WO2017041914A1

WO2017041914A1 - Holder for flat, approximately rectangular devices, such as tablet computers or smartphones

Info

Publication number: WO2017041914A1
Application number: PCT/EP2016/062932
Authority: WO
Inventors: Michael Andreas Keller; Peter Ackeret
Original assignee: Kinetix Ag
Priority date: 2015-09-09
Filing date: 2016-06-08
Publication date: 2017-03-16
Also published as: DE102016110522A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a holder for flat, approximately rectangular devices such as tablet computers (1a) or smartphones (1b) to be attached to an approximately horizontal surface (2), having a base plate (3) for fastening the holder (4) to the surface (2) and a double joint (6), connected to the base plate (3) via a first pivot joint (5) with an approximately vertically oriented rotation axis (Z), and a mount (8), connected to the double joint (6) via a second pivot joint (7) with an approximately horizontally oriented rotation axis (Y), for receiving the device (1a, 1b), wherein the mount (8) is pivotable back and forth about the rotation axis (Y) with the device (1a, 1b), with a rotation angle of between about 180° and 270°, between an approximately horizontal non-use position on one side of the second pivot joint (7) and a use position, inclined obliquely downwards, on the opposite side of the second pivot joint (7).

Description

Title: Holder for flat roughly rectangular devices such as tablet computers or smartphones

description

The invention relates to a holder for flat in approximately rectangular devices such as tablet computers or smartphones for wresting on an approximately horizontal surface, in particular on the cover of an instrument panel of a motor vehicle.

Such holders have been described by the applicant in German Patent Application 10 2015 215 018.6, to which reference is made. The holders described there

in particular comprise a holder attachable to a component and a holding frame releasably securable to the holder for receiving a tablet computer or smartphone, wherein the holder comprises a carrier with first connecting elements and wherein the holding frame at two opposite edges second

Having connecting elements and wherein the first and second connecting elements complementary to each other are formed such that when inserted into the holder holding frame the first Verbindungssei emente and the second connecting elements for mutual fixation interlock, so that the holding frame can not be moved in the holding frame plane and / or perpendicular to the holding frame plane out of the holder , The support frame may be part of a tablet computer or the smartphone receiving shell.

In the mentioned patent application, holders are also described which are arranged on a windshield or on an under the windshield approximately

horizontal cover of an instrument panel mounted and between a hori zontal approximately

Non-use position and a roughly vertical

Use position can be folded back and forth.

In the approximately vertical use position of the holder, however, the field of vision of the driver is impaired and, depending on the inclination of the windshield, the folding or unfolding, in particular of a holder attached to or in the vicinity of the windshield, can take place only in the transverse position.

In addition, depending on the placement of the holder, the distance to the viewer so large that the operation and reading the screen are problematic. at

Sunlight can also make the bright background and dazzling the reading of the screen and the heat complicate the recorded devices in the holder

to damage .

There are also known holders which on the directed against the driver vertical or inclined portion of the For example, instrumentation can be attached to the ventilation grids or to the sockets for the power connection. However, instruments, screens,

Ventilation nozzles and controls concealed. In addition, there is a risk that the holder at high

Accelerations as they occur in accidents occur and can injure the passengers.

The object of the invention is a holder for flat approximately rectangular devices such as tablet computer or

Smartphones to wrestle on a component, in particular to create an instrument panel of a motor vehicle, which is not hindered between a non-use position in the driver's view and a use position in which the screen of the recorded in the holder device by the driver le s and is operable , can be moved back and forth.

This object is achieved by a holder with the features of claim 1. Further developments of the invention are defined in the dependent claims.

The invention is thus characterized in that the holder with the device between an approximately horizontal non-use position on one side of the second pivot and an obliquely downward

directed use position on the opposite side of the second rotary joint with a rotation angle between about 180 ° and 270 ° about the rotation axis Y is pivotable back and forth.

The holder with the device can thus be stored when not in use so that the screen of the device is protected from damage or contamination and the driver's unobstructed view of the road and instruments, screens, air vents and controls are obscured or obstructed.

With a single movement, the holder can be pivoted with the device from the non-use position into a stable position of use, in which the reading and operation of the screen of the device Beguem and without disturbing influences by glare or reflections is possible.

In a preferred embodiment, lockable intermediate positions of the holder with the device are provided between the non-use position and the use position, in particular by means of a form or raft closure.

In a further preferred disclosed embodiment, the use position is defined by a preferably arranged on the first pivot stop.

In a preferred embodiment, the first

Rotary joint designed as a rotary cylinder and the stop formed as an inclined surface on the rotary cylinder.

In a further preferred embodiment, the stop is adjustable.

In a further preferred embodiment, the holder is rotatable with the device by at least 180 °, preferably by 360 °, about the first hinge.

In a further preferred embodiment, the double joint is designed as a ball joint. In a further preferred embodiment, the holder is connected via a support member with the double joint.

In a preferred Weiterbi ldung the support member is connected via a fork with the second pivot.

In a further preferred embodiment, the support element is connected via a third rotary joint with an aligned perpendicular to the broad side of the holder axis of rotation X with the holder around which the holder between a high and a

Landscape position is rotatable.

In a further preferred embodiment

between the base plate and the double joint

Carrier arm provided.

In a preferred embodiment, the support arm is extendable guided on the support plate and in

different Auszugsposi tions detectable.

In a preferred embodiment, the double joint is arranged at the free end of the support arm.

In a further preferred embodiment, the base plate is covered with a housing shell.

In a further preferred embodiment, the holder for releasably holding the devices comprises two clamp-shaped connecting elements arranged on opposite sides whose spacing can be adjusted. In a further preferred embodiment, casings are provided of a preferably elastic material for receiving the devices which have recesses for receiving the clip-shaped connecting elements of the holder at two opposite edges.

Further advantages and embodiments of the invention will become apparent from the description and the accompanying drawings.

It is understood that the features mentioned above and those yet to be explained can be used not only in the combinations specified in each case but also in other combinations or alone, without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The features and embodiments described below and to be explained below are valid for "ablet computers" as well as for "smartphones" or similar devices, even if they are not expressly pointed out each time.

The invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. La shows a perspective view of a first

Embodiment of the holder in the

Non-use position with the smartphone in landscape mode.

Fig. 1b shows a perspective view of the holder according to FIG

Representation in FIG. 1 in an approximately 90 ° unfolded intermediate position. shows a perspective view of the holder as shown in FIG. la and Fig. 1b directed in an approx. 140 ° unfolded position of use with the screen of the smartphone to the user. shows a perspective view of the holder as shown in FIG. lb with the screen of the smartphone directed to the user. shows a perspective view of the holder as shown in FIG. 2a with the smartphone in portrait mode. shows a perspective view of the holder as shown in FIG. 2b with the screen of the smartphone directed against the driver. shows a perspective view of the holder as shown in FIG. 2b with the screen of the smartphone directed against the passenger. shows a perspective view of the holder as shown in FIG. lb with the smartphone in portrait mode. shows a perspective view of the holder as shown in FIG. 1c with the smartphone in portrait orientation.

shows a perspective view of the holder as shown in FIG. 3b addressed with the screen of the smartphone against the driver. FIG. 3d shows a perspective view of the holder as shown in FIG. 3b with the screen of the smartphone directed against the passenger.

Fig. 4 shows an exploded view of a first one

Assembly of the holder.

Fig. 5 shows an exploded view of a second one

Assembly of the holder.

Fig. Fig. 6 shows a perspective view of a second one

Embodiment of the holder in an approximately 90 ° unfolded intermediate position.

Fig. 1 to FIG. Figures 5 show a first embodiment of the holder. On the base plate 3 are two lateral

Mounting strips 3a, 3b attached to the

Adhesive tapes 3 c, 3 d can be fixed to the surface 2 (FIG. 4). The mounting strips 3a, 3b are connected via film hinges with the base plate 3, so that they can adapt to the contour of the surface 2.

On the base plate 3 is one on three sides

closed housing shell 13 set to which forms a linear guide for the support arm 12 together with the base plate 3, which is mounted longitudinally displaceable.

On the upper side of the support arm 12, a rack 12a is arranged, which together with a in the

Button opening 13a of the housing shell 13 mounted rocker 15 forms a locking device for the support arm 12. On the rocker 15, a latching tooth 15 b is arranged with the rocker spring 15 a in engagement with the rack 12 a is held so that the support arm 12 in

different extract positions can be determined.

At the free end of the support arm 12, the double joint 6 is arranged which is connected to the first pivot 5 with a vertically oriented axis of rotation Z with the support arm 12 and 360 "is rotatable (Fig. 5).

The first rotary joint 5 comprises a rotary cylinder 5a at the upper end of which the second rotary joint 7 is arranged with a horizontally oriented axis of rotation Y.

About the arranged at the lower end fork 10a, 10b, the support member 10 with the axis 7a on the second

Swivel joint 7 hinged.

At the upper end of the support member 10 is the third

Rotary bearing 11 is arranged on which the holder 8 is rotatable about a perpendicular to its broad side aligned axis of rotation X between portrait and landscape format.

The holder 8 comprises two clamp-shaped connecting elements 8a, 8b which are arranged on opposite sides and whose spacing for receiving devices of different size la, lb can be adjusted.

The devices la, lb are with casings 14 of one

provided elastic material, which serve the protection of passengers in motor vehicles and at the two opposite long edges 14 a, 14 b

Recesses 14a ', 14b' for receiving the Klammertörmigen Verbindungsei elements 8a, 8b of the holder 8 (Fig. 6). The holder 8 with the shell 14 provided with the device la, 1b can be between a zontal hori zontal

Non-use position on one side of the second

Swivel joint 7 (Fig la) over an approximately vertical

Intermediate position (FIG. 1b) and an obliquely downward position of use on the opposite side of the second rotary joint 7 (FIG. 1c) are pivoted back and forth.

In this case, the inclined surface arranged on the rotary cylinder 5a forms a stop 9 for the support element 10

Limitation of the angle of rotation of approx. 230 ° and for the support of the holder 8 with the device 1a, 1b in the position of use.

With the three hinges 5, 7, 11 can be the

Holder 8 with the device la, 1b both in the

Non-use position (Fig la), as well as in the

1c, 3b, 3c, 3d) and in different intermediate positions (FIGS. 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 3a) into any desired position Align position and rotate between portrait and landscape.

In addition, the position of the holder 8 with the device la, lb move by moving the support arm 12 in Fahroder Gegenfahrriehtung.

Fig. 6 shows a second simplified and

cost-effective embodiment of the holder 4. The holder 8 is directly (without support member 10) hinged to the second pivot 7, so that the third pivot 11 and thus the possibility of adjustability of the transverse vertical format is omitted, which is not detrimental in particular in the case of tight installation conditions in the vehicle and use of larger devices 1a, 1b.

Claims

claims

1. Holder for flat roughly rectangular devices such as

Tablet computer (la) or smartphones (lb) for

Abutting on an approximately horizontal surface (2) with a base plate (3) for fixing the holder (4) on the surface (2) and about a first pivot (5) with an approximately vertical

aligned rotational axis (Z) with the base plate (3) connected DoppeIgelenk (6) and via a second pivot (7) having an approximately horizontally oriented axis of rotation (Y) with the double joint

(6) connected holder (8) for receiving the

Device (1a, 1b), characterized in that the holder (8) with the device (la, lb) between an approximately horizontal non-use position on one side of the second pivot (7) and an obliquely downward position of use on the opposite side of the second rotary joint

(7) with a rotation angle between about 180 ° and 270 ° about the rotation axis Y is pivotable back and forth.

2. Holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the use position by a on the first

Rotary joint (5) arranged stop (9) is defined.

3. Holder according to claim 2, characterized in that the first rotary joint (5) as a rotary cylinder (5 a) is ausgebi Ldet and the stop (9) as an inclined surface on the rotary cylinder (5 a) is formed.

4. Holder according to claim 2 or 3, characterized

characterized in that the stop (9) is adjustable.

5. Holder according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that lockable intermediate positions of the holder (8) between the

Non-use position and the use position, are provided in particular by positive or frictional connection.

6. Holder according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized

characterized in that the holder (8) with the device (la, lb) by at least 180 °, vorzugswei se by 360 ° about the first pivot (5) is rotatable.

7. Holder according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized

characterized in that the double joint (6) as

Ball joint is formed.

8. Holder according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized

characterized in that the holder (8) via a support member (10) with the double joint (6) is connected.

9. Holder according to claim 8, that the support element

(10) via a fork (10a, 10b) with the second

Swivel joint (7) is connected.

10. Holder according to claim 8 or 9, characterized

characterized in that the support element (10) via a third rotary joint (11) with a perpendicular to the broad side of the holder aligned axis of rotation (X) with the holder (8) is connected.

11. Holder according to claim 10, characterized

in that the holder (8) is rotatable about the third pivot (11) between an upright and a landscape position.

12. Holder according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that between the base plate (3) and the double joint (6) has a support arm (12)

is provided .

13. Holder according to claim 12, characterized in that the carrier arm (12) extendable on the

Base plate (3) is guided and lockable in different positions.

14. Holder according to claim 12 or 13, characterized

characterized in that the double hinge (6) is arranged at the free end of the support arm (12).

15. Holder according to one of claims 12 to 14, characterized in that the base plate (3) with a housing shell (13) is covered.

16. Holder according to one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that the holder (8) for releasably holding the devices (la, 1b) to two

arranged on opposite sides clamp-shaped Verbindungselernente (8a, 8b) comprises the distance is adjustable.

17. A holder according to claim 16, characterized in that sheaths (14) of a vorzugswei se elastic material for receiving the devices (la, lb) are provided on two opposite edges (14 a, 14 b) recesses (14 a ', 14 b') for receiving the clamp-shaped Verbindungselernente (8a, 8b) of the holder (8).