Remote control retainer
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsHideyuki Hirota, Takahiro Ikunami
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Abstract
A shaft 14 is provided on the opposite side of the side provided with a locking mechanism 7 in a remote control; a remote control holder 3 has provided thereon a bearing section 15 abutting on the shaft 14 when the remote control 1 is housed in the remote control holder 3; the remote control holder 3 further has supportingly provided thereon a holding lever 18 gripping the shaft 14 in cooperation with the bearing section 15; the holding lever 18 has provided thereon a coil spring 21 energizing the holding lever 18 toward the shaft 14; and further the remote control 1 has provided thereon a lever engaging section 23 that rotates the holding lever 18 against the resilient force of the coil spring when the remote control 1 is rotated to take out the remote control.
Claims2
A remote control retainer retaining a remote control housed in a remote control holder, the retainer comprising:
- a locking mechanism which is provided between one side of the remote control and the remote control holder, and locks or unlocks the remote control with respect to the remote control holder;
- a shaft provided in the remote control on the opposite side of the side provided with the locking means;
- a bearing section which is provided on the side of the remote control holder and against which the shaft is abutted when the remote control is housed in the remote control holder;
- a lever gripping the shaft in cooperation with the bearing section;
- a spring member providing a holding force with which the shaft is pressed to the side of the bearing section to be held thereon to the lever;
- and a lever engaging section which is provided on the remote control, and when the locking means is released to rotate the remote control about the shaft, engages with the lever to rotate the lever against the resilient force of the spring member, thus moving the lever away from the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.