Electronic apparatus and electronic system

• US 8,706,396 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2006
• Issued: 04/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Itoh, Yuusuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Dalena
• Application Number:
  US11/646,477
• Publication Number:
  US 20080158790A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,672 Days
• Field of Search: 701/200, 701/400, 701/36, 701/49, 307/10.3, 307/9.1, 307/10.1, 296/37.8, 296/37.13, 340/426.34, 455344-346, 455/348, 455/350
• US Class Current: 701/400
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/082 to be used in vehicles H04B1/086 takes precedence; holding or mounting accessories B60R11/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence

Abstract

An electronic apparatus detachably holding a portable apparatus, the electronic apparatus includes: a housing portion to which the portable apparatus is attached; an eject mechanism ejecting the portable apparatus attached to the housing portion; and a support mechanism detachably supporting the portable apparatus in an ejected state where the portable apparatus is ejected from the housing portion.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus detachably holding a portable apparatus, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing portion to which the portable apparatus is attached;

an eject mechanism ejecting the portable apparatus attached to the housing portion;

a support mechanism detachably supporting the portable apparatus in an ejected state where the portable apparatus is ejected from the housing portion;

a removal operating portion for detaching the portable apparatus;

a lock mechanism configured to lock the portable apparatus and configured to be operated by the removal operating portion, wherein the lock mechanism and the eject mechanism are independently provided; and

a main body and a front face portion capable of tilting with respect to the main body, wherein the housing portion, the eject mechanism, the support mechanism, the removal operating portion, and the lock mechanism are provided in the front face portion.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a portion of the portable apparatus is housed and another portion thereof is ejected in the ejected state.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the eject mechanism includes a pushing member pushing the portable apparatus from the housing portion;

the support mechanism has a first engagement portion detachably engaged with the portable apparatus in the ejected state; and

the first engagement portion is integrally formed with the pushing member.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein a weight of the portable apparatus maintains an engagement state with the portable apparatus in the first engagement portion.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support mechanism guides the portable apparatus to set one side of the portable apparatus as an axis and to cause another side opposing the one side to revolve, when the portable apparatus is ejected from the housing portion, and has a second engagement portion to be detachably engaged with the portable apparatus in the ejected state.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the second engagement portion is formed to extend along the one side of the portable apparatus, when attached.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the second engagement portion is formed as a projection at an inner side of the housing portion to be engaged with a recess portion defined in the portable apparatus.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support mechanism comprises:

a first engagement portion to be detachably engaged with the portable apparatus in the ejected state;

a second engagement portion guiding the portable apparatus to set one side of the portable apparatus as an axis and to cause another side opposing the one side to revolve, when the portable apparatus is ejected from the housing portion and being detachably engaged with the portable apparatus in the ejected state; and

the first and second engagement portions removably support the portable apparatus in the ejected state in conjunction with each other.

9. An electronic system provided with an electronic apparatus having a housing portion in which a portable apparatus and the electronic apparatus are detachably held, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing portion to which the portable apparatus is attached;

an eject mechanism ejecting the portable apparatus attached to the housing portion;

a support mechanism detachably supporting the portable apparatus in an ejected state where the portable apparatus is ejected from the housing portion;

a removal operating portion for detaching the portable apparatus;

a lock mechanism configured to lock the portable apparatus and configured to be operated by the removal operating portion, wherein the lock mechanism and the eject mechanism are independently provided; and

a main body and a front face portion capable of tilting with respect to the main body, wherein the housing portion, the eject mechanism, the support mechanism, the removal operating portion, and the lock mechanism are provided in the front face portion.

10. The electronic system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the portable apparatus is a navigation apparatus.