JP4079155B2 - Multimedia outlet - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a multimedia outlet provided on a wall surface of each room together with a power outlet and provided with a TV terminal, a telephone modular jack, a LAN modular jack, and the like.

In recent years, with the widespread use of home LAN, multimedia outlets equipped with telephone modular jacks, LAN modular jacks, and the like are being installed on the wall surfaces of rooms together with power outlets and television terminals. A conventional multimedia outlet is shown in FIG. This conventional multimedia outlet has a mounting frame 10 in which up to three outlets can be arranged in the vertical direction and arranged in three rows in the horizontal direction. From the left side, the power outlet 20, TV terminal 21, telephone A modular jack 22 and a LAN modular jack 23 are arranged.

A coaxial cable 30 (see FIG. 10B) having a coaxial connector at the tip is connected to the coaxial cable connection portion 21a on the back surface of the television terminal 21, but this coaxial cable is thick and stiff, It is difficult to bend a coaxial cable at a steep angle. Therefore, the television terminal 21 requires an installation space and is arranged separately from the telephone modular jack 22 and the LAN modular jack 23.

By using such a multimedia outlet, the coaxial cable for TV, telephone cable and LAN cable can be hidden inside the wall, so it is very useful as a wiring device. Compared to power outlets and TV outlets, the wall area is large. When the exclusive area of the wall surface becomes large, the installation location of the multimedia outlet is limited, or the degree of freedom of arrangement of furniture and the like is limited. Therefore, miniaturization of multimedia outlets is required.

FIG. 10 shows a state in which the conventional television terminal 21, telephone telephone jack 22 and LAN modular jack 23 are simply mounted on the mounting portions 11 to 13 of one mounting frame 10. As is apparent from FIG. 10, the coaxial cable 30 for television interferes with the telephone modular jack 22 and the LAN modular jack 23 in terms of arrangement, and the coaxial cable 30 cannot be connected to the coaxial cable connection portion 21 a of the television terminal 21. Although not depicted in FIG. 10, the television terminal 21 should be installed at the lowest mounting portion 13 of the mounting frame 10 because it must be able to cope with the case where a box is installed inside the wall. Is not valid.

In addition, TV terminals, telephone modular jacks in multimedia outlets,
As for the arrangement of the LAN modular jack or the like, the one described in Patent Document 1 is known. The multimedia outlet described in Patent Document 1 is intended to prevent an installation error at a construction site.
It is the size of the piece. In Patent Document 1, miniaturization of the multimedia outlet is not considered.
JP 2002-252065 A

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the conventional example, and an object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized multimedia outlet capable of reducing the exclusive area of the wall surface.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 is characterized in that a mounting frame having three mounting portions in the vertical direction, one TV terminal, a telephone modular jack and a LAN modular jack , respectively , are mounted on the front surface of the mounting frame. The telephone modular jack is attached to the mounting portion adjacent to the television terminal, and the connection portion of the telephone modular jack with the telephone cable is connected to the television terminal. in a state where the coaxial cable connection on the back was connected to a coaxial cable for television, it provided the coaxial cable at a position other than the areas of shade when projected on the mounting surface of the mounting frame, said cover member, said mounting Of the three mounting parts of the frame, the TV terminal and the telephone modular jack are respectively attached to the mounting parts. At the position facing the other mounting part, the coaxial cable opening into which the coaxial connector of the coaxial cable for TV formed at the opposing position is fitted, the telephone cable opening into which the modular plug of the telephone cable is fitted A LAN cable opening in which a modular plug of the formed LAN cable is fitted, and a LAN modular jack mounting portion formed on a back surface in the vicinity of the LAN cable opening, wherein the LAN modular jack includes the mounting frame; It is comprised so that attachment or detachment is possible with respect to the cover member with which the front surface of this is attached .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the multimedia outlet of the first aspect, the coaxial cable connecting portion on the rear side of the television terminal is provided so as to be non-parallel to the lateral center line of the mounting frame. And the connection part of the telephone modular jack with the telephone cable is provided in a state where the coaxial cable is connected to the coaxial cable connection part and is biased to the side opposite to the side from which the coaxial cable is drawn out with respect to the center line. It is characterized by being.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the multimedia outlet of the first aspect, the connection portion of the telephone modular jack with the telephone cable is opposite to the TV terminal with respect to the vertical center line of the telephone modular jack. It is characterized by being biased.

The invention according to claim 4, in the multimedia outlet according to claim 1, at least the television terminal and the telephone modular jack is integrated in the same housing, the entire integrated housing three mounting portions of said mounting frame It is mounted over the entire area.

According to the invention of claim 1, the position where the connection portion of the telephone modular jack with the telephone cable does not physically interfere with the coaxial cable in a state where the coaxial cable for television is connected to the coaxial cable connection portion on the back of the television terminal. Therefore, under the condition that the telephone modular jack is attached adjacent to the television terminal, the television terminal and the telephone modular jack can be attached to the same mounting frame. A LAN modular jack may be mounted on the other mounting portion of the mounting frame, or another telephone modular jack may be mounted . In addition, the TV terminal may be located at any of the three mounting parts of the mounting frame, and if it is located at the top or center, it must be mounted in such a direction that the coaxial cable is connected from below. Is preferred. When the television terminal is positioned at the lowest position of the mounting portion of the mounting frame, it is mounted so that the coaxial cable is connected from above. Thereby, even if a box is provided inside the wall, it is possible to install a multimedia outlet. The vertical direction means a direction perpendicular to the mounting frame fixed to the wall surface. Generally, the LAN modular jack main body is smaller than the TV terminal main body, so it has a larger base than the modular jack main body to be mounted on the same mounting frame as the TV terminal or telephone modular jack. is doing. For this reason, the LAN modular jack is not directly mounted on the mounting frame, but is mounted on the cover member mounted on the front surface of the mounting frame. Therefore, only the TV terminal and the telephone modular jack are mounted on the mounting frame in advance. After connecting the telephone cable to the telephone modular jack and connecting the coaxial cable to the TV terminal, the LAN modular jack connected to the LAN cable is attached to the cover member, and finally the cover member is attached to the mounting frame. be able to. As a result, the LAN modular jack and the LAN cable connection work are not hindered by the coaxial cable connecting portion of the television terminal, and the connection work can be performed efficiently.

According to the invention of claim 2, the coaxial cable connecting portion on the back side of the television terminal is provided non-parallel to the horizontal center line of the mounting frame, that is, obliquely with respect to the center line.
The coaxial cable is connected to the center line of the mounting frame from an oblique direction, and is drawn out in an oblique direction. Further, the connection portion of the telephone modular jack with the telephone cable is provided in a state where the coaxial cable is connected to the coaxial cable connection portion and is biased to the side opposite to the side from which the coaxial cable is drawn with respect to the center line. Therefore, the distance between the coaxial cable for television and the connecting portion of the telephone modular jack or the telephone cable can be secured. In addition, the connection work between the telephone modular jack and the telephone cable is not hindered by the coaxial cable connecting portion of the television terminal, and the connection work can be performed efficiently. The lateral direction means a horizontal direction in a state where the mounting frame is fixed to the wall surface. The TV terminal can be mounted on the mounting frame upside down. On the other hand, since the telephone modular jack and the LAN modular jack have a directionality such as a cover of the modular jack, they cannot be mounted on the mounting frame upside down. Therefore, when the TV terminal is mounted at the bottom of the three mounting portions of the mounting frame, the same TV terminal or telephone modular jack as that used for mounting at other positions cannot be used. It is necessary to prepare two types that are symmetric.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the connection portion of the telephone modular jack with the telephone cable is provided on the opposite side of the TV terminal with respect to the vertical center line of the telephone modular jack. The distance between the modular jack telephone cable connection and the TV terminal coaxial cable connection can be further increased. Therefore, the work of connecting the telephone modular jack and the telephone cable can be performed more efficiently.

According to the invention of claim 4, since at least the television terminal and the telephone modular jack are integrated in the same housing, it is possible to prevent an installation error of the television terminal and the telephone modular jack at the time of connection work at a construction site. Can do. Needless to say, the LAN modular jack may be integrated with the TV terminal and the telephone modular jack as necessary.

A multimedia outlet according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG.
(D) is a front view which shows the variation of arrangement | positioning of the multimedia outlet 1 in this embodiment, respectively. As shown in each figure, the mounting frame 10 has three mounting portions 11 so that three outlets can be mounted in a vertical direction (vertical direction with the mounting frame fixed to the wall surface). 12 and 13. The mounting frame 10 is a general-purpose product that has been conventionally used. In the present embodiment, a television terminal 21, a telephone modular jack 22, and a LAN modular jack 23 are respectively mounted on the three mounting portions 11 to 13. The telephone modular jack 22 is always mounted adjacent to the television terminal 21.

Also on the back of the telephone modular jack 22 and the LAN modular jack 23, connection portions 22a and 23a (see FIG. 10B) for connection with telephone cables and LAN cables are provided. The LAN cable has more wires inside than the telephone cable. Therefore, in general, the connecting portion 23a of the LAN modular jack 23 is deeper than the connecting portion of the telephone modular jack. Also, the LAN cable has a larger diameter than the telephone cable and is difficult to bend at a steep angle. For this reason, by installing a telephone modular jack 22 adjacent to the TV terminal 21, a coaxial cable 30 for TV (FIG. 2B).
Etc.) can be secured more widely.

FIGS. 2A to 2C are rear views of the multimedia outlet 1, and particularly show the configuration of the adjacent television terminal 21 and telephone modular jack 22. FIG. The coaxial cable connection portion 21a provided on the back surface of the television terminal 21 is arranged in the horizontal direction of the mounting frame 10 (the mounting frame 1).
In order to form a predetermined angle with respect to the center line L1 in the horizontal direction with 0 being fixed to the wall surface,
It is provided non-parallel. The coaxial cable connection portion 21a and the coaxial cable 30 are connected on a plane parallel to the mounting surface 10a (see FIG. 3) of the mounting frame 10, and the coaxial cable 30 is substantially parallel to the mounting surface 10a of the mounting frame 10. And with respect to the center line L1 so as to form the predetermined angle.

On the other hand, the connection portion 22a of the telephone modular jack 22 with the telephone cable is provided so as to be biased toward the opposite side of the center line L1 from the side where the coaxial cable 30 is drawn. FIG. 2 (a)
In (c), the coaxial cable 30 is pulled out to the right side of the center line L1, and the connection portion 22a of the telephone modular jack 22 is provided on the left side of the center line L1. Also,
In FIG. 2 (a), the connection portion 22 a of the telephone modular jack 22 is the telephone modular jack 2.
2 is provided at a position biased toward the television terminal 21 with respect to the vertical center line L2. In FIG. 2B, the connection portion 22 a is provided at a position that is substantially symmetrical with respect to the vertical center line L <b> 2 of the telephone modular jack 22. In FIG. 2C, the connecting portion 22 a is provided at a position that is biased to the opposite side of the television terminal 21 with respect to the vertical center line L <b> 2 of the telephone modular jack 22.

The connection part 22a of the telephone modular jack 22 has four holes to be inserted in a state in which the end portions of the four electric wires are stripped of the insulation coating, terminals fitted in the respective holes, and the ends of the electric wires. This is a so-called quick connection terminal composed of a spring or the like that presses each part against the terminal. Generally, a coaxial cable for television is provided with a coaxial connector at the tip thereof, and the connection work with the coaxial cable connection portion 21a of the television terminal 21 is easy. On the other hand, for connecting the connection portion 22a of the telephone modular jack 22 and the telephone cable, an operation of stripping the insulation coating of the electric wire is required. For this reason, in connection work performed at a construction site or the like, usually, a telephone cable is first connected to the connection part 22a of the telephone modular jack 22, and then the coaxial cable 30 is connected to the coaxial cable connection part 21a of the TV terminal 21. . Therefore, the connection portion 22 a of the telephone modular jack 22 is connected to the coaxial cable connection portion 2 of the TV terminal 21.
It is sufficient that the coaxial cable 30 is provided at a position other than a portion that is shaded when the coaxial cable 30 is projected onto the mounting surface of the mounting frame 10 with the coaxial cable 30 connected to 1a. Thereby, the distance between the television coaxial cable 30 and the connection portion 22a of the telephone modular jack 22 or the telephone cable can be secured, and the connection work between the connection portion 22a of the telephone modular jack 22 and the telephone cable can be performed on the television terminal 21. The connection work can be performed efficiently without being hindered by the coaxial cable connecting portion 21a. As shown in FIG. 2 (c),
By connecting the connection portion 22a of the telephone modular jack 22 to the opposite side of the television terminal 21 with respect to the longitudinal center line L2 of the telephone modular jack 22, the connection portion 22a of the telephone modular jack 22 and the television terminal are provided. The distance of the 21 coaxial cable connecting portions 21a can be further increased. Therefore, the work of connecting the telephone modular jack 22 and the telephone cable can be performed more efficiently.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the coaxial cable connecting portion 21 a of the TV terminal 21 is connected to the telephone cable of the telephone modular jack 22 in a direction perpendicular to the mounting surface 10 a of the mounting frame 10 (in the depth direction of the wall). It is provided at a position farther from the mounting surface 10a than the connecting portion 22a. Assuming that the connection work is performed with the mounting frame 10 facing down at the construction site, the television coaxial cable 30 is positioned above the telephone cable (not shown). Therefore, it is possible to prevent the television coaxial cable 30 and the telephone cable from interfering with each other. Further, when the multimedia outlet 1 that has been connected is fixed to the wall surface, the wiring process on the back side of the wall can be performed smoothly.

In general, the main body of the LAN modular jack 23 is smaller in the width direction and the thickness direction than the main body of the TV terminal 21 and the main body of the telephone modular jack 22, and therefore the same as the TV terminal 21 and the telephone modular jack 22. In order to be mounted on the general-purpose mounting frame 10, it has a base portion larger than the modular jack main body portion. The present applicant has proposed a small and versatile modular jack that can be connected relatively easily even at a construction site, as described in, for example, JP-A-2004-319207. In FIG. 4, such a small modular jack is a LAN modular jack 23 ′, and the LAN modular jack 23 ′ is not directly mounted on the mounting portions 11 to 13 of the mounting frame 10 but is mounted on the front surface of the mounting frame 10. The modification attached to the cover member 15 is shown. In that case, only the TV terminal 21 and the telephone modular jack 22 are attached to the mounting frame 10, a telephone cable is connected to the telephone modular jack 22, and a coaxial cable 30 is connected to the TV terminal 21. LAN modular jack 23 wired
'Is attached to the cover member 15, and finally the cover member 15 is attached to the mounting frame 10. Thereby, the LAN modular jack 23 'and the LAN cable connection work are not hindered by the coaxial cable connection portion 21a of the television terminal 21, and the connection work can be performed efficiently.

The cover member 15 is a television terminal 21 among the three mounting portions 11 to 13 of the mounting frame 10.
And a coaxial cable opening 15a into which the coaxial connector of the coaxial cable for TV formed at a position facing the mounting portion (for example, 11 and 12) to which the telephone modular jack 22 is mounted, and a modular plug of the telephone cable. Phone cable opening 15b into which
A LAN cable opening 15c into which a modular plug of a LAN cable formed at a position facing another mounting portion (for example, 13) is fitted, and a LAN modular formed on the back surface in the vicinity of the LAN cable opening 15c. The LAN modular jack 23 ′ has a jack mounting portion 15 d and is configured to be detachable from the LAN modular jack mounting portion 15 d of the cover member 15.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the LAN modular jack 23, (a) is a rear view,
(B) is a bottom view. However, the coaxial cable connection portion 21a is omitted in FIG. The connection portion 23a of the LAN modular jack 23 with the LAN cable is opposite to the side where the coaxial cable 30 is drawn out with respect to the center line L1 in a state where the coaxial cable 30 is connected to the coaxial cable connection portion 21a of the TV terminal 21. It is biased to With such a configuration, a distance between the television coaxial cable 30 and a LAN cable (not shown) can be secured. Further, the connection work between the LAN modular jack 23 and the LAN cable is not hindered by the coaxial cable connecting portion of the television terminal, and the connection work can be performed efficiently.

FIG. 6 shows a modification in which the LAN modular jack 23 is provided adjacent to the television terminal 21. In a state where the television terminal 21 and the LAN modular jack 23 are mounted adjacent to the mounting frame 10, it is very difficult to connect the LAN cord to the connection portion 23 a of the LAN modular jack 23. However, such a configuration is also possible if the modular jack body of the LAN modular jack 23 is detachable from the base member as described above. In this case, the connection portion 23a of the LAN modular jack 23 with the LAN cable is provided on the opposite side to the side from which the coaxial cable 30 is drawn with respect to the center line L1, so that the coaxial cable for TV 30 and the LAN modular are connected. Connection section 23 of jack 23
a or the LAN cable connected to the connection part does not physically interfere.

FIG. 7 shows a modification in which the TV terminal 21, the telephone modular jack 22 and the LAN modular jack 23 are integrated in the same housing 16. In this modification, the integrated housing 16 is mounted over the entire three mounting portions 11 to 13 of the mounting frame 10. In this way, by integrating the TV terminal 21, the telephone modular jack 22 and the LAN modular jack 23 in the same housing 16, it is possible to prevent a mistake in mounting the TV terminal and the telephone modular jack at the time of connection work at a construction site. can do.

In FIG. 8, the TV terminal 21, the telephone modular jack 22, and the LAN modular jack 23 are not general-purpose products that can be directly mounted on the mounting portions 11 to 13 of the mounting frame 10, respectively. 23 ″, a modification in which each module is mounted on a cover member 17 mounted on the mounting portions 11 to 13 of the mounting frame 10 or a cover member 17 that also serves as the mounting frame 10 is shown on the back surface of the cover member 17. 21 ", 22" and 23 "
A mounting portion 17a such as a claw is formed to be detachably engaged. The difference from the modification shown in Fig. 7 is that the modules 21 ", 22" and 23 "are not integrated in the housing, so that various combinations of modules are possible depending on the application. 21 ″ may be a television terminal for distribution wiring, a relay / terminal television terminal for feed wiring, or the like. Also, as the LAN modular jack module 23 ", those compatible with CAT5E (category 5E) and CAT6 (category 6)
Various things such as compatible ones can be combined depending on the application.

In each of the above embodiments, the coaxial cable connecting portion 21a is exemplified as a type to which a coaxial connector is connected. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the insulation coating of the coaxial cable is peeled to remove the core. It may be of the type in which the wire is exposed and the core wire is directly screwed, and it goes without saying that the same effect can be obtained even in that case.

1A to 1D are front views showing variations of the arrangement of multimedia outlets according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2A to 2C are rear views showing examples of the configuration of adjacent TV terminals and telephone modular jacks in the multimedia outlet according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a side view showing the configuration of the multimedia outlet according to the embodiment. FIGS. 4A and 4B are a front view and a bottom view showing a modification of the multimedia outlet according to the embodiment. FIGS. 5A and 5B are a rear view and a bottom view showing another modification of the multimedia outlet according to the embodiment, respectively. FIG. 6 is a rear view showing still another modified example of the multimedia outlet according to the embodiment. FIGS. 7A to 7C are a front view, a side view, and a rear view, respectively, showing still another modification of the multimedia outlet according to the embodiment. FIGS. 8A to 8D are a front view, a side view, a rear view, and a side view showing an exploded state, respectively, of still another modification of the multimedia outlet according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a front view showing the arrangement of a conventional general multimedia outlet. FIGS. 10A to 10C are a front view, a side view, and a rear view showing a problem when a conventional television terminal, a telephone modular jack, and a LAN modular jack are simply mounted on one mounting frame, respectively. .

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Multimedia outlet 10 Mounting frame 10a Mounting surface 11-13 Mounting part 15, 17 Cover member 16 Housing 21 Television terminal 21a Coaxial cable connection part 22 Telephone modular jack 22a Connection part 23, 23 'LAN modular jack 23a Connection part 21 "- 23 "module 30 coaxial cable

Claims (4)

A multimedia outlet comprising a mounting frame having three mounting portions in the vertical direction, one television terminal, a telephone modular jack and a LAN modular jack, and a cover member mounted on the front surface of the mounting frame ,
The telephone modular jack is mounted on the mounting portion adjacent to the TV terminal;
The connection portion of the telephone modular jack to the telephone cable is shaded when the coaxial cable is projected onto the mounting surface of the mounting frame in a state where the coaxial cable for television is connected to the coaxial cable connection portion on the back of the television terminal. provided in a position other than the areas of,
The cover member is fitted with a coaxial connector of a coaxial cable for television formed at a position facing the television terminal and the attachment portion to which the telephone modular jack is attached, among the three attachment portions of the mounting frame. A coaxial cable opening, a telephone cable opening into which a telephone cable modular plug is fitted, a LAN cable opening into which a LAN cable modular plug formed at a position facing the other mounting portion is fitted; A LAN modular jack mounting portion formed on the back surface in the vicinity of the LAN cable opening;
The multimedia modular outlet , wherein the LAN modular jack is configured to be detachable from a cover member mounted on the front surface of the mounting frame . The coaxial cable connecting portion on the back side of the TV terminal is provided so as to be non-parallel to the horizontal center line of the mounting frame,
The connection part of the telephone modular jack with the telephone cable is provided in a state where the coaxial cable is connected to the coaxial cable connection part and is biased to the opposite side to the side from which the coaxial cable is drawn with respect to the center line. The multimedia outlet according to claim 1, wherein:   2. The connection portion of the telephone modular jack with a telephone cable is provided so as to be biased to the opposite side of the television terminal with respect to a longitudinal center line of the telephone modular jack. Multimedia outlet.   2. At least the television terminal and the telephone modular jack are integrated in the same housing, and the integrated housing is mounted over the entire three mounting portions of the mounting frame. Multimedia outlet.

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