Hands-free type automobile telephone and general-purpose telephone

• US 4,845,738 A
• Filed: 08/25/1988
• Issued: 07/04/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bohsei International Company Limited Shibuya Showadaini BLDG
• Original Assignee: Bohsei International Company Limited
• Inventors: Takano, Katsuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Lev, Robert
• Application Number:
  US07/236,425
• Time in Patent Office: 313 Days
• Field of Search: 379/58, 379/56, 379/351, 379/422, 379/424, 379/425, 379/426, 379/437, 379/443, 379/445, 379/454, 379/451, 379/455, 455/90
• US Class Current: 455/569.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2155 Acoustic coupling

Abstract

The automobile telephone is used in a hands-free condition by coupling its handset with a cradle-shaped coupler which is provided with a pair of swingable support plates for receiving a transmitter portion and a receiver portion of the handset in use to make it possible to receive the handset regardless its size and mounting angle. On a back surface of the swingable support plates are provided a speaker and a microphone which are coupled with the transmitter portion and the receiver portion of the handset respectively so as to make it possible to use the telephone in a hands-free condition through these speaker and microphone incorporated in the cradle-shaped coupler.

Claims

1. A hands-free type automobile telephone and a general-purpose telephone comprising:

a handset having a transmitter at one end thereof and a receiver at the other end thereof;

a cradle-shaped coupler mounted in a vehicle for supporting said handset at opposite ends thereof through a pair of swingable support plates, said cradle-shaped coupler provided with a case and a two-way amplifier circuit having a small-sized speaker oppositely disposed from said transmitter of said handset and a microphone oppositely disposed from said receiver of said handset, said small-sized speaker being mounted on a back surface of one of said support plates so as to be swingable, said microphone being mounted on a back surface of the other of said support plates so as to be swingable, said support plates being provided with locking means for locking said handset to said cradle-shaped coupler so as to press said transmitter and said receiver of said handset against said support plates;

a separate microphone connected with said speaker of said cradle-shaped coupler through an electronic circuit; and

a separate speaker connected with said microphone of said cradle-coupler through said electronic circuit;

whereby said telephone is used through said separate speaker and said separate microphone in hands-free condition in a condition in which said handset is mounted in said cradle-shaped coupler.

2. The hands-free type automobile telephone and the general-purpose telephone as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

said handset-locking mechanism comprises an engaging member provided with a pair of hook-like engaging ends, said engaging member being so mounted on an end portion of said case of said cradle-shaped coupler so as to be adjusted in its vertical height relative to said end portion of said case of said cradle-shaped coupler.

3. The hands-free type automobile telephone and the general-purpose telephone as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

said handset-locking mechanism comprises a handset-insertion adjusting member provided in the other end portion of said case of said cradle-shaped coupler so as to be adjacent to said receiver-support plate, in which handset-insertion adjusting member a roller arm is swingably mounted on the other end portion of said case while so mounted as to be adjustable in its height relative to said case through a height-control screw, said roller arm being provided with a pair of rotatable engaging rollers in its top-end portion while constantly resiliently urged against the other end portion of said case of said cradle-shaped coupler.

4. The hands-free type automobile telephone and the general-purpose telephone as set forth in claim 2, wherein:

said handset-locking mechanism comprises a handset-insertion adjusting member provided in the other end portion of said case of said cradle-shaped coupler so as to be adjacent to said receiver-support plate, in which handset-insertion adjusting member a roller arm is swingably mounted on the other end portion of said case while so mounted as to be adjustable in its height relative to said case through a height-control screw, said roller arm being provided with a pair of rotatable engaging rollers in its top-end portion while constantly resiliently urged against the other end portion of said case of said cradle-shaped coupler.