CN110935690B

CN110935690B - Electronic device

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Publication number: CN110935690B
Application number: CN201911193649.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郭仕武
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-28
Filing date: 2019-11-28
Publication date: 2021-12-07
Anticipated expiration: 2039-11-28
Also published as: CN110935690A

Abstract

The invention discloses electronic equipment which comprises a shell (100), a driven device, a driving mechanism (300) and a gas conveying mechanism (400), wherein the shell (100) is provided with an inner cavity and an opening (110) communicated with the inner cavity, the driving mechanism (300) is arranged in the inner cavity, the driving mechanism (300) is connected with the driven device, the driving mechanism (300) drives the driven device to extend out of the shell (100) or retract into the shell (100) through the opening (110), the gas conveying mechanism (400) is arranged in the shell (100), and the gas conveying mechanism (400) blows air to the driven device. The scheme solves the problem that the driven devices in most of the electronic equipment are easy to bring dust into the shell in the telescopic process at present.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of communication equipment, in particular to electronic equipment.

Background

With the advance of full-screen electronic equipment, more and more functional devices are arranged in the shell of the electronic equipment, so that the screen occupation ratio of the electronic equipment is increased. Taking the camera assembly of the electronic equipment as an example, more and more electronic equipment are matched with the telescopic camera assembly, so that the camera assembly of the electronic equipment can be hidden in the shell of the electronic equipment in an inoperative state, and the screen occupation ratio of the electronic equipment is further improved.

Specifically, the opening is formed in the shell of the electronic equipment provided with the telescopic camera assembly, so that the camera assembly can extend out of the shell or retract into the shell through the opening, and corresponding functions of the telescopic camera assembly are achieved.

Usually, a fit clearance is designed between the opening and the camera assembly so as to allow the camera assembly to move. However, during daily use, the camera assembly tends to accumulate dust when outside the housing, and further, dust tends to be carried into the housing by the camera assembly, thereby affecting other devices within the housing.

Of course, other telescoping driven devices of electronic devices, not limited to camera assemblies, suffer from the problems described above.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention discloses electronic equipment, which aims to solve the problem that dust is easily brought into a shell by a driven device in most of the conventional electronic equipment in the telescopic process.

In order to solve the problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

an electronic device comprises a shell, a driven device, a driving mechanism and a gas conveying mechanism, wherein the shell is provided with an inner cavity and an opening communicated with the inner cavity, the driving mechanism is arranged in the inner cavity and is connected with the driven device, the driving mechanism drives the driven device to extend out of the shell or retract into the shell through the opening, the gas conveying mechanism is arranged in the shell, and the gas conveying mechanism blows gas to the driven device.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention can achieve the following beneficial effects:

the electronic equipment disclosed by the embodiment of the invention is used for transforming the existing electronic equipment, and particularly, the gas conveying mechanism is arranged in the inner cavity of the shell of the electronic equipment and blows air to the driven device, so that dust accumulated on the driven device can be cleaned, and the driven device can be prevented from bringing the dust into the electronic equipment to influence the operation of other devices.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a part of a driven device of an electronic device, which extends out of a housing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a part of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the driven device retracts into the housing;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of a part of the structure of the gas cylinder of the electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the invention.

Description of reference numerals:

100-shell, 110-hole and 120-dedusting gas injection hole;

200-a camera module and 210-a lens;

300-a driving mechanism, 310-a driving motor, 320-a lead screw and 330-a thread sleeve;

400-gas conveying mechanism, 410-gas cylinder, 411-gas rod, 412-cylinder, 4121-exhaust cavity, 4122-gas inlet cavity, 413-mounting seat, 414-first one-way valve, 415-second one-way valve, 420-gas spraying part, 421-gas outlet hole and 430-gas guide tube.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the specific embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The technical solutions disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present invention discloses an electronic apparatus including a housing 100, a driven device, a driving mechanism 300, and a gas delivery mechanism 400.

The housing 100 is a peripheral member of the electronic device, the housing 100 provides a mounting position for other components of the electronic device, the housing 100 has an inner cavity and an opening 110 communicating with the inner cavity, and the driving mechanism 300 and the gas delivery mechanism 400 are disposed in the inner cavity of the housing 100. Generally, the casing 100 includes a middle frame, and the opening 110 may be disposed on the middle frame, and of course, the opening 110 may also be disposed at other positions of the casing 100, and the specific opening position of the opening 110 is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.

The driving mechanism 300 provides power support for the driven device, the driving mechanism 300 is connected with the driven device, and the driving mechanism 300 drives the driven device to extend out of the shell 100 or retract into the shell 100 through the opening 110. The driving mechanism 300 may be various, for example, the driving mechanism 300 may be a hydraulic telescopic rod, a pneumatic telescopic rod, a screw driving mechanism, or the like.

The driven device is the part that needs stretch out to work outside the casing among the electronic equipment, and the driven device can include at least one among camera module 200, card support, light filling module, fingerprint identification module and the receiver. Of course, the driven device may also be other kinds of functional devices, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific kind of the driven device.

The gas delivery mechanism 400 is disposed in the housing 100, and during a specific operation process, the gas delivery mechanism 400 blows air to the driven device, so that dust on the driven device can be cleaned, and the driven device can normally operate.

As can be seen from the above, the electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is modified from the existing electronic device, specifically, the gas conveying mechanism 400 is installed in the inner cavity of the housing 100 of the electronic device, and the gas conveying mechanism 400 blows air to the driven device, so that dust collected on the driven device can be cleaned, further, the driven device can be prevented from bringing the dust into the electronic device to affect the operation of other devices, meanwhile, the dust on the driven device can be cleaned, so that the driven device can be better extended and retracted, and further, the driven device can be prevented from being jammed when being extended and retracted due to the dust collected between the driven device and the opening 110.

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the gas delivery mechanism 400 may be connected to the driving mechanism 300, so that the driving mechanism 300 may be shared by the gas delivery mechanism 400 and the driven device, and thus the gas delivery mechanism 400 may blow gas to the driven device better. In a specific working process, in the process that the driving mechanism 300 drives the driven device to extend out of the casing 100 or retract into the casing 100 through the opening 110, the driving mechanism 300 can also drive the gas conveying mechanism 400 to blow gas to the driven device, so that a dual-purpose function is achieved, and the working efficiency of the electronic equipment can be improved.

Based on this, in the electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the specific air outlet structure of the air conveying mechanism 400 may be a common air cylinder 410 structure, which facilitates the air conveying mechanism 400 to blow air to the driven device, specifically, the air conveying mechanism 400 may include an air cylinder 410 and an air injection part 420, the air injection part 420 is communicated with the air cylinder 410, correspondingly, the air injection part 420 has an air outlet 421, the air outlet 421 may face the driven device, meanwhile, the air cylinder 410 is connected with the driving mechanism 300, during the operation, the driving mechanism 300 drives the air cylinder 410 to convey air to the air injection part 420, so that the air injection part 420 blows air to the driven device through the air outlet 421, and finally, the dust accumulated on the driven device is cleaned through air pressure.

The gas cylinder 410 may be fixed in the inner cavity of the housing 100, and in particular, the gas cylinder 410 may be provided with a mounting seat 413, and the mounting seat 413 may fix the gas cylinder 410 in the inner cavity of the housing 100 through a screw connection, thereby facilitating the driving mechanism 300 to drive the gas cylinder 410 to deliver gas to the gas injection part 420.

The gas injection part 420 may be disposed adjacent to a gap between the driven device and the opening 110 so that the gas outlet holes 421 of the gas injection part 420 may blow gas into the gap between the driven device and the opening 110.

In an alternative scheme, the housing 100 may be provided with the dust exhaust air hole 120, and the air outlet 421 of the air injection part 420 may be communicated with the dust exhaust air hole 120, so that the air injection part 420 may blow air to the driven device through the dust exhaust air hole 120. In this way, the air injection part 420 can increase the dust removal area of the driven device, so that the dust removal effect of the air injection part 420 on the driven device is better.

Meanwhile, in order to allow the gas injection part 420 to stably blow gas to the driven device through the dust exhaust gas injection holes 120, the gas injection part 420 may be provided on the housing 100. Of course, the air injection part 420 may be disposed on the housing 100 in various ways, for example, the air injection part 420 may be disposed on the housing 100 by bonding, welding, or clipping. In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to make the air outlet 421 and the dust exhaust 120 have better sealing performance, preferably, the housing 100 may be provided with a mounting groove, the dust exhaust 120 may penetrate through an inner wall of the mounting groove, the air injection part 420 may be disposed in the mounting groove, and the air outlet 421 is communicated with the dust exhaust 120. Compared with other mounting modes, the mode can also enable the structure of the electronic equipment to be more compact.

In the electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the air injection part 420 may be an elastic structural member, and on the premise that the air injection part 420 is an elastic structural member, the air injection part 420 may be clamped in the mounting groove, and the air outlet 421 and the dust removal air injection hole 120 may be in sealed butt joint. Under this kind of condition, jet-propelled portion 420 can be through the deformation joint of self in the mounting groove, has easy to assemble's advantage, simultaneously, thereby because the elastic deformation of jet-propelled portion 420 can realize the sealed butt joint between venthole 421 and the dust removal fumarole 120 more easily, and then can ensure venthole 421 and dust removal fumarole 120's connection effect. Meanwhile, under the premise that the air injection part 420 is an elastic structure, the air injection part 420 may be made of various materials, for example, the air injection part 420 may be made of a metal material or a non-metal material, and preferably, the air injection part 420 may be a silicone structure, so that the silicone structure is not only easy to be injection molded, but also has a longer service life and good sealing performance compared with the air injection part 420 made of other materials.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the number of the dust-removing air injection holes 120 and the number of the air outlet holes 421 may be one or more, preferably, the number of the dust-removing air injection holes 120 and the number of the air outlet holes 421 may be plural, and this design may increase the dust-removing area, thereby achieving a better dust-removing effect, and at the same time, the dust-removing air injection holes 120 may be provided in a plurality of dispersed manner under the same air injection area, and the radial size of each dust-removing air injection hole 120 may be smaller, thereby preventing the foreign matters with larger particle size from entering the casing 100 through the dust-removing air injection holes 120.

In the electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the specific structure of the gas cylinder 410 may include a gas rod 411 and a cylinder 412, specifically, a first end of the gas rod 411 extends into the cylinder 412, and the first end of the gas rod 411 divides an inner cavity of the cylinder 412 into an exhaust cavity 4121 and an intake cavity 4122, the intake cavity 4122 may be communicated with the inner cavity of the housing 100, the intake cavity 4122 may also be communicated with an external environment of the housing 100, the exhaust cavity 4121 is communicated with the gas injection part 420, a second end of the gas rod 411 is connected to the driving mechanism 300, and the driving mechanism 300 may drive the first end of the gas rod 411 to slide in the inner cavity of the cylinder 412, so that the gas cylinder 410 may deliver gas to the gas injection part 420.

Meanwhile, a first one-way valve 414 may be disposed at a first end of the air rod 411, a second one-way valve 415 may be disposed in the exhaust chamber 4121, and when the driving mechanism 300 drives the first end of the air rod 411 to slide toward the air inlet of the air inlet chamber 4122, the pressure in the air inlet chamber 4122 increases gradually, so as to push the first one-way valve 414 to open, and the air in the air inlet chamber 4122 is delivered into the exhaust chamber 4121, and the pressure in the exhaust chamber 4121 is still relatively low, so that the second one-way valve 415 is in a closed state, and the air in the exhaust chamber 4121 may be stored; when the driving mechanism 300 drives the first end of the air rod 411 to slide towards the exhaust port of the exhaust chamber 4121, the pressure inside the intake chamber 4122 is reduced, so that the first check valve 414 is in a closed state, air in the internal chamber of the housing 100 is sucked into the intake chamber 4122, and the pressure inside the exhaust chamber 4121 is increased, so as to push the second check valve 415 to open, and therefore, the air in the exhaust chamber 4121 can be conveyed to the air injection part 420.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to facilitate installation and fully utilize the space in the inner cavity of the housing 100, the gas delivery mechanism 400 may further include a gas guiding tube 430, the gas spraying portion 420 and the exhaust cavity 4121 may be communicated through the gas guiding tube 430, and the gas guiding tube 430 may better adapt to the installation environment in the housing 100 through its own trend. In this case, the air cylinder 410 may be disposed at a position close to the driving mechanism 300, thereby facilitating the driving mechanism 300 to drive the air rod 411 to move.

As mentioned above, the driving mechanism 300 may be in various types, and in a preferred embodiment, the driving mechanism 300 may include a driving motor 310, a lead screw 320 and a threaded sleeve 330, specifically, the lead screw 320 is connected to a power output shaft of the driving motor 310, the threaded sleeve 330 is disposed on the lead screw 320, the driving motor 310 drives the threaded sleeve 330 to move through the lead screw 320, meanwhile, the second end of the air rod 411 may be fixed on the threaded sleeve 330, and the driven device may also be fixed on the threaded sleeve 330, so that the driving motor 310 can drive the air rod 411 and the driven device to move through the threaded sleeve 330.

In this case, the first end of the air rod 411 and the driven device may be fixed at any position on the threaded sleeve 330. Of course, in order to prevent the driven member and the air rod 411 from being displaced in the moving direction, in a more preferred embodiment, the first end of the air rod 411 and the driven member are respectively fixed to two ends of the screw sleeve 330 and are respectively located on two sides of the lead screw 320, and this arrangement can balance the output force so that the driven member and the air rod 411 are not displaced in the moving direction.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the driven device may be the camera module 200, and the gas delivery mechanism 400 may blow gas onto the working surface of the camera module 200, so as to remove dust from the camera module 200. Meanwhile, the camera module 200 includes a lens 210, and the dust-removing air injection hole 120 can face the lens 210, so that the lens 210 can be prevented from being blurred to influence the shooting effect.

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the invention, in the process that the driving mechanism 300 drives the driven device to extend out of the casing 100 or retract into the casing 100 through the opening 110, the gas delivery mechanism 400 can always blow gas to the driven device, thereby playing a role of cleaning dust on the driven device. Of course, the driven device is generally not accumulated when outside the housing 100, so that the air delivery mechanism 400 can blow air to the driven device during the driving process of the driving mechanism 300 to retract the driven device into the housing 100 through the opening 110, thereby preventing the dust accumulated by the driven device outside the housing 100 from being brought into the housing 100 by the driven device. This way not only can save cost, still make the dust can be cleared up outside casing 100, and then make the effect of clearing up the dust better.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1, in the case that the gas delivery mechanism 400 includes the gas cylinder 410 and the gas injection part 420, during the process that the driving mechanism 300 drives the driven device to retract into the housing 100 through the opening 110, the driving mechanism 300 drives the gas rod 411 to move, so that the exhaust chamber 4121 delivers gas to the gas injection part 420 and the gas inlet chamber 4122 is filled, and further the gas injection part 420 blows gas to the driven device, and finally the dust on the driven device is cleaned out of the housing 100. This design allows for sootblowing before the driven device is retracted into the housing 100, thereby allowing the gas delivery mechanism to be more effective in cleaning dust.

The electronic equipment disclosed by the embodiment of the invention can be equipment such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, an electronic book reader, wearable equipment and the like. Of course, the electronic device may also be other devices, and the specific kind of the electronic device is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the difference between the embodiments is mainly described, and different optimization features between the embodiments can be combined to form a better embodiment as long as they are not contradictory, and further description is omitted here in view of brevity of the text.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and alterations to this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising a housing (100), a driven device, a driving mechanism (300) and a gas delivery mechanism (400), wherein the housing (100) has an inner cavity and an opening (110) communicated with the inner cavity, the driving mechanism (300) is arranged in the inner cavity, the driving mechanism (300) is connected with the driven device, the driving mechanism (300) drives the driven device to extend out of the housing (100) or retract into the housing (100) through the opening (110), the gas delivery mechanism (400) is arranged in the housing (100), and the gas delivery mechanism (400) blows air to the driven device;

the gas conveying mechanism (400) comprises a gas cylinder (410) and a gas injection part (420), the gas injection part (420) is communicated with the gas cylinder (410), the gas injection part (420) is provided with a gas outlet (421), the gas cylinder (410) is connected with the driving mechanism (300), and the driving mechanism (300) drives the gas cylinder (410) to convey gas to the gas injection part (420), so that the gas injection part (420) blows gas to the driven device through the gas outlet (421);

the inflator (410) comprises an air rod (411) and a cylinder body (412), a first end of the air rod (411) extends into the cylinder body (412), the inner cavity of the cylinder body (412) is divided into an exhaust cavity (4121) and an air inlet cavity (4122) by the first end of the air rod (411), the exhaust cavity (4121) is communicated with the air injection part (420), the second end of the air rod (411) is connected with the driving mechanism (300), and the driving mechanism (300) drives the first end of the air rod (411) to slide in the inner cavity of the cylinder body (412);

a first one-way valve (414) is arranged at the first end of the air rod (411), a second one-way valve (415) is arranged in the exhaust cavity, when the driving mechanism (300) drives the first end of the air rod (411) to slide towards the air inlet direction of the air inlet cavity (4122), the first one-way valve (414) is opened, and the second one-way valve (415) is closed;

when the driving mechanism (300) drives the first end of the air rod (411) to slide towards the exhaust port of the exhaust cavity (4121), the first one-way valve (414) is closed, and the second one-way valve (415) is opened.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the gas delivery mechanism (400) is connected to the driving mechanism (300), and the driving mechanism (300) drives the gas delivery mechanism (400) to blow gas towards the driven device during the process that the driving mechanism (300) drives the driven device to extend out of the housing (100) or retract into the housing (100) through the opening (110).

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the housing (100) defines a dust exhaust vent (120), and the air outlet (421) is in communication with the dust exhaust vent (120).

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the housing (100) is provided with a mounting groove, the dust removing air injection hole (120) penetrates through an inner wall of the mounting groove, and the air injection part (420) is disposed in the mounting groove.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the air injection part (420) is a silica gel structure, the air injection part (420) is clamped in the mounting groove, and the air outlet (421) is in sealing butt joint with the dust removal air injection hole (120).

6. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the number of the dust exhaust air holes (120) and the number of the air outlet holes (421) are plural.

7. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the gas delivery mechanism (400) further comprises a gas tube (430), and the gas injector (420) is in communication with the exhaust chamber (4121) via the gas tube (430).

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism (300) comprises a driving motor (310), a lead screw (320) and a threaded sleeve (330), the lead screw (320) is connected with a power output shaft of the driving motor (310), the threaded sleeve (330) is disposed on the lead screw (320), the driving motor (310) drives the threaded sleeve (330) to move through the lead screw (320), and the second ends of the driven device and the air rod (411) are respectively connected to two ends of the threaded sleeve (330) and respectively located on two sides of the lead screw (320).

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the driven device comprises at least one of a camera module (200), a card holder, a light supplement module, a fingerprint identification module, and a telephone receiver.

10. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the driven device is a camera module (200), the camera module (200) comprises a lens (210), and the air outlet (421) faces the lens (210).

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the gas delivery mechanism (400) blows gas into the driven device during retraction of the driven device through the aperture (110) into the housing (100) by the driving mechanism (300).