IP Library Granted Patent US 7,919,948
Granted Patent B2
US 7,919,948 · App. 12/293,882 · Granted Apr 5, 2011

Desktop charger holder

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Patent No.
US 7,919,948
App. No.
12/293,882
Granted
Apr 5, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A desktop charger holder ( 1 ) of this invention includes a holder portion ( 2 ) which stores a portable telephone ( 7 ), a base ( 3 ) which supports the holder portion ( 2 ), pivot enabling means ( 9, 16 ) for enabling the holder portion ( 2 ) to be pivotal with respect to the base ( 3 ), and holding/fixing means ( 10, 12 ) for holding and fixing the pivot angle of the holder portion ( 2 ) with respect to the base ( 3 ). The desktop charger holder ( 1 ) is configured such that a barycenter of the portable telephone ( 7 ) and the holder portion ( 2 ), when the portable telephone ( 7 ) is stored in the holder portion ( 2 ), is present on the surface of the base ( 3 ). This can provide an easy-to-use desktop charger holder ( 1 ) in which even if the angle (angle of elevation) of the holder portion ( 2 ) storing the portable telephone ( 7 ) is changed, the central position of a display screen does not change, and a barycenter exists within a specific range.

Claims (43)

1. A desktop charger holder comprising:

a holder portion which stores a portable telephone;

a base which supports said holder portion;

a pivot enabling unit which enables said holder portion to be pivotal with respect to said base; and

a holding/fixing unit which holds and fixes a pivot angle of said holder portion with respect to said base,

wherein a barycenter of the portable telephone and said holder portion, when the portable telephone is stored in said holder portion, is present on a surface of said base,

wherein said base comprises:

a bottom which forms a bottom surface of said base, and

two side walls which form two side surfaces of said base, and

said pivot enabling unit comprises

a shaft formed on each of opposing surfaces of said two side walls of said base, and

a hole which is formed in each of two side surfaces of said holder portion and fits on said shaft to enable said holder portion to be pivotal with respect to said base,

and wherein said holding/fixing unit comprises:

a projection formed near said hole in each of said side surfaces of said holder portion,

a recess formed at a position of each of said side walls of said base where said recess opposes said projection, and

an elastic member which biases said projection to abut against said recess.

2. A desktop charger holder according to claim 1 , wherein said holding/fixing unit is arranged between said holder portion and said base.

3. A desktop charger holder according to claim 1 , wherein a barycenter of the portable telephone and said holder portion, when the portable telephone is stored in said holder portion, is present on a substantially pivot axis of said holder.

4. A desktop charger holder according to claim 1 , wherein said holder portion comprises

a protrusion formed at a position to oppose a fitting portion of the portable telephone stored in said holder portion,

a hook which fixes the portable telephone to said holder portion with said protrusion being fitted in the fitting portion, and

an elastic member which biases said hook.

5. A desktop charger holder according to claim 4 , wherein said holder portion further comprises an electrode terminal which comes into contact with a charge terminal of the portable telephone fixed to said holder portion to charge the portable telephone.

6. A desktop charger holder according to claim 1 , wherein

said two side walls of said base extend from two ends of said bottom of said base in a direction substantially perpendicular to said bottom, and

said hole of said pivot enabling unit is formed at a substantially center of each of said two side surfaces of said holder portion.

7. A desktop charger holder according to claim 1 , wherein said recess comprises a plurality of recess formed at a predetermined interval on a circumference that has said shaft on each of said side walls of said base as a center.

8. A desktop charger holder comprising:

a holder portion which stores a portable telephone;

a base which supports said holder portion;

pivot enabling means for enabling said holder portion to be pivotal with respect to said base; and

holding/fixing means for holding and fixing a pivot angle of said holder portion with respect to said base,

wherein a barycenter of the portable telephone and said holder portion, when the portable telephone is stored in said holder portion, is present on a surface of said base,

wherein said base comprises:

a bottom which forms a bottom surface of said base, and

two side walls which form two side surfaces of said base, and

said pivot enabling means comprises

a shaft formed on each of opposing surfaces of said two side walls of said base, and

a hole which is formed in each of two side surfaces of said holder portion and fits on said shaft to enable said holder portion to be pivotal with respect to said base,

and wherein said holding/fixing means comprises:

a projection formed near said hole in each of said side surfaces of said holder portion,

a recess formed at a position of each of said side walls of said base where said recess opposes said projection, and

an elastic member which biases said projection to abut against said recess.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
Reel/Frame 033720/0767 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2008
From: KUKUCHI, YOSHIFUMI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021564/0153 →