Mounting apparatus provided with two spring members and holding member

• US 9,857,667 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2016
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kuroki, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Laballe, Clayton E
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUTLER, KEVIN C
• Application Number:
  US15/341,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20170075198A1
• Time in Patent Office: 426 Days
• Field of Search: 396420
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/14 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 ; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30
• 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 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/00 Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor lens hoods or caps G03B11/04
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/56 Accessories carrying-cases A45C11/38
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/10 Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones H04R1/28 takes precedence; stereophonic headphones H04R5/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1066 Constructional aspects of the interconnection between earpiece and earpiece support earpiece support for monophonic headphones H04R1/105; earpiece support for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/107 Monophonic and stereophonic headphones with microphone for two-way hands free communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/0335 Earpiece support, e.g. headbands or neckrests for monophonic headphones H04R1/105

Abstract

In a mounting apparatus, a first spring member has an arc shape, and a second spring member is provided integrally with the first spring member or provided separately from the first spring member to be coupled to the second spring member. The second spring member is disposed inside the first spring member at a predetermined angle from the first spring member. A holding member holds the second spring member to be fitted into the holding member such that the holding member is in contact with a wearer. The configuration is able to reduce a load applied onto a head of the wearer while providing an improved fitting on the wearer.

Claims

1. A head mounting apparatus comprising:

a first spring member having an arc shape;

a second spring member provided integrally with the first spring member to be coupled to the second spring member, the second spring member being disposed inside the first spring member and extending at a predetermined angle from the first spring member; and

a holding member that holds the second spring member so as to be fitted into the holding member such that the holding member is in contact with a wearer,

wherein the holding member has a first opening substantially at a first end thereof, and the second spring member is inserted in the first opening to be fitted substantially at the first end of the holding member to generate a lateral pressure.

2. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the holding member has a second opening through which the first spring member is passed through substantially at a second end of the holding member.

3. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 2,

wherein the first spring member at least includes a first component and a second component, and

wherein the mounting apparatus further comprises an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a length of a portion of at least one of the first and second components, the portion thereof being fitted into the adjustment mechanism.

4. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the holding member comprises a base member and a cover member, and the second spring acts on the cover member to bias the holding member toward the head of a wearer, and

wherein the first and second openings are formed in the base member.

5. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second spring member and the holding member are provided as a pair of left and right members for the wearer, respectively.

6. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the holding member that is one of the pair of left and right members has an attachment portion for electronic equipment.

7. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 6,

wherein the first spring member at least includes a first component and a second component, and

wherein the mounting apparatus further comprises an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a length of a portion of at least one of the first and second components, the portion thereof being fitted into the adjustment mechanism.

8. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 5,

wherein the first spring member at least includes a first component and a second component, and

wherein the mounting apparatus further comprises an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a length of a portion of at least one of the first and second components, the portion thereof being fitted into the adjustment mechanism.

9. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first spring member at least includes a first component and a second component, and

wherein the mounting apparatus further comprises an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a length of a portion of at least one of the first and second components, the portion thereof being fitted into the adjustment mechanism.

10. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 9,

wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a pressing member, and a third spring member, the third spring member having a width gradually decreasing toward a bottom of the third spring member, and

wherein the pressing member presses at least one of the first and second components toward the bottom of the third spring member, and the third spring member pinches a pair of opposing plate-end surfaces of at least one of the pressed first and second components in accordance with the pressing.

11. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the holding member comprises a base member and a cover member, wherein the second spring acts on the cover member to bias the holding member toward the head of a wearer.

12. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein first opening is formed in the base member.

13. A mounting apparatus comprising:

a first spring member;

a second spring member integrally connected to the first spring member;

a holding member that holds the second spring member so as to be fitted therein,

wherein the holding member has a first opening substantially at a first end thereof, and the second spring member is inserted in the first opening to be fitted substantially at the first end of the holding member to generate a lateral pressure to the head of a wearer; and

an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a length of a portion of the first spring member, the portion of the first spring member being fitted into the adjustment mechanism,

wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a pressing member, second spring member having a width gradually decreasing toward a bottom of the second spring member, and

wherein the pressing member presses the first spring member toward the bottom of the second spring member, and the second spring member pinches a pair of opposing plate-end surfaces of the first spring member in accordance with the pressing.

14. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the holding member comprises a base member and a cover member, and the second spring acts on the cover member to bias the holding member toward the head of a wearer.