Mobile phone holder for vehicle

A mobile phone holder for a vehicle mounted to a docking portion which is provided with a power plug and formed to a center fascia may include a supporter selectively mounted to the docking portion and a connecting pin connected with the power plug provided at an end of the supporter, a center cradle provided with a connecting terminal thereto, an upper cradle supporting an upper portion of a mobile phone, a moving unit disposed within the center cradle and selectively sliding the upper cradle according to a size of the mobile phone, and a charging unit provided with a charging connector electrically connected with the connecting terminal corresponding to a charging terminal of the mobile phone, and the charging unit fixing the mobile phone to the center cradle by connecting the charging terminal of the mobile phone with the charging connector.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0164095 filed Dec. 26, 2013, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein for all purposes by this reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a mobile phone holder, more particularly, the present invention relates to a mobile phone holder which may change a charging connector to be used to a various kind of a charging terminal of various mobile phones.

2. Description of Related Art

A mobile phone holder is generally mounted to a dashboard using adhesive or a window using a suction plate.

When the mobile phone is separated by a user or naturally in long-term using, components of the adhesive may deteriorate appearance and may damage the panel.

Also, when effect of the suction plate is reduced, the holder may be separated from the window to damage the mobile phone, or the holder may interrupt view of a driver, or a separated power jack is required for charging the mobile phone. And the separated power jack for charging the mobile phone may deteriorate appearance indoor of the vehicle.

Also, various charging connectors are required for charging terminals with various sizes and various kinds of each manufacturer.

BRIEF SUMMARY

Various aspects of the present invention are directed to providing a mobile phone holder which may change a charging connector to be used to a various kind of a charging terminal of various mobile phones.

According to various aspects of the present invention, a mobile phone holder mounted to a docking portion which is provided with a power plug and formed to a center fascia may include a supporter selectively mounted to the docking portion and a connecting pin connected with the power plug provided at an end of the supporter, a center cradle rotatably mounted to another end of the supporter, and provided with a connecting terminal thereto, an upper cradle disposed at an upper portion of the center cradle and supporting an upper portion of a mobile phone, a moving unit disposed within the center cradle and selectively sliding the upper cradle according to a size of the mobile phone, and a charging unit provided with a charging connector electrically connected with the connecting terminal corresponding to a charging terminal of the mobile phone, and assembled to or disassembled from the center cradle, and the charging unit fixing the mobile phone to the center cradle by connecting the charging terminal of the mobile phone with the charging connector.

The supporter may include a body portion provided with the connecting pin, a release button disposed at a side of the body portion, and at least one fixing hook inserted into a connection hole formed to the docking portion to connect the body portion to the docking portion according to operations of the release button.

The connecting pin may be electrically connected with the connecting terminal formed to the center cradle.

The charging unit may include a charging cradle provide with the charging connector to an upper portion thereof corresponding to the charging terminal of the mobile phone and a charging pin to a side thereof corresponding to the connecting terminal, an insert end connecting the charging cradle to the center cradle, a rotating hook rotatably disposed within the charging cradle and connecting the charging cradle to the center cradle, and a hook button rotatably mounted to the charging cradle and selectively rotating the rotating hook to connect or disconnecting the rotating hook to or from the center cradle.

The charging pin may be electrically connected with the charging connector.

An insertion hole for the insert end to be inserted thereto and a hook hole for the rotating hook to be inserted thereto may be formed to the center cradle.

A size and a kind of the charging connector may be selected corresponding to the charging terminal of the mobile phone.

The moving unit may include first and second sliders which are disposed within the center cradle apart from each other, slidable along a rail hole formed to the center cradle, provided with a rail rod connected to an end thereof, and connected with the upper cradle through another end thereof, a first elastic member elastically supporting the first slider, and a damper mounted to a side of the first slider within the center cradle to control moving speed of the first slider.

The first and the second sliders may be guided by a guider disposed within the center cradle.

A train of gears may be formed to the side of the first slider, a rotation gear may be formed to the damper corresponding to the train of gears and the rotation gear may be engaged with the train of gears.

A notch may be formed to a side of the second slider and a locker, of which one end is protruded from the center cradle, selectively engaged with the notch to limit movement of the second slider may be disposed within the center cradle.

A plurality of protrusions corresponding to the notch may be formed to the locker and the protrusions may be selectively engaged with the notch.

A second elastic member may be inserted between another end of the locker and a support block disposed within the center cradle for elastically supporting the other end of the locker.

The mobile phone holder according to various embodiments of the present invention may be mounted to the docking portion formed to the center fascia, and is electrically connected with the power plug provided to the docking portion and thus other power line is not required and may improve appearance.

While the moving unit provided to the mobile phone holder may move the upper cradle according to a size of the mobile phone, thus the mobile phone holder may be used for various sizes and kinds of the mobile phones in common.

The mobile phone holder according to various embodiments of the present invention may be provided with the various charging cradles with various charging connectors to be connected to the charging terminals with various sizes and kinds of the mobile phone of various manufacturers, and thus costs for purchasing various mobile phone holders.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1A,FIG. 1BandFIG. 1Care side views showing a mobile phone holder for a vehicle according various embodiments of the present invention,FIG. 2andFIG. 3are drawings showing a moving unit applied to a mobile phone holder for a vehicle according various embodiments of the present invention, andFIG. 4is a cross-sectional view of line A-A ofFIG. 1A.

Referring to the drawings, a mobile phone holder100for a vehicle according to various embodiments of the present invention is mounted to a docking portion5which is provided with a power plug7and formed to a center fascia3. The mobile phone holder100includes a supporter110, a center cradle120, an upper cradle130, a moving unit140and a charging unit160.

Throughout the specification and the claims, the mobile phone holder100is comprehensively defined inducing a cellular phone, a smart phone and so on as well as a terminal which may supply and receive data as a tablet PC, PDA and so on.

The supporter110is selectively mounted to the docking portion5, and a connecting pin111connectable to the power plug7is disposed to an end thereof.

The supporter110includes a body portion113, a release button115and a fixing hook117.

The body portion113is provided with the connecting pin111.

The release button115is disposed to a side of the body portion113, and at least one fixing hook117is slidable at the body portion113according to operations of the release button. The fixing hook117may be inserted into a connection hole9formed to the docking portion5for the body portion113to be fixed to the docking portion5.

As shown inFIG. 1B, 3 fixing hooks117may be provided and a connecting pin111may be disposed among them, but is not limited thereto.

The center cradle120is rotatably mounted to the other end of the supporter110, and is provided with a connecting terminal121thereto.

In this case, the connecting pin111is electrically connected with the connecting terminal121, for example through an electric wire123disposed within the body portion113.

By rotating the center cradle120with respect to the supporter11by a user, the mobile phone10may be positioned along horizontally or vertically.

The upper cradle130is disposed upward of the center cradle120to fix an upper portion of the mobile phone10.

The moving unit140is mounted within the center cradle120and may change a position of the upper cradle130by sliding the upper cradle130corresponding to various sizes of the mobile phone10.

The moving unit140, referring toFIG. 2, includes first and a second sliders141and143, a first elastic member145and a damper147.

The first and the second sliders141and143are disposed within the center cradle120apart from each other, slidable along a rail hole142formed to the center cradle120, provided with a rail rod144connected to an end of the first and the second sliders141and143, and connected with the upper cradle130through the other end of the first and the second sliders141and143.

The first and the second sliders141and143are guided by a guider149disposed within the center cradle120.

The first elastic member145is interposed between the first slider141and the center cradle120for elastically supporting the first slider141.

The first elastic member145may be a coil spring of which one end is supported by the first slider141and the other end is supported by the center cradle120. For example, the rail rod144of the first slider141may be disposed within the first elastic member145.

When the first slider141slides along the rail hole142within the center cradle120, the second slider143connected with the first slider141through the upper cradle130slides along the rail hole142.

The damper147is mounted to a side of the first slider141within the center cradle120and controls moving speed of the first slider141.

A train of gears151is formed to a side of the first slider141along length direction thereof.

A rotation gear153is formed to the damper147corresponding to the train of gears151and the rotation gear153is engaged with the train of gears151.

When the first slider141slides by elastic force of the first elastic member145, the first slider141slides smoothly along the rail hole142by the damper147engaged with the train of gears151through the rotation gear153.

A notch155is formed to a side of the second slider143and a locker157, of which one end is protruded from the center cradle120, selectively engaged with the notch155to limit movement of the second slider143is disposed within the center cradle120.

A plurality of protrusions158corresponding to the notch155are formed to the locker157and the protrusions158are selectively engaged with the notch155. When a user pushes one end of the locker157, the engagement of the protrusions158and the notch155is released.

A second elastic member159is disposed between the other end of the locker157and a support block156disposed within the center cradle120and elastically pushes the other end of the locker157.

While the second elastic member159of which one end is supported by the support block156elastically pushes the locker157, the protrusions158are engaged with the notch155.

When a user pushes the locker157, the engagement of the protrusions158and the notch155is released, and then the first and the second sliders141and143and the upper cradle130move upward by the elastic force of the first elastic member145.

In this state, a user locates the mobile phone10between the center cradle120and the upper cradle130and pushes the upper cradle130, the upper cradle130contacts the upper portion of the mobile phone10. Then if the locker157is released, the protrusions158of the locker157is engaged with the notch155by the elastic force of the second elastic member159so as to fix the upper cradle130.

With those operations, the upper portion of the mobile phone10is fixed by the upper cradle130.

The charging unit160is provided with a charging connector161corresponding to a charging terminal of the mobile phone10, and is assembled to the center cradle120separable from the center cradle120. The charging terminal of the mobile phone10is inserted into the charging connector161electrically connected with the connecting terminal121to mount the mobile phone10to the center cradle120.

The charging unit160, as shown inFIG. 4, includes a charging cradle163, an insert end165, a rotating hook167and a hook button169.

The charging connector161corresponding to the charging terminal of the mobile phone10is disposed to the charging cradle163and a charging pin162inserted into the connecting terminal121is disposed to the charging cradle163.

The charging pin162is electrically connected with the charging connector161within the charging cradle163.

The charging connector161may be formed with various sizes and kinds corresponding to the charging terminal of the various mobile phones10.

The charging unit160may be provided with various charging connectors161to be connected to the charging terminals of the mobile phone10with various sizes and kinds of various manufacturers, and thus a user may select the charging unit160corresponding to the charging terminals of the mobile phone10and mount the charging unit160to the center cradle120.

The insert end165is protruded and fixes an upper portion of the charging cradle163to the center cradle120.

The rotating hook167is disposed under the insert end165and is rotatably mounted within the charging cradle163. One end of the rotating hook167may be protruded from the charging cradle163and the rotating hook167fixes a lower portion of the charging cradle163to the center cradle120.

The hook button169is disposed at a lower part of the charging cradle163corresponding to the other end of the rotating hook167, and selectively rotates the rotating hook167by a user's operation to release or fix the rotating hook167to the center cradle120.

An insertion hole125for the insert end135to be inserted thereto is formed to an upward of the connecting terminal121and a hook hole127for the rotating hook167to be inserted thereto are formed under the insertion hole125.

In the state that the insert end165is inserted into the insertion hole125of the center cradle120and the rotating hook167is inserted into the hook hole127, and then the charging cradle163is fixed to the center cradle120.

A torsion spring168may be mounted to a rotation center of the rotating hook167for returning the rotating hook167to initial position and a plate spring170may be disposed to elastically support the hook button169.

Referring toFIG. 5, a mounting method of the charging unit160to the center cradle120will be discussed.

FIG. 5is a drawing showing assembling method of a charging unit applied to a mobile phone holder for a vehicle according to various embodiments of the present invention.

A user may select the charging unit160with the charging connector161, which matches the charging terminal of the mobile phone10to be mounted to the mobile phone holder100, and then as shown in Si ofFIG. 5, hold the charging cradle163and insert the insert end165into the insertion hole125.

Then the user inserts the insert end165into the insertion hole125, as shown in S2ofFIG. 5, for the rotating hook167to be connected to the hook hole127. In this state, the user may push the hook button169to rotate the hook button169to be inserted into the hook hole127smoothly.

The user, as shown in S3ofFIG. 5, may separate the rotating hook167the hook hole127by pushing the hook button169.

The user may select and mount the charging unit160with the charging connector161, which matches the charging terminal of the mobile phone10to the mobile phone holder100by repeating the above processes.

In the description of the mobile phone holder100according to various embodiments of the present invention, the upper cradle130may move up and down by the operation of the moving unit140. However it is not limited thereto, on the contrary, the moving unit140may move the upper cradle130to left and right directions with respect to the center cradle120by changing the positions of the moving unit140and the upper cradle130.

The mobile phone holder100according to various embodiments of the present invention may be mounted to the docking portion5formed to the center fascia3, and is electrically connected with the power plug provided to the docking portion5and thus other power line is not required and may improve appearance.

While the moving unit140provided to the mobile phone holder100may move the upper cradle130according to a size of the mobile phone10, thus the mobile phone holder100may be used for various sizes and kinds of the mobile phones10in common.

The mobile phone holder100according to various embodiments of the present invention may be provided with the various charging cradles163with various charging connectors161to be connected to the charging terminals with various sizes and kinds of the mobile phone10of various manufacturers, and thus costs for purchasing various mobile phone holders100.