JP3221944U - Article attachment for mobile devices - Google Patents

Abstract

The object of the present invention is to provide an article attachment for a portable device, which can lower the manufacturing cost and can arbitrarily select and use one of a plurality of connector receptacles having different shapes. An article attachment for a portable device includes insertion parts a and b formed to be insertable into a plurality of connector receptacles having different shapes, and an article connection part 20. Each of the insertion parts is formed in a shape to be hooked by an internal force of the connector receptacle. The insertion portion and the article connection portion are formed of a plastic material, and a through hole 38 is formed in the article connection portion. Each of the insertion parts is formed to project in different directions from the article connection part, and the article connection parts are formed so as to expand from the respective proximal ends 22c and 32e of the insertion parts. [Selected figure] Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an article attachment for a portable device for attaching an article such as a strap to a connector receptacle of a portable device (such as a smartphone, a game console or a mobile phone).

  Conventionally, there is a strap holder for attaching a strap to a connector receptacle of a portable device. The strap holder described in Patent Document 1 below biases the connector base inserted into the connector socket, the hook portion hooked to the inside of the connector socket, and the hook portion in the direction to hook the connector socket. And a push button for pressing the hook portion in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hook portion is hooked inside the connector receptacle.

WO2014 / 041662

  However, in the strap holder described in Patent Document 1, since each component is configured in accordance with the shape of one corresponding connector receptacle, one of a plurality of connector receptacles having different shapes is arbitrarily selected. There was a problem that it could not be selected and used. In addition, since many parts such as the connector base, the hook portion, the elastic piece and the push button are required, there is a problem that the manufacturing cost is increased. In addition, although the strap holder described in patent document 1 is comprised so that it may not remove easily from a connector receptacle, if it is based on holding a portable apparatus by hand in principle, it will be a big problem, even if it removes easily. It is thought that it should not be.

  The present invention has been made to address the above-mentioned problems, and its object is to keep manufacturing costs low and to use one of a plurality of connector receptacles of different shapes. It is an object of the present invention to provide an article fixture for portable equipment that can be used.

  In order to achieve the above object, the feature of the article fixture for a portable device according to the present invention is that a plurality of insertion portions formed to be insertable into each of a plurality of connector receptacles having different shapes provided on the portable device And an article connection portion to which an article is connected, and each of the plurality of insertion portions is formed in a shape to be hooked by friction to the inside of the corresponding connector receptacle, and the plurality of insertion portions Each of and the said article connection part are mutually connected and formed integrally.

  According to this configuration, since the plurality of insertion portions formed to be insertable into each of the plurality of connector receptacles having different shapes are provided, one of the plurality of connector receptacles is arbitrarily selected. Can be used. In addition, since each of the plurality of insertion parts is formed in a shape to be hooked by the frictional force inside the corresponding connector receptacle, special parts such as hook parts are unnecessary, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. it can. Furthermore, since each of the plurality of insertion portions and the article connection portion are integrally connected with each other, when one insertion portion is inserted into the connector receptacle, the other insertion portions and the articles are inserted. It is easy to work holding the connection by hand.

  Another feature of the article fixture for a portable device according to the present invention is that each of the plurality of insertion portions and the article connection portion are formed of a plastic material.

  According to this configuration, each of the plurality of insertion portions and the article connection portion can be easily formed by injection molding of a plastic material or the like.

  Another feature of the article fixture for a portable device according to the present invention is that the article connection portion has a through hole.

  According to this configuration, the article can be easily connected to the article connection portion by inserting the ring or the annular cord connected to the article into the through hole.

  Another feature of the article fixture for a portable device according to the present invention is that each of the plurality of insertion parts is formed to protrude in different directions from the article connection part.

  According to this configuration, since each of the plurality of insertion parts is formed to protrude in a different direction from the article connection part, handling the insertion parts with almost the same sense by hand-holding the article connection part Can.

  Another feature of the article fixture for a portable device according to the present invention is that the article connection portion is formed so as to expand from the proximal end of each of the plurality of insertion portions.

  According to this configuration, since the article connection portion is formed to expand from the proximal end of the insertion portion, the strength of the article connection portion is larger than the strength of the insertion portion. The insert can be reinforced.

  Another feature of the article fixture for a portable device according to the present invention is that two of the plurality of insertion portions extend in directions orthogonal to each other and are formed in an L shape.

  According to this configuration, since the two insertion portions are formed in an L shape, it is easy to hold the L-shaped corner portion by hand.

  Another feature of the article fixture for a portable device according to the present invention is that two of the plurality of insertion parts are formed in a straight line.

  According to this configuration, since the two insertion portions are formed in a straight line, when one insertion portion is inserted into the connector receptacle, the other insertion portion is made outward from the outer surface of the portable device. It can be projected to extend. Therefore, by holding the other insertion part by hand, it is easy to pull out one insertion part from the connector receptacle.

  Another feature of the article fixture for a portable device according to the present invention is that at least one of the plurality of insertion parts is formed in a rod shape.

  According to this configuration, the rod-shaped insertion portion can be inserted into a cylindrical connector receptacle such as an earphone terminal.

  Another feature of the article fixture for a portable device according to the present invention is that at least one of the plurality of insertion parts is formed in a plate shape.

  According to this configuration, the insertion portion formed in a plate shape is inserted into a flat cylindrical connector receptacle such as a MicroUSB (Universal Serial Bus) terminal or a MicroHDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface (registered trademark) terminal). be able to.

It is a perspective view which shows the usage method of the article fixture for portable devices which concerns on embodiment of this invention, (A) is the perspective view which looked at portable equipment from one side of the length direction, (B) is portable equipment. It is the perspective view which looked at from the other side of the length direction. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the article fixture for portable devices shown in FIG. (A) is a plan view showing the configuration of the article fixture for a portable device shown in FIG. 1, (B) is a front view showing the configuration of the article fixture, and (C) is a configuration of the article fixture Is a right side view showing FIG. It is a top view which shows the structure of the article fixture for portable devices which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the structure of the article fixture for portable devices which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the structure of the article fixture for portable devices which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the article fixture for a portable device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a method of using an article fixture for a portable device (hereinafter simply referred to as an “article fixture”) 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1B is a perspective view of the portable device 12 as viewed from the other side in the length direction. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the structure of the article fixture 10. As shown in FIG. FIG. 3A is a plan view showing the structure of the article fixture 10, FIG. 3B is a front view showing the structure of the article fixture 10, and FIG. 3C shows the structure of the article fixture 10. It is a right view which shows.

(Composition of article fixture 10)
As shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B), the article attachment 10 is an article such as a strap on one of a plurality of (two in the present embodiment) connector receptacles 14a and 14b of the portable device 12. 16 is an instrument for selectively attaching.

  The portable device 12 shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B is a smartphone (smartphone) configured in a rectangular plate shape, and two connectors (not shown) having different shapes on the outer peripheral portion of the portable device 12. There are provided two connector receptacles 14a and 14b into which each of the components is inserted. One connector receptacle 14 a shown in FIG. 1A is a cylindrical earphone terminal into which the plug of the earphone is inserted. The other connector receptacle 14b shown in FIG. 1 (B) is a flat cylindrical MicroUSB terminal into which the connector of the charger is inserted.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B), the article fixture 10 is formed so as to be insertable into each of two connector receptacles 14 a and 14 b having different shapes provided on the portable device 12. It has insertion parts 18a and 18b and an article connecting part 20 to which an article 16 is connected. The two insertion portions 18a and 18b extend in the direction orthogonal to each other and are formed in an L shape, and the article connection portion 20 is formed at an L-shaped corner portion. That is, each of two insertion parts 18a and 18b is protruded and formed in a different direction from the articles | goods connection part 20. As shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, one of the insertion portions 18a is formed in a bar shape having a circular cross section so as to be insertable into the cylindrical connector receptacle 14a shown in FIG. 1 (A). Moreover, the insertion part 18a is formed in the shape hooked by the inside of the corresponding connector receptacle 14a by frictional force. That is, on the outer peripheral surface 22a of the insertion portion 18a, a plurality of annular step portions 24a, 24b, 24c hooked to the not-shown projections provided on the inner peripheral surface of the connector receptacle 14a have intervals in the length direction It is formed separately. Further, a tapered portion 26 whose diameter decreases toward the tip is formed at the distal end 22b of the insertion portion 18a, and the opening 28 of the connector receptacle 14a is formed at the proximal end 22c of the insertion portion 18a. An annular stopper portion 30 is formed in contact with (FIG. 1 (A)).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the other insertion portion 18b is formed in a rectangular plate shape so as to be insertable into the flat cylindrical connector receptacle 14b shown in FIG. 1 (B). Further, the insertion portion 18 b is formed in a shape to be hooked by the friction force inside the corresponding connector receptacle 14 b. That is, the two side surfaces 32c and 32d perpendicular to the tip end surface 32a and the main surface 32b of the insertion portion 18b are arc-shaped hooked on the not-shown protrusions provided on the inner surface of the connector receptacle 14b. The concave portions 34a and 34b of the second embodiment are formed. Further, an arc-shaped recess 34c is formed on the tip end surface 32a of the insertion portion 18b to receive a protrusion (not shown) provided at the back of the connector receptacle 14b.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the article connection portion 20 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped portion formed at an intermediate position between the two insertion portions 18 a and 18 b. In the article connecting portion 20, through holes 38 through which the ring 36 connected to the article 16 shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B is inserted are the projecting directions (lengths of the two inserting portions 18a and 18b). It is formed extending in a direction orthogonal to the direction.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the article connection portion 20 is formed so as to expand from the proximal end portions 22c and 32e of the two insertion portions 18a and 18b. That is, as shown in FIG. 3B, the length of the article connection portion 20 in the direction in which the through hole 38 extends is H1, and the length of the insertion portion 18a in that direction is H2, and the insertion portion in that direction When the length of 18b is H3, the relationship of “H1> H2” and “H1> H3” is established. Further, as shown in FIG. 3C, assuming that the length of the article connection portion 20 in the extending direction of the inserting portion 18b is W1, and the length of the inserting portion 18a in that direction is W2, “W1> The relationship of “W2” is established. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the length of the article connection portion 20 in the extending direction of the inserting portion 18a is L1, and the length of the inserting portion 18b in that direction is L2, “L1> The relationship of “L2” is established.

  In the present embodiment, each of the two insertion portions 18a and 18b shown in FIG. 2 and the article connection portion 20 are integrally formed by injection molding of a plastic material. The type of plastic material is not particularly limited. For example, high density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), polyacetal (POM), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), etc. may be used. Can.

(Activation of the article fixture 10)
When attaching the article 16 to the portable device 12 using the article fixture 10 shown in FIG. 2, the user of the portable device 12 first inserts the ring 36 connected to the article 16 into the through hole 38 and the article 16 Are connected to the article connection unit 20. Subsequently, the article connection portion 20 and the periphery thereof are held by hand, and one of the two insertion portions 18a and 18b is inserted into the corresponding connector receptacles 14a and 14b. Since each of the insertion parts 18a and 18b is formed in a shape to be hooked by the friction force inside the corresponding connector receptacles 14a and 14b, the insertion parts 18a and 18b can be configured as follows without special operation. It is difficult to disengage from the connector receptacles 14a and 14b.

(Effect of article fixture 10 for portable devices)
According to the present embodiment, the following effects can be achieved by the above configuration. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B), the article attachment 10 has two insertion portions 18a formed so as to be insertable into the two connector receptacles 14a and 14b having different shapes, respectively. Since 18b is provided, one of the two connector receptacles 14a and 14b can be arbitrarily selected and used. In addition, since each of the two insertion parts 18a and 18b is formed in a shape to be hooked by friction in the corresponding connector receptacles 14a and 14b, no special parts such as a hook part are necessary, and manufacturing is possible. Cost can be kept low.

  As shown in FIG. 2, since each of the two insertion parts 18 a and 18 b and the article connection part 20 are integrally connected with each other by a plastic material, one of the two insertion parts 18 a and 18 b is formed. When inserting one into the connector receptacles 14a and 14b, it is easy to hold the other insertion parts 18a and 18b and the article connection part 20 by hand. Further, each of the two insertion portions 18a and 18b and the article connection portion 20 can be easily formed by injection molding of a plastic material or the like.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B), the article connection portion 20 has a through hole 38, so by inserting the ring 36 connected to the article 16 into the through hole 38, the article 16 can be It can be easily connected to the article connection unit 20.

  As shown in FIG. 2, since each of the two insertion parts 18 a and 18 b is formed to project in different directions from the article connection part 20, each insertion part 18 a is formed by holding the article connection part 20 by hand. , 18b can be handled in almost the same way.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the article connection portion 20 is formed so as to expand from the proximal end portions 22c and 32e of the two insertion portions 18a and 18b, so that the strength of the article connection portion 20 is the insertion portion The strength is greater than the strengths 18a and 18b, and the inserting portions 18a and 18b can be reinforced by the article connection portion 20.

  As shown in FIG. 2, since the two insertion parts 18a and 18b extend in the direction orthogonal to each other and are formed in an L shape, it is easy to hold the L-shaped corner part by hand.

  As shown in FIG. 2, one of the insertion portions 18a is formed in a bar shape, so that the insertion portion 18a can be inserted into the cylindrical connector receptacle 14a. Moreover, since the other insertion part 18b is formed in plate shape, this insertion part 18b can be inserted in the flat cylindrical connector receptacle 14b.

(Modification)
In addition, in implementation of this invention, it is not limited to the said embodiment, A various change is possible unless it deviates from the objective of this invention. That is, in the above embodiment, a smartphone is used as the portable device 12 to which the article fixture 10 is mounted, but instead of this, a mobile phone, a game machine, a tablet terminal, a music player, etc. may be used. Good. Moreover, although the earphone terminal is used as the cylindrical connector receptacle 14a, it may replace with this and a microphone terminal etc. may be used. Furthermore, although the MicroUSB terminal is used as the flat cylindrical connector receptacle 14b, a MicroHDMI terminal or the like may be used instead.

  In the above embodiment, although the article fixture 10 is selectively attached to one of the two connector receptacles 14 a and 14 b provided in one portable device 12, a plurality of the article fixtures 10 are provided. It may be selectively attached to one of a plurality of connector receptacles (not shown) provided in the portable device 12 of FIG. In this case, each portable device 12 may be provided with only one connector receptacle.

  In the above embodiment, although the article 16 is connected to the article connection portion 20 by the ring 36 connected to the article 16 being inserted into the through hole 38, an annular string (not shown) connected to the article 16 is penetrated The article 16 may be connected to the article connection portion 20 by being inserted into the hole 38.

  In the above embodiment, each of the two insertion portions 18a and 18b and the article connection portion 20 are integrally formed of a plastic material, but they may be integrally formed of a metal material or a wood material .

  FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the structure of an article fixture 40 according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the above embodiment, the two insertion portions 18a and 18b extend in the direction orthogonal to each other and are formed in an L shape, but as in the article fixture 40 shown in FIG. 42b may be formed in a straight line.

  According to this configuration, when one of the insertion portions 42a is inserted into the corresponding connector receptacle 14b (FIGS. 1A and 1B), the other insertion portion 42b is viewed from the outer surface of the portable device 12 It can be made to project outward. Therefore, by holding the other insertion portion 42b by hand, it is easy to pull out the one insertion portion 42a from the connector receptacle 14b.

  Although the article fixture 10 includes the two insertion portions 18a and 18b in the above embodiment, the number of insertion portions may be plural, and may be three or more. Even when the number of insertion parts is increased to three or more, each insertion part has a shape that can be inserted into the corresponding connector receptacle, and is shaped so as to be hooked within the corresponding connector receptacle by frictional force. It is formed.

  In the above embodiment, one of the two insertion portions 18a and 18b is formed in a rod shape, and the other is formed in a plate shape, but two or more of the plurality of insertion portions may be formed in a rod shape. Alternatively, two or more of the plurality of insertion portions may be formed in a plate shape. In other words, at least one of the plurality of insertion portions may be formed in a rod shape, or at least one of the plurality of insertion portions may be formed in a plate shape.

  FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the structure of an article fixture 50 according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the structure of an article fixture 60 according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the above embodiment, the two insertion portions 18a and 18b are formed in an L shape at an angle of 90 degrees in plan view, but the number of insertion portions, the angular interval and the shape are appropriately changed and It is also good.

  For example, as in the article fixture 50 shown in FIG. 5, the three insertion portions 52a, 52b, 52c may be formed in a T-shape at an angle of 90 degrees in plan view. Further, as in the case of the article fixture 60 shown in FIG. 6, the three insertion portions 62a, 62b and 62c may be formed in a Y-shape at an angle of 120 degrees in plan view. Furthermore, although not shown, four insertion parts may be formed in a cross shape at an angle of 90 degrees in plan view.

10, 40, 50, 60 ... Article fixtures for portable devices, 12 ... portable devices,
14a, 14b ... connector receptacles, 16 ... articles, 18a, 18b ... insertion parts,
20 ... article connection portion, 28 ... opening portion, 22c, 32e ... proximal end portion.

Claims (9)

A plurality of insertion portions formed to be insertable into each of a plurality of connector receptacles of different shapes provided on the portable device;
And an article connection to which articles are connected;
Each of the plurality of insertion parts is formed in a shape that is frictionally trapped inside the corresponding connector receptacle,
An article fixture for a portable device, wherein each of the plurality of insertion portions and the article connection portion are integrally connected with each other.   The article fixture for portable device according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of insertion parts and the article connection part are formed of a plastic material.   The article fixture for portable device according to claim 1, wherein the article connection portion has a through hole.   The article fixture for portable devices according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each of the plurality of insertion parts is formed to protrude in different directions from the article connection part.   The article attachment for a portable device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the article connection portion is formed so as to expand from the proximal end of each of the plurality of insertion portions.   The article fixture for a portable device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein two of the plurality of insertion parts extend in directions orthogonal to each other and are formed in an L shape.   The article fixture for a portable device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein two of the plurality of insertion parts are formed in a straight line.   The article fixture for portable device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein at least one of the plurality of insertion parts is formed in a rod shape.   The article fixture for portable device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein at least one of the plurality of insertion parts is formed in a plate shape.

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