Cord coiling device and protection case of electronic device having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016337740-A1
Application number	US-201514805960-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 22, 2015
Priority date	May 11, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A cord coiling device for coiling a headphone cord is provided. The cord coiling device includes a body, a fixing pillar accommodated in the body, a deceleration gear accommodated in an accommodation cavity, a plurality of first magnets set on a first bottom side of the body, and a plurality of second magnets set on the deceleration gear. The body and the deceleration gear stand stable under an attraction force between the first magnets and second magnets, the deceleration gear rotates under a external force, then the body rotates to coil the headphone cord; when a headphone is stuck, the headphone cord is strained and applies a pulling force to the body to stop the body, the body stops rotating and the deceleration gear continues rotating under the external force. An electronic device having the cord coiling device is also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A cord coiling device comprising:
a body defining a groove thereon and having an inside wall, the groove configured to accommodate a headphone cord which is coupled to a headphone; a fixing pillar located in the body, the fixing pillar comprising a bottom side; an accommodate cavity defined between the inside wall of the body and the bottom side of the fixing pillar; a deceleration gear located in the accommodation cavity and being rotatabely fixed on the bottom side of the fixing pillar; a plurality of first magnets coupled to a first bottom side of the body; and a plurality of second magnets coupled to the deceleration gear, the plurality of first magnets configured to attract the plurality of second magnets; wherein the body and the deceleration gear remain stable under an attraction force between the plurality of first magnets and the plurality of second magnets; the deceleration gear rotates under an external force; the body rotates to coil the headphone cord under a drive of the deceleration gear; when a headphone coupled to the headphone cord is stuck, the headphone cord is strained and applies a pulling force to the body to stop the body, the body stops rotating and the deceleration gear continues rotating under the external force.

2 . The cord coiling device of claim 1 , wherein a torque of the pulling force is greater than a torque of the attraction force between the first plurality of magnets and the plurality of second magnets.

3 . The cord coiling device of claim 1 , wherein the cord coiling device further comprises a driving gear and a transmission gear, both the driving gear and the transmission gear are rotatablely fixed on the fixing pillar, the driving gear rotates under a driving force of a motor, and the transmission gear is fixed between the driving gear and the deceleration gear to transmit the driving force to the deceleration gear.

4 . The cord coiling device of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of circle shaped metal pieces are arranged on a second bottom side, corresponding to the first bottom side, of the body, an end of the headphone cord is coupled to the headphone, and the other end is coupled to the plurality of metal pieces.

5 . The cord coiling device of claim 4 , wherein the cord coiling device further comprises a plurality of signal poles, an end of each signal pole is slidably coupled to one of the plurality of metal pieces, the other end of each signal pole is coupled to an audio signal source.

6 . A protection case for an electronic device comprising:
a cord coiling device for coiling a headphone cord, wherein the cord coiling device comprises:
a body;
a groove defined on the body for accommodating a headphone cord;
a fixing pillar accommodated in the body;
a deceleration gear accommodated in an accommodation cavity, the accommodation cavity being defined between a inside wall of the body and a bottom side of the fixing pillar, the deceleration gear being rotatabely fixed on the bottom side of the fixing pillar;
a plurality of first magnets set on a first bottom side of the body; and
a plurality of second magnets set on the deceleration gear, the plurality of first magnets attract the plurality of second magnets;
wherein the body and the deceleration gear stand stable under an attraction force between the plurality of first magnets and the plurality of second magnets, the deceleration gear rotates under an external force, the body rotates to coil the headphone cord under a drive of the deceleration gear; when a headphone coupled to the headphone cord is stuck, the headphone cord is strained and applies a pulling force to the body to stop the body, the body stops rotating and the deceleration gear continues rotating under the external force.

7 . The protection case of claim 6 , wherein a torque of the pulling force is greater than a torque of the attraction force between the plurality of first magnets and the plurality of second magnets.

8 . The protection case of claim 6 , wherein the cord coiling device further comprises a driving gear and a transmission gear, both the driving gear and the transmission gear are rotatablely fixed on the fixing pillar, the driving gear rotates under a driving force of a motor, and the transmission gear is fixed between the driving gear and the deceleration gear to transmit the driving force to the deceleration gear.

9 . The protection case of claim 6 , wherein a plurality of circle shaped metal pieces are arranged on a second bottom side corresponding to the first bottom side of the body, an end of the headphone cord is coupled to the headphone, and the other end is coupled to the plurality of metal pieces.

10 . The protection case of claim 9 , wherein the cord coiling device further comprises a plurality of signal poles, an end of each signal pole is slidably coupled to one of the plurality of metal pieces, the other end of each signal pole is coupled to an audio signal source.

11 . The protection of claim 6 , wherein the protection case further comprises an accommodation groove for accommodating the headphone and part of the headphone cord which is pulled out from the cord coiling device.

Assignees

• Fu Tai Hua Ind (Shenzhen) Co Ltd
• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chu Chen-Ching
• Wang Yu-Ning
• Ruan xiao-hong

Classifications

• H04R1/1033 Primary

  Cables or cables storage, e.g. cable reels (cord reels per se H02G11/02; arrangements for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of conductors or cables B65H75/34; extensible conductors or cables, e.g. self-coiling cords H01B7/06) · CPC title

• B65H75/4442

  acting on the reel · CPC title

• B65H2701/526

  Magnets · CPC title

• B65H2701/3919

  USB, earphones, audio or video cables, e.g. for connecting small electronic devices such as MP3 players or mobile telephones · CPC title

• B65H2701/34

  electric cords or electric power cables · CPC title