CN106548889A - Button assembly - Google Patents

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CN106548889A
CN106548889A CN201510611254.1A CN201510611254A CN106548889A CN 106548889 A CN106548889 A CN 106548889A CN 201510611254 A CN201510611254 A CN 201510611254A CN 106548889 A CN106548889 A CN 106548889A
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王致凯
李文枢
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02Details
    • H01H13/04Cases; Covers
    • H01H13/06Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof or flameproof casings
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02Details
    • H01H13/12Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon
    • H01H13/14Operating parts, e.g. push-button
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00Actuators
    • H01H2221/036Return force
    • H01H2221/038Fluid
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2223/00Casings
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Abstract

The present invention provides a kind of button assembly, to be configured at electronic installation.Button assembly includes switch element and pliability button.Switch element is configured in the housing of electronic installation.Pliability button has press section, at least axle portion, a waterproof portion and touch part.Press section is exposed to housing.Axle portion connects press section and touch part, and through the perforation of housing.Waterproof portion connects axle portion, and covers perforation.Touch part is located in housing, and is aligned with switch element.When press section is forced in, press section produces compression, and orders about touch part generation dilatancy, with touch switch element.Therefore, button assembly of the invention meets the design requirement of miniaturization, and is easy to assembling maintenance.

Description

Button assembly
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of button assembly, more particularly to a kind of button assembly suitable for electronic installation.
Background technology
In recent years, sci-tech product is more with mobility and feature as main demand, therefore portable electronic The device such as product such as smart mobile phone, panel computer and notebook computer has become E-consumer now The main flow in market.
In general, portable electronic devices are commonly provided with button on housing, and it is right wherein to have in casing The switch element that should be arranged in button, and button and switch element be mutually coupled to constitute button assembly. Therefore, user can by pressing keys come controlling switch element, and then reach control power supply, bluetooth or The switch of wireless network, or be to adjust volume, shoot with video-corder the function such as image or the roll display page.Separately On the one hand, the housing of portable electronic devices is provided with perforate to accommodate button assembly mostly.Due to existing Button assembly include button, spring, waterproof case and clasp, its overall volume is larger, thus use To accommodate the size of the perforate of button assembly and effectively cannot be contracted by, the aqueous vapor or dust in the external world is caused The inside of portable electronic devices is entered via perforate easily.
The content of the invention
The present invention provides a kind of button assembly, and which meets the design requirement of miniaturization, and is easy to assembling maintenance.
The present invention proposes a kind of button assembly, to be configured at electronic installation.Button assembly includes switch unit Part and pliability button.Switch element is configured in the housing of electronic installation.Pliability button has to be pressed Splenium, at least axle portion, a waterproof portion and touch part.Press section is exposed to housing.Axle portion connection pressing Portion and touch part, and through the perforation of housing.Waterproof portion connects axle portion, and covers perforation.Touch position In housing, and align with switch element.When press section is forced in, press section produces compression, And touch part generation dilatancy is ordered about, with touch switch element.
Based on above-mentioned, the structure that the pliability button of the button assembly of the present invention can be formed in one, it is easy to The housing of electronic installation is assembled to, or is disassembled and is keeped in repair, and meet the design requirement of miniaturization. When user forces in the press section of pliability button, the touch part of pliability button can produce expansion and become Shape, and then touch switch element.Now, the switch element being touched can send the signal of telecommunication, fill electronics Put generation respective control function.Therefore, for the user, the operation pole of button assembly of the invention For simplicity.On the other hand, the waterproof portion of pliability button is connected to housing securely, outer to cover connection Boundary and the perforation of enclosure interior, it is to avoid extraneous aqueous vapor or dust enters enclosure interior, is favorably improved and sets It is placed in the service life and reliability of the electronic component of enclosure interior.
It is that the features described above and advantage of the present invention can be become apparent, special embodiment below, and coordinate Accompanying drawing is described in detail below.
Description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is the partial cutaway schematic that the button assembly of one embodiment of the invention is configured at electronic installation;
Schematic diagram when Fig. 2 is the press section stress of the button assembly of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the part section signal that the button assembly of another embodiment of the present invention is configured at electronic installation Figure.
Description of reference numerals:
10:Electronic installation;
11:Housing;
12:Perforate;
13:Perforation;
100:Button assembly;
110:Switch element;
120:Pliability button;
121:Press section;
121a:First cavity;
122:Axle portion;
122a:Communication channel;
123:First waterproof portion;
124:Second waterproof portion;
125:Touch part;
125a:Second cavity.
Specific embodiment
Fig. 1 is the partial cutaway schematic that the button assembly of one embodiment of the invention is configured at electronic installation. Fig. 1 is refer to, in the present embodiment, button assembly 100 may be used to be configured at electronic installation 10, wherein Electronic installation 10 can be smart mobile phone, panel computer, notebook computer or other appropriate electronic products. Button assembly 100 includes switch element 110 and pliability button 120.Switch element 110 is configured at In the housing 11 of electronic installation 10, and the processing unit (not shown) electric property coupling with electronic installation 10. In general, housing 11 can be that metal, plastic casing, carbon fiber shell, plastic cement and metal are constituted Combined housing or the combined housing that constituted of carbon fiber and metal, which has for arranging button assembly 100 Perforate 12 used and perforation 13.Perforate 12 is connected with perforation 13, and wherein perforate 12 is exposed to shell Body 11, and be connected with inside housing 11 by perforation 13.
The material of pliability button 120 is, for example, rubber, and the fabrication techniques of ejection formation can be adopted to form. Specifically, pliability button 120 have press section 121, axle portion 122, the first waterproof portion 123, the Two waterproof portions 124 and touch part 125, which is, for example, integrally formed structure.Press section 121 with touch Dynamic portion 125 is respectively positioned at the opposite sides of axle portion 122, and is connected with axle portion 122.On the other hand, First waterproof portion 123 is connected with axle portion 122 respectively with the second waterproof portion 124, and e.g. axle portion 122 On bulge loop.In the present embodiment, pliability button 120 has the characteristic of deflection deformation, its assembling Mode to housing 11 is, for example, touch part 125, the first waterproof portion 123 and axle portion 122 is sequentially worn Perforate 12 and perforation 13 are crossed, to make touch part 125 relative with the switch element 110 in housing 11 It is accurate.Now, touch part 125 is located between press section 121 and switch element 110, the first waterproof portion 123 It is located at the opposite sides of perforation 13 with the second waterproof portion 124 respectively, and is covered each by perforation 13.Change speech It, the first waterproof portion 123 is located inside housing 11 and the second waterproof portion 124 is located in perforate 12.
As the spacing between the first waterproof portion 123 and the second waterproof portion 124 can take into account the depth of perforation 13 Degree, therefore after pliability button 120 is assembled to housing 11, the first waterproof portion 123 and the second waterproof portion 124 opposite sides that can be firmly and respectively connected to housing 11, to cover in the connection external world and housing 11 The perforation 13 in portion, it is to avoid extraneous aqueous vapor or dust are entered inside housing 11, are favorably improved and are arranged at The service life and reliability of the electronic component inside housing 11.In other words, the first waterproof portion 123 and Spacing between two waterproof portions 124 is e.g. equal to the depth of perforation 13.
As shown in figure 1, pliability button 120 can pass through the first waterproof portion 123 and the second waterproof portion 124 With the constructive interference of housing 11, to be fixed on housing 11.On the other hand, due to pliability button 120 With the characteristic that deflection deforms, therefore which is not only easy to be assembled to the housing 11 of electronic installation 10, It is easy to from housing 11 disassemble to be keeped in repair.Include button, bullet compared to existing button assembly For spring, waterproof case and clasp etc. build, the pliability button 120 of the present embodiment by press section 121, Axle portion 122, the first waterproof portion 123, the second waterproof portion 124 and touch part 125 integrate, therefore Volume can significantly be reduced, to meet the design requirement of miniaturization.
After pliability button 120 is assembled to housing 11, its press section 121 can be exposed to housing 11, Operate in order to user.As shown in figure 1, at least part of and second waterproof portion 124 of press section 121 It is in perforate 12 and adjacent to each other.Second waterproof portion 124 is located at press section 121 with perforation 13 Between, i.e., press section 121 is connected to housing 11 by the second waterproof portion 124.On the other hand, first prevents Water portion 123 is located between touch part 125 and perforation 13, and the first waterproof portion 123 is, for example, and touch part 125 keep spacing.
Signal when Fig. 2 is the press section stress of the button assembly of Fig. 1.Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 is refer to, In the present embodiment, pliability button 120 also has the first cavity 121a, the position being located in press section 121 The second cavity 125a in the communication channel 122a in axle portion 122 and in touch part 125, communication channel 122a connects the first cavity 121a and the second cavity 125a, so that the first cavity 121a, communication channel 122a And second the gas in cavity 125a reciprocally flow.On the other hand, touch part 125 is, for example, and opens Close element 110 to abut against.As touch part 125 is slightly to contradict switch element 110, therefore switch Therefore element 110 can't be touched.When user forces in press section 121, press section 121 Compression can therefore be produced so that the reduction in bulk of the first cavity 121a.In the first cavity 121a Gas can be squeezed after, its can be flowed in the second cavity 125a by communication channel 122a, make Obtain touch part 125 and produce dilatancy.Touch part 125 after dilatancy can push against switch element 110, Use touch switch element 110.The switch element 110 being touched can send the signal of telecommunication, and be sent to and make The processing unit (not shown) of electronic installation 10, to produce corresponding control function.
In the present embodiment, the wall thickness of touch part 125 is e.g. less than the wall thickness of press section 121, to allow Touch part 125 can produced larger expansion by flowing to the pushing of the gas in the second cavity 125a Deflection, and then guarantee that switch element 110 can be touched portion 125 after user forces in press section 121 Touched.On the other hand, when putting on the external force on press section 121 and being removed, portion gas can be certainly Second cavity 125a is back to the first cavity 121a by communication channel 122a, and then reverts to such as Fig. 1 institutes The state shown.It should be noted that, when user forces in press section 121 again, with by touch part 125 During touch switch element 110, the switch element 110 being touched can send another signal of telecommunication, and be sent to The processing unit (not shown) of electronic installation 10 is made, so that processing unit (not shown) is closed or stopped corresponding Control function.
Other embodiment will below be enumerated using as explanation.Here should be noted that, following embodiment edges With the element numbers and partial content of previous embodiment, wherein adopt be denoted by the same reference numerals it is identical or near As element, and eliminate the explanation of constructed content.With regard to clipped explanation refer to before Embodiment is stated, it is no longer repeated for following embodiments.
Fig. 3 is the part section signal that the button assembly of another embodiment of the present invention is configured at electronic installation Figure.Fig. 3 is refer to, the button assembly of this enforcement is existed with the difference of the button assembly 100 of above-described embodiment In:The touch part 125 of the button assembly of this enforcement is, for example, to keep gap with switch element 110, wherein The size of aforementioned gap need to consider the dilatancy amount of touch part 125, to guarantee touching after dilatancy Dynamic portion 125 can be abutted against with switch element 110, and then touch switch element 110.
In sum, the structure that the pliability button of button assembly of the invention can be formed in one, it is easy to The housing of electronic installation is assembled to, or is disassembled and is keeped in repair, and meet the design requirement of miniaturization. When user forces in the press section of pliability button, the touch part of pliability button can produce expansion and become Shape, and then touch switch element.Now, the switch element being touched can send the signal of telecommunication, fill electronics Put generation respective control function.Therefore, for the user, the operation pole of button assembly of the invention For simplicity.On the other hand, the waterproof portion of pliability button is connected to housing securely, outer to cover connection Boundary and the perforation of enclosure interior, it is to avoid extraneous aqueous vapor or dust enters enclosure interior, is favorably improved and sets It is placed in the service life and reliability of the electronic component of enclosure interior.
Finally it should be noted that:Various embodiments above is only illustrating technical scheme rather than right Its restriction;Although being described in detail to the present invention with reference to foregoing embodiments, this area it is common Technical staff should be understood:Which still can be modified to the technical scheme described in foregoing embodiments, Or equivalent is carried out to which part or all technical characteristic;And these modifications or replacement, and The scope of the essence disengaging various embodiments of the present invention technical scheme of appropriate technical solution is not made.

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1. a kind of button assembly, it is characterised in that to be configured at electronic installation, the button assembly bag Include:
Switch element, is configured in the housing of the electronic installation;And
Pliability button, with press section, at least axle portion, a waterproof portion and touch part, the pressing Portion is exposed to the housing, and the axle portion connects the press section and the touch part, and passes through the shell The perforation of body, the waterproof portion connect the axle portion, and cover the perforation, and the touch part is located at institute State in housing, and align with the switch element, when the press section is forced in, the press section Compression is produced, and orders about the touch part and produce dilatancy, to touch the switch element.
2. button assembly according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the pliability button also has There are the first cavity in the press section, the communication channel in the axle portion and be located at described touching The second cavity in dynamic portion, the communication channel connect first cavity and second cavity.
3. button assembly according to claim 2, it is characterised in that the wall thickness of the touch part is little In the wall thickness of the press section.
4. button assembly according to claim 1, it is characterised in that at least portion of the press section Divide and be located in the perforate of the housing with the waterproof portion, the perforate is connected with the perforation.
5. button assembly according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the waterproof portion is pressed with described Splenium is adjacent, and the waterproof portion is located between the press section and the perforation.
6. button assembly according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the quantity in the waterproof portion is Two, respectively positioned at the opposite sides of the perforation.
7. button assembly according to claim 6, it is characterised in that waterproof position wherein described in Between the press section and the perforation, another waterproof portion is located at the touch part and the perforation Between, and two water-proof part do not abutted against with the housing.
8. button assembly according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the touch part is located at described Between press section and the switch element.
9. button assembly according to claim 1, it is characterised in that open with described the touch part Close element to abut against.
10. button assembly according to claim 1, it is characterised in that open with described the touch part Close element and keep gap.
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