Patent ID: 8099138

Claim:
A telephone system for use in a motor vehicle, comprising: a hands-free installation; a holding apparatus having a circuit arrangement and a housing with an accommodating device for accommodating a mobile telephone, wherein said holding apparatus includes a device for wireless transmission of data and voice signals and a device for controlling charging of a battery of said mobile telephone; and a base unit, installed in said motor vehicle, and connected with said circuit arrangement of said holding apparatus, wherein said mobile telephone is controllable by said base unit via the device for wireless transmission of data and voice signals, said holding apparatus comprises an electric output providing electrical power suitable for charging said battery of said mobile telephone; said accommodating device is adjustable to accommodate mobile telephones of different sizes; and said device for controlling charging of said battery of said mobile telephone is configured to be connected to said electric output of said holding apparatus with one end and into said mobile telephone with another end.