JP6311489B2 - Multiple cradle - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a multiple cradle capable of holding a plurality of terminals.

  A multiple cradle is known in which terminals are accommodated in a plurality of pockets provided in the cradle, and the terminals can be charged simultaneously.

  In the multiple-type cradle of Patent Document 1 (the multiple-communication stand in Patent Document 1), a plurality of pocket portions respectively accommodating a plurality of terminals are arranged in parallel to the lower surface in a state where the cradle is installed. .

  Patent Document 2 discloses a multiple cradle that is not provided with a pocket portion. The multiple cradle disclosed in Patent Document 2 is charged by placing a terminal on a terminal placement surface. In the multiple cradle disclosed in Patent Document 2, the portions where the terminals are installed are arranged in parallel to the lower surface in the state where the cradle is installed.

JP 2008-152729 A JP 2010-22105 A

  Both the cradle of Patent Literature 1 and the cradle of Patent Literature 2 have good stability in the installed state because the area of the lower surface is larger than the area of the side surface. In addition, that stability is good means that it is hard to fall down.

  However, both the cradle of Patent Document 1 and the cradle of Patent Document 2 are determined in a way that they are placed in a general manner, and cannot be placed such that the side surface area is larger than the bottom surface area. This placing method, that is, a placing method in which the area of the side surface is larger than the area of the lower surface is hereinafter referred to as vertical placement. On the other hand, a placement method in which the area of the lower surface is larger than the area of any of the side surfaces is referred to as horizontal placement.

  Horizontal placement is stable, but requires a relatively large installation area. On the other hand, the vertical installation can reduce the installation area compared to the horizontal installation, but has a problem that the stability is poor compared to the horizontal installation. When the installation area can be secured, horizontal installation is preferable, and when only installation is possible, it must be installed with poor stability.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a multiple cradle that can obtain high stability and can be installed in a narrow place. It is in.

In order to achieve the object, the invention according to claim 1 is a multiple cradle (1) having a plurality of pocket portions (30) for respectively accommodating a plurality of terminals, and comprising a box-shaped main body (10). ,
The box-shaped main body has a longitudinal side bottom surface (18), a terminal insertion surface (20) into which a terminal is inserted, a side surface (16) connecting the bottom surface and the terminal insertion surface during horizontal positioning, and a short side surface. The lower surface (12) when the main body is vertically placed connected to one side, which is the side toward the bottom side from the openings of the plurality of pocket portions, of both sides in the hand direction,
The multiple pockets are formed in a direction in which the distance to the bottom surface when the main unit is vertically placed and the distance to the bottom surface when the main unit is vertically placed are shortened from the opening toward the bottom. When the terminal is housed in the state that it is the bottom surface during installation, it supports the weight of the terminal facing the downward side of the terminal, and when the bottom surface when placed horizontally becomes the bottom surface during installation, A first opposing surface (343) capable of contacting the lower portion of the upward side surface;
When the terminal is housed in the state that the bottom surface when installed horizontally is the bottom surface when installed, the weight of the terminal is supported facing the downward side of the terminal, and when the bottom surface when installed vertically is the bottom surface when installed, A second opposing surface (36) capable of contacting the lower part of the upward side surface of the terminal,
The bottom surface of the main unit when placed vertically has a smaller area than the bottom when mounted horizontally, and the terminal is accommodated in a plurality of pockets. The size of the cradle is self-supporting,
The laterally placed lower surface is characterized in that the multiple cradle is self-supporting in a state where the terminal is accommodated in a plurality of pocket portions, and the laterally placed lower surface becomes the installed lower surface.

  According to the present invention, the multiple cradle includes two lower surfaces, that is, a lower surface when the main body portion is placed vertically and a lower surface when placed horizontally. The plurality of pocket portions formed in the box-shaped main body are formed in such a direction that the distance from the lower surface when the main body portion is placed vertically and the lower surface when placed horizontally is shortened from the opening toward the bottom.

  When each pocket part is formed in this direction, when installing multiple cradles with the lower surface when installed horizontally as the lower surface when installed, the multiple cradle was installed with the lower surface when installing the main body vertically as the lower surface when installed. Sometimes, the load of the terminal accommodated in the pocket part is applied to the bottom direction of the pocket part and the direction facing the downward side surface of the terminal.

  Since the load of the terminal is applied in the bottom direction of the pocket part, it is prevented that the terminal accommodated in the pocket part moves in parallel and falls out of the pocket part.

  The pocket portion includes a first facing surface and a second facing surface. When the terminal is accommodated in the pocket portion in a state where the lower surface when the main body portion is vertically placed is the lower surface when installed, the first facing surface is The weight of the terminal is supported, and the second facing surface can contact the lower part of the upward side surface of the terminal.

  On the contrary, when the terminal is accommodated in the pocket portion with the bottom face when installed horizontally being the bottom face when installed, the second facing surface supports the weight of the terminal, and the first facing surface is the lower portion of the upward side surface of the terminal. Abutment is possible. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the terminal from rotating and dropping out of the pocket portion when the main body portion is placed vertically or horizontally.

  In addition, since it has a lower surface when the main unit is installed vertically and a lower surface when installed horizontally, if the area is adjusted, it can be installed horizontally even when a multiple cradle is installed using the lower surface when installing the main unit as the lower surface during installation. Even when the multiple cradle is installed with the lower surface as the lower surface at the time of installation, the multiple cradle can be made independent.

  And since the lower surface of the main unit when placed vertically is smaller than the lower surface when installed horizontally, the lower surface when installed horizontally is the lower surface when installed. It is possible to install in a smaller installation area than when.

  On the other hand, when the multiple cradle is self-supporting with the lower surface when installed horizontally as the lower surface when installed, the height direction dimension is lower than when the multiple cradle is self-supporting with the lower surface when installing the main unit vertically as the lower surface when installed. , The center of gravity is lowered. Therefore, high stability is obtained.

  The invention according to claim 2 is provided with a charging terminal (60) that is disposed on the bottom of each of the plurality of pocket portions, electrically contacts the bottom surface of the terminal accommodated in the pocket portion, and supplies power to the terminal, and the pocket Provided on a side opposite to the opening of the pocket portion with respect to the bottom of the portion, and is provided with a substrate (70) that is opposed to the charging terminal and is in an energized state when in contact with the charging terminal. A contact portion (61) that is in electrical contact with the bottom surface and the substrate; and a spring portion (62) that urges the contact portion in a direction away from the substrate. When the bottom surface or the bottom surface when placed horizontally is the bottom surface when installed, the angle is such that the terminal accommodated in the pocket portion can apply a load that contacts the contact portion of the charging terminal and the substrate to the charging terminal. And

  In this invention, since the charging terminal is provided at the bottom of the pocket portion, the terminal presses the charging terminal when the terminal is accommodated in the pocket portion. Since the charging terminal includes the spring portion, the terminal presses the charging terminal against the urging force of the spring portion. The force applied by the terminal to the charging terminal varies depending on the axial center angle of the pocket portion. In the present invention, the axial center angle of the pocket portion is the same as the contact portion of the charging terminal when the lower surface when the main body is vertically placed is the lower surface when installed, and when the lower surface when horizontally placed is the lower surface when installed. The load that contacts the substrate is the angle applied to the charging terminal from the terminal accommodated in the pocket portion. Therefore, the terminal can be charged by accommodating the terminal in the pocket portion both when placed vertically and when placed horizontally.

  The invention according to claim 3 is provided with a support portion (50) protruding from the terminal insertion surface at the end of the terminal insertion surface on the lower surface side when the main body portion is vertically placed, and the support portion is flush with the lower surface when the main body portion is vertically placed. It has an extension surface (52) which is on and extends the lower surface of the main body portion vertically placed to the terminal insertion surface side.

  According to the present invention, the support portion is provided, and the support portion is provided with an extending surface that is a part of the lower surface when placed vertically. Even if the volume of the mold main body is reduced, the multiple cradle can stand up stably when placed vertically.

It is a perspective view in the state where multiple cradle 1 of a 1st embodiment is set up vertically. It is an upper part enlarged view of the multiple cradle 1 of FIG. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a side view at the time of vertical installation of the multiple cradle 1 of 1st Embodiment holding the terminal 100. FIG. It is a side view at the time of horizontal placement of the multiple cradle 1 of 1st Embodiment holding the terminal 100. FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 5.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a multiple cradle 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the posture of the multiple cradle 1 is set vertically. The multiple cradle 1 and the terminal 100 shown in FIGS. 3 to 6 constitute a terminal holding system. In addition, the terminal 100 of this embodiment is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is a rechargeable terminal that can read information stored in one or both of the information code and the wireless tag.

  The multiple cradle 1 is resinous and includes a box-shaped main body 10 having a box shape, more precisely a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a support portion 50. The box-shaped main body 10 includes a lower surface 12 when the main body is vertically placed, an end surface 14, a side surface 16, a lower surface 18 when horizontally placed, and a terminal insertion surface 20.

  The lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed is the lower surface when vertically placed as shown in FIG. The end face 14 is parallel to the lower surface 12 when the main body is vertically placed, and becomes the upper surface when vertically placed. The end face 14 has a rectangular shape. The shape of the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed is the same as that of the end surface 14, and the end surface 14 and the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed are in positions facing each other.

  The pair of side surfaces 16 have the same shape and are parallel to each other. The pair of side surfaces 16 have a long rectangular shape, and one short side is connected to one side of the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed, and the other short side is connected to one side of the end surface 14. Further, the side surface 16 is perpendicular to the lower surface 12 and the end surface 14 when the main body portion is vertically placed.

  The horizontally placed lower surface 18 is perpendicular to the main body portion vertically placed lower surface 12, the end surface 14, and the side surface 16. The bottom surface 18 in the horizontal position is also in a rectangular shape, and a pair of long sides is connected to the long side of the side surface 16, and one short side is connected to one side of the bottom surface 12 in the main body portion vertical position, and the other short side. The side is connected to one side of the end face 14. The length of the long side and the length of the short side of the lower surface 18 at the time of horizontal placement are, for example, 400 mm and 80 mm, respectively.

  The terminal insertion surface 20 is a surface that faces the lower surface 18 when placed horizontally, and is a surface into which the terminal 100 is inserted.

  A pocket portion 30 for accommodating the terminal 100 is formed so as to be visible from the terminal insertion surface 20 side. In the present embodiment, four pocket portions 30 are formed.

  Two support portions 50 are provided. These two support portions 50 have the same shape and are trapezoidal plate-like members. The support portion 50 is formed to protrude from the terminal insertion surface 20 at the end of the terminal insertion surface 20 on the lower surface 12 side when the main body portion is vertically placed.

  The support portion 50 includes an extending surface 52. The extending surface 52 is on the same plane as the lower surface 12 when the main body is vertically placed, and is a rectangular surface obtained by extending the lower surface 12 when the main body is vertically placed to the terminal insertion surface 20 side. A surface obtained by combining the extending surface 52 and the lower surface 12 when the main body is vertically placed is a lower surface 54 when vertically placed. The area of the lower surface 54 when placed vertically is smaller than the area of the lower surface 18 when placed horizontally. Moreover, the area at the time of installation which added the area between the two extending surfaces 52 to the area of the lower surface 54 at the time of vertical placement is also smaller than the area of the lower surface 18 at the time of horizontal placement.

  FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the pocket portion 30. The pocket portion 30 includes a bottom surface 32, an operation surface facing portion 34, a reading surface facing surface 36, and a pair of pocket side surfaces 40.

  The bottom surface 32 supports the bottom surface 104 of the terminal 100 not shown in FIG. 2 when the terminal 100 is accommodated in the pocket portion 30.

  The operation surface facing portion 34 is a portion that constitutes a part of the wall portion of the pocket portion 30, and includes a bottom surface coupling portion 341 that is coupled to the bottom surface 32 and a pair of side surface coupling portions 342 that are coupled to the pocket side surface 40. The inner surface of the bottom surface connecting portion 341 and the side surface connecting portion 342, that is, the inner side surface 343 of the operation surface facing portion 34 faces the operation surface 102 of the terminal 100 when the terminal 100 is accommodated in the pocket portion 30. The inner surface 343 of the operation surface facing portion 34 functions as a first facing surface in the claims.

  The reading surface facing surface 36 faces the reading surface 106 of the terminal 100 when the terminal 100 is accommodated in the pocket portion 30. The reading surface 106 is a surface opposite to the operation surface 102.

  When the terminal 100 is not accommodated in the pocket portion 30, the reading surface facing surface 36 faces the inner surface 343 of the operation surface facing portion 34. The reading surface facing surface 36 functions as a second facing surface in the claims.

  The reading surface facing surface 36 includes a main portion 361 and a base portion 362. The main portion 361 is substantially parallel to the reading surface 106 of the terminal 100 when the terminal 100 is accommodated in the pocket portion 30. On the other hand, the base portion 362 is inclined with respect to the main portion 361, and connects the main portion 361 and the bottom surface 32.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the outer surface 344 of the operation surface facing portion 34 is continuous so as to form the same plane as the reading surface facing surface 36.

  The distance between the reading surface facing surface 36 and the terminal insertion surface 20 becomes longer toward the base 362 side. Therefore, the pocket portion 30 is formed in such a direction that both the distance to the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed and the distance to the lower surface 18 when the body portion is horizontally placed become shorter from the opening toward the bottom surface 32.

  Two charging terminals 60 are arranged on the bottom surface 32 of the pocket portion 30. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the charging terminal 60 is a spring-like member and includes a contact portion 61 and a spring portion 62.

  The contact portion 61 can come into contact with the bottom surface 104 of the terminal 100 and the substrate 70 provided inside the box-type main body 10. The substrate 70 is provided with a power supply terminal (not shown), and the contact portion 61 can contact the power supply terminal. Further, a terminal (not shown) that contacts the contact portion 61 of the charging terminal 60 is provided on the bottom surface 104 of the terminal 100. The spring part 62 biases the contact part 61 in a direction away from the substrate 70.

  Since the terminal 100 can contact the contact portion 61 of the charging terminal 60, the terminal 100 presses the contact portion 61 of the charging terminal 60 toward the substrate 70 in a state where the terminal 100 is accommodated in the pocket portion 30. To do. When the terminal 100 presses the charging terminal 60 and the contact portion 61 of the charging terminal 60 and the substrate 70 come into contact with each other, the charging terminal 60 becomes conductive.

  When the terminal 100 is accommodated in the pocket portion 30 in a posture in which the lower surface 12 when the main body is vertically placed is the lower surface when installed, the operation surface 102 is a downward side surface and the reading surface 106 is an upward side surface. . Further, the weight of the terminal 100 is supported by the inner side surface 343 and the bottom surface 32 of the operation surface facing portion 34. At this time, if the angle of the terminal 100 with respect to the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed is α and the weight of the terminal 100 is m, a force of b1 = m × sin α is applied to the charging terminal 60. The angle α substantially coincides with the axial center angle of the pocket portion 30 with respect to the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed.

  When the b1 force is applied to the charging terminal 60, the charging terminal 60 and the substrate 70 need to contact with a load larger than a preset required load for charging. The required load at the time of charging is a load necessary for the contact resistance between the charging terminal 60 and the substrate 70 to be an acceptable resistance at the time of charging, and is, for example, 10 g.

  However, a low resistance load higher than the required load at the time of charging is set, and the charging terminal 60 and the substrate 70 are preferably in contact with each other with a load equal to or higher than the low resistance load. The low resistance load means a load at which the contact resistance between the charging terminal 60 and the substrate 70 becomes low and charging can be performed efficiently. The low resistance load is appropriately set to 2 to 5 times the required load during charging, and is, for example, 50 g.

  Here, the whole spring constant of the charging terminal 60 arranged in one pocket portion 30 is k, and the distance between the contact portion 61 and the substrate 70 in the free state is x. When the contact portion 61 is pressed against the terminal 100 accommodated in the pocket portion 30, a load of c1 = b1−kx is applied between the contact portion 61 and the substrate 70. The spring constant k and the angle α of the terminal 100 are set so that c1 is equal to or higher than the low resistance load. As will be described later, the spring constant k and the angle α of the terminal 100 are set such that a low resistance load or more is applied between the contact portion 61 and the substrate 70 even when placed horizontally.

  Further, when the terminal 100 is accommodated in the pocket portion 30 in a posture in which the lower surface 12 when the main body is vertically placed is the lower surface when installed, the weight of the terminal 100 is also applied to the inner side surface 343 of the operation surface facing portion 34. .

  Since the upper portion of the terminal 100 protrudes from the pocket portion 30, a moment is generated in which the upper portion of the terminal 100 is lowered and the bottom portion of the terminal 100 is raised. When vertically placed, the operation surface 102 of the terminal 100 accommodated in the pocket portion 30 is supported by the inner side surface 343 of the operation surface facing portion 34. Therefore, the moment is a moment that moves the base of the reading surface 106 of the terminal 100 toward the reading surface facing surface 36 with the upper end of the inner surface 343 of the operation surface facing portion 34 as a fulcrum.

  If the center of gravity of the terminal 100 is outside the pocket portion 30 and the base of the reading surface 106 of the terminal 100 is not in contact with the base 362 of the reading surface facing surface 36 due to this moment, the terminal 100 Will rotate in the direction of moving upward. Even if the center of gravity of the terminal 100 is in the pocket portion 30, the base of the reading surface 106 of the terminal 100 must be in contact with the base 362 of the reading surface facing surface 36 when the multiple cradle 1 is shaken. For example, the terminal 100 may rotate in the direction in which the base moves upward. And if the base rotates in the direction in which it moves upward, the terminal 100 will fall out of the pocket portion 30.

  However, when placed vertically, the base portion of the reading surface 106 of the terminal 100 accommodated in the pocket portion 30 is in contact with the base portion 362 of the reading surface facing surface 36. Accordingly, the rotation of the terminal 100 is prevented by the base portion of the reading surface 106 of the terminal 100 coming into contact with the base portion 362 of the reading surface facing surface 36.

  FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which the multiple cradle 1 is placed vertically and the terminal 100 is accommodated in all the pocket portions 30. In FIG. 4, the multiple cradle 1 is installed on a desk 80. As shown in FIG. 4, the multiple cradle 1 can stand by itself while holding the four terminals 100 when vertically placed.

  That is, the multiple cradle 1 in which the terminal 100 is inserted into all the pocket portions 30 is most unstable.

  Therefore, the size of the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed is such that the multiple cradle 1 is self-supporting in a state where the terminals 100 are accommodated in all the pocket portions 30.

  FIG. 5 is a side view of the multiple cradle 1 installed on the desk 80 in the horizontal posture with the lower surface 18 when installed horizontally as the lower surface when installed. As can be seen from FIG. 5, the length in the height direction of the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed, that is, the lower surface 18 when the main body portion is vertically placed and the terminal insertion surface 20 of the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed. The length in the connecting direction is shorter than the length in the longitudinal direction of the lower surface 18 when placed horizontally. Therefore, as can be seen from FIG. 5, the multiple cradle 1 when placed horizontally has a lower center of gravity than when placed vertically, and high stability is obtained.

  6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. When the terminal 100 is accommodated in the pocket portion 30 in a posture in which the lower surface 18 is set to be the lower surface when installed, the terminal 100 has the reading surface 106 facing downward and the operation surface 102 facing upward. Further, the weight of the terminal 100 is supported by the main portion 361 of the reading surface facing surface 36 and the bottom surface 32.

  If the angle α of FIG. 3 and the weight m of the terminal 100 are used, in the state of FIG. 6, a force of b2 = m × sin (90−α) is applied to the charging terminal 60. Therefore, a load of c2 = b2−kx is applied between the contact portion 61 and the substrate 70 during horizontal placement. The spring constant k and the angle α of the terminal 100 are set so that c2 is equal to or greater than the low resistance load.

  Further, when the terminal 100 is accommodated in the pocket portion 30 in a posture in which the lower surface 18 is set to the lower surface when installed, the weight of the terminal 100 is also applied to the reading surface facing surface 36. When placed horizontally, the reading surface 106 of the terminal 100 accommodated in the pocket portion 30 is supported by the reading surface facing surface 36. Therefore, the moment acting on the terminal 100 is a moment that moves the base portion of the operation surface 102 of the terminal 100 toward the inner side surface 343 of the operation surface facing portion 34 with the upper end of the reading surface facing surface 36 as a fulcrum.

  However, when placed horizontally, the base portion of the operation surface 102 of the terminal 100 accommodated in the pocket portion 30 is in contact with the inner side surface 343 of the operation surface facing portion 34. Therefore, the rotation of the terminal 100 is prevented by the base portion of the operation surface 102 of the terminal 100 coming into contact with the inner side surface 343 of the operation surface facing portion 34.

  As described above, the multiple cradle 1 of the present embodiment described above includes two lower surfaces, that is, the lower surface 12 when the main body is vertically placed and the lower surface 18 when horizontally placed. The four pocket portions 30 formed in the box-shaped main body 10 are formed in such a direction that the distances from the opening to the bottom surface 12 when the main body portion is placed vertically and the lower surface 18 when placed horizontally are shortened from the opening toward the bottom. .

  When each pocket portion 30 is formed in this direction, when the multiple cradle 1 is installed with the lower surface 18 when installed horizontally as the lower surface when installed, the lower surface 12 when installed with the main body vertically installed is used as the lower surface when installed. Even when the cradle 1 is installed, the load of the terminal 100 accommodated in the pocket portion 30 is applied in a direction facing the bottom direction of the pocket portion 30 and the downward side surface of the terminal 100. Note that the downward side surface of the terminal 100 is the operation surface 102 when placed vertically and the reading surface 106 when placed horizontally.

  Since the load of the terminal 100 is applied in the bottom direction of the pocket portion 30, it is possible to prevent the terminal 100 accommodated in the pocket portion 30 from moving in parallel and falling out of the pocket portion 30.

  The pocket portion 30 includes an inner side surface 343 of the operation surface facing portion 34 and a reading surface facing surface 36. When the terminal 100 is accommodated in the pocket portion 30 with the bottom surface 12 when the main body is vertically placed being the bottom surface when installed, the inner side surface 343 of the operation surface facing portion 34 supports the weight of the terminal 100 together with the bottom surface 32 and reads. The surface facing surface 36 comes into contact with the lower portion of the reading surface facing surface 36 of the terminal 100 to prevent the terminal 100 from rotating.

  On the other hand, when the terminal 100 is accommodated in the pocket portion 30 with the lower surface 18 when installed horizontally being the lower surface when installed, the reading surface facing surface 36 supports the weight of the terminal 100 together with the bottom surface 32 and the operation surface facing portion. The inner side surface 343 of 34 contacts the lower part of the operation surface 102 of the terminal 100 to prevent the terminal 100 from rotating. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the terminal 100 from rotating and dropping out of the pocket portion 30 during both vertical installation and horizontal installation.

  Moreover, since the lower surface 12 at the time of vertical installation of the main body and the lower surface 18 at the time of horizontal installation are provided, when the area is adjusted, the multiple cradle 1 is installed with the lower surface 12 at the time of vertical installation of the main body as the lower surface at the time of installation. In addition, even when the multiple cradle 1 is installed with the lower surface 18 when placed horizontally as the lower surface when installed, the multiple cradle 1 can be made to stand by itself.

  Since the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed has a smaller area than the lower surface 18 when the main body portion is horizontally placed, when the multiple cradle 1 is self-supported with the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed as the lower surface when installed, the lower surface when horizontally placed It can be installed in a smaller installation area than when 18 is used as the lower surface during installation.

  On the other hand, when the multiple cradle 1 is self-supported with the lower surface 18 at the time of horizontal placement as the lower surface at the time of installation, the lower surface 12 at the time of vertical placement of the main body portion becomes the side surface. The lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed has a length in the direction connecting the lower surface 18 and the terminal insertion surface 20 when horizontally placed shorter than the length of the lower surface 18 when horizontally placed. Therefore, when the multiple cradle 1 is self-supported with the lower surface 18 when installed horizontally as the lower surface when installed, the height direction is greater than when the multiple cradle 1 is self-supported with the lower surface 12 when installed vertically as the main unit. Since the dimensions are low, the center of gravity is low. Therefore, high stability is obtained.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the charging terminal 60 is provided on the bottom surface 32 of the pocket portion 30, and the terminal 100 presses the charging terminal 60 in a state where the terminal 100 is accommodated in the pocket portion 30. Since the charging terminal 60 includes the spring portion 62, the terminal 100 presses the charging terminal 60 against the urging force of the spring portion 62. The force that the terminal 100 applies to the charging terminal 60 varies depending on the axial angle of the pocket portion 30. In the present embodiment, the angle of the axial center of the pocket portion 30 is applied to the charging terminal 60 from the terminal 100 by the load at which the contact portion 61 of the charging terminal 60 and the substrate 70 come into contact with each other both vertically and horizontally. It is said. Therefore, the terminal 100 can be charged by accommodating the terminal 100 in the pocket portion 30 during both vertical installation and horizontal installation.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the support portion 50 is provided, and since the support portion 50 is provided with the extending surface 52 that is a part of the lower surface 54 when vertically placed, the lower surface when the main body portion is vertically placed. Even if the area of 12 is small, the multiple cradle 1 can be more stably self-supporting when placed vertically. Even if the area of the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed is reduced, the multiple cradle 1 is stably self-supported by the support of the support portion 50. Therefore, the area of the lower surface 12 when the main body portion is vertically placed is reduced and the box-type main body 10 is reduced. It is possible to make a small multiple cradle 1 with a small volume.

(Second Embodiment)
Although the multiple cradle 1 of the above-described embodiment includes four pocket portions 30, the number of the pocket portions 30 may be two or three, or may be five or more.

(Third embodiment)
Further, in the first embodiment, the support portion 50 is provided. The support portion 50 includes the extending surface 52 that becomes the lower surface 54 when the main body portion is vertically placed and the lower surface 54 when the main body portion is vertically placed. There is no need. However, this is because the multiple cradle 1 can be made to stand upright only when the main body portion is vertically placed and only the lower surface 12 is placed vertically.

(Fourth embodiment)
In the multiple cradle 1 of the first embodiment, two charging terminals 60 are arranged in each pocket 30, but the number of charging terminals 60 arranged in each pocket 30 may be three or more.

(Fifth embodiment)
In the first embodiment, the terminal 100 is configured to press the charging terminal 60 having a low resistance load or more. However, if the circuit resistance at the time of charging is not a problem, the terminal 100 is low if the load is equal to or higher than the necessary load at the time of charging. The terminal 100 may press the charging terminal 60 with a load lower than the resistance load.

1: multiple cradle, 10: box-shaped main body, 12: bottom surface when main body is vertically placed, 14: end surface, 16: side surface, 18: bottom surface when horizontally placed, 20: terminal insertion surface, 30: pocket portion, 32: bottom surface 34: Operation surface facing portion, 36: Reading surface facing surface, 40: Pocket side surface, 50: Supporting portion, 52: Stretched surface, 54: Bottom surface when placed vertically, 60: Charging terminal, 61: Contact portion, 62: Spring Part: 70: substrate, 80: desk, 100: terminal, 102: operation surface, 104: bottom surface, 106: reading surface, 341: bottom surface connection portion, 342: side surface connection portion, 343: inner surface, 344: outer surface, 361: main part, 362: base part

Claims (3)

A multiple cradle (1) having a plurality of pocket portions (30) for respectively accommodating a plurality of terminals,
A box-shaped body (10);
The box-shaped body is
A bottom surface (18) when placed horizontally in a longitudinal direction;
A terminal insertion surface (20) into which the terminal is inserted;
A side surface (16) for connecting the bottom surface and the terminal insertion surface when placed horizontally;
Of the two sides in the lateral direction of the side surface, the lower surface (12) when the main body portion is vertically placed connected to one side that is the side toward the bottom side from the openings of the plurality of pocket portions,
The plurality of pocket portions are
As it goes from the opening to the bottom, both the distance to the lower surface when the main body is placed vertically and the distance to the lower surface when placed horizontally are both reduced.
When the terminal is accommodated in a state where the lower surface when the main body portion is vertically placed is a lower surface during installation which is a lower surface during actual installation, the weight of the terminal is supported facing the downward side surface of the terminal, A first facing surface (343) capable of contacting a lower portion of the upward side surface of the terminal when the horizontally placed lower surface becomes the installed lower surface;
When the terminal is accommodated in a state in which the lower surface at the time of horizontal placement is the lower surface at the time of installation, the weight of the terminal is supported facing the downward side surface of the terminal, A second opposing surface (36) capable of abutting against a lower portion of the upward side surface of the terminal when it becomes the lower surface,
The lower surface when the main body portion is vertically placed has a smaller area than the lower surface when the body portion is horizontally placed, and the terminal is accommodated in the plurality of pocket portions, and the lower surface when the main body portion is vertically placed becomes the lower surface when the body portion is installed. In the state, the multiple cradle is self-supporting size,
The laterally placed lower surface is sized such that the multiple cradle is self-supporting in a state where the terminal is accommodated in the plurality of pocket portions, and the laterally placed lower surface is the lower surface when installed. A multiple cradle. In claim 1,
A charging terminal (60) disposed at the bottom of each of the plurality of pocket portions and electrically contacting the bottom surface of the terminal housed in the pocket portion to supply power to the terminal;
A substrate (70) provided on the opposite side to the opening of the pocket portion with respect to the bottom of the pocket portion, facing the charging terminal, and in contact with the charging terminal, the charging terminal is energized;
The charging terminal includes a contact portion (61) that is in electrical contact with the bottom surface of the terminal and the substrate, and a spring portion (62) that biases the contact portion in a direction away from the substrate,
The axial angle of the pocket portion is determined so that the load at which the contact portion of the charging terminal and the substrate come into contact with each other when the lower surface when the main body portion is installed vertically or the lower surface when installed horizontally is the lower surface when installed. The multiple cradle is characterized in that the terminal accommodated in the container has an angle that can be applied to the charging terminal. In claim 1 or 2,
A support portion (50) protruding from the terminal insertion surface is provided at an end of the lower surface side of the terminal insertion surface when the main body portion is vertically placed,
The support portion is provided on the same plane as the lower surface when the main body portion is vertically placed, and has a stretched surface (52) that extends the lower surface when the main body portion is vertically placed to the terminal insertion surface side. Cradle.

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