Movable joint

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017191296-A1
Application number	US-201615299499-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 21, 2016
Priority date	Dec 30, 2015
Publication date	Jul 6, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A movable joint for an electronic device includes a first joint component having a body portion that encloses a wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion, and a second joint component having a body portion that encloses the wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion. The tab portion of the second joint component engages the tab portion of the first joint component with a pivot member interconnecting the tab portions to enable selective movement between the first and second joint components. The wire lead spans the movable joint between the engaged tab portions of the first and second joint components. At least one of the tab portions includes a recessed channel, the recessed channel at least partially containing the wire lead.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A movable joint for an electronic device, the joint comprising:
a first joint component having a body portion that encloses a wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion; a second joint component having a body portion that encloses the wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion, the tab portion of the second joint component engaging the tab portion of the first joint component; and a pivot member interconnecting the tab portions of the first and second joint components to enable selective movement between the first and second joint components; wherein the wire lead spans the movable joint between the engaged tab portions of the first and second joint components; and wherein the tab portion of at least one of the first component or the second component includes a recessed channel, the recessed channel at least partially containing the wire lead.

2 . The movable joint of claim 1 , wherein the recessed channel communicates with an aperture providing access for the lead to extend into the body portion of the joint component.

3 . The movable joint of claim 1 , wherein the tab portions of both of the first component and the second component include a recessed channel formed therein, the recessed channels at least partially containing the wire lead.

4 . The movable joint of claim 3 , wherein each recessed channel communicates with an aperture providing access for the lead to extend into the body portion of the respective joint component.

5 . The movable joint of claim 1 , wherein the recessed channel defines a ninety-degree bend about the pivot member.

6 . The movable joint of claim 5 , further comprising a projection extending from a side of the tab portion containing the recessed channel, the projection being adjacent the recessed channel and being contoured to match the bend angle of the recessed channel.

7 . The movable joint of claim 1 , wherein the pivot member is a screw.

8 . The movable joint of claim 1 , wherein the pivot member is a pin.

9 . The movable joint of claim 1 , wherein one of the first and second joint components further includes a pushbutton configured to be depressed by a user to permit selective movement of the joint.

10 . The movable joint of claim 9 , wherein the pushbutton is operable to move a locating pin into and out of one of a plurality of recesses to provide a plurality of predetermined relative positions between the first and second joint components.

11 . The moveable joint of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of recesses are on a first side of the tab portion of the first joint component, and wherein a second side of the tab portion of the first joint component includes the recessed channel formed therein, the recessed channel at least partially containing the wire lead.

12 . The movable joint of claim 11 , wherein the recessed channel communicates with an aperture providing access for the lead to extend into the body portion of the first joint component.

13 . The movable joint of claim 1 , wherein the second joint component includes two tab portions spaced apart from one another, and wherein the tab portion of the first joint component is positioned between the two tab portions of the second joint component.

14 . The movable joint of claim 13 , wherein the pivot member is a screw, and wherein a nut is tightened on the screw to deflect the two tab portions of the second joint component towards one another such that frictional engagement between the tab portions of the first and second joint components secures the first and second joint components in position relative to one another.

15 . The movable joint of claim 13 , wherein the pivot member is a pin having a movable head received in one tab portion of the second joint component, the movable head supporting a locating pin, and wherein the tab portion of the first joint component includes a plurality of recesses into which the locating pin can be selectively positioned to secure the first and second joint components in position relative to one another.

16 . The movable joint of claim 15 , wherein the pin includes a pushbutton portion on an end opposite the movable head such that pressing on the pushbutton portion moves the movable head.

17 . The movable joint of claim 13 , wherein the tab portion of the first component includes the recessed channel therein, and wherein one of the tab portions of the second component includes another recessed channel formed therein, the recessed channels at least partially containing the wire lead.

18 . The movable joint of claim 17 , wherein each recessed channel communicates with an aperture providing access for the lead to extend into the body portion of the respective joint component.

19 . The movable joint of claim 1 , wherein the first and second joint components are moveable relative to one another by rotation about the pivot member in a plane normal to the pivot member.

20 . A microphone having a movable joint, the microphone comprising:
a base having a body portion that encloses a wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion; a head having a body portion that encloses the wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion, the tab portion of the head engaging the tab portion of the base; and a pivot member interconnecting the tab portions of the base and the head to create the moveable joint to enable selective movement between the base and the head; wherein the wire lead spans the movable joint between the engaged tab portions of the base and the head; and wherein the tab portion of the base includes a recessed channel and the tab portion of the head includes another recessed channel, the recessed channels at least partially containing the wire lead.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Eaton Robert Lee

Classifications

• E05D11/1028

  for maintaining the hinge in two or more positions, e.g. intermediate or fully open · CPC title

• F21V21/26

  Pivoted arms · CPC title

• E05D11/1007

  with positive locking · CPC title

• F16L3/015

  using articulated- or supple-guiding elements · CPC title

• E05D3/02

  with one pin · CPC title