Movable joint

• US 10,030,423 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2016
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bosch Security Systems Incorporated (Robert Bosch GmbH), Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Eaton, Robert Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Krycinski, Stanton L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Morris, Taylor L
• Application Number:
  US15/299,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20170191296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 248121, 248160, 2482841, 248328, 403 84, 403 93, 403 96, 403157, 381 91, 381122, 381361, 381362, 381363, 362427, 1731622, 173171, 173217, 174 86
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/0081 for transmitting energy, e.g. electrical cable routing
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/08 Friction devices between relatively-movable hinge parts E05D7/086 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/1007 with positive locking
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/1028 for maintaining the hinge in two or more positions, e.g. intermediate or fully open
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 2011/1035 with circumferential and evenly distributed detents around the pivot-axis
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 3/02 with one pin
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/015 using articulated- or supple-guiding elements
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/26 Pivoted arms
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/28 adjustable in more than one plane
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/30 Pivoted housings or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/08 Mouthpieces; Microphones; Attachments therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/083 Special constructions of mouthpieces

Abstract

A movable joint for an electronic device includes a first joint component having a body portion that encloses a wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion, and a second joint component having a body portion that encloses the wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion. The tab portion of the second joint component engages the tab portion of the first joint component with a pivot member interconnecting the tab portions to enable selective movement between the first and second joint components. The wire lead spans the movable joint between the engaged tab portions of the first and second joint components. At least one of the tab portions includes a recessed channel, the recessed channel at least partially containing the wire lead.

Claims

1. A movable joint for an electronic device, the joint comprising:

a first joint component having a body portion that encloses a wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion;

a second joint component having a body portion that encloses the wire lead and first and second tab portions coupled to the body portion and spaced apart from one another, the tab portion of the first joint component positioned between the first and second tab portions of the second joint component; and

a pivot member interconnecting the tab portions of the first and second joint components to enable selective movement between the first and second joint components;

wherein the first tab portion of the second joint component has an inwardly-facing surface with an elongated, linearly-extending recessed channel formed therein at a location offset to one side of the pivot member, and the tab portion of the first joint component has a side in facing relation to the inwardly-facing surface of the first tab portion and with a recessed channel formed therein;

wherein the inwardly-facing surface of the first tab of the second joint component engages the side of the tab portion of the first joint component, and wherein the inwardly-facing surface of the first tab portion of the second joint component is uninterrupted except for the recessed channel and a hole for receiving the pivot member; and

wherein the wire lead spans the movable joint between the inwardly-facing surface of the first tab portion of the second joint component and the side of the tab portion of the first joint component, with the wire lead at least partially positioned in each of the recessed channels.

2. The movable joint of claim 1, wherein each recessed channel communicates with an aperture providing access for the lead to extend into the body portion of the respective joint component containing the recessed channel.

3. The movable joint of claim 1, wherein the recessed channel in the tab portion of the first joint component defines a ninety-degree bend about the pivot member.

4. The movable joint of claim 3, further comprising a projection extending from the side of the tab portion of the first joint component containing the recessed channel, the projection being adjacent the recessed channel and being contoured to match the bend angle of the recessed channel.

5. The movable joint of claim 1, wherein the pivot member is a screw.

6. The movable joint of claim 1, wherein the pivot member is a pin.

7. The movable joint of claim 1, wherein the second joint component further includes a pushbutton configured to be depressed by a user to permit selective movement of the joint.

8. The movable joint of claim 7, wherein the pushbutton is operable to move a locating pin into and out of one of a plurality of recesses formed in the tab portion of the first joint component to provide a plurality of predetermined relative positions between the first and second joint components.

9. The moveable joint of claim 8, wherein the plurality of recesses are on a first side of the tab portion of the first joint component, and wherein a second side of the tab portion of the first joint component is the side that includes the recessed.

10. The movable joint of claim 9, wherein the recessed channel in the tab portion of the first joint component communicates with an aperture providing access for the lead to extend into the body portion of the first joint component.

11. The movable joint of claim 1, wherein the pivot member is a screw, and wherein a nut is tightened on the screw to deflect the two tab portions of the second joint component towards one another such that frictional engagement between the tab portions of the first and second joint components secures the first and second joint components in position relative to one another.

12. The movable joint of claim 1, wherein the pivot member is a pin having a movable head received in one tab portion of the second joint component, the movable head supporting a locating pin, and wherein the tab portion of the first joint component includes a plurality of recesses into which the locating pin can be selectively positioned to secure the first and second joint components in position relative to one another.

13. The movable joint of claim 12, wherein the pin includes a pushbutton portion on an end opposite the movable head such that pressing on the pushbutton portion moves the movable head.

14. The movable joint of claim 13, wherein the locating pin withdraws out of one of the plurality of recesses in a direction perpendicular to the inwardly-facing surface of the first tab portion when the pushbutton is pressed.

15. The movable joint of claim 13, wherein the recessed channel in the inwardly-facing surface extends to an end of the first tab portion of the second joint component.

16. The movable joint of claim 1, wherein the first and second joint components are moveable relative to one another by rotation about the pivot member in a plane normal to the pivot member.

17. The movable joint of claim 1, wherein the recessed channel in the first tab portion of the second joint component and the recessed channel in the tab portion of the first joint component at least partially align with one another between the inwardly-facing surface and the side of the tab portion of the first joint component.

18. The movable joint of claim 1, wherein the recessed channel in the inwardly-facing surface extends to an end of the first tab portion of the head.

19. A microphone having a movable joint, the microphone comprising:

a base having a body portion that encloses a wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion;

a head having a body portion that encloses the wire lead and first and second tab portions coupled to the body portion and spaced apart from one another, the tab portion of the base positioned between the first and second tab portions of the head; and

a pivot member interconnecting the tab portions of the base and the head to create the moveable joint to enable selective movement between the base and the head;

wherein the first tab portion of the head has an inwardly-facing surface with an elongated, linearly-extending recessed channel formed therein at a location offset to one side of the pivot member, and the tab portion of the base has a side in facing relation to the inwardly-facing surface of the first tab portion and with a recessed channel formed therein;

wherein the inwardly-facing surface of the first tab portion of the head engages the side of the tab portion of the base, and wherein the inwardly-facing surface of the first tab portion of the head is uninterrupted except for the recessed channel and a hole for receiving the pivot member; and

wherein the wire lead spans the movable joint between the inwardly-facing surface of the first tab portion of the head and the side of the tab portion of the base, with the wire lead at least partially positioned in each of the recessed channels.

20. The microphone of claim 19, wherein the recessed channel in the first tab portion of the head and the recessed channel in the tab portion of the base at least partially align with one another between the inwardly-facing surface and the side of the tab portion of the base.