CN111988055B

CN111988055B - Card holds in palm mechanism sub-assembly and mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: CN111988055B
Application number: CN201910421941.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 温权浩
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2019-05-21
Filing date: 2019-05-21
Publication date: 2022-06-10
Anticipated expiration: 2039-05-21
Also published as: CN111988055A

Abstract

The application relates to a card holds in palm mechanism sub-assembly and mobile terminal, mobile terminal has seted up the slot, and mobile terminal includes mainboard, shell fragment sub-assembly and card support sub-assembly, and the card holds in the palm the sub-assembly including inserting the card that locates the slot hold in the palm and hold in the palm the fingerprint module of being connected with the card, and the fingerprint module passes through shell fragment sub-assembly and mainboard electric connection, and the fingerprint module is used for gathering user's fingerprint data. The application reduces the number of the holes of the mobile terminal, simplifies the processing process of the mobile terminal, improves the attractiveness of the overall appearance of the mobile terminal, and enables the use experience of a user to be effectively improved. In addition, the fingerprint module passes through shell fragment sub-assembly and mainboard electric connection, can also increase the card and hold in the palm the fastness after the sub-assembly inserts the slot.

Description

Card holds in palm mechanism sub-assembly and mobile terminal

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of mobile terminals, in particular to a card support mechanism assembly and a mobile terminal.

Background

In the related art, a card slot and a fingerprint opening are formed in the side face of a mobile terminal such as a smart phone and a tablet personal computer, a card holder for placing an electronic card (such as an SIM card and an SD card) is installed in the card slot, and a fingerprint module for fingerprint identification is installed in the fingerprint opening.

Disclosure of Invention

The first aspect of the present application discloses a mobile terminal to solve the technical problem that the number of open holes of the mobile terminal is large to affect the processing process and the overall appearance of the mobile terminal.

A mobile terminal is provided with a slot, and comprises:

a main board;

a spring plate assembly; and

the card holds in the palm the sub-assembly, including inserting locate the card of slot holds in the palm and with the fingerprint module that the card held in the palm the connection, the fingerprint module pass through the shell fragment sub-assembly with mainboard electric connection, the fingerprint module is used for gathering user's fingerprint data.

In above-mentioned mobile terminal, through being connected fingerprint module and card support, make the card hold in the palm the sub-assembly and both had the function that bears the electronic card (for example SIM phone card, SD memory card), the function that has fingerprint identification again, thereby prior art's card support function has been enriched, mobile terminal need not be for the independent trompil of fingerprint module again, mobile terminal's trompil quantity has been reduced, mobile terminal's course of working has been simplified, the pleasing to the eye degree of the whole outward appearance of mobile terminal has been improved, and make user's use experience obtain effective promotion. In addition, the fingerprint module passes through shell fragment sub-assembly and mainboard electric connection, can also increase the card and hold in the palm the fastness after the sub-assembly inserts the slot.

In one embodiment, the card holder comprises a main body inserted into the slot and a card cap connected with the main body, and the fingerprint module is connected with the card cap.

In one embodiment, an accommodating cavity for accommodating the fingerprint module is formed in the clamping cap.

In one embodiment, the card holder assembly includes a conductive area located on the main body, the conductive area is electrically connected to the fingerprint module, the elastic piece assembly includes an elastic piece fixed to one of the main board and the conductive area, and the conductive area is electrically connected to the main board through the elastic piece.

In one embodiment, the spring assembly includes a flexible circuit board and a spring, the flexible circuit board is electrically connected to the motherboard, the card holder assembly includes a conductive region located in the main body, the spring is fixed to one of the flexible circuit board and the conductive region, and the conductive region is electrically connected to the motherboard through the spring and the flexible circuit board in sequence.

In one embodiment, the conductive region includes a first conductive region and a second conductive region, the elastic piece includes a first elastic piece and a second elastic piece, the first conductive region is electrically connected to the first elastic piece, and the second conductive region is electrically connected to the second elastic piece.

In one embodiment, the main board is provided with a card holder, and the card holder is used for fixing the card holder on the main board.

In one embodiment, the mobile terminal includes a body including a front surface, a rear surface, and a side circumferential surface connecting the front surface and the rear surface, and the slot is opened in the side circumferential surface.

In one embodiment, the side circumferential surface is provided with a sinking groove, and the slot is arranged at the bottom of the sinking groove.

The second aspect of the present application discloses a card support mechanism assembly to solve the technical problem of single function of the card support.

A card-holding mechanism assembly comprising:

the card support assembly comprises a card support and a fingerprint module connected with the card support, the card support assembly comprises a conductive area positioned on the card support, and the conductive area is electrically connected with the fingerprint module; and

the elastic sheet is fixed on the conductive area and electrically connected with the conductive area.

Above-mentioned card holds in palm mechanism sub-assembly can be applied to mobile terminal, through holding in the palm the fingerprint module with the card and being connected, make the card hold in the palm the sub-assembly and both had the function that bears the electronic card (for example SIM phone card, SD memory card), the function that has fingerprint identification again, thereby prior art's card holds in the palm the function has been richened, mobile terminal need not be the independent trompil of fingerprint module again, the trompil quantity of mobile terminal has been reduced, mobile terminal's course of working has been simplified, the pleasing to the eye degree of the whole outward appearance of mobile terminal has been improved, and make user's use experience obtain effectively promoting.

In one embodiment, the card holder comprises a main body and a card cap connected with the main body, the fingerprint module is connected with the card cap, and the conductive area is located on the main body.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the mobile terminal of FIG. 1 in one embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the mobile terminal of FIG. 1 according to one embodiment;

fig. 4 is an exploded view of the mobile terminal shown in fig. 1 according to an embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the mobile terminal in FIG. 3 with the card holder assembly and the rear cover removed;

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment taken along line II-II of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the point A in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the card holder assembly shown in FIG. 4 according to an embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a top view of the card holder assembly of FIG. 8 in one embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the card holder assembly of FIG. 8 in one embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of the motherboard and the card holder shown in FIG. 5 according to an embodiment;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural view illustrating connection between the elastic sheet and the flexible circuit board in fig. 5 according to an embodiment;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of another view angle of the connection between the elastic sheet and the flexible circuit board in the embodiment of fig. 12.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the present application, the present application will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present application are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. This application may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

As used herein, "terminal device" refers to a device capable of receiving and/or transmitting communication signals including, but not limited to, devices connected via any one or more of the following connections:

(1) via wireline connections, such as via Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Digital cable, direct cable connections;

(2) via a Wireless interface means such as a cellular Network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a digital television Network such as a DVB-H Network, a satellite Network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter.

A terminal device arranged to communicate over a wireless interface may be referred to as a "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, the following electronic devices:

(1) satellite or cellular telephones;

(2) personal Communications Systems (PCS) terminals that may combine cellular radiotelephones with data processing, facsimile, and data Communications capabilities;

(3) radiotelephones, pagers, internet/intranet access, Web browsers, notebooks, calendars, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers;

(4) a conventional laptop and/or palmtop receiver;

(5) conventional laptop and/or palmtop radiotelephone transceivers, and the like.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in an embodiment, a mobile terminal is illustrated as a mobile phone, and the mobile terminal 10 includes a body 100 and a card holder assembly 300.

The body 100 is a mounting carrier of the card holder assembly 300, and the body 100 may be made of a metal material, such as aluminum, aluminum alloy, or stainless steel. In one embodiment, the body 100 includes a front surface 110, a rear surface 120, and a side circumferential surface 130 connecting the front surface 110 and the rear surface 120.

In one embodiment, the side peripheral surface 130 includes a first side peripheral surface 131 and a second side peripheral surface 132 that are opposite to each other, and a third side peripheral surface 133 and a fourth side peripheral surface 134 that are opposite to each other. The first side surface 131 is connected to one end of the third side surface 133 and the fourth side surface 134, the second side surface 132 is connected to the other end of the third side surface 133 and the fourth side surface 134, and the first side surface 131, the third side surface 133, the second side surface 132 and the fourth side surface 134 are sequentially enclosed to form a closed rectangular frame. In an embodiment, the length value of the third peripheral surface 133 is greater than the length value of the first peripheral surface 131, and the first peripheral surface 131 is located at the top of the mobile terminal 10. In an embodiment, the connection between the first side surface 131 and the third and

fourth side surfaces

133 and 134, and the connection between the second side surface 132 and the third and

fourth side surfaces

133 and 134 may be rounded. It is understood that in other embodiments, the first and third

circumferential surfaces

131, 133, 134, and the second and third and fourth

circumferential surfaces

132, 133, 134 may also adopt right angle transitions.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the body 100 includes a display screen 200. The display 200 is used to display information, and the display 200 includes a displayable region including a flat area. In one embodiment, the body 100 includes a cover glass covering the display panel 200, and a side of the cover glass facing away from the displayable region of the display panel 200 forms all or part of the front surface 110. The Display 200 may be a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) or an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) Display. In an embodiment, the display screen 200 is a touch display screen, and a user can perform a touch operation on information displayed on the display screen 200 by a touch operation mode. In other embodiments, the display screen 200 may also be a non-touch display screen, and is only used for displaying information.

In an embodiment, with continued reference to fig. 4 and fig. 5, the body 100 may include a middle frame 101, two opposite end surfaces of the middle frame 101 are the front surface 110 and the rear surface 120 of the body 100, an outer wall surface of the middle frame 101 is the side circumferential surface 130 of the body 100, and the display screen 200 is fixed on the front surface 120 of the middle frame 101. The rear surface 110 of the middle frame 101 may carry control components (including the main board 500 and circuitry), power supply components, and the like. In one embodiment, the body 100 may further include a rear cover 102, and the rear cover 102 is combined with the rear surface 110 of the middle frame 101 to seal the control components, the power supply components, and the like.

Referring to fig. 3, 6 and 7, the card holder assembly 300 is connected to the body 100. In one embodiment, the mobile terminal 10 has a slot 1341, and the slot 1341 is used for assembling the card holder assembly 300, so that the card holder assembly 300 and the mobile terminal 10 form a detachable connection. In one embodiment, the slot 1341 is opened in the middle frame 101. In one embodiment, the slot 1341 is formed on the fourth peripheral surface 134. The specific position of the slot 1341 on the side circumferential surface 130 is not limited at all, and may be changed as needed. The card holder assembly 300 is used for mounting an electronic card (e.g., a SIM phone card, an SD memory card, a memory card) of the mobile terminal 10, so that the electronic card can be communicatively connected to the main board 500 of the mobile terminal 10, thereby providing functions such as operator access, storage space expansion, operating memory expansion, and the like for the mobile terminal 10. And the card-holding mechanism assembly 300 can also be used to collect fingerprint data of the user and send the fingerprint data of the user to the processor disposed on the main board 500, thereby implementing a fingerprint identification function provided for the mobile terminal 10. In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the side peripheral surface 130 of the mobile terminal 10 is provided with a sinking groove 1301, and the slot 1341 is provided in the sinking groove 1301. Thus, the arrangement of the sinking groove 1301 provides an avoiding space for fingerprint identification of a user, so that the outer surface of the card holder assembly 300 does not need to protrude from the side peripheral surface 130 of the mobile terminal 10 after being inserted into the slot 1341, and the arrangement of the sinking groove 1301 also saves the material and manufacturing cost of the mobile terminal 10.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 4, 8 and 9, the card holder assembly 300 includes a card holder 310 and a fingerprint module 320 (see fig. 7). The card holder 310 is opened with a card slot 311 for mounting an electronic card of the mobile terminal 10. In an embodiment, the card holder 310 includes a main body 310a and a card cap 310b connected to the main body 310a, the card slot 311 is disposed on the main body 310a, and the main body 310a can be movably inserted into the slot 1341 along an opening direction of the slot 1341, so that when the main body 310a is inserted into the slot 1341, the electronic card installed in the card slot 311 can provide functions of connecting to an operator, expanding a storage space, expanding an operating memory, and the like for the mobile terminal 10. In an embodiment, the card holder 310 is a dual Nano card holder, that is, two card slots 311 are formed in the card holder 310, and the two card slots 311 can implement a dual-card dual-standby function. It is understood that in other embodiments, the card holder 310 may be a single Nano card holder, a two-out-of-three card holder, or a three-out-of-three card holder, which is not limited herein. In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 11, a card holder 510 is disposed on the motherboard 500, and the card holder 510 is used for fixing the card holder 310 to the motherboard 500, so that the electronic card mounted on the card holder 310 is electrically connected to the motherboard 500 through the card holder 510.

The fingerprint module 320 is connected with the card holder 310. The fingerprint module 320 is used for collecting fingerprint data of a user and sending the fingerprint data of the user to the processor of the mobile terminal 10. In an embodiment, the fingerprint module 320 includes a fingerprint sensor (or may be referred to as a fingerprint chip), or the fingerprint module 320 is a combined structure integrating a logic circuit and a fingerprint sensor, the logic circuit may process fingerprint data collected by the fingerprint sensor, that is, the fingerprint module 320 sends fingerprint data of a user of the processor of the mobile terminal 10 to original fingerprint data collected by the fingerprint sensor, or fingerprint data processed by the logic circuit, which is not limited in this embodiment.

In an embodiment (not shown), the fingerprint module 320 is disposed on an outer surface of the card holder 310, and the fingerprint module 320 may be connected to the outer surface of the card holder 310 by gluing. So, the user can carry out fingerprint identification through the surface of touching fingerprint module 320, for example direct touch fingerprint sensor carries out fingerprint identification. It should be noted that, the outer surface of the card holder 310 is the surface of the card holder 310 facing outward when in actual use (i.e. the card holder 310 is inserted into the slot 1341), the outer surface of the fingerprint module 320 is the end surface of the fingerprint module 320 far away from the card holder 310, and the outer surface of the fingerprint module 320 is a surface capable of collecting fingerprints, that is, the outer surface of the fingerprint module 320 is the sensing surface, the sensing surface or the touch surface of the fingerprint module 320.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the card cap 310b has a receiving cavity 3101 for receiving the fingerprint module 320. So, fingerprint module 320 is difficult for receiving external interference, and card cap 310b can play the guard action to fingerprint module 320. Because fingerprint module 320 installs in the inside back of card cap 310b, the surface of fingerprint module 320 is invisible, under this condition, the fingerprint identification scheme that fingerprint module 320 adopted need can pierce through the material of card cap 310b to make the fingerprint module 320 that sets up in card cap 310b can receive the response, for example, gather user's fingerprint data through the ultrasonic wave mode, at this moment, fingerprint module 320 can be ultrasonic fingerprint module 320. If gather user's fingerprint data through ultrasonic fingerprint module 320, then set up ultrasonic fingerprint module 320 in the inside time of card cap 310b, should set up ultrasonic fingerprint module 320 towards the surface of card cap 310b (also be card cap 310b keep away from the terminal surface of main part 310 a), at this moment, the user can carry out fingerprint identification through the surface of touch card cap 310 b.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, a thimble hole 3221 is disposed on the card cap 310 b. Thus, after card holder 310 is inserted into slot 1341, the ejector pin is inserted into the ejector pin hole 3221, and then card holder 310 can be taken out from slot 1341.

In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, 12 and 13, the mobile terminal includes a spring assembly 700, and after the card holder 310 is inserted into the slot 1341, the fingerprint module 320 can be electrically connected to the motherboard 500 of the mobile terminal 10 through the spring assembly 700, and send the fingerprint data of the user collected by the fingerprint module 320 to the processor on the motherboard 500, and the processor can process the fingerprint data of the user, for example, the processor can perform operations such as fingerprint identification according to the fingerprint data of the user. It should be noted that the processor of the embodiment of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip having data processing capability. In implementation, this may be done by hardware integrated logic circuits in the processor or instructions in software.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 11, 12 and 13, the spring assembly 700 includes a flexible circuit board 710 and a spring 720, wherein the flexible circuit board 710 is electrically connected to the main board 500 of the mobile terminal 10. In an embodiment, the flexible circuit board 710 is provided with a first connector 711, the main board 500 of the mobile terminal 10 is provided with a second connector 520, and the first connector 711 and the second connector 520 are engaged with each other, so that the flexible circuit board 710 and the main board 500 of the mobile terminal 10 are electrically connected.

The elastic piece 720 is fixed to the flexible circuit board 710, the elastic piece 720 may be a metal elastic piece, and the card holder assembly 300 includes a conductive area 301 (refer to fig. 10) electrically connected to the fingerprint module 320. The conductive region is located on the card holder 310, and specifically may be located on the main body 310a or the card cap 310 b. In one embodiment, the conductive region 301 is a groove formed on the main body 310a, and a circuit board (e.g., a copper board circuit) connected to the fingerprint module 320 is disposed in the groove. When the main body 310a is inserted into the slot 1341, the conductive region 301 is in contact with the elastic sheet 720 and electrically connected to the conductive region 301, so that the conductive region 301 can be electrically connected to the motherboard 500 through the elastic sheet 720 and the flexible circuit board 710 in sequence, and the fingerprint data collected by the fingerprint module 320 can be transmitted to the processor on the motherboard 500 through the elastic sheet 720. It is understood that in other embodiments, the elastic sheet 720 may be fixed to the conductive region 301, and the elastic sheet 720 and the card holder assembly 300 form a card holder mechanism assembly, which may be assembled and manufactured separately, and when the card holder mechanism assembly is installed in the slot 1341, the card holder assembly realizes the electrical connection between the fingerprint module 320 and the motherboard 500 through the elastic sheet 720 thereon.

It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the flexible circuit board 710 may be omitted, and the elastic sheet 720 may be directly fixed to the main board 500 of the mobile terminal 10 or the conductive area 301 of the card holder assembly 300, so that the conductive area 301 can be directly electrically connected to the main board 500 through the elastic sheet 720, and the fingerprint data collected by the fingerprint module 320 can be transmitted to the processor on the main board 500 through the elastic sheet 720.

In above-mentioned mobile terminal 10, through being connected fingerprint module 320 and card support 310, make card support sub-assembly 300 both have the function of bearing the electronic card (for example SIM phone card, SD memory card), the function that has fingerprint identification again, thereby prior art's card support function has been enriched, mobile terminal 10 needn't trompil for fingerprint module 320 alone again, the trompil quantity of mobile terminal 10 has been reduced, mobile terminal 10's course of working has been simplified, the pleasing to the eye degree of the whole outward appearance of mobile terminal 10 has been improved, and make user's use experience obtain effectively promoting. In addition, because the shrapnel 720 has the characteristics of good electrical conductivity, hand feeling and the like, the fingerprint module 320 is electrically connected with the mainboard 500 through the shrapnel 720, so that a user can sense the tactile feedback of the card support assembly 300 connected with the mainboard 500 by virtue of the resilience of the shrapnel 720, and the firmness of the card support assembly 300 inserted into the slot 1341 can be increased by virtue of the resilience of the shrapnel 720.

In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 10 and 13, the conductive region 301 includes a first conductive region 301a and a second conductive region 301b, the resilient piece 720 includes a first resilient piece 721 and a second resilient piece 722, the first conductive region 301a is electrically connected to the first resilient piece 721, and the second conductive region 301b is electrically connected to the second resilient piece 722. The first conductive region 301a and the second conductive region 301b are disposed near opposite sides of the card holder 310, respectively. The balance stability of the card holder 310 inserted into the slot 1341 can be further increased by the resilience of the two elastic sheets.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the claims. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, which falls within the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a mobile terminal has seted up the slot, its characterized in that includes:

a main board provided with a control circuit;

the elastic sheet assembly comprises an elastic sheet which is electrically connected with the mainboard; and

the card holds in the palm the sub-assembly, including inserting the card that locates the slot holds in the palm and with the fingerprint module that the card held in the palm the connection, the card holds in the palm and is equipped with the electrically conductive region of recess form, electrically conductive region with fingerprint module electric connection, the fingerprint module pass through the shell fragment with electrically conductive region's contact switches on the realization with the electric connection of mainboard, the fingerprint module is used for gathering user's fingerprint data.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the card holder comprises a main body inserted into the slot and a card cap connected to the main body, and the fingerprint module is connected to the card cap.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein a receiving cavity for receiving the fingerprint module is disposed inside the card cap.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the conductive area is located on the main body, and the resilient tab is fixed to the main board.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the clip assembly comprises a flexible circuit board electrically connected to the motherboard, the conductive area is located on the main body, and the clip is fixed to the flexible circuit board.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the conductive area comprises a first conductive area and a second conductive area, the spring comprises a first spring and a second spring, the first conductive area is electrically connected to the first spring, and the second conductive area is electrically connected to the second spring.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the main board is provided with a card holder, and the card holder is used for fixing the card holder to the main board.

8. The mobile terminal according to any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a body, the body comprising a front surface, a rear surface and a side circumferential surface connecting the front surface and the rear surface, the slot opening at the side circumferential surface.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the side circumference has a sunken groove, and the slot is disposed at a bottom of the sunken groove.

10. A card-holding mechanism assembly, comprising:

the card support assembly comprises a card support and a fingerprint module connected with the card support, the card support assembly comprises a conductive area positioned on the card support, the conductive area is in a groove shape, and the conductive area is electrically connected with the fingerprint module; and

the elastic sheet is fixed on the conductive area and electrically connected with the conductive area, and the elastic sheet is used for electrically connecting with the mainboard.

11. The card holder mechanism assembly of claim 10, wherein the card holder includes a main body and a card cap coupled to the main body, the fingerprint module being coupled to the card cap, the conductive area being located on the main body.

12. The card holder mechanism assembly of claim 11, wherein the card cap is provided with a receiving cavity therein for receiving the fingerprint module.