Vehicle

• US 20090233481A1
• Filed: 01/07/2006
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Casco Schoeller GmbH (Amphenol Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Casco Schoeller GmbH (Amphenol Corporation)
• Inventors: Messerschmid, Günther, Moreno-Romero, Pedro
• Application Number:
  US11/718,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20090233481A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/562
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0315 using multiplexing techniques multiplexing for transmission of signals G08C15/00; multiplexing for electrical communication in general H04J

Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle, particularly an automobile (100), comprising an on-board supply system (1′), at least one peripheral device (1), and at least one socket (2, 2b, 2c, 2d) for connecting user terminals (5), such as notebooks, mobile telephones, pocket PCs, handheld devices, and similar, to the at least one peripheral device (1), e.g. a multifunctional infotainment module, and the on-board supply system (1′) of the vehicle. According to the invention, the housing (4) of the at least one socket (2, 2b, 2c, 2d) is provided with a recess (4a) which is located on the side facing the plug and in which at least one connection (3a) that is connected to a power conductor (6) of the vehicle for supplying the user terminals (5) with power and at least one connection (3b) that is connected to a data line (6) of the vehicle for transmitting data between the user terminals (5) and the at least one peripheral device (1) are disposed. The power conductor (6) is electrically connected to the on-board power system (1′) while the data line (6) is connected to the peripheral device (1).

Claims

1. A vehicle with an on-board supply system, at least one peripheral device and at least one socket with a housing for the connection of user terminals to the at least one peripheral device, wherein the socket, together with a plug suitably connectable to the socket, forms a socket-plug arrangement, characterised in that the housing of the at least one socket has a recess on the plug side, in which recess there is disposed at least one connection, which is connected to a power conductor of the vehicle, for supplying the user terminals with power, as well as at least one separate connections, which is connected to a data line of the vehicle, for transmitting data between the user terminals and the at least one peripheral device, wherein the power conductor is connected electrically to the on-board supply system and the data line to the peripheral device.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterised in that the housing of the at least one socket is formed from an electrically shielding material for the protection of the socket against electrical or magnetic interference fields.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterised in that the housing of the at least one socket has on the plug side a frame-shaped shoulder as a stop element for the installation in the interior of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterised in that the at least one connection connected to the power conductor and the at least one connection of the at least one socket connected to the data line have pins, which can be connected in a snap-in manner to the corresponding pins of the connections of the plug connectable to the socket.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4, characterised in that the pins of the connections of the socket are in each case designed solid, so that the respective pins of the connections of the plug, which latter pins are designed correspondingly hollow-shaped, can be fitted onto the pins of the connections of the socket, the pins designed solid each being provided with at least one bulge, which engages in a snap-in fashion in a corresponding recess of the plug pin designed hollow-shaped.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5, characterised in that the bulge and the corresponding recess are designed spherical.

7. The vehicle according to claim 5, characterised in that the pins of the connections of the socket have a rectangular cross-section.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterised in that the at least one connection of the at least one socket connected to the data line is designed as a USB connection.

9. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterised in that the connections of the at least one socket are made from spring steel.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterised in that the at least one connection of the socket connected to the power conductor of the vehicle is connected to cables or flat pins for connecting the connection to the power conductor and the at least one connection of the socket connected to the data line of the vehicle is connected to cables or flat pins for connecting the connection to the data line.

11. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterised in that the housing of the at least one socket is provided with means for the mechanical locking in position and/or clamping of the same in the interior of the vehicle.

12. The vehicle according to claim 11, characterised in that the means for the mechanical locking in position and/or clamping comprise at least one locking tongue.

13. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterised in that the at least one socket is equipped with a light source for illuminating the recess.

14. The vehicle according to claim 13, characterised in that the light source of the at least one socket is an incandescent lamp, a light-emitting diode (LED) or a light guide.

15. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterised in that the at least one socket is equipped with at least one further connection, as an integral component of the same for the charging of further user terminals.

16. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterised in that the at least one socket has a wireless interface for wireless communication between the user terminals and the at least one peripheral device.

17. The vehicle according to claim 16, characterised in that the wireless interface is an infrared interface for infrared communication between the user terminals and the at least one peripheral device over a short distance.

18. The vehicle according to claim 16, characterised in that the wireless interface is a radio interface for radio communication between the user terminals and the at least one peripheral device over a short distance.

19. The vehicle according to claim 18, characterised in that the radio interface is a Bluetooth USB interface.

20. The vehicle according to claim 16, characterised in that the wireless interface is a radio interface for radio communication between the user terminals and the at least one peripheral device in a local WLAN radio network (Wireless Local Area Network).