CN102570136A - A two-part jack socket for a portable electronic device - Google Patents

A two-part jack socket for a portable electronic device Download PDF

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CN102570136A
CN102570136A CN2011104388402A CN201110438840A CN102570136A CN 102570136 A CN102570136 A CN 102570136A CN 2011104388402 A CN2011104388402 A CN 2011104388402A CN 201110438840 A CN201110438840 A CN 201110438840A CN 102570136 A CN102570136 A CN 102570136A
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Abstract

The present disclosure provides a two-part jack socket for a portable electronic device and a portable electronic device having the same. In accordance with one example embodiment, the jack socket comprises: a first part having a contact surface; a second part having a contact surface and being moveable with respect to the first part between a first position and a second position, the contact surfaces of the first part and second part defining a cavity, the cavity having a retracted state when the second part is in the first position and an expanded state for receiving a jack plug when the second part is in the second position; and one or more contacts located in the contact surface of the first part or second part.

Description

Two formula jack bases that are used for portable electric appts
Technical field
The disclosure relates to jack, and relates in particular to a kind of two formula jack bases that are used for portable electric appts.
Background technology
The electronic equipment that comprises portable electric appts has the audio jack that is used to receive such as the audio jack of the audio accessory of headphone, headphone, the amplify loud speaker or the headphone that amplifies usually.With respect to other parts of portable electric appts, audio jack can be big relatively, and the thickness of the main frame portable electric appts that wherein carries audio jack is worked.Therefore, it is desirable to reduce the replaceable audio jack of the thickness of main frame portable electric appts.
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Fig. 1 is the simplified block diagram of parts that is suitable for realizing the internal part that comprises portable electric appts of example embodiment of the present disclosure;
Fig. 2 is the front view of the example of the directed portable electric appts of straight formula;
Fig. 3 A is a kind of fragmentary, perspective view with portable electric appts of jack base according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and jack base is in retracted mode;
Fig. 3 B is the fragmentary, perspective view of the portable electric appts among Fig. 3 A, and jack base is in swelling state;
Fig. 4 A is the partial side view of the portable electric appts among Fig. 3 A;
Fig. 4 B is the partial side view of the portable electric appts among Fig. 3 B;
Fig. 5 A is first one a perspective view according to a kind of two formula jack bases of an embodiment of the present disclosure;
Fig. 5 B is first one a end-view of two formula jack bases that 5B-5B along the line cuts open among Fig. 5 A;
Fig. 6 A is second one the perspective view of putting upside down according to a kind of two formula jack bases of an embodiment of the present disclosure;
Fig. 6 B is second one a cutaway view of two formula jack bases that 6B-6B along the line cuts open among Fig. 6 A;
Fig. 7 is the decomposition diagram by first one among Fig. 5 A and Figure 56 B and second a kind of two the formula jack bases that form;
Fig. 8 A is that jack base is in retracted mode by the perspective view of first one among Fig. 5 A and Figure 56 B and second a kind of two the formula jack bases that form;
Fig. 8 B is the end-view of two formula jack bases that 8B-8B along the line cuts open among Fig. 8 A;
Fig. 9 A is that jack base is in swelling state by the perspective view of first one among Fig. 5 A and Figure 56 B and second a kind of two the formula jack bases that form;
Fig. 9 B is the end-view of two formula jack bases that 9B-9B along the line cuts open among Fig. 9 A;
Figure 10 A is that jack base is in swelling state by the cutaway view of first one among Fig. 5 A and Figure 56 B and second a kind of two the formula jack bases that form;
Figure 10 B is the cutaway view by first one among Fig. 5 A and Figure 56 B and second a kind of two the formula jack bases that form, and jack base is in swelling state and plug cap is received in wherein;
Figure 11 A is the cutaway view that carries the portable electric appts of two formula jack bases among Figure 10 A;
Figure 11 B is the cutaway view that carries the portable electric appts of two formula jack bases among Figure 10 B;
Figure 12 A is that jack base is in retracted mode according to the perspective view of a kind of two formula jack bases of second example embodiment of the present disclosure;
Figure 12 B is the end-view of two formula jack bases that 12B-12B along the line cuts open among Figure 12 A;
Figure 13 A is that jack base is in swelling state according to the perspective view of a kind of two formula jack bases of second example embodiment of the present disclosure;
Figure 13 B is the end-view of two formula jack bases that 13B-13B along the line cuts open among Figure 13 A;
Figure 14 A is the cutaway view of two formula jack bases of Figure 12 A, and jack base is in retracted mode;
Figure 14 B is the cutaway view of two formula jack bases among Figure 13 A, and jack base is in swelling state and plug cap is received in wherein;
Figure 15 A is the cutaway view that carries the portable electric appts of two formula jack bases among Figure 12 A, and jack base is in retracted mode; With
Figure 15 B is the cutaway view that carries the portable electric appts of two formula jack bases among Figure 12 A, and jack base is in swelling state and plug cap is received in wherein.
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The disclosure relates to portable electric appts basically, and it can carry (for example hand-hold electronic equipments) or can the person of being used move or rock in user's hand.The example of portable electric appts includes but not limited to beep-pager, portable phone, smart mobile phone, wireless notebook, PDA, portable electronic device, portable game device, global positioning system (GPS) navigator, E-book reader, camera and notebook and desktop computer.Example embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to other portable electric appts that does not have specific description in the above-mentioned example.
According to an example embodiment, a kind of jack base is provided, comprising: first one, have contact surface; Second one; Having contact surface also can move between the primary importance and the second place with respect to first one; First one and second one's contact surface limits cavity, and cavity has retracted mode in primary importance the time and has the swelling state that is used to receive plug cap during in the second place at second one at second one; With one or more contacts, be arranged in first perhaps contact surface of second one.
According to another example embodiment, a kind of jack base is provided, comprising: main body, have elongated spill contact surface, contact surface is defined for first one of the cavity that receives plug cap; With one or more contacts, be positioned at the contact surface of main body.
According to another example embodiment, a kind of portable electric appts is provided, comprising: circuit board; Jack base; This jack base comprises: have first one of contact surface; Has contact surface and can be with respect to first one between the primary importance and the second place, move second one; First one and second one's contact surface limits cavity, and cavity has retracted mode in primary importance the time and has the swelling state that is used to receive plug cap during in the second place at second one at second one; With one or more contacts, be arranged in first perhaps second one contact surface, wherein contact and circuit board telecommunication; Flexible jacket; Said flexible jacket is around said jack base; Said flexible jacket is defined for the external trepanning that receives plug cap, and wherein said external trepanning has first cross-sectional area and when said cavity is in the swelling state, has second cross-sectional area when said cavity is in the retracted mode.
With reference now to accompanying drawing,, its form with example shows example embodiment of the present disclosure.For the simplification explained and clear, the reference number among these figure can repeat to illustrate corresponding or similar elements.Many details are illustrated to provide the understanding of described example embodiment here.There are not these details can realization example embodiment yet.In other example, do not describe known method, process and parts in detail, to avoid making that described example embodiment is obscure.Description is not to be considered to be used for limiting the scope of example embodiment described herein.
Referring to Fig. 1, it shows a kind of portable electric appts 100 with the block diagram form, and the described example embodiment of the disclosure can be applied to portable electric appts 100.Portable electric appts 100 comprises a plurality of parts, such as the processor 102 of the integrated operation of controlling portable electric appts 100.Through communication subsystem 104, can carry out the communication function that comprises data and language.The data that portable electric appts 100 receives are by decoder 106 decompress(ion)s and decoding.Communication subsystem 104 receives and sends to wireless network 150 from the information of wireless network 150 and with information.Wireless network 150 can be the wireless network of any kind, includes but not limited to the network of data wireless networks, language wireless network and support voice and data communication.Power supply 142 such as one or more rechargeable batteries or be connected to the port of external power source, is portable electric appts 100 power supplies.
Processor 102 with such as random access memory (RAM) 108; Memory 110; Display 112 with the touch sensible cover layer 114 that is connected to electronic controller 116 is (such as LCD (LCD) (comprising touch sensitive dis-play 118 together); One or more keyboards or button 120; Guider 122; One or more auxiliary I/O (I/O) subsystem 124; FPDP 126; Loud speaker 128; Microphone 130; Jack 131; Short-range communications subsystem 132 and other device subsystem 134 reciprocations.Need to be, the electronic controller 116 of touch sensitive dis-play 118 need be physically not integrated with touch sensible cover layer 114 and display 112 with understanding.Carry out customer interaction through touch sensible cover layer 114 with graphical user interface (GUI).GUI is the display of user interfaces screen on touch sensitive dis-play 118, is used for the touch-sensitive screen user interface elements that display message perhaps is provided for receiving input.The content of user interface screen changes according to unit state and current application software and other factors.Some user interface screen can comprise text box, are sometimes referred to as the text input frame.Processor 102 carries out reciprocation with touch sensible cover layer 114 through electronic controller 116.Such as text, character, symbol, image, icon and can show on the portable electric appts or other information of reflection is presented on the touch sensitive dis-play 118 through processor 102.
Jack 131 can be to be used to receive such as the for example audio jack of the audio jack of the audio accessory of headphone, headphone, the amplify loud speaker or the headphone that amplifies.Replacedly, jack 131 can be configured to receive the plug cap that is used for other annex or auxiliary I/O device.Other annex can comprise; For example; Have the Multimedia Attachments of importing such as the multimedia of playing, suspending, stop, forward/backward is imported, perhaps allow portable electric appts 100 is connected to the video output attachments such as the display of television set (TV) or monitor.Replacedly, jack 131 can be USB (UBS) port, FireWire port port, RJ-11 port, RJ-45 port, be used for memory card reader port or other FPDP of SD card or other storage card.
For the user of recognition network visit, portable electric appts 100 is used for assert that with assert module or removable user identity such as the user identity of the network service of wireless network 150 module (SIM/RUIM) blocks 38.Replacedly, the user confirms that information can enroll in the memory 110.
The application software (or program) 148 that portable electric appts 100 comprises operating system 146, carried out by processor 102 and being stored in usually such as the data in the firm and scalable storage device of memory 100.Other application software or program 148 can download on the portable electric appts 100 through wireless network 150, auxiliary I/O subsystem 124, FPDP 126, short-range communications subsystem 132 or any other suitable subsystem 134.
Processor 102 is handled and be input to the signal that is received such as text message, Email Information or page download by communication subsystem 104.Processor 102 is handled the signal that is received that is used to output to display 112 and/or auxiliary I/O subsystem 124.The user can generate data object, and such as Email Information, it can transmit on wireless network 150 through communication subsystem 104.For audio communication, the integrated operation of portable electric appts 100 is similar.Loud speaker 128 outputs transform the output audio information from the signal of telecommunication, and microphone 130 changes into audio-frequency information the signal of telecommunication that is used to handle.
Fig. 2 shows the front view of the example of the portable electric appts 100 that straight formula is directed.Portable electric appts 100 comprises shell 200; It is ccontaining to comprise internal part and the framework that constitutes touch sensitive dis-play 118 of internal part as shown in Figure 1, thereby touch sensitive dis-play 118 exposes and is used for carrying out with it customer interaction when portable electric appts 100 uses.Should be understood that; The user that touch sensitive dis-play 118 can present any suitable quantity above that can select characteristic; For example, to be used for like application software, option, or to be used for the virtual push button form that the user of key or the keyboard of user data input selects in the operating period of portable electric appts 100.
The button of being represented by label 120A, 120B, 120C and 120D respectively 120 is positioned under the touch sensitive dis-play 118 of front of portable electric appts 100.Button 120 produces respective input signals when being activated.Button 120 can utilize any suitable button (or key) structure to constitute, for example such as the hemisphere transformed structure.Equipment 100 is the context induction in response to the performed action of the actuating of each button 120.The context that button activated is depended in performed action.Context can, but be not limited to, be equipment state, application software, screen context, selected item or function or its any combination.
Navigator 122 can be to depress the joystick of (perhaps can click), such as the optical joystick that can depress, the trace ball that can depress, the snail that can depress or touch sensible track pad or the touch pad that can depress.Fig. 2 shows the navigator 122 of the optical joystick form that can depress.
Auxiliary I/O subsystem 124 can comprise other input equipment, such as keyboard and/or key symbol plate (all not showing).In other example embodiment, conventional non-touch sensitive dis-play can be set, such as LCD, but not have the touch sensitive dis-play 118 of keyboard and/or key symbol plate.
Touch sensitive dis-play 118 can be any suitable touch sensitive dis-play, such as the known condenser type of industry, resistance-type, infrared-type, surface acoustic wave (SAW) touch sensitive dis-play, foil gauge, optical imagery, signals disperse technology, sound wave pulse identification etc.The capacitance touch sensitive display comprises capacitance touch induction cover layer 114.Cover layer 114 can be an a plurality of layers range upon range of assembly, for example, and the one or more capacitive touch sensors layers and the covering that comprise substrate, ground shield, barrier layer, isolate by substrate or other barrier layer.The capacitive touch sensors layer can be any suitable material, such as figure indium tin oxide (ITO).
One or many touches, and is also referred to as to touch contact or touch event, can survey through touch sensitive dis-play 118.Processor 102 can determine the attribute that touches, comprises the position of touch.Touch position data can comprise a single point of contact area or contact, such as the contact area center or near point.The position of the touch of being surveyed can comprise respectively x and the y component with respect to the visual angle of individual touch sensitive dis-play 118, for example, and level and vertical component.For example, x location component can be confirmed by the signal that a touch sensor produces, and y location component can be confirmed by the signal that another touch sensor produces.The detection that response touches, signal is provided to controller 116.According to the character of touch sensitive dis-play 118, can survey touch, such as finger, thumb, appendage, or other article of stylus, pen or other indicating device for example from any suitable object.Can survey a plurality of touches simultaneously.
Fig. 3 A and 3B show a kind of example with portable electric appts 100 of two formula jack bases according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.Two formula jack bases can be used to provide the jack 131 of aforesaid portable electric appts 100.Jack 131 is arranged in the hole 210 in the side surface 212 of shell 200.Jack 131 has retracted mode and the swelling state shown in Fig. 3 A and 4A shown in Fig. 3 A and 4A.Jack 131 limits cavity, and cavity is configured to receive the jack base that is in swelling state.The insertion that jack 131 can respond plug cap is converted to swelling state from retracted mode, and response the removing from swelling state of plug cap of having inserted be converted to retracted mode, is described below.Amplify when retracted mode is converted to swelling state at jack 131 in hole 210, and shrink when swelling state is converted to retracted mode at jack 131.
Referring now to Fig. 5 A to 11B,, a kind of two the formula jack bases 300 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is described.Two formula jack bases 300 can be used to provide shown in Fig. 3 A to 4B the jack 131 with aforesaid portable electric appts 100.Jack base 300 comprises with inner contact surface 324 first one 320 and has second one 340 of inner contact surface 344.Can between the primary importance and the second place, move with respect to first one 320 for second one 340.First one 320 and second ones 340 contact surface 324,344 limits cavity 310.Cavity 310 is a retracted mode when being in primary importance for second one 340, and is to be used to receive the swelling state such as the plug cap of audio jack when being in the second place for second one 340.
Cavity 310 has hole 312 and extends along the longitudinal axis of jack base 300 314.In the example shown, cavity 310 is shaped as the plug cap of insertion that holds TRS (" termination-annular element-sleeve pipe "), TRRS (" termination-annular element-annular element-sleeve pipe ") TS (" termination-sleeve pipe ") kind.Cavity 310 is in the shape complementarity of the basic and plug cap of shape under the swelling state.As above indicate, side surface 212 limiting holes 210 of the shell 200 of portable electric appts 100, plug cap can be inserted in the cavity 310 through hole 210 along the longitudinal axis 314 of jack base 300.Amplify when retracted mode is converted to swelling state at jack 131 in hole 210, and shrink when swelling state is converted to retracted mode at jack 131.
Referring now to Figure 11 A and 11B,, the selection characteristic of portable electric appts 100 is described.The shell 200 of portable electric appts 100 comprises flexible jacket, and it is formed by flexible material.Soft shell can be any suitable flexible material, includes but not limited to suitable urethanes (urethane), neoprene (neoprene) or silicon rubber.Flexible jacket is around jack base 300 and circuit board 220 and limit external trepanning 210, and plug cap may be received in the external trepanning 210.Jack can be inserted in the cavity 310 through hole 210 along the longitudinal axis 314 of cavity 310.External trepanning 210 has first cross-sectional area and when cavity is in the swelling state (Figure 11 B), has second cross-sectional area when cavity 310 is in the retracted mode (Figure 11 A).Circuit board 220 can be connected to the framework (not shown), and it provides the internal structure of portable electric appts 100.Flexible jacket also centers on the framework of portable electric appts 100.Flexible jacket applies inside constraint (or biasing) power, and it setovers perhaps " prestrain " to retracted position and the fixing releasedly plug cap of reception that inserted with jack base 300.Flexible jacket can occupy whole casing 200, perhaps can only occupy the part of shell 200.
The insertion of cavity 310 response plug caps expand into swelling state from retracted mode.Hole 210 in the side surface 212 of the termination entering shell 200 of plug cap and the hole 312 in the jack base 300.When plug cap advanced entering cavity 310, the cross section of its increase overcame second one 340 of the inside restraining force contact of flexible jacket and makes second one 340 displacement.This removes from first one 320 along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 314 of cavity 310 second one 340.This moves into the second place with second one 340.Otherwise the removing from swelling state of plug cap that cavity 310 responses have been inserted is retracted to retracted mode.When plug cap removed from cavity 310, the cross section of its minimizing did not continue to overcome the inside restraining force of flexible jacket gradually.Then the inside restraining force of flexible jacket along perpendicular to the direction of the longitudinal axis 314 of cavity 310 with second one 340 towards first ones 310 biasings.This makes second one 340 to get back to primary importance.
Cavity 310 has first cross-sectional area when cavity 310 is in the retracted mode, and when cavity 310 is in the swelling state, has second cross-sectional area.The sleeve pipe (or main body) with plug cap is the same big at least to be in second cross-sectional area of the cavity 310 in the swelling state, and is in the sleeve pipe of first cross-sectional area of the cavity 310 in the retracted mode less than plug cap.In the example shown, first one 320 contact surface 324 and second one's 340 contact surface 344 is elongated concave surface.The cross-sectional area that is in the cavity 310 in the swelling state is the basic circular also sleeve pipe of the plug cap of approaching coupling or the diameter of main body.
Can be suitable for for second one 340 between the primary importance and the second place, sliding.In the example shown, slip can provide with groove 323 through the track (or track) 342 of the complementation in first one 320 and second ones 320.Preferably shown in Fig. 5 A to 8B, in first one 320 and second ones 320 one comprises track 342 and in first one 320 and second ones 320 another is defined for and is received in the wherein groove 323 of the track of slip.In the example shown, by second one 340 pair of tracks 342 is provided and a pair of groove 323 is provided by first one 320.The track 342 and groove 323 of varying number can be set in various embodiment.Similarly, in other embodiments, can track 342 be provided by first one 320, and can groove 323 be provided by second one 340.
One or more electric contact piece (not shown)s of the corresponding contact part telecommunication of the plug cap that is suitable for and inserts are arranged in cavity 310.Electric contact piece can be positioned in first one 320 the contact surface 324 or on the contact surface 324 or in second one 340 the contact surface 344 or on the contact surface 344.In certain embodiments, electric contact piece can be positioned in first one 320 the contact surface 324.First one 320 with respect to portable electric appts 100 be fix and second one 340 can move with respect to first one 320.The contact surface 324 that electric contact piece is positioned at first one 320 can be through being positioned at electric contact piece the design that fixed part is simplified electric contact piece in the chamber 310.
Electric contact piece is connected to the printed circuit board (PCB) 220 (Figure 11 A, 11B) of portable electric appts 100, and for example, it can be hard printed circuit board (PCB) or be connected to hard plate or on-chip flexible PCB.Each spring contacts can be the expansion of the one or more electric contact pieces in the cavity 310.Replacedly, these spring contacts one or more can be the extensions of the electronic unit in the jack base 300, rather than of the electric contact piece of cavity 310.
Figure 10 A to 11B has shown an example plug cap 400 that supplies jack base 300 to use.Plug cap 400 comprises a plurality of electric contact pieces that are used for setting up with the electric contact piece of the cavity 310 of jack base 300 telecommunication.The electric contact piece of plug cap 400 can such as monophonic audio signal or stereo audio signal, microphone signal and ground connection, be used for realizing multiple the electrical connection with jack base 300 according to the type of the plug cap that will use.In the example shown, plug cap 400 for have the cylinder-shaped sleeve of isolating by the insulation annular element with in the termination 412, annular element 414 and sleeve pipe 418 places provide the TRS type of three electric contact pieces that separate.Electric contact piece near the base portion of plug cap 400 is a sleeve contact 418.Sleeve contact 418 is isolated through the first insulation annular element 420 and annular contact 414, and it is isolated through the second insulation annular element 420 and the termination contact 412 at far-end 402 places of plug cap 400 successively.
In above-mentioned example; When plug cap 400 inserts cavity 310 fully; The first electric contact piece telecommunication in sleeve contact 418 and the cavity 310, when plug cap 400 inserts cavity 310 fully, the second electric contact piece telecommunication in annular contact 414 and the cavity 310; And when plug cap 400 inserts cavity 310 fully, the 3rd electric contact piece telecommunication in termination contact 412 and the cavity 310.This provides the electrical communication path between jack base 300 and the plug cap 400.
In certain embodiments, different plug caps can carry different audio signals, comprises loud speaker or headphone audio signal and/or microphone audio signal.When plug cap 400 is the stereo audio plug; Termination contact 412 can carry left channel audio signal; Annular contact 414 can carry right channel audio signal; And sleeve contact 418 can be used as grounding component, and plug hole 400 is connected to the audio frequency ground connection that system earth perhaps is used for the separation of portable electric appts 100.
In the example shown, the ratchet or the brake component of first one 320 rear end 321 plug cap that is provided for inserting.Can brake component be provided by second one 340 in other embodiments.Resist along the propulsion of the plug cap of longitudinal axis 314 insertions of cavity 310 rear end 321.In the example shown, ratchet or brake component are provided by the chamfering rear end 321 that has with the cavity 310 of the complementary shape in the termination of plug cap 400 412.When the termination 412 of plug cap 400 contacted with the rear end 321 of cavity 310, resistance was along any further power of the insertion of the longitudinal axis 314 of cavity 310.With plug cap 400 opposite side surfaces 212 brake area is provided also.
Compared with otherwise need hold traditional jack base of expanding of not having, when plug cap does not insert and cavity 310 when being in the retracted mode, two formula jack bases 300 allow equipment profiles thinner in primary importance (for example, retracted position).This allows to reduce the profile (thickness) of entire equipment.When plug cap inserted, bulk or other magnification region formed, and bulk is visible when plug cap is in two formula jack bases 300 only, and most ofly were hidden by plug cap.Flexible jacket allows device housings 200 to expand, under non-bloating situation, thinner equipment profile in requisition for the zone of amplifying to hold around the required physical space of jack base.Thinner equipment profile can also provide the foreign object that prevents such as dust to get into cavity 310 and interfere the telecommunication between the electric contact piece.In addition, regional area chamfering, back taper or rounding around jack base provide more fairshaped equipment profile.This is also avoided the hard angle of the edge of portable electric appts 100.
First one 320 and second ones 340 by processing such as the rigidity plastics of for example suitable Polycarbonate plastics.Contact in the cavity 310 of two formula jack bases 300 is by processing such as the for example suitable conductive material of gold.
In an alternative embodiment, second one 340 can be the part of the flexible jacket of shell 200.Second one 340 can be co-molded together to form single global facility with flexible jacket.For example, global facility can use injection or compression molded formation.Can process by rigidity plastics for second one 340 such as suitable Polycarbonate plastics; And flexible jacket can be processed by the rigidity plastics that is fused together such as suitable urethanes (urethane), neoprene (neoprene), silicon rubber or other flexible material to utilize biliquid injection or compression molded technology to form the flexiplast of single global facility
In another alternative embodiment, can ignore so that two formula jack base (not shown)s to be provided for second one 340.Two formula jack bases comprise and are similar to aforesaid first one 320 main body, are noted that main body can not have first one 320 groove 323.Main body comprises and first one 320 similar elongated spill (interior) contact surface 324.When being in first one 320, one or more contacts are arranged in the contact surface 324 of main body.In this example embodiment, flexible jacket has the contact surface inner surface for matching with main body, to be defined for the cavity that receives plug cap.Flexible jacket is replaced second one 340 to limit the cavity of two formula plug caps.The contact surface 324 of main body is defined for first one of the cavity that receives plug cap.Second one of cavity is the inner surface of flexible jacket.
Cavity 310 is retracted mode and be swelling state when plug cap is received in the cavity when plug cap is not received in the cavity.The insertion of cavity 310 response plug caps expand into swelling state from retracted mode.Otherwise cavity 310 removing from swelling state of plug cap of response are retracted to retracted mode.
Referring now to Figure 12 A to 15B,, a kind of two the formula jack bases 500 according to second example embodiment of the present disclosure is described.Two formula jack bases 500 are similar to two formula jack bases 300, are pivotably connected to first one between the primary importance and the second place, to pivot except second one.Otherwise second one 340 of two formula jack bases 500 can move on the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 314 of cavity 31 with respect to first one 320, and, for example, can be suitable between the primary importance and the second place, sliding.
Two formula jack bases 500 can be used to provide shown in Fig. 3 A to 4B with the jack 131 of aforesaid portable electric appts 100 and as the replacement of two formula jack bases 300.Jack base 500 comprises with inner contact surface 524 first one 520 and has second one 540 of inner contact surface 544.First one 520 and second ones 540 contact surface 524,544 limits cavity 510.Cavity 510 has hole 512 and extends along the longitudinal axis of jack base 500 514.Cavity 510 have when second one 540 during in primary importance retracted mode and be used to receive swelling state during in the second place when second one 540 such as the plug cap of audio jack.
In the example shown, pass through hinge 546 for second one 540 and connect first one 520 between the primary importance (Figure 12 A and 12B) and the second place (Figure 13 A and 13B), to pivot.Hinge 546 in the example shown is positioned at the top of first one 520 rear end 521.As in the example shown, second one 540 can be first elongated portion 541 that the longitudinal axis 514 that has with plug cap 500 extends in parallel and second one 542 the L shaped parts away from the far-end of hinge 546 that are in first elongated portion 541.Second one 542 first elongated portion 541 perpendicular to plug cap 500 extends with longitudinal axis 514.Be defined for the hole 543 that during inserting, receives plug cap for second one 542.
Can process by rigidity plastics for first one 520 and second ones 540, and hinge 546 can be by processing such as the flexible rubber of proper silicone rubber or other flexible material such as suitable Polycarbonate plastics.Use first one 520 and second ones 540 can fuse to utilize two emission injection molding process to form single portion with hinge 546.
The insertion of cavity 510 response plug caps expand into swelling state from retracted mode.Hole 210 in the side surface 212 of the termination entering shell 200 of plug cap and the hole 512 in the jack base 500.When plug cap was advanced entering cavity 510, the cross section of its increase overcame second one 540 of the inside restraining force contact of flexible jacket and makes second one 540 displacement.This perhaps pivots away (Figure 14 A and 15A) from first one 320 rotation with second one 540 on the direction shown in arrow 548.Otherwise the removing from swelling state of plug cap that cavity 510 responses have been inserted is retracted to retracted mode.When plug cap removed from cavity 310, the cross section of its minimizing did not continue to overcome the inside restraining force of flexible jacket gradually.Then the inside restraining force of flexible jacket makes it get back to primary importance second one 540 towards first ones 520 biasings.
Under the situation that does not depart from its spirit and substantive characteristics, the disclosure can also be embodied as other particular form.Above-mentioned example embodiment will only be considered in all fields and be illustrative rather than definitive thereof.The disclosure is intended to cover technically and contains all suitable changes.Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure is to be described by appended claim, but not described by the explanation of front.Coming from the meaning that is equal to of claim and all changes in the scope is regarded as covereding within its scope.

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1. jack base comprises:
First one, has contact surface;
Second one; Having contact surface also can move between the primary importance and the second place with respect to first one; First one and second one's contact surface limits cavity, and said cavity has retracted mode in primary importance the time and has the swelling state that is used to receive plug cap during in the second place at second one at second one; With
One or more contacts are arranged in first perhaps contact surface of second one.
2. jack base as claimed in claim 1, wherein said one or more contacts are arranged in first one contact surface.
3. according to claim 1 or claim 2 jack base, wherein said cavity limits first cross-sectional area when said cavity is in the retracted mode, and said cavity limits second small cross sectional when said cavity is in the swelling state.
4. like arbitrary described jack base in the claim 1 to 3, wherein said cavity is shaped as and when being in swelling state, holds audio jack.
5. like arbitrary described jack base in the claim 1 to 4, wherein said second one can be moved on the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said cavity with respect to first one.
6. like arbitrary described jack base in the claim 1 to 5, wherein said second one is suitable for sliding between the primary importance and the second place with respect to first one.
7. like arbitrary described jack base in the claim 1 to 6, in wherein said first one and second one one comprises track and in said first one and second one another is defined for the groove that is received in the track that wherein slides.
8. like arbitrary described jack base in the claim 1 to 5, wherein said second one is pivotably connected to first one, thereby between the primary importance and the second place, pivots.
9. like arbitrary described jack base in the claim 1 to 5, wherein said second one is hinged to first one, thereby between the primary importance and the second place, pivots.
10. like arbitrary described jack base in the claim 1 to 9, wherein said first one and second one's contact surface is elongated concave surface, and wherein the cross-sectional area of the cavity in swelling state is for circular and be suitable for receiving the sleeve pipe of plug cap.
11. a portable electric appts comprises:
Circuit board;
According to arbitrary described jack base among the claim 1-10, wherein contact and circuit board telecommunication;
Flexible jacket; Said flexible jacket is around said jack base; Said flexible jacket is defined for the external trepanning that receives plug cap, and wherein said external trepanning has first cross-sectional area and when said cavity is in swelling state, has second cross-sectional area when said cavity is in retracted mode.
12. portable electric appts as claimed in claim 11 also comprises:
Framework, said circuit board is connected to said framework, and said flexible jacket is around framework and jack base.
13. like claim 11 or 12 described portable electric appts, wherein said flexible jacket applies inside restraining force, its fixing releasedly plug cap that is received.
14. like arbitrary described portable electric appts in the claim 11 to 13, wherein said second one can be moved on perpendicular to the direction of the longitudinal axis of said cavity with respect to first one.
15. like arbitrary described portable electric appts in the claim 11 to 13, wherein said second one is suitable for sliding between the primary importance and the second place with respect to first one.
16. like arbitrary described portable electric appts in claim 11 to 13 or 15, in wherein said first one and second one one comprises track and in said first one and second one another is defined for the groove that is received in the track that wherein slides.
17. like arbitrary described portable electric appts in the claim 11 to 13, wherein said second one is pivotably connected to first one, thereby between the primary importance and the second place, pivots.
18. like arbitrary described portable electric appts in claim 11 to 13 or 17, wherein said second one is hinged to first one, thereby between the primary importance and the second place, pivots.
19. like arbitrary described portable electric appts in the claim 11 to 18, wherein said flexible jacket is formed by flexible material, it comprises a kind of in urethanes, neoprene or the silicon rubber.
20. like arbitrary described portable electric appts in the claim 11 to 19, second one of wherein said jack base formed by rigid plastic and is co-molded to form single global facility with said flexible jacket.
21. a jack base comprises:
Main body has elongated spill contact surface, and said contact surface is defined for first one of the cavity that receives plug cap; With
One or more contacts are arranged in the contact surface of main body.
22. a portable electric appts comprises:
Circuit board;
Jack base, said jack base comprises: have the main body of elongated spill contact surface and be arranged in one or more contacts of the contact surface of main body, wherein contact and circuit board telecommunication;
Flexible jacket; Said flexible jacket is around said jack base; Said flexible jacket has inner surface; Said inner surface cooperates the cavity that receives plug cap to be defined for the contact surface of main body, the insertion of wherein said cavity response plug cap expand into swelling state from retracted mode, and removing from swelling state of plug cap of response is retracted to retracted mode;
Wherein said flexible jacket is defined for the external trepanning that receives plug cap, and said flexible jacket has first cross-sectional area and when said cavity is in swelling state, has second cross-sectional area when said cavity is in retracted mode.
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