Vehicle-mounted apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12531176-B2
Application number	US-202118025537-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2021
Priority date	Jan 29, 2021
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

A vehicle-mounted apparatus includes an accommodation portion that is configured to accommodate an electronic key of a vehicle, an actuator that is configured to perform a press operation to the electronic key accommodated in the accommodation portion by moving a movable portion in one direction, and an intermediate member that is disposed between the electronic key accommodated in the accommodation portion and the actuator and that is configured to transmit a force of the press operation to a press button of the electronic key. The intermediate member is configured to abut against the movable portion and to apply a biasing force for biasing the movable portion in a direction opposite to the one direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A vehicle-mounted apparatus comprising:
an accommodation portion that is configured to accommodate an electronic key of a vehicle; an actuator that is configured to perform a press operation to the electronic key accommodated in the accommodation portion by moving a movable portion in one direction; an intermediate member that is disposed between the electronic key accommodated in the accommodation portion and the actuator and that is configured to transmit a force of the press operation to a press button of the electronic key; and an elastic portion that is disposed between the electronic key accommodated in the accommodation portion and the intermediate member, wherein the intermediate member is configured to transmit the force of the press operation to the press button of the electronic key by a rotation movement around a fulcrum portion provided at the intermediate member, and wherein the elastic portion is configured to exert a restoring force when the elastic portion receives the force of the press operation transmitted by the rotation movement and is configured to press back the intermediate member in a direction opposite to a direction of the rotation movement with the restoring force, so that the intermediate member is configured to abut against the movable portion and to apply a biasing force for biasing the movable portion in a direction opposite to the one direction.

2 . The vehicle-mounted apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the intermediate member includes a cantilever spring portion, and wherein the biasing force includes at least a force based on an elastic force of the cantilever spring portion.

3 . The vehicle-mounted apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the elastic portion is configured to abut against the intermediate member and is elastically deformable in the one direction, and wherein the biasing force includes at least a force based on the restoring force of the elastically deformed elastic portion.

4 . The vehicle-mounted apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the intermediate member includes a plate spring portion, and wherein the biasing force includes at least a force based on an elastic force of the plate spring portion.

5 . The vehicle-mounted apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the intermediate member is a swing portion pivotally supported by a predetermined shaft, and wherein the biasing force includes at least a force based on the restoring force of the elastically deformed elastic portion.

6 . The vehicle-mounted apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a partition wall provided between the electronic key accommodated in the accommodation portion and the intermediate member and including an opening at a portion facing the electronic key, wherein the elastic portion is provided between the partition wall and the intermediate member.

Assignees

• Yokowo Seisakusho Kk

Inventors

• Yamamoto Tsugio

Classifications

• H01F7/121

  Guiding or setting position of armatures, e.g. retaining armatures in their end position · CPC title

• G07C9/00896

  specially adapted for particular uses · CPC title

• G07C9/00944

  Details of construction or manufacture · CPC title

• E05B19/00

  Keys; Accessories therefor ({key modifications or attachments preventing removal from the lock E05B11/005; key rings A44B15/00; key cases A45C11/32; key holders A47G29/10;} making keys, see the relevant places, e.g. B21D53/42; milling grooves in keys B23C3/35) · CPC title

• E05B49/00

  Electric permutation locks; Circuits therefor {; Mechanical aspects of electronic locks; Mechanical keys therefor (arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; mechanisms including electronic locks actuated by nonmechanical keys such as passive and active electrical keys and other data carriers G07C9/00, G07F7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00)} · CPC title