JP3474466B2 - Charging 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 charging device, and more particularly to a charging device used for charging a battery of a mobile phone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 9-162960 describes a charger capable of communicating with a mobile phone while charging the battery of the mobile phone.

This charger has a trapezoidal outer shape, is provided with a recess for inserting a mobile phone, and has a power plug for connecting to a power outlet at the tip of the power connection cord. It is installed. In addition, the charger is connected to a power supply connection cord to supply power to the entire charger, a battery (charging device) connected to a charging terminal, and 3-line data and 2-line data are mutually exchanged. It is provided with a 2-wire / 3-wire conversion circuit having a function of converting to, a modular jack, an audio input / output terminal, and the like.
It also has a power supply circuit and a digital data input / output terminal.

[0004]

However, in the conventional charger described in the above publication, in addition to the power supply connecting cord being pulled out, the external shape is bulky in any direction of trapezoid. It can be said that it is inconvenient for carrying because it is shaped, and since the charging terminal is always exposed in the recessed part, when it is carried, the charging terminal hits something and is deformed. In addition, there is a problem that it is easy to cause contact failure due to dust adhesion.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is compact in that the main body of the charging device having the terminals used for charging and the cradle for placing the mobile phone are not bulky even if they are always carried. An object of the present invention is to provide a charging device that can be folded in any shape and can be used by sticking out the cradle during charging.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a charging device capable of performing data communication with an external device during charging.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a charging device capable of positioning the mobile phone so as not to wobble during charging.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a charging device capable of positioning the mobile phone so as not to wobble during charging, even for mobile phones having different lateral widths and thicknesses.

Further, according to the present invention, when folded compactly, the terminal used for charging is protected by being protected by the pedestal, and furthermore, the pedestal does not accidentally open and stick out from the charging device main body. An object is to provide a charging device.

[0010]

A charging device according to the present invention comprises a flat charging device main body equipped with a power plug which is a mating connector of a power outlet, and a pedestal of a mobile phone,
For charging the mobile phone mounted swingably between a storage position overlapping the charging device main body and a use position protruding from the charging device main body, the charging device main body being placed on the cradle in the use position. A terminal is provided that is in electrical contact with the terminal, and the pedestal is provided with an opening facing the data communication connector of the mobile phone placed on the pedestal.

According to this charging device, by folding the pedestal to the storage position overlapping the charging device main body,
The overall shape is compact and not bulky, and it has excellent portability. When charging the battery of a mobile phone, open the cradle and stick it out from the main body of the charging device.If you place the mobile phone on the cradle, the charging terminals of the mobile phone will contact the terminals provided on the main body of the charging device. To do. Therefore, the battery is charged by inserting the power plug into the power outlet.

When the mobile phone is placed on the cradle, the data communication connector of the mobile phone faces the opening of the cradle.
The opening can be used to insert the data communication connector of the external device (for example, a computer) into the data communication connector, so that data communication can be performed with the external device while the battery is being charged. become able to.

The charging device main body has a base portion and left and right wall portions provided on both sides sandwiching the portable telephone set on the cradle in a use position, which is provided on the base portion,
The storage position of the pedestal is preferably located between the left and right wall portions. With this configuration, when the cradle is folded to the storage position, the cradle is housed between the left and right wall parts, and the charging device main body including the base part and the left and right wall parts is provided. Since it has a flat shape,
When the pedestal is folded, the overall shape is flat like the charging device main body, and is not larger than the charging device main body.

At least one of the left and right wall portions is detachably attached with a spacer interposed in a gap between the mobile phone arranged between the wall portions and the left and right wall portions. Is desirable. With this configuration, the spacers can be replaced according to the left and right width of the mobile phone, so that the mobile phone of various sizes can be used in the same positioning state.

It is desirable that the pedestal is detachably attached to the main body of the charging device. With such a configuration, the pedestal can be replaced according to the thickness of the mobile phone, so that it can be similarly used for mobile phones of various sizes.

A resin spring is integrally formed on the pedestal, and when the pedestal is stored in the storage position, the pedestal is fixed by engaging with an engaging portion provided on the resin spring. It is desirable that the engaged portion to be provided be provided on the main body of the charging device. With this configuration, when the pedestal is folded and stored in its storage position, the engaging portion of the resin spring engages with the engaged portion on the main body of the charging device and the pedestal locks in that state. To be done. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the cradle is unexpectedly opened and is projected from the main body of the charging device when being carried.

It is desirable that the terminal of the charger main body is provided at a position covered by the cradle housed in the housing position. If it looks like this,
When the pedestal is folded in its storage position and carried, the terminal is covered and protected by the pedestal. for that reason,
There is an advantage that the terminal will not be deformed by hitting something, and dust or the like will not easily adhere to the terminal.

[0018]

1 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing a charging device 1 and a mobile phone 100 according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the charging device 1 with a cradle 6 folded. Three
Is a rear view of the charging device 1, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a cross section of a state in which the cradle 6 is locked, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a positioning state of the cradle 6, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a schematic side view of the charging device 1 in the open state, and FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway side view in the use state.

The charging device 1 comprises a charging device body 2 and a cradle 6. The charging device body 2 has a base portion 21 and left and right wall portions 22 and 23 provided on both left and right sides of the base portion 21 so as to project to the front side, and the overall shape thereof is a flat vertically long rectangular shape. This shape is compact and has excellent portability. A recess 24 is provided at the center of the upper end of the base portion 21. The body 26 of the rotary power plug 25 is rotatably attached to the upper portion of the base portion 21. When the body 26 is rotated upward, the body 26 projects from the body 26 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. The electrode 27 faces upward and is accommodated in the recess 24, and when the body 26 is rotated backward, the electrode 27 projects rearward of the base portion 21 as shown in FIG. 7.
The recess 24 has a size capable of accommodating the socket S of the AC cable as shown in FIG. Therefore, as shown in the figure, when the electrode 27 of the power plug 25 is housed in the recess 24, the socket S of the AC cable can be inserted into the electrode 27 housed in the recess 24. Further, in the state where the electrode 27 is projected to the rear of the base portion 21 as shown in FIG.
It can be plugged into a power outlet installed in, for example.

Support holes 28 (only the support holes of the right side wall portion 23 are shown in FIG. 1) are provided at the lower end portions of the left and right wall portions 22 and 23, respectively. Left and right support shaft portions 6 protruding laterally from the rear end portion 6
1 is fitted. In this way, the support shaft portion 61 is attached to the support hole 28.
When the pedestal 6 is attached to the charging device main body 2 by being fitted to the charging device main body 2, the receiving pedestal 6 overlaps the charging device main body 2 around the supporting shaft portion 61 as a storage position (the left and right wall portions 22). , 23) and a use position protruding from the charging device main body 2. A bulging projection 62 is provided at the rear end of the pedestal 6, whereas a recess 29 into which the projection 62 is fitted is provided at the lower front surface of the base portion 21. When the base 6 is swung to the use position protruding from the charging device main body 2, the protrusion 62 on the pedestal 6 side as shown in FIG.
The pedestal 6 is held in a horizontal posture by being fitted in the concave portion 29 on the side. In addition, the protrusion 62 is
When the pedestal 6 is swung upward while it is fitted in the concave portion 29 on the side, the projection 62 comes out of the concave portion 29 and the pedestal 6 is folded into the storage position.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
A resin spring 63 is provided in the. This resin spring 63
Is integrally formed with the pedestal 6 and has a protrusion-shaped engaging portion 64 on the outer surface side thereof and a handle piece 65 operated by the tip of a fingernail. On the other hand, the charging device body 2
At the lower end of the wall portion 22 on the left side of the recessed portion 31, a recess 31 into which the resin spring 63 is inserted and removed is provided, and the wall surface of the recessed portion 31 has the engagement portion 64 as shown in FIG. The engaged portion 32 with which is engaged is formed in a concave shape. Therefore, when the pedestal 6 is folded to the storage position,
As described above, the resin spring 63 fits into the recessed portion 31, and the engaging portion 64 thereof engages with the engaged portion 32. This allows
The cradle 6 is fixed (locked) at the storage position. In order to release the locked state of the pedestal 6, the handle piece 65 of the resin spring 63 is pushed by the tip of the finger as shown by an arrow a in FIG.
It suffices to disengage the engaging portion 64 from 2.

A charging terminal 33 made of a leaf spring is provided near the lower end of the base portion 21 of the charging device main body 2. The terminal 33 is provided at a position covered by the pedestal 6 folded to the storage position. Therefore, even if the cradle 6 is folded to the storage position and the charging device is carried, there is no risk of the terminal 33 hitting something and deforming.

Further, a supporting piece 65 is projected from the front end of the cradle 6, and when the mobile phone 100 is placed on the cradle 6 protruding to the use position as shown in FIG.
00 is pressed against the terminal 33 side by the support piece 65. Further, a rectangular opening 66 is formed in the center of the pedestal 6. The opening 66 is provided for the data communication connector C on the external device (for example, computer) side.
It has a size that can be inserted.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
00 has a charging terminal 110 provided on the back surface thereof,
A data communication connector 120 is provided on the lower surface thereof. When the mobile phone 100 is placed on the cradle 6 protruding to the use position as shown in FIG. 7, the charging terminal 110 makes electrical contact with the terminal 33 (see FIG. 1) on the charging device body 2 side, and at the same time. , Data communication connector 120
Faces the opening 66 of the pedestal 6. Therefore, when the power plug 25 is connected to the power source as shown in FIG. 3 or 7, and the mobile phone 100 is placed on the cradle 6 projecting to the use position as shown in FIG. 7, the charging terminal 110 of the mobile phone 100 becomes The mobile phone 1 is brought into electrical contact with the terminal 33 on the charging device body 2 side.
00 battery is charged. Further, if the data communication connector C on the external device side is inserted into the data communication connector 120 of the mobile phone 100 through the opening 66 of the cradle 6 during this charging as shown in FIG. Data communication can be performed with the device.

Next, when the mobile phone 100 is placed on the cradle 6 protruding to the use position, the mobile phone 100 is sandwiched by the left and right wall portions 22 and 23 on the charging device body 2 side. Does not fall to the side. In order to perform the positioning of the mobile phone 100 at this time more reliably, the spacers 8 are attached to the left and right wall portions 22 and 23 as shown in FIGS. It is good to sandwich it from the left and right. The spacer 8 is the wall 2
Although it may be integrally molded with the wall portions 2 and 23, it is more preferable that the wall portions 22 and 23 are detachably attached as shown in the figure. If the spacer 8 is detachable from the walls 22 and 23, the spacer 8 can be replaced with a spacer 8 having a different thickness according to the left and right width of the mobile phone 100, so that the charging device 1 can be used in various sizes. There is an advantage that the mobile phone 100 can be used in the same positioning state. As a structure for detachably attaching the spacer 8 to the walls 22 and 23, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a hole 34 is provided in the walls 22 and 23, and the spacer 8 is inserted into the hole 34. It is possible to adopt a means of inserting the leg portion 81 provided in the. In addition to hard synthetic resin, a material having softness and slip resistance such as rubber or vinyl chloride resin elastomer can be used for the spacer 8. When rubber or vinyl chloride resin elastomer is used, the lateral width of the mobile phone 100 can be increased. Not only is a slight dimensional difference absorbed by the deformation of the spacer 8, but also the mobile phone 100 can be firmly pinched and reliably positioned without being damaged, and the contact stability between terminals during charging is improved. There is an advantage that you can.

The pedestal 6 can be removed from the charging device main body 2 by bending the left and right walls 22, 23 on the charging device main body 2 side and the pedestal 6. Therefore, it is possible to change to a different pedestal 6 according to the thickness of the mobile phone 100. Therefore, by changing the cradle 6, the charging device 1 can be similarly used for the mobile phones 100 of various sizes.

[0027]

The charging device of the present invention is excellent in portability since the main body of the charging device and the cradle for placing the mobile phone can be folded and carried in a compact shape that is not bulky. Moreover, there is the convenience that data communication can be performed with an external device while the battery of the mobile phone is being charged. In addition, it is possible to position the mobile phone in a stable state that does not wobble when charging, and especially by changing the spacer or the pedestal, a stable positioning state can be achieved even for mobile phones with different left and right widths and thicknesses. There is a convenience that will allow you to use it.
Furthermore, when it is folded compactly, the terminal used for charging is covered and protected by the cradle, and furthermore, the cradle does not open unexpectedly and stick out from the main body of the charging device. It can be said that it has excellent properties.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing a charging device and a mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the charging device with the cradle folded.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the charging device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a pedestal is locked in a cross section.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a positioning state of a pedestal.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the charging device with the cradle folded.

FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway side view in a use state.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 charger 2 charger main body 6 cradle 8 spacers 21 Base 22,23 wall 25 power plug 32 Engagement part 33 terminals 63 Resin spring 64 Engagement part 66 openings 100 mobile phones 110 Mobile phone charging terminal 120 Data communication connector

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A flat charging device main body provided with a power plug which is a mating connector of a power outlet, between a storage position where a pedestal of a mobile phone overlaps the charging device main body and a use position protruding from the charging device main body. The charging device body is provided with a terminal that is electrically contacted with the charging terminal of the mobile phone placed on the cradle in the use position. A charging device comprising an opening facing a data communication connector of the mobile phone placed on a table. 2. The charging device main body has a base portion and left and right wall portions provided on both sides sandwiching the mobile phone placed on the cradle in a use position, the base portion being provided, The charging device according to claim 1, wherein a storage position of the cradle is located between the left and right wall portions. 3. A spacer that is detachably attached to at least one of the left and right wall portions, the spacer being interposed in a gap between the mobile phone arranged between the wall portions and the left and right wall portions. The charging device according to claim 2, which is provided. 4. The charging device according to claim 1, wherein the pedestal is detachably attached to the main body of the charging device. 5. A resin spring is formed integrally with the pedestal, and when the pedestal is stored in the storage position, the resin spring is engaged with an engaging portion provided on the resin spring. The charging device according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3, and 4, wherein an engaged portion for fixing a battery is provided on the charging device main body. 6. The claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, claim 4, claim 4, wherein the terminal of the main body of the charging device is provided at a position covered by the pedestal housed in the housing position. Item 5. The charging device according to any one of items 5.