Charge socket for hands-free cellular phone in vehicle

#This invention relates generally to a socket for fixing a hands-free cellular phone and charging it in a vehicle, particularly to such a charge socket, which is adjustable in its angle of inclination for easy installation of a cellular phone.

#In the recent days a cellular phone is no longer a symptom of wealth, it seems very rare to meet people walking on the street without carrying a cellular phone. It is also said that the prevalence rate of cellular phone in an average developed country is about 90% according to marketing reports.

#The cellular phone is indisputably instrumental to communications, however, it brings about a bad effect to traffic security on the other hand. For example, a driver could be distracted to probably incur a traffic accident by using a cellular phone when he is driving his car. Thus, for prevention of such a terrible accident, some makers have elaborated on a charge socket for a hands-free cellular phone in vehicle so that he can talk through his cellular phone without holding it and charge it automatically whenever it is put on the socket.

#The related drawings in connection with the detailed description of this invention to be made later are described briefly as follows, in which:

#FIG. 1 shows a charge socket for cellular phone of this invention in three dimensions;

#FIG. 2 is an exploded view in three dimensions showing the relative positions of the main parts of the charge socket for cellular phone of this invention;

#As illustrated in FIG. 1, a charge socket of this invention for hands-free cellular phone in vehicle comprises an assembly including a charge coupling 24 and a clamp means 1, in which the clamp means 1 is provided for clamping a cellular phone (also called a wireless mobile phone) and the given charge coupling 24 is supposed to be plugged in a power jack of vehicle (usually the cigarette lighter).

#Now, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the clamp means 1 is provided with a plurality of parallel slide channels 5 formed symmetrically on both the right and the left sides respectively in its casing 3, in which the plurality of slide channels 5 is preferably aligned vertically. The casing 3 is joined to a charge box 31 on back, and a protruding sphere 9 is in turn joined to the charge box 31 by jointing itself with a rear outer lateral wall of the latter. Moreover, a gap 7 having its opening oriented upwardly is formed at the top end of each of two lateral walls of the charge box 31.

#Also, an unshown charger is disposed in the charge box 31 and a terminal jack 17 for electrical connection with the inside charger and for receiving a power cord 23 is formed in a bottom edge of the charge box 31, in which the power cord 23 is supposed to be plugged in a charging port of a cellular phone. Besides, a conductive cord 19 of an earphone 21 is jointedly guided out of the charge box 31, and an aperture is arranged at an end portion of the sphere 9 to provide a passage for a conductive wire to pass through from the charge box 31 so as to joint with the charge coupling for conductive connection.