JP6969906B2 - Holding device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a holding device.

Conventionally, as a holding device for holding an object to be held, a portable device holder for installing a portable device such as a smartphone in a vehicle has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The conventional mobile device holder described in Patent Document 1 has a mounting portion mounted on a dashboard, an arm portion extending from the mounting portion, and a holding portion provided at the tip of the arm portion to hold the mobile device. The orientation of the mobile device can be changed by rotating the holding portion.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-256240

However, the portable device holder described in Patent Document 1 is always exposed and cannot be stored even when the portable device is not held. Therefore, the appearance of the mounting target (vehicle interior space) may be deteriorated. Therefore, when the mobile device is not held, a configuration in which the mobile device holder is housed in a housing or the like is conceivable.

By the way, in the mobile device holder described in Patent Document 1, in order to stably hold the mobile device by the holding portion having a pair of holding arms, the contact area between the holding arm and the edge of the mobile device may be increased. , It is preferable that the holding arm is brought into contact with the edge of the mobile device at a plurality of points. At this time, the holding arm tends to be large and easily interferes with other members when the portable device holder is stored in the housing or the like as described above. As described above, in the holding device for holding the object to be held, it has been desired to suppress interference with other members while stably holding the object to be held.

Therefore, as an example, an object of the present invention is to provide a holding device capable of stably holding an object to be held and suppressing interference with other members.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the holding device of the present invention according to claim 1 includes a holding mechanism for holding an object to be held and a main body of the device for attaching the holding mechanism to an attachment target. The holding device includes a slide portion that is slidably supported by the device main body and a tilt portion that is supported by the slide portion so that the standing angle can be changed. Has a pair of holding portions that are urged to approach each other and hold the held object, and when the vehicle falls down along the recessed slide direction, the pinched direction and the recessed slide direction are orthogonal to each other. It is housed in a device body, and the device body has a front panel portion, and the front panel portion is characterized by having a notch through which the slide portion is inserted and the tilt portion is not inserted. There is.

It is a front view which shows the holding device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state that the holding object was held by the holding device. It is an exploded perspective view which shows the holding device. It is a perspective view which shows the operation of the holding device. It is a front view which shows the holding mechanism of the holding device. It is a front view which shows the mode that the holding part of the holding mechanism was rotated.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described. The holding device according to the embodiment of the present invention is a holding device including a holding mechanism for holding an object to be held and a main body of the device for attaching the holding mechanism to an attachment target. The holding mechanism includes a slide portion that is slidably supported by the main body of the apparatus and a tilt portion that is supported by the slide portion so that the standing angle can be changed. The tilt portion has a pair of holding portions that are urged to approach each other and hold the held object, and when the tilt portion falls along the recessed slide direction, the sandwiching direction and the recessed slide direction are orthogonal to each other. It is stored in the main body of the device.

When the tilt portion is tilted along the recessed slide direction, the pinching direction and the recessed sliding direction are orthogonal to each other and are housed in the main body of the device. When extending along the edge or arranging a plurality of them side by side so as to abut at a plurality of points, the extending direction or the arranging direction coincides with the recessed slide direction. Therefore, in order to stably hold the object to be held, even if the dimension of the holding portion in the extending direction is increased or the holding portion is arranged side by side so as to abut at a plurality of locations, the holding portion interferes with other members. It can be suppressed.

Further, since the pair of holding portions are arranged as described above, the pair of holding portions face each other in the horizontal direction (that is, the held object is sandwiched from the horizontal direction) in the tilt portion immediately after raising. Become). When the object to be held is formed in a rectangular shape and has a screen (display surface), it is easy to hold it by sandwiching the long side (that is, matching the short side direction and the sandwiching direction), and by sandwiching it from the horizontal direction, the screen Is in portrait orientation. A vertically long image may be displayed on the rectangular screen, and the pair of holding parts face each other in the horizontal direction in the tilt part immediately after raising, so that the held object is rotated when displaying the vertically long image. There is no need to move it, and convenience can be improved.

It is preferable that the tilt portion includes a holding portion having a pair of holding portions and a base portion that rotatably supports the holding portion, and is configured so that the orientation of the held object to be held can be changed. As a result, after the tilt portion is erected, the holding portion can be rotated so that the pair of holding portions face each other in an appropriate direction (for example, in the vertical direction), and the held object can be sandwiched. In addition, the holding portion can be rotated so that the object to be held is oriented appropriately after being pinched.

It is preferable that at least one of the pair of holding portions has a plurality of abutting portions slidably provided along the edge of the object to be held. As a result, the held object can be stably sandwiched by sliding the contact portion according to the dimensions of the held object.

The holding mechanism may hold the portable device as an object to be held, or the holding device may be provided on the instrument panel of the vehicle. The mobile device referred to here is an electronic device carried by a user, and examples thereof include smartphones, tablet terminals, and game devices.

Hereinafter, examples of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. The holding device of this embodiment is an in-vehicle device, and is mounted on an instrument panel in the driver's seat of a vehicle for use. Further, the holding device of this embodiment holds a smartphone, which is an example of a mobile device, as a held object to be held.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the holding device 1 of this embodiment includes a holding mechanism 10 of a smartphone 5 and a rectangular box-shaped device main body 20 mounted on an instrument panel.

The holding mechanism 10 is held by the apparatus main body 20 so as to be retractable. Further, the holding mechanism 10 includes a slide portion 11 that is supported by a retractable slide, and a tilt portion 12 that is pivotally supported by the slide portion 11 and holds the smartphone 5. When the holding mechanism 10 holds the smartphone 5, the slide portion 11 is pulled out from the device main body 20 in the protruding direction D111 in the recessing direction D11 shown in FIG. 3, and the tilt portion 12 is shown in FIG. It stands in the standing direction D121 in the rotating direction D12. The tilt portion 12 has a base portion 3 and a holding portion 4 as described later, and is supported by the slide portion 11 so that the standing angle of the holding portion 4 can be changed. The tilt portion 12 is configured to hold the smartphone 5.

The apparatus main body 20 includes an upper chassis 21 forming an upper wall and a pair of side walls of the rectangular box-shaped apparatus main body 20, and a lower chassis 22 forming a lower wall. The slide portion 11 of the holding mechanism 10 described above is supported by the upper wall of the upper chassis 21 so as to be slidable. In the lower chassis 22, a rectangular back substrate 221 forming a back wall of the device main body 20 is erected on one end side of the back side of the rectangular box-shaped device main body 20. The rear substrate 221 is equipped with various connection connectors to external devices, an antenna for performing short-distance communication with the smartphone 5, for example, in accordance with the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard, and the like. Further, an inner surface substrate 222 electrically connected to the back surface substrate 221 is attached to the inner surface of the lower chassis 22.

Further, the apparatus main body 20 has a rectangular plate-shaped removable front panel portion 23 that forms a front wall of the apparatus main body 20 and plays a role of a user interface, and the front panel portion 23 is detachable and rotatable. It is provided with a panel portion 24 for holding the interface. Further, the front panel portion 23 is formed with a notch through which the slide portion 11 of the holding mechanism 10 is inserted and the tilt portion 12 is not inserted. The panel portion 24 is fixed to the upper chassis 21 and the lower chassis 22. The panel portion 24 is formed in a shape provided with a notch so as not to interfere with the holding mechanism 10 supported by the upper chassis 21. A pair of shaft protrusions 231 forming a rotation axis are provided at both ends of the front panel portion 23 in the longitudinal direction, and these pair of shaft protrusions 231 are detachably and rotatable on the pair of holding arms 241 in the panel portion 24. It is held freely.

In the holding device 1 of the present embodiment, the holding mechanism 10 supported by the upper chassis 21 and the panel portion 24 are each electrically connected to the inner surface substrate 222 of the lower chassis 22 by a cable 223. In this embodiment, for example, map information can be displayed on the screen of the smartphone 5 or an in-vehicle audio device can be displayed by a touch operation on the smartphone 5 held as shown in FIG. 2 or a button operation on the front panel unit 23. You can play music from. Further, the held smartphone 5 can be charged via a cable 223 connecting the holding mechanism 10 and the inner surface substrate 222, and a charging cable extending from the smartphone 5 and connected to the holding mechanism 10.

The holding device 1 described above holds the smartphone 5 by the following procedure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example procedure for holding a smartphone in the holding device shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. In FIG. 4, only the upper chassis 21 is shown for the apparatus main body 20 in order to make the figure easier to see. The procedure described below is performed manually by the user.

First, in step S11 and step S12, the holding mechanism 10 is pulled out from the apparatus main body 20 in the protruding direction D111. At this time, in this embodiment, is the front panel portion 23 rotated about the shaft protrusion 231 shown in FIG. 3 and tilted forward so as not to interfere with the movement of the holding mechanism 10. , Removed from the panel portion 24. At this time, in the holding mechanism 10, the holding claws 421 and 431, which will be described later, face each other (that is, line up) in the direction orthogonal to the pulling direction (left-right direction, vehicle width direction). That is, the holding mechanism 10 is housed in the apparatus main body 20 in a state where the holding direction of the holding mechanism 10 and the recessed sliding direction of the slide portion 11 are orthogonal to each other.

In the following step S13, in the holding mechanism 10, the tilt portion 12 is erected in the upright direction D121 with respect to the slide portion 11. At this time, the tilt portion 12 includes a base portion 3 pivotally supported by the slide portion 11 and a holding portion 4 rotatably supported by the base portion 3, and the holding portion 4 has a total of three holding claws 421. The chucking mechanism 46 is configured by 431. In this embodiment, in the state where the tilt portion 12 is erected in step S13, the chucking mechanism 46 has a posture in which one holding claw 431 is located on the right side and two holding claws 421 are located on the left side. It has become. Further, in the chucking mechanism 46, one holding claw 431 on the right side is spring-urged toward the two holding claws 421 on the left side.

Here, in the present embodiment, in the tilt portion 12, the holding portion 4 having the chucking mechanism 46 rotates in the rotation direction D14 about the rotation axis O1 along the plane perpendicular direction of the screen of the smartphone 5. It is freely attached. In step S14, the chucking mechanism 46 is rotated 90 ° counterclockwise in the drawing about the rotation shaft O1. By this rotation, one holding claw 431 is located on the upper side, two holding claws 421 are located on the lower side, and the holding claws 421 and 431 face each other in the vertical direction.

In step S15, the holding claw 431 on the upper side is pulled up in the pulling direction D131 against the spring tension in the chucking mechanism 46.

Then, in step S16, the smartphone 5 is oriented sideways (the longitudinal direction thereof faces the horizontal direction) between the holding claw 431 on the upper side and the holding claw 421 on the lower side pulled up as described above. Be placed. When the user releases the holding claw 431 on the upper side, the holding claw 431 on the upper side moves in the downward direction D132 due to the spring urging. As a result, the smartphone 5 is sandwiched between the holding claw 431 on the upper side and the holding claw 421 on the lower side.

If, after holding the smartphone 5, the user wants to turn the smartphone 5 vertically (the longitudinal direction thereof faces up and down) to view the display screen, the rotation axis O1 is used as the center. The smartphone 5 may be oriented vertically by rotating the chucking mechanism 46 together with the smartphone 5 clockwise by 90 ° in the drawing.

Further, in this embodiment, the user returns the front panel unit 23 at an arbitrary timing after the holding mechanism 10 is pulled out. As a result, the appearance of the smartphone 5 after being held becomes, for example, the appearance as shown in FIG. When the smartphone 5 is removed and the holding mechanism 10 is stored in the device main body 20, the holding mechanism 10 is stored by a procedure opposite to the procedure shown in FIG.

Here, the detailed shape of the holding portion 4 will be described. In the following, the front-rear direction (traveling direction) of the vehicle is the X direction, the vehicle width direction (horizontal direction) is the Y direction, the vertical direction is the Z direction, and the holding device 1 points the smartphone 5 toward the rear side in the X direction. It shall be held (ie, so that the screen is along the YZ plane). Further, the short side direction of the rectangular smartphone 5 is the width direction.

As shown in FIG. 5, the holding portion 4 has a rectangular plate-shaped holding plate portion 41 located on the back surface of the smartphone 5 and extending along a YZ plane, and a fixed holding portion 42 arranged on one side of the holding plate portion 41. It has a moving holding portion 43 which is overlapped on the back surface of the holding plate portion 41 and has a holding claw 431, and an urging means for urging the moving holding portion 43 so as to approach the fixed holding portion 42. Note that FIG. 5 shows a state in which the holding claws 421 and 431 face each other in the Z direction and do not hold the smartphone 5 (the state in step S14 described above), and the dimensions and positional relationship of each part will be particularly described. Unless there is, this state is used as a reference.

The fixed holding portion 42 is composed of two holding claws 421. The two holding claws 421 are arranged along the outer edge of the holding plate portion 41 and slidably provided, and function as a contact portion that slides along the edge of the smartphone 5. Further, the two holding claws 421 are slidable in the ranges A1 and A2, respectively, are spaced apart from each other in the closest state, and are located at the corners of the holding plate portion 41 in the most separated state. Further, the fixed holding portion 42 is arranged at substantially the same height (same height or slightly above) as the lower end 31 of the base portion 3 in the state shown in FIG.

The rotation shaft (rotation center) O1 in which the holding portion 4 is pivotally supported by the base portion 3 is arranged at the center portion of the rectangular plate-shaped base portion 3 in the Y direction. Further, the rotation shaft O1 is arranged closer to the moving holding portion 43 than the fixed holding portion 42 in the holding direction (Z direction) by the holding portions 42 and 43. Further, the rotation shaft O1 is arranged at the center of the holding plate portion 41 in the direction orthogonal to the holding direction (Y direction). Here, half of the dimension of the holding plate portion 41 in the above-mentioned orthogonal direction (that is, the distance from the rotating shaft O1 to the end edge 411 of the holding plate portion 41 in the Y direction) is L1, and the rotating shaft O1 in the Z direction. Let L2 be the distance from the fixed holding portion 42 to the fixed holding portion 42. In this embodiment, the distance L2 is longer than the distance L1. Further, the distance L2 is approximately half the width of the smartphone 5 having a predetermined dimension (for example, 5 inches) and approximately half the dimension in the Y direction of the base 3. That is, the dimension of the base 3 in the Y direction is substantially equal to the width of the smartphone 5 having a predetermined dimension.

When the moving holding portion 43 moves to hold the smartphone 5 having a predetermined size by such a holding portion 4, the rotation shaft O1 is located between the fixed holding portion 42 and the moving holding portion 43, and the width of the smartphone 5 is wide. The central portion in the direction and the rotation axis O1 substantially coincide with each other.

Here, FIG. 6 shows a state in which the holding portion 4 is rotated by approximately 90 ° from the state shown in FIG. 5 (state in step S13 above). At this time, the fixed holding portion 42 overlaps with the end edge 32 on one side in the Y direction of the base portion 3. Further, since the distance L2 is longer than the distance L1, the end edge 411 of the holding plate portion 41 after rotation is located above the fixed holding portion 42 before rotation in the Z direction.

In the state shown in FIG. 6, the distance L2 is approximately half the width of the smartphone 5, the rotation axis O1 is arranged at the center of the base 3 in the Y direction, and the fixed holding portion 42 overlaps the end edge 32 of the base 3. Therefore, when the smartphone 5 having a predetermined dimension is sandwiched, the moving sandwiching portion 43 overlaps with the edge 33 on the other side, and the central portions of the smartphone 5 and the base 3 in the Y direction substantially coincide with each other. Further, the edges of the smartphone 5 and the base 3 having predetermined dimensions on both sides in the Y direction are aligned with each other.

With the above configuration, when the tilt portion 12 is tilted along the recessed slide direction, the pinching direction and the recessed slide direction are orthogonal to each other and are housed in the device main body 20, so that the smartphone 5 can be stably stabilized. Even if the dimensions of the holding portions 42 and 43 are increased in the extending direction or arranged side by side so as to abut at a plurality of points in order to hold the holding portions, the extending direction or the parallel arrangement direction is one with the recessed slide direction. However, it is possible to prevent the sandwiching portions 42 and 43 from interfering with other members (panel portions 24). Further, in the tilt portion 12 immediately after raising, the pair of holding portions 42, 43 face each other in the horizontal direction. This makes it possible to improve convenience when displaying a vertically long image on the smartphone 5.

Since the holding portion 4 is rotatably supported by the base portion 3, after the tilt portion 12 is erected, the holding portion 4 is rotated so that the pair of holding portions 42, 43 face each other in an appropriate direction. , The smartphone 5 can be sandwiched. Further, the holding portion 4 can be rotated so that the smartphone 5 is oriented appropriately after being pinched.

Further, the fixed holding portion 42 is composed of two holding claws 421 slidably provided along the edge of the smartphone 5, so that the holding claws 421 can be slid according to the dimensions of the smartphone 5. , The smartphone 5 can be stably pinched. Furthermore, since the position of each of the two holding claws 421 can be adjusted by sliding, avoid the operation buttons such as the volume button and power button existing on the side surface of the smartphone 5, and the charging connector connected to the side surface. The two holding claws 421 can be moved to hold the smartphone 5.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but includes other configurations and the like that can achieve the object of the present invention, and the present invention also includes modifications and the like as shown below.

For example, in the above embodiment, the tilt portion 12 is configured to have the base portion 3 and the holding portion 4 so that the orientation of the smartphone 5 held can be changed, but the tilt portion has a rotation mechanism. However, the smartphone 5 may be used in a certain orientation.

Further, in the above embodiment, the fixed holding portion 42 is composed of two sliding holding claws 421, but the moving holding portion may have a plurality of sliding holding claws. Further, for example, when the width of the holding claws (dimensions along the edge of the smartphone 5) is sufficiently large, or when a sufficient number of holding claws are provided, smartphones having various dimensions can be held. If so, the holding claws may be non-sliding.

Further, in the above embodiment, the smartphone 5 is held by changing the standing angle so that the tilt portion 12 faces upward, but the tilt portion changes the standing angle so as to face downward and holds the held object. May be retained.

Further, in the above embodiment, the holding device 1 holds the smartphone, but the held object to be held is not limited to a communication device such as a smartphone, and for example, it does not have a communication function and is simply recorded. It may be a playback device that reproduces an image or the like stored in a medium, or may be a device that does not have a screen. Further, when the held object is a mobile device, the portable device is not limited to a smartphone as in the present embodiment, and may be, for example, a tablet terminal, a game device, or the like.

Further, in the above embodiment, the holding device is provided on the instrument panel of the vehicle, but the holding device may be provided on a moving body other than the vehicle such as a ship or an aircraft, or may be provided on a wall or a wall in a building. It may be provided on furniture or the like.

In addition, the best configuration, method, and the like for carrying out the present invention are disclosed in the above description, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, the present invention is primarily illustrated and described with respect to specific embodiments, but without departing from the scope of the technical idea and purpose of the present invention, with respect to the embodiments described above. Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art in terms of material, quantity, and other detailed configurations. Therefore, the description limiting the shapes, materials, etc. disclosed above is merely an example for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. Therefore, those shapes, materials, etc. The description by the name of the member excluding a part or all of the limitation such as is included in the present invention.

1 Holding device 10 Holding mechanism 11 Slide part 12 Tilt part 20 Device body 3 Base part 4 Holding part 42 Fixed holding part 43 Moving holding part 5 Smartphone (held object)

Claims (5)

A holding device including a holding mechanism for holding an object to be held and a main body of a device for attaching the holding mechanism to an attachment target.
The holding mechanism includes a slide portion that is slidably supported by the apparatus main body and a tilt portion that is supported by the slide portion so that the standing angle can be changed.
The tilt portion has a pair of holding portions that are urged to approach each other and hold the held object, and when the tilt portion is tilted along the recessed slide direction, the sandwiching direction and the recessed slide direction are orthogonal to each other. Then, it is stored in the main body of the device.
The device body has a front panel portion and has a front panel portion.
A holding device characterized in that the front panel portion is formed with a notch through which the slide portion is inserted and the tilt portion is not inserted. The tilt portion includes a holding portion having the pair of holding portions and a base portion that rotatably supports the holding portions, and is configured to be able to change the direction of the held object to be held. The holding device according to claim 1. The holding device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one of the pair of holding portions has a plurality of abutting portions slidably provided along the edge of the held object. The holding device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the holding mechanism holds a portable device as the held object. The holding device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the holding device is provided on an instrument panel of a vehicle.

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