JP4729452B2 - Belt clip mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an attachment structure for detachably attaching a belt clip to a main body of a device such as a portable electronic device.

  Conventionally, as a structure related to a mounting structure of a portable electronic device and an additional member that can be attached to and detached from the device, a main body of a portable electronic device such as a portable transceiver and a belt clip member that can be attached to and detached from the main body. In the attachment structure with the additional member, the main body has a rail portion having a T-shaped cross section, and wall surfaces along the rail portion are formed on both outer sides of the rail portion. A slidable slide part is formed between the rail part and the wall surface. In the attached state, the inner side and the outer side of the slide part are supported by the rail part and the wall surface. The one configured as described above has been proposed. (For example, see Patent Document 1)

  In addition, a body-side joining portion having a housing portion is formed on the back surface of the portable electronic device, and a belt clip-side joining portion that can be housed in the body-side engaging portion is formed on the additional member, and the belt clip is attached and detached. A possible mounting structure has been proposed. Further, a lock claw is formed at the joint portion on the belt clip side, and a lock hole is formed at the joint portion on the main body side. (For example, see Patent Document 2)

1, 2, 4, 5 and description thereof in JP-A-2005-214332 FIGS. 2 and 3 of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-102905 and explanation thereof

  However, in the structures of Patent Documents 1 and 2 as described above, the number of constituent members increases, and the shape of each member becomes complicated. Moreover, there also existed a malfunction that it was difficult to remove the additional member attached to the main body.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to provide a simple mounting structure that is detachable and cannot be easily detached during use.

The attachment structure of the belt clip according to the present invention is as follows:
In the attachment structure of the belt clip that detachably attaches the main body of the device and the belt clip,
On the main body side,
A storage portion for storing a base plate formed on the belt clip side;
A locking projection for locking the base plate stored in the storage portion is formed;
In the storage section,
A space in which the flat plate portion of the base plate can be inserted;
A groove that is deeper than the edge of the flat plate portion of the base plate and that holds and stores the edge while guiding the edge;
The groove is formed, and a pair of pressing members for preventing the inserted base plate from floating is formed.
The groove is formed in the pressing member, and the height of the groove on the back side is formed smaller than the height on the inlet side of the groove,
The belt clip includes a clip plate, a base plate, a spring for applying a biasing force, and a shaft.
The base plate is
The flat plate portion;
A locking hole that engages with the locking projection;
A bearing part formed by punching and causing the vicinity of a pair of edges perpendicular to the one edge of the flat plate part,
By inserting the shaft into the bearing portion formed on the clip plate, the spring spring elastically deformed in the direction opposite to the urging direction, and the bearing portion formed on the base plate, the belt clip is inserted into the belt clip. Assembled,
In a state where the belt clip is attached to the main body, the rear end portion of the clip plate is in contact with the back surface of the main body, and rotation is restricted.
In a state where the edge of the flat plate portion is guided by the groove so that the locking hole of the flat plate portion is on the entrance side, and the base plate is inserted into the space and attached to the main body, the locking protrusion is the base plate The flat plate portion of the base plate is pressed against the main body of the storage portion by the elastic restoring force of the spring spring, and the engagement hole and the engagement protrusion are engaged. The inserted base plate is locked to the storage part,
When removing the belt clip from the body,
When pulling up the tip of the clip plate in the direction of lifting from the main body side,
Since the edge of the flat plate portion of the base plate is pressed so as not to float by the pressing member, the locking hole of the flat plate portion is lifted, and the engagement state between the engagement protrusion and the engagement hole is Released,
When the belt clip is slid in the removing direction, the base plate is detached from the storage portion, and the belt clip can be removed from the main body.

In the belt clip mounting structure according to claim 1,
On the main body side, a storage portion for storing a base plate formed on the belt clip ,
A locking projection for locking the stored base plate is formed,
On the belt clip side, the engagement hole is formed in the base plate so that the engagement protrusion can be engaged, and the engagement state between the engagement protrusion and the engagement hole is held by an urging force. Since biasing means for biasing the base plate toward the locking protrusion is formed, it cannot be easily removed in the attached state.
Further, the storage portion is formed with a groove that is deeper than the thickness of the edge of the flat plate portion of the base plate and that holds and stores the edge while guiding the edge.
When the belt clip is attached to the main body and the locking projection and the locking hole are in an engaged state, when the base plate is pulled up against the biasing means, the locking projection and the locking hole The belt clip is released by pulling up the base plate against the biasing means without using a special tool or the like. Can be removed from the body.
In addition, since the base plate has a simple structure in which a flat plate portion and the locking hole are formed, a belt clip mounting structure that provides the above-described effect can be provided with a small number of components.

Below, the attachment structure of the belt clip concerning this invention is demonstrated in detail based on drawing which showed the embodiment.
1 and 2, 1 denotes a device of a portable wireless device or the like having a mounting structure of the belt clip of the present invention, the back of the main body 2 of the device with a built-in electric circuit, attached detachably belts clip 3 It has been. FIG. 1 shows a state where the belt clip 3 is attached, and FIG. 2 shows a removed state.
By inserting a base plate 31 as an engaged portion provided in the belt clip 3 into a storage portion 21 as an engaging portion formed in the main body 2 as shown in FIG. It is configured to be engaged with the main body 2.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part showing an engagement state between the storage portion 21 of the main body 2 and the base plate 31 of the belt clip 3, and cross-sectional views thereof are shown in FIGS.
When the belt clip 3 attached as shown in the figure is removed from the main body 2, the base plate 31 is lifted in the direction in which the front end 322 of the clip plate 32 is pulled away from the main body side (the direction of arrow A in FIGS. 1 and 5). Slide upward (arrow B in FIGS. 1 and 5).

As shown in FIGS. 4, 5, 6, and 7, the storage portion 21 formed on the back surface of the main body 2 includes a space 211 into which the flat plate portion 311 of the base plate 31 can be inserted, and a flat plate portion of the base plate 31 to be inserted. A pair of pressing members 212 for guiding 311 and preventing the inserted base plate 31 from being lifted by the urging means, and a locking projection 213 for locking the inserted base plate 31 so that it does not fall off accidentally. And.
As shown in FIG. 6, the space 211 has a U-shape that is open upward at the left and right walls and the bottom surface formed in the back of the groove 214 formed inside the pair of pressing members 213. It has a cross-sectional shape.

  4 and 5, the space 211 is formed so that the base plate 21 can be accommodated, and as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a groove 214 formed on the inner side of the pressing member 212 is formed. The height h1 on the entrance side (upper side) is formed larger than the thickness of the flat plate portion 311 of the base plate 31 plus the height of the locking projection 213, and the flat plate portion 311 of the base plate 31 is locked. The belt clip 3 is formed so as to be able to slide over the protrusion 213 in the attaching / detaching direction. As shown in FIG. 7, the depth h2 on the back side (lower side) of the groove 214 is smaller than the height h1 on the entrance side (upper side) and slightly smaller than the thickness of the flat plate portion 311. It is greatly formed.

Further, the pressing member 212 and the locking projection 213 are integrally formed on the back surface of the main body 2.
As shown in FIG. 5, the height of the locking projection 213 is larger than the thickness of the flat plate portion 311 of the base plate 31. As shown in FIG. 7, the upper surface 213 a of the locking projection 213 is higher on the space 211 side. 2 is formed so that the flat plate portion 311 of the base plate 31 can easily get over when the belt clip 3 is attached.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the belt clip 3 includes the base plate 31, the clip plate 32, and a spring spring 33 as an urging means.

The base plate 31 is a metal rigid body. As shown in FIG. 11, the flat plate portion 311, a return portion 312 formed by bending one edge of the flat plate portion 311, and the flat plate portion 311. And a bearing portion 313 formed by punching the vicinity of a pair of edges perpendicular to the one edge.
Further, a locking hole 314 that can be locked with the locking projection 213 at the time of attachment is formed at a boundary portion between the flat plate portion 311 and the return portion 312 of the base plate 31, and the return portion of the flat plate portion 311 is formed. A notch 315 is formed on the other edge facing 312.
A shaft 34 is inserted through a bearing portion 321 formed on the clip plate 32, the spring spring 33 elastically deformed in a direction opposite to the urging direction, and a bearing portion 313 formed on the base plate 31. The belt clip 3 is assembled by crimping the ends.

When the belt clip 3 configured as described above is attached to the main body 2, the base plate 31 of the belt clip 3 is slid and stored in the space 211 of the storage portion 21 from above the back surface of the main body 2. At this time, both ends of the base plate 31 are guided by grooves 214 formed inside the pressing member 212.
When the base plate 31 is to be inserted into the space 211, first, the locking protrusion 213 of the storage portion 21 is received in the notch 315 formed in the flat plate portion 311 of the base plate 31.

When the base plate 31 is further pushed in, the flat plate portion 311 of the base plate 31 rides along the upper surface 213a of the locking projection 213 and slides while being guided by a groove 214 formed inside the pressing member 212.
At this time, the rear end 322 of the clip plate 32 comes into contact with the back surface of the main body 2, so that the clip plate 32 is restricted from rotating counterclockwise (in the direction of arrow C) as shown in FIG. 5. The By doing so, the spring spring 33 sandwiched between the clip plate 32 and the base plate 31 is contracted compared to the state in which the belt clip 3 is removed, so that the urging force in the direction of arrow D is applied by the restoring force. appear.
When the base plate 31 is inserted to the back of the space 211, the locking protrusion 213 is fitted into the locking hole 314 of the base plate 31, and the inserted base plate 31 is carelessly inserted from the storage portion 21. Lock so that it does not fall off.
In this state, the flat plate portion 311 of the base plate 31 is pressed against the main body 2 of the storage portion 21 by the elastic restoring force of the spring spring 33, and the engagement state between the engagement hole 314 and the locking projection 213 is reached. Is not easily released.

Next, when removing the belt clip 3 from the main body 2,
When the leading end 322 of the belt clip 3 is lifted from the main body 2 side (in the direction of arrow A in FIGS. 1 and 5), the lower edge of the flat plate portion 311 is pressed by the pressing member 212 so as not to be lifted. since it is, floating on wants barb 312 side of the flat plate portion 311 of the base plate 31. Therefore, the flat plate portion 311 has a. Since the engagement state shown in FIG. 12A shifts to the engagement release state shown in FIG. 12B, the engagement state between the engagement protrusion 213 and the engagement hole 314 is released. The
Therefore, when the belt clip 3 is slid in the direction in which the belt clip 3 is removed (the direction of the arrow B in FIGS. 1 and 5), the base plate 31 is detached from the storage portion 21, and the belt clip 3 can be removed from the main body 2.

The belt clip 3 includes a clip plate 32 integrally formed of resin, a base plate 31 formed by punching a metal plate, a winding spring 33, and a shaft 34, and includes four parts. Since the accommodating part 21 is resin-molded, it has a simpler structure than a conventional detachable belt clip mounting structure and can be manufactured at low cost.

In the mounting structure of Example 1,
The size (width and depth) of the flat plate portion 311 of the base plate 31 is securely held in the storage state in accordance with the size (width and depth) of the space 211 of the storage portion 21, and the operation described above. It is configured to be able to be released and released from the engaged state.
Further, the thickness of the base plate 31 is slidable along the groove 214 formed in the pressing member 212, and is a metal rigid body having a strength that does not easily deform in a normal operation. It consists of
The position and size of the locking hole 314 formed in the base plate 31 and the position and size of the notch 315 are designed according to the position and size of the locking projection 213, and The length and shape of the return portion 312 are designed according to the urging force of the spring spring 33 so that an external force can be easily applied when the belt clip 3 is detached from the main body 2.

Mounting structure of the belt clip of the present invention is not limited to electronic devices such as a portable transceiver, the various devices in general, can be utilized to attach the various parts materials such as a belt clip or a strap holder.

1 is an overall perspective view of an embodiment of a belt clip mounting structure according to the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the attachment structure of the said belt clip . It is a principal part enlarged view of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the principal part of FIG. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 4. It is sectional drawing of the principal part of a main body. It is the XX sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a perspective view of a single belt clip. It is a side view of the disassembled state of a belt clip. It is a front view of the disassembled state of a belt clip. It is a top view of a base plate. It is sectional drawing explaining the engagement state and engagement disengagement state of a baseplate.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic device 2 Main body 21 Storage part 211 Space 212 Holding member 213 Locking protrusion 3 Belt clip 31 Base plate 311 Flat plate part 312 Return part 313 Bearing part 314 Locking hole 32 Clip plate 321 Bearing part 33 Winding spring 34 Shaft

Claims (1)

In the attachment structure of the belt clip that detachably attaches the main body of the device and the belt clip,
On the main body side,
A storage portion for storing a base plate formed on the belt clip side;
A locking projection for locking the base plate stored in the storage portion is formed;
In the storage section,
A space in which the flat plate portion of the base plate can be inserted;
A groove that is deeper than the edge of the flat plate portion of the base plate and that holds and stores the edge while guiding the edge;
The groove is formed, and a pair of pressing members for preventing the inserted base plate from floating is formed.
The groove is formed in the pressing member, and the height of the groove on the back side is formed smaller than the height on the inlet side of the groove,
The belt clip includes a clip plate, a base plate, a spring for applying a biasing force, and a shaft.
The base plate is
The flat plate portion;
A locking hole that engages with the locking projection;
A bearing part formed by punching and causing the vicinity of a pair of edges perpendicular to the one edge of the flat plate part,
By inserting the shaft into the bearing portion formed on the clip plate, the spring spring elastically deformed in the direction opposite to the urging direction, and the bearing portion formed on the base plate, the belt clip is inserted into the belt clip. Assembled,
In a state where the belt clip is attached to the main body, the rear end portion of the clip plate is in contact with the back surface of the main body, and rotation is restricted.
In a state where the edge of the flat plate portion is guided by the groove so that the locking hole of the flat plate portion is on the entrance side, and the base plate is inserted into the space and attached to the main body, the locking protrusion is the base plate The flat plate portion of the base plate is pressed against the main body of the storage portion by the elastic restoring force of the spring spring, and the engagement hole and the engagement protrusion are engaged. The inserted base plate is locked to the storage part,
When removing the belt clip from the body,
When pulling up the tip of the clip plate in the direction of lifting from the main body side,
Since the edge of the flat plate portion of the base plate is pressed so as not to float by the pressing member, the locking hole of the flat plate portion is lifted, and the engagement state between the engagement protrusion and the engagement hole is Released,
The belt clip mounting structure is configured such that when the belt clip is slid in a removing direction, the base plate is detached from the storage portion, and the belt clip can be detached from the main body .

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