HANDS-FREE INSTALLATION

• US 20080200217A1
• Filed: 02/06/2008
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dietmar Jung, Edgar Venhofen
• Original Assignee: Dietmar Jung, Edgar Venhofen
• Inventors: Jung, Dietmar, Venhofen, Edgar
• Application Number:
  US12/026,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20080200217A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/569.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0264 for control means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/001 Vehicle control means, e.g. steering-wheel or column
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface

Abstract

A hands-free installation for a mobile telephone comprises a housing and an electrical communication device, located in the housing, for communicating with the mobile telephone. In addition, the communication device has a microphone connected to it. According to the invention, the housing comprises a mounting apparatus for detachable connection to a steering-wheel ring on a motor vehicle steering wheel. This means that the hands-free installation allows good intelligibility to be achieved when telephoning without significantly increasing the risk of accident, and means that the hands-free installation can easily be integrated into a motor vehicle.

Claims

1. Hands-free installation for a mobile telephone, comprising

a housing,

an electrical communication device, located in the housing, for communicating with the mobile telephone and

a microphone connected to the communication device,

characterized in that

the housing comprises a mounting apparatus for detachable connection to a steering-wheel ring on a motor vehicle steering wheel.

2. Hands-free installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing and/or the mounting apparatus at least partly matches the contour of the steering-wheel ring, whereby the housing matches particularly the radially inwardly pointing contour of the steering-wheel ring.

3. Hands-free installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the mounting apparatus comprises a holding element, movable in a radial direction relative to the housing, for fixing the hands-free installation to the steering-wheel ring such that it cannot rotate.

4. Hands-free installation according to claim 3, characterized in that the holding element and/or a side of the hands-free installation which is opposite the holding element comprises an elastic, particularly a rubber-elastic, contact element arranged on it.

5. Hands-free installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the mounting apparatus has a locking device, particularly a screw connection and/or a latch connection, for fixing the mounting apparatus in the mounted state.

6. Hands-free installation according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one loudspeaker connected to the communication device is provided and the housing comprises particularly loudspeaker outputs pointing to a driver in the mounted state.

7. Hands-free installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the mounting apparatus is in a form such that in the mounted state the mounting apparatus encompasses the steering-wheel ring in an angular range of ≧

180°

, particularly ≧

190°

, preferably ≧

220°

, particularly preferably ≧

270°

.

8. Hands-free installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the communication device communicates with the mobile telephone wirelessly, particularly by radio, preferably by means of Bluetooth.

9. Hands-free installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the communication device is in a form such that the communication device can output sounds by communicating with an external sound installation which comprises a loudspeaker, particularly with a car radio and/or with a CD player, particularly using A2DP.

10. Hands-free installation according to claim 1, characterized by a particularly fold-back display for presenting information, where the display communicates particularly with the mobile telephone and/or a position finding system and the display is preferably in the form of a colour-adjustable backlit full display for presenting at least 14 characters per line.