Integration device

Abstract

The invention relates to an integration device for integrating a mobile terminal device into a vehicle, which integration device comprises an electronic unit and a storage unit, the electronic unit comprising an inductive charging unit, by means of which the mobile terminal device can be charged, and the storage unit comprising a storage mat, on which the mobile terminal device can be placed.

Claims

1. An integration device, for integrating a mobile terminal device into a vehicle, comprising: an electronic unit and a storage unit, the electronic unit comprising an inductive charging unit, by means of which the mobile terminal device can be charged, and the storage unit comprising a storage mat, on which the mobile terminal device can be placed, wherein the storage unit comprises a cavity under the storage mat, the storage mat is a perforated mat having openings, that connect an interior of the vehicle, located above the storage mat, to the cavity, and the cavity is supplied with air from an airflow provided on the vehicle, in such a manner that the air delivered by the airflow flows out through the openings into the interior of the vehicle and thereby cools the mobile terminal device that can be placed on the storage mat, wherein the electronic unit further comprises a first printed circuit board, and a receiving tray, the first printed circuit board comprising at least one electrical connection selected from an antenna connection, an electric power supply connection, and a data line connection, wherein connection openings for an electrical connection of the vehicle are on one or more of a left transverse side wall of the tray, a right transverse side wall of the tray, a right longitudinal side wall of the tray, and a left longitudinal side wall of the tray, the first printed circuit board is matched, in its symmetry, to a receiving space of the tray in such a manner that the first printed circuit board can be inserted in the receiving space in various orientations in such a manner that the first printed circuit board, when received in the tray, corresponds to the connection openings in such a manner that at least one electrical connection of the vehicle can be connected through the tray to the at least one electrical connection of the first printed circuit board.

2. The integration device according to claim 1, wherein the storage mat has a structured upper side in which flow channels are formed, between the upper side of the storage mat and the mobile terminal device placed on the storage mat, through which the air under the mobile terminal device flows out into the interior of the vehicle.

3. The integration device according to claim 1, wherein the integration device comprises at least one connection opening through which the airflow from the vehicle can be introduced into the integration device, and the integration device comprises at least one connection opening through which an electrical connection of the vehicle can be plug-connected to the integration device.

4. The integration device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic unit comprises a second printed circuit board, in addition to the inductive charging unit and the first printed circuit board, the first printed circuit board comprising those electronic components that are necessary for connecting the integration device to the vehicle, and in particular to a vehicle bus, and the second printed circuit board comprising those components that are necessary for operating a charging coil of the inductive charging unit, and the inductive charging unit also comprising electronic components that support specific functions of mobile terminal devices.

5. The integration device according to claim 4, wherein the electronic unit comprises a fan for cooling at least one of the charging coil of the inductive charging unit, the first printed circuit board, and the second printed circuit board.

6. The integration device according to claim 4, wherein the electronic unit comprises a coupling antenna for coupling the mobile terminal device, the coupling antenna being disposed between the charging coil of the inductive charging unit and the storage mat, the coupling antenna being in the shape of a ring, and the electronic unit also comprising at least one of an NFC tile and a shielding within the ring-shaped coupling antenna.

7. The integration device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit comprises vertical elements disposed in the cavity, the vertical elements being structured to cause the air of the airflow with which the cavity is supplied to be deflected in the direction of the openings of the storage mat, the vertical elements being structured as polygons tapering in the direction of the openings of the storage mat.

8. The integration device according to claim 7, wherein the storage unit comprises an under-plate, the cavity located under the storage mat being delimited downwardly by the under-plate.

9. The integration device according to claim 8, wherein at least one of the storage mat and under-plate comprise the vertical elements, the vertical elements projecting into the cavity in the direction of the under-plate or in the direction of the storage mat, and a height of the cavity is determined by the vertical elements.

10. The integration device according to claim 8, wherein the storage unit comprises a lattice structure disposed between the storage mat and the under-plate and comprising the vertical elements, and a height of the cavity is determined by the vertical elements of the lattice structure.

11. The integration device according to claim 7, wherein the vertical elements are distributed in the cavity in such a manner that the airflow supplied laterally and consequently parallel to the surface of the storage mat, irrespective of whether supplied laterally from the left or right or from the front or back, is opposed in the projection by a closed row of cones, such that an unimpeded flow of the air through the cavity is avoided.

12. The integration device according to claim 1, wherein the first printed circuit board, in a top view onto its printed conductors, has such a geometrical shape that it can be rotated in 90 steps about a rotation axis that is perpendicular to the printed conductors and in this is always congruent in relation to its other 90 positions, the first printed circuit board being either an even-numbered polygon or circular.

13. The integration device according to claim 1, wherein the integration device is insertable in a console of the vehicle, the console forming a rim surrounding the storage unit, with the storage mat transitioning via an upper side, in a flush manner or via a raised step, into the surrounding rim.

14. An integration device for integrating a mobile terminal device into a vehicle, comprising an electronic unit and a storage unit, the electronic unit comprising an inductive charging unit, by means of which the mobile terminal device can be charged, and a first printed circuit board comprising at least one electrical connection selected from an antenna connection, an electric power supply connection, and a data line connection, the storage unit comprising a storage mat, on which the mobile terminal device can be placed, wherein the electronic unit further comprises a receiving tray, at least one connection opening for an electrical connection of the vehicle is formed on one or more of a left transverse side wall of the tray, a right transverse side wall of the tray, a right longitudinal side wall of the tray, and a left longitudinal side wall of the tray, the first printed circuit board that can be installed in the tray being matched, in its symmetry, to a receiving space of the tray in such a manner that the printed circuit board can be inserted in the receiving space in various orientations in such a manner that the first printed circuit board, when received in the tray, corresponds to the at least one connection opening in such a manner that the at least one electrical connection of the vehicle can be connected through the tray to the at least one electrical connection of the first printed circuit board.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) Further details of the invention are described in the drawing on the basis of schematically represented exemplary embodiments.

(2) FIG. 1 is an exploded representation of an integration device according to the present invention;

(3) FIG. 2 is an enlarged representation of a part of FIG. 1;

(4) FIG. 3 is an enlarged and completed representation of a further part of FIG. 1;

(5) FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional representation through a console of a vehicle, in which a further integration device according to the invention is installed;

(6) FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of a top view of FIG. 4;

(7) FIGS. 6a to 6f are six mounting variants for longitudinal mounting of the first integration device, shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, into a vehicle console realized as a central console;

(8) FIGS. 7a to 7f are six mounting variants for transverse mounting of the first integration device, shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, into a vehicle console realized as a central console; and

(9) FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the integration device shown in FIG. 1 in the assembled state, the storage mat being shown in a concretized design.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(10) In FIG. 1 there is an exploded representation of a first integration device 1 according to the present invention. The integration device 1 comprises an electronic unit 2, which forms a bottom part 3. Furthermore, the integration device 1 comprises a storage unit 4, which forms an upper part 5. FIGS. 2 and 3 each show parts of FIG. 1, in an enlarged view.

(11) The electronic unit 2 comprises an inductive charging unit 6, for wireless charging of a mobile terminal device realized as a mobile telephone 501. Furthermore, the electronic unit 2 comprises a first printed circuit board 7, a second printed circuit board 8, a fan 9 realized as an electric ventilator 10, and a tray, or receiving tray 11, that forms a receiving case 12 for the aforementioned components.

(12) The storage unit 4 comprises a perforated storage mat 13, on the surface or upper side 13a of which the mobile telephone 501 can be placed. A multiplicity of holes or openings 14 form the perforation of the storage mat 13, the openings 14, which form flow channels, being shown only exemplarily in FIGS. 1 and 3. Preferably, the openings 14 are made in the storage mat 13 in a symmetrical pattern. The storage unit 4 additionally comprises an under-plate 15 that is disposed under the storage mat 13, a cavity 16 being realized between the storage mat 13 and the under-plate 15, even when in the assembled state. A height H16 of the cavity 16 is defined by a multiplicity of vertical elements 17, which are realized on an upper side 15a of the under-plate 15 that faces toward the storage mat 13. The storage mat 13, which is realized as a PU mat, lies on top of these vertical elements 17. The vertical elements 17 are realized as stumps 18 of hexagonal pyramids, which support the storage mat 13 with their cut faces 19. For the purpose of cooling the mobile telephone 501, it is provided to introduce into the cavity 16, laterally between the storage mat 13 and the under-plate 15, an airflow 601 that is provided on the vehicle. The air of the airflow 601 is routed by the vertical elements 17, which form knobs 20, against an underside 21 of the storage mat 13, and is thereby also routed to the openings 14, such that the air flows out of the integration device 1 through the openings 14, realized as through-holes, and is routed to where the mobile telephone 501 lies on the storage mat 13, and against the back side 502 of the mobile telephone. The upper side 13a of the storage mat 13 has a structure 22, represented schematically in FIG. 1, that is formed by protuberances and/or depressions and/or a corrugated shape, and which prevents the mobile telephone 501 from completely closing some of the openings 14 with its back side 502.

(13) The electronic unit 2 additionally comprises a coupling antenna 23 and an NFC tile 24. These are both disposed beneath the under-plate 15, the coupling antenna 23 being realized in a manner similar to a ring and surrounding the NFC tile 24.

(14) The tray 11 comprises four side walls 25, 26, 27, 28, the side wall 25, as a transverse side wall, forming a left transverse side 29a, the side wall 26, as a longitudinal side wall, forming a right longitudinal side 29b, the side wall 27, as a transverse side wall, forming a right transverse side 29c, and the side wall 28, as a longitudinal side wall, forming a left longitudinal side 29d. Realized in the left transverse side 29a are three connection openings 30, 31 and 32. The latter are provided in order that the electrical connections 33, 34 and 35 disposed on the first printed circuit board 7 are accessible from the side when the first printed circuit board 7 is accommodated in the tray 11. The printed circuit board 7 assumes its mounted position when taken out of the position shown in FIG. 7, in an arrow direction z in the direction of a base 36, into a receiving space 37 of the tray 11. When in this mounted position, the printed circuit board 7, or its connections 33, 34 and 35, can then be contacted by vehicle electrical connections 602, 603 and 604 that are lead-in from the vehicle.

(15) According to an embodiment variant that is not represented, further connection openings are provided on the tray, these connection openings being positioned in such a manner that the first printed circuit board, when rotated by 90 to the right or left about a vertical axis HZ that is perpendicular to the printed circuit board 7, can likewise be contacted by the electrical connections 602, 603 and 604 that are led-in from the vehicle.

(16) According to the exemplary embodiment represented, it is provided to produce the tray 11, in respect of the positioning of its connection openings, by means of a variable tool, such that the connection openings are disposed on the side wall on which these connection openings are required.

(17) It is explained in FIGS. 6a to 6c and 7a to 7c how, by differing insertion of the first printed circuit board 7, its connections 33, 34 and 35 can be oriented in differing ways, in the case of a longitudinal mounting of the integration device 1 shown in FIGS. 6a to 6c, and in the case of a transverse mounting of the integration device 1 shown in FIGS. 7a to 7c, into a console 606 of a vehicle 607 that is realized as a central console 605. It is thereby possible for the integration device 1 to be adapted in a flexible manner to a great variety of connection situations in differing vehicle models. FIGS. 6d to 6f and 7d to 7f show further connection possibilities that ensue if the entire integration device 1 is rotated by 180 about its vertical axis H1.

(18) Shown schematically in section in FIG. 4 is an embodiment variant of an integration device 101 according to the invention, the integration device 101 having basically the same structure as the integration device shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. The integration device 101 is already built into a central console 805 of a vehicle 807, side walls 808 of the central console 805 being represented by hatching. A channel 809, through which an airflow 801 provided on the vehicle is routed to the integration device 101, is realized in the central console 805. The integration device 101 is realized such that the channel 809 goes to a connection opening 151 of a storage unit 104 of the integration device 101, and air of the airflow 801 flows into a cavity 116 between a storage mat 113 and an under-plate 115, is routed there by vertical elements 117 in the direction of the storage mat 113, and through openings 114 realized in the storage mat 113, into a vehicle interior, or interior 810, and also flows against a back side 702 of a mobile telephone 701 in order to cool this back side, in particular when the mobile telephone heats up as a result of the wireless charging. FIG. 4 also shows how an electronic unit 102 is contacted by the vehicle 807.

(19) FIG. 5 shows a top view of the representation of FIG. 4, the arrangement of the openings 114 and a structure 122 of the storage mat 113 being understood to be merely schematic representations. The mobile telephone is not shown in FIG. 5.

(20) Shown in FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the integration device 1 shown in FIG. 1, in the assembled state, the storage mat 13 being depicted, not in a purely schematic representation as in FIG. 1, but in a concretized design. The storage unit 4 comprises the perforated storage mat 13, on the upper side 13a of which a mobile telephone, not represented here, can be placed. The perforation of the storage mat 13 is formed by a multiplicity of openings 14. The storage unit 4 additionally comprises the mentioned under-plate 15, which is disposed under the storage mat 13, the mentioned cavity 16 also being realized between the storage mat 13 and the under-plate 15. The upper side 13a of the storage mat 13 has a structure 22 that is characterized by protuberances 50 in the form of spherical segments. The mobile telephone, not represented, lies on top of domes 51 of these protuberances 50, without closing the openings 14, and is thus cooled by the air emerging from the openings 14.

LIST OF REFERENCES

(21) 1 integration device 2 electronic unit 3 bottom part 4 storage unit 5 top part 6 charging unit 7 first printed circuit board 8 second printed circuit board 8 fan 10 electric ventilator 11 tray/receiving tray 12 receiving case 13 storage mat 13a upper side or surface of 13 14 opening/flow channel 15 under-plate 15a upper side of 15 16 cavity 17 vertical element 18 stump 19 cut face of 17 20 knob 21 underside of 13 22 structure on the upper side of 13 23 coupling antenna 24 NFC tile 25-28 side wall or transverse side wall or longitudinal side wall 29a left transverse side formed by side wall 25 29b right longitudinal side formed by side wall 26 29c right transverse side formed by side wall 27 29d left longitudinal side formed by side wall 28 30-32 connection openings in 29 on 7 electrical 33-35 connection 36 base of 11 37 receiving space of 11 50 protuberance 51 dome 101 integration device 102 electronic unit 104 storage unit 113 storage mat 114 opening 115 under-plate 116 cavity 117 vertical element 122 structure of 113 151 connection opening 501 mobile telephone/mobile terminal device 502 back side of 501 601 airflow 602 electrical connection on vehicle 603 electrical connection on vehicle 604 electrical connection on vehicle 605 central console 606 console 607 vehicle 701 mobile telephone 702 back side 801 airflow 805 central console 807 vehicle 808 side wall 809 channel 810 interior/vehicle interior H1 vertical axis of 1 HZ vertical axis of 7 H16 height of 16 z spatial direction