Telephone set with a handset having a mouthpiece and/or an earpiece

• US 7,068,783 B2
• Filed: 06/21/2001
• Issued: 06/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Andreas Peiker
• Original Assignee: Andreas Peiker
• Inventors: Peiker, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): DEANE JR, WILLIAM J
• Application Number:
  US09/884,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20020003874A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,832 Days
• Field of Search: 379/446, 379/455, 379/454, 455/575.9
• US Class Current: 379/446
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0217 for loud-speakers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0247 for microphones or earphones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0005 Dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0052 using screws, bolts, rivets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0059 using clips, clamps, straps or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0071 using latches, clips, clamps, straps or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0075 using a containment or docking space
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0078 Quick-disconnect two-parts mounting means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241

Abstract

A telephone assembly including a handset containing a microphone and/or a receiver. The handset is equipped with a space designed to hold a hand-held cordless telephone that can be removed from the handset, and for electrical coupling of the cordless telephone.

Claims

1. A telephone set comprising:

a holder;

a mobile telephone handset (handy) including a microphone and an earpiece;

a telephone receiver including

a shell shaped to manually, grasp and an adapter for the mobile telephone handset (handy), the telephone receiver being configured to be storable in the holder and to be removable from the holder for manual use while moving around freely,

a recessed area that receives and electrically couples the mobile telephone handset (handy) to a connector plug, and

a microphone and an earpiece, that allow for switching over from the mobile telephone handset microphone and earpiece once the mobile telephone is electrically coupled to the connector plug; and

a signal transmission means for establishing a remote signal transmission link to the telephone receiver independent of an antenna on the mobile telephone handset, whether the telephone receiver is stored in the holder or moved around freely during a phone call, wherein the telephone receiver contains an interface in the connector plug for connecting the mobile telephone handset (handy) to the signal transmission means.

2. A The telephone set as claimed in claim 1, wherein the telephone receiver is electrically connected to a telephone circuit in the mobile telephone (handy) so as to be operable as a telephone handset, and the microphone of the telephone receiver being a hands-free microphone and being switchable from the microphone on the mobile telephone.

3. The telephone set as claimed in claim 2, wherein the holder is a bracket including a manually releasable locking unit constructed and arranged to lock the telephone receiver relative to the holder so that the telephone receiver cannot become loose when the holder and telephone receiver are vibrated.

4. The telephone set as claimed in claim 2, wherein the telephone receiver includes a quiver, which is swingable across a 10°

to 20°

arc, and into which the mobile telephone handset is at least partially inserted so that a control on the mobile telephone handset can still be operated.

5. The telephone set as claimed in claim 4, wherein a position of the quiver can be maintained stably.

6. The telephone set as claimed in claim 4, wherein the quiver includes a hinge-pin arranged on an external face of a quiver component, and a rear wall of the quiver extends up beyond the quiver rim so as to act as a guide plate for the mobile telephone handset inserted therein.

7. A The telephone set as claimed in claim 4, wherein the quiver is pivotable by a resilient pivoting means, braced against a portion of the telephone receiver, so as to swing out from a closed rest position into an open receiving position and, by pushing on the mobile telephone handset received therein against the resilient force of the pivoting means, swing into the closed rest position, the quiver being maintainable in the closed rest position by a retaining holder acting either on the quiver or on the mobile telephone handset, a receptacle being formed in the quiver or on the telephone receiver which grips the mobile telephone handset, wherein resilient snap means act directly through a recessed area of the quiver or indirectly by way of a pressure-transmitting member on the underside of the mobile telephone handset to push the mobile telephone handset against an overlapping part of the receptacle when the quiver is swung back into the closet rest position, wherein, when the quiver is swung open into the receiving position, the resilient snap means do not resist insertion or removal of the mobile telephone handset from the receptacle, the snap means comprising at least one compression spring, which acts directly or indirectly on an end-part the mobile telephone handset facing away from the retaining holder, wherein the resilient snap means act on a moveable pressure-transmitting member formed on or coupled with the quiver, preferably formed by a thin snap-tongue or snap-plate spray-molded onto the quiver.

8. The telephone set as claimed in claim 4, wherein the quiver has at least one cantilever arranged therein to provide a seat for the mobile telephone handset and a receiver for the cantilever part, so that the swinging action of the quiver causes a relative movement between a part of the cantilever unit contacting the mobile telephone handset and the upper edge of the quiver, so that the mobile telephone handset is removable from the quiver when the quiver is swung into the open position and is securely retained when the quiver is swung into the closed position.

9. A The telephone set as claimed in claim 8, wherein the receiver for the cantilever part is arranged fixed in relation to the position of the hinge pin of the quiver, the part of the cantilever unit contacting the mobile telephone handset extending in parallel with the hinge pin and in perpendicular to the plane in which the mobile telephone handset lies when in the inserted position, the receiver fills substantially the entire cross-section of the quiver except for a tolerance required for the swing-action of the quiver, and the hinge pin of the quiver is preferably arranged at the foot region of the cantilever unit offset to the rear of the mobile telephone handset contact surface thereof.

10. A The telephone set as claimed in claim 2, wherein the telephone receiver has a receiving for an antenna base of the mobile telephone handset or part of a housing for the antenna base of the mobile antenna handset, the mobile telephone handset is prevented from falling out of the telephone receiver by way of a retaining holder which automatically spans at least an upper surface area of the mobile telephone handset when inserted, wherein the retaining holder is a spring-biased slide latch which spans the antenna base or the part of the housing bearing the antenna base of the mobile telephone handset, whereby the retaining holder is manually slidable into an open position and retained in this position by way of a spring-biased ram resting in the retaining holder, and, for the top surface region of the mobile telephone handset, a gripping point is provided for the ram, by way of which the ram is movable from the rest position by releasing the retaining holder when the mobile telephone set is inserted.

11. A The telephone set as claimed in claim 2, wherein the telephone receiver has a rigid holder recessed to provide a lateral form-fit hold of the bottom edge of the mobile telephone handset and, in the top region a holding unit, for the top part of the rear-face of the mobile telephone handset can be inserted in an automatic lock fit and can only be unlocked for removal by means of a releasing device, and a dispenser unit is preferably provided to cooperate with the holding unit, which when released, pushes the top part of the mobile telephone handset forward, preferably across an angle of between 5°

and 20°

while the bottom edge of the mobile telephone set remains in the holder, so that it can be easily lifted out.

12. The telephone set as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an interface for transmitting signals and power from the telephone receiver to the mobile telephone handset, one half of the interface being resiliently arranged in the holder so as to float about a hinge pin extending parallel with the telephone receiver floor and perpendicular to the longitudinal extension thereof.

13. A The telephone set as claimed in claim 2, wherein the telephone receiver is curved in an arc shape, the earpiece and mouthpiece of the telephone receiver being arranged at a side of the telephone receiver opposite the side of the telephone receiver recessed for receiving the mobile telephone handset, wherein a recessed area for the mobile telephone handset is constructed so that when the mobile telephone handset is inserted therein, a keypad of the mobile telephone handset thereof remains accessible.

15. The telephone set of claim 1, wherein the signal transmission means includes a helical cable.

16. The telephone set of claim 1, wherein the signal transmission means includes a radio interface of a cordless telephone.

17. The telephone set as claimed in claim 1, wherein the earpiece and the microphone of the telephone receiver are located on a side of the mobile telephone receiver opposite the side of the recessed area for receiving the mobile telephone handset, wherein the recessed area for the mobile telephone handset is inserted therein, and a keypad on the mobile telephone handset remains accessible.

14. A telephone set comprising:

a holder;

a mobile telephone handset (handy) including a microphone and an earpiece; and

a telephone receiver including;

a manually graspable shell,

an adapter for the mobile telephone handset (handy),

a recessed shaped area, to receive and electrically couple to a connector plug the mobile telephone handset therein, including a bottom wall and a surround side wall corresponding to respective contours and dimensions of the mobile telephone handset,

a microphone and an earpiece that allow for switching over from the mobile telephone handset microphone and earpiece once the mobile telephone is electrically coupled to the connector plug,

the telephone receiver being configured to be storable in the holder and to be removable from the holder for use while not being stored in the holder; and

a signal transmission means for establishing a remote signal transmission link to the telephone receiver independent of an antenna on the mobile telephone handset, whether the telephone receiver is stored in the holder or moved around freely during a phone call, wherein the telephone receiver contains an interface in the connector plug for connecting the mobile telephone handset (handy) to the signal transmission means.