JP2007196759A - Mirror-built type etc on-vehicle device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve attaching and detaching operability of an ETC card without increasing a size of a mirror housing and with a small number of parts. <P>SOLUTION: A printed board 20, to which a contact terminal 30 connected to an electronic circuit for realizing an ETC function is mounted, is built in a mirror housing 10. An ETC card 70 is detachably held to a rising and falling type card holder 40. When the rising and falling type card holder 40 holding the ETC card 70 is housed in the mirror housing 10, a card contact point 80 of the ETC card 70 is pressure welded to the contact terminal 30 of the mirror housing 10, so that conduction is done between the card contact point 80 and the contact terminal 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to an ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) vehicle-mounted device, and more particularly to a mirror-mounted ETC vehicle-mounted device built in a mirror such as a vehicle interior mirror.

2. Description of the Related Art A mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device is known in which components necessary for an ETC in-vehicle device such as a card connector and an electronic board are arranged in a vehicle interior mirror in order to install the ETC in-vehicle device in an inconspicuous place. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
JP-A-11-28980 JP 2004-66935 A

The mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a structure in which a card connector is disposed in a lateral direction with respect to a mirror housing and an ETC card is inserted from the lateral direction of the mirror housing. The direction was limited to the right side or left side of the mirror housing. For this reason, in order to improve the detachability of the ETC card, it is necessary to point the card insertion slot toward the driver. To implement this, a separate card insertion slot for each left and right handle is provided. There was a need to do. As an insertion direction of an ETC card with good detachable operability in either of the left and right handle cars, for example, it is conceivable to insert the ETC card from below in the mirror housing. However, since the existing card connector allows the ETC card to be inserted in the longitudinal direction, the vertical width of the mirror housing must be larger than the longitudinal size of the ETC card in order to fit the ETC card inside the mirror housing. Therefore, there is a problem that the size of the mirror housing becomes larger than a general one.

In order to improve the problem, the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a structure in which the card connector is rotated and housed inside the mirror housing, but the ETC card is a contact type. Since it is an IC (Integrated Circuit) card, it can be realized by rotating the printed circuit board on which the card transport mechanism and the contact terminals are mounted, and using another printed circuit board on which an electronic circuit for realizing the ETC function is mounted and wires. It is possible to connect. However, there are problems that the number of parts is increased and the cost is increased, and it is difficult to ensure reliability by bending the wire.

An object of the present invention is to provide a mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus that improves the detachability operability of an ETC card without increasing the size of the mirror housing and with a small number of parts in view of the above points. It is in.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

The mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device according to claim 1 is a mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device in which an ETC card is detachably mounted, and a print on which a contact terminal connected to an electronic circuit that realizes an ETC function is mounted. A mirror housing in which a substrate is incorporated, a movable card holder that is detachably held in the ETC card, and is housed in the mirror housing so that a card contact of the ETC card is pressed against a contact terminal on the printed circuit board. It is characterized by having. According to the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 1, the card contact of the ETC card is pressed against the contact terminal on the printed circuit board incorporated in the mirror housing as the movable card holder is housed in the mirror housing. By doing so, it is possible to improve the detachability of the ETC card without increasing the size of the mirror housing and with a small number of parts.

The mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device according to claim 2 is the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein the movable card holder is configured such that the card contact of the ETC card is connected to the contact terminal inside the mirror housing. On the other hand, it moves so that it may press-contact from an oblique direction. According to the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 2, since the card contact of the ETC card is pressed against the contact terminal in an oblique direction inside the mirror housing, the connection between the card contact and the contact terminal ( Conduction) can be performed reliably.

The mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device according to claim 3 is the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the movable card holder is provided on a lower surface side of the mirror housing and is stored in the mirror housing. The card is moved up and down between the card loading position and the card attaching / detaching position pulled out from the mirror housing. According to the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 3, the movable card holder is moved up and down between the card loading position accommodated in the mirror housing and the card attaching / detaching position pulled out from the mirror housing. In addition, the ETC card can be attached and detached reliably.

The mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 4 is the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the movable card holder is detachable in the horizontal direction. And an inner holder that slides in the longitudinal direction of the ETC card, and the inner holder slides at a contact position between the card contact and the contact terminal. According to the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 4, by providing the inner holder that slides in the longitudinal direction of the ETC card in the movable card holder, the card contact slides while being pressed against the contact terminal, and the card contact , Foreign matter between the contact terminals is removed, and the contact (conductivity) between the card contact and the contact terminal is ensured.

The mirror-mounted ETC vehicle-mounted device according to claim 5 is the mirror-mounted ETC vehicle-mounted device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the movable card holder is attached by an elastic means at the card loading position. The oscillating member is oscillated and oscillated with the oscillating member pivotally supported by the pivot so that the oscillating member is oscillated, and the inner holder slides in conjunction with the oscillation of the oscillating member. And According to the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 5, the movable card holder abuts on the swing member to swing the swing member, and the inner holder is interlocked with the swing of the swing member. Therefore, the foreign matter between the card contact and the contact terminal can be removed with a simple mechanism, and the contact (conductivity) between the card contact and the contact terminal can be ensured.

The mirror-mounted ETC vehicle-mounted device according to claim 6 is the mirror-mounted ETC vehicle-mounted device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the inner holder includes a claw member that holds the ETC card. It is characterized by. According to the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device of the sixth aspect, the ETC card can be prevented from falling off by providing the inner holder with the claw member for holding the ETC card.

The purpose of providing a mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device with good detachable ETC card operation without increasing the size of the mirror housing and with a small number of parts is to incorporate the ETC card contact points inside the mirror housing. This is achieved by providing a movable card holder that moves so as to be in pressure contact with the contact terminals on the printed circuit board.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment is mounted on a mirror housing 10 in which a mirror 2 is fitted on a front wall, a printed board 20 incorporated in the mirror housing 10, and the printed board 20. Contact terminal 30, elevating card holder 40 disposed so as to be housed in mirror housing 10, inner holder 50 provided in elevating card holder 40, and card drop prevention holding claw provided in inner holder 50 60, an ETC card 70 held in the inner holder 50 by a card drop prevention holding claw 60, and a card contact 80 provided on the ETC card 70 constitute the main part.

The mirror housing 10 is a horizontally long rectangular parallelepiped box, and the mirror 2 is fitted on the front wall. The mirror housing 10 incorporates a printed circuit board 20 on which contact terminals 30 connected to an electronic circuit (not shown) that realizes an ETC function are mounted.

As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the printed circuit board 20 is mounted with the contact terminals 30 and electronic circuit components, and is parallel to the mirror 2 at a position behind the mirror 2 inside the mirror housing 10. It arrange | positions so that it may become. Further, the contact terminal 30 is mounted on the printed circuit board 20 so as to be on the back side of the mirror 2.

The contact terminal 30 on the electronic circuit side that contacts the card contact 80 of the ETC card 70 is mounted on the same printed circuit board 20 as the electronic circuit that implements the ETC function incorporated in the mirror housing 10. Although not specifically shown, the contact terminal 30 is a leaf spring member formed so as to be in contact with the card contact 80. When the card contact 80 includes six contact regions, the contact terminal 30 also includes six leaf spring members.

As shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), the elevating card holder 40 is a parallelogram box-shaped member whose front end is advanced forward from the lower end side when viewed from the side cross section, and has a front wall and an upper wall. Is open. In addition, front and rear projecting edges 41 and 42 are formed on the upper end wall and the lower end wall. The elevating card holder 40 is provided so as to be movable up and down so as to be movable between a card loading position accommodated in the mirror housing 10 and a card attaching / detaching position protruding downward from the mirror housing 10. Specifically, the elevating type card holder 40 is disposed by being fitted into the arrangement hole 11 formed in the bottom wall of the mirror housing 10, and is disposed below the mirror housing 10 as shown in FIG. In the card attaching / detaching position drawn in the direction, the front and rear protruding edges 41 of the upper end wall are hooked on the peripheral edge of the arrangement hole 11 so that no further drawing can be performed. Further, at the card loading position in which the elevating card holder 40 is pushed upward into the mirror housing 10, the front and rear protruding edges 42 of the lower end wall are caught by the peripheral edge of the arrangement hole 11 so that no further pushing can be performed. Yes. The elevating card holder 40 is guided in the vertical direction along the inclination of the back wall (that is, the inclination of the parallelogram) by a guide member (not shown).

In addition, a locking claw 43 bulging forward is provided near the lower end of the front end surface of the left and right side walls of the elevating card holder 40. For this reason, at the card loading position where the elevating card holder 40 is pushed upward into the mirror housing 10, the locking claw 43 gets over the peripheral edge of the arrangement hole 11, and the elevating card holder 40 is click-stopped to the mirror housing 10. The elevating card holder 40 is regulated so as not to easily protrude downward from the mirror housing 10 due to vehicle vibration or the like. However, if the user holds the elevating card holder 40 in a hand and pulls it downward with a predetermined force or more, the locking claw 43 gets over the peripheral edge of the arrangement hole 11 to release the click stop, and the elevating card holder 40 is moved downward. Can be pulled out to the card insertion / removal position.

Further, in the elevating card holder 40, an ETC card 70 is held and an inner holder 50 that slides slightly in the lateral direction (longitudinal direction of the ETC card 70) inside the elevating card holder 40, and the inner holder 50 is slid. And an inner holder slide guide 51 that is freely held.

The inner holder 50 is provided with a card drop prevention holding claw 60 that determines the position of the ETC card 70 and prevents the ETC card 70 from dropping from the inner holder 50. The shape, number, etc. of the card drop prevention holding claws 60 can be freely selected as long as the ETC card 70 does not easily fall and the ETC card 70 can be easily removed.

3 (a) and 3 (b), the inner holder 50 is mounted on the inner holder slide guide 51 so as to be slidable in the longitudinal direction of the ETC card 70, and a spring 52 is mounted on the elevating card holder 40 that holds the inner holder 50. It is pulled by the elasticity in the direction opposite to the direction pushed by the arm 53 described later. For this reason, when the force pushed in the longitudinal direction of the ETC card 70 by the arm 53 when the elevating card holder 40 is pulled down toward the card attachment / detachment position is released, the ETC card 70 returns to the initial position together with the inner holder 50. .

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, an arm 53 that engages with the inner holder slide guide 51 is provided in the mirror housing 10. The arm 53 is an inverted U-shaped plate and is pivotally supported at a substantially central position by a pivot 53a. A torsion coil spring 53 is inserted between the arm 53 and the pivot shaft 53a, and the arm 53 turns right about the pivot shaft 53a by the elasticity of the torsion coil spring 53 (see FIGS. 3A and 3B). To be energized). However, when the elevating card holder 40 is not loaded in the mirror housing 10, the arm 53 is restricted by the locking pin 53c from turning right beyond a predetermined position (see FIG. 3A).

As shown in FIG. 2A, the ETC card 70 is mounted on the inner holder 50 at a card attachment / detachment position where the elevating card holder 40 is drawn downward from the mirror housing 10. Thereby, the user can attach and detach the ETC card 70 to and from the mirror housing 10 without a sense of incongruity regardless of the position of the vehicle handle, the right hand or the left hand.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the ETC card 70 is loaded into the mirror housing 10 by pushing the elevating card holder 40 on which the ETC card 70 is mounted upward toward the mirror housing 10.

Next, the operation of the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

When the ETC card 70 is mounted on the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus 1, the user first presses the ETC card 70 against the inner holder 50 at the card attachment / detachment position where the elevating card holder 40 is pulled out from the mirror housing 10. . Then, the ETC card 70 gets over the card drop prevention holding claw 60 and is attached to the inner holder 50 by the card drop prevention holding claw 60. In this state, the card drop prevention holding claw 60 prevents the ETC card 70 from falling.

Next, when the user pushes the elevating card holder 40 upward from the lower surface side from the state where the ETC card 70 is mounted on the inner holder 50, the elevating card holder 40 is guided by a guide member (not shown) It rises obliquely upward and forward and is housed in the mirror housing 10.

When the elevating card holder 40 is further pushed into the mirror housing 10 from the state immediately before loading shown in FIG. 3A, the upper end surface of the inner holder slide guide 51 is shown in FIG. 3B. Comes into contact with the force point 53d of the arm 53, and the arm 53 is turned left about the pivot 53a against the elasticity of the torsion coil spring 53. For this reason, the action point 35e of the arm 53 abuts against the left side surface of the inner holder 50, and the inner holder 50 is slightly slid rightward against the elasticity of the spring 52. For this reason, the ETC card 70 is slid by about 1 mm in the longitudinal direction (see FIG. 3), and the card contact 80 of the ETC card 70 is slid in a state of being pressed against the contact terminal 30 on the printed circuit board 20. , Foreign matters such as dust and dirt between the contact terminals 30 are removed, and the contact (conduction) reliability between the card contact 80 and the contact terminal 30 is improved. Since the card contact 80 is pressed into contact with the contact terminal 30 for the first time when the elevating card holder 40 is completely stored in the mirror housing 10, the portion of the ETC card 70 other than the card contact 80 is not contacted with the contact terminal 30. The contact terminal 30 and the ETC card 70 are prevented from being worn by contact with each other, and the durability of the contact terminal 30 and the ETC card 70 (especially the card contact 80) is ensured.

Then, at the card loading position where the elevating card holder 40 is pushed upward into the mirror housing 10, the front and rear protruding edges 42 of the lower end wall are caught on the peripheral edge of the arrangement hole 11 and cannot be pushed any further. To do. At this time, the locking claw 43 bulging near the lower end of the front end surface of the left and right side walls of the elevating card holder 40 gets over the periphery of the arrangement hole 11 and causes the mirror housing 10 to click-stop the elevating card holder 40. For this reason, the elevating card holder 40 does not easily protrude downward from the mirror housing 10 due to vehicle vibration or the like.

Conversely, when removing the ETC card 70 from the mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device 1, if the user holds the elevating card holder 40 and pulls it downward with a predetermined force or more, the locking claw 43 is positioned at the periphery of the arrangement hole 11. , The click stop is released, and the elevating card holder 40 can be pulled out to the downward card attaching / detaching position. When the elevating card holder 40 is lowered to the card attachment / detachment position, the front and rear protruding edges 41 of the upper end wall are caught on the peripheral edge of the arrangement hole 11 and cannot be pulled out any further.

Next, when the user puts his / her hand on the ETC card 70 attached to the inner holder 50 and pulls it forward, the ETC card 70 is released from the locking by the card dropping prevention holding claws 60.

After that, if the elevating card holder 40 is pushed up toward the mirror housing 10 in the same manner as when the ETC card 70 is loaded, the elevating card holder 40 is clicked and stopped by the mirror housing 10 at the storage position.

According to the first embodiment, the card contact 80 of the ETC card 70 comes into pressure contact with the contact terminal 30 on the printed circuit board 20 incorporated in the mirror housing 10 as the elevating card holder 40 is housed in the mirror housing 10. By doing so, the detachability of the ETC card 70 can be improved without increasing the size of the mirror housing 10 and with a small number of parts.

Further, according to the first embodiment, the card contact 80 and the contact terminal 30 are in contact with each other, and at the same time, the inner holder 50 holding the ETC card 70 is slid in the longitudinal direction of the ETC card 70. 80 and the contact terminal 30 can be slipped in contact with each other, foreign matter between the contact terminal 30 and the card contact 80 can be removed and contact reliability can be ensured.

As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described, this is only an illustration, this invention is not limited to this, Based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art, unless it deviates from the meaning of a claim Various changes are possible.

The top view of the mirror mounting type | mold ETC vehicle-mounted apparatus which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. (A) And (b) is a state transition diagram explaining operation | movement of the mirror mounting type | mold ETC vehicle-mounted apparatus which concerns on the present Example 1. FIG. (A) And (b) is a state transition diagram explaining operation | movement of the mirror mounting type | mold ETC vehicle-mounted apparatus which concerns on the present Example 1. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mirror mounting type ETC in-vehicle apparatus 10 Mirror housing 11 Arrangement hole 20 Printed circuit board 30 Contact terminal 40 Lifting type card holder (movable card holder)
41, 42 Front and rear protruding edges 43 Locking claws 50 Inner holder 51 Inner holder slide guide 52 Spring 53 Arm (swinging member)
60 Holding claw for card drop prevention (claw member)
70 ETC card 80 Card contact

Claims (6)

A mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device in which an ETC card is detachably mounted,
A mirror housing in which a printed circuit board on which a contact terminal connected to an electronic circuit realizing an ETC function is mounted is incorporated;
A mirror mounting comprising: a movable card holder which holds the ETC card in a detachable manner and is housed in the mirror housing so that a card contact of the ETC card is pressed against a contact terminal on the printed circuit board Type ETC in-vehicle device. The mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein the movable card holder moves so that the card contact comes into contact with the contact terminal from an oblique direction inside the mirror housing. The said movable card holder is provided in the lower surface side of the said mirror housing, and raises / lowers between the card loading position accommodated in the said mirror housing, and the card attachment / detachment position pulled out from the said mirror housing. Mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device. The movable card holder has an inner holder that detachably holds the ETC card in a horizontally long direction and slides in a longitudinal direction of the ETC card, and the inner holder is in contact with the card contact and the contact terminal. The mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which slides at a position. The movable card holder is urged by an elastic means at the card loading position and abuts on a swinging member pivotally supported by a pivot so as to swing the swinging member. 5. The mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein the inner holder slides in conjunction with swinging of the mirror. The mirror-mounted ETC in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inner holder includes a claw member that holds the ETC card.

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