JP2013196448A - Fixing structure of portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing structure of a portable terminal, capable of preventing a cable adapter connected to the portable terminal from being detached from the portable terminal.SOLUTION: Engaging parts 46a and 46b of a portable terminal 1 and engaged parts 76a and 76b of a cable adapter 70 are to be engaged with each other. Then, in the engaged state, a belt member 60 of the portable terminal 1 is folded in the state of being inserted to an insertion port 78 provided on the cable adapter 70, and a distal end side of the folded belt member 60 is fixable to the side of a lower wall part 45. In such a manner, since the cable adapter 70 and the portable terminal 1 can be fixed by the configuration of the belt member 60 and the insertion port 78 in addition to the configuration of the engaging parts 46a and 46b and the engaged parts 76a and 76b, the cable adapter 70 connected to the portable terminal 1 is effectively prevented from being detached from the portable terminal 1.

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal fixing structure.

  A portable terminal such as a portable code reader is often operated with a communication cable connected to the portable terminal, particularly when used for industrial use or commercial use. For example, in a portable code reader or the like, code information read by a portable terminal is often transmitted to an external device. In this case, a communication cable is fixed to the portable terminal, and the code is read by the portable terminal. While reading, it is desirable to transmit the reading result (code data or the like) to an external device periodically or in real time via a communication cable.

JP 2007-181274 A

  However, the conventional structure in which the communication cable is connected to the portable terminal by a simple cable adapter has a problem that the cable adapter is easily detached from the portable terminal during use (for example, during data transmission). Especially in industrial and commercial applications, the mobile terminal is often moved in various directions or moved in various directions, and there is a situation where a load is likely to occur at the connection between the mobile terminal and the cable adapter. There is concern about disconnection of communication due to disconnection of the communication cable.

  On the other hand, as a technique for connecting an external cable to a portable terminal, there is a technique as disclosed in Patent Document 1. The charging plug adapter (10) disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a U-shaped case body (18) that can be attached to the end of a mobile phone (12). Is formed with a fitting claw (40) that can be fitted into a fitting portion (44) formed on the mobile phone (12). The case main body (18) is always connected to the mobile terminal (12) during normal charging. When the case main body (18) is pulled strongly, the side surface of the end of the mobile phone (12) is The fitting claw (40) is elastically pulled out from the fitting portion (44), and the case main body (18) is removed from the mobile phone (12). In this technology, when a certain level of force is applied to the fixed portion between the cable adapter (charging plug adapter (10)) and the mobile terminal (mobile phone (12)), the cable adapter is easily detached from the mobile terminal. Therefore, the effect of preventing breakage of the plug portion can be obtained. However, with this technology, the external cable is disconnected from the portable terminal every time a strong force is applied to the fixed portion. Therefore, even if such a structure is applied to the above-described communication cable, the above-described problem (ie, communication Cannot be resolved.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a mobile terminal fixing structure that can prevent a cable adapter connected to a mobile terminal from being disconnected from the mobile terminal.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a fixing structure for fixing a cable adapter provided on one end side of a communication cable and a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal includes one of a predetermined wall portion and the predetermined wall portion. A case provided with an adjacent wall portion adjacent to the side, a belt member attached at least near the adjacent wall portion in the case, and arranged exposed from the adjacent wall portion side of the case, and the portable terminal and the A terminal side terminal serving as a path of a transmission signal transmitted between the communication cable and an engaging portion disposed on the adjacent wall portion side of the case, and the cable adapter includes the terminal side terminal An adapter-side terminal configured to be electrically connectable and serving as a path for the transmission signal together with the terminal-side terminal, an engaged portion engageable with the engaging portion, and the belt member on the portable terminal side Insertion An insertion port, and when the one side of the cable adapter is in a predetermined arrangement relationship facing the adjacent wall, the terminal-side terminal of the mobile terminal and the adapter-side terminal of the cable adapter Are electrically connected, and the engaging portion of the mobile terminal is engaged with the engaged portion of the cable adapter, and the belt member is in an electrically connected state and an engaged state. The belt member is folded in a state of being inserted through the insertion port, and the front end side of the folded belt member can be fixed to the predetermined wall portion side.

  In the present invention, when the one side of the cable adapter has a predetermined arrangement relationship facing the adjacent wall, the terminal on the mobile terminal and the adapter side terminal on the cable adapter are electrically connected, and the mobile terminal Are engaged with the engaged portion of the cable adapter. And, in this electrically connected state and engaged state, the belt member attached at least near the adjacent wall portion in the case of the portable terminal is folded in a state of being inserted into the insertion port provided in the cable adapter, The front end side of the folded belt member can be fixed to the predetermined wall portion side.

  In this configuration, in addition to the configuration of the engaging portion of the mobile terminal and the engaged portion of the cable adapter, the cable adapter and the mobile terminal are also connected by the configuration of the belt member attached to the mobile terminal side and the insertion opening of the cable adapter. It is supposed to be fixed. Thereby, it is possible to effectively prevent the cable adapter connected to the mobile terminal from being disconnected from the mobile terminal. Moreover, since the belt member provided in order to make it easy to hold | grip a portable terminal can be combined with the fixing structure of a portable terminal and a cable adapter, the said fixing structure can be simplified.

  In the invention of claim 2, a strap hole into which the strap string can be inserted is formed on the adjacent wall portion side of the portable terminal. The cable adapter has a fitting portion that can be fitted into the strap hole. And when a portable terminal and a cable adapter become a predetermined arrangement | positioning relationship, they are mutually fixed in the state which the fitting part and the strap hole fitted.

  In this configuration, since the cable adapter and the portable terminal can be fixed also by the strap hole of the portable terminal and the fitting portion of the cable adapter, it is more effective that the cable adapter connected to the portable terminal is disconnected from the portable terminal. Can be prevented. Further, since the strap hole used for attaching the strap string can also be used for the fixing structure, the fixing structure can be simplified.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the mobile terminal, the engaging portions are respectively provided on both sides of the terminal side terminal. In the cable adapter, the engaged portions are provided on both sides of the adapter side terminal, respectively. Then, when the mobile terminal and the cable adapter are in a predetermined arrangement relationship, the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged with each other at both sides of the connection position where the terminal side terminal and the adapter side terminal are connected. It is supposed to be fixed.

  As described above, since a plurality of pairs of engaging portions of the mobile terminal and engaged portions of the cable adapter are provided, it is possible to more effectively prevent the cable adapter connected to the mobile terminal from being disconnected from the mobile terminal. . In addition, since the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged on both sides of the connection position where the terminal side terminal and the adapter side terminal are connected to each other, this occurs at the connection portion between the portable terminal and the cable adapter. It becomes easier to disperse the load, and the cable adapter can be further prevented from falling off.

In the invention of claim 4, one of the engaging portion and the engaged portion is configured as a concave portion, and the other is configured as a convex portion that fits into the concave portion. When at least one of the inner wall of the recess or the outer wall of the projection is elastically deformable, and the mobile terminal and the cable adapter have a predetermined arrangement relationship, at least one of the inner wall of the recess or the outer wall of the projection The convex part is pushed into the concave part while elastically deforming.
Thus, when the cable adapter and the mobile terminal are fixed, the convex portion is pushed into the concave portion while elastically deforming at least one of the inner wall of the concave portion or the outer wall of the convex portion, The frictional force between the engaging portion and the engaged portion can be increased, and the cable adapter can be further prevented from falling off.

FIG. 1A is a plan view schematically illustrating the mobile terminal according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 1B is a side view of the mobile terminal in FIG. FIG. 2 is a bottom view schematically illustrating the mobile terminal according to the first embodiment, and shows a state in which the belt member is folded and fixed by crimping. FIG. 3A is a block diagram schematically illustrating an electrical configuration of the mobile terminal in FIG. FIG. 3B is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the information code reading unit in FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an outline of the configuration of the mobile terminal fixing structure according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a front view of the cable adapter 70 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a side view of the cable adapter 70 according to the first embodiment.

[First embodiment]
Hereinafter, embodiments of a mobile terminal fixing structure according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present invention, the cable adapter 70 provided on one end side of the communication cable 72 is fixed to the portable terminal 1. Each configuration will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. A configuration in which the portable terminal of the present invention is applied to a portable information reader that reads an information code (optical information medium) such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code will be described as an example.

(Overall configuration of mobile device)
As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 1 is configured to have a longitudinal shape as a whole, and an outer case is formed by the longitudinal case 40, and various components (such as various electronic components) are accommodated in the case 40. Has been. The case 40 is mainly composed of an upper case 40a and a lower case 40b, has a box shape, and is formed of, for example, a resin material. The case 40 is provided with a detachable battery lid (not shown) for opening and closing a battery housing (not shown) for housing a battery (not shown).

  In the present embodiment, the longitudinal direction of the case 40 is the front-rear direction, the side on which the reading port 7 (described later) is formed is the front side, and the opposite side is the rear side. The thickness direction of the case 40 is the vertical direction, and the side on which the operation buttons 14 and the display device 4 are provided is the upper side, and the opposite side is the lower side. Moreover, the direction orthogonal to these front-back direction and up-down direction is made into the width direction (lateral direction). In FIG. 1, FIG. 2, etc., the front-rear direction is shown as the X-axis direction, and the up-down direction is shown as the Y-axis direction. Further, the width direction (lateral direction) is shown as the Z-axis direction. Furthermore, the front wall portion 41 of the case 40 is the front wall portion 41, the rear wall portion is the rear wall portion 42, the respective wall portions in the width direction are side wall portions 43a and 43b, and the upper wall portion is the upper wall portion 44. The lower wall portion is a lower wall portion 45. The lower wall portion 45 corresponds to an example of a “predetermined wall portion”. The rear wall portion 42 adjacent to the rear side (one side) of the lower wall portion 45 corresponds to an example of “adjacent wall portion”.

  A reading port 7 for taking in reflected light from the information code is formed on the front side (one end side in the longitudinal direction) of the case 40. The reading port 7 has an opening shape capable of taking light from the outside into the case 40, and the opening is closed by a transparent member (for example, a transparent resin member).

  In addition, the mobile terminal 1 is provided with various components in a form exposed from the case 40. For example, on the upper surface side (front surface side) of the case 40, the display device 4 is provided at a front position (specifically, a front half region). Further, a plurality of operation buttons 14 (numeric keys, function keys, etc.) are provided on the upper surface side. A trigger switch 13 for reading instructions and the like are provided on the side surface side (width direction) of the case 40. A belt member 60 is attached to a position near the rear wall portion 42 of the lower wall portion 45 (lower surface) of the case 40.

The belt member 60 is configured as a belt-shaped member made of, for example, an elastic material such as synthetic fiber or rubber, and the width of the belt member 60 grips the portable terminal 1 from the lower surface side of the case 40 (lower case 40b side). It is set to such an extent that the user's hand can be sandwiched between the lower case 40b. One end side of the belt member 60 is fixed to the case 40 via a holding member 65. Also, hook and loop fasteners (not shown) (not shown) that can be engaged with each other are respectively attached to one end side and the other end side (tip side) of the belt member 60. When this belt member 60 is bent through the guide port 52, one end side and the other end side can be crimped and fixed so that the surface fastener on the other end side overlaps with the surface fastener on the one end side. 2 shows a state in which one end side and the other end side of the belt member 60 are fixed by pressure bonding.
In this configuration, as shown in FIG. 2, one end side and the other end side of the belt member 60 are crimped by a hook-and-loop fastener, and the belt member 60 is supported at both ends of the holding member 65 side and the guide port 52 side when they are overlapped. In this state, a hand can be inserted into and gripped at one end side (case 40 side) of the belt member 60 and the lower surface side of the case 40.

  A terminal-side terminal 47 serving as a transmission signal path transmitted between the mobile terminal 1 and the communication cable 72 is provided on the rear wall portion 42 of the case 40 so as to be exposed to the outside. In addition, power is supplied to the battery 17 from the outside of the case 40 (such as a charging device) via the terminal side terminal 47. Further, the rear wall portion 42 of the case 40 is provided with engaging portions 46a and 46b configured as concave portions 50a and 50b on both sides of the terminal side terminal 47, respectively. A strap hole 48 into which a strap string (not shown) can be inserted is formed below the position on the rear wall portion 42 where the terminal side terminal 47 is provided, and above the position where the terminal side terminal 47 is provided. Is formed with a guide port 52 through which the belt member 60 can be guided toward the insertion port 78 (described later) provided in the cable adapter 70. The width of the guide port 52 is slightly larger than the width of the belt member 60. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the guide port 52 is provided so as to penetrate from the upper wall portion 44 side to the rear wall portion 42 side. A cable adapter 70 can be attached and fixed to the portable terminal 1 from the rear wall 42 side. 1 and 2 show a state in which the cable adapter 70 is attached and fixed to the mobile terminal 1 (details will be described later).

(Electrical configuration of mobile terminal)
Next, the electrical configuration of the mobile terminal 1 according to the first embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 3A, a control unit 10 that controls the entire mobile terminal 1 is provided inside the case 40 of the mobile terminal 1. The control unit 10 is composed mainly of a microcomputer, has a CPU, a system bus, an input / output interface, and the like, and functions as information processing means in cooperation with the memory 16. The control unit 10 is also connected with a display device 4, a speaker 12, a trigger switch 13, an operation button 14, a communication unit 15, and the like.

  The trigger switch 13 and the operation button 14 are configured to give an operation signal to the control unit 10, and the control unit 10 receives the operation signal from these and performs various controls according to the content of the operation signal. The display device 4 is configured to perform various display operations in response to commands from the control unit 10. The communication unit 15 is configured as an interface for performing data communication with the outside (for example, a host device) via the cable adapter 70 or the like, and performs communication processing in cooperation with the control unit 10. It is configured. Further, in the case 40, a battery 17 and a power supply unit 18 serving as a power source are provided. The battery 17 is configured by a rechargeable secondary battery (for example, a lithium ion battery), and the power supply unit 18 is configured by a known power supply circuit or the like, and supplies power to the control unit 10 and various electrical components by these. It has come to be.

  An information code reading unit 30 is connected to the control unit 10. As shown in FIG. 3B, the information code reading unit 30 includes a light receiving sensor 33 such as a CCD area sensor, an imaging lens 37, an illumination unit 31 including a plurality of LEDs and lenses, and the like. It has a configuration and functions to read the information code C attached to the reading object R in cooperation with the control unit 10. When reading is performed by the information code reading unit 30, first, the illumination light Lf is emitted from the illumination unit 31 that has been instructed by the control unit 10, and the illumination light Lf passes through the reading port 7 (FIG. 1) to be read. R is irradiated. The reflected light Lr reflected from the illumination light Lf by the information code C is taken into the apparatus through the reading port 7 and enters the light receiving sensor 33 through the imaging lens 37. The imaging lens 37 disposed between the reading port 7 and the light receiving sensor 33 is configured to form an image of the information code C on the light receiving sensor 33. The light receiving sensor 33 is configured to image the information code C. The light reception signal corresponding to The light reception signal output from the light reception sensor 33 is stored as image data in the memory 16 (FIG. 2A) and used for decoding processing. The information code reading unit 30 is provided with an amplifier circuit that amplifies the signal from the light receiving sensor 33, an AD converter circuit that converts the amplified signal into a digital signal, and the like. Is omitted.

(Overall configuration of cable adapter)
Next, the overall configuration of the cable adapter 70 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4, the cable adapter 70 is configured in a substantially semicircular shape, and is connected and fixed to a terminal-side terminal 47 provided on the rear wall portion 42 of the mobile terminal 1. It is comprised so that. A communication cable 72 connected to an external device (not shown) such as a host device is provided on one end side of the cable adapter 70 (near the apex of the substantially semicircular curved portion). The width of the cable adapter 70 (width in the Z-axis direction) is set slightly smaller than the lateral width (width in the Z-axis direction) of the mobile terminal 1 as shown in FIGS. By comprising in this way, when a user hold | grips the portable terminal 1, the cable adapter 70 does not become obstructive easily and operativity can be improved.

  The cable adapter 70 is configured to be electrically connectable to the terminal side terminal 47 of the mobile terminal 1 on the side opposite to the side where the communication cable 72 is provided (the one surface 71 side of the cable adapter 70). The adapter side terminal 74 that becomes a transmission signal path together with the side terminal 47, the engaged portions 76a and 76b that can be engaged with the engaging portions 46a and 46b, and the insertion port through which the belt member 60 on the portable terminal 1 side can be inserted. 78 and a fitting portion 80 that can be fitted to the strap hole 48 are formed.

  The adapter-side terminal 74 is in electrical contact with the terminal-side terminal 47 of the mobile terminal 1 when the cable adapter 70 is fixed to the mobile terminal 1, and enables wired communication between the external device and the mobile terminal 1. In addition, power supplied via a power source (not shown) such as an AC power source can be supplied to the mobile terminal 1 side via the terminal side terminal 47.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the engaged portions 76 a and 76 b are respectively provided on both sides of the adapter side terminal 74. 4 and 6, the engaged portions 76a and 76b are configured as convex portions 82a and 82b that protrude from the one surface 71 side of the cable adapter 70, respectively. These convex portions 82a and 82b are configured such that at least the surface (outer wall) can be elastically deformed. For example, the surfaces of the protrusions 82a and 82b can be made of a material such as rubber or elastomer. Thus, by constituting the convex portions 82a and 82b, when the cable adapter 70 is fixed to the mobile terminal 1, the convex portions 82a and 82b are pushed into the concave portions 50a and 50b while being elastically deformed. Since it fits, the frictional force between engaging part 46a, 46b and to-be-engaged part 76a, 76b can be raised.

  The insertion port 78 is provided on the plate surface side arranged on the upper side when the cable adapter 70 is fixed to the mobile terminal 1. The insertion port 78 is arranged to face the guide port 52 when the one surface 71 side of the cable adapter 70 is arranged to face the rear wall portion 42 of the mobile terminal 1. Further, the width of the insertion opening 78 is configured to be slightly larger than the belt member 60.

  When the cable adapter 70 is fixed to the mobile terminal 1, the fitting portion 80 is provided on the plate surface side disposed on the lower side. As shown in FIG. 6, the fitting portion 80 is formed so as to protrude from the one surface 71 side, and the one surface 71 side of the cable adapter 70 is arranged to face the rear wall portion 42 of the mobile terminal 1. When this is done, it can be fitted into the strap hole 48 provided in the portable terminal 1. Note that the protruding length of the fitting portion 80 is configured to be slightly smaller than the length (depth) of the strap hole 48.

(Mobile device fixing structure)
Next, the process of fixing the cable adapter 70 configured as described above to the mobile terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the other end side of the belt member 60 is inserted into the guide port 52 from the upper wall portion 44 side of the mobile terminal 1 and pulled out to the rear wall portion 42 side. Next, the one surface 71 side of the cable adapter 70 is disposed to face the rear wall portion 42 of the mobile terminal 1 (FIG. 4). Then, the engaging portions 46a and 46b and the engaged portions 76a and 76b are engaged, the strap hole 48 and the fitting portion 80 are fitted, and the terminal-side terminal 47 of the mobile terminal 1 and the adapter of the cable adapter 70 The side terminal 74 is electrically connected. At this time, the convex portions 82a and 82b of the engaged portions 76a and 76b are pushed into and fitted into the concave portions 50a and 50b while being elastically deformed. Further, as described above, the engaging portions 46a and 46b and the engaged portions 76a and 76b are fixed to each other while being engaged on both sides of the connection position where the terminal side terminal 47 and the adapter side terminal 74 are connected. It is like that. Further, the other end side of the belt member 60 is inserted into the insertion port 78 and folded, and the other end side of the folded belt member 60 is fixed to the lower wall portion 45 side, so that the cable adapter 70 can be detached from the portable terminal 1. Can be prevented (FIG. 2). At this time, it is possible to further prevent the cable adapter 70 from coming off from the mobile terminal 1 by fixing the belt member 60 so as to eliminate the slack of the belt member 60.

  As described above, in the fixing structure of the mobile terminal 1 according to the present embodiment, when the one surface 71 side of the cable adapter 70 is in a predetermined arrangement relationship facing the rear wall portion 42, the terminal side terminal of the mobile terminal 1 is used. 47 and the adapter side terminal 74 of the cable adapter 70 are electrically connected, and the engaging portions 46a and 46b of the mobile terminal 1 and the engaged portions 76a and 76b of the cable adapter 70 are engaged. ing. In the electrically connected state and the engaged state, the belt member 60 attached to at least the rear wall portion 42 in the case 40 of the mobile terminal 1 is inserted into the insertion port 78 provided in the cable adapter 70. The belt member 60 is folded in the state, and the front end side of the folded belt member 60 can be fixed to the lower wall portion 45 side.

  In this configuration, in addition to the configuration of the engaging portions 46a and 46b of the mobile terminal 1 and the engaged portions 76a and 76b of the cable adapter 70, the belt member 60 attached to the mobile terminal 1 side and the insertion port 78 of the cable adapter 70. Also with this configuration, the cable adapter 70 and the portable terminal 1 are fixed. Thereby, it is possible to effectively prevent the cable adapter 70 connected to the mobile terminal 1 from being detached from the mobile terminal 1. Moreover, since the belt member 60 provided in order to make it easy to hold | maintain the portable terminal 1 can be combined with the fixing structure of the portable terminal 1 and the cable adapter 70, the said fixing structure can be simplified.

  A strap hole 48 through which a strap string can be inserted is formed on the rear wall portion 42 side of the mobile terminal 1. The cable adapter 70 is formed with a fitting portion 80 that can be fitted into the strap hole 48. And when the portable terminal 1 and the cable adapter 70 become a predetermined arrangement | positioning relationship, the fitting part 80 and the strap hole 48 are mutually fixed in the state fitted.

  In this configuration, since the cable adapter 70 and the portable terminal 1 can be fixed also by the strap hole 48 of the portable terminal 1 and the fitting portion 80 of the cable adapter 70, the cable adapter 70 connected to the portable terminal 1 is portable. It is possible to more effectively prevent the terminal 1 from leaving. Further, since the strap hole 48 used for attaching the strap string can also be used for the fixing structure, the fixing structure can be simplified.

  In the mobile terminal 1, the engaging portions 46 a and 46 b are provided on both sides of the terminal side terminal 47. In the cable adapter 70, the engaged portions 76 a and 76 b are provided on both sides of the adapter side terminal 74. When the mobile terminal 1 and the cable adapter 70 are in a predetermined arrangement relationship, the engaging portions 46a and 46b and the engaged portions are provided on both sides of the connection position where the terminal side terminal 47 and the adapter side terminal 74 are connected. 76a and 76b are fixed to each other while being engaged.

  As described above, since a plurality of pairs of the engaging portions 46 a and 46 b of the mobile terminal 1 and the engaged portions 76 a and 76 b of the cable adapter 70 are provided, the cable adapter 70 connected to the mobile terminal 1 comes out of the mobile terminal 1. This can be prevented more effectively. In addition, since the engaging portions 46a and 46b and the engaged portions 76a and 76b are engaged on both sides of the connection position where the terminal side terminal 47 and the adapter side terminal 74 are connected, the mobile terminal 1 It becomes easier to disperse the load generated at the connection portion between the cable adapter 70 and the cable adapter 70, and the cable adapter 70 can be further prevented from falling off.

Further, the engaging portions 46a and 46b are configured as the concave portions 50a and 50b, and the engaged portions 76a and 76b are configured as the convex portions 82a and 82b that fit into the concave portions 50a and 50b. The outer walls of the protrusions 82a and 82b can be elastically deformed, and when the mobile terminal 1 and the cable adapter 70 have a predetermined arrangement relationship, the outer walls of the protrusions 82a and 82b are elastically deformed while the recesses 50a and 82b are elastically deformed. The convex portions 82a and 82b are pushed into 50b.
Thus, when the cable adapter 70 and the portable terminal 1 are fixed, the convex portions 82a and 82b are pushed into the concave portions 50a and 50b while the outer walls of the convex portions 82a and 82b are elastically deformed. Therefore, the frictional force between the engaging portions 46a and 46b and the engaged portions 76a and 76b can be increased, and the cable adapter 70 can be further prevented from falling off.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described with reference to the above description and drawings. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  In the above embodiment, the engaging portions 46a and 46b on the portable terminal 1 side are configured as the concave portions 50a and 50b, and the engaged portions 76a and 76b on the cable adapter 70 side are the convex portions 82a that fit into the concave portions 50a and 50b, Although the example comprised as 82b was shown, it is not limited to this, The engaging parts 46a and 46b may be comprised as a convex part, and the to-be-engaged parts 76a and 76b may be comprised as a recessed part.

  In the above embodiment, an example in which the outer walls of the convex portions 82a and 82b are configured to be elastically deformable has been shown. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. You may be comprised so that a deformation | transformation is possible. Further, only the inner walls of the recesses 50a and 50b may be configured to be elastically deformable.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the engaging portions 46a and 46b and the engaged portions 76a and 76b are provided two by two is illustrated, but the numbers of the engaging portions and the engaged portions are not limited thereto.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable terminal 4 ... Display apparatus 4a ... Display screen 7 ... Reading port 10 ... Control part 12 ... Speaker 13 ... Trigger switch 14 ... Operation button 15 ... Communication part 16 ... Memory 17 ... Battery 18 ... Power supply part 30 ... Information code reading Part 40 ... Case 40a ... Upper case 40b ... Lower case 41 ... Front wall part 42 ... Rear wall part (adjacent wall part)
43a, 43b ... side wall 44 ... upper wall 45 ... lower wall (predetermined wall)
46a, 46b ... engaging portion 47 ... terminal side terminal 48 ... strap hole 50a, 50b ... concave portion 52 ... guide port 60 ... belt member 65 ... holding member 70 ... cable adapter 71 ... one side 72 ... communication cable 74 ... adapter side terminal 76a, 76b ... engaged portion 78 ... insertion port 80 ... fitting portion 82a, 82b ... convex portion

Claims (4)

A cable adapter provided at one end of the communication cable and a fixing structure for fixing the mobile terminal,
The portable terminal is
A case including a predetermined wall and an adjacent wall adjacent to one side of the predetermined wall;
A belt member attached at least near the adjacent wall in the case;
A terminal-side terminal that is disposed to be exposed from the adjacent wall portion side of the case and serves as a path of a transmission signal transmitted between the mobile terminal and the communication cable;
An engaging portion disposed on the adjacent wall side of the case;
With
The cable adapter is
An adapter side terminal configured to be electrically connectable to the terminal side terminal and serving as a path of the transmission signal together with the terminal side terminal;
An engaged portion engageable with the engaging portion;
An insertion port through which the belt member on the mobile terminal side can be inserted;
With
When the one side of the cable adapter is in a predetermined arrangement relationship facing the adjacent wall, the terminal side terminal of the mobile terminal and the adapter side terminal of the cable adapter are electrically connected, When the engaging part of the mobile terminal and the engaged part of the cable adapter are engaged, and the belt member is inserted through the insertion port when the engaging part is in the electrically connected state and the engaged state. A portable terminal fixing structure characterized in that it is folded and the front end side of the folded belt member can be fixed to the predetermined wall portion side. A strap hole into which a strap string can be inserted is formed on the adjacent wall portion side of the mobile terminal,
The cable adapter has a fitting portion that can be fitted to the strap hole,
2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal and the cable adapter are fixed to each other in a state in which the fitting portion and the strap hole are fitted when the predetermined arrangement relationship is established. Terminal fixing structure. The engaging portions are respectively provided on both sides of the terminal side terminal,
The engaged parts are respectively provided on both sides of the adapter side terminal,
When the portable terminal and the cable adapter are in the predetermined arrangement relationship, the engaging portion and the engaged portion are located on both sides of a connection position where the terminal side terminal and the adapter side terminal are connected. The mobile terminal fixing structure according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is fixed to each other while being engaged. Either one of the engaging portion and the engaged portion is configured as a concave portion, and the other is configured as a convex portion that fits into the concave portion,
At least one of the inner wall of the concave portion or the outer wall of the convex portion is elastically deformable,
When the portable terminal and the cable adapter are in the predetermined arrangement relationship, the convex portion is pushed into the concave portion while at least one of the inner wall of the concave portion or the outer wall of the convex portion is elastically deformed. The structure for fixing a portable terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that:

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