CN112887467B

CN112887467B - Sliding closure formula terminal

Info

Publication number: CN112887467B
Application number: CN202110211741.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗建红; 赵盈; 周金锋; 李瑞峰
Original assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-02-02
Filing date: 2018-04-13
Publication date: 2022-08-02
Anticipated expiration: 2038-04-13
Also published as: CN112887467A; CN109076122B; CN109076122A

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a sliding closure type terminal, relates to the technical field of terminals, and can avoid the influence of a front panel component on the screen ratio of the terminal and realize full-screen display. The terminal comprises an upper sliding cover and a lower sliding cover which are arranged oppositely, wherein the upper sliding cover and the lower sliding cover can slide relatively; wherein the upper slider includes a first upper slider surface adjacent the lower slider and a second upper slider surface opposite the first upper slider surface; the lower sliding cover comprises a first lower sliding cover surface opposite to the first upper sliding cover surface, and a front panel device is arranged at the top or the bottom of the first lower sliding cover surface; when the upper sliding cover slides relative to the lower sliding cover towards a direction far away from the front panel device, the front panel device arranged on the surface of the first lower sliding cover is exposed.

Description

Sliding closure formula terminal

This application claims priority from a chinese patent application filed on 2/2018 under the name "a terminal" with the application number 201810116939.2 from the national intellectual property office, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of terminals, in particular to a sliding cover type terminal.

Background

With the development of mobile internet technology, large-screen terminals have gradually become accepted by users and become a trend. The screen occupation ratio of the terminal refers to a relative ratio of the area of a display screen in the terminal to the area of a front panel. When the screen occupation ratio is higher, the display area of the mobile phone is larger, and the display effect obtained by the user is better.

At present, in order to improve the screen occupation ratio of the terminal as much as possible, as shown in fig. 1, a hollowed display screen 01 can be processed when the terminal is manufactured, front panel components such as a camera, a receiver or various sensors are arranged in a hollowed area 02, and the part of the front panel of the mobile phone except the area 02 can be used for arranging the display screen 01, so that the area of the display area is increased, and the screen occupation ratio of the terminal is improved.

However, in the above design method of the display screen, since the front panel components such as the camera and the earpiece still need to occupy a certain space on the front panel of the mobile phone, the terminal cannot realize full-screen display in the true sense.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a sliding closure formula terminal, can avoid the influence that the front panel part accounts for the ratio to the terminal screen, realizes the full-face screen and shows.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiment of the present application adopts the following technical solutions:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a slide terminal, including an upper slide cover and a lower slide cover that are arranged oppositely, where the upper slide cover and the lower slide cover can slide relatively; the upper sliding cover comprises a first upper sliding cover surface close to the lower sliding cover and a second upper sliding cover surface opposite to the first upper sliding cover surface, a display screen is arranged on the second upper sliding cover surface, and the display screen is arranged on the second upper sliding cover surface; the surface of the second upper sliding cover is also provided with a piezoelectric sounder and a transparent panel, wherein the piezoelectric sounder is embedded in the top of the display screen, and the transparent panel is in contact with both the display screen and the piezoelectric sounder; the lower sliding cover body comprises a first lower sliding cover surface opposite to the first upper sliding cover surface, and a front panel device is arranged at the top or the bottom of the first lower sliding cover surface; thus, when the upper sliding cover slides relative to the lower sliding cover in a direction away from the front panel device, the front panel device disposed on the surface of the first lower sliding cover can be exposed.

That is to say, the position that lower sliding closure can expose when sliding is set up the front panel device that will influence the terminal screen and take up the ratio in this application, has reserved as much as possible space for going up the sliding closure like this and can be used for setting up the display screen to improve the screen of terminal and take up the ratio, can not influence the normal use custom of user to the front panel device simultaneously.

In one possible design method, the coverage area of the display screen on the second upper sliding cover surface is more than 85%, so that the screen occupation ratio of the terminal is increased.

In a possible design method, the front panel device may specifically include at least one of a camera, an earpiece, a sensor, a flashlight, a fingerprint identification device, one or more virtual keys, or one or more physical keys.

In a possible design method, the number of the front panel devices may be N (N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1), then X front panel devices may be disposed on the top of the first lower sliding cover surface, and the remaining Y front panel devices may be disposed on the bottom of the first lower sliding cover surface, where X + Y is equal to N, X is greater than or equal to 0, and Y is greater than or equal to 0.

In a possible design method, when the front panel device includes an earphone, the earphone can be disposed on the top of the surface of the first lower sliding cover, so as to facilitate audio testing when the sound effect of the earphone passes the terminal network access authentication.

In one possible design method, the upper sliding cover further includes a first PCB; this first PCB overlaps with the display screen and sets up on the thickness direction at the terminal, and first PCB is located the display screen and is close to one side of sliding closure down, and first PCB can not occupy the position of display screen in the terminal front panel like this, can improve the screen of terminal and account for the ratio.

In a possible design method, when the first PCB includes the external data line interface, the first PCB may be disposed at the top or the bottom of the upper sliding cover, so as to facilitate a user to plug and unplug the external data line.

In addition, when the upper sliding cover comprises the first PCB, the part of the lower sliding cover corresponding to the first PCB can be hollowed out, so that the surface of the first upper sliding cover is matched with the surface of the first lower sliding cover.

For example, the first PCB may be disposed at the bottom of the upper sliding cover, and the front panel device may be disposed at the top of the surface of the first lower sliding cover; thus, when the upper slider slides relative to the lower slider toward the bottom of the upper slider, the front panel device provided on the surface of the first lower slider is exposed.

Of course, the first PCB may also be disposed on the top of the upper sliding cover, and at this time, the front panel device may be disposed on the bottom of the surface of the first lower sliding cover; thus, when the upper slider slides relative to the lower slider toward the top of the upper slider, the front panel device disposed on the surface of the first lower slider is exposed.

The first PCB may specifically include at least one of a charging circuit, an external data line interface, a microphone, an earphone jack, or a speaker.

In a possible design method, the lower sliding cover may further include a second PCB, and a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) is disposed between the first PCB and the second PCB, and the FPC is bent at this time.

In one possible design approach, the lower slipcover may further include Radio Frequency (RF) circuitry therein, the RF circuitry requiring antenna headroom including the first area; then, the metal material in the second area corresponding to the first area in the upper sliding cover can be hollowed out, so that the antenna in the RF circuit cannot be influenced by the metal material at the corresponding position in the upper sliding cover when receiving and transmitting signals, and the working efficiency of the antenna is ensured.

In one possible design method, the hollowed-out metal material in the second region is filled with a plastic material.

In a possible design method, the metal material in the second region includes a metal housing or a metal back plate.

In one possible design method, a sliding structure may be disposed between the upper sliding cover and the lower sliding cover, and the upper sliding cover may slide relative to the lower sliding cover under the driving of the sliding structure.

In one possible design method, the slide track stroke of the sliding structure is greater than the distance between the target boundary on the first lower sliding cover surface and the front panel device, wherein, when the front panel device is arranged on the top of the first lower sliding cover surface, the target boundary is the boundary of the top of the first lower sliding cover surface; when the front panel device is disposed at the bottom of the first lower sliding cover surface, the target boundary is a boundary of the bottom of the first lower sliding cover surface.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal, which includes an upper sliding cover and a lower sliding cover that are arranged oppositely, and the upper sliding cover and the lower sliding cover can slide relatively through a sliding structure; the upper sliding cover comprises an upper sliding cover shell, a first upper sliding cover surface, a second upper sliding cover surface, a display screen and a first PCB, wherein the display screen and the first PCB are fixedly assembled with the upper sliding cover shell, and the first PCB is positioned on one side of the display screen close to the lower sliding cover; the display screen is arranged on the surface of the second upper sliding cover; the surface of the second upper sliding cover is also provided with a piezoelectric sounder and a transparent panel, wherein the piezoelectric sounder is embedded in the top of the display screen, and the transparent panel is in contact with both the display screen and the piezoelectric sounder; the lower sliding cover body comprises a lower sliding cover shell, a front panel device and a second PCB, the front panel device and the second PCB are fixedly assembled on the surface, close to the upper sliding cover, of the lower sliding cover shell, and the front panel device is located at the top of the lower sliding cover shell; therefore, when the upper sliding cover slides relative to the lower sliding cover towards the bottom of the upper sliding cover, the front panel device arranged at the top of the lower sliding cover is exposed, and normal use habits of users on the front panel device can not be influenced while the occupation ratio of the terminal screen is improved.

In the embodiments of the present application, the names of the components in the terminal do not limit the device itself, and in practical implementations, the components may appear by other names. Insofar as the functions of the respective components are similar to those of the embodiments of the present application, they are within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a front panel of a prior art terminal;

fig. 2 is a first schematic structural diagram of a slide terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a sliding-type terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a sliding-type terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a sliding-type terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a slide terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a sixth schematic structural diagram of a slide terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram seven of a slide terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram eight of a slide terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram nine of a slide terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram ten of a slide terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is an eleventh schematic structural view of a slide terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram twelve of a slide terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In the following, the terms "first", "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

The sliding-cover terminal provided by each embodiment of the application can be specifically as follows: a Mobile phone, a Tablet Personal Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a digital camera, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a vehicle-mounted Device, a navigation Device, a Mobile Internet Device (MID), a Wearable Device (Wearable Device), or any other terminal having a display function.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, a structural schematic diagram of a slide-type terminal provided for an embodiment of the present application includes an upper slide cover 201 and a lower slide cover 202 that are disposed opposite to each other, and a sliding structure 203 (not shown in fig. 2) disposed between the upper slide cover 201 and the lower slide cover 202, where the sliding structure 203 is capable of supporting the upper slide cover 201 and the lower slide cover 202 to slide relative to each other. For convenience of description, the sliding structure 203 will be separately described in the present embodiment. In one implementation, the sliding structure 203, the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202 may be independent and assembled as a sliding terminal. In another implementation, a part of the sliding structure 203 may be included in the upper sliding cover 201, and another part of the sliding structure 203 may be included in the lower sliding cover 202, that is, the sliding-cover terminal includes the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202 capable of sliding relatively, and a part of the upper sliding cover 201 and a part of the lower sliding cover 202 constitute the sliding structure 203.

It should be noted that the external appearance of the terminal shown in fig. 2, and the devices disposed in the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202 are only exemplary.

Wherein the upper slide cover 201 is positioned above the lower slide cover 202 as viewed from the front panel of the terminal. In the initial state, the upper slide cover 201 and the lower slide cover 202 are completely or partially overlapped. When the upper slide cover 201 and the lower slide cover 202 are moved away from each other by the sliding structure 203 in the open slide state, the area of the overlapping portion between the upper slide cover 201 and the lower slide cover 202 is smaller than the area of the overlapping portion between the upper slide cover 201 and the lower slide cover 202 in the initial state.

The upper slide cover 201 can slide downward or upward with respect to the lower slide cover 202. For example: in the initial state, the upper slider 201 can slide downward with respect to the lower slider 202, and after the upper slider 201 slides downward, the terminal is in a slide-open state in which the upper slider 201 can slide upward to restore the initial state. Or, in an initial state, the upper slide cover 201 can slide upward with respect to the lower slide cover 202, and after the upper slide cover 201 slides upward, the terminal is in a slide-open state in which the upper slide cover 201 can slide downward to restore the initial state. Alternatively, in the initial state, the upper slide cover 201 can slide both upward and downward with respect to the lower slide cover 202, and can slide back to the initial state.

As shown in fig. 3 (a), is a front view of the upper slide cover 201 in the embodiment of the present application, wherein the upper slide cover 201 includes a first upper slide cover surface (not shown in fig. 3) adjacent to the lower slide cover 202 and a second upper slide cover surface 301 opposite to the first upper slide cover surface, the second upper slide cover surface 301 being generally a front panel of the terminal.

Then, the display screen 302 may be disposed on the second upper sliding cover surface 301, so that the coverage area of the display screen 302 in the second upper sliding cover surface 301 is large, for example, the coverage area is larger than 85%, and even the display screen 302 may be completely covered on the second upper sliding cover surface 301, so that the coverage area of the display screen 302 in the second upper sliding cover surface 301 reaches 100%, and full-screen display is achieved.

At this time, as shown in fig. 3 (b), a front panel device 303, such as a camera (camera), an earpiece (receiver), a flash, and a sensor, which are conventionally provided on the front panel of the terminal, may be provided on the top or bottom of the first lower slide surface 304 in the lower slide 202. The first lower slide surface 304 refers to a surface of the lower slide 202 that is adjacent to the upper slide 201. In addition, the bottom and top are opposite, and in general, the bottom refers to a position near the bottom of the terminal, and the top refers to a position near the top of the terminal. The bottom and top of the terminal generally refer to the bottom and top when the terminal is normally used by a user.

Then, the front panel device 303 is disposed on top of the first lower slide surface 304, as shown in fig. 4 (a), as an example, which is a front view when the terminal is in a slide-open state after the upper slide 201 is slid downward with respect to the lower slide 202. When the user slides down the upper slide 201, the top of the first lower slide surface 304 of the lower slide 202 is exposed, and the front panel device 303 at the top is exposed. As shown in (b) of fig. 4, which is a side view after the upper slide cover 201 slides downward relative to the lower slide cover 202, when the upper slide cover 201 slides downward relative to the lower slide cover 202, the front panel device 303 disposed on top of the first lower slide cover surface 304 of the lower slide cover 202 is exposed, so that the user can normally use the functions of taking a picture, making a phone call, etc. provided by the front panel device 303.

It should be noted that the drawings of the embodiments of the present application all illustrate the front panel device 303 protruding from the first lower sliding surface 304 of the lower sliding cover 202. But the protruding front panel device 303 does not affect the relative sliding process between the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202. For example, the height at which the front panel device 303 protrudes from the lower sliding cover 202 does not exceed the gap between the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202.

It is understood that in other embodiments of the present application, the surface of the front panel device 303 near the side of the upper sliding cover 201 may be flush with the first lower sliding cover surface 304, or lower than the first lower sliding cover surface 304. For example, the front panel device 303 may be embedded within the first lower slide surface 304 of the lower slide 202. Still alternatively, the front panel device 303 may be stretchable in the terminal thickness direction. For example, when the terminal is in the initial state, the front panel device 303 may be embedded in the lower sliding cover 202, and when the terminal is in the sliding open state, the front panel device 303 may automatically extend in the thickness direction of the terminal, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

It can be seen that, in the slide-type terminal provided in the embodiment of the present application, the front panel device 303 that affects the screen occupation ratio of the terminal can be disposed at a position where the lower slide 202 can be exposed when in the slide-open state, so that as much space as possible is reserved for the upper slide 201 to dispose the display screen, so as to improve the screen occupation ratio of the terminal, and at the same time, the normal use habit of the user on the front panel device is not affected.

In addition, the front panel device 303 may be a camera, an earphone, and a sensor, and may also be a virtual key or a physical key such as a power key and a volume key, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. The sensor may be any type of sensor, such as a proximity light sensor, an ambient light sensor, or a facial recognition sensor, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

It is to be understood that the above embodiments are exemplified in the case where the front panel device 303 is disposed on the top of the first lower sliding surface 304, and for example, as shown in fig. 5 (a), the front panel device 303 may also be disposed on the bottom of the first lower sliding surface 304. At this time, upper slide cover 201 may slide upward relative to lower slide cover 202, exposing the bottom of first lower slide surface 304 in lower slide cover 202, such that front panel device 303 at the bottom is exposed together.

It should be noted that, when the front panel device 303 is disposed at the bottom of the first lower sliding surface 304, if a conventional front panel device, that is, a handset, is also disposed at the bottom of the first lower sliding surface 304, the sound effect of the handset may not pass the audio test of the mobile phone network access authentication.

Accordingly, the front panel device of the earpiece may be disposed on top of the second upper sliding cover surface 301 of the upper sliding cover 201 according to the embodiment of the present application. Since the earpiece is generally of a narrow strip design, a narrow strip shaped earpiece can be placed along the border of the top of the second upper sliding cover surface 301 without other front panel devices affecting the screen occupancy of the terminal, so that as much space as possible in the second upper sliding cover surface 301 is available for placing the display 302 to improve the screen occupancy of the terminal.

Still alternatively, the problem that the traditional earphone affects the screen ratio can be solved by using the piezoelectric sound generator and the transparent panel in the embodiment of the application. At this time, as shown in fig. 5 (b), which is a side sectional view of the upper slide cover 201, the piezoelectric sound generator 501 may be embedded in a top portion of the display screen 302, and the transparent panel 502 may be provided in contact with both the display screen 302 and the piezoelectric sound generator 501. In this way, the piezoelectric sound generator 501 may conduct the generated sound pressure to the transparent panel 502, causing the transparent panel 502 to generate vibration and sound. Therefore, the function of the handset can be realized by combining the piezoelectric sounder 501 and the transparent panel 502 without using the space of the traditional handset on the upper sliding cover 201 to influence the screen occupation ratio of the terminal.

Optionally, the transparent panel 502 may be a glass panel or a sapphire panel, and the piezoelectric sound generator 501 may be a piezoelectric ceramic sound generator. The piezoelectric ceramic sounder is a leadless piezoelectric ceramic sounding element, which mainly comprises a metal sheet and piezoelectric ceramic sheets, wherein 2 or more piezoelectric ceramic sheets which have the same size and are sequentially and closely attached are closely attached to the surface of the metal sheet, and the polarization directions of the adjacent piezoelectric ceramic sheets are opposite. The sound pressure generated by the piezoelectric sounder is in direct proportion to the number of the piezoelectric ceramic sheets, the more the number is, the larger the sound pressure is, the required large sound pressure can be easily realized by increasing the number of the piezoelectric ceramic sheets, the production process is simple, and the production cost is lower.

In other embodiments of the present application, when the front panel device 303 includes a plurality of front panel devices 303, the front panel devices 303 may be disposed on the top and bottom of the first lower sliding surface 304, respectively. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 6 (a), a camera 601, an earpiece 602, and a sensor 603 may be disposed on top of the first lower slider surface 304. Then, when the user wishes to use the function associated with the camera 601, the earpiece 602, or the sensor 603, the upper slider 201 may be pushed to slide downward relative to the lower slider 202, exposing the camera 601, the earpiece 602, and the sensor 603 disposed in the top of the first lower slider surface 304.

Accordingly, as shown in (b) of fig. 6, a fingerprint recognition device 604 or the like may also be provided at the bottom of the first lower slide surface 304. Then, when the user wishes to use the function associated with the fingerprint identification device 604 or the speaker 605, the upper slider 201 may be pushed to slide upward relative to the lower slider 202, exposing the fingerprint identification device 604 provided in the bottom of the first lower slider surface 304.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present application, in order to ensure that the front panel device disposed on the lower sliding cover 202 can be exposed when the upper sliding cover 201 slides upward (or downward) relative to the lower sliding cover 202, the slide track stroke of the sliding structure 203 between the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202 may be set to be greater than the distance from the front panel device to the bottom (or top) of the first lower sliding cover surface 304. The slide travel refers to the maximum distance that the upper slide cover 201 slides relative to the lower slide cover 202.

For example, the sliding structure 203 can be seen in fig. 7-8. Fig. 7 is an exploded view of a sliding structure 203 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 8 is an assembled schematic view of the sliding structure 203 shown in fig. 7.

The sliding structure 203 may include an upper substrate 32 and a lower substrate 34, the upper substrate 32 is fixedly connected to the upper sliding cover 201, and the lower substrate 34 is fixedly connected to the lower sliding cover 202. For example, the upper substrate 32 may be a first upper sliding cover surface of the upper sliding cover 201 close to the lower sliding cover 202, and the lower substrate 34 may be a first lower sliding cover surface of the lower sliding cover 202 close to the upper sliding cover (for example, the first lower sliding cover surface 304 in fig. 3 (b)).

Specifically, referring to fig. 7 to 8, the first end of the upper substrate 32 is provided with two first sliding slots 321; the two first sliding grooves 321 are oppositely arranged. Correspondingly, the first end of the lower substrate 34 is provided with two first slide rails 341; the two first sliding rails 341 are also disposed opposite to each other. The two first sliding rails 341 can be inserted into the two first sliding grooves 321, respectively, so as to realize the matching between the sliding rails and the sliding grooves.

Moreover, the second end of the upper substrate 32 is further provided with two second slide rails 323, and the two second slide rails 323 are arranged oppositely. The second end of the lower base plate 34 is further provided with two second sliding grooves 343, and the two second sliding grooves 343 are also oppositely arranged. The two second slide rails 323 can be inserted into the two second slide grooves 343, respectively, so as to realize the matching between the slide rails and the slide grooves. Alternatively, the first sliding groove 321 and the second sliding rail 323 on the same side of the upper substrate 32 may not be in contact, that is, there may be a gap between the first sliding groove 321 and the second sliding rail 323 on the same side. Alternatively, the second sliding groove 343 and the first sliding rail 341 on the same side of the lower substrate 34 may not contact, that is, there may be a gap between the second sliding groove 343 and the first sliding rail 341 on the same side.

After the upper substrate 32 and the lower substrate 34 are inserted, that is, the two first sliding rails 341 are inserted into the two first sliding grooves 321, and the two second sliding rails 323 are inserted into the two second sliding grooves 343, the first sliding grooves 321 are matched with the first sliding rails 341, and the second sliding grooves 343 are matched with the second sliding rails 323, so that the upper substrate 32 and the lower substrate 34 can slide relatively.

The first end of the upper substrate 32 may be a position close to the bottom of the upper substrate 32, the second end of the upper substrate 32 may be a position close to the top of the upper substrate 32, and correspondingly, the first end of the lower substrate 34 is a position close to the bottom of the lower substrate 34, and the second end of the lower substrate 34 is a position close to the top of the lower substrate 34. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the first end of the upper substrate 32 may be located near the top of the upper substrate 32, and the second end of the upper substrate 32 may be located near the bottom of the upper substrate 32, and correspondingly, the first end of the lower substrate 34 is located near the top of the lower substrate 34, and the second end of the lower substrate 34 is located near the bottom of the lower substrate 34.

Further, the upper sliding cover 201 may further include a first Printed Circuit Board (PCB) for managing each device in the upper sliding cover 201, which may also be referred to as a sub-board of the terminal, in addition to the display screen 302 disposed on the second upper sliding cover surface 301. For example, the first PCB may have a charging circuit, an external data line interface, a microphone, and a speaker (microphone) integrated therein. The external data line interface may be a USB (universal serial bus) interface, an AUX interface (audio input interface), or a type-C interface, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The first PCB in the upper sliding cover 201 is controlled by the electrical signal output by the second PCB in the lower sliding cover 202, and the second PCB may also be called a main board of the terminal, and is mainly integrated with various devices and interfaces such as a processor, a memory, a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) module, a bluetooth module, and the like.

Since the first PCB and the second PCB are respectively disposed in the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202, the first PCB and the second PCB may communicate with each other through a flexible printed circuit FPC. It should be noted that there may be one or more FPCs disposed between the first PCB and the second PCB.

As shown in fig. 9, for a side view of a slide-type terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application, the upper slide 201 specifically includes a display screen 302 and a first PCB 901, the first PCB 901 and the display screen 302 may be overlapped in a thickness direction of the terminal, and the first PCB 901 is located at a side of the display screen 302 close to the lower slide 202. The projection of the first PCB 901 on the upper sliding cover 201 generally falls into the projection of the display screen 302 on the upper sliding cover 201, i.e. the area of the first PCB 901 is smaller than or equal to the area of the display screen 302.

The first PCB 901 is used for controlling the working state of each device in the upper sliding cover 201, the first PCB 901 can communicate with the second PCB in the lower sliding cover 202 through the FPC 902, and the FPC 902 can be bent and arranged between the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202.

Certainly, the first PCB 901 may be specifically disposed at the bottom of the upper sliding cover 201, and may also be disposed at any position such as the top of the upper sliding cover 201, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Taking the first PCB 901 disposed at the bottom of the upper sliding cover 201 in fig. 9 as an example, since the first PCB 901 and the display screen 302 are disposed in an overlapping manner, the upper sliding cover 201 is L-shaped from the side, so that in order to make the surface of the whole terminal flat, a portion of the lower sliding cover 202 corresponding to the first PCB 901 may be hollowed out, so that the lower sliding cover 202 is fitted with the upper sliding cover 201 in an inverted L-shape from the side.

At this time, since the overlapped first PCB 901 is abutted against the lower sliding cover 202, the upper sliding cover 201 cannot slide upward relative to the lower sliding cover 202, and thus, as shown in fig. 10, the front panel device 303 may be disposed on top of the first lower sliding cover surface 304 in the lower sliding cover 202. In this way, the user can expose the front panel device 303 hidden on top of the first lower sliding cover surface 304 by pushing the upper sliding cover 201 to slide downward, thereby normally using various functions provided by the front panel device 303.

In addition, as shown in fig. 10, taking the external data line interface in the first PCB 901 as the USB interface for example, when the first PCB 901 is disposed at the bottom of the upper sliding cover 201, the USB interface in the first PCB 901 is also disposed at the bottom of the upper sliding cover 201. Then, when the user connects the connector 903 of the charging cable (or the earphone cable) through the USB interface, the charging cable and the connector 903 may slide downward along with the upper sliding cover 201, so that the relative sliding between the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202 is not affected by the connection line and the connector at the USB interface. Otherwise, if the USB interface is disposed at the bottom of the lower sliding cover 202 along with the first PCB 901, the upper sliding cover 201 will touch the connector 903 at the USB interface when sliding downward relative to the lower sliding cover 202, which hinders the sliding process between the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202, and even causes the USB interface to have poor contact.

In other embodiments of the present application, for example, the first PCB 901 is disposed on the top of the upper sliding cover 201, as shown in fig. 11, since the first PCB 901 and the display screen 302 are disposed on the top of the upper sliding cover 201 in an overlapping manner, the upper sliding cover 201 is inverted L-shaped from a side surface, so that in order to make the surface of the whole terminal flat, a portion of the lower sliding cover 202 corresponding to the first PCB 901 may be hollowed out, so that the lower sliding cover 202 is fitted with the upper sliding cover 201 in an L-shaped from a side surface.

When the terminal is in the initial state, since the first PCB 901 disposed on the top of the upper sliding cover 201 is abutted against the lower sliding cover 202, the upper sliding cover 201 cannot slide downward relative to the lower sliding cover 202, and therefore, as shown in fig. 11, the front panel device 303 may be disposed on the bottom of the first lower sliding cover surface 304 in the lower sliding cover 202. In this way, the user can expose the front panel device 303 hidden at the bottom of the first lower sliding cover surface 304 by pushing the upper sliding cover 201 to slide upwards, so as to normally use various functions provided by the front panel device 303.

Of course, the first PCB 901 may be disposed in the lower sliding cover 202. For example, the first PCB 901 is provided in a hollowed-out area in the lower slide cover 202 shown in fig. 10. At this time, the surfaces of the lower slide cover 202 and the upper slide cover 201 facing each other are flat surfaces. Then, the upper sliding cover 201 may slide upward, or may slide downward, or both, with respect to the lower sliding cover 202.

Still alternatively, the first PCB 901 and the second PCB in the above embodiments may also be integrated into one PCB. The integrated PCB may be disposed in the lower sliding cover 202 or the upper sliding cover 201, which is not limited in this embodiment. Similarly, the surfaces of the lower sliding cover 202 and the upper sliding cover 201 facing each other are flat surfaces. Then, the upper sliding cover 201 may slide upward, or may slide downward, or both, with respect to the lower sliding cover 202.

In another embodiment of the present application, in addition to the display screen 302 and the first PCB 901 provided in the upper sliding cover 201, other components in the terminal, for example, the second PCB and the battery, may be provided in the lower sliding cover 202. Generally, the second PCB is integrated with various functional devices such as a processor, a Radio Frequency (RF) circuit, a memory, a bluetooth device, a WI-FI device, a positioning device, and an audio circuit.

The RF circuit can be used for receiving and transmitting information by a terminal or receiving and transmitting wireless signals in the call process. Typically, the RF circuitry includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. The RF circuitry may communicate with other devices via wireless communications using any communications standard or protocol, including but not limited to global system for mobile communications, general packet radio service, code division multiple access, wideband code division multiple access, long term evolution, email, sms, etc.

Since the electromagnetic waves radiated by the antenna in the RF circuit are shielded by the metal, and the conductive metal reflects, absorbs, and cancels the electromagnetic waves, a clean space (also called as antenna clearance) needs to be left for the antenna when designing the antenna to ensure the omnidirectional communication effect of the antenna.

Then, when the RF circuit is disposed in the lower slider 202, as shown in fig. 12 (b), taking the case where the RF circuit 1101 is disposed on the top of the lower slider 202 as an example, the antenna headroom 1102 required for the RF circuit is provided along the boundary of the top of the lower slider 202. Then, in a state where the upper slider 201 and the lower slider 202 are closed, if metal is present in an area 1103 of the upper slider 201 corresponding to the antenna clearance 1102, the upper slider 201 also affects the operating efficiency of the antenna in the RF circuit 1101. Therefore, as shown in (a) of fig. 12, the metal material in the area 1103 of the upper sliding cover 201 corresponding to the antenna clearance 1102 may be removed, and the area 1103 may be filled with a material having no or less influence on electromagnetic waves, such as plastic, so that the antenna in the RF circuit 1101 is not shielded by the upper sliding cover 201 during signal transmission and reception, and the working efficiency of the antenna is ensured.

The metal material existing in the area 1103 of the upper sliding cover 201 corresponding to the antenna clearance 1102 may specifically be a metal housing of the upper sliding cover 201, or a metal back plate disposed in the upper sliding cover 201, and the like.

Exemplarily, fig. 13 is an exploded view of a structure of a slide type terminal according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 13, the terminal specifically includes an upper sliding cover 201 and a lower sliding cover 202 disposed opposite to each other, and a sliding structure 203 located between the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202.

The upper sliding cover 201 specifically includes an upper sliding cover housing 121, a display screen 302, and a first PCB 901. Both the display 302 and the first PCB 901 are fixedly assembled with the upper slide cover housing 121, and normally, the side of the display 302 is a front panel of the terminal. It can be seen that the position of the front panel of the terminal except the edge of the upper slide cover housing 121 in the embodiment of the present application is completely covered by the display screen 302, so that the screen occupation ratio of the terminal is significantly improved.

And the lower sliding cover 202 includes the lower sliding cover housing 122, the front panel device 303 and the second PCB 123. The front panel device 303 and the second PCB 123 are both fixedly mounted to the surface of the lower slider housing 122 near the upper slider 201, and the front panel device 303 is located at the top of the lower slider housing 122. That is to say, in the embodiment of the present application, the front panel device 303 that affects the screen occupation ratio of the terminal is disposed in the lower sliding cover 202, so that the front panel of the upper sliding cover 201 has more space for disposing the display screen 302, so as to improve the screen occupation ratio of the terminal. Meanwhile, when the upper sliding cover 201 slides relative to the lower sliding cover 202, the front panel device 303 hidden in the lower sliding cover 202 can be exposed, so that the front panel device can work normally.

As also shown in fig. 13, the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202 are physically connected by the sliding structure 203, and the upper sliding cover 201 and the lower sliding cover 202 are electrically connected by disposing the FPC 902 between the first PCB 901 and the second PCB 123. The first PCB 901 may be a circuit board on which circuit components required for the upper sliding cover 201 are mounted, and the second PCB 123 may be a circuit board on which circuit components required for the lower sliding cover 202 are mounted. Of course, the lower sliding cover 202 may further include devices required by the terminal, such as a battery, which is not limited in this embodiment.

In addition, when the terminal needs the front panel device to work, the sliding structure 203 can be controlled to automatically slide the upper sliding cover or the lower sliding cover to expose the front panel device hidden in the lower sliding cover. For example, when the terminal detects a call-out operation of a certain phone number by a user, the sliding structure 203 may be triggered to automatically push the upper sliding cover to slide downward to expose the handset disposed on the top of the lower sliding cover, and at this time, the user may use the handset to talk without manually sliding the upper sliding cover.

It should be noted that, each component of the terminal shown in fig. 13 is only illustrated by way of example, and is only for illustrating the connection relationship between the sliding structure and other components in the terminal, and the specific shape and structure of each component are not limited, as long as the sliding between the upper sliding cover and the lower sliding cover can be realized through the connection relationship shown in this embodiment. Each component may have other shapes and configurations, such as the shape and size of the display screen 302, the first PCB 901, and the second PCB 123.

It is to be understood that the above-mentioned terminal and the like include hardware structures and/or software modules corresponding to the respective functions for realizing the above-mentioned functions. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A sliding closure type terminal is characterized in that the terminal comprises an upper sliding closure (201) and a lower sliding closure (202) which are arranged oppositely, and the upper sliding closure (201) and the lower sliding closure (202) can slide relatively; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the upper sliding cover (201) comprises a first upper sliding cover surface close to the lower sliding cover (202) and a second upper sliding cover surface (301) opposite to the first upper sliding cover surface, and a display screen (302) is arranged on the second upper sliding cover surface (301); the second upper sliding cover surface (301) is further provided with a piezoelectric sounder (501) and a transparent panel (502), wherein the piezoelectric sounder (501) is embedded in the top of the display screen (302), and the transparent panel (502) is in contact with the display screen (302) and the piezoelectric sounder (501);

the lower slider (202) comprising a first lower slider surface (304) opposite the first upper slider surface, the first lower slider surface (304) being provided with a front panel device (303) on top or bottom;

the front panel device (303) provided on the first lower slide cover surface (304) is exposed when the upper slide cover (201) is slid relative to the lower slide cover (202) in a direction away from the front panel device (303).

2. A terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that the area of coverage of the display screen (302) on the second upper slide cover surface (301) is more than 85%.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the front panel device (303) comprises at least one of a camera, an earpiece, a sensor, a flash, a fingerprint recognition device, one or more virtual keys, or one or more physical keys.

4. A terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that said front panel devices (303) are N, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 1;

wherein X front panel devices (303) are arranged at the top of the first lower sliding surface (304), Y front panel devices (303) are arranged at the bottom of the first lower sliding surface (304), X + Y is N, X is not less than 0, and Y is not less than 0.

5. A terminal according to claim 3, characterized in that said front panel device (303) comprises said earpiece,

wherein the earpiece is disposed on top of the first lower slider surface (304).

6. A terminal according to claim 2, characterized in that the upper sliding cover (201) further comprises a first printed circuit board, PCB, (901); the first PCB (901) and the display screen (302) are arranged in an overlapped mode in the thickness direction of the terminal, and the first PCB (901) is located on one side, close to the lower sliding cover (202), of the display screen (302).

7. A terminal according to claim 6, characterized in that the first PCB (901) comprises an external data line interface therein, and the first PCB (901) is arranged at the top or bottom of the upper sliding cover (201).

8. A terminal according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the portion of the lower sliding cover (202) corresponding to the first PCB (901) is hollowed out such that the first upper sliding cover surface fits the first lower sliding cover surface (304).

9. A terminal according to any of claims 6-8, characterized in that the first PCB (901) comprises at least one of a charging circuit, an external data line interface, a microphone, an earphone jack or a speaker.

10. A terminal according to any of claims 6-9, characterized in that the first PCB (901) is arranged at the bottom of the upper slider (201) and the front panel device (303) is arranged at the top of the first lower slider surface (304);

the front panel device (303) disposed on the first lower slide cover surface (304) is exposed when the upper slide cover (201) slides relative to the lower slide cover (202) toward the bottom of the upper slide cover (201).

11. A terminal according to any of claims 6-10, characterized in that the lower sliding cover (202) further comprises a second PCB, a flexible circuit board FPC is arranged between the first PCB (901) and the second PCB, and the FPC is in a bent state.

12. The terminal of any of claims 1-11, wherein the lower slider (202) further comprises radio frequency, RF, circuitry (1101), wherein an antenna headroom required by the RF circuitry (1101) comprises a first area;

wherein the metal material in a second area of the upper sliding cover (201) corresponding to the first area is hollowed out.

13. A terminal according to claim 12, wherein the hollowed-out metal material in the second region is filled with a plastic material.

14. A terminal as claimed in claim 12 or 13, wherein the metallic material in the second region comprises a metal housing or a metal backplate.

15. A terminal according to any of claims 1-14, characterized in that a sliding structure (203) is arranged between the upper sliding cover (201) and the lower sliding cover (202),

under the drive of the sliding structure (203), the upper sliding cover (201) slides relative to the lower sliding cover (202).

16. A terminal according to claim 15, wherein the sliding structure (203) has a sliding track travel that is larger than the distance between the target boundary on the first lower slider surface (304) and the front panel device (303),

the target boundary is a boundary of a top of the first lower slider surface (304) when the front panel device (303) is disposed on top of the first lower slider surface (304); when the front panel device (303) is disposed at the bottom of the first lower slide surface (304), the target boundary is a boundary of the bottom of the first lower slide surface (304).

17. A sliding closure type terminal is characterized in that the terminal comprises an upper sliding closure (201) and a lower sliding closure (202) which are arranged oppositely, and the upper sliding closure (201) and the lower sliding closure (202) can slide relatively through a sliding structure (203); wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the upper sliding cover (201) comprises an upper sliding cover shell (121), a first upper sliding cover surface, a second upper sliding cover surface (301), a display screen (302) and a first Printed Circuit Board (PCB) (901), wherein the first PCB (901) is fixedly assembled with the upper sliding cover shell (121), and the first PCB (901) is positioned at one side close to the lower sliding cover (202); the display screen (302) is arranged on the second upper sliding cover surface (301); the second upper sliding cover surface (301) is further provided with a piezoelectric sounder (501) and a transparent panel (502), wherein the piezoelectric sounder (501) is embedded in the top of the display screen (302), and the transparent panel (502) is in contact with the display screen (302) and the piezoelectric sounder (501);

the lower sliding cover (202) comprises a lower sliding cover shell (122), a front panel device (303), a second PCB (123) and a battery, wherein the front panel device (303), the second PCB (123) and the battery are fixedly assembled with the lower sliding cover shell (122), and the front panel device (303) is positioned at the top of the lower sliding cover shell (122);

when the upper sliding cover (201) slides towards the bottom of the upper sliding cover (201) relative to the lower sliding cover (202), the front panel device (303) arranged on the top of the lower sliding cover (202) is exposed.

18. A terminal according to claim 17, wherein the display (302) is fixedly mounted to the upper slider housing (121), the display (302) being located on a side remote from the lower slider (202).

19. A terminal according to claim 17 or 18, characterized in that a flexible circuit board, FPC, is arranged between the first PCB (901) and the second PCB, the FPC being in a bent state.

20. A terminal according to any of claims 17-19, characterized in that the front panel device (303) comprises at least one of a camera, an earpiece, a sensor, a flash, a fingerprint recognition device, one or more virtual keys or one or more physical keys.