JP3212965B2 - Desktop / wall-mounted electronic 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 desktop / wall-mounted electronic device suitable for use in, for example, a telephone with a liquid crystal display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electronic devices of the type that can be installed on a table or mounted on an indoor wall have been widely used. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electronic device of this type (for example, a desk-top / wall-mounted telephone) has a telephone body having a housing with a screw insertion hole and a lid with a handset recess, and is housed in a handset recess of the telephone body. And a handset having a possible transmission / reception unit.

In order to use the telephone constructed as described above as a wall-mounted telephone, the cover of the telephone body is removed from the housing, and then the housing is screwed to the mounting wall with mounting screws. After the phone body is assembled by attaching the lid to the body, the handset is placed on the phone body.

On the other hand, in order to use the telephone as a desktop telephone, the telephone main body is placed on the desktop and a handset is placed on the telephone main body. In this case, in order to fix the telephone main body to the table, the same operation as the mounting operation when the telephone main body is used as a wall-mounted telephone using the mounting screws is performed.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]
When used as a fixed-type telephone, the wall-mounted dual-purpose telephone requires not only a screw tightening operation but also a work of removing a lid from a housing of the telephone main body and an operation of attaching a lid to the housing. As a result, there has been a problem that the number of operations increases when the telephone is attached, and the attaching operation is complicated.

The prior arts are disclosed in JP-A-6-121012 and JP-A-9-27842, respectively, as a "desktop / wall-mounted telephone" and a "mobile telephone mounting device". Has not been resolved.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to reduce the number of operations at the time of mounting an electronic device, thereby simplifying the mounting operation. The purpose is to provide equipment.

[0008]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a desktop / wall-mounted electronic device according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the electronic component is built-in and a rotary support portion is provided on both sides.
On the main body and on the two rotation support portions of the main body of the device.
And a mounting piece having a supported portion rotatably fitted thereto.
The mounting strip can be positioned at two pivotal positions.
A hopper disposed between the rotation supporting portion and the supported portion.
A desktop / wall-mounted electronic device, wherein the rotation support portion is
Is a flat circular recess with a recess for positioning the stopper.
The to-be-supported part has a top with a recess.
It is configured to have the stopper movable in the inside of the lid holder .

Therefore, the mounting piece can be used to mount the electronic device on a wall.
When used as electronic equipment
Electronic device for desktop electronic devices
When used as
You. In this case, the mounting piece rotates with respect to the device body.
Then, the concave is set until the stopper is positioned in the concave.
Move inside the stopper holder.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a guide for guiding the stopper in the circumferential direction is provided in the stopper retainer with the concave portion. Therefore, the stopper is guided by the guide when the mounting piece rotates with respect to the device main body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a notch for positioning is formed on a peripheral edge of the stopper retainer with the concave portion so that a stopper can be inserted. Therefore, the mounting piece is attached to the device main body by inserting the stopper into the notch of the stopper retainer with the concave portion.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the mounting piece has a U-shaped elastic piece which has a supported portion on both sides and is detachable from the apparatus body. Therefore, attachment of the attachment piece to the device body and detachment of the attachment piece from the device body are performed by elastically deforming the attachment piece such that each supported portion spreads outward.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the device main body includes:
In the positioning of the mounting piece relative to one of the two rotation positions, the mounting piece is positioned at a position inclined with respect to the mounting piece. Therefore, when the mounting piece is positioned at the one rotation position, a part of the device main body that is inclined with respect to the mounting piece is visually recognized.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
This will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an enlarged main part of a desktop / wall hanging electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a desktop / wall hanging electronic device of the same embodiment according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is an exploded perspective view showing the whole. 1 and 2, the desktop / wall-mounted electronic device denoted by reference numeral 1 includes a device main body 2 and a mounting piece 3.

The device body 2 has a housing 4 containing a large number of electronic components (not shown) and a lid 5 having a liquid crystal display section 5a. I have. At the rear part on both sides of the device body 2, mounting pieces 3
Are supported rotatably.

Since these rotation support portions 6 and 7 have the same function and the same structure, only one rotation support portion 7 will be described. The rotation support portion 7 has two upper and lower support portion elements 7a as a whole. , 7b. The supporting section elements 7a and 7b are disposed on the housing 4 and the lid 5, respectively.
By dividing the (circular convex portion) into two, the side surface is formed by a substantially semicircular convex portion.

An annular groove 8 is formed in the upper support element 7a along the circumferential direction on a part of the outer peripheral surface on the front side of the smaller one of the two large and small protrusions of the rotary support 7 (circular protrusion). By doing so, a first guide 9 for guiding a stopper (described later) of the mounting piece 3 and a first stopper holder 10 in which the stopper of the mounting piece 3 can move inside are also provided.

The first guide 9 has a guide surface 9a and a combination surface 9b which are connected to each other. A first notch 10 a for positioning, into which a stopper can be inserted, is formed in a part of the peripheral edge of the first stopper retainer 10. The first notch 10a has a substantially fan-shaped (quarter circle) side surface as a whole, and is positioned on the side of the annular groove 8 that is open in the circumferential direction.

On the back side of the periphery of the first stopper holder 10,
[90 ° in the circumferential direction from the formation position of the first notch 10a
+ Α (shown in FIG. 4)] A positioning recess 10b is provided at a position separated from the other. Thus, when the stopper is positioned in the first concave portion 10b when the electronic device 1 is installed on the table, the electronic device 1 is positioned at a position inclined with respect to the base (described later) of the mounting piece 3.

Like the upper support element 7a, the lower support element 7b has a portion of the outer peripheral surface on the front part side of the smaller one of the two large and small protrusions in the rotary support section 7 (circular protrusion). A second guide 12 for guiding the stopper of the mounting piece 3 by forming an annular groove 11 along the circumferential direction
Also, a second stopper presser 13 is provided in which the stopper of the mounting piece 3 can move inside.

The second guide 12 has a guide surface 12a and a combination surface 12b which are connected to each other. A second notch 13a for positioning, into which a stopper can be inserted, is formed in a part of the peripheral edge of the second stopper presser 13. The second notch 13a has a substantially fan-shaped (quarter circle) side surface as a whole, and is located on the side of the annular groove 11 that is open in the circumferential direction. Then, when the housing 4 and the lid 5 are combined, the second notch 13a and the first notch 10a become the notch A having a plane semicircular shape.

On the back side of the periphery of the second stopper retainer 13,
90 ° in the circumferential direction from the formation position of the second notch 13a
(From the formation position of the first notch 10a, [180 ° +
α]) A second concave portion 13b for positioning is provided at the separated position. Accordingly, when the stopper is positioned in the second recess 13b when the electronic device 1 is installed on the mounting wall, the electronic device 1 is positioned at a position parallel to the base (described later) of the mounting piece 3.

The mounting piece 3 is detachably provided on the apparatus main body 2, and is entirely formed by a U-shaped elastic piece having a base portion 14 and a side wall portion 15. The base 14 is
The whole is substantially rectangular in a plane, and the width dimension is set to be slightly larger than the width dimension of the device main body 2.

The base 14 is provided with a plurality of projecting pieces 17 having screw holes 17a and 17b in the form of worms which are inserted in parallel with the mounting screws 16 (shown in FIG. 5) at predetermined intervals in the width direction. ing. Thus, when the device main body 2 is positioned at a position inclined with respect to the base 14 when the telephone 1 is installed on the desk, the liquid crystal display portion 5a of the lid 5 inclined with respect to the base 14 is visually recognized from the front of the device main body 2. Is done.

The side wall portion 15 is composed of two side wall portions 18 and 19, each of which is a supported portion, facing each other at a predetermined interval in the width direction, and is formed by bending the base portion 14. Since these side walls 18 and 19 have the same function and the same structure, only one side wall 19 will be described. The side wall 19 includes a part of the outer peripheral surface of the rotation support 7 (the support elements 7a and 7b). A through-hole 20 having an inner peripheral surface that can be fitted to is provided.

The inner peripheral surface of the through hole 20 has a concave portion 10b of the first stopper retainer 10 and a convex portion 21a which can be positioned in the concave portion 13b of the second stopper retainer 13. A stopper 21 that can move in the one stopper holder 10 and the second stopper holder 13 is integrally provided to protrude.

In the electronic device for desk / wall mounting thus constructed, the installation of the device main body 2 on the desk is performed as follows. First, the mounting piece 3 is elastically deformed such that the side walls 18 and 19 are spread outward while being held in the posture shown in FIG.
At this time, the stopper 21 is inserted into the notch A on the device body 2 side (both stopper holdings), and the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 20 is fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the rotation support portions 6, 7.

Next, the mounting piece 3 is rotated in the direction shown by the arrow a in FIG.
1a is positioned in the recess 10b. At this time, the convex part 2
1a moves in the circumferential direction along the first guide 9 together with the stopper 21 in the first stopper holder 10 and is positioned in the concave portion 10b, and the device main body 2 is positioned at a position inclined with respect to the base 14 of the mounting piece 3. .

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the device main body 2 and the mounting piece 3 are installed on the table as the upper and lower portions of the electronic device 1, respectively. In this case, in order to fix the electronic device 1 on the table, the stopper 21 of the mounting piece 3 previously screwed to the table should be cut out by the notch A on the device body 2 side (both stop holders).
After that, the device body 2 is rotated until the protrusion 21a of the stopper 21 is positioned in the recess 10b of the first stopper holder 10.

On the other hand, the installation of the device main body 2 on the mounting wall is performed as follows. First, while maintaining the posture shown in FIG.
Is elastically deformed so as to spread outward and is fitted to the device main body 2. At this time, the stopper 21 is inserted into the notch A on the device body 2 side (both stopper holdings), and the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 20 is fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the rotation support portions 6, 7.

Next, the mounting piece 3 is rotated in the direction shown by the arrow b in FIG.
1a is positioned in the recess 13b. At this time, the convex part 2
1a moves inside the second stopper holder 13 along with the stopper 21 in the circumferential direction along the second guide 12 and is positioned in the concave portion 13b, and the device main body 2 is positioned at a position parallel to the base 14 of the mounting piece 3. .

Then, as shown in FIG. 6, while holding the electronic device 1, the mounting screw 16 is inserted through the screw insertion holes 17a and 17b of the mounting piece 3 and screwed to the mounting wall. in this case,
After inserting the stopper 21 of the mounting piece 3 previously screwed to the table into the notch A on the device body 2 side, the stopper 21
By rotating the device main body 2 until the convex portion 21a is positioned in the concave portion 13b of the first stopper holder 13, the device main body 2 can be installed on the mounting wall. In this manner, the electronic device can be reliably installed on the table or the mounting wall.

The attachment piece 3 is detached from the equipment main body 2 by rotating the attachment piece 3 with respect to the equipment main body 2 until the stopper 21 matches the notch A.
This is performed by elastically deforming the mounting piece 3 so that 19 spreads outward.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the work of removing the cover 5 from the housing 4 and the work of attaching the cover 5 to the housing 4 are not required when the electronic device 1 is mounted, as in the related art. The number of operations at the time of mounting 1 can be reduced.

In the present embodiment, when used as a desktop electronic device, the device main body 2 is positioned at a position inclined with respect to the mounting piece 3, that is, the display panel (liquid crystal display portion 5a) is placed on the desktop. Since it is positioned at a position inclined with respect to the display panel, a wide viewing angle with respect to the display panel can be secured during use, and good panel visibility can be obtained. In this case, since the mounting piece 3 is interposed between the device main body 2 and the desktop, the installation space for the electronic device 1 can be reduced.

In this embodiment, the recess 10 is used.
Although the description has been given of the case where the b, 13b and the stopper 21 are disposed on the device body 2 side and the mounting piece 3 side, respectively, the present invention is not limited to this, and is disposed on the mounting piece 3 side and the device body 2 side, respectively. Even in this case, the same effects as those of the embodiment can be obtained.

Further, in the present invention, the present invention is effective for use in electronic devices with a display unit such as telephones and remote controllers, but it is needless to say that the present invention is not particularly limited to these electronic devices.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, a stopper capable of positioning the mounting piece rotating with respect to the apparatus main body at two rotation positions is provided between the rotation supporting portion and the supported portion. When the electronic device is used as a wall-mounted electronic device, the mounting piece is positioned at one rotation position with respect to the device main body, and when the electronic device is used as a desktop electronic device, the mounting piece is positioned at the other rotation position. Positioned.

Therefore, it is not necessary to perform both the work of removing the lid from the housing and the work of attaching the lid to the housing as in the related art at the time of mounting the electronic device. And the mounting work can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an enlarged main part of a desktop / wall-mounted electronic device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the entire desktop / wall-mounted electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view for explaining installation when the desktop / wall-mounted electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is used as a desktop electronic device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a use state when the desktop / wall-mounted electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is installed on a desk.

FIG. 5 is a side view for explaining installation when the desktop / wall-mounted electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is used as a wall-mounted electronic device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a use state when the desktop / wall-mounted electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is installed on a mounting wall.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Desktop / wall mounted electronic device 2 Device main body 3 Mounting piece 4 Housing 5 Lid 5a Liquid crystal display part 6, 7 Rotation support part 7a, 7b Support part element 9 First guide 10 First stopper hold 10b First recess 12 second guide 13 second stopper press 15, 18, 19 side wall 20 through hole 21 stopper 21a convex

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] An electronic component is built in, and a rotation support portion is provided on both sides.
A device body having Each of the two rotation support portions of the device main body is rotatable.
And a mounting piece having a supported portion to be fitted, Stopper that can position this mounting piece at two rotation positions
A table disposed between the rotation support portion and the supported portion.
An electronic device that is used for both top and wall, A plane circle on which the rotation support portion positions the stopper.
A stopper presser with a concave shape, and the supported portion is
The stopper movable within the stopper holder having the concave portion
A desktop / wall-mounted electronic device characterized by having: 2. The desktop / wall-mounted electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a guide for guiding the stopper in a circumferential direction is provided in the stopper retainer with the concave portion. 3. The desktop / wall-mounted electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a notch for positioning is formed in a peripheral edge of the stopper retainer with the concave portion so that the stopper can be inserted. 4. The desktop / wall mounting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said mounting piece comprises a U-shaped elastic piece which has said supported portion on both sides and is detachable from said apparatus main body. Electronics. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device main body is positioned with respect to one of the two pivoting positions.
5. The desktop according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein the table is located at a position inclined with respect to the mounting piece.
An electronic device that can also be mounted on a wall.