the hook from falling off from the belt or the like.

Further, the retaining portion may be provided as a pair of left and right members.

According to the above configuration, even if a force is applied to the hook, the retaining portion, etc. in the direction of rotating them, the retaining portion is provided as a pair of left and right members to suppress the rotation caused by such force. can do.

Further, the electronic device is provided on the back surface of the housing, is composed of a recess in which the retaining portion is arranged and a separate body from the housing, has the hook, and is fitted into the recess. A hook member to be fixed may be provided, and the hook member may have a through hole through which the retaining portion is passed and the retaining portion is exposed.

According to the above configuration, by configuring the hook and the housing as separate bodies, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the rigidity of the retaining portion while increasing the degree of freedom in forming the hook.

Further, the cable body may be an electric cord.

As described above, according to the electronic device, when the cable body is connected to the lower part of the housing of the electronic device, it is possible to prevent the hook from falling off from the belt or the like.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the display system. FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the controller is attached to the belt. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of the controller. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the configuration of the controller. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the controller when viewed from the rear side. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the controller when viewed from the lower surface side. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the controller when viewed from the side surface side. FIG. 8 is a three-view view illustrating the configuration of the housing. FIG. 9 is a three-view view illustrating the configuration of the hook member. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the mounting procedure of the controller.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. The following description is an example.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the display system S, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the controller S4 as an electronic device is attached to the belt B.

As shown in FIG. 1, the display system S is attached to the head of a user, determines a display unit S1 for displaying an image to the user, and an image to be displayed by the display unit S1, and shows the image. A video output unit S2 that outputs a signal, a converter S3 that converts a signal output from the video output unit S2, a controller S4 that inputs a signal converted by the converter S3 and outputs the signal to the display unit S1. It includes a switch device S5 that is connected to the controller S4 and controls an image displayed by the display unit S1.

Of these, the display unit S1 is formed in the shape of goggles, for example, and is attached to the head of the user. The display content (video) in the display unit S1 is determined by the video output unit S2. When the video output unit S2 determines the video, a signal indicating the video is input to the display unit S1 via the converter S3 and the controller S4.

Here, the controller S4 is used by being inserted into a waist belt B or the like. Specifically, the controller S4 is an example of the "electronic device" in the present embodiment, and is provided on the housing 2 for accommodating the electronic substrate and the like and the back surface 2b of the housing 2, and is provided on the belt B and the like from above. A hook 11 to be inserted is provided.

An electric cord 100 extending from the outside is connected to the lower part of the housing 2. The electric cord 100 has a connector 101 connected to the lower part of the housing 2 and a cable 102 extending from the outside, and is configured to supply electric power to the controller S4 via the cable 102. ing. The electric cord 100 is an example of the "cable body" in the present embodiment.

Further, the controller S4 according to the present embodiment has been devised in various ways in order to prevent the hook 11 from falling off from the belt B or the like. Hereinafter, among the configurations related to the controller S4, the configurations related to the suppression of the hook 11 from falling off will be described in detail.

<Controller>
FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of the controller S4, and FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the configuration of the controller S4. Further, FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the controller S4 when viewed from the rear side, FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the controller S4 when viewed from the lower surface side, and FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the controller S4. Is illustrated when viewed from the side surface side.

Further, FIG. 8 is a three-view view illustrating the configuration of the housing 2, FIG. 9 is a three-view view illustrating the configuration of the hook member 1, and FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the mounting procedure of the controller S4. Is.

In the following description, "front" refers to one side of the housing 2 in the thickness direction of the controller S4, and "rear" or "rear side" refers to the other side of the housing 2 in the thickness direction. Further, in the following description, "left" refers to one side of the housing 2 in the lateral direction, and "right" refers to the other side of the housing 2 in the lateral direction. Similarly, in the following description, "upper" refers to one side in the longitudinal direction of the housing 2, and "lower" refers to the other side in the longitudinal direction of the housing 2.

As illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 7, the controller S4 includes a housing 2, a hook member 1 attached to the back surface 2b of the housing 2, and an electric cord 100 connected to the lower surface of the housing 2. ing. In particular, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the hook member 1 according to the present embodiment is configured as a member separate from the housing 2.

Of these, the housing 2 has a rectangular outer shape extending in the vertical direction and is formed in a substantially box shape having a thin thickness in the front-rear direction, and the electronic substrate 4 electrically connected to the electric cord 100. Contained (see FIG. 8).

On the upper side of the back surface 2b of the housing 2, a recess 22 is provided in which the back surface 2b is recessed in the front-rear direction. Specifically, the recess 22 according to the present embodiment is provided on the upper side when the back surface 2b of the housing 2 is divided into two in the vertical direction, and as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 8, a rectangular cross section is provided. Has a face. Four screw holes 23 into which screws 3 can be inserted are provided at the four corners of the recess 22.

Further, as illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 8, the back surface 2b of the housing 2 has the hooks 11 described later, particularly the retaining portions 21L and 21R protruding so as to face the tip end portion (lower end portion) of the hook 11. Is provided.

Specifically, as illustrated in FIGS. 5 to 8, the retaining portions 21L and 21R according to the present embodiment protrude from the lower side when the recess 22 is divided into two in the vertical direction, and are arranged in the left-right direction. It is provided as a pair of members. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the retaining portions 21L and 21R are provided integrally with the housing 2, particularly the back surface 2b of the housing 2.

As illustrated in FIG. 8, the retaining portions 21L and 21R project in a direction orthogonal to the inner bottom surface of the recess 22 (rear in the present embodiment), and have dimensions in the vertical direction as compared with the horizontal direction. Has a long, vertically long outer shape.

Further, as illustrated in FIGS. 7 to 8, the lower half 21b of each retaining portion 21L, 21R extends substantially straight along the vertical direction, while the upper half of each retaining portion 21L, 21R. The portion 21t is inclined obliquely rearward from the lower side to the upper side. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the retaining portions 21L and 21R project from the back surface 2b of the housing 2 and are located between the back surface 2b and the hook 11.

On the other hand, the hook member 1 has the above-mentioned hook 11 and a fixing plate portion 12 that supports the hook 11. Of these, the fixing plate portion 12 is formed in a thin plate shape having substantially the same thickness as the depth of the recess 22 and having a rectangular outer shape. The fixing plate portion 12 can be fitted into the recess 22 and fixed.

At the four corners of the fixing plate portion 12, four screw holes 13 into which screws 3 can be inserted are provided. That is, by fitting the fixing plate portion 12 into the recess 22, the screw holes 23 provided at the four corners of the recess 22 and the screw holes 13 provided at the four corners of the fixing plate portion 12 overlap each other. By inserting the screws 3 into the overlapping screw holes 13 and 23, the fixing plate portion 12 and the hook member 1 can be fixed to the recess 22 and thus the housing 2.

Further, as illustrated in FIG. 9, the hook member 1 has a pair of left and right through holes 12a and 12a. The through holes 12a and 12a allow the retaining portions 21L and 21R to pass through and expose the retaining portions 21L and 21R.

Specifically, the through holes 12a and 12a according to the present embodiment are provided on the lower side when the fixing plate portion 12 is divided into two in the vertical direction, and penetrate through the retaining portion 21L arranged on the left side. It is composed of a hole 12a and a through hole 12a through which the retaining portion 21R arranged on the right side passes.

Further, the hook 11 is formed so as to extend from the upper end portion of the fixing plate portion 12 while being curved rearward, and then extend substantially downward. The tip (lower end) of the hook 11 is bent forward. The size of the hook 11 in the left-right direction is longer than the distance between the pair of left and right retaining portions 21L and 21R.

As illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the hook member 1 is fixed to the housing 2, the lower end portion of the hook 11 (particularly, the portion bent forward) is a retaining portion. They face 21L and 21R at intervals. More specifically, the lower end portion of the hook 11 faces the lower half portion 21b of each retaining portion 21L, 21R at a longer distance than the upper half portion 21t of each retaining portion 21L, 21R.

As illustrated in FIG. 10, when the hook 11 is inserted into the belt B from above, the hook 11 is elastically deformed forward so as to get over the retaining portions 21L and 21R. Is inserted. The belt B can be held by sandwiching the belt B between each of the retaining portions 21L and 21R and the lower end portion of the hook 11.

Here, as illustrated in FIG. 2, when the electric cord 100 is connected to the housing 2 of the controller S4 from below, the housing 2 is pushed up from below via the electric cord 100. When a force is applied, the hook 11 may be elastically deformed.

In this case, if the hook 11 and the retaining portions 21L and 21R are integrally configured, the retaining portions 21L and 21R will move due to the elastic deformation of the hook 11, and the belt B and the like will fall off. There is a possibility that it will end up.

On the other hand, as illustrated in FIG. 4, by providing the retaining portions 21L and 21R on the back surface 2b of the housing 2, even if the hook 11 is elastically deformed, the controller S4 as an electronic device, particularly the housing. It is possible to suppress the movement of the retaining portions 21L and 21R with respect to 2. That is, instead of projecting the retaining portions 21L and 21R from the fixing plate portion 12 of the hook member 1, the retaining portions 21L and 21R are projected from the back surface 2b of the housing 10 to prevent the retaining portions 21L and 21R. Positioning can be stabilized. As a result, it becomes possible to suppress the hook 11 from falling off from the belt B.

Further, as illustrated in FIG. 8 and the like, a force is applied to the hook 11, the retaining portions 21L, 21R, etc. in the direction of rotating them (in the present embodiment, the direction of rotating them around the rotation axis orthogonal to the back surface 2b). However, by providing the retaining portions 21L and 21R as a pair of left and right members, rotation due to such force can be suppressed.

Further, as illustrated in FIG. 4 and the like, by configuring the hook 11 and the housing 2 as separate bodies, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom in molding the hook 11 and suppress the decrease in the rigidity of the retaining portions 21L and 21R. be able to.

<< Other Embodiments >>
In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the hook 11 is inserted into the waist belt B has been described, but the present disclosure is not limited to such a configuration. For example, instead of the waist belt B, the hook 11 may be inserted into the waist portion of trousers or the like.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the electric cord 100 is used as the cable body has been described, but the present disclosure is not limited to such a configuration. For example, an optical cable may be used as the cable body.

1 Hook member 11 Hook 12 Fixing plate part 12a Through hole 2 Housing 2b Back surface 21L Retaining part 21R Retaining part 22 Recessed portion 100 Electric cord B Belt S Display system S4 Controller (electronic device)

Claims (4)

With the housing
A hook provided on the back surface of the housing and inserted into a belt or the like from above,
An electronic device including a cable body connected to the lower part of the housing.
An electronic device that protrudes from the back surface and includes a retaining portion that is located between the back surface and the hook. In the electronic device according to claim 1,
An electronic device characterized in that the retaining portion is provided as a pair of left and right members. In the electronic device according to claim 1 or 2.
A recess provided on the back surface and on which the retaining portion is arranged,
A hook member that is made of a separate body from the housing, has the hook, and is fitted and fixed in the recess.
The hook member is an electronic device having a through hole through which the retaining portion is passed and the retaining portion is exposed. In the electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
The cable body is an electronic device characterized by being an electric cord.

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