CRADLE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT SUPPORT DEVICE

• US 20080237416A1
• Filed: 03/07/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: OSADA, Yasuo
• Granted Patent: US 8,083,195 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/176.1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/02 Locking means
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/08 Foot or support base
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/082 to be used in vehicles H04B1/086 takes precedence; holding or mounting accessories B60R11/02

Abstract

There is provided a cradle device including: a connector to which electronic equipment is electrically and detachably connected; a support member having a support supporting a side of the electronic equipment connected to the connector and a brake provided integrally with the support; and a support member fixing mechanism supporting the support member to be movable closer to or away from the electronic equipment connected to the connector and holding the brake to prevent movement of the support member when an external force is applied to a certain region of the support.

Claims

1. A cradle device comprising:

a connector to which electronic equipment is electrically and detachably connected;

a support member having a support supporting a side of the electronic equipment connected to the connector and a brake provided integrally with the support; and

a support member fixing mechanism supporting the support member to be movable closer to or away from the electronic equipment connected to the connector and holding the brake to prevent movement of the support member when an external force is applied to a certain region of the support.

2. A cradle device according to claim 1, wherein

the support is formed by a rising plate piece deployed to rise upward, the brake is formed by a horizontal plate piece continuous with a lower edge of the rising plate piece and deployed in a horizontal direction, the horizontal plate piece has a long hole extending in a longitudinal direction, and

a stopper pin provided on the support member fixing mechanism is engaged with the long hole to control a direction and a quantity of movement of the support member.

3. A cradle device according to claim 1, wherein

the support member fixing mechanism includes an elastic member that can elastically deform when sliding to the brake.

4. A cradle device according to claim 1, wherein

the support member is integrally formed of engineering plastic.

5. A cradle device according to claim 1, wherein

the support member fixing mechanism includes a holding member having a first holder and a second holder rotatably connected to each other by a hinge,

the first holder and the second holder are each provided with a holding projection holding each side of the brake when the external force is applied, and one of the first holder and the second holder is provided with an action part supporting the brake at a position more distant from the support than the holding projection.

6. A cradle device according to claim 1, wherein

the support member fixing mechanism includes a link mechanism having two or more links, and

holds the brake by increasing an external force applied to a certain region of the support using the link mechanism to prevent movement of the support member.

7. An electronic equipment support device comprising:

a support member having a support supporting a side of electronic equipment and a brake provided integrally with the support; and

a support member fixing mechanism supporting the support member to be movable closer to or away from the electronic equipment and holding the brake to prevent movement of the support member when an external force is applied to a certain region of the support.