FR3075125A1 - SUPPORT DEVICE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Google Patents

Abstract

 The invention relates to a device for holding a portable electronic device on a dashboard of a motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a dashboard wall (12), a movable strip (23) comprising a receiving housing (233) for the device, pivotally mounted relative to an internal housing (21) of said dashboard wall, about an axis of rotation (YO) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (X) of the vehicle, between a position of use in which said movable strip is deployed outside the internal housing (21) and a storage position in which it is retracted therein, and an elastic return member (25) of said movable strip to urge it to pivot towards said position of use when a push button is actuated.

Description

Support device for portable electronic device

The invention relates to the field of arrangement of accessories on the dashboard of a motor vehicle. It relates more particularly to a support device for removably receiving a portable electronic device on a dashboard of a motor vehicle.

Portable electronic devices are understood to mean devices such as portable telephones, for example portable telephones of the “smartphone” type, multimedia electronic tablets, touch tablets, or more generally any other type of portable electronic device of generally parallelepipedal shape. and presenting a screen intended to be consulted or modified by the user.

The increasing use of these devices creates a need for the user to be able to position them in the motor vehicle, in particular when the user is the front passenger of the motor vehicle.

It is known to fix these portable electronic devices on the dashboard of the motor vehicle using a conventional suction cup system. However, this suction cup system, in addition to distorting the general aesthetic appearance of the dashboard, does not allow a solid and reliable attachment of the portable device to the dashboard, especially in a context where the vehicle is subjected to vibrations likely to cause the loss of the support by separation.

There are also known supports integrated into the dashboard of the vehicle projecting from the dashboard. However, such supports do not meet safety standards in the event of an impact.

Indeed, the dashboard of a motor vehicle comprises, in addition to a certain number of accessories related to safety or comfort often arranged in a substantially central manner, an airbag in the event of an impact on the front passenger side (“airbag passenger >>), and a small storage compartment, fitted with a door, fitted in the dashboard above the feet of the front passenger. The arrangement of these components in particular must be optimized to allow better comfort and optimal security. In particular, for the safety of persons on board the vehicle, it is essential that no object obstruct the deployment of the airbag in the event of an impact.

The objective of the invention is therefore to alleviate the aforementioned drawbacks and, in particular, to propose a support device for a portable electronic device on a dashboard of a motor vehicle capable of being integrated in the size of the dashboard while being easily accessible by the passenger, and meet the safety standards imposed on car manufacturers in the event of an impact triggering the passenger airbag.

To this end, the invention relates to a holding device for removably receiving a portable electronic device on a dashboard of a motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a dashboard wall arranged in the upper part of the dashboard, a movable strip comprising a housing for receiving said portable electronic device, said movable strip being pivotally mounted relative to an internal housing provided in said dashboard wall, about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, between a position of use in which said movable strip is deployed relative to said internal housing and projects from said dashboard wall and a storage position in which said movable strip is retracted in said internal housing, and a deployment mechanism of said movable wand comprising a push button received in ledi t internal housing and mounted flush with said dashboard wall to be actuated by a user, and an elastic return member of said movable strip, a first end of which is connected to said movable strip to urge said movable strip to pivot towards said position when the push button is pressed.

Advantageously, said push button cooperates with a means for locking in pivoting of said movable rod relative to said internal housing suitable for blocking said movable rod in said storage position when the push button is not actuated.

Advantageously, said elastic return member comprises at least one spring adapted to be prestressed in tension in said storage position.

Preferably, said movable rod is constituted by a substantially U-shaped profile having two opposite longitudinal wings, respectively front and rear in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, delimiting a longitudinal cavity forming said receiving housing.

Advantageously, said rear longitudinal wing forms a surface continuity with said dashboard wall in said storage position.

Advantageously, said front longitudinal wing includes a stop for deploying said movable strip capable of cooperating with an internal face of said dashboard wall to define said position of use.

Preferably, said receiving housing comprises two holding members opposite one another in a longitudinal direction of said receiving housing and between which is intended to be disposed said portable electronic device according to at least one of its dimensions of length or of width.

Advantageously, each holding member has a securing part capable of engaging against one side of said portable electronic device inserted in said receiving housing, said securing part being pivotally articulated about an axis perpendicular to said longitudinal direction. of said receiving housing on a pivoting lever capable of being actuated by said portable electronic device during the insertion of the latter into said receiving housing.

The invention also relates to a dashboard, in particular for a motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises an inflatable airbag in the event of an impact located in the lower part of the dashboard, and a holding device as described below. -above.

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge clearly from the description given below, for information and in no way limitative, with reference to the appended drawings, in which:

- Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating the location of the holding device in an embodiment of the invention;

- Figures 2a and 2b are schematic sectional views illustrating the holding device respectively in the storage position and in the use position;

- Figures 3a and 3b are thematic views each illustrating in front view and in sectional view the holding device respectively before and after insertion of the device in the receiving housing.

The support device according to the invention is intended to be arranged on a dashboard of a motor vehicle, and is designed to receive and detachably hold a portable electronic device on the dashboard in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.

In the following description, the terms "longitudinal", "transverse >>," vertical >>, "top >>," bottom >>, "front >>," rear >> are defined with respect to the usual orthogonal coordinate system motor vehicles, shown in the figures, and comprising a longitudinal axis X, horizontal and directed from front to rear of the vehicle, a transverse axis Y, horizontal, perpendicular to the axis X and oriented from left to right of the vehicle and a Z axis, vertical, perpendicular to the X and Y axes and oriented upwards. Referring to Figure 1, which illustrates a portion of the interior of a motor vehicle, the latter comprises a dashboard 10, which extends in the transverse direction Y of the vehicle. FIG. 1 illustrates more particularly the part of the dashboard, which is located in line with the front passenger seat and which extends above the feet of the front passenger transversely to the vehicle from a central area of the dashboard located substantially between the driver's seat and the front passenger seat and a side face of the vehicle on the front passenger side. This part of the dashboard is delimited at the front of the front passenger seat by a dashboard wall 12 forming a covering element arranged in the upper part of the dashboard, supporting for example ventilation openings of the vehicle 121, 122, from which extends a covering element 14 arranged in the lower part of the dashboard and supporting, for example, a storage compartment 141.

The dashboard wall 12 located in the upper part of the dashboard comprises an upper surface 12a forming a tray and a downwardly inclined surface 12b extending in continuity with the upper surface forming a tray, in the direction of the lower part. of the dashboard. Preferably, the dashboard includes an airbag (not shown) located on the passenger side, in the lower part of the dashboard. The airbag is able to be deployed in front of the dashboard, to come between the front passenger of the vehicle and the dashboard, in the event of an impact.

FIG. 1 describes the presence of a holding device 20 for removably receiving a portable electronic device 30 on the dashboard 10 of the vehicle. According to the invention, the holding device 20 is arranged on the dashboard wall 12 located in the upper part of the dashboard 10. In this configuration, the airbag, located in the lower part of the dashboard. edge, is positioned under the holding device 20, so that in the event of deployment of the airbag, the latter makes it possible to protect the front passenger from any contact with the portable electronic device.

As appears more clearly in Figures 2a and 2b, the holding device 20 is arranged as follows. The dashboard wall 12 has an internal housing 21, extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle, opening at the downwardly inclined surface 12b of the dashboard wall 12 through an opening 22 in the wall. 12, and a movable strip 23 is pivotally mounted relative to the internal housing 21 provided in the dashboard wall 12, around an axis of rotation Y0 perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X of the vehicle. Thus, the dashboard wall 12 is provided with an opening 22 for the passage of the movable strip 23 and the internal housing 21 allows the free movement of the movable strip 23 in pivoting between a storage position, where the movable strip is retracted into the internal housing 21 (FIG. 2a), and a position of use, where the movable strip 23 is deployed relative to the internal housing 214 and protrudes from the dashboard wall 12 outside the internal housing 21 (Figure 2b).

According to the exemplary embodiment, the movable rod 23 is constituted by a profile 230 substantially U-shaped having two opposite longitudinal wings 231 and 232, respectively front and rear, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, which delimit between them a longitudinal cavity 233 forming a receiving housing intended to receive and maintain the portable electronic device 30 when the movable rod 23 is deployed in the position of use. The front longitudinal wing 231 has a downward extension 234, opposite the longitudinal cavity 233, and the pivot axis Y0 is arranged at the free end of this extension 234 of the front longitudinal wing 231 The U-shaped profile 230 is arranged relative to the internal housing 21 so that, in the storage position, in which the profile is retracted inside the internal housing, the rear longitudinal wing 232 of the profile 230 substantially a surface continuity with the dashboard wall 12.

The holding device is further provided with a mechanism for deploying the movable rod 23 making it possible to move the latter from the storage position to the position of use. This deployment mechanism comprises on the one hand, a push button 24 received in the internal housing 21 in the continuity of the movable strip 23 and mounted flush with the dashboard wall 12 to be actuated by a user and, on the other hand part, an elastic return member 25 of the movable rod 23 for biasing the latter in pivoting about its axis of rotation Y0 towards the position of use when the push button 24 is actuated. The elastic return member 25 comprises at least one spring, a first end of which is connected to the movable strip 23 and more precisely at the level of the front longitudinal wing 231 of the U-shaped section constituting the movable strip, and the second opposite end of which is fixed to a bottom wall of the internal housing 21 extending opposite the movable rod 23 relative to the spring 25, which is adapted to be prestressed in tension in the storage position. According to this configuration, the push button 24 cooperates with a means of locking in pivoting of the movable rod relative to the internal housing, adapted to block the movable rod in the storage position when the push button is not actuated. When the push button 24 is actuated, the movable strip is deployed towards the position of use under the effect of the spring 25 and the front longitudinal wing 231 of the profile constituting the movable strip has an upward extension forming a stop stop 235 when the movable rod is deployed. To do this, this stop stop 235 is provided to cooperate with an internal face of the dashboard wall 12 to stop the deployment of the movable strip and thus define the most appropriate position of use, corresponding to a position where the longitudinal cavity 233 forming receiving housing for the portable electronic device, is oriented so as to be able to accommodate the portable electronic device in a position of use where the latter extends in a substantially vertical plane to slightly inclined towards the 'front, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

In this position, the portable electronic device 30 can be inserted into the receiving housing 233 in an insertion direction parallel to said plane. The receiving housing of the movable rod 23 comprises two holding members 26 opposite one another in the longitudinal direction of the receiving housing, between which is intended to be disposed the portable electronic device according to one of its dimensions. length or width. As appears more clearly in FIGS. 3a and 3b, which each illustrates in front view and in sectional view the holding device respectively before and after insertion of the device into the receiving housing, each holding member 26 has a part securing 26a adapted to come into engagement in a working position against a side 31 of the portable electronic device 30 to maintain the device in the receiving housing. The securing part 26a is pivotally articulated about an axis X0 perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the receiving housing on a pivoting lever 26b, which is capable of being actuated by the portable electronic device during the insertion of this last in the receiving housing following the direction of insertion. Thus, when the device 30 is inserted in the receiving housing 233, it exerts a pressing force on the pivoting lever, causing the tipping of the securing part 26a around the axis X0, which pivots from a position rest (Figure 3a) to the working position (Figure 3b) in which it encloses the side 31 of the device 30 and thus ensure its maintenance in the receiving housing 233.

Claims (9)

1. Holding device for removably receiving a portable electronic device (30) on a dashboard (10) of a motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a dashboard wall (12) arranged in part upper part of the dashboard, a movable strip (23) comprising a housing (233) for receiving said portable electronic device, said movable strip being pivotally mounted relative to an internal housing (21) provided in said dashboard wall, about an axis of rotation (Y0) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (X) of the vehicle, between a position of use in which said movable strip (23) is deployed relative to said internal housing (21) and projects from said dashboard wall (12) and a storage position in which said movable strip (23) is retracted into said internal housing (21), and a deployment mechanism of said movable strip comprising a bo a push button (24) received in said internal housing and mounted flush with said dashboard wall to be actuated by a user, and an elastic return member (25) of said movable strip, a first end of which is connected to said movable strip to urge said movable rod to pivot towards said position of use when the push button is actuated. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said push button (24) cooperates with a pivoting locking means of said movable rod (23) relative to said internal housing suitable for blocking said movable rod in said storage position when the push button is not pressed. 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said elastic return member (25) comprises at least one spring adapted to be prestressed in tension in said storage position. 4. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said movable strip (23) is constituted by a profile (230) substantially in the shape of a U having two opposite longitudinal wings (231, 232), respectively front and rear in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, delimiting a longitudinal cavity (233) forming said receiving housing. 5. Device according to claim 4, characterized in that said rear longitudinal wing (232) forms a surface continuity with said dashboard wall (12) in said storage position. 6. Device according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that said front longitudinal wing (231) comprises a stop stop (235) in deployment of said movable strip suitable for cooperating with an internal face of said dashboard wall to define said position of use. 7. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said receiving housing (233) comprises two holding members (26) opposite one another in a longitudinal direction of said receiving housing and between which is intended to be disposed said portable electronic device (30) according to at least one of its dimensions of length or width. 8. Device according to claim 7, characterized in each holding member (26) has a securing part (26a) capable of engaging against one side (31) of said portable electronic device inserted in said receiving housing, said part securing device being pivotally pivoted about an axis (X0) perpendicular to said longitudinal direction of said receiving housing on a pivoting lever (26b) capable of being actuated by said portable electronic device during the insertion of the latter into said reception accommodation. 9. Dashboard, in particular for a motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises an inflatable airbag in the event of a shock located in the lower part of the dashboard, and a holding device according to any one of the preceding claims .