JPH0741219Y2 - Wireless intercom equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a wireless communication device suitable for use in, for example, a cordless telephone, a transceiver, or the like.

[Outline of device]

This invention is an antenna device including an antenna projecting from a cabinet and a covering body covering the antenna, and is provided with an operating portion on the antenna device itself so as to downsize the structure and improve operability. Is.

[Conventional technology]

Recently, with the personalization of telephones, devices capable of wireless communication (for example, cordless telephones) have been used in various places.

As is well known, this cordless telephone comprises a base unit used at a certain place and a handset that is always carried. Among them, downsizing of the handset is convenient for the user, and has been desired in the past.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

By the way, in a conventional handset for a cordless telephone, not only dial buttons but also other function buttons such as tone buttons, volume buttons, redial buttons, flash buttons, etc. are loaded on the cabinet body, and a speaker and a microphone are further built in the body. Since the antenna is mounted on the upper part of the main body, there is a drawback that the structure becomes large.

Further, in the conventional case, there is a defect that operability is deteriorated when simply downsized.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a wireless communication device that can be downsized and has excellent operability in spite of downsizing.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The wireless communication device according to the present invention is a cabinet (1,
The antenna device is composed of an antenna (6) projecting from (5) and a cover (7) covering the antenna (6), and the antenna device itself is provided with an operating section (10).

[Action]

In this invention, an antenna device composed of an antenna (6) covered with a cover (7) is provided so as to project from the cabinet (1, 5), for example. Moreover, the operation part (1) such as the function button is attached to the cover (7).
(0) is stored, the structure can be downsized, and if the antenna device can be popped out freely, it is sufficient to extend this antenna device during a call, so it is of course possible to make a reliable call and it is easy to operate. You can improve the property.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS.

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the front cabinet part, and FIG. 2 is a rear cabinet part (in which antennas are stored).
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a cabinet portion (a state in which the antenna is protruding) on the rear surface thereof.

In FIG. 1, (1) is a front cabinet,
On the front surface of the cabinet (1), a plurality of dial buttons (2) are arranged in a predetermined order as shown in FIG.
(3) is a microphone built in the lower part of the cabinet (1), and (4) is a power switch button. The dial button (2) is provided with corresponding contacts (not shown), and these contacts are electrically connected to a circuit board (not shown) in the cabinet (1). The microphone (3) is also electrically connected to the circuit board, and the switch (not shown) corresponding to the power switch button (4) is also electrically connected to the circuit board.

In FIG. 2, (5) is a rear cabinet,
The above-mentioned front cabinet (1) is fitted into this rear cabinet (5). (6) is an antenna wound in a helical shape, and (7) covers this antenna (6), for example, AB
It is a coating made of C resin. In addition to the antenna (6), the cover (7) includes a speaker (8), a circuit board (9) electrically connected to the speaker (8), and a circuit board (9) arranged on the circuit board (9), for example. It houses various function button switches (10) such as tone, volume, redial, and flash.

A plurality of electric contacts (11) are provided on the lower end (7a) of the cover (7) and are electrically connected to the circuit board (9). The antenna (6) is also connected to one of the electrical contacts (11).

Reference numeral (12) is a spring stretched between one end of the lower end portion (7a) of the cover (7) and the protrusion (5a) of the cabinet (5), and the antenna (6), that is, the cover (7). ) Is stored in the cabinet (5) and is always in a biased state.

(13) is a talk switch button, the tip of which is locked to one end of a key-like lever (14). Lever (1
The other end of 4) engages with a notch (7b) formed at a predetermined position on the side surface of the cover (7) to prevent the cover (7) from jumping out. The lever (14) is rotatably supported by a shaft (15) at the center thereof, and is rotated about the shaft (15) as a fulcrum. Further, one end of the lever (14) is in contact with the talk switch (16), and the talk switch (6) is in the off state when the talk switch button (13) is not pushed in the direction of the arrow a. (17) is a battery.

FIG. 3 shows a state in which the antenna (6), that is, the cover (7) is protruded from the cabinet (5). In FIG. 3, parts corresponding to those in FIG.
Detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 3, (18) is a circuit board provided on the cabinet (5) side, and has a plurality of contact terminals (19) corresponding to the electric contacts (11). When the cover (7) is projected outside, the electric contact (11) and the contact terminal (19) are in contact with each other, and the circuit board (18) and the circuit board (9) in the cover (7) are electrically connected. Connected. Circuit boards (18)
A talk switch (16), a battery (17) and a microphone (3) are also electrically connected to the.

When the covering body (7) including the antenna (6) and the like is projected to the outside, the speaker (8) and the microphone (3) should be positioned so that they are roughly located at the user's ear and mouth, respectively. It is set.

When the talk switch button (13) is not pressed in the direction of arrow a, the cover (7) is set to the spring (1
It is pushed into the cabinet (5) against the elastic force of 2) and the other end of the lever (14) and the notch (7b) of the cover (7) are engaged with each other, and the cover (7) is moved to the cabinet (5). ) Is stored in.

Next, when the talk switch button (13) is pushed in the direction of arrow a, the lever (14) rotates clockwise about the shaft (15) as a fulcrum, and the other end of the lever (14) and the cover (7). The notch (7b) is disengaged, and the cover (7) is pulled by the spring (12) and pops out. At this time, the covering body (7) is prevented from coming off to the outside by the cutout portion (7b) of the covering body (7) coming into contact with the protrusion (5b) of the cabinet (5). At this time, the talk switch (16) is pressed to be turned on, and the electric contact (11) and the contact terminal (19) come into contact with each other to electrically connect the circuit boards (18) and (9) to make a call. It becomes a state.

As described above, in this embodiment, the antenna (6) is in the non-call state.
The covering (7) including the above is housed in the cabinet (5), and the function button switch (10) and the speaker (8) originally arranged on the cabinet body side are attached to the covering (7) side. I did so,
The structure can be downsized accordingly. In addition, since the covering body (7) pops out to the outside in a talking state, the speaker (8) and the microphone (3) can come to the positions of the ear and the mouth, respectively, and the function buttons can be operated as usual. Therefore, it does not mean that it is difficult to operate even if it is downsized.

FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In contrast to the first embodiment in which the cover is projected to the upper side of the cabinet, in the present embodiment, the cover is the cabinet. It tries to make it pop out below.
In FIGS. 4 and 5, parts corresponding to those in FIGS. 1 to 3 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the cover (7) is made of an elastic member such as elastomer. Therefore, the function button switch (10) is loaded on the circuit board (9) so as to be located inside the cover (7) as shown in FIG. And the covering (7)
Press the part corresponding to the function button switch (10) to turn the switch on and off.

Further, in this embodiment, a motor (21) that rotates in the forward and reverse directions is provided in order to take in and out the cover (7). (22) is an up button, (23) is a down button, both of which are motors (21)
For example, when the up button (22) is pressed, the motor (21) rotates forward, the covering body (7) is pushed out of the cabinet (5) as indicated by an arrow b, and the down button (23) is pressed. ), The motor (21) rotates in the reverse direction, and the covering body (7) is housed inside the original cabinet (5).

In this case, since the cover (7) jumps out below the cabinet (5), the microphone (3) is provided at the lower end of the cover (7),
A speaker (8) is provided above the front cabinet (1). Of course, in this case as well, the speaker (8) and the microphone (3) are set so as to be positioned so as to be roughly located at the user's ear and mouth, respectively. A secondary battery (17 ') is used as a power source, and a charging terminal (24) corresponding to the secondary battery (17') is provided at the lower end of the cabinet (5) so that the secondary battery (17 ') can be charged as needed.

In this way, also in this embodiment, as in the first embodiment described above, the structure can be made smaller and the operability can be improved.

Although the present invention is applied to (a handset of) a cordless telephone in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and is similarly applicable to other wireless communication device such as a transceiver. Further, it goes without saying that the technical idea in which the covering body is fixed in a protruding state without providing the structure including the covering body including the antenna and the function button switch or the like is provided therein is included in the present invention.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an effect that the structure can be downsized and the operability can be improved by the simple structure of the antenna device including the antenna protruding from the cabinet and the covering body covering the antenna.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are configuration diagrams thereof, FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. It is a block diagram of the principal part of another Example. (1) is a front cabinet, (3) is a microphone, (5) is a rear cabinet, (6) is an antenna, (7) is a cover, (8) is a speaker, (10) is a function button switch, (13) Is a tone switch button, (14) is a lever, (21) is a motor, (22) is an up button, (23)
Is the down button.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cabinet for a wireless communication device, and an antenna device projecting from the cabinet, the antenna device comprising an antenna element and a covering body covering the antenna element, and the antenna device itself. A wireless communication device, comprising an operation unit for controlling the wireless communication device.