|Publication number||US7611112 B2|
|Application number||US 11/866,551|
|Publication date||Nov 3, 2009|
|Filing date||Oct 3, 2007|
|Priority date||Oct 3, 2007|
|Also published as||US20090090839|
|Publication number||11866551, 866551, US 7611112 B2, US 7611112B2, US-B2-7611112, US7611112 B2, US7611112B2|
|Inventors||Rocky Yi-Ping LIN|
|Original Assignee||Lin Rocky Yi-Ping|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (13), Referenced by (47), Classifications (19), Legal Events (1)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a bearing apparatus, in particular, to a bearing apparatus for portable electronic device used in vehicle.
2. Description of Prior Art
There are associated techniques of bearing apparatus (or frame) used in vehicle, as disclosed in Taiwanese Utility Model No. M293382 “Bearing Apparatus for Portable Electronic Device Used in Vehicle”. This prior art is to provide a bearing apparatus for an electronic device (e.g., notebook computer) used in vehicle, where the electronic device is fixed onto the bearing apparatus by a rod structure bendable to provide the user with needed altitude and angle according to actual situation, thus a using state most suitable to the operation being reached.
However, although the configuration of the prior art has reached a certain degree of practicality, the bearing apparatus is only applicable to few kinds of electronic devices that are suitable to be held by a number of front and rear fixtures and Velcro, which can not provide enough functions of exchange and extension though, thus the adoptability being still quite limited. Furthermore, the using conditions in vehicle are mostly higher than common ones, in particular, when a car is turning and braking, which can usually cause the electronic device falling and damaged, if the electronic device is only held partially at front and rear parts. In order to fulfill specific requirements requested by different customers, manufactures have to produce electronic devices with different profiles and sizes, according to which it is usually needed to purchase respective supporting apparatuses with different specifications. Therefore, it not only causes inconvenience to the user, but also increases the purchasing cost. These shortcomings of prior arts are all needed to be improved urgently.
Accordingly, aiming to solve aforementioned shortcomings, after a substantially devoted study, in cooperation with the application of relatively academic principles, the inventor finally proposes the present invention that is designed reasonably to possess the capability to improve the prior arts significantly.
The invention is mainly to provide a bearing apparatus for portable electronic device used in vehicle. The bearing apparatus includes a first holding mechanism and a second holding mechanism, which can be separately or cooperatively used. The bearing apparatus not only can be used for electronic devices with different profiles and sizes, but also can make carried electronic device firmly abutted and fixed at a supporting plate in a way, such that the using convenience and applying scope of the bearing apparatus are enhanced in great scale.
The invention is to provide a bearing apparatus for portable electronic device used in vehicle. The bearing apparatus includes a supporting frame, a bearing structure, a cooling fan, a first holding mechanism, and a second holding mechanism. The bearing structure is connected to the supporting frame and has a bearing plate, on which a ventilating trough is arranged, and a plurality of guiding parts are respectively arranged at the outer surroundings of the ventilating trough. The cooling fan is positioned at the ventilating trough of the bearing plate. The first holding mechanism capable of being dismantled from the ground is connected to the bearing plate and has a set of front and rear moving arms respectively connected to the front and rear sides of the bearing plate, and a set of left and right moving arms respectively connected to the left and right sides of the bearing plate. The front and rear moving arm sets respectively include: a clipping-and-abutting arm inter-cooperated with the guiding part of the bearing plate; and, a turning knob arranged through the bearing plate and interconnected to the clipping-and-abutting arm. The front and rear moving arm sets can be adjusted and moved in a back-and-forth direction at the bearing plate. The left and right moving arm sets respectively includes: a clipping-and-abutting arm inter-cooperated with the guiding part of the bearing plate; and, a turning knob arranged through the bearing plate and interconnected to the clipping-and-abutting arm. The left and right moving arm sets can be adjusted and moved in a left-and-right direction at the bearing plate. The second holding mechanism is connected to the bearing plate and has a front telescoping arm set and a rear telescoping arm set. The front telescoping arm set further includes: a front telescoping arm connected to the front of the bearing plate; a swinging arm connected to the front telescoping arm; and, a front abutting plate connected to the swinging arm. On the other hand, the rear telescoping arm set includes: a rear telescoping arm connected to the rear of the bearing plate; and, a rear abutting plate connected to the rear telescoping arm.
The invention is also to provide a bearing apparatus for portable electronic device used in vehicle. The bearing apparatus has a cooling fan arranged under the bearing plate for processing a heat dissipating function to an electronic device placed on the bearing plate.
The features of the invention believed to be novel are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, may be best understood by reference to the following detailed description of the invention, which describes several exemplary embodiments of the invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
In cooperation with attached drawings, the technical contents and detailed description of the present invention are described thereinafter according to a number of preferable embodiments, being not used to limit its executing scope. Any equivalent variation and modification made according to appended claims is all covered by the claims claimed by the present invention.
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In this preferable embodiment, the bearing structure 2 includes a bearing plate 21 and a rotating set 22 (as shown in
The cooling fan 3 is fixed and connected, in corresponding to the position of the ventilating trough 211 of the bearing plate, by a number of fixing elements (e.g., screw), for proceeding a cooling function to a Tablet PC (Tablet Personal Computer) 8 placed on the bearing plate 21, as shown in
The first holding mechanism 4, capable of being dismantled from ground and connected to the bearing plate 21, includes: two front and rear moving arm sets 41, 42; and, two left and right moving arm sets 43, 44. Respectively connected to the front and rear sides of the bearing plate 21, the front and rear moving arm sets 41, 42 also respectively have a clipping-and-butting arm 411, 421 inter-cooperative with the guiding parts 212 of the bearing plate 21 and a screw-connecting element 412, 422 arranged through the bearing plate 21 and interconnected to each clipping-and-abutting arms 411, 421. In this case, the screw-connecting elements 412, 422 respectively are a rotating knob having a bolt. The front and rear moving arm sets 41, 42 can be adjusted and moved on the bearing plate 21 in a back-and-forth direction. On the other hand, the left and right moving arm sets 43, 44, respectively connected to the left and right sides of the bearing plate 21, also respectively have a clipping-and-abutting arm 431, 441 inter-cooperative with the guiding parts 212 of the bearing plate 21 and a screw-connecting element 432, 442 arranged through the bearing plate 21 and interconnected to each clipping-and-abutting arm 431, 441. In this case, the screw-connecting elements 432, 442 also respectively are a rotating knob having a bolt. The left and right moving arm sets 43, 55 can be adjusted and moved on the bearing plate in a left-and-right direction. In addition, the clipping-and-abutting arm 431 includes: an “L”-shaped plate 433; a pressing plate 434 accommodated in one side of the “L”-shaped plate 433; and, a leaf spring 435 clipped-and-abutted between the “L”-shaped plate 433 and the pressing plate 434. Other clipping-and-abutting arms 411, 421, 441, identical to the clipping-and-abutting arm 431, are not repetitiously described herein.
The second fixing mechanism 5 is connected to the bearing plate 21, and in this preferable embodiment, includes two front telescoping arm sets 51 and two rear telescoping arms sets 52. The front telescoping arm set 51 further includes: a front telescoping arm 511 accommodated and connected the guiding trough 216 of the bearing plate 21; a swinging arm 512 connected the front telescoping arm 511; and, a front abutting plate 513 connected the swinging arm 512. On the other hand, the rear telescoping arm set 52 includes: a perforation 217 in corresponding to the bearing plate 21; a rear telescoping arm 521 connected fixedly by a fixing element arranged through; and, a rear abutting plate 522 connected the rear telescoping arm 521.
In addition, the bearing apparatus of the invention further includes a rear catch 6 connected fixedly in corresponding to the position of the perforation 217 of the bearing plate 21, thereby forming a restricting function to the rear side face of the Tablet PC 8.
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Summarizing aforementioned description, the invention is an indispensable product of novelty indeed, which may positively reach the expected usage objective for solving the drawbacks of the prior arts, and which extremely possesses the innovation and progressiveness for completely fulfilling the applying merits of new type patent, according to which the invention is thereby applied. Please examine the application carefully and grant it as a formal patent for protecting the rights of the inventor.
However, the aforementioned description is only a number of preferable embodiments according to the present invention, being not used to limit the patent scope of the invention, so equivalently structural variation made to the contents of the present invention, for example, description and drawings, is all covered by the claims claimed thereinafter.
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|U.S. Classification||248/274.1, 248/918, 248/284.1, 248/346.01|
|Cooperative Classification||F16M11/18, G06F1/203, F16M11/041, F16M11/10, F16M11/2035, B60R11/02, B60R11/0252, F16M13/02, F16M13/00, Y10S248/918|
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