US 4,039,780 AGranted

Electric taximeter mounting and demounting arrangement

AssigneeKienzle Apparate GmbH

InventorsHeinz Kelch, Eduard Schuh

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Abstract

A mounting and demounting arrangement for an electric taximeter permits a mechanical-to-electrical converter to be slidably received into electrical contact with a socket provided in the taximeter housing or, at the option of a user, the mechanical-to-electrical converter is mounted at a location remote from the housing in order to protect a flexible shaft mechanically coupled to the converter from severe flexing.

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Dependent claims

In a transmitting arrangement for supplying electrical pulses to a taximeter by way of a flexible rotary mechanical drive shaft adapted to be driven by a drive component of the vehicle carrying the taximeter, a combination comprising a taximeter housing formed with a first socket of predetermined contour, and having first electrical contact means;

an auxiliary housing mounted on the vehicle at a spacing remote from said taximeter housing and being provided with first auxiliary electrical contact means, said auxiliary housing having a second socket of substantially the same contour as said first socket;
means for converting the mechanical rotary motion of the drive component into said electrical pulses, said converting means comprising an electromechanical transducer having a transducer plug-in portion of predetermined configuration which is complementary to the contour of said second socket for reception therein, said transducer plug-in portion having second auxiliary electrical contact means which registers in direct electrical contact with said first auxiliary electrical contact means when said transducer plug-in portion is fully received in said second socket, and a transducer extension portion projecting away from said auxiliary housing in direction opposite to the direction of insertion of said transducer plug-in portion into said second socket, said transducer extension portion being connected to said drive shaft at a location outwardly adjacent said second socket;
and means for connecting said auxiliary housing with said taximeter housing, comprising an electrical connector having a connector plug-in portion of substantially the same configuration as the predetermined configuration of said transducer plug-in portion so that said connector plug-in portion is receivable in said first socket, said connector plug-in portion being provided with second electrical contact means which registers in direct electrical contact with said first electrical contact means when said connector plug-in portion is fully received in said first socket, and a connector extension portion projecting away from said taximeter housing in direction opposite to the direction of insertion of said connector plug-in portion into said first socket, and said connecting means further comprising a flexible electrical cable having one end region connected to said connector extension portion at a location outwardly adjacent said first socket and another end region connected to said auxiliary housing so as to complete an electro-mechanical connection.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

an auxiliary housing mounted on the vehicle at a spacing remote from said taximeter housing and being provided with first auxiliary electrical contact means, said auxiliary housing having a second socket of substantially the same contour as said first socket;
means for converting the mechanical rotary motion of the drive component into said electrical pulses, said converting means comprising an electromechanical transducer having a transducer plug-in portion of predetermined configuration which is complementary to the contour of said second socket for reception therein, said transducer plug-in portion having second auxiliary electrical contact means which registers in direct electrical contact with said first auxiliary electrical contact means when said transducer plug-in portion is fully received in said second socket, and a transducer extension portion projecting away from said auxiliary housing in direction opposite to the direction of insertion of said transducer plug-in portion into said second socket, said transducer extension portion being connected to said drive shaft at a location outwardly adjacent said second socket;
and means for connecting said auxiliary housing with said taximeter housing, comprising an electrical connector having a connector plug-in portion of substantially the same configuration as the predetermined configuration of said transducer plug-in portion so that said connector plug-in portion is receivable in said first socket, said connector plug-in portion being provided with second electrical contact means which registers in direct electrical contact with said first electrical contact means when said connector plug-in portion is fully received in said first socket, and a connector extension portion projecting away from said taximeter housing in direction opposite to the direction of insertion of said connector plug-in portion into said first socket, and said connecting means further comprising a flexible electrical cable having one end region connected to said connector extension portion at a location outwardly adjacent said first socket and another end region connected to said auxiliary housing so as to complete an electro-mechanical connection.