CN105305159A - Electronic product - Google Patents
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The invention provides an electronic product, which comprises a shell, a signal connector, a first guide door and a second guide door, wherein a slot is formed in one side of the shell; the signal connector is arranged in the shell; one side of each of the first guide door and the second guide door is elastically pivoted to the inner surface of the shell; the first guide door and the second guide door jointly shield the slot; when a memory card is inserted, the memory card compels the first guide door and the second guide door to rotate relatively to the shell to open the slot, so that the memory card passes through the first guide door and the second guide door and is inserted into the signal connector; the first guide door and the second guide door are respectively propped against two opposite sides of the memory card and respectively generate elastic force for oppositely closing the first guide door and the second guide door; and when the memory card retreats from the slot, the first guide door and the second guide door are driven to reset to cover the slot by the elastic force. According to the electronic product provided by the invention, the condition that the memory card can be accurately inserted into the signal connector can be ensured; and when the memory card retreats, the first guide door and the second guide door can also play a dust control role.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of electronic product, particularly relate to a kind of electronic product being provided with storage card.
Background technology
The electronic product of application memory card generally comprises slot and guide bracket.Slot is arranged at the sidewall of electronic product, and guide bracket is arranged in electronic product.Slot provides storage card to be inserted into the entrance of electronic product inside, and guide bracket is inserted into the storage card of electronic product inside for supporting, prevent storage card from offseting.Slotted framework is set because traditional guide bracket is one, and this fluting is communicated with slot, makes the impurity such as dust can directly enter into electronic product inside by the fluting of slot and guide bracket, the element of electronic product is had an impact.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, need provide a kind of and can plug storage card and dust-proof electronic product.
A kind of electronic product provided by the invention, comprises housing, signal connector, the first guiding door and the second guiding door.The side of housing is provided with slot, signal connector is arranged in housing, first, second guiding door side to be flexibly articulated in respectively on housing and to be positioned at housing, first, second guiding door and signal connector interval arrange and jointly block slot, when there being storage card to insert, storage card forces first, the relative housing into rotation of second guiding door and open slot, to make storage card from first, pass between second guiding door and be plugged on signal connector, first, second guiding door is kept out respectively in the relative both sides of storage card and is produced one respectively and makes first, the elastic force that second guiding door closes relatively, when storage card exits slot, elastic force drives first, second guiding door reset and hide on slot.
Preferably, first, second guiding door comprises an elastic component and rotating shaft respectively, elastic component comprises spring body, the first link and the second link, the both sides that shell inner surface is positioned at slot arrange support respectively, each support arranges axis hole, first, second guiding door is connected to shell inner surface rotationally respectively by the cooperation of rotating shaft and axis hole, the side away from slot of each support arranges a location structure, spring body is sheathed with in rotating shaft, first link is connected to guiding door, and the second link is connected to location structure.
Preferably, each guiding door also comprises the first baffle plate, second baffle, third gear plate and fourth gear plate, first baffle plate and second baffle parallel interval are arranged, third gear plate and fourth gear plate extend to second baffle from the two edges that the first baffle plate is adjacent respectively, one end of third gear plate is connected with one end of fourth gear plate, first baffle plate of the first guiding door, second baffle, third gear plate and fourth gear plate form the first guiding groove jointly, and the first baffle plate of the second guiding door, second baffle, third gear plate and fourth gear plate form the second guiding groove jointly.
Preferably, when the first guiding door and the second guiding door hide slot, the end of the third gear plate of the first guiding door and the third gear plate of the second guiding door offsets, and jointly shelters from slot.
Preferably, when third gear plate comprises first dull and stereotyped and the second flat board, the first flat board is connected at an angle with the second flat board and forms a touch part at the first flat board and the second dull and stereotyped junction, and touch part is protruded to slot.
Preferably, when storage card is plugged in signal connector, the second flat board of the first guiding door and the second platen parallel of the second guiding door, the relative both sides of storage card are positioned at the first guiding groove and the second guiding groove.
Preferably, when storage card is plugged in signal connector, the third gear plate of the first guiding door offsets away from one end of its fourth gear plate and signal connector away from one end of its fourth gear plate and the third gear plate of the second guiding door.
Preferably, first guiding door is extended with one first position limiting structure on the bearing of trend of the second flat board, second guiding door is extended with one second position limiting structure at the bearing of trend of the second flat board, when storage card is plugged in signal connector, the first position limiting structure and the second position limiting structure backstop are in signal connector.
Preferably, the second position limiting structure is provided with gap, and after storage card exits slot, the first position limiting structure engages with the second position limiting structure through gap.
Above-mentioned electronic product, is articulated with the first guiding door and the second guiding door in housing, when storage card inserts, the first guiding door and the second guiding door rotate, and storage card can be inserted in signal connector along guiding groove accurately; When storage card exits, the first guiding door and the second guiding door hide slot, and preventing the impurity such as dust from entering in housing from slot affects electronic devices and components service behaviour.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the electronic product of better embodiment, and electronic product comprises the first guiding door, the second guiding door and housing.
Fig. 2 is the assembling schematic diagram of the first guiding door shown in Fig. 1, the second guiding door and housing.
Fig. 3 is the exploded view of the first guiding door shown in Fig. 2, the second guiding door and housing.
Fig. 4 is the stereogram of the first guiding door provided by the invention.
Fig. 5 is the first using state reference diagram of the electronic product shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is the second using state reference diagram of the electronic product shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 7 is the stereogram of the second guiding door provided by the invention.
Fig. 8 is the 3rd using state reference diagram of the electronic product shown in Fig. 1.
Main element symbol description
| Electronic installation | 100 |
| Housing | 10 |
| Slot | 11 |
| Inner surface | 12 |
| Outer surface | 13 |
| Depressed part | 14 |
| First support | 15 |
| Second support | 16 |
| First location structure | 17 |
| Second location structure | 18 |
| Signal connector | 30 |
| First guiding door | 40 |
| First guiding groove | 45 |
| First position limiting structure | 46 |
| First link | 47 |
| Second guiding door | 50 |
| Second guiding groove | 55 |
| Second position limiting structure | 56 |
| Gap | 561 |
| Storage card | 60 |
| First elastic component | 70 |
| Second elastic component | 80 |
| Rotating shaft | 90a、90b |
| Axis hole | 48、151、161 |
| Groove | 171、181 |
| First baffle plate | 41、51 |
| Second baffle | 42、52 |
| Third gear plate | 43、53 |
| Fourth gear plate | 44、54 |
| First is dull and stereotyped | 431、531 |
| Second is dull and stereotyped | 432、532 |
| Touch part | 433、533 |
| First link | 71、81 |
| Second link | 72、82 |
| Spring body | 73、83 |
Following embodiment will further illustrate the present invention in conjunction with above-mentioned accompanying drawing.
Embodiment
As shown in Figure 1 and 2, a kind of electronic product 100 comprises housing 10, circuit board (not shown), signal connector 30(with reference to Fig. 8), the first guiding door 40 and the second guiding door 50.Signal connector 30 is arranged on circuit board.Circuit board and signal connector 30 are arranged in housing 10.Housing 10 offers slot 11, storage card 60 to be inserted in housing 10 by slot 11 and to be electrically connected with signal connector 30.First guiding door 40 and the second guiding door 50 to be flexibly articulated in housing 10 and jointly to hide slot 11, enter in housing 10 from slot 11 to prevent dust.
Simultaneously with reference to Fig. 3,10 of housing is recessed to form depressed part 14 from outer surface 13.Slot 11 runs through depressed part 14 and housing 10 position adjacent with depressed part 14.When one end of storage card 60 is inserted in signal connector 30, the other end of storage card 60 is concordant with outer surface 13, and the part that storage card 60 is positioned at depressed part 14 protrudes from depressed part 14.So, user conveniently can take out the storage card 60 be inserted in housing.
The side that housing 10 inner surface 12 is positioned at slot 11 arranges the first support 15, and the relative opposite side that housing 10 inner surface 12 is positioned at slot 11 arranges the second support 16.First, second support 15,16 is provided with axis hole 151,161.Axis hole 151,161 ovalize, the major axis of this oval axis hole 151,161 is parallel with the bearing of trend of slot 11.Because axis hole 151,161 is oval, make storage card 60 can make corresponding adjustment according to the position of signal connector 30 in left and right directions skew.
Housing 10 inner surface 12 is provided with the first location structure 17 away from the side of the first support 15 and the second support 16, and housing 10 inner surface 12 is provided with the second location structure 18 away from the opposite side of the first support 15 and the second support 16.In the present embodiment, location structure 17,18 is convex closure, and the relative face, side of location structure 17,18 arranges groove 171,181.
As Figure 4-Figure 6, the first guiding door 40 comprises the first baffle plate 41, second baffle 42, third gear plate 43, fourth gear plate 44, first elastic component 70 and rotating shaft 90a.First baffle plate 41 and second baffle 42 are parallel to each other and leave clearance G.Third gear plate 43 and fourth gear plate 44 are connected between the first baffle plate 41 and second baffle 42, and third gear plate 43 and fourth gear plate 44 extend to second baffle 42 from the two edges that the first baffle plate 41 is adjacent respectively.One end of third gear plate 43 is connected with one end of fourth gear plate 44, thus makes the first baffle plate 41, second baffle 42, third gear plate 43 and fourth gear plate 44 jointly form the first guiding groove 45.
Third gear plate 43 is roughly in V-shape, and it comprises first dull and stereotyped 431 dull and stereotyped and the second flat board 432 connected at an angle.First dull and stereotyped 431 and second flat board 432 junction at an angle forms a touch part 433, and touch part 433 is protruded to slot 11 direction.One end of first flat board 431 is connected with fourth gear plate 44, and the other end of the first flat board 431 is connected with second dull and stereotyped 432.One end away from the first flat board 431 of second flat board 432 extend horizontally away the first position limiting structure 46.
First elastic component 70 is a torsion spring.First elastic component 70 comprises the first link 71, second link 72 and spring body 73.In the present embodiment, the first position limiting structure 46 is projection.One end away from third gear plate 43 of fourth gear plate 44 is provided with the first connecting portion 47, first connecting portion 47 and is provided with axis hole 48, and rotating shaft 90 is inserted in the axis hole 48 of the first link 47.
Simultaneously with reference to Fig. 7, the structure of the second guiding door 50 is substantially identical with the structure of the first guiding door 40.The structure of the second guiding door 50 comprises the first baffle plate 51, second baffle 52, third gear plate 53, fourth gear plate 54, second elastic component 80 and rotating shaft 90b.First baffle plate 51 and the first baffle plate 41, second baffle 52 and second baffle 42, third gear plate 53 and third gear plate 43, fourth gear plate 54 and fourth gear plate 44, second elastic component 80 and the first elastic component 70 and rotating shaft 90b substantially identical with annexation with the structure of rotating shaft 90a.First baffle plate 51, second baffle 52, third gear plate 53 and fourth gear plate 54 form the second guiding groove 55 jointly.Third gear plate 53 comprises the first dull and stereotyped 531 and second flat board 532.First dull and stereotyped 531 is substantially identical with annexation with the structure of the second flat board 432 with the first dull and stereotyped 431 and second flat board 532.The connection at an angle of first dull and stereotyped 531 and second flat board 532 also forms touch part 533, and touch part 533 is protruded to slot 11 direction.Second elastic component 80 comprises the first link 81, second link 82 and spring body 83.First link 81 and the first link 71, second link 82 and the second link 72 and spring body 83 substantially identical with annexation with the structure of spring body 73.Difference is, the second flat board 532 of the second guiding door 50 is extended with on one second position limiting structure 56, second position limiting structure 56 and offers a gap 561 matched with the projection of the first guiding door 40 on the bearing of trend of the first guiding door 40.
Simultaneously with reference to Fig. 8, during assembling, rotating shaft 90a is through axis hole 151, spring body 73 is sheathed on rotating shaft 90a, second link 72 is sticked in groove 171, and the first link 71 is kept out in fourth gear plate 44, makes the first guiding door 40 flexibly be articulated in housing 10 inner surface and covering part slot 11.Now, first baffle plate 41 is butted on the inner surface be positioned at above and below slot 11 of housing 10 respectively with the side relative with third gear plate 43 of second baffle 42, third gear plate 43 is relative with slot 11, and one end away from third gear plate 43 of fourth gear plate 44 is butted on the inner surface away from the second guiding door 50 side being positioned at slot 11 of housing 10.Rotating shaft 90b is through axis hole 161, spring body 83 is sheathed on rotating shaft 90b, second link 82 is sticked in groove 181, and the first link 81 is kept out in fourth gear plate 54, makes the second guiding door 50 flexibly be articulated in housing 10 inner surface and hides slot 11 not by part that the first guiding door 40 hides.Now, first baffle plate 51 is butted on the inner surface be positioned at above and below slot 11 of housing 10 respectively with the side relative with third gear plate 53 of second baffle 52, first baffle plate 51 is connected with one end away from fourth gear plate 44 of the first baffle plate 41 and second baffle 42 respectively with one end away from fourth gear plate 54 of second baffle 52, and the first position limiting structure 46 is through the gap 561 of the second position-limit mechanism 56, and engage with the second position limiting structure 56, third gear plate 53 is relative with slot 11, second flat board 532 is connected with the second flat board 432 one end away from fourth gear plate 44 away from one end of fourth gear plate 54, one end away from third gear plate 53 of fourth gear plate 54 is butted on the inner surface being positioned at the side away from the first guiding door 40 of slot 11 of housing 10.When the first guiding door 40 and the second guiding door 50 as above-mentioned be assembled into the inner surface of housing 10 after, first guiding groove 45 is communicated with the second guiding groove 55, third gear plate 43 and third gear plate 53 hide slot 11 jointly, can prevent the impurity such as dust from entering into electronic devices and components work in housing 10 internal influence housing 10 from slot 11.
When storage card 60 inserts in housing 10 from slot 11, storage card 60 first can contact the touch part 433 of the first dull and stereotyped 431 and second flat board 432 and the touch part 533 of the first dull and stereotyped 531 and second flat board 432, forces the first guiding door 40 and the easier direction to signal connector 30 of the second guiding door 50 to be rotated and opens.Further promotion storage card 60, make storage card 60 along the first guiding groove 45 and the second guiding groove 55 exactly with signal connector 30 grafting, now, position limiting structure 46 and the second position limiting structure 56 backstop are in the sidewall of the left and right sides of signal connector 30, and the second dull and stereotyped 432 and second dull and stereotyped 532 backstops are in two sides of storage card 60, the first elastic component 70 and the second elastic component 80 produce one respectively and make the first guiding door 40 and the relative elastic force closed of the second guiding door 50.
When storage card 60 exits, when the first guiding door 40 and the second guiding door 50 lose the support of storage card 60, first guiding door 40 and the second guiding door 50, under the resilient force of the first elastic component 70 and the second elastic component 80, are turned back to original position, hide slot 11.
Above-mentioned electronic product, is articulated with the first guiding door 40 and the second guiding door 50 in housing 10, when storage card 60 inserts, the first guiding door 40 and the second guiding door 50 rotate, and storage card 60 can be inserted in signal connector 30 accurately along guiding groove; When storage card 60 exits, the first guiding door 40 and the second guiding door 50 hide slot 11, prevent the impurity such as dust from entering in housing 10 from slot 11, affect electronic devices and components service behaviour.
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1. an electronic product, comprise housing and signal connector, the side of described housing is provided with slot, described signal connector is arranged in housing, it is characterized in that, described electronic product also comprises the first guiding door and the second guiding door, described first guiding door, described second guiding door side to be flexibly articulated in respectively on described housing and to be positioned at described housing, described first, second guiding door and described signal connector interval arrange and jointly block described slot, when there being storage card to insert, described storage card forces described first, the relatively described housing into rotation of second guiding door and open slot, to make described storage card from described first, pass between second guiding door and be plugged on described signal connector, described first, second guiding door is kept out respectively in the relative both sides of described storage card and is produced one respectively and makes first, the elastic force that second guiding door closes relatively, when described storage card exits described slot, described elastic force drives first, second guiding door described reset and hide on described slot.
2. electronic product as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described first, second guiding door comprises elastic component and rotating shaft respectively, described elastic component comprises spring body, first link and the second link, the both sides that described shell inner surface is positioned at described slot arrange support respectively, each described support arranges axis hole, described first, second guiding door is connected to described shell inner surface rotationally respectively by the cooperation of described rotating shaft and described axis hole, the side away from slot of each described support arranges a location structure, described spring body is sheathed in described rotating shaft, described first link is connected to described guiding door, described second link is connected to described location structure.
3. electronic product as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, each described guiding door also comprises the first baffle plate, second baffle, third gear plate and fourth gear plate, first baffle plate and second baffle parallel interval are arranged, third gear plate and fourth gear plate extend to second baffle from the two edges that the first baffle plate is adjacent respectively, one end of third gear plate is connected with one end of fourth gear plate, first baffle plate of described first guiding door, second baffle, third gear plate and fourth gear plate form the first guiding groove jointly, first baffle plate of described second guiding door, second baffle, third gear plate and fourth gear plate form the second guiding groove jointly.
4. electronic product as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, when described first guiding door and described second guiding door hide described slot, the end of the third gear plate of described first guiding door and the third gear plate of the second guiding door offsets, and jointly shelters from described slot.
5. electronic product as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, when described third gear plate comprises first dull and stereotyped and the second flat board, described first flat board is connected at an angle with described second flat board and forms a touch part at described first flat board and described second dull and stereotyped junction, and described touch part is protruded to slot.
6. electronic product as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, when described storage card is plugged in described signal connector, second flat board of described first guiding door and the second platen parallel of the second guiding door, the relative both sides of described storage card are positioned at described first guiding groove and the second guiding groove.
7. electronic product as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, when described storage card is plugged in described signal connector, the third gear plate of described first guiding door offsets away from one end of its fourth gear plate and described signal connector away from one end of its fourth gear plate and the third gear plate of described second guiding door.
8. electronic product as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, described first guiding door is extended with one first position limiting structure on the bearing of trend of the second flat board, described second guiding door is extended with one second position limiting structure at the bearing of trend of the second flat board, when described storage card is plugged in described signal connector, described first position limiting structure and described second position limiting structure backstop are in described signal connector.
9. electronic product as claimed in claim 8, it is characterized in that, described second position limiting structure is provided with gap, and after described storage card exits described slot, described first position limiting structure engages with described second position limiting structure through described gap.
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