CN112904933A

CN112904933A - Shell assembly

Info

Publication number: CN112904933A
Application number: CN201911136686.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 彭启人; 陈家震; 李健永
Original assignee: Inventec Pudong Technology Corp; Inventec Corp
Current assignee: Inventec Pudong Technology Corp; Inventec Corp
Priority date: 2019-11-19
Filing date: 2019-11-19
Publication date: 2021-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 2039-11-19
Also published as: CN112904933B

Abstract

The invention provides a shell assembly which comprises a first shell piece, a second shell piece and a locking assembly. The second casing part is provided with a buckling part and can be arranged on the first casing part in a sliding way, so that the second casing part can slide between an assembling position and a separating position. The locking assembly comprises a fastener, an elastic member and a rotating member. The fastener is slidably disposed on the first housing and slides between a fastening position and a releasing position. One end of the elastic piece is fixed on the first shell piece, and the other end of the elastic piece is fixed on the fastener, so that the fastener is biased to the buckling position. The rotating piece is provided with a pivoting part, a pushed convex part and a pushing convex part, the pivoting part is pivoted on the first shell piece, the pushed convex part and the pushing convex part respectively protrude along different radial directions of the pivoting part, the pushed convex part is pushed by the unlocking piece, and the pushed convex part drives the pushing convex part to push the fastener.

Description

Shell assembly

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a housing assembly, and more particularly, to a housing assembly without a locking wire.

Background

With the development of information technology, computers have become indispensable tools in modern life. From the early desktop computer to the present, the notebook computer is also receiving the attention of users. For notebook computers, the characteristic of portability is very popular with users. Therefore, users have higher demands for notebook computers. For example, in the appearance of a notebook computer, users expect the notebook computer to have the advantages of being light, thin, short, and small, and also expect the notebook computer to have aesthetic appearance and data protection.

However, since the lower cover of the conventional notebook computer is usually fixed to the upper cover by using screws, the lower cover locked by the screws inevitably exposes a plurality of screw holes, thereby damaging the appearance integrity of the notebook computer. In addition, for the existing notebook computer locked by screws, the user can easily disassemble the notebook computer, so that the protectiveness of data and elements in the computer is relatively low.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention provides a housing assembly, which can be assembled without screws, so as to maintain the integrity of the appearance of the housing assembly and the protection of data and elements.

The housing assembly disclosed in one embodiment of the present invention is used for inserting an unlocking member. The housing assembly comprises a first housing member, a second housing member and a locking assembly. The second casing part is provided with a buckling part and can be arranged on the first casing part in a sliding way, so that the second casing part can slide between an assembling position and a separating position. The locking assembly comprises a fastener, an elastic member and a rotating member. The fastener comprises a fastener body. The buckle body is slidably arranged on the first shell and slides between a buckle position and a release position. One end of the elastic piece is fixed on the first shell piece, and the other end of the elastic piece is fixed on the buckle body of the fastener, so that the buckle body is biased to the buckle position. The rotating piece is provided with a pivoting part, a pushed convex part and a pushing convex part, the pivoting part is pivoted on the first shell piece, the pushed convex part and the pushing convex part respectively protrude along different radial directions of the pivoting part, the pushed convex part is pushed and resisted by the unlocking piece, and the pushed convex part drives the pushing convex part to push and resist the buckle body of the buckle piece.

According to the shell subassembly of above-mentioned embodiment, because first shell spare has the slot, and the slot is corresponding to the pushed convex part of hasp subassembly, so the unlocking piece can insert shell subassembly and push away the pushed convex part of hasp subassembly from shell subassembly outside, and then drives the buckle body of fastener from buckle offset to release position through the unlocking piece, lets first shell spare and the second shell spare of original looks assembly separate. On the contrary, if the first casing and the second casing are to be reassembled, the fastening part of the second casing is fastened with the fastening body arranged on the first casing again. Therefore, when the assembly personnel assemble and disassemble the shell assembly, the assembly and the disassembly between the first shell piece and the second shell piece of the shell assembly can be completed completely without screws. Therefore, the integrity of the shell assembly on the appearance can be kept.

The above description of the present invention and the following description of the embodiments are provided to illustrate and explain the principles of the present invention and to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed in the appended claims.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a housing assembly according to a first embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial perspective view of the first housing member of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the phase group of the housing assembly of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 to 8 are schematic views illustrating the assembly and disassembly of the housing assembly of fig. 1.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the second housing member of the housing assembly engaged with the fastener according to the second embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 10 is a plan view of the second housing member of fig. 9 disengaged from the fastener.

Wherein, the reference numbers:

10. housing assembly

Unlocking member

Operating body

A cylinder

26

A first housing member

A first slot

A second slot

A yield gap

140

A second housing member

210

A stop boss

300

Fastener 310

311

3111

3112

A slider

Assembling post

314

An elastic member

A rotary member

331.. pivot joint part

332

333

Direction of A-H

Axial direction

Radial of y

L1, L2

S1, S2

Sum of widths

Detailed Description

Please refer to fig. 1 to 4. Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a housing assembly according to a first embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is a partial perspective view of the first housing member of fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the phase group of the housing assembly of fig. 1.

The housing assembly 10 of the present embodiment is, for example, a housing of an electronic device such as a notebook computer and a tablet computer. The housing assembly 10 is provided for an unlocking member 20 to be inserted, so that the assembled state of the housing assembly 10 is released by the unlocking member 20. The unlocking member 20 is, for example, a key with a predetermined shape, and specifically, the unlocking member 20 includes an operating body 22, a cylinder 24 and a tooth 26. The operating body 22 is attached to one side of the column 24 in the axial direction X. The tooth body 26 protrudes from one side of the column body 24 in the radial direction Y. It should be noted that the unlocking member 20 of the present embodiment is only exemplary and not intended to limit the present invention.

The housing assembly 10 includes a first housing member 100, a second housing member 200, and a latch assembly 300. The first housing 100 has a first slot 110, a second slot 120 and an offset notch 130. The first slot 110 is located at an outer side than the second slot 120, and the relief notch 130 communicates the first slot 110 and the second slot 120. The length L1 of the long side of the first slot 110 and the length L2 of the long side of the second slot 120 are both greater than the sum of the widths of the post 24 and the tooth 26. The length S1 of the short side of the first slot 110 and the length S2 of the short side of the second slot 120 are both smaller than the total W of the widths of the post 24 and the tooth 26, and the long side of the first slot 110 is not parallel to the long side of the second slot 120.

The second housing 200 has a locking portion 210, and the second housing 200 is slidably disposed on the first housing 100 such that the second housing 200 slides between an assembling position (as shown in fig. 5) and a separating position (as shown in fig. 4).

The locking assembly 300 includes a fastener 310, an elastic member 320, and a rotating member 330. The fastener 310 includes a fastener body 311. The latch body 311 is slidably disposed on the first housing 100 and slides between a latching position (shown in fig. 5) and a releasing position (shown in fig. 8). In the embodiment, the first casing 100 has a sliding slot 140, the fastener 310 further includes a sliding block 312, the sliding block 312 of the fastener 310 is connected to one side of the buckle body 311, and the sliding block 312 of the fastener 310 is slidably located in the sliding slot 140 of the first casing 100. In addition, the latch body 311 may further have a guiding inclined surface 3111. The latching portion 210 of the second housing is used for pushing against the guiding slope 3111 of the latching body 311 to drive the latch 310 to shift from the latching position to the releasing position.

One end of the elastic member 320 is fixed to the first casing member 100, and the other end of the elastic member 320 is fixed to the buckle body 311 of the buckle 310, so that the buckle body 311 is biased to the buckle position. In the embodiment, the fastener 310 further includes an assembling post 313, the assembling post 313 is connected to one side of the buckle body 311, and the elastic member 320 is, for example, a compression spring, and is sleeved on the assembling post 313.

The rotating member 330 has a pivoting portion 331, a pushed protrusion 332 and a pushing protrusion 333. The pivot portion 331 is pivotally disposed on the first housing 100. The pushed protrusion 332 and the pushing protrusion 333 protrude along different radial directions of the pivot 331. The pushed protrusion 332 is pushed by the unlocking element 20, and the pushed protrusion 332 drives the pushing protrusion 333 to push the buckle body 311 of the buckle 310.

In detail, the unlocking element 20 is slidably located in the first slot 110, and the tooth 26 is rotated to the second slot 120 by the relief notch 130, so that the unlocking element 20 is slidably located in the second slot 120. Next, the relationship between the unlocking member 20 and the rotating member 330 of the locking assembly 300 when the first slot 110 and the second slot 120 are described. When the unlocking member 20 is completely inserted into the first insertion groove 110, the unlocking member 20 is stopped by the first housing member 100 and separated from the pushed protrusion 332 of the rotating member 330. That is, when the unlocking member 20 is completely inserted into the first insertion groove 110, the unlocking member 20 does not push against the pushed protrusion 332 of the rotating member 330. In addition, when the unlocking member 20 is located in the second slot 120, the unlocking member 20 is used to push against the pushed protrusion 332 of the rotating member 330.

In the embodiment, the protruding direction of the pushed protrusion 332 is substantially perpendicular to the protruding direction of the pushing protrusion 333, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the protruding direction of the pushed protrusion 332 and the protruding direction of the pushing protrusion 333 may not be parallel to each other.

In this embodiment, the buckle body 311 has a groove 3112, and the pushing protrusion 333 is located in the groove 3112 of the buckle body 311 and is used for pushing against a wall surface forming the groove 3112 to drive the buckle body 311 to slide relative to the first casing 100, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the groove 3112 of the buckle body 311 can be replaced by a protrusion, that is, the pushing protrusion 333 is replaced by a protrusion to push against the protrusion, so as to drive the buckle body 311 to slide relative to the first housing 100.

In the present embodiment, the fastener 310 and the rotating element 330 of the locking assembly 300 are both directly disposed on the first casing 100, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the fastening element 310 and the rotating element 330 of the locking assembly 300 can be both indirectly disposed on the first casing 100. That is, the fastener 310 and the rotating element 330 of the locking assembly 300 are disposed on the first casing 100 through another carrier.

Please refer to fig. 4 to 8. Fig. 5 to 8 are schematic views illustrating the assembly and disassembly of the housing assembly of fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 4, the second housing member 200 is separated from the first housing member 100 and located at a separated position. I.e., the second housing member 200 has not been assembled with the first housing member 100. Next, as shown in fig. 5, the second casing 200 slides in along the direction a, and the fastening portion 210 of the second casing 200 pushes against the fastening body 311, so that the fastening portion 210 of the second casing 200 is located at an assembling position, and the fastening body 311 of the fastener 310 is pushed by the elastic member 320 to fasten the fastening portion 210 of the second casing 200 and the fastening body 311 of the fastener 310. Next, as shown in fig. 6, the unlocking member 20 may be inserted into the first slot 110 in the direction B. Next, as shown in fig. 7, the unlocking member 20 is rotated along the direction C, so that the unlocking member 20 rotates the tooth 26 to the second slot 120 through the relief notch 130. Next, as shown in fig. 8, the unlocking member 20 is inserted into the second slot 120 in the direction D. When the unlocking member 20 is fully inserted into the second slot 120, the tooth portion 26 of the unlocking member 20 pushes against the pushed protrusion 332 of the rotating member 330, so that the rotating member 330 rotates in the direction E. When the rotating member 330 rotates along the direction E, the pushing protrusion 333 of the rotating member 330 pushes the latch body 311, so that the latch body 311 slides along the direction F from the latching position to the releasing position. In this way, the second housing 200 can be separated from the first housing 100 along the direction G.

Please refer to fig. 9 and 10. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the second housing member of the housing assembly engaged with the fastener according to the second embodiment of the invention. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the second housing member of fig. 9 disengaged from the fastener. In the embodiment, the fastening member 310 further includes a positioning hook portion 314, the positioning hook portion 314 of the fastening member 310 is connected to one side of the fastening body 311, and the second housing 200 further has a stopping protrusion 220. When the tooth 26 of the unlocking member 20 is fully inserted into the second slot 120 and pushes against the pushed protrusion 332 of the rotating member 330, the pushing protrusion 333 pushes the latch body 311 of the fastener 310, so that the latch body 311 moves along the direction H to be located at the releasing position, and the positioning hook 314 is stopped by the stopping protrusion 220 to maintain the latch body 311 at the releasing position.

In addition, the first slot and the second slot which are designed in a two-section mode are arranged on the first shell, so that a user who does not have an unlocking piece can be prevented from disassembling the shell component, and the protection of data and elements is further kept.

Claims

1. A housing assembly for an unlocking member to be inserted, the housing assembly comprising:

a first housing member;

the second shell is provided with a buckling part and can be arranged on the first shell in a sliding way, so that the second shell can slide between an assembling position and a separating position; and

a latch assembly, comprising: the fastener comprises a fastener body, the fastener body is slidably arranged on the first shell and slides between a fastening position and a releasing position; one end of the elastic piece is fixed on the first shell piece, and the other end of the elastic piece is fixed on the buckle body of the fastener, so that the buckle body is biased to the buckle position; and a rotating member having a pivot portion, a pushed convex portion and a pushing convex portion, wherein the pivot portion is pivotally disposed on the first housing member, the pushed convex portion and the pushing convex portion respectively protrude along different radial directions of the pivot portion, the pushed convex portion is pushed by the unlocking member, and the pushed convex portion drives the pushing convex portion to push the buckle body of the buckle.

2. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein the unlocking member comprises an operating body, a post and a tooth body, the operating body is connected to one side of the post in the axial direction, the tooth body protrudes from one side of the post in the radial direction, the first housing member has a first slot, a second slot and an abdicating notch, the abdicating notch communicates the first slot with the second slot, the length of the long side of the first slot and the length of the long side of the second slot are both greater than the width combination of the post and the tooth body, the length of the short side of the first slot and the length of the short side of the second slot are both less than the width combination of the post and the tooth body, and the long side of the first slot is not parallel to the long side of the second slot, the unlocking member is slidably disposed in the first slot, and the unlocking member is slidably disposed in the second slot by rotating the tooth body to the second slot, when the unlocking piece is positioned in the second slot, the unlocking piece is used for pushing the pushed convex part of the rotating piece.

3. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein the fastener and the rotating member of the locking assembly are disposed directly or indirectly to the first housing member.

4. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein a protruding direction of the pushed protrusion is substantially perpendicular to a protruding direction of the pushing protrusion.

5. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein the latch body has a recess, and the push tab is located in the recess of the latch body.

6. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein the latch body has a guiding slope, and the latching portion of the second housing is configured to push against the guiding slope of the latch body to bias the latch from the latching position to the releasing position.

7. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein the fastener further comprises an assembly post connected to a side of the latch body, the resilient member being disposed around the assembly post.

8. The housing assembly of claim 7, wherein the resilient member is a compression spring.

9. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein the first housing has a slot, the fastener further comprises a slider, the slider of the fastener is connected to a side of the buckle body, and the slider of the fastener is slidably disposed in the slot of the first housing.

10. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein the fastener further comprises a positioning hook connected to a side of the latch body, and the second housing further comprises a stopping protrusion, the positioning hook being stopped by the stopping protrusion to maintain the latch body in the release position.