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WO2002005610A2 - Cadre amovible pour bloc electronique - Google Patents

Cadre amovible pour bloc electronique Download PDF

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WO2002005610A2
WO2002005610A2 PCT/US2001/021853 US0121853W WO0205610A2 WO 2002005610 A2 WO2002005610 A2 WO 2002005610A2 US 0121853 W US0121853 W US 0121853W WO 0205610 A2 WO0205610 A2 WO 0205610A2
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panel
removable
electronic unit
latch stop
frame
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David R. Hargis
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Eastman Kodak Company
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/026—Details of the structure or mounting of specific components
    • H04M1/0266—Details of the structure or mounting of specific components for a display module assembly
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0279—Improving the user comfort or ergonomics
    • H04M1/0283—Improving the user comfort or ergonomics for providing a decorative aspect, e.g. customization of casings, exchangeable faceplate

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  • the present invention relates generally to enclosures for electronic devices.
  • Conventional picture frames are well known for framing two- dimensional images for viewing.
  • Various implementations of slidable frame backing are well known.
  • Other conventional frames include frame designs having an attached enclosure or receptacle attached to the frame.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,768,370 describes a portable telephone with a plurality of distinctive appearances implemented using an overlying cover removably attachable to the telephone housing.
  • Other design patents such as U.S. Patent No. Des. 411,205 and Des. 421,442 describe a front cover for a telephone handset.
  • Each of these conventional frames or interchangeable faceplates is incompatible for use on an electronic unit for enabling the appearance of the electronic unit to be readily changed among a plurality of readily removable frames.
  • a method and apparatus for removably framing an electronic unit using a panel having a transparent aperture, the panel having an exterior surface with an ornamental covering applied thereon, the panel having an interior surface including a latch stop for removably engaging a latching recess on the electronic unit.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a front view of the removable frame of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a side view of the removable frame of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a rear view of the removable frame of the preferred embodiment
  • Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate cutaway views of the removable frame as removably attached to an electronics unit
  • Fig. 6 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the panel of the preferred embodiment illustrating the latch stop and transparency notch;
  • Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate a cross-sectional view of the panel of the preferred embodiment as the panel is removably attached to an electronics unit; and Figs. 9-14 illustrate an alternative embodiment of the present invention having a rounded exterior panel surface.
  • FIG. 1 a frontal view of the removable frame of the present invention is illustrated.
  • the frontal view of the present invention shown in Fig. 1 illustrates the exterior surface of the panel 110, on which an ornamental covering may be applied.
  • Such ornamental coverings may include transparent or colored paints or lacquers, wallpaper or bonded imagery, etching or carvings, or other type of conventional ornamental coverings.
  • panel 110 defines a transparent opening or aperture 115 through which a display device of an electronics unit may be viewed.
  • a beveled edge 120 providing better viewing of the display device of the electronics unit from various viewing angles.
  • Panel 110 may be fabricated from a variety of conventional materials, e.g. plastic, wood, metal, fiberglass, composite material, or the like.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates the embodiment of Fig. 1 as viewed from an edge of panel 110. As indicated by the view shown in Fig. 2, this embodiment of the present invention represents one implementation of the present invention with a substantially flat exterior surface of panel 110.
  • FIG. 3 the interior surface of one embodiment of the present invention is illustrated.
  • the inner or interior surface of this embodiment of the present invention includes a latch stop 300 fabricated into the interior surface of panel 110 and extending around the inner perimeter of panel 110. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that latch stop 300 may extend around the entire perimeter of panel 110 or only a portion thereof.
  • the latch stop 300 provides a means with which the panel 110 may be removably coupled to an electronics unit. This aspect of the present invention will be described in more detail in the figures that follow.
  • Fig. 3 also shows a transparency recess provided in the interior surface of panel 110.
  • the transparency recess 310 provides an interior surface for retaining a transparent plate between the panel 110 and an electronics unit to which the panel 110 is removably coupled.
  • the transparent plate may be glass, plexiglass, polycarbonate, or other transparent material.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate an embodiment of the panel 400 as removably coupled to electronics unit 420.
  • Transparent plate 410 is retained adjacent to electronics unit 420 as captured by the transparency recess 310 of panel 400.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 also illustrate the latch stop 430 on the interior surface of panel 400. As will be described in more detail below, latch stop 430 enables the panel 400 to be removably coupled to electronics unit 420.
  • Fig. 6 a cutaway view of panel 400 is illustrated.
  • Panel 400 in this embodiment includes various components as will be described in various dimensions.
  • panel 400 includes latch stop 600.
  • latch stop 600 includes a lead-in angle illustrated in Fig. 6 as Angle B 612.
  • the lead-in angle of latch stop 600 facilitates the coupling of latch stop 600 with a latching recess in an electronics unit.
  • Latch stop 600 further includes a retention angle defined by Angle A 610 shown in Fig. 6. The retention angle of latch stop 600 balances the secure coupling force needed to retain the panel 400 on the electronics device with the force needed to readily remove the panel 400 from the electronics unit.
  • latch stop 600 can be varied depending upon the characteristics of the material from which panel 400 is fabricated and the level of force desired for engaging or removing the panel 400 to and from the electronics unit 420.
  • Fig. 6 also illustrates the transparency notch 602 provided on the interior surface of panel 400.
  • transparency notch 602 is a substantially rectangular notch cut into the interior surface of panel 400 to retain a transparent plate therein. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the particular dimensions of transparency notch 602 may be varied depending on the dimensions of the transparent plate being used and the retention characteristics desired.
  • Fig. 6 also illustrates the beveled edge 640 on the exterior surface of panel 400. The beveled edge 640 facilitates viewing of the display device of an electronics unit through the aperture 115 of panel 400.
  • Fig. 7 illustrates the panel 400 as removed from electronics unit 420.
  • the panel 400 of this embodiment includes latch stop 600 and transparency notch 602.
  • electronics unit 420 includes a latching recess 710 in an outer surface of electronics unit 420.
  • Latching recess 710 is conventionally fabricated of a dimension corresponding to a portion of the latch stop 600 of a frame panel 400.
  • electronics unit 420 includes a deflection channel 711 into which the latching recess 710 may be deflected by applying pressure at the point indicated by arrow 730.
  • Panel 400 may be removably engaged to electronics unit 420 by elastically deflecting latching recess 710 into channel 711 of electronics unit 420 by applying force at the location indicated by arrow 730 shown in Fig. 7. As a result of this deflection of latching recess 710, panel 400 may be moved toward electronics unit 420, thereby moving the interior surface of panel 400 adjacent to an exterior surface of electronics unit 420. Upon relaxing the deflection force on latching recess 710, the latch stop 600 of frame 400 moves into position inside of latching recess 710. The result of this action is illustrated in Fig. 8.
  • the frame 400 has been removably engaged to electronics unit 420 by engaging latch stop 600 of frame 400 into latching recess 710 of electronics unit 420. In this manner, frame 400 is securely but removably coupled to electronics unit 420.
  • equivalent latching structure may be used.
  • an alternative embodiment may exclude the deflection channel in electronics unit 420 but instead fabricate panel 400 from a flexible material, which may be deflected to removably engage latch stop 600 into latching recess 710.
  • the latch stop traverses the internal perimeter of the frame at arbitrarily broken intervals or patterns, thus enabling the frame and the electronics unit to be uniquely configured to accept coupling with only properly configured patterns of latch stops and cooperating latching recesses.
  • a transparent plate 410 is captured between frame 400 and electronics unit 420 in transparency recess 602 of frame 400.
  • Transparent plate 410 spanning the aperture 115 of frame 400 provides a means for protecting electronics unit 420 from an exterior environment yet enabling the viewing of a display device of electronics unit 420 through the aperture 115 and transparent plate 410.
  • transparent plate 410 may be substituted for any conventional transparent medium, such as plexiglass or transparent film.
  • the frame 400 of the present invention may be used without providing a transparent plate 410 within aperture 115.
  • the beveled edge 640 of frame 400 is illustrated in Fig. 8.
  • the exterior surface of the frame 400 embodiment illustrated in Fig. 8 is shown as a substantially flat surface except for beveled edge 640. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the exterior surface of frame 400 may be fabricated in a variety of ornamental shapes, configurations, colors, textures, or using other types of conventional fabrication techniques.
  • One such alternative embodiment is illustrated in Figs. 9-14.
  • Fig. 9 illustrates a frontal view of an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
  • the exterior surface of the panel 910 illustrated in Fig. 9 is fabricated with a substantially rounded dimension. This rounded exterior surface can be seen more clearly in the side view of this alternative embodiment illustrated in Fig. 10.
  • Fig. 11 illustrates the interior surface of the alternative embodiment of the present invention.
  • this alternative embodiment includes latch stop 300 and transparency recess 310.
  • Figs. 12-14 the rounded exterior surface of the alternative embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in more detail.
  • Figs. 12 and 13 illustrate a cross-sectional view of one alternative embodiment of a removable frame 1200 of the present invention. As shown, the exterior surface of frame 1200 is rounded.
  • this alternative embodiment of the present invention still includes the latch stop 600 and the transparency recess 602 as shown in Fig. 14. This alternative embodiment is removably coupled to electronics unit 420 in the manner described above.

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  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Mirrors, Picture Frames, Photograph Stands, And Related Fastening Devices (AREA)
  • Casings For Electric Apparatus (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif permettant l'encadrement amovible d'un bloc électronique à l'aide d'un panneau présentant une ouverture transparente. Ce panneau comprend une surface extérieure pourvue d'un revêtement décoratif appliqué sur ladite surface; une surface intérieure pourvue d'un arrêt de clapet conçu pour s'engrener dans une gorge de verrouillage ménagée sur le bloc électronique.
PCT/US2001/021853 2000-07-12 2001-07-11 Cadre amovible pour bloc electronique WO2002005610A2 (fr)

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WO2007028422A1 (fr) * 2005-09-09 2007-03-15 Robert Bosch Gmbh Console de discussion à bordure amovible

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WO2007028422A1 (fr) * 2005-09-09 2007-03-15 Robert Bosch Gmbh Console de discussion à bordure amovible
JP2009507439A (ja) * 2005-09-09 2009-02-19 ローベルト ボツシユ ゲゼルシヤフト ミツト ベシユレンクテル ハフツング 取外し可能な枠体を備えたディスカッションユニット
JP4838849B2 (ja) * 2005-09-09 2011-12-14 ローベルト ボツシユ ゲゼルシヤフト ミツト ベシユレンクテル ハフツング 取外し可能な枠体を備えたディスカッションユニット
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