Height adjustable holder for mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821723-B2
Application number	US-201414528741-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2014
Priority date	Oct 30, 2013
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A mobile device holder having a front face, an integral fixed jaw, and a movable jaw positioned facing the fixed jaw and movable in translational motion on the front face. The movable jaw receives a bottom edge of the mobile device and can be moved between a released position for inserting or removing the mobile device, and a holding position in which the mobile device is held clamped against the fixed jaw. The movable jaw includes a protuberance extending along a plane parallel to the front face of the holder and defining a clamping tab for clamping the bottom edge of the mobile device. In use, the tab maintains a space between the rear face of the mobile device and the front face of the holder in order to limit the frictional contact of the rear face of the mobile device with the front face of the holder when mounted.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A holder for a mobile device, comprising a front face bearing a fixed jaw that is integrally attached to the holder, the holder further comprising a movable jaw, positioned facing the fixed jaw, mounted to be movable in translational motion on the front face of the holder, wherein the movable jaw is adapted to receive a first edge of the mobile device, between a released position, wherein the first edge of the mobile device is placed against the movable jaw, and a holding position in which a second edge of the mobile device, opposite the first is held clamped against the fixed jaw, the movable jaw comprising at least one protuberance extending along a plane parallel to the front face of the holder and capable of defining a clamping tab for clamping the first edge of the mobile device, the shape and the dimensions of the tab being appropriately established so as to extend between the rear face of the mobile device and the front face of the holder when the moveable jaw is in the holding position such that contact between the rear face of the mobile device and the front face of the holder adjacent the first edge of the mobile device is prevented and a determined space is defined between the rear face of the mobile device and the front face of the holder;
wherein the protuberance has one portion arranged in a groove formed on the front face of the holder and is movable in translational motion along the groove.

2. A holder according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping tab is formed in one piece of material with the movable jaw.

3. A holder according to claim 1 , wherein a front portion of the movable jaw projecting out from the front face has an opening whose dimensions are determined so as to allow for the through passage of a connector of the mobile device when the first lateral edge of the mobile device is positioned against the clamping tab.

4. A holder according to claim 3 , wherein the opening is of a generally rectangular shape, passing right through the front portion of the movable jaw and centered along an axis of vertical symmetry of the holder, the front surface of the tab being at least partially merged with a part of the wall of the opening.

5. A holder according to claim 1 , wherein a front surface of the tab defines a guide surface capable of guiding the first lateral edge of the mobile device.

6. A holder according to claim 1 , wherein the movable jaw is the lower jaw when considering the holder oriented in its position of use, the movable jaw being capable of cooperating with a bottom edge of the mobile device.

7. A dashboard of a motor vehicle, comprising a holder according to claim 1 .

8. A holder according to claim 1 , wherein a front portion of the movable jaw projecting out from the front face has an opening of a generally rectangular shape, passing right through the front portion of the movable jaw and centered along an axis of vertical symmetry of the holder, the front surface of the tab being at least partially merged with a part of the wall of the opening.

9. A holder according to claim 1 , wherein the front surface is defined entirely by the fixed jaw.

10. A holder according to claim 1 , wherein the protuberance extends along the plane parallel to the front face of the holder from an end of the front surface and along the front surface, thereby blocking at least a portion of the front surface of the holder from contacting the rear face of the mobile device when the movable jaw is in the holding position.

11. A holder according to claim 1 , wherein the protuberance is positioned such that the rear face of the mobile device is prevented from contacting the front surface of the holder when the first edge is inserted into the moveable jaw and before an end of the mobile device opposite the first edge is placed into the fixed jaw.

12. A holder according to claim 11 , wherein the protuberance is defined by the movable jaw.

13. A holder according to claim 1 , wherein when the moveable jaw is in the holding position, the protuberance spaces the rear face of the mobile device adjacent the first edge away from the front surface of the holder such that the rear face of the mobile device is positioned at a non-parallel angle with respect to the front surface of the holder.

14. A holder according to claim 13 , wherein the fixed jaw is configured to secure an end of the mobile device opposite the first edge against the front surface of the holder.

Assignees

• Faurecia Interieur Ind

Inventors

• Mannarino Mickaël

Classifications

• H05K5/0204

  Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings · CPC title

• B60R2011/0005

  Dashboard · CPC title

• B60R11/02 Primary

  for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof · CPC title

• B60R2011/0075

  using a containment or docking space · CPC title

• F16M11/041 Primary

  Allowing quick release of the apparatus · CPC title