WO2015160136A2

WO2015160136A2 - Smartphone case capable of attachment/detachment of cable for charging and/or data communication, and usb cable therefor

Info

Publication number: WO2015160136A2
Application number: PCT/KR2015/003498
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김우진; 김우은
Original assignee: 주식회사 아이지
Priority date: 2014-04-18
Filing date: 2015-04-08
Publication date: 2015-10-22
Also published as: WO2015160136A3; KR101501883B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smartphone case capable of the attachment/detachment of a cable for charging and/or data communication and to a cable therefor, the smartphone case allowing the convenient storage of the cable for charging and/or data communication while maintaining a slim size. The smartphone case according to the present invention is configured such that the cable for charging and/or data communication is inserted and stored on the outside of the edge of the smartphone case, thereby barely increasing the thickness or size of the smartphone case and conveniently storing the cable for charging and/or data communication.

Description

Smartphone case and USB cable for detachable charging and / or data communication

The present invention relates to a smart phone case and a cable for charging and / or data communication while maintaining a slim appearance without the increase in the thickness of the smart phone case while simply storing the cable for charging and / or data communication.

Since smartphones can be used by connecting to various devices including computers, USB cables are widely used to connect smartphones to external devices. In addition, USB cable is widely used to charge smartphones.

However, it is inconvenient to carry the USB cable separately from the smartphone, so the smartphone case was designed to be stored with the USB cable. However, such a conventional smart phone case is most of the form provided a separate space that can be built in the USB cable in the inside of the smart phone case, such a smart phone case is the size of the smart phone case will be as large as the space with the built-in USB cable In many cases, consumers are reluctant to choose.

Conventional technology for a smart phone case for storing a USB cable is Korea Patent Publication No. 2013-0003893 (name of the invention: mobile phone case).

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention is a smart phone case and charging and / and to easily store the cable for charging and / or data communication without increasing the size of the smart phone case Another object is to provide a cable for data communication.

An object of the present invention includes a border portion is formed in the seating portion is mounted to the circumference of the smart phone to surround the smart phone is mounted on the smartphone, the outer surface of the rim of the cable for charging and / or data communication It is achieved by a smartphone case capable of detachable charging and / or data communication cable characterized in that the cable insertion groove is formed to be inserted and fixed.

The smart phone case further comprises a cover portion formed on one side of the edge portion, a coupling hole is formed on one side of the cover portion, the coupling portion coupled to the coupling hole of the cover portion in the terminal portion of the cable for charging and / or data communication It is preferably formed.

In the smart phone case, the terminal portion of the charging and / or data communication cable is preferably formed with a terminal portion formed with a bent portion, and the terminal portion is preferably formed with a terminal seating groove in which the bent portion is seated.

An object of the present invention described above includes a USB terminal portion formed on one side of the non-US non-connected terminal, a connection terminal portion connected to the terminal of the smartphone on one side and a cable portion connecting the connection terminal portion and the USB terminal portion, The USB terminal portion is a bent portion bent from the USB connection terminal is formed, the bent portion is seated and coupled to the edge of the smart phone case, characterized in that the cable portion is inserted into the groove on the outside of the edge of the smart phone case This is also achieved by a USB cable.

It is preferable that the USB terminal portion of the USB cable is further formed with a coupling protrusion coupled to the coupling hole of the cover portion of the smart phone case.

In addition, the object of the present invention includes a cover portion formed on one side of the edge portion and the edge portion is mounted on the smartphone by surrounding the surroundings of the smart phone is formed in the seating portion is seated inside the smartphone, the cover portion On one side is also achieved by a smartphone case characterized in that the adapter mounting groove is formed detachably installed for the connection adapter.

In addition, the object of the present invention includes a rim portion formed around the circumference of the smart phone to be seated around the circumference of the smart phone, the cable insertion groove that is inserted into the cable for charging and / or data communication in front of the rim It is also achieved by a smartphone case capable of detachable charging and / or data communication cable characterized in that formed.

According to the present invention, the smartphone case capable of detaching the charging and / or data communication cable forms a groove at the edge portion to store the USB cable so that the thickness or size of the smartphone case is hardly increased, thereby improving the appearance of the smartphone case. I can keep it slim.

1 is a perspective view of a smartphone case capable of detachable charging and / or data communication cable according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a perspective view of a smartphone case capable of detachable charging and / or data communication cable according to a first embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the USB cable is removed from the smartphone case of FIG. 2;

4 is a perspective view illustrating a USB cable mounted on a smartphone case capable of detaching a cable for charging and / or data communication according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a perspective view illustrating a detached state and a coupled state of a smartphone case and a USB cable capable of detaching a cable for charging and / or data communication according to a first embodiment of the present invention, respectively;

6 is a perspective view showing a cross-sectional view of a part in a state in which a USB cable is mounted on a smartphone case capable of detachable charging and / or data communication cable according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a cross-sectional view of a portion of a USB terminal unit in a state in which a USB cable is mounted on a smartphone case in which a cable for charging and / or data communication according to a first embodiment of the present invention is detachable.

8 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which a USB cable is mounted on a smartphone case capable of detaching a cable for charging and / or data communication according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a rear view illustrating a state in which a USB cable is mounted on a smartphone case in which a charging and / or data communication cable according to a third embodiment of the present invention is detachable.

FIG. 10 is a rear perspective view illustrating a state in which a charging and / or data communication cable is mounted in a smartphone case in which a charging and / or data communication cable is detachable according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a front perspective view illustrating a state in which a charging and / or data communication cable is mounted in a smartphone case capable of detaching a charging and / or data communication cable according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

12 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a state in which a charging and / or data communication cable and a connection adapter are separated in a smartphone case in which a charging and / or data communication cable is detachable according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a state in which components of a smartphone case that are detachable of a charge and / or data communication cable according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention are separated;

14 is a front view showing a state in which the cable is mounted on the smartphone case that can be attached and detached for the charge and / or data communication cable according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

10, 110, 210, 310, 410 Smartphone Case

11, 311 border

12 Connection terminal seat

13 Terminal Entry Groove

15, 315, 415 Cable Entry Groove

16 terminal mounting groove

17 smartphone seat

20, 320, 420 cover

21 union

30 uss cable

31 Connection terminal

34 USB terminal

35 terminal unit

35a bend

39 cable section

40 connection adapter

325 adapter mounting groove

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings it will be described in detail the configuration of the smart phone case that can be attached and detached for the charge and / or data communication cable according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view of a smartphone case capable of detachable charging and / or data communication cable according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a charging and / or data according to a first embodiment of the present invention. A perspective view of the smartphone case detachable from the back of the communication cable, FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the USB cable is removed from the smartphone case of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a view illustrating a first embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a USB cable mounted on a smartphone case capable of detaching a charging and / or data communication cable, and FIG. 5 is a smartphone capable of detaching a charging and / or data communication cable according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Figure 6 is a perspective view showing a separated state and a combined state of the case and the USB cable, Figure 6 is a charge and / or des according to a first embodiment of the present invention Is a perspective view showing a cross section of a portion of the smart phone case in which the USB communication cable is detachable in a state in which the USB cable is mounted, and FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a detachment of the charging and / or data communication cable according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the cross section which cut | disconnected a part of the USB terminal part in the state in which the USB cable was attached to the smart phone case.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, a smartphone case (hereinafter referred to as a “smartphone case 10”) capable of detaching a cable for charging and / or data communication according to the first embodiment of the present invention may have a rectangular shape. It is configured to include a cover portion 20 connected to the edge portion 11 and the edge portion 11 to form a circumference to cover one surface of the smartphone.

The edge portion 11 is formed in an approximately square and surrounds a circumference of a square smartphone (not shown). The lower end of the edge portion 11 is formed through the connector connecting hole 14 in the direction penetrating the edge portion 11, the connector connecting hole 14 is a fitting 32 of the connection terminal portion 31 to be described later It is formed in the center of the connection terminal seat part 12 to be seated. On one side of the connection terminal seating portion 12, a terminal inlet groove 13 having a space formed in the direction in which the edge portion 11 extends is formed. On one side of the edge portion 11, the cable insertion groove 15 is formed along the circumference of the edge portion 11 from the connection terminal seating portion 12. The cable insertion groove 15 is formed to have a smaller width than the inner space of the inlet so as not to fall out after the cable portion 39 is inserted. The terminal seating groove 16 is formed above the cable insertion groove 15. The terminal seating grooves 16 are blocked in one direction and open so that the bent portion 35a of the USB terminal portion 34 to be described later is seated in the opposite direction. On the inner side of the edge portion 11 is a smartphone seating portion 17 is formed of a stepped structure in which the peripheral portion of the square of the smartphone is seated. The edge portion 11 has a plurality of holes for exposing the buttons and connection terminals of the smartphone. Since the cable insertion groove and the cable portion have elasticity to some extent, the cable insertion groove will not fall out well unless a separate external force is applied to the cable insertion groove, so the cable insertion groove is formed to have the same width of the inlet and the inner space. Of course it is possible.

Cover portion 20 is formed in one direction of the edge portion 11 to cover the back of the smartphone as a coupling hole 21 is formed on one side of the cover portion 20. The coupling hole 21 is formed at the point where the camera lens of the smartphone is located. Next to the coupling hole 21 is formed a flash exposure hole 22 to expose the flash light of the smartphone.

Since a representative example of the "cable and data communication cable" according to the present invention is a "usb cable", hereinafter, the "usb cable" will be described as an example of the "cable and data communication cable".

The USB cable 30 detachable to the smartphone case 10 according to the present invention is connected to the terminal terminal 31 of the smart phone terminal and the USB terminal terminal 34 and the terminal connected to the USB terminal of the external device 31 ) And a belt-shaped cable portion 39 connecting the US B terminal portion 34. The USB cable 30 can be used for charging as well as data transmission.

The connection terminal part 31 is composed of the fitting terminal 32 and the connecting terminal 33 exposed to one side of the fitting bundle 32. The bundle 32 and the connection terminal 33 of the connection terminal part 31 are inserted into the connection terminal seat 12 and the terminal inlet groove 13 of the edge portion 11 of the smart phone case 10.

The USB terminal portion 34 includes a bent portion 35a that is bent at approximately 90 degrees connected to one end of the cable portion 39 and the USB connection terminal formed at one end of the terminal portion body 35 ( 36, the through-hole 37 is formed at the center of one side of the terminal portion main body 35, and a substantially circular coupling protrusion 38 is formed at the periphery of the through-hole 37. Coupling projection 38 is formed in a protruding portion on one side of the circumferentially asymmetrical structure is coupled to the coupling hole 21 of the cover portion 20 of the smart phone case 10 only in a specific alignment state.

Hereinafter will be described a coupling structure in which the USB cable 30 is coupled to the smart phone case 10 according to the present invention.

The connecting terminal 33 of the bundle 32 of the connecting terminal portion 31 of the USB cable 30 is the terminal next to the connecting terminal seat 12 at the lower end of the edge portion 11 of the smartphone case 10. The fitting bundle 32 is mounted on the connection terminal seat 12 while being inserted into the inlet groove 13. Then, the cable portion 39 is inserted into the cable insertion groove 15 of the edge portion 11, and the bent portion 35a of the terminal portion main body 35 of the USB terminal portion 34 is the terminal seating groove of the edge portion 11 ( When the coupling protrusion 38 of the terminal unit body 35 is coupled to the coupling hole 21 of the cover unit 20 in the state of facing the open side of the 16, the bent portion 35a of the terminal unit body 35 is It is inserted into the terminal seating groove 16 and seated. Since the camera lens of the smartphone is exposed by the through hole 37 formed in the center of the terminal body 35 even when the terminal body 35 is coupled to the coupling hole 21 of the smartphone case 10, You can take a photo or video using your phone.

Hereinafter will be described the operation and effect of the smart phone case that can be attached and detached for charging and / or data communication cable according to the present invention.

Smartphone case 10 according to the present invention is because the USB cable 30 is inserted into the approximately two sides of the edge portion 11 is mounted so that the thickness of the smartphone case 10 need not be increased and the edge portion ( Only the thickness of the two side parts of 11) is slightly increased. Therefore, the smartphone case 10 has no increase in thickness in the front-rear direction and only slightly increases the width of a portion of the edge portion 11. In particular, since the width of the US terminal 34 is larger than the width of the edge portion 11 of the conventional smartphone case 10, the UE terminal 34 is to be seated on the edge portion 11 In the smart phone case 10 according to the present invention, the width of the edge portion 11 should be increased, and according to the present invention, the terminal portion 35 of the USB terminal portion 34 has a structure in which it is bent by 90 degrees, except for the bent portion 35a. By adopting a structure in which most of the main body 35 is not seated on the rim 11, the width of the rim 11 can be avoided.

In addition, since the through hole 37 is formed at one side of the terminal unit body 35 coupled to the coupling hole 21 of the smartphone case 10, the USB cable 30 is mounted on the smartphone case 10. Even in the state, the camera lens of the smartphone is exposed to the outside through the through hole 37 of the terminal unit body 35, and thus can take a picture or video using the smartphone.

In addition, one end of the connection terminal 31 of the USB cable 30 is fitted into the connection terminal seating portion 12 and the terminal inlet groove 13 of the smart phone case 10 and the other end of the USB terminal portion 34 of the coupling projections 38 is fitted to the coupling hole 21 of the cover portion 20 in addition to the smart phone case 10 because the cable portion 39 is firmly coupled to the cable insertion groove 15 of the edge portion (11). After the USB cable 30 is mounted on the USB cable 30, the USB cable 30 does not easily come out of the smartphone case 10 unless the USB cable 30 is intentionally removed.

8 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which a USB cable is mounted on a smartphone case in which a charging and / or data communication cable according to a second embodiment of the present invention is detachable.

As shown in FIG. 8, the smartphone case 110 capable of detaching the charging and / or data communication cable according to the second embodiment of the present invention is a smart according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 7. The phone case 10 and other configurations are all the same, except that only the cover portion is not formed inside the edge portion 111.

Smartphone case 110 according to the present embodiment, even if the cover portion is not formed, the bent portion (35a) of the terminal unit body 35 of the USB terminal unit 34 of the USB cable 30 is the edge of the smartphone case 110 Since the fitting is fixed to the terminal seating groove 116 of the unit 111 is firmly fixed to the USB terminal portion 34 to the smartphone case 110 can maintain a sufficient coupling force.

Since the cover part is omitted in the smartphone case 110 of the present embodiment, the coupling protrusion for coupling with the cover part is omitted in the terminal part main body 35 of the USB terminal part 34 of the USB cable 30.

9 is a rear view illustrating a state in which a USB cable is mounted on a smartphone case capable of detaching a cable for charging and / or data communication according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 9, the smart phone case 210 according to the present embodiment has a shape in which a coupling hole 221 of the cover part 220 is formed at the top center of the cover part 220.

Therefore, the cable part of the USB cable 130 is formed longer than the cable part shown in FIG. 1 so that the USB terminal part 134 connected to the end of the cable part is positioned at the top center of the cover part 220.

FIG. 10 is a rear perspective view illustrating a state in which a charging and / or data communication cable is mounted in a smartphone case capable of detaching a charging and / or data communication cable according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12 is a front perspective view illustrating a state in which a charging and / or data communication cable is mounted in a smartphone case capable of detaching the charging and / or data communication cable according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12 is a fourth embodiment of the present invention. It is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which the charging and / or data communication cable and the connection adapter is separated in the smartphone case that can be removed and the cable for charging and / or data communication.

10 to 12, the smartphone case 310 according to the present embodiment includes an edge portion 311 and a cover portion 320.

The edge portion 311 has a cable insertion groove 315 formed at a portion of the circumference, and a first connection terminal seating groove 313 is formed at the bottom of the edge portion 311 and a second connection at the top of the edge portion 311. The terminal seating groove 316 is formed. An adapter mounting groove 325 is formed on one surface of the upper edge portion 311. The adapter mounting groove 325 may store the connection adapter 340 in a detachable manner.

The cable 330 for charging and / or data communication has a first male connection terminal 331 formed at one end of the cable part 339 having a band structure, and a first male connection terminal 331 at the other end of the cable part 339. The second female connection terminal 334 having a different shape is formed. The second female connection terminal 334 is a connection terminal that can be connected to a widely used universal connection, for example, a micro USB 5-pin connection terminal, and the first male connection terminal 331 is a connection terminal that can be connected to a specific device only. For example, it could be a connection terminal for an Apple smartphone.

The connection adapter 340 includes a main body portion 341 and a protective cap 336 coupled to one side of the main body portion 341, and one side of the main body portion 341 includes the cable for charging and / or data communication 330. A second male connection terminal 342 is formed to be connected to the second female connection terminal 334 of the general purpose USB connection terminal 343 is formed on the other side. Accordingly, when the second male connection terminal 342 of the connection adapter 340 is connected to the second female connection terminal 334 of the cable 330 for charging and / or data communication, the USB connection terminal of the connection adapter 340 ( 343) may be connected to a USB female connection terminal (not shown) of a device such as a computer to perform charging and / or data communication. The connection adapter 340 is easily stored in and detached from the engaging piece 326 formed in the adapter mounting groove 325 of the edge portion 311. The connection adapter 340 is not limited to forming the USB connection terminal 343, and the connection adapter 340 should be considered to include all the adapters used to connect different types of devices even if the USB connection terminal 343 is not. do.

The smartphone case according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention refers to a cable having a connection terminal of a different type than a cable having a USB connection terminal as a "cable for charging and data communication", and in this case, for connection By connecting the adapter, it is possible to connect and use the cable of the present embodiment to an external device having a USB connection terminal.

In addition, since the adapter mounting groove for easily detaching the connection adapter is formed in the smartphone case, the connection adapter can be easily stored.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a separated state of components of a smartphone case capable of detaching a charging and / or data communication cable according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 14 is a fifth embodiment of the present invention. The front view showing a state in which the communication cable is mounted on the smartphone case that can be attached and detached for charging and / or data communication.

As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the smartphone case 410 according to the present embodiment includes an edge portion 411 and a cover portion 420.

The edge portion 411 is formed with a cable insertion groove 415 that can be inserted and stored in the front of the entire cable 430 including the first connection terminal 431 and the second connection terminal 434. That is, the cable insertion groove 415 has a shape corresponding to the shape of the cable 430 for the charging and / or data communication is inserted. Inside the rim 411, a seating portion surrounding the circumference of the smartphone is formed.

In the charging and / or data communication cable 430, a first connection terminal 431 is formed at one end of the cable part 439 having a band structure, and a second connection terminal 434 is formed at the other end of the cable part 439. . The first connection terminal 431 is a portion connected to the smartphone and the second connection terminal 434 is a portion connected to the external device.

The smartphone case 410 according to the present embodiment extends the edge portion 411 of the smartphone case 410 in the outward direction and forms a cable insertion groove 415 in a direction perpendicular to the front of the edge portion 411. As a result, the thickness in the front-rear direction of the edge portion 411 does not increase at all. That is, the width of the edge portion 411 is only slightly expanded in the outward direction. Therefore, it is preferable to store the communication cable 430 and the like while maintaining a slim shape without increasing the thickness of the front and rear direction of the smart phone case 410.

Smartphone case according to the present embodiment is formed in the vertical cable insertion groove in the front of the rim portion, but the present invention is not limited to this, it should be seen that the present invention also includes a cable insertion groove in the vertical direction in the rear portion of the rim portion. do.

In the embodiments of the present invention, the "usb cable" has been described as an example of "a cable capable of charging and data communication", but the "usb cable" illustrates one type of "a cable capable of charging and data communication". The "cable and data communication cable" of the present invention is not limited to "usb cable", but "cable and / or data communication cable" includes various types of cables having a connection part corresponding to a connection port of an external device. It should be seen as doing.

The above-described embodiments of the present invention are disclosed for the purpose of illustration, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, and additions within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Additions should be considered as belonging to the claims of the present invention.

Claims

The inner peripheral portion of the smart phone is formed in the seating portion is formed to surround the smart phone surrounding the edge portion mounted on the smartphone,

A smartphone case capable of detachable charging and / or data communication cable, characterized in that a cable insertion groove is formed on the outer surface of the edge portion is inserted and fixed to the cable for charging and / or data communication.
The method of claim 1,

Further comprising a cover portion formed on one side of the rim portion, a coupling hole is formed on one side of the cover portion,

The terminal part of the cable for charging and / or data communication is a smartphone case that can be attached and detached for the cable for charging and / or data communication, characterized in that the coupling portion is coupled to the coupling hole of the cover.
The method of claim 2,

The terminal portion of the cable for charging and / or data communication is formed with a terminal portion body formed with a bent portion,

The edge portion of the smart phone case that can be detachable charging and / or data communication cable characterized in that the terminal seating groove is formed in which the bent portion is formed.
US B terminal portion formed on one side;

A connection terminal unit formed at one side of a connection terminal connected to a terminal of the smartphone; And

It includes a cable portion for connecting the connection terminal portion and the US non-terminal portion,

The US non-terminal portion is a bent portion bent from the US non-connected terminal is formed, the bent portion is seated on the edge of the smart phone case is coupled,

The cable unit is characterized in that the cable is inserted into the groove on the outside of the rim of the smartphone case.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The USB terminal portion of the USB cable, characterized in that the coupling projection is further formed to be coupled to the coupling hole of the cover portion of the smart phone case.
A circumference portion mounted on the smart phone by surrounding the circumference of the smart phone is formed in the seating portion is mounted in the circumference of the smart phone; And

Includes a cover portion formed on one side of the rim portion,

Smartphone case, characterized in that formed on one side of the cover portion is an adapter mounting groove that is detachably installed for the adapter for connection.
Wraps the inner circumference of the smartphone inward includes a border portion formed with a seating portion is seated around the circumference of the smartphone,

A smartphone case capable of detaching a charging and / or data communication cable, characterized in that a cable insertion groove in a vertical direction is formed in the front or rear of the edge portion is inserted and fixed to the cable for charging and / or data communication.