Patent ID: 6702506
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: G08B,Y10T

Abstract:
A belt clip for portable electronic equipment having a face from which a pair of protruding shaft support portions formed with holes support a hang stopper plate having a pair of shaft receiving supports with its plate face at a fixed distance from the opposing face of the portable electronic equipment by a guide rod passing through the holes in the shaft support portions and into the shaft receiving supports whereby the hang stopper plate may be rotated relative to the portable electronic equipment face, said belt clip for portable electronic equipment comprising:a constraint mechanism including a torsion coil spring positioned between the shaft support portions with the guide rod passing therethrough, said coil spring having a diameter greater than an outer diameter of the guide rod and including a first arm projecting from one end and a second arm projecting from its opposing end with one of the arms contacting the portable electronic equipment face and the other of the arms contacting the hang stopper plate face twisting the coil spring from a natural state urging the respective faces of the portable electronic equipment and hang stopper plate together and inclining a central axis of the coil spring to a central axis projecting through the guide rod pressing an end portion of the torsion coil spring against a single groove recessed into the outer peripheral surface of the guide rod between said shaft support portions and at a position corresponding to the end portion of the torsion coil spring constraining the axial movement of the guide rod.