CN102036516B - Electronic device with protecting cover - Google Patents

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CN102036516B
CN102036516B CN 200910179570 CN200910179570A CN102036516B CN 102036516 B CN102036516 B CN 102036516B CN 200910179570 CN200910179570 CN 200910179570 CN 200910179570 A CN200910179570 A CN 200910179570A CN 102036516 B CN102036516 B CN 102036516B
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陈尚懋
吴汉顺
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Hunan Zhongke Electric Co., Ltd.
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The invention discloses an electronic device with a protecting cover, which is used for assembling and buckling the protecting cover on a shell. The protecting cover is provided with at least one flexible connecting piece and a clamping and buckling block at the tail end of the flexible connecting piece, wherein the cross-sectional area of the clamping and buckling block connected with the flexible connecting piece is larger than that of the flexible connecting piece. The shell is provided with a clamping and buckling hole of which the shape corresponds to the cross-sectional shapes of the clamping and buckling block and the flexible connecting piece in the long axial direction. Thus, after the flexible connecting piece is bent at an angle, the clamping and buckling block is matched and assembled in the clamping and buckling hole, and after the clamping and buckling block penetrates in the clamping and buckling hole, the clamping and buckling block is limited and clamped in the clamping and buckling hole, so that the protecting cover is buckled on the shell.

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Electronic installation with protecting cover
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of package assembly of protecting cover, particularly a kind of electronic installation with protecting cover.
Background technology
General electronic installation consists of the mode that communication is connected with peripheral device, forms nothing more than the mode with wireless transmission or wired connection and links up the interface.Usually the mode of wired connection all is to offer a slot at a housing of electronic installation, and is provided with a connector in the slot of correspondence, is inserted in the connector of slot inside so that connector on the wire to be provided.
Therefore, be subject to the pollution of aqueous vapor or dust for fear of slot and inner connector thereof, most ofly can establish a door closure in the housing group of electronic installation, with the slot on this door closure filling housing.Usually the door closure major part is to make with rubber, and has an extension that links with housing.When door closure unloads behind slot, can be by the elastoplasticity of extension, and be suspended to difficult drop-off on the housing.
Yet the structural design of the extension of door closure offers an installing hole at extension mostly.And the corresponding extension of housing place then is provided with a draw-in groove, and is provided with a projection and corresponds to draw-in groove in enclosure interior.When door closure is assembled in housing, extension is inserted among the draw-in groove along an assembling direction, and the projection hook that makes enclosure interior is mounted on door closure on the housing with this in the installing hole of extension.
Although door closure has the function of protection slot; but door closure is when upset, if accidentally with the door closure upset excessively, be easy to so that the installing hole of extension is not subjected to the restriction of projection; and cause extension again to break away from projection on the direction along assembling, cause door closure on housing, to separate to drop even lose.The hook direction of adding projection is identical with the assembling direction of extension, makes the clasp power of its projection integral body too weak.Also might because extension to insert the action of draw-in groove uncertain, and cause projection only to have small part to buckle into the installing hole of extension and produce the situation that fastens not driving fit and occur.When a pulling force is produced by the assembling direction, so that extension is thrown off at projection again, and cause door closure on housing, to drop easily, and then still there is improvable space in the fastening structure that highlights used door closure and housing.
Summary of the invention
Present known door cover structure, because the assembling direction of the extension of door closure is identical with the hook direction of projection, the upset that is easy to be subject to door closure is excessive, and causes the clasp of projection on the installing hole of extension to lose efficacy, and then causes door closure to break away from housing even loss.Therefore, in view of above problem, the invention provides a kind of electronic installation with protecting cover.
Electronic installation with protecting cover disclosed according to the present invention comprises a protecting cover and a housing.Wherein, protecting cover has a flexible connector, and an end of flexible connector is connected in the protecting cover place, and the other end of flexible connector then has a buckle piece.And make the buckle piece at the cross-sectional area of the cross-sectional area that is connected in the flexible connector place (cross-section) greater than flexible connector.Housing has a block button hole, and the corresponding buckle piece of the shape of block button hole and flexible connector a major axis to transverse shape.
Beneficial effect of the present invention is, the cross-sectional area of buckle piece is greater than the cross-sectional area of flexible connector, and with after the flexible connector bending, make its flexible connector and buckle piece a major axis to the transverse shape Corresponding matching in the shape of block button hole.So, flexible connector and buckle piece coupling can be organized in block button hole, be allowed again the flexible connector elastic reset, and so that the buckle piece is subject to the spacing clip of block button hole.When a pulling force when protecting cover is pullled, can prevent that the buckle piece directly breaks away from block button hole.Mode with this bending assembling allows protecting cover firm group be buckled on the housing, and then reaches the effect that assembling reaches difficult drop-off really.
Below in execution mode, will be described in detail detailed features of the present invention and advantage, its content is enough to make any those skilled in the art to understand technology contents of the present invention and implements according to this, and according to the disclosed content of this specification, claim and accompanying drawing, any those skilled in the art can understand the aforesaid purpose of the present invention and advantage easily.
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Fig. 1 is the decomposing schematic representation according to housing of the present invention and protecting cover;
Fig. 2 is the schematic appearance according to flexible connector bending one angle of protecting cover of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is that flexible connector coupling according to the present invention is organized the schematic appearance into block button hole;
Fig. 4 is for consisting of the schematic appearance of spacing clip according to flexible connector of the present invention and block button hole;
Fig. 5 A is relatively greater than the schematic diagram of the cross-sectional area of flexible connector according to the cross-sectional area of buckle piece of the present invention;
Fig. 5 B is that transverse shape Corresponding matching according to flexible connector of the present invention and buckle piece is in the schematic diagram of the shape of block button hole; And
Fig. 5 C is the schematic diagram of flexible connector according to the present invention in block button hole.
Wherein, Reference numeral
10 housings, 11 base plates
12 wallboards, 13 jacks
14 block button holes, 141 transverse holes
142 longitudinal holes, 20 protecting covers
21 flexible connectors, 22 buckle pieces
23 cover plate A1 cross sectional areas
B1 cross sectional area C1 transverse shape
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Electronic installation with protecting cover disclosed according to the present invention, one protecting cover set is contained on the housing of an electronic installation, and the electronic installation of indication including, but not limited to as digital camera, mobile phone (PDA Phone, Smart Phone), personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), liquid crystal screen display (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD), notebook computer (Note Book, NB) or other have the electronic installation of connectivity port.Yet, among the embodiment below the present invention, I/O connectivity port (Input/Output Port, the I/O Port) structure that is arranged at protecting cover on the housing of notebook computer is example, and certain application product of the present invention and scope are not limited with following embodiment.
Please consult simultaneously Fig. 1 to shown in Figure 4.Wherein, Fig. 1 is the decomposing schematic representation according to housing of the present invention and protecting cover.Fig. 2 is the schematic appearance according to flexible connector bending one angle of protecting cover of the present invention.Fig. 3 is that flexible connector coupling according to the present invention is organized the schematic appearance into block button hole.Fig. 4 is for consisting of the schematic appearance of spacing clip according to flexible connector of the present invention and block button hole.
Electronic installation with protecting cover disclosed according to the present invention comprises on a housing 10 and the protecting cover 20.Housing 10 can be the housing of an electronic installation (such as notebook computer), and housing 10 is assemblied in wherein in order to the electronic components (not illustrating) that a plurality of formation logical operation system is provided, and provides on the connection jack that at least one peripheral device (not illustrating) is inserted in housing 10.And the specification that can work out according to each manufacturer of housing 10 and various structural design is arranged, therefore, in following embodiment, housing 10 is made an embodiment schematic diagram with the structure of part.
Housing 10 has a base plate 11 and a wallboard 12 at least, and wallboard 12 is erected in base plate 11 periphery and perpendicular on the base plate 11, to consist of accommodation space.And offer a jack 13 and at least one block button hole 14 at wallboard 12.The inboard of jack 13 is provided with a socket connector (not illustrating), pass jack 13 with the pin connector (not illustrating) that a corresponding specification is provided after, be electrically connected on the socket connector again.The specification of the various electric connectors and socket connector is directly arranged in pairs or groups on the electronic installation and designing, for example the specification of socket connector can be USB (Universal Serial Bus; USB), IEEE 1394 (Institute ofElectrical and Electronics Engineers; World electronic industrial technology association), PS/2, RS232, network connection port (RJ45), direct current connectivity port (DC Jack) or Serial ATA interface (SerialAdvanced Technology Attachment; SATA) connector of equal-specification.
Above-mentionedly cover socket connector in the jack 13 with protecting cover 20, enter in the jack 13 to prevent its aqueous vapor or dust, but not as limit.Its protecting cover 20 can also cover a set light receiving element or a photocell place on housing 10, avoids the surface scratch or stained of light receiving element or photocell.
Block button hole 14 be opened in jack 13 around, block button hole 14 is interconnected to constitute by a transverse holes 141 and a longitudinal hole 142.Make its transverse holes 141 generally be a T shape, L shaped or criss-cross shape with longitudinal hole 142 interconnective shapes, but not as limit.
Protecting cover 20 has at least one flexible connector 21, and makes an end of flexible connector 21 be connected in protecting cover 20.It should be noted that especially flexible connector 21 is that a flexible material is made, and the flexible material of indication comprises but do not limit to such as materials such as rubber, silica gel or soft plastics and consist of.And flexible connector 21 can be shaped on the protecting cover 20, or flexible connector 21 can be one and separates the member of assembling and be connected on the protecting cover 20.
Moreover the other end of flexible connector 21 is provided with a buckle piece 22.Buckle piece 22 extends in relative two ends of flexible connector 21 and grows, so that the shape of buckle piece 22 generally is the shape of a riveted head, and the external diameter of buckle piece 22 is relatively greater than the external diameter of flexible connector 21.That is to say, buckle piece 22 at the cross-sectional area A1 that is connected in flexible connector 21 places relatively greater than the cross-sectional area B1 (shown in Fig. 5 A) of flexible connector 21, so, buckle piece 22 can be in the terminal shapes that consist of T shapes of flexible connector 21, and the shape Corresponding matching that makes block button hole 14 in buckle piece 22 and flexible connector 21 a major axis to transverse shape C1 (shown in Fig. 5 B).Yet in the present embodiment, the transverse shape C1 of buckle piece 22 and flexible connector 21 can be the shape of a T shape, but not as limit.Its transverse shape C1 also can be L shaped shape or a criss-cross shape.
When protecting cover 20 is assembled in housing 10, can be bent with an angle at flexible connector 21, the bending angle relation is passed the assembling position of block button hole 14 (as shown in Figure 3) so that buckle piece 22 has a correspondence according to this.After flexible connector 21 resets, so that buckle piece 22 has one group of clamped position (as shown in Figure 4) that is buckled in block button hole 14.
Above-mentioned assembling position definition buckle piece 22 is bent with an angle with respect to flexible connector 21, and makes buckle piece 22 rough perpendicular to flexible connector 21.Thus, flexible connector 21 and buckle piece 22 can be met respectively the transverse holes 141 of block button hole 14 and the shape (as shown in Figure 3) of longitudinal hole 142, that is to say, flexible connector 21 and buckle piece 22 a major axis to transverse shape C1 Corresponding matching in the shape (shown in Fig. 5 B) of block button hole 14.So, so that flexible connector 21 and buckle piece 22 thereof can free in and out block button hole 14 in assembling position.
Clamped position then is the fastening state after this flexible connector 21 of definition and buckle piece 22 enter block button hole 14.In other words, after buckle piece 22 enters block button hole 14 by assembling position, can be so that flexible connector 21 automatic pop into position.Because buckle piece 22 at the cross-sectional area A1 that is connected in flexible connector 21 places relatively greater than the cross-sectional area B1 (shown in Fig. 5 A) of flexible connector 21, so behind flexible connector 21 elastic resets, so that buckle piece 22 is subject to the transverse holes 141 of block button hole 14 and the restriction of longitudinal hole 142, and buckle piece 22 and block button hole 14 can be formed a spacing clip state (shown in Fig. 4, Fig. 5 C).When if the user will break away from the restriction of block button holes 14 with buckle piece 22, then must be with buckle piece 22 by clamped position again bending to assembling position, buckle piece 22 can be broken away from outside block button hole 14.
In addition, protecting cover 20 more comprises a cover plate 23, is to be arranged on a side of protecting cover 20 and to be away from flexible connector 21.After 20 groups of protecting covers are buckled in housing 10, so that cover plate 23 correspondences of protecting cover 20 are embedded on housing 10.
Operating principle with electronic installation of protecting cover disclosed according to the present invention provides following three kinds of operate conditions.
The first operate condition: as shown in Figure 2, first with 22 bendings of buckle piece to assembling position, so that the buckle piece 22 of flexible connector 21 and the block button hole 14 mutual contrapositions of housing 10, and the relation of assembling position according to this, so that the shape Corresponding matching of block button hole 14 in buckle piece 22 and flexible connector 21 a major axis to transverse shape C1 (shown in Fig. 5 B), and flexible connector 21 and buckle piece 22 thereof can by transverse holes 141 and the longitudinal hole 142 of block button hole 14, be penetrated buckle piece 22 to block button hole 14 inside with this.
The second operate condition: as shown in Figure 3, discharge afterwards the active force of the buckle piece 22 of bending, make flexible connector 21 by the involution of assembling position elasticity to clamped position, so that buckle piece 22 spacing clips are in the medial surface of block button hole 14.That is to say, the cross sectional area A1 of buckle piece 22 is greater than the cross sectional area B1 (shown in Fig. 5 A) of flexible connector 21, so, make its buckle piece 22 can be subject to the transverse holes 141 of block button hole 14 and the limit stop of longitudinal hole 142 (shown in Fig. 5 C), and then so that buckle piece 22 is subject to the spacing clip of block button hole 14.
So, 20 groups of protecting covers can be buckled on the housing 10, and cover jack 13 or open jack 13 with protecting cover 20, pass jack 13 rear and pin connector (not illustrating) formation one electric connections for pin connector (not illustrating).Length that it should be noted that especially flexible connector 21 can so, can design by the length structure of flexible connector 21 relatively greater than the thickness of housing 10, and so that protecting cover 20 forms an action of pulling out or pushing with respect to block button hole 14.And when protecting cover 20 is pulled out,, break away from housing 10 to prevent protecting cover 20 at block button hole 14 places by buckle piece 22 corresponding spacing clips.
The 3rd operate condition: as shown in Figure 4, if when wish is taken off protecting cover 20 by housing 10, only need again bending flexible connector 21 so that buckle piece 22 by the clamped position bending to assembling position.With this buckle piece 22 is withdrawed from block button hole 14, protecting cover 20 can be pulled away in housing 10.
In the above-described embodiment, the design of the shape of block button hole 14 only be meet flexible connector 21 and buckle piece 22 major axis to transverse shape C1, that is to say, to about 90 ° angle, make buckle piece 22 can pass through block button hole 14 flexible connector 21 bendings.But the shape of block button hole 14 is not limited with above-mentioned T shape, L shaped or cross, such as with flexible connector 21 and buckle piece 22 major axis to transverse shape C1 be designed to various forms of geometries, after making its flexible connector 21 bendings, can with the shape of flexible connector 21 with buckle piece 22 Corresponding matching block button holes 14, allow buckle piece 22 be embedded smoothly to block button hole 14 and get final product.In addition, flexible connector 21 and buckle piece 22 major axis to transverse shape C1, can be according to the material characteristic of flexible connector 21, and the bending length on flexible connector 21, and determine its transverse shape C1.
Electronic installation with protecting cover disclosed according to the present invention, when its effect is that protecting cover set is loaded on housing, in the mode of bending, with flexible connector bending one angle, so that the shape that the transverse shape of flexible connector and buckle piece can the Corresponding matching block button hole.Thus, flexible connector and buckle piece group can be entered in the block button hole, allow again the flexible connector elastic reset, cross sectional area by the buckle piece is greater than the structural design of the cross sectional area of flexible connector, make the buckle piece be subject to the spacing clip of block button hole, and then prevent that the buckle piece directly breaks away from block button hole, to reach assembling really and the effect of difficult drop-off.
Certainly; the present invention also can have other various embodiments; in the situation that does not deviate from spirit of the present invention and essence thereof; those of ordinary skill in the art can make according to the present invention various corresponding changes and distortion, but these corresponding changes and distortion all should belong to the protection range of the appended claim of the present invention.

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1. the electronic installation with protecting cover is characterized in that, this electronic installation comprises:
One protecting cover has a flexible connector, and an end of this flexible connector is connected in this protecting cover, and the other end has a buckle piece, and this buckle piece is at the cross-sectional area of the cross-sectional area that is connected in this flexible connector place greater than this flexible connector; And
One housing has a block button hole,
Wherein, this flexible connector has one makes this buckle piece pass the assembling position of this block button hole, and one makes this buckle piece be subjected to the clamped position of the spacing clip of this block button hole; This buckle piece is when this assembling position, and this buckle piece and this flexible connector consist of a vertical angle, and the shape of this flexible connector and this this block button hole of buckle piece Corresponding matching; This buckle piece is when this clamped position, and the cross-sectional area of this buckle piece is greater than the shape of this block button hole.
2. the electronic installation with protecting cover according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this flexible connector is that a flexible material consists of, and this flexible material is selected from one of them of rubber, silica gel, soft plastic and combination thereof.
3. the electronic installation with protecting cover according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this flexible connector is shaped on this protecting cover.
4. the electronic installation with protecting cover according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this flexible connector separates the member of assembling with one and is connected on this protecting cover.
5. the electronic installation with protecting cover according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, this block button hole also comprises a transverse holes and a longitudinal hole, this transverse holes and this longitudinal hole interconnect and consist of the shape of a T shape, and the transverse shape of this buckle piece and this flexible connector is the shape of this T shape of this block button hole of Corresponding matching then.
6. the electronic installation with protecting cover according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, this block button hole also comprises a transverse holes and a longitudinal hole, this transverse holes and this longitudinal hole interconnect and consist of a L shaped shape, and the transverse shape of this buckle piece and this flexible connector is this L shaped shape of this block button hole of Corresponding matching then.
7. the electronic installation with protecting cover according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, this block button hole also comprises a transverse holes and a longitudinal hole, this transverse holes and this longitudinal hole interconnect and consist of a criss-cross shape, and the transverse shape of this buckle piece and this flexible connector is this criss-cross shape of this block button hole of Corresponding matching then.
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