JP2577196Y2 - Microphone mounting device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a microphone mounting device used when a hands-free microphone for a vehicle is mounted at a predetermined position using a sun visor of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a microphone mounting apparatus in which a hands-free microphone of an in-vehicle telephone can be mounted at a predetermined position in a vehicle cabin, the microphone can be changed to an arbitrary direction and can be directed to a speaker. What has been known has been known for some time.

[0003]

However, in the conventional microphone mounting apparatus, no consideration is given to the routing of the cord derived from the microphone. Therefore, when the cord is shaken or pulled, the direction of the microphone may be changed unexpectedly by the force applied to the cord.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. By providing a cord holding mechanism in the microphone mounting device itself, which makes it difficult for the microphone cord to transmit the force even when a force is applied to the microphone cord. It is an object of the present invention to provide a microphone mounting device that can prevent a situation in which the direction of the microphone is unexpectedly changed by a force applied to a cord.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a microphone mounting apparatus including a detachable mechanism attached to and detached from an object such as a vehicle visor, and a posture changeable to the detachable mechanism via a ball joint mechanism. a microphone support which is held, and a cord holding mechanism for securing a predetermined portion of code derived from the microphone which is supported on a microphone support provided in the detaching mechanism possess, the removable
The mechanism comprises a pair of clamps movably connected via a fulcrum.
A clamp having a holding member, wherein each of the clamping members
Each is divided into a tip end and the other end sandwiching the fulcrum in each case.
When the holding members are in the closed state,
A holding part and a grip part that can be grasped with fingers are provided.
The ball joint mechanism is provided on one of the holding members.
The ball holding part and the ball
And the ball, which is housed in the standing, protruded integrally from the ball
The microphone support and the pair of holding members
It is arranged between them and the clamping members are spring-loaded in the normally closed direction.
Force and constantly press the ball elastically
A spring body to be held by the
The microphone holder and the pair of microphone support
The fulcrum connecting the holding members to each other
It is provided at a location biased toward the holding portion side .

[0006]

The microphone attaching / detaching apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the microphone is supported by a microphone support, and a cord derived from the microphone is fixed by a cord holding mechanism, so that a force applied to the cord is held by the cord. Since it is hardly transmitted to the microphone because it is received at the position where the cord is fixed by the mechanism, the situation in which the direction of the microphone changes due to the shaking or pulling of the cord is less likely to occur.

[0007] Further, the microphone support is supported by the microphone support in such a manner that the attitude of the microphone support is changeable via a ball joint mechanism in an attachment / detachment mechanism that is attached to and detached from an object such as a sun visor of an automobile. The orientation of the microphone can be changed by changing the attitude of the microphone support through the operation of the ball joint mechanism.

Further, since the cord holding mechanism is composed of a pair of cord holding pieces protruding from each other at an interval corresponding to the cord thickness, a predetermined portion of the cord is simply inserted between the pair of holding pieces. The cord is clamped and fixed by a pair of clamping pieces. Further, since the attachment / detachment mechanism is constituted by the clamp having the above configuration, it is possible to clamp and attach an object such as a sun visor of an automobile with the clamp.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing a state in which a microphone M is mounted on a microphone mounting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a part of the microphone mounting apparatus cut away, FIG. 3 is a plan view of one holding member 2, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of FIG.

The attachment / detachment mechanism 1 of the microphone mounting device is a clamp having a pair of holding members 2 and 3. That is,
As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of brackets 21,..., 31 projecting from the respective holding members 2, 3 are fitted to each other, and projections 22, 2, provided on the brackets 21, 21 on one side.
2 are holes 32, 3 provided in the brackets 31, 31 on the other side.
2, the attachment / detachment mechanism 1 is constituted by a clamp having a structure in which a pair of brackets 2 and 3 are connected to be openable and closable via a fulcrum (a place where the projection 22 and the hole 32 are fitted). . In the closed state (the state shown in FIG. 1), the front ends of the holding members 2 and 3 mesh with each other.
The holding portions 23 and 33 have overlapping waveforms, and the other ends of the holding members 2 and 3 are handle portions 24 and 34 that can be gripped by fingers. In addition, the above-mentioned holding part 23,
33 and handle portions 24 and 34 are each holding members that sandwich the fulcrum.
Distribute to the tip and the other end of each of 2 and 3
Have been.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a circular opening 25 is opened in the center of one of the holding members 2, and
A cylindrical ball holding portion 26 is tapered from the peripheral edge of the opening 25 and integrally protrudes therefrom. A relatively large opening 27 is formed at a position adjacent to the opening 25 on the handle portion 24 side, and this opening 27 and the ball holding portion 2 are formed.
The space 26 a surrounded by 6 is connected via a notch-shaped opening 28 provided in the ball holding portion 26. Further, the cord holding mechanism 4 is provided at a position adjacent to the opening 25 on the distal end side, that is, at a side opposite to the cutout opening 28 across the opening 25.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cord holding mechanism 4 has a pair of cord holding pieces 41, 41 protruding from one holding member 2 in the same direction as the ball holding portion 26. The pair of cord holding pieces 41, 41 project from the holding member 2 at an interval L corresponding to the thickness of a cord C of a microphone M described later.
, So that the mutual distance L1 between the distal ends 41a, 41a is slightly smaller than the above-mentioned distance L.
41a is bent inward. Here, the interval L corresponding to the thickness of the cord C of the microphone M is equal to or less than the thickness of the cord C when the cord C is directly inserted between the pair of cord holding pieces 41, 41. This is a narrow interval, and when a cord C fitted with a cover (for example, a protective tube) is inserted between a pair of cord holding pieces 41, 41, the thickness is equal to or larger than the thickness of the cover. It's a narrow space. Reference numeral 42 denotes an opening provided in the holding member 2 so as to be connected to the space between the pair of cord holding pieces 41, 41. The opening 42 is integrally formed with the holding member 2 and the cord holding piece 4 is provided.
This corresponds to a trace of a die formed when resin molding 1, 41 is performed.

A microphone support 6 is attached to the attachment / detachment mechanism 1 via a ball joint mechanism 5. The ball joint mechanism 5 includes the ball holding portion 26 provided on one of the holding members 2 and the ball holding portion 26.
A ball 51 housed in a freely rotatable displacement manner, and a ball 51
And the other one of the holding member 3 and the ball holding portion 26.
And a spring body 7 disposed between the ball 51 and the ball 51 housed in the housing. As shown in FIG. 5, the spring body 7 is a leaf spring, and has a hole 71 at one end and an arc 72 at the other end. As shown in FIG. 1, the hole 71 of the spring body 7 is fitted and engaged with the projection 35 provided on the back surface of the handle 34 of the other holding member 3, and is engaged with the other end. The formed arc portion 72 is fitted to the ball 51 accommodated in the ball holding portion 26 in a fitting manner, and the intermediate portion 73 is bent or curved into a U-shape so as to be located between the pair of holding members 2, 3. It is arranged. Therefore, the pair of holding members 2 and 3 are always elastically urged in the closing direction by the spring body 7, and the ball 51 is constantly elastically pressed against the ball holding portion 26. Reference numerals 29, 29 denote projections for supporting the other end of the spring body 7, and the projections 29, 29 hold the other end of the spring body 7 so as not to protrude rearward.

When the ball 51 is accommodated in the ball holder 26, the ball 51 is inserted into the opening 27, and then the microphone support 6 is moved toward the ball holder 26 using the opening 28. In the ball holding section 26.

As can be seen from FIG. 1, in this embodiment, a microphone cover 61 is provided at the end of the microphone support 6.
A predetermined portion of a cord C derived from a microphone body (not shown in the figure) accommodated in the cover 61 is fixed to the cord holding mechanism 4. That is, a predetermined portion of code C cord holding mechanism 4
Are held between the pair of cord holding pieces 41, 41. Note that the cord C is loosened between the fixed portion C1 of the cord C by the cord holding mechanism 4 and the starting end C2 of the cord C derived from the cover 61.

The attachment / detachment mechanism (clamp) 1 grips the grips 24, 34 of the pair of holding members 2, 3 with fingers and opens the holding members 2, 3 as shown by the arrow A in FIG. For example, a sun visor (not shown) provided on a driver's seat or a passenger seat of an automobile is sandwiched between a pair of sandwiching members 2 and 3.
It is attached by sandwiching it between the holding portions 22 and 33. In this case, since the pair of holding members 2 and 3 are constantly urged in the closing direction by the force of the spring body 7, the sun visor is elastically held between the holding portions 22 and 33 of the pair of holding members 2 and 3. Attached. On the other hand, when the microphone M is moved by hand to change the attitude of the microphone support 6, the ball 51 is rotated and displaced while being pressed against the ball holding portion 26 by the force of the spring body 7. When released, the ball 51 is pressed against the ball holding portion 26 at that position by the force of the spring body 7 and positioned. Therefore, the direction of the microphone M can be changed to an arbitrary direction, and the microphone M can be directed to the speaker. Further, when the cord C is shaken or pulled due to the hand being hooked on the cord C, the force applied to the cord C is received at the fixing point C1 of the cord C by the cord holding mechanism 4 and is hardly transmitted to the microphone M. Become. Therefore, code C
Even if the microphone M is shaken or pulled, the situation in which the direction of the microphone M changes due to this is unlikely to occur, and the speaker can perform a conversation through the microphone M in a good state. In particular, the cord holding mechanism 4
Microphone support 6 and a pair of holding members 2 and 3
Side of the holding portions 22 and 23 from the fulcrum connecting
It is installed in a place biased to
Therefore, the cord holding mechanism 4 is provided with the handles 24, 3
Compared to the one that is provided in the place biased to the 4 side,
When the code C is shaken or pulled, the code C
Is applied to the cord C by the cord holding mechanism 4.
It is reliably received at the place C1.

In this embodiment, the microphone cover 61 of the microphone M is formed integrally with the microphone support 6, but the microphone M can be attached to and detached from the microphone support 6. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a U-shaped microphone holding portion 62 is provided at the tip of a ball support 6 provided integrally with the ball 51, and a microphone (not shown) is fitted to the microphone holding portion 62. It is possible to attach it. The spring plate 7 is not limited to the one described with reference to FIG. 5 and the like. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, a tongue piece 75 provided with an arcuate portion 72 at the other end is formed in a hollow shape. 75
May be applied to the ball accommodated in the ball holding portion in a fitting manner.

[0018]

According to the microphone mounting apparatus of the present invention, by fixing a predetermined portion of the cord of the microphone to the cord holding mechanism, the force applied to the cord is applied to the microphone supported by the microphone support. Because it is possible to make it difficult to communicate, it is difficult to change the direction of the microphone even if the cord is shaken or pulled due to a hand touching the cord during a conversation, and it is possible to have a good conversation through the microphone Will be possible. Further, by changing the attitude of the microphone support, the direction of the microphone supported by the microphone support can be easily changed to the direction of a speaker such as a driver.

Further, by performing a predetermined portion of the encoding operation for securing the clamping member of the detachable by using the code holding mechanism mechanism (clamp), by a simple operation of inserting the code between the pair of clamping pieces Becomes possible. Further, by constructing the detaching mechanism in the clamp, Sanbai automobile
It is possible to easily detachable from such accessory protruding into the room, such as users.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing a state in which a microphone is mounted on a microphone mounting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a part of the microphone mounting device in a cutaway manner.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of one holding member.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a spring body.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a modification of the microphone support.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a spring body according to a modification.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Detachment mechanism (clamp) 2 One holding member 3 The other holding member 5 Ball joint mechanism 6 Microphone support 4 Cord holding mechanism 41 Cord holding piece M Microphone C code C1 Predetermined part of code

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A 1-124792 (JP, U) JP 2-43096 (JP, U) JP 2-68588 (JP, U) JP 2-U 92293 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Showa 62-37499 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) H04R 1/00, 1/06, 1/10

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] An attachment / detachment mechanism attached to / detachable from an object such as an automobile visor, a microphone supporter held by the attachment / detachment mechanism via a ball joint mechanism, and a microphone provided in the attachment / detachment mechanism and a cord holding mechanism for securing a predetermined portion of code derived from supported by the support body microphone, the removal mechanism has been opened and closed linked via a fulcrum
It is a clamp having a pair of holding members.
The tip and the other end sandwiching the fulcrum in each of the materials
And when they are closed,
A gripping part that fits and a grip part that can be grasped with fingers are provided
Is, the ball joint mechanism is set to one of said clamping member
Ball holding part and rotational displacement of the ball holding part
The ball that is freely housed and the one that protrudes from the ball
Of the microphone support and the pair of holding members
They are arranged between each other and resiliently hold these holding members in the normally closed direction.
Energize and always press the ball elastically to
A spring body for holding the microphone support, and the cord holding mechanism includes the microphone support and the microphone support.
Than the fulcrum connecting the pair of holding members to each other
A microphone mounting device, wherein the microphone mounting device is provided at a position biased toward the holding portion .