Cordless telephone set

• US 20060089178A1
• Filed: 10/13/2005
• Published: 04/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamashita, Atsushi, Sakata, Tohru, Yamamoto, Kazumasa, Sakai, Toshiya, Haraguchi, Mitsuhiro
• Application Number:
  US11/248,588
• Publication Number:
  US 20060089178A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/573
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724

Abstract

A cordless telephone set includes a charger base and a telephone apparatus. A concave retaining section of the charger base has an inclined surface and an open section. A power feeding terminal for supplying power with a charging terminal of the telephone apparatus is provided on a lower part of the inclined surface of the concave retaining section. A positioning member for restraining the telephone apparatus is provided at the lower part of the concave retaining section. A first distance between a support point at which the positioning member supports the telephone apparatus and a center of gravity of the telephone apparatus is in a positional relationship greater by a plurality of times than a second distance between the support point and a contact point where the charging terminal of the telephone apparatus is brought into contact with the power feeding terminal.

Claims

1. A cordless telephone set, comprising:

a charger base that includes a concave retaining section and a power feeding terminal for feeding power; and

a telephone apparatus to be placed in the concave retaining section,

wherein the concave retaining section has an inclined surface for supporting the telephone apparatus and an open section that opens across the entire surface at a front side of the inclined surface;

wherein a charging terminal is disposed at a lower end of a rear face of the telephone apparatus;

wherein the power feeding terminal for contacting with the charging terminal of the telephone apparatus is provided on a lower part of the inclined surface at a lower part of the concave retaining section;

wherein a positioning member for restraining the telephone apparatus is provided at the lower part of the concave retaining section, the positioning member being located in front of the power feeding terminal on the charger base; and

wherein a first distance between a support point at which the positioning member supports the telephone apparatus and a center of gravity of the telephone apparatus is in a positional relationship greater by a plurality of times than a second distance between the support point and a contact point where the charging terminal of the telephone apparatus is brought into contact with the power feeding terminal on the charger base.

2. The cordless telephone set according to claim 1, wherein the inclined surface has an inclination angle by which the telephone apparatus is slipped down by its own-weight.

3. The cordless telephone set according to claim 1, wherein the positioning member is a projection provided on a bottom surface of the concave retaining section with which a bottom surface of the telephone apparatus is brought into contact;

and

wherein a recessed portion that is engaged with the projection is provided at the bottom surface of the telephone apparatus.

4. The cordless telephone set according to claim 1, wherein the positioning member is a projection provided on a side surface of the concave retaining section with which a side surface of the telephone apparatus is brought into contact;

and

wherein a recessed portion that is engaged with the projection is provided at the side surface of the telephone apparatus.

5. A cordless telephone set, comprising:

a charger base that includes a concave retaining section and a power feeding terminal for feeding power; and

a telephone apparatus to be placed in the concave retaining section,

wherein the concave retaining section has an inclined surface for supporting the telephone apparatus and an open section that opens across the entire surface at a front side of the inclined surface;

wherein the power feeding terminal is provided on a lower part of the concave retaining section of the charger base;

wherein a positioning member for restraining the telephone apparatus is provided at the lower part of the concave retaining section, the positioning member being located in front of the power feeding terminal on the charger base;

wherein a charging terminal for contacting with the power feeding terminal is disposed at a lower end of a rear face of the telephone apparatus;

wherein a point at which,the positioning member supports the telephone apparatus is defined as a support point P a point where the charging terminal of the telephone apparatus is brought into contact with the power feeding terminal on the charger base is defined as a contact point C, and a point of the center of gravity of the telephone apparatus is defined as a gravity point G;

wherein a first distance between the support point P and the gravity point G of the telephone apparatus is in a positional relationship greater by a plurality of times than a second distance between the support point P and the contact point C; and

wherein when the telephone apparatus is placed on the charger base, the telephone apparatus takes a posture inclined rearward, and the gravity point G of the telephone apparatus is brought further closer to the charger base than the positions of the support point P and the contact point C.