Holding arrangement for a telephone operating element in a vehicle

US6032027A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Santiago Duenas Loza · Herrenberg, DE
• Tilo Volkmann · Sindelfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 1997
• Grant date: Feb 29, 2000
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2011/0094
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A holding arrangement for the operating element of a telephone or a mobile telephone, such as a telephone receiver with a dialing keyboard or a handset, for an installation in a container existing in a vehicle is disclosed. A receiving device for releasably fixing the operating element and a holding body carrying the receiving device are provided. The holding body can be swivelled about a swivelling axis aligned transversely to its longitudinal course from a removed position with the operating element stored in the container into an offered position with the operating element situated to be easily gripped, and vice versa. For the purpose of a universal installation into all vehicle types in a space-saving manner, with a still remaining free useful space in the container, a fork-shaped carrier is provided for the swivel bearing of the holding body, which fork-shaped carrier accommodates the swivelling shaft in two carrying arms which project at a right angle from a carrying plate. The swivelling shaft is arranged at such a vertical distance from the holding body that, in its removed position, the holding body is disposed below the swivelling axis and, in its offered position, it is …