CN111867290A

CN111867290A - Electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN111867290A
Application number: CN202010723862.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 揭骏仁
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-24
Filing date: 2020-07-24
Publication date: 2020-10-30

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides electronic equipment, which comprises a shell, a pressing piece, an elastic piece and a switch, wherein the shell is provided with a limiting groove and a mounting hole; the pressing piece comprises a contact part and a limiting part, the contact part is arranged in the mounting hole in a penetrating mode, and the limiting part is arranged in the limiting groove; the elastic piece is arranged in the limiting groove; in the process that the contact part moves towards the switch in the mounting hole, the limiting part and the bottom of the limiting groove jointly extrude the elastic piece so that the elastic piece generates elastic deformation. The electronic equipment that this application embodiment provided is at contact portion towards the switch motion in-process, spacing portion and spacing groove extrude the elastic component jointly for the elastic component produces elastic deformation, and the elastic restoring force of production carries on spacingly to the pressing piece, and the spacing groove restricts the range of motion of spacing portion simultaneously and is further spacing in order to further pressing the pressing piece, improves the stability of pressing the piece in the pressing process.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of mobile devices, and in particular, to an electronic device.

Background

With the development of electronic technology, electronic devices such as speakers, routers, or mobile phones have become more and more popular. One or more buttons are usually provided on the electronic device to implement functions such as power on/off, screen locking, volume control, and the like.

The button is installed on the casing of electronic equipment, and the button rocks easily in the pressing process.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an electronic equipment, can improve the problem of rocking of pressing piece.

An embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including:

the shell is provided with a limiting groove and a mounting hole;

the pressing piece comprises a contact part and a limiting part, the contact part is arranged in the mounting hole in a penetrating mode, and the limiting part is arranged in the limiting groove;

the elastic piece is arranged in the limiting groove; and

a switch;

in the process that the contact part moves towards the switch in the mounting hole, the limiting part and the bottom of the limiting groove jointly extrude the elastic piece so that the elastic piece generates elastic deformation.

The electronic equipment that this application embodiment provided is through setting up the elastic component in the spacing inslot, in contact portion towards the switch motion in-process, spacing portion and spacing groove extrude the elastic component jointly, make the elastic component produce elastic deformation, elastic deformation's elastic component produces the elastic restoring force and carries on spacingly with carrying on the pressing piece, the spacing groove restricts the home range of spacing portion simultaneously in order to carry on spacingly to the pressing piece, can improve the problem of rocking of pressing piece in pressing the in-process, improve the stability of pressing piece in pressing the in-process.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the application, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the portion a shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the portion a shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of the portion a shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a first cross-sectional view of portion a of fig. 2 taken along the direction P-P'.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of portion a of fig. 2 taken along the direction Q-Q'.

Fig. 7 is a second cross-sectional view of portion a of fig. 2 taken along the direction P-P'.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an elastic member and a pressing member according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a top cover bracket provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present application and not all embodiments. 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 application.

Embodiments of the present application provide an electronic device that may be a computing device such as a laptop computer, a computer monitor containing an embedded computer, a tablet, a cellular telephone, a media player, or other handheld or portable electronic device, a smaller device (such as a wristwatch device, a hanging device, an earphone or earpiece device, a device embedded in eyeglasses, or other device worn on the head of a user, or other wearable or miniature device), a television, a computer display that does not contain an embedded computer, a gaming device, a navigation device, an embedded system (such as a system in which an electronic device with a display is installed in a kiosk or in an automobile), a device that implements the functionality of two or more of these devices, or other electronic devices.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In the exemplary configuration of fig. 1, the electronic device 10 may be a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), the CPE is a mobile signal access device that receives a mobile signal and forwards the mobile signal as a wireless WIFI signal, and may convert a high-

speed

4G or 5G signal into a WIFI signal, and may simultaneously support access of more mobile terminals, so that more mobile terminals may use a network, and the CPE may be widely applied to access wireless networks in rural areas, towns, hospitals, units, factories, cells, and the like, so as to save the cost of laying a wired network.

The electronic device 10 may include a housing 11, and the housing 11 may be used to form an outer contour and an inner support structure of the electronic device 10, wherein the outer contour and the inner support structure may be integrally formed or assembled. It should be noted that the electronic device may further include other devices according to needs, for example, the electronic device may further include a display screen, a sensor assembly, and the like.

The housing 11 may have a regular shape such as a rectangular parallelepiped structure, a cylindrical structure, or the housing 11 may have an irregular shape. The housing 11 may be formed from plastic, glass, ceramic, fiber composite, metal (e.g., stainless steel, aluminum, etc.), other suitable materials, or a combination of any two or more of these materials. The housing 11 may be integrally formed such that the housing 11 may be machined or molded as a single structure, or may be formed using a combination of structures.

The electronic device 10 is provided with a press for starting and shutting down the electronic device, or implementing other functions such as switching of 4G, 5G, and WIFI network states.

In some embodiments, the key is often fixed on the housing of the electronic device by a hot-melting method, the pressing element may be a plastic key, and the elastic arm of the plastic key is used to deform the key so as to turn on or off the switch. Specifically, the pressing part material can be engineering plastic alloy, polycarbonate acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer, the pressing part can be including pressing the splenium and first elastic arm and the second elastic arm power of relative setting, through with hot melt post hot melt, fix first elastic arm and second elastic arm on the casing, first elastic arm and second elastic arm are for pressing the splenium bending, when the switch is in the off-state, first elastic arm and second elastic arm are crooked towards the switch, when the switch is in the on-state, first elastic arm and second elastic arm are crooked towards the casing, make through elastic deformation of elastic arm self to press splenium and switch to be in contact state or non-contact state. However, due to the structural limitation of the elastic arm, the elastic arm often needs a large space for realizing deformation, and is often difficult to realize if the space in the electronic equipment is insufficient.

To obtain a pressing member with high stability, please refer to fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 4, in which fig. 2 is a top view of the portion a shown in fig. 1, fig. 3 is a side view of the portion a shown in fig. 1, and fig. 4 is an exploded view of the portion a shown in fig. 1. The housing 11 includes a top cover support 120, the top cover support 120 is an internal supporting structure of the electronic device 10, the top cover support 120 is fixedly connected with the housing forming an external contour of the electronic device 10, and the top cover support 120 may have a regular shape, such as a circular structure. Specifically, the housing 11 further includes a portion forming an outer contour of the electronic device 10, the portion being provided with a mounting hole for mounting the top cover holder 120, and the top cover holder 120 and the housing are fixedly connected through a wall of the mounting hole.

The electronic device 10 further includes a top cover 110, the top cover 110 is disposed on the top cover bracket 120 and movably connected to the top cover bracket 120, the top cover 110 can increase a pressing area of the pressing member 130, and a user can press the pressing member 130 by pressing the top cover 110 to trigger the switch 800.

The top cover support 120 is provided with a limiting groove 122 and a mounting hole 121, the pressing piece 130 penetrates through the mounting hole 121, the top cover 110 covers the pressing piece 130 and the top cover support 120, and a user can press the part of the pressing piece 130 protruding out of the mounting hole or press the top cover 110, so that the pressing piece 130 triggers the switch 800 to realize functions of switching on and off, network switching and the like.

The outer case has opposite outer and inner surfaces, the outer surface of the outer case refers to a surface that is visible from the outside of the electronic device, the inner surface of the outer case refers to a surface that is not visible from the outside of the electronic device, and in some embodiments, the pressing member 130 may not protrude from the outer surface of the outer case, that is, the pressing member 130 may not protrude from the outer surface of the top cover 110, and the user may press a surface of the pressing member that is horizontal to the top cover 110 or the outer surface of the top cover 110, so that the pressing member triggers the switch 800.

The pressing member 130 includes a contact portion 131 and a limiting portion 132, the contact portion 131 is disposed in the mounting hole 121, and the limiting portion 132 is disposed in the limiting groove 122.

The elastic element 140 is disposed in the limiting groove 122, wherein the elastic element 140 may be a spring, a leaf spring, or other elastically deformable components.

When the contact portion 131 moves toward the switch 800 in the mounting hole 121, the limiting portion 132 and the bottom of the limiting groove 122 jointly press the elastic member, so that the elastic member 140 generates elastic deformation, when the elastic member 140 generates elastic deformation, the elastic member 140 generates an elastic restoring force for the limiting portion 132, on one hand, the elastic restoring force can limit the moving range of the limiting portion in the limiting groove, and further limit the position of the pressing member 130, so that the stability of the pressing member 130 can be improved, on the other hand, the elastic restoring force can provide a restoring force for the pressing member 130, and after the switch 800 is triggered, the pressing member 130 is reset, so that the switch 800 is in an unfired state.

In order to improve the stability of the pressing member, the pressing member further has a positioning portion, and referring to fig. 4, the pressing member 130 further has a positioning portion 133, a contact portion 131, a limiting portion 132, a positioning portion 133 and a pressing portion 134 all protruding from the positioning portion 133, wherein the length of the contact portion 131 protruding from the pressing portion 134 is longer than the length of the limiting portion 132 protruding from the pressing portion 134, and is longer than the length of the positioning portion 133 protruding from the pressing portion 134.

The top cover bracket 120 is further provided with a positioning groove 123, the positioning groove 122 and the positioning groove 123 are arranged around the mounting hole 121, during assembly, the positioning portion 133 is arranged in the positioning groove 123, and the limiting portion 132 is arranged in the positioning groove 122, wherein the positioning groove 123 is slightly larger than the positioning portion 133, and the positioning groove 122 is slightly larger than the limiting portion 132, during the movement of the contact portion 131 in the mounting hole 121, the limiting groove 122 limits the movement range of the limiting portion 132, the positioning groove 123 limits the movement range of the positioning portion 133, and further limits the position of the pressing member 130.

The elastic member 140 is disposed in the limiting groove 122, and when the switch 800 is triggered by the pressing member 130, the contact portion 131 moves in the mounting hole 121, and the limiting portion 132 and the bottom of the limiting groove 122 jointly extrude the elastic member 140, so that the elastic member 140 is elastically deformed, and the positioning portion 133 is always located in the positioning groove 123, thereby improving the stability of the pressing member 130.

For clarity of the positional relationship between the housing and the pressing member, please continue to refer to fig. 5 and 6, in which fig. 5 is a first cross-sectional view of the portion a shown in fig. 2 along the direction P-P ', and fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the portion a shown in fig. 2 along the direction Q-Q'.

The top cover 110 is further provided with a through hole 111, the pressing portion 134 includes a first portion 1341 and a second portion 1342, the first portion 1341 is disposed through the through hole 111, and the second portion 1342 abuts against the inner surface of the top cover 110, so that the pressing member 130 is prevented from falling off to the outside of the electronic device 10 when the switch 800 is reset. First portion 1341 and second portion 1342 can be connected by a connector, such as a glue and snap connector, and first portion 1341 and second portion 1342 can also be integrally formed, such as by injection molding.

In order to improve the stability of the pressing member, the pressing member includes a plurality of position-limiting portions 132, such as a first position-limiting portion 1321 and a second position-limiting portion 1322, and a plurality of positioning portions 133, such as a first positioning portion 1331 and a second positioning portion 1332, where the plurality of position-limiting portions 132 and the plurality of positioning portions 133 are disposed around the contact portion 131, and accordingly, a plurality of position-limiting grooves 122, such as a first position-limiting groove 1221 and a second position-limiting groove 1222, are disposed on the top cover bracket 120, and a plurality of positioning grooves 123, such as a first positioning groove 1231 and a second positioning groove 1232, are disposed. A plurality of stopper grooves 122 and a plurality of positioning grooves 123 are provided around the mounting hole 121.

The contact 131, the positioning portion 133 and the position-limiting portion 132 are connected to the second portion 1342 and protrude from the second portion 1342, the length of the contact 131 protruding from the second portion 1342 is longer than the length of each position-limiting portion 132 protruding from the second portion, and the length of the contact 131 protruding from the second portion 1342 is longer than the length of each positioning portion 132 protruding from the second portion.

The electronic device 10 further includes a plurality of elastic elements 140, such as the elastic element 141 and the elastic element 142, taking the elastic element 140 as an example of a spring, when assembling, the first elastic element 141 is sleeved on the first limiting portion 1321, the second elastic element 142 is sleeved on the second limiting portion 1322, the first elastic element 141 and the first limiting portion 1321 are installed in the first limiting groove 1221 together, the second elastic element 142 and the second limiting portion 1322 are installed in the second limiting groove 1222 together, and meanwhile, the first positioning portion 1331 and the second positioning portion 1332 are aligned with the first positioning groove 1231 and the second positioning groove 1232 respectively and are assembled in the first positioning groove 1231 and the second positioning groove 1232.

In some embodiments, the elastic element 140 may also be an elastic sheet, please refer to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a second cross-sectional view of the portion a along the P-P' direction shown in fig. 2, and the first elastic sheet 143 and the second elastic sheet 144 are respectively disposed in the first limiting groove 1221 and the second limiting groove 1222 and respectively abut against the first limiting portion 1321 and the second limiting portion 1322. Taking the example of the second elastic sheet 144, the second elastic sheet 144 includes a first end 1441 and a second end 1442, wherein the first end 1441 abuts against the bottom of the second limit groove 1222, and the second end abuts against the end of the second limit portion 1322 facing the bottom of the second limit groove 1222, so that the gap 112 exists between the top cover 110 and the top cover bracket 120, wherein the function of the elastic sheet is similar to that of a spring, and is not described herein again.

According to the embodiment of the application, the pressing piece 130 is pressed, the contact part 131 moves in the mounting hole 121 in the moving process of the contact part 131 in the mounting hole 121, the limiting part 132 and the bottom of the limiting groove 122 jointly extrude the elastic piece 140, so that the elastic piece 140 generates elastic deformation, the positioning part 133 is always located in the positioning groove 123, and the stability of the pressing piece 130 is improved.

In order to increase the stability of the pressing member 130 when not being pressed, when the elastic member 140 is assembled in the limiting groove 122, the elastic member is in a slightly deformed state, if the elastic member 140 is a spring, one end of the elastic member 140 abuts against the second portion 1342 of the pressing portion 134, and the other end abuts against the bottom of the limiting groove, if the elastic member 140 is a spring, one end of the elastic member abuts against the end of the limiting portion 132 facing the bottom of the limiting groove 122, and the other end abuts against the bottom of the limiting groove 122. When the pressing member 130 is in an un-pressed state, the slightly deformed elastic member 140 provides an acting force to the pressing member towards the top cover 110, and the second portion 1342 of the pressing portion 134 abuts against the inner surface of the top cover 110, and the top cover 110 is movably connected with the top cover bracket 120, so that the pressing member 130 is still in a stable state when the pressing member is not pressed through the elastic force of the elastic member 140 and the acting force of the top cover 110, and when the electronic device 10 shakes, the electronic device 10 does not shake.

For clarity of explaining the position relationship between the elastic member 140 and the pressing member 130, please continue to refer to fig. 8 and 9, fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of the elastic member and the pressing member according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, and fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of the cap holder according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

The first elastic member 141 includes a first end 1411 and a second end 1412, the first end 1411 abuts against the groove bottom of the first limiting groove 1221, and the second end 1412 abuts against the surface of the second portion 1342 facing the switch 800, so that the gap 112 is formed between the top cover 110 and the top cover bracket 120. Such that the top cover 110 and the top cover bracket 120 have a gap 112 therebetween.

Since the gap 112 exists between the top cover bracket 120 and the top cover 110, the gap 112 forms a pressing space of the pressing part 134, so that the contact part 131 can move in the mounting hole 121 to trigger the switch 800 when a user presses the top cover bracket 120 or the pressing part 134.

As shown in fig. 8, the contact portion 131 is disposed between the first stopper portion 1321 and the second stopper portion 1322, the first stopper portion 1321 and the second stopper portion 1322 are symmetrically disposed with respect to the contact portion 131, so that stability in the pressing process of the pressing member can be improved, the positioning portion 131 is disposed between the first positioning portion 1331 and the second positioning portion 1332, and the first positioning portion 1331 and the second positioning portion 1332 are symmetrically disposed with respect to the contact portion 131, so that stability in the pressing process of the pressing member 130 can be further improved.

As shown in fig. 9, the top cover bracket 120 is provided with a mounting hole 121, a first limiting groove 1221, a second limiting groove 1222, a first positioning groove 1231, and a second positioning groove 1232, wherein the sizes of the notches of the first limiting groove 1221 and the second limiting groove 1222 are greater than the sizes of the notches of the first positioning groove 1231 and the second positioning groove 1232.

In some embodiments, the positioning portion may also be an annular structure, and accordingly, the positioning groove is provided as an annular groove, and the stability of the pressing member may be further improved by fitting the annular positioning groove into the annular groove.

The number and shape of the limiting parts, the positioning parts, the limiting grooves and the positioning grooves provided by the embodiment of the application are only exemplary, and the limitation of the application is not understood.

In some embodiments, the electronic device further includes a waterproof member, wherein the waterproof member may be sleeved on the contact portion, the waterproof member forms an interference fit with a hole wall of the mounting hole formed by the housing, the waterproof member may be made of an elastic material, such as silica gel, latex, neoprene, nitrile rubber, fluorine-containing rubber, and the like, and the waterproof member is in an interference fit with the hole wall of the mounting hole to make the electronic device waterproof.

The electronic equipment that this application embodiment provided, contact portion is in the mounting hole in-process, through spacing portion and spacing groove bottom coextrusion elastic component, so that elastic component produces elastic deformation, the elasticity that elastic deformation produced can also make the pressing piece have the restoring force when prescribing a limit to the pressing piece position, in addition, through with location portion and constant head tank joint, make at the in-process that resets through pressing piece trigger switch or switch, the pressing piece can not rock, the stability of pressing piece has been improved.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the application is described in detail above. The principles and implementations of the present application are described herein using specific examples, which are presented only to aid in understanding the present application. Meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

the shell is provided with a limiting groove and a mounting hole;

the elastic piece is arranged in the limiting groove; and

a switch;

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a top cover, the top cover is provided with a through hole, the pressing member further comprises a pressing portion, the pressing portion comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion penetrates through the through hole, and the second portion abuts against an inner surface of the top cover.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the contact portion and the position-limiting portion are connected to the second portion and protrude from the second portion, and a length of the contact portion protruding from the second portion is greater than a length of the position-limiting portion protruding from the second portion.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the elastic member is sleeved on the position-limiting portion, the elastic member includes a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion abuts against the groove bottom of the position-limiting groove, and the second end portion abuts against the second portion, so that a gap is formed between the top cover and the housing.

5. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the elastic member is disposed in the limiting groove, the elastic member includes a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion abuts against the groove bottom of the limiting groove, and the second end portion abuts against an end portion of the limiting portion facing the groove bottom of the limiting groove, so that a gap is formed between the top cover and the housing.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the number of the position restricting portions is plural, and the plural position restricting portions are provided around the contact portion.

7. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the housing is further provided with a positioning groove, and the pressing piece further includes a positioning portion provided in the positioning groove.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the positioning portion includes an end portion facing the bottom of the groove, and a gap exists between the end portion and the bottom of the groove.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the end portion is positioned within the detent during movement of the contact portion within the mounting aperture to activate the switch.

10. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a waterproof member that is fitted over the contact portion and forms an interference fit with a hole wall of the housing that forms the mounting hole.