JP2023113745A - Retainer - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a retainer capable of stably holding an object to be held and capable of inhibiting interference with another member.SOLUTION: When a tilt part 12 is tilted along a protruding/receding slide direction, a sandwiching direction and the protruding/receding slide direction are orthogonal to each other, and the tilt part is housed in a retainer body 20. Thus, a sandwiching part can be restrained from interfering with another member (panel part), because an extension direction or a juxtaposition direction corresponds with the protruding/receding slide direction, even when an extension-direction dimension of the sandwiching part is increased or the sandwiching parts are each juxtaposed to abut in a plurality of locations, so as to stably hold a smartphone 5.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to a holding device.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a mobile device holder for installing a mobile device such as a smart phone in a vehicle has been proposed as a holding device for holding an object to be held (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The conventional mobile device holder described in Patent Document 1 includes a mounting portion attached to the dashboard, an arm portion extending from the mounting portion, and a holding portion provided at the tip of the arm portion for holding the mobile device. The direction of the mobile device can be changed by rotating the holding portion.

JP 2013-256240 A

However, the portable device holder described in Patent Literature 1 is always exposed and cannot be stored even when the portable device is not held. Therefore, the external appearance of the installation target (vehicle space) may be deteriorated. Therefore, when the mobile device is not held, a configuration is conceivable in which the mobile device holder is housed in a housing or the like.

By the way, in the portable device holder described in Patent Document 1, in order to stably hold the portable device by the holding portion having the pair of holding arms, it is necessary to increase the contact area between the holding arms and the edge of the portable device. It is preferable that the clamping arm is brought into contact with the edge of the portable device at a plurality of points. At this time, the holding arm tends to be large, and easily interferes with other members when the mobile device holder is housed in the housing or the like as described above. Thus, in a holding device that holds an object to be held, it has been desired to suppress interference with other members while stably holding the object.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a holding device capable of stably holding an object and suppressing interference with other members.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the holding device of the present invention according to claim 1 comprises a holding mechanism for holding an object to be held, and a device main body for attaching the holding mechanism to an object to be attached. In the holding device, the holding mechanism includes a slide portion that is slidably supported by the device main body and a tilt portion that is supported by the slide portion so as to be able to change an upright angle, wherein the tilt portion has a pair of nipping portions that are urged to approach each other to nip the held object; It is characterized by being housed in the main body of the device.

It is a front view showing a holding device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows a mode that the said holding|maintenance apparatus was made to hold|maintain the to-be-held object. It is an exploded perspective view showing the holding device. It is a perspective view which shows operation|movement of the said holding|maintenance apparatus. It is a front view which shows the holding|maintenance mechanism of the said holding|maintenance apparatus. It is a front view which shows a mode that the holding|maintenance part of the said holding|maintenance mechanism was rotated.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. A holding device according to an embodiment of the present invention is a holding device that includes a holding mechanism that holds an object to be held, and a device main body that attaches the holding mechanism to an attachment target. The holding mechanism includes a slide portion that is slidably supported by the apparatus main body and a tilt portion that is supported by the slide portion so as to be able to change an upright angle. The tilt part has a pair of clamping parts that are biased toward each other to clamp the object to be held. It is housed in the main body of the device.

When the tilt section falls down along the thrust-retraction slide direction, the holding direction and the thrust-retraction slide direction are orthogonal to each other, and are housed in the device main body. In the case of extending along the edge or arranging a plurality of them so as to abut on them at a plurality of points, the extending direction or the arranging direction coincides with the thrust-retraction slide direction. Therefore, in order to stably hold the object to be held, even if the extending dimension of the holding portion is increased or if the holding portion is arranged side by side so as to abut on a plurality of locations, the holding portion interferes with other members. can be suppressed.

In addition, since the pair of holding portions are arranged as described above, the pair of holding portions face each other in the horizontal direction at the tilt portion immediately after being raised (that is, the state in which the object to be held is held from the horizontal direction). Become). When an object to be held has a screen (display surface) formed in a rectangular shape, it can be easily held by pinching the long side (that is, the short side direction is aligned with the pinching direction). is vertically oriented. A vertically long image may be displayed on a rectangular screen, and the pair of sandwiching parts face each other in the horizontal direction at the tilt part immediately after raising it, so that when displaying a vertically long image, the object to be held can be rotated. There is no need to move it, and convenience can be improved.

It is preferable that the tilt section includes a holding section having a pair of holding sections and a base section that rotatably supports the holding section, and is configured such that the orientation of the held object can be changed. As a result, after the tilt section is erected, the holding section can be rotated so that the pair of holding sections face each other in an appropriate direction (for example, the vertical direction), thereby holding an object to be held. In addition, the holding portion can be rotated so that the object to be held is properly oriented after being clamped.

At least one of the pair of holding parts preferably has a plurality of contact parts slidably provided along the edge of the held object. Accordingly, by sliding the abutting portion according to the size of the object to be held, the object to be held can be held stably.

The holding mechanism may hold the portable device as the object to be held, and the holding device may be provided on the instrument panel of the vehicle. The mobile device here is an electronic device that is carried by a user, and examples thereof include smart phones, tablet terminals, game devices, and the like.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. The holding device of this embodiment is an in-vehicle device, and is used by being mounted on an instrument panel in a driver's seat of a vehicle. Further, the holding device of the present embodiment holds a smart phone, which is an example of a mobile device, as an object to be held.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the holding device 1 of this embodiment includes a holding mechanism 10 for the smartphone 5 and a rectangular box-shaped device main body 20 mounted on the instrument panel.

The holding mechanism 10 is held by the device main body 20 so as to be freely projectable and retractable. The holding mechanism 10 also includes a slide portion 11 that is supported by the device main body 20 so as to be able to project and slide, and a tilt portion 12 that is pivotally supported by the slide portion 11 and holds the smartphone 5 . When holding the smartphone 5, the holding mechanism 10 pulls out the slide portion 11 from the device main body 20 in the projecting direction D111 in the projecting/retracting direction D11 shown in FIG. 3, and the tilt portion 12 is shown in FIG. It is erected in the upright direction D121 in the rotational direction D12 in which it is. The tilt section 12 has a base section 3 and a holding section 4 as will be described later, and is supported by the slide section 11 so that the standing angle of the holding section 4 can be changed. And it is configured to hold the smartphone 5 on the erected tilt section 12 .

The device main body 20 includes an upper chassis 21 forming an upper wall and a pair of side walls of the rectangular box-shaped device main body 20, and a lower chassis 22 forming a lower wall. The slide portion 11 of the holding mechanism 10 described above is supported by the upper wall of the upper chassis 21 so as to be slidable. On the lower chassis 22 , a rectangular rear substrate 221 forming a rear wall of the device main body 20 is erected on one end side of the rear side of the rectangular box-shaped device main body 20 . The rear substrate 221 is equipped with various connectors for connecting to external devices, an antenna for short-range communication with the smartphone 5 in accordance with, for example, the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard, and the like. An inner substrate 222 electrically connected to the rear substrate 221 is attached to the inner surface of the lower chassis 22 .

The apparatus main body 20 has a detachable rectangular plate-shaped front panel portion 23 that forms a front wall of the apparatus main body 20 and plays a role of a user interface, and the front panel portion 23 is detachable and rotatable. and a panel portion 24 that is held in place. The panel section 24 is fixed to the upper chassis 21 and the lower chassis 22 . The panel portion 24 is formed in a shape provided with a notch so as not to interfere with the holding mechanism 10 supported by the upper chassis 21 . A pair of shaft projections 231 forming a rotation shaft are provided at both ends of the front panel portion 23 in the longitudinal direction. freely held.

In the holding device 1 of this embodiment, each of the holding mechanism 10 supported by the upper chassis 21 and the panel section 24 is electrically connected to the inner substrate 222 of the lower chassis 22 by a cable 223 . In this embodiment, touch operations on the smartphone 5 held as shown in FIG. You can play music from Also, the held smartphone 5 can be charged via a cable 223 connecting the holding mechanism 10 and the inner substrate 222 and a charging cable extending from the smartphone 5 and connected to the holding mechanism 10 .

The smartphone 5 is held by the holding device 1 described above according to the following procedure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example procedure for causing the holding device shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 to hold the smartphone. 4, only the upper chassis 21 of the device main body 20 is shown for easy viewing. The procedure described below is performed manually by the user.

First, in steps S11 and S12, the holding mechanism 10 is pulled out from the apparatus body 20 in the projecting direction D111. At this time, in this embodiment, the front panel portion 23 is rotated about the shaft projection 231 shown in FIG. , is removed from the panel portion 24 . At this time, in the holding mechanism 10, holding claws 421 and 431, which will be described later, face each other (that is, line up) in a direction perpendicular to the pull-out direction (horizontal direction, vehicle width direction). That is, the holding mechanism 10 is housed in the device main body 20 in a state in which the holding direction of the holding mechanism 10 and the projecting/retracting sliding direction of the sliding portion 11 are perpendicular to each other.

In the following step S13, in the holding mechanism 10, the tilt section 12 is erected in the standing direction D121 with respect to the slide section 11. As shown in FIG. At this time, the tilt portion 12 includes a base portion 3 pivotally supported by the slide portion 11 and a holding portion 4 rotatably supported by the base portion 3. In the holding portion 4, a total of three holding claws 421 , 431 constitute the chucking mechanism 46 . In this embodiment, in the state where the tilt section 12 is erected in step S13, the chucking mechanism 46 assumes a posture in which one holding claw 431 is positioned on the right side and two holding claws 421 are positioned on the left side. It's becoming In addition, in the chucking mechanism 46, one holding claw 431 on the right side is spring biased toward two holding claws 421 on the left side.

Here, in the present embodiment, in the tilt section 12, the holding section 4 having the chucking mechanism 46 rotates in the rotation direction D14 about the rotation axis O1 along the direction perpendicular to the screen of the smartphone 5. freely installed. In step S14, the chucking mechanism 46 is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise in the figure about the rotation axis O1. By this rotation, one holding claw 431 is positioned on the upper side and two holding claws 421 are positioned on the lower side, and the holding claws 421 and 431 face each other in the vertical direction.

In step S15, the holding claw 431 on the upper side is lifted in the lifting direction D131 against the spring force of the chucking mechanism 46. As shown in FIG.

Then, in step S<b>16 , the smartphone 5 is positioned sideways (with its longitudinal direction facing the horizontal direction) between the upper holding claw 431 and the lower holding claw 421 pulled up as described above. placed. When the user releases the holding claw 431 on the upper side, the holding claw 431 on the upper side moves in the downward direction D132 due to the spring bias. As a result, the smartphone 5 is sandwiched between the holding claws 431 on the upper side and the holding claws 421 on the lower side.

After holding the smartphone 5, when the user wants to view the display screen with the smartphone 5 in portrait orientation (with its longitudinal direction facing up and down), the rotation axis O1 is the center. The smartphone 5 may be vertically oriented by rotating the chucking mechanism 46 together with the smartphone 5 clockwise by 90° in the figure.

Further, in this embodiment, the user returns the front panel section 23 at any timing after pulling out the holding mechanism 10 . As a result, the appearance after the smartphone 5 is held is as shown in FIG. 2, for example. When the smartphone 5 is detached and the holding mechanism 10 is housed in the device body 20, the holding mechanism 10 is housed by a procedure opposite to the procedure shown in FIG.

Here, the detailed shape of the holding portion 4 will be described. Hereinafter, the front-rear direction (moving direction) of the vehicle is defined as the X direction, the vehicle width direction (left-right direction) is defined as the Y direction, and the vertical direction is defined as the Z direction. (ie, the screen is held along the YZ plane). Moreover, let the short side direction of the rectangular-shaped smart phone 5 be a width direction.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the holding portion 4 includes a rectangular holding plate portion 41 located on the back surface of the smartphone 5 and extending along the YZ plane, and a fixed holding portion 42 arranged on one side of the holding plate portion 41 . , a movable clamping portion 43 which is superimposed on the back surface of the holding plate portion 41 and has a holding claw 431 , and biasing means for biasing the movable clamping portion 43 to approach the fixed clamping portion 42 . Fig. 5
shows a state in which the holding claws 421 and 431 are opposed to each other in the Z direction and do not hold the smartphone 5 (the state of step S14 described above), and the dimensions and positional relationships of each part are shown in this figure unless otherwise specified. based on condition.

The fixed clamping portion 42 is composed of two holding claws 421 . The two holding claws 421 are arranged along the outer edge of the holding plate portion 41 and slidably provided, and function as contact portions that slide along the edge of the smartphone 5 . The two holding claws 421 are slidable in ranges A1 and A2, respectively, are spaced apart from each other in the closest state, and are positioned at the corners of the holding plate portion 41 in the farthest state. Further, in the state shown in FIG. 5, the fixed clamping portion 42 is arranged at substantially the same height (at about the same height or slightly above) the lower end 31 of the base portion 3 .

A rotation axis (rotation center) O1 on which the holding portion 4 is pivotally supported by the base portion 3 is arranged at the center portion of the rectangular plate-shaped base portion 3 in the Y direction. In addition, the rotation axis O1 is arranged closer to the movable clamping portion 43 than the fixed clamping portion 42 in the clamping direction (Z direction) by the clamping portions 42 and 43 . Further, the rotation axis O1 is arranged at the center portion of the holding plate portion 41 in the direction (Y direction) perpendicular to the holding direction. Here, half of the dimension of the holding plate portion 41 in the orthogonal direction (that is, the distance from the rotation axis O1 to the edge 411 of the holding plate portion 41 in the Y direction) is defined as L1, and the rotation axis O1 in the Z direction is defined as L1. to the fixed clamping portion 42 is L2. In this embodiment, the distance L2 is longer than the distance L1. Further, the distance L2 is approximately half the width of the smartphone 5 having a predetermined dimension (for example, 5 inches) and approximately half the dimension of the base 3 in the Y direction. That is, the Y-direction dimension of the base portion 3 is substantially equal to the width of the smartphone 5 having a predetermined dimension.

When the movable clamping portion 43 is moved to clamp the smartphone 5 of a predetermined size by such a holding portion 4, the rotation axis O1 is positioned between the fixed clamping portion 42 and the movable clamping portion 43, and the width of the smartphone 5 is increased. The central portion in the direction substantially coincides with the rotation axis O1.

Here, FIG. 6 shows a state in which the holding portion 4 is rotated by approximately 90° from the state shown in FIG. 5 (the state of step S13 described above). At this time, the fixed holding portion 42 overlaps the edge 32 of the base portion 3 on one side in the Y direction. Furthermore, since the distance L2 is longer than the distance L1, the end edge 411 of the holding plate portion 41 after rotation is positioned higher in the Z direction than the fixed clamping portion 42 before rotation.

In the state shown in FIG. 6, the distance L2 is approximately half the width of the smartphone 5, the rotation axis O1 is arranged in the center of the base 3 in the Y direction, and the fixed holding portion 42 overlaps the edge 32 of the base 3. Therefore, when the smartphone 5 having a predetermined size is held, the moving holding portion 43 overlaps the edge 33 on the other side, and the center portions of the smartphone 5 and the base portion 3 in the Y direction substantially match each other. In addition, the smartphone 5 having a predetermined size and the edges of the base 3 on both sides in the Y direction are aligned.

With the above configuration, when the tilt section 12 falls along the thrust-retraction slide direction, the sandwiching direction and the thrust-retraction slide direction are orthogonal to each other, and the smartphone 5 is stored in the device main body 20 in a stable manner. In order to hold the gripping portions 42 and 43, even if the extending direction dimensions of the holding portions 42 and 43 are increased or they are arranged side by side so as to abut on each other at a plurality of points, the extending direction or the side by side direction is the same as the projecting/retracting sliding direction. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress the holding portions 42 and 43 from interfering with other members (the panel portion 24). In addition, in the tilt section 12 immediately after being raised, the pair of holding sections 42 and 43 face each other in the horizontal direction. As a result, convenience can be improved when displaying a vertically long image on the smartphone 5 .

Since the holding portion 4 is rotatably supported by the base portion 3, after the tilt portion 12 is erected, the holding portion 4 is rotated so that the pair of holding portions 42 and 43 face each other in an appropriate direction. , the smartphone 5 can be sandwiched. In addition, the holder 4 can be rotated so that the smartphone 5 is properly oriented after being held.

Furthermore, since the fixed clamping portion 42 is composed of two holding claws 421 slidably provided along the edge of the smartphone 5 , the holding claws 421 can be slid according to the dimensions of the smartphone 5 . , the smartphone 5 can be held stably. Furthermore, since each of the two holding claws 421 can be adjusted in position by sliding movement, operation buttons such as a volume button and a power button on the side of the smartphone 5, charging connectors connected to the side, etc. should be avoided. The smartphone 5 can be held by moving the two holding claws 421 .

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but includes other configurations and the like that can achieve the object of the present invention, and the following modifications and the like are also included in the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the tilt section 12 has the base section 3 and the holding section 4 and is configured to be able to change the orientation of the smartphone 5 held, but the tilt section has a rotation mechanism. Instead, the smartphone 5 may be used in a fixed orientation.

In the above embodiment, the fixed clamping portion 42 is composed of two slidable holding claws 421, but the movable clamping portion may have a plurality of slidable holding claws. Further, for example, when the width of the holding claws (dimension along the edge of the smartphone 5) is sufficiently large, or when a sufficient number of holding claws are provided, smartphones of various sizes can be held. If so, the retaining pawl may not be slidable.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the smartphone 5 is held by changing the standing angle so that the tilt part 12 faces upward. may be retained.

Further, in the above embodiment, the holding device 1 holds a smartphone, but the object to be held is not limited to a communication device such as a smartphone. It may be a playback device that plays back video or the like stored on a medium, or it may be a device that does not have a screen. Moreover, when the object to be held is a mobile device, the mobile device is not limited to a smartphone as in the present embodiment, and may be a tablet terminal, a game device, or the like.

Further, in the above embodiments, the holding device is provided on the instrument panel of the vehicle, but the holding device may be provided on a moving object other than a vehicle, such as a ship or an aircraft, or on a wall in a building. It may be provided on furniture or the like.

In addition, although the best configuration, method, etc. for carrying out the present invention have been disclosed in the above description, the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, although the present invention has been particularly illustrated and described primarily with respect to particular embodiments, modifications to the embodiments described above may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. , materials, quantity, and other detailed configurations can be modified in various ways by those skilled in the art. Therefore, the descriptions that limit the shape, material, etc. disclosed above are exemplified to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and do not limit the present invention. The description by the name of the member that removes part or all of the limitation such as is included in the present invention.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 holding device 10 holding mechanism 11 sliding portion 12 tilting portion 20 device main body 3 base portion 4 holding portion 42 fixed holding portion 43 movable holding portion 5 smart phone (object to be held)

Claims (1)

A holding device comprising a holding mechanism for holding an object to be held and a device main body for attaching the holding mechanism to an object to be attached,
The holding mechanism includes a slide portion that is slidably supported by the device main body and a tilt portion that is supported by the slide portion so as to be able to change an upright angle,
The tilt part has a pair of clamping parts that are biased toward each other to clamp the object to be held. and a holding device that is housed in the device main body.

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