Telephonic communications – Having light wave or ultrasonic link for speech or paging... – Including fiber optic link within telephone network
Patent
1991-06-20
1993-04-13
Kuntz, Curtis
Telephonic communications
Having light wave or ultrasonic link for speech or paging...
Including fiber optic link within telephone network
379 56, 379419, 455345, H04M 1100, H04M 100
Patent
active
052029131
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a communications unit for fitting in a vehicle, and particularly in a recess in the vehicle and for moving out of the recess to a use position.
PRIOR ART
When fitting a mobile telephone in a vehicle, problems often arise in choosing the position of the base unit of the mobile telephone and its telephone receiver. A number of solutions for telephone receiver holders are known which, on the one hand, are intended to afford good accessibility for the vehicle driver when the latter wishes to take the telephone receiver out of the holder and which, on the other hand, are intended to hold the telephone receiver in a storage position.
A conventional position for the telephone receiver holder is on the central console between the driver's seat and the passenger seat. German Patent DE 2,822,378 shows such a positioning, in which the holder is arranged in the central console under a displaceable cover, and in which the telephone receiver is lifted up by a spring when the cover is drawn aside. U.S. Pat. No. 4,640,542 shows an alternative solution for positioning between the driver's seat and the passenger seat, where the telephone receiver can be lifted up from a first storage position to a second user position. However, such a positioning of the telephone receiver on or in the central console requires a sufficiently free space on the central console on which there are also arranged vehicle controls such as, for example, the handbrake, gearstick and maneuvring members for electric windows. The positioning of these controls has higher priority than the positioning of the mobile telephone, which often means that the telephone receiver must be positioned at a location with poor accessibility. The positioning on the central console is also a dangerous alternative from the point of view of road safety, especially when the driver wishes to dial a telephone number with the telephone receiver in the holder and is then forced to take his eyes off the road to a point between the vehicle seats.
Other telephone receiver holders which are positioned on top of the vehicle's instrument panel or on the side of the central console can be of a type similar to that which is described in French Patent Application FR 2,595,890, or in one of Americal Patents U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,889,071, 4,476,354 or 4,609,790. These positions are also unfavourable since a positioning on top of the instrument panel can obstruct part of the view, and a positioning on the side of the central console encroaches on the leg room and results in sharp surfaces on which the legs can strike.
In a further known positioning alternative, use is made of a recess of standardized form prepared in the instrument panel, intended for an ashtray, a storage recess or for extra equipment such as a radio set or the like. The box-shaped base unit of the mobile telephone is in this respect designed in such a way that it can be fitted in the recess and in such a way that a telephone receiver holder can be secured to the side of the base unit facing towards the coupe. The telephone receiver is thus orientated across the opening of the recess. Such a fitting is used for example for mobile telephones sold in Sweden under the trademark MITSUBISHI and with the type designation FM 91D1-5-A. MITSUBISHI's telephone receiver holder comprises a universal joint which means that the telephone receiver can be turned manually to selected positions. However, the universal joint requires enough space between the base unit and the telephone receiver so that the telephone receiver is held in a position at a considerable distance from the level of the instrument panel. U.S. Pat. No. 4,617,430 shows an alternative of a universal joint suspension of the telephone receiver, in which the universal joint itself is mounted on the car interior trim panels. The telephone receiver cannot therefore be positioned with its holder in a position recessed in the instrument panel and protecting the telephone receiver.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is intended to permit a
REFERENCES:
patent: 4056696 (1977-11-01), Meyerle et al.
patent: 4698838 (1987-10-01), Ishikawa et al.
patent: 4747135 (1988-05-01), Banko
MOTOROLA, "DYNA TAC Cellular Mobile Telephone" Aug. 31, 1983.
Gudmundson John-Gustaf
Lang Ulf
Cumming William D.
Kuntz Curtis
Saab Automobile Aktiebolag
LandOfFree
Communications unit for fitting in vehicles does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Communications unit for fitting in vehicles, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Communications unit for fitting in vehicles will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1160566