# US 7,611,112 B2 · Bearing apparatus for portable electronic device used in vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,611,112 B2 - Document ID: US7611112B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/866,551 - Filed: 2007-10-03 - Published: 2009-04-09 - Granted: 2009-11-03 - Earliest claimed: 2007-10-03 - Inventors: Rocky Yi-Ping Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7611112B2 ## CPC - F16M 13/00: Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 {; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20} ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 {; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22}); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles {(supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025)} - B60R 11/02: for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof - B60R 11/0252: {for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks} - F16M 11/041: {Allowing quick release of the apparatus} - F16M 11/10: around a horizontal axis {(F16M11/12 takes precedence)} - F16M 11/18: with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand - F16M 11/2035: {in more than one direction} - F16M 13/02: for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle - G06F 1/203: {for portable computers, e.g. for laptops} - Y10S 248/918: Ancillary device support associated with a video display screen - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract A bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in vehicle includes a supporting frame, a bearing structure, a cooling fan, a first holding mechanism, and a second holding mechanism. The bearing structure is connected to the supporting frame and has a bearing plate. The first holding mechanism capable of being dismantled from the ground and connected to the bearing plate includes a front and rear moving arms set and a right and left moving arms set. The cooling fan and the second holding mechanism are respectively connected to the bearing plate. The second holding mechanism includes a front telescoping arm set and a rear telescoping arm set. Thereby, any electronic device can be stably abutted and fixed to the bearing plate, in corresponding to variously different sizes, by making appropriate adjustment. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle, including: a supporting frame; a bearing structure, connected to the supporting frame and having a bearing plate, on which a ventilating trough is arranged, and a plurality of guiding parts are separately arranged at the outer surroundings of the ventilating trough; a cooling fan, fixed and connected in corresponding to a position of the ventilating trough of the bearing plate; a first holding mechanism, capable of being dismantled from the ground, connected to the bearing plate, including: a set of front and rear moving arms, respectively connected to front and rear sides of the bearing plate, capable of being adjusted and moved in a back-and-forth direction at the bearing plate, respectively including a clipping-and-abutting arm inter-cooperated with the guiding part of the bearing plate; and a screw-connecting element arranged through the bearing plate and interconnected to the clipping-and-abutting arm; and a set of left and right moving arms, respectively connected to left and right sides of the bearing plate, capable of being adjusted and moved in a left-and-right direction at the bearing plate, respectively including a clipping-and-abutting arm inter-cooperated with the guiding part of the bearing plate; and a screw-connecting element arranged through the bearing plate and interconnected to the clipping-and-abutting arm; and a second holding mechanism, connected to the bearing plate, including: a front telescoping arm set, including a front telescoping arm connected to the front of the bearing plate; a swinging arm connected to the front telescoping arm; and a front abutting plate connected to the swinging arm; and a rear telescoping arm set, including a rear telescoping arm connected to the rear of the bearing plate; and a rear abutting plate connected to the rear telescoping arm, wherein the supporting frame comprises a main rod, a sub-rod, a cross rod connected to a top side of the main rod and the sub-rod respectively, and a rotating seat connected to the cross rod at one side far away the main rod, and wherein a projecting axle is extended above the rotating seat, while the bearing structure further has a rotating set connected to the bearing set including a pivot, at a radial direction of which a fitting hole and a sectional trough fitted to the fitting hole are arranged thereon, the projecting axle being fitted to the fitting hole and connected. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the guiding part comprises a guiding trough and two guiding rails respectively formed at two sides of the guiding trough. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the clipping-and-abutting arm includes an “L”-shaped plate; a pressing plate accommodated in one side of the “L”-shaped plate; and a leaf spring clipped-and-abutted between the “L”-shaped plate and the pressing plate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the screw-connecting element is a rotating knob having a bolt. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a guiding trough is formed at a bottom face of the bearing plate, at rear side of which a perforation is arranged; wherein the front telescoping arm is accommodated and fixed in the guiding trough, while the rear telescoping arm is fixed and connected in corresponding to the perforation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 5, further including a rear catch, which is fixed and connected in corresponding to a position of the perforation of the bearing plate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 5, further including a laterally fixing frame, which is fixed and connected in corresponding to the position of the perforation of the bearing plate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the laterally fixing frame comprises a fixing arm connected to the bearing plate and a clipping-and-abutting piece connected to one side of the fixing arm. ### Claim 9 A bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle, including: a supporting frame; a bearing structure, connected to the supporting frame and having a bearing plate, on which a ventilating trough is arranged, and a plurality of guiding parts are separately arranged at the outer surroundings of the ventilating trough; a cooling fan, fixed and connected in corresponding to a position of the ventilating trough of the bearing plate; a first holding mechanism, capable of being dismantled from the ground, connected to the bearing plate, including: a set of front and rear moving arms, respectively connected to front and rear sides of the bearing plate, capable of being adjusted and moved in a back-and-forth direction at the bearing plate, respectively including a clipping-and-abutting arm inter-cooperated with the guiding part of the bearing plate; and a screw-connecting element arranged through the bearing plate and interconnected to the clipping-and-abutting arm; and a set of left and right moving arms, respectively connected to left and right sides of the bearing plate, capable of being adjusted and moved in a left-and-right direction at the bearing plate, respectively including a clipping-and-abutting arm inter-cooperated with the guiding part of the bearing plate; and a screw-connecting element arranged through the bearing plate and interconnected to the clipping-and-abutting arm; and a second holding mechanism, connected to the bearing plate, including: a front telescoping arm set, including a front telescoping arm connected to the front of the bearing plate; a swinging arm connected to the front telescoping arm; and a front abutting plate connected to the swinging arm; and a rear telescoping arm set, including a rear telescoping arm connected to the rear of the bearing plate; and a rear abutting plate connected to the rear telescoping arm, wherein the guiding part comprises a guiding trough and two guiding rails respectively formed at two sides of the guiding trough, and wherein the clipping-and-abutting arm includes an “L”-shaped plate; a pressing plate accommodated in one side of the “L”-shaped plate; and a leaf spring clipped-and-abutted between the “L”-shaped plate and the pressing plate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the supporting frame comprises a main rod, a sub-rod, a cross rod connected to a top side of the main rod and the sub-rod respectively, and a rotating seat connected to the cross rod at one side far away the main rod. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 10, wherein a projecting axle is extended above the rotating seat, while the bearing structure further has a rotating set connected to the bearing set including a pivot, at a radial direction of which a fitting hole and a sectional trough fitted to the fitting hole are arranged thereon, the projecting axle being fitted to the fitting hole and connected. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the screw-connecting element is a rotating knob having a bolt. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 9, wherein a guiding trough is formed at a bottom face of the bearing plate, at rear side of which a perforation is arranged; wherein the front telescoping arm is accommodated and fixed in the guiding trough, while the rear telescoping arm is fixed and connected in corresponding to the perforation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 13, further including a rear catch, which is fixed and connected in corresponding to a position of the perforation of the bearing plate. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 13, further including a laterally fixing frame, which is fixed and connected in corresponding to the position of the perforation of the bearing plate. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The bearing apparatus for a portable electronic device used in a vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the laterally fixing frame comprises a fixing arm connected to the bearing plate and a clipping-and-abutting piece connected to one side of the fixing arm.