CN108737595B

CN108737595B - Equipment shell, machining method thereof, jig and electronic equipment

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Publication number: CN108737595B
Application number: CN201710262036.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王寰宇; 石莎莎; 王少杰
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-04-20
Filing date: 2017-04-20
Publication date: 2021-01-15
Anticipated expiration: 2037-04-20
Also published as: CN108737595A

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an equipment shell, a processing method thereof, a jig and electronic equipment, wherein the equipment shell comprises: the coating comprises a body, a decorative film layer and a coating layer. The body is made of a transparent material and includes a main body portion and a rim portion, the rim portion including a visible mating surface that communicates with an interior surface of the main body portion. The decorative film layer covers the inner surface, and the coating layer covers the matching surface. This is disclosed decorates the rete through the inside laminating for transparent material equipment casing to other visual border parts for decorating the rete and not covering set up the coating, make the coating unanimous with the colour of decorating the rete, thereby promote equipment casing and assemble the outward appearance effect that has the electronic equipment of this equipment casing.

Description

Equipment shell, machining method thereof, jig and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the field of electronic technologies, and in particular, to an equipment housing, a processing method thereof, a jig, and an electronic device.

Background

Along with the popularity of transparent material's cell-phone casing, the realization of its appearance colour effect has become the technological difficulty that awaits a urgent need to solve, and in the correlation technique, transparent cell-phone casing mainly guarantees the outward appearance effect through the mode of at the internal surface laminating decorative film of casing. In the existing attaching process, in order to avoid the situation that the decorative film protrudes out of the boundary of the shell and is then stained with foreign matters or influences the appearance, the size of the decorative film is often shrunk inwards, so that a bright edge is formed in an area which is not covered by the decorative film layer at the boundary of the transparent mobile phone shell. The color of the bright edge is inconsistent with the color of the decorative film layer, so that the appearance effect of the mobile phone shell and the mobile phone assembled with the mobile phone shell is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides an apparatus housing, a processing method thereof, a fixture, and an electronic apparatus, so as to improve the appearance effect of the apparatus housing and the electronic apparatus using the apparatus housing.

According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus housing, the housing comprising: the coating comprises a body, a decorative film layer and a coating layer;

the body is made of a transparent material; the body comprises a main body part and a rim part, wherein the rim part comprises a visible matching surface, and the matching surface is communicated with the inner surface of the main body part;

the decorative film layer covers the inner surface; the coating layer covers the matching surface, and the coating layer is consistent with the appearance of the decorative film layer.

Further, the matching surface is a side surface of the body at the edge part, and the edge part is bent inwards, so that the matching surface and the inner surface are arranged in parallel. In practical application, the mobile phone shell needs to be fixedly bonded with the middle frame of the mobile phone or other parts of the mobile phone, so that the whole mobile phone can be conveniently assembled due to the parallel matching surface and the inner surface.

Further, the decorative film layer is bonded to the inner surface.

Further, the coating layer is formed by spraying or printing a coating material on the matching surface.

Further, the coating material includes ink.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, a method for processing an equipment housing is provided, where the equipment housing includes a body, a decorative film layer, and a coating layer, the body includes a main body portion and a rim portion, the rim portion includes a visible mating surface, and the mating surface is communicated with an inner surface of the main body portion; the method comprises the following steps:

bonding the decorative film layer to the inner surface;

and coating a coating material on the matching surface to form the coating layer.

Further, applying a coating material to the mating surface to form the coating layer, comprising: and spraying or printing a coating material on the matching surface to form the coating layer.

Further, before coating, to the decoration rete shelters from, avoids coating material to cover on the decoration rete, causes the influence to the outward appearance of cell phone case.

According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, a jig for forming the coating layer by coating the coating material on the mating surface is provided, including: the base and the cover plate are fixed in relative positions;

the base is inwards sunken, and an accommodating space is formed between the base and the cover plate to accommodate the equipment shell; the cover plate is provided with an opening which is matched with the matching surface.

According to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided, in which the device housing is assembled.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

according to the above embodiment, this disclosure decorates the rete through the inside laminating for transparent material equipment casing to other visual border parts for decorating the rete uncovered set up the coating, make the coating unanimous with the colour of decorating the rete, thereby promote equipment casing and assemble the outward appearance effect that has the electronic equipment of this equipment casing.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1A is a schematic structural view of a mobile phone case in the related art;

fig. 1B is a partial structural view of a mobile phone case in the related art;

fig. 1C is a partial structural view of another handset housing in the related art;

fig. 2 is a partial structural schematic view of a handset housing in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a partial structural schematic view of a handset housing according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of an equipment enclosure machining method of an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a jig according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

The present disclosure is described by taking a mobile phone as an example, and the structural improvement involved therein is also applicable to other electronic devices.

Fig. 1A is a schematic view of a structure of a mobile phone case in the related art, fig. 1B is a schematic view of a partial structure of a mobile phone case in the related art, and fig. 1C is a schematic view of a partial structure of another mobile phone case in the related art. As shown in fig. 1A, in the related art, the handset case a includes a body a1, and the body a1 includes a main body portion a11 having an inner surface a14 and a rim portion a12 having a fitting surface a 13. The whole mobile phone shell a is made of transparent materials such as glass and can be used as a cover plate or a back plate of a mobile phone.

Further, in the related art as shown in fig. 1B, a decoration film is adhered to the inner surface a14 of the mobile phone case a, and a corresponding decoration film layer a2 is formed on the inner surface a14, so that the mobile phone case a has appearance effects such as color presented by the decoration film layer a2, and effectively shields the internal structure. However, in the conventional bonding process, the decorative film layer a2 often protrudes from the boundary of the mobile phone housing a during the operation process, so as to form a protruding X region as shown in fig. 1B, which is easily contaminated by foreign matters and affects the appearance. In order to solve the above problems, the related art proposes to retract the size of the decorative film a2, so that the decorative film a2 may be prevented from protruding the boundary of the mobile phone casing a, but a Y region not covered by the decorative film a2 is formed at the boundary of the mobile phone casing a, as shown in fig. 1C, and the Y region has a definite appearance difference from other regions covered by the decorative film a2, so as to form a so-called "bright edge", which affects the appearance effect of the mobile phone casing a and the electronic device assembled with the mobile phone casing a.

Accordingly, the present disclosure solves the above-mentioned technical problems occurring in the related art by making structural improvements to the cellular phone case a. The following examples are given for illustrative purposes.

Fig. 2 is a partial structural schematic view of a mobile phone case according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, the handset case 10a may include a body 11, a decorative film layer 12, and a coating layer 13. The body 11 is made of a transparent material such as glass and may include a main body portion 111 and a rim portion 112, the rim portion 112 including a visible mating surface 113, the mating surface 113 being in communication with an inner surface 114 of the main body portion 111. The decorative film layer 12 covers the inner surface 114; the coating layer 13 covers the mating surface 113, and the coating layer 13 conforms to the appearance of the decorative film layer 12.

The decorative film layer 12 is covered on the inner surface 114 of the main body portion 111 of the transparent handset case 10a, and the coating layer 13 is covered on the mating surface 113 visible to the rim portion 112. The matching surface 113 is communicated with the inner surface 114, the color of the coating layer 13 is consistent with that of the decoration film layer 12, and the inside of the mobile phone shell 10a is completely covered, so that the 'bright edge' in the related technology is eliminated, and the appearance effect of the mobile phone shell 10a and the mobile phone with the mobile phone shell 10a is improved.

In the present embodiment, the mating surface 113 is a side surface of the body 11 at the edge 112, and the mating surface 113 is substantially parallel to the main body 111 and the edge 112, in which case the mating surface 113 may also be referred to as a "cross section" of the body 11 at the edge 112. To form a "3D" glass cover or backplate structure, the rim 112 may be bent inward, as shown in fig. 2, such that the mating surface 113 is parallel to the inner surface 114, thereby facilitating assembly through the mating surface 113 when the handset housing 10a is assembled with the handset bezel or other component of the handset.

Of course, the edge portion 112 does not have to be bent inward, for example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, when the edge portion 112 is a portion of the main body portion 111 extending in parallel, the mating surface 113 is a portion of the inner surface 114 near the edge. At this time, the decorative film layer 12 covering the mating surface 113 is coplanar with the coating layer 13 covering the inner surface 114.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 2 and 3, the decorative film layer 12 may be adhered to the inner surface 114, or may be covered on the inner surface 114 in other manners, which are not limited by the disclosure. In addition, the coating layer 13 is sprayed, printed or otherwise coated on the mating surface 113 with a coating material, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

In order to manufacture the device housing 10, which is exemplified by the mobile phone housing 10a, the present disclosure proposes a processing method, and the specific processing flow is described as follows.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of an apparatus housing machining method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. The method shown in fig. 4 includes:

in step 401, the decorative film layer 12 is adhered to the inner surface 114;

in step 402, a coating material is applied to the mating surface 113 to form the coating layer 13.

In this embodiment, the above-described coating process may be achieved in various ways; the present disclosure further provides a jig 20 shown in fig. 5, wherein the coating process can be completed through the jig 20. The jig 20 shown in fig. 5 may include a base 21 and a cover 22, and the relative positions of the base 21 and the cover 22 are fixed. Further, the base 21 is recessed inward to form an accommodating space 211 between the base 21 and the cover 22, the device housing 10 is accommodated in the accommodating space 211 and covered by the cover 22, and the cover 22 is provided with an opening 221 adapted to the mating surface 113 so as to facilitate the coating operation of fig. 4 to be performed accurately and conveniently.

The using process of the jig 20 may include: firstly, the device housing 10 is placed in the accommodating space 211; then, the cover plate 22 is used to shield the portion of the device housing 10 to which the decoration film layer 12 is attached, and the opening 221 of the cover plate 22 is aligned with the mating surface 113, so that the coating operation in step 402 can be performed accurately and conveniently, and the coating material is prevented from covering the decoration film layer 12, thereby preventing the appearance of the device housing 10 from being affected. Finally, a coating material is applied to the mating surface 113 through the opening 221, which may include: spray coating or printing, etc., and the disclosure is not limited thereto. The coating material used in the coating process may be ink or other material that is consistent with the appearance color of the decoration film layer 12, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

The present disclosure also includes an electronic device assembled with the device housing 10 described above. The electronic device may include a mobile phone, a tablet, and the like, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electronic device housing (10), comprising: the decorative film comprises a body (11), a decorative film layer (12) and a coating layer (13);

the body (11) is made of a transparent material; the body (11) comprises a main body part (111) and a border part (112), wherein the border part (112) extends from one side of the main body part (111); the rim portion (112) includes a visible mating surface (113), the mating surface (113) communicating with an inner surface (114) of the body portion (111); the matching surface (113) is a side surface of the body (11) at the edge part (112), and the edge part (112) is bent inwards to enable the matching surface (113) and the inner surface (114) to be arranged in parallel;

the decorative film layer (12) covering the inner surface (114);

the coating layer (13) covers the matching surface (113), and the coating layer (13) is consistent with the appearance of the decorative film layer (12).

2. The electronic device enclosure (10) of claim 1, wherein the decorative film layer (12) is bonded to the inner surface (114).

3. The electronic device housing (10) according to claim 1, wherein the coating layer (13) is formed by spraying or printing a coating material on the mating face (113).

4. An electronic device housing (10) according to claim 3, characterized in that the coating material comprises ink.

5. A processing method of an electronic equipment shell (10) is characterized in that the electronic equipment shell (10) comprises a body (11), a decorative film layer (12) and a coating layer (13), wherein the body (11) is made of a transparent material; the body (11) comprises a main body part (111) and a border part (112), wherein the border part (112) extends from one side of the main body part (111); the rim portion (112) includes a visible mating surface (113), the mating surface (113) communicating with an inner surface (114) of the body portion (111); the matching surface (113) is a side surface of the body (11) at the edge part (112), and the edge part (112) is bent inwards to enable the matching surface (113) and the inner surface (114) to be arranged in parallel; the method comprises the following steps:

bonding the decorative film layer (12) to the inner surface (114);

shielding the part, attached with the decorative film layer (12), of the electronic equipment shell (10) by using a jig cover plate;

applying a coating material on the mating surface (113) to form the coating layer (13) such that the coating layer (13) conforms to the appearance of the decorative film layer (12).

6. The method of claim 5, wherein applying a coating material to the mating surface (113) to form the coating layer (13) comprises:

spraying or printing a coating material on the mating face (113) to form the coating layer (13).

7. A jig (20) for applying the coating material according to any one of claims 5 to 6 on the mating surface (113) to form the coating layer (13) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, comprising: a base (21) and a cover plate (22), wherein the relative positions of the base (21) and the cover plate (22) are fixed;

the base (21) is recessed inwards, and an accommodating space (211) is formed between the base (21) and the cover plate (22) to accommodate the electronic equipment shell (10); the cover plate (22) is provided with an opening (221) which is matched with the matching surface (113); the cover plate (22) is of a flat plate structure, and the opening (221) is of an annular structure arranged in the edge area of the cover plate (22).

8. An electronic device, characterized in that an electronic device housing (10) according to claims 1-4 is assembled.