Bearing apparatus for portable electronic device used in vehicle

• US 7,611,112 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2007
• Issued: 11/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rocky Yi-Ping Lin
• Original Assignee: Rocky Yi-Ping Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Rocky Yi-Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Shriver, II; J. Allen
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D
• Application Number:
  US11/866,551
• Publication Number:
  US 20090090839A1
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: 248/918, 248/346.01, 248/274.1, 248/284.1
• US Class Current: 248/274.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0252 for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2035 in more than one direction
• 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 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/203 for portable computers, e.g. for laptops
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/918 Ancillary device support associated with a video display screen

Abstract

A bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in vehicle includes a supporting frame, a bearing structure, a cooling fan, a first holding mechanism, and a second holding mechanism. The bearing structure is connected to the supporting frame and has a bearing plate. The first holding mechanism capable of being dismantled from the ground and connected to the bearing plate includes a front and rear moving arms set and a right and left moving arms set. The cooling fan and the second holding mechanism are respectively connected to the bearing plate. The second holding mechanism includes a front telescoping arm set and a rear telescoping arm set. Thereby, any electronic device can be stably abutted and fixed to the bearing plate, in corresponding to variously different sizes, by making appropriate adjustment.

Claims

1. A bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle, including:

a supporting frame;

a bearing structure, connected to the supporting frame and having a bearing plate, on which a ventilating trough is arranged, and a plurality of guiding parts are separately arranged at the outer surroundings of the ventilating trough;

a cooling fan, fixed and connected in corresponding to a position of the ventilating trough of the bearing plate;

a first holding mechanism, capable of being dismantled from the ground, connected to the bearing plate, including;

a set of front and rear moving arms, respectively connected to front and rear sides of the bearing plate, capable of being adjusted and moved in a back-and-forth direction at the bearing plate, respectively including a clipping-and-abutting arm inter-cooperated with the guiding part of the bearing plate; and

a screw-connecting element arranged through the bearing plate and interconnected to the clipping-and-abutting arm; and

a set of left and right moving arms, respectively connected to left and right sides of the bearing plate, capable of being adjusted and moved in a left-and-right direction at the bearing plate, respectively including a clipping-and-abutting arm inter-cooperated with the guiding part of the bearing plate; and

a screw-connecting element arranged through the bearing plate and interconnected to the clipping-and-abutting arm; and

a second holding mechanism, connected to the bearing plate, including;

a front telescoping arm set, including a front telescoping arm connected to the front of the bearing plate;

a swinging arm connected to the front telescoping arm; and

a front abutting plate connected to the swinging arm; and

a rear telescoping arm set, including a rear telescoping arm connected to the rear of the bearing plate; and

a rear abutting plate connected to the rear telescoping arm,

wherein the supporting frame comprises a main rod, a sub-rod, a cross rod connected to a top side of the main rod and the sub-rod respectively, and a rotating seat connected to the cross rod at one side far away the main rod, and

wherein a projecting axle is extended above the rotating seat, while the bearing structure further has a rotating set connected to the bearing set including a pivot, at a radial direction of which a fitting hole and a sectional trough fitted to the fitting hole are arranged thereon, the projecting axle being fitted to the fitting hole and connected.

2. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the guiding part comprises a guiding trough and two guiding rails respectively formed at two sides of the guiding trough.

3. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the clipping-and-abutting arm includes an “

L”

-shaped plate;

a pressing plate accommodated in one side of the “

L”

-shaped plate; and

a leaf spring clipped-and-abutted between the “

L”

-shaped plate and the pressing plate.

4. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the screw-connecting element is a rotating knob having a bolt.

5. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a guiding trough is formed at a bottom face of the bearing plate, at rear side of which a perforation is arranged;

wherein the front telescoping arm is accommodated and fixed in the guiding trough, while the rear telescoping arm is fixed and connected in corresponding to the perforation.

6. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 5, further including a rear catch, which is fixed and connected in corresponding to a position of the perforation of the bearing plate.

7. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 5, further including a laterally fixing frame, which is fixed and connected in corresponding to the position of the perforation of the bearing plate.

8. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the laterally fixing frame comprises a fixing arm connected to the bearing plate and a clipping-and-abutting piece connected to one side of the fixing arm.

9. A bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle, including:

a supporting frame;

a bearing structure, connected to the supporting frame and having a bearing plate, on which a ventilating trough is arranged, and a plurality of guiding parts are separately arranged at the outer surroundings of the ventilating trough;

a cooling fan, fixed and connected in corresponding to a position of the ventilating trough of the bearing plate;

a first holding mechanism, capable of being dismantled from the ground, connected to the bearing plate, including;

a set of front and rear moving arms, respectively connected to front and rear sides of the bearing plate, capable of being adjusted and moved in a back-and-forth direction at the bearing plate, respectively including a clipping-and-abutting arm inter-cooperated with the guiding part of the bearing plate; and

a screw-connecting element arranged through the bearing plate and interconnected to the clipping-and-abutting arm; and

a set of left and right moving arms, respectively connected to left and right sides of the bearing plate, capable of being adjusted and moved in a left-and-right direction at the bearing plate, respectively including a clipping-and-abutting arm inter-cooperated with the guiding part of the bearing plate; and

a screw-connecting element arranged through the bearing plate and interconnected to the clipping-and-abutting arm; and

a second holding mechanism, connected to the bearing plate, including;

a front telescoping arm set, including a front telescoping arm connected to the front of the bearing plate;

a swinging arm connected to the front telescoping arm; and

a front abutting plate connected to the swinging arm; and

a rear telescoping arm set, including a rear telescoping arm connected to the rear of the bearing plate; and

a rear abutting plate connected to the rear telescoping arm,

wherein the guiding part comprises a guiding trough and two guiding rails respectively formed at two sides of the guiding trough, and

wherein the clipping-and-abutting arm includes an “

L”

-shaped plate;

a pressing plate accommodated in one side of the “

L”

-shaped plate; and

a leaf spring clipped-and-abutted between the “

L”

-shaped plate and the pressing plate.

10. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the supporting frame comprises a main rod, a sub-rod, a cross rod connected to a top side of the main rod and the sub-rod respectively, and a rotating seat connected to the cross rod at one side far away the main rod.

11. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 10, wherein a projecting axle is extended above the rotating seat, while the bearing structure further has a rotating set connected to the bearing set including a pivot, at a radial direction of which a fitting hole and a sectional trough fitted to the fitting hole are arranged thereon, the projecting axle being fitted to the fitting hole and connected.

12. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the screw-connecting element is a rotating knob having a bolt.

13. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 9, wherein a guiding trough is formed at a bottom face of the bearing plate, at rear side of which a perforation is arranged;

wherein the front telescoping arm is accommodated and fixed in the guiding trough, while the rear telescoping arm is fixed and connected in corresponding to the perforation.

14. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 13, further including a rear catch, which is fixed and connected in corresponding to a position of the perforation of the bearing plate.

15. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 13, further including a laterally fixing frame, which is fixed and connected in corresponding to the position of the perforation of the bearing plate.

16. The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the laterally fixing frame comprises a fixing arm connected to the bearing plate and a clipping-and-abutting piece connected to one side of the fixing arm.