# US 10,320,108 B2 · Rotation terminal device for portable terminals and electric lamp > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,320,108 B2 - Document ID: US10320108B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/740,023 - Filed: 2015-06-29 - Published: 2018-07-05 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-29 - Assignees: Trinity, Inc. - Applicants: Trinity, Inc. - Inventors: Tetsushi Hoshikawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10320108B2 ## CPC - H01R 13/44: Means for preventing access to live contacts {(making use of a switch actuated by engagement of counterpart H01R13/7036)} - F21S 6/00: Lighting devices intended to be free-standing (F21S9/00, F21S10/00, {F21S13/12} take precedence {lighting devices specially adapted to be transported from place to place, e.g. lighting devices carried on wheeled supports F21L; details of supports for lighting devices F21V21/00}) - F21S 6/002: {Table lamps, e.g. for ambient lighting} - F21V 21/06: Bases for movable standing lamps; Fixing standards to the bases (F21V21/08 takes precedence) - F21V 33/0052: {Audio or video equipment, e.g. televisions, telephones, cameras or computers; Remote control devices therefor} - G06F 1/1632: {External expansion units, e.g. docking stations} - H01R 33/74: Devices having four or more poles {, e.g. holders for compact fluorescent lamps} - H04M 1/04: Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers - H04M 1/21: Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads - H01R 35/04: Turnable line connectors with limited rotation angle {with frictional contact members} - H04M 1/0274: {for an electrical connector module} - H04M 19/08: with current supply sources at the substations (generating ringing current H04M19/04) - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A terminal device which is used for charging of portable terminals and data communication, the device including a terminal holder including at least one terminal, a device main body 12 including an opening for mounting the terminal holder, which is configured such that a decorative surface constituting a portion of the device main body is provided on one surface of the terminal holder and the terminal is provided on the other surface and is rotatably attached to the device main body by a rotation mechanism, and is configured so the terminal protrudes the front surface side of the main body in a use state and the decorative surface appears on the front surface side. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A terminal device which is used for purposes including charging of portable terminals and data communication, the device comprising: a terminal holder that includes at least one terminal; and a device main body that includes an opening for mounting the terminal holder, wherein the terminal holder is configured such that a decorative surface constituting a portion of the device main body is provided on one surface of the terminal holder and the terminal is provided on the other surface thereof, the terminal holder is rotatably attached to the device main body by a rotation mechanism, and is configured such that the terminal protrudes on a front surface side of the device main body in a use state of the terminal holder and the decorative surface appears on the front surface side to constitute the portion of the device main body in a non-use state of the terminal holder; wherein the one surface of the terminal holder is parallel to the other surface of the terminal holder; and wherein the rotation mechanism has an axis around which the terminal holder rotates and the axis is parallel to both the one surface and the other surface of the terminal holder. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The terminal device for portable terminals according to claim 1, wherein the terminal holder includes an engagement portion, and the device main body includes a to-be-engaged-portion to be engaged with the engagement portion within the opening of the device main body, so that terminal holder is configured to be fixed at a position where the terminal appears on the front surface side or at a position where the decorative surface appears by the engagement between the engagement portion and the to-be-engaged-portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) An electric lamp comprising: a base for use on a desk, or a floor; an illumination unit which is provided on the base; and the rotation terminal device for portable terminals according to claim 1 which is embedded in the base, wherein the base also serves as the device main body, the base is provided with a column that also serves as the supporting body, and the illumination unit is provided in an upper portion of the column. ### Claim 4 A terminal device which is used for purposes including charging of portable terminals and data communication, the device comprising: a terminal holder that includes at least one terminal; and a device main body that includes an opening for mounting the terminal holder, wherein the terminal holder is configured such that a decorative surface constituting a portion of the device main body is provided on one surface of the terminal holder and the terminal is provided on the other surface thereof, the terminal holder is rotatably attached to the device main body by a rotation mechanism, and is configured such that the terminal protrudes on a front surface side of the device main body in a use state of the terminal holder and the decorative surface appears on the front surface side to constitute the portion of the device main body in a non-use state of the terminal holder; wherein the device main body includes a supporting body, the supporting body functions as a support that supports the portable terminal at a back thereof when the portable terminal is connected to the terminal, and a change in an angle of backward inclination, which varies depending on a difference in a size of the portable terminal, is adjusted by the rotation mechanism of the terminal holder, and wherein the supporting body includes a stopper that holds the portable terminal in an upper portion of the supporting body.