CN112933588B

CN112933588B - Game paddle

Info

Publication number: CN112933588B
Application number: CN202110187606.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 于喆昌; 刘晓婷
Original assignee: Goertek Techology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Goertek Techology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-02-18
Filing date: 2021-02-18
Publication date: 2023-05-09
Anticipated expiration: 2041-02-18
Also published as: CN112933588A

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of game equipment, and particularly relates to a game handle, which comprises a main body, a locking mechanism and a battery cover, wherein the main body comprises a battery bin; the anti-loosening mechanism is connected to the battery compartment; the battery cover is slidably connected to the main body and covers the battery compartment, a first through hole is formed in the battery cover, and the anti-loosening mechanism is matched with the first through hole and partially extends out of the first through hole. According to the invention, the anti-loosening mechanism is connected to the battery compartment and is matched with the first through hole on the battery cover, and after the battery cover is connected with the main body, the anti-loosening mechanism partially extends out of the first through hole, so that the relative sliding between the battery cover and the main body is prevented, the battery cover can be prevented from falling off in the using process of the game handle, and the problem that the battery cover falls off in the existing game handle is solved.

Description

Game paddle

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of game equipment, and particularly relates to a game handle.

Background

This section provides merely background information related to the present disclosure and is not necessarily prior art.

With the vigorous development of the virtual reality industry, consumers have increasingly higher performance requirements and experience requirements for VR and other types of game products and their handles. For example, in the VR game experience process, a user cannot guarantee the state of the game handle in a virtual environment, if the activity range is too large, a battery cover of the game handle is easy to drop, even the battery is caused to drop, so that the communication connection between the game handle and the VR host is interrupted, and the game experience is affected.

The game handle in the prior art can be divided into a magnetic type and a buckling type according to the buckling mode of the battery cover, but in order to facilitate the smooth opening of the battery cover under normal conditions, the magnetic force and the buckling force cannot be too large, so that the risk of falling off the battery cover exists in the using process.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problem that the existing game handle has the risk of falling off the battery cover, the invention provides a game handle, which comprises:

a body comprising a battery compartment;

the anti-loosening mechanism is connected to the battery compartment;

the battery cover is slidably connected to the main body and covers the battery compartment, a first through hole is formed in the battery cover, and the anti-loosening mechanism is matched with the first through hole and partially extends out of the first through hole.

According to the game handle provided by the embodiment of the invention, the locking mechanism is connected to the battery compartment and is matched with the first through hole on the battery cover, and after the battery cover is connected with the main body, the locking mechanism part extends out of the first through hole, so that the relative sliding between the battery cover and the main body is prevented, the battery cover can be prevented from falling off in the using process of the game handle, and the problem that the battery cover falls off in the existing game handle is solved.

Invention of the invention

In some embodiments of the invention, the anti-loosening mechanism includes:

a button for mating with the first through hole;

and one end of the elastic arm is connected with the button, and the other end of the elastic arm is connected with the battery compartment.

In some embodiments of the invention, the elastic arm is located at a side of the battery compartment away from the battery cover, a second through hole is formed in the battery compartment, and the button protrudes from the second through hole.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a connection post is disposed on a side of the battery compartment facing away from the battery cover, and a connection ring is disposed on an end of the elastic arm facing away from the button, and the connection ring is sleeved on the connection post.

In some embodiments of the invention, the elastic arm and the battery compartment are connected by hot melt through a hot melt column.

In some embodiments of the invention, the resilient arms are provided as undulating resilient arms that conform to the surface of the battery compartment.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the number of the elastic arms is two, and the two elastic arms are respectively connected to two sides of the button.

In some embodiments of the invention, the first through hole is provided at a location near an upper edge of the battery cover.

In some embodiments of the invention, the first through hole is provided with a guiding slope on a side facing the battery compartment, the guiding slope surrounding an edge of the first through hole.

Drawings

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Also, like reference numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the figures. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a gamepad according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the gamepad of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram I of a structure of the locking mechanism of the game handle shown in FIG. 1 after the locking mechanism is connected with a battery compartment;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the direction A-A in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a second schematic view of the structure of the handle of FIG. 1 after the locking mechanism is connected to the battery compartment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the mechanism for preventing loosening of the gamepad of FIG. 2;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of the battery cover in the game pad shown in fig. 2.

The various references in the drawings are as follows:

100. a game handle;

10. a main body;

11. a battery compartment; 111. a second through hole; 112. a connecting column; 12. a bottom case;

20. a locking mechanism; 21. a button; 22. an elastic arm; 23. a connecting ring;

30. a battery cover; 31. a first through hole; 32. a guiding slope;

40. and a battery.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes," "including," and "having" are inclusive and therefore specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

Although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms may be only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another region, layer or section. Terms such as "first," "second," and other numerical terms when used herein do not imply a sequence or order unless clearly indicated by the context. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the example embodiments.

For ease of description, spatially relative terms, such as "inner," "outer," "lower," "below," "upper," "above," and the like, may be used herein to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. Such spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" or "over" the other elements or features. Thus, the example term "below … …" may include both upper and lower orientations. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or in other directions) and the spatial relative relationship descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, an embodiment of the present invention provides a game handle 100 including a main body 10, a locking mechanism 20, and a battery cover 30, the main body 10 including a battery compartment 11; the anti-loosening mechanism 20 is connected to the battery compartment 11; the battery cover 30 is slidably coupled to the main body 10 and covers the battery compartment 11, a first through hole 31 is provided in the battery cover 30, and the locking mechanism 20 is engaged with the first through hole 31 and partially protrudes out of the first through hole 31.

According to the game handle 100 provided by the embodiment of the invention, the locking mechanism 20 is connected to the battery compartment 11, and is matched with the first through hole 31 on the battery cover 30 by utilizing the locking mechanism 20, after the battery cover 30 is connected with the main body 10, the locking mechanism 20 partially extends out of the first through hole 31, so that the relative sliding between the battery cover 30 and the main body 10 is prevented, the battery cover 30 can be prevented from falling off in the using process of the game handle 100, and the problem that the battery cover 30 falls off in the existing game handle 100 is solved.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1, in this embodiment, the battery cover 30 may slide relative to the main body 10, and the connection between the battery cover 30 and the main body 10 may be through a snap connection or through a magnetic piece connection, for example, a snap is provided on the battery cover 30, a slot is provided on the main body 10, and when the battery cover 30 slides to a set position, the snap on the battery cover 30 extends into the slot of the main body 10, so as to realize the connection between the battery cover 30 and the main body 10; for another example, the battery cover 30 and the main body 10 are respectively provided with a magnetic attraction piece, and when the battery cover 30 slides to a set position, the magnetic attraction piece on the battery cover 30 is attracted to the magnetic attraction piece on the main body 10, so that the connection between the battery cover 30 and the main body 10 is realized. The connection between the battery cover 30 and the main body 10 is not particularly limited in this embodiment, and may be selected according to actual circumstances.

It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 2, the main body 10 of the game handle 100 in this embodiment further includes a bottom shell 12, and the bottom shell 12 is connected to a side of the battery compartment 11 away from the battery cover 30, and specifically, the bottom shell 12 wraps the battery compartment 11, so as to protect the battery compartment 11. As shown in fig. 1, when the battery cover 30 is attached to the main body 10, the edge of the bottom case 12 is aligned with the edge of the battery cover 30.

With continued reference to fig. 2, the game handle 100 of the present embodiment further includes a battery 40, and the battery 40 is mounted in the battery compartment 11, and the battery compartment 11 is provided with a receiving chamber for receiving the battery 40, for example. On the basis of the above embodiment, the locking mechanism 20 is attached to the battery compartment 11, and in particular, the locking mechanism 20 may be attached to the battery compartment 11 at a position close to the receiving chamber, which is convenient for connection with the battery cover 30.

On the basis of the above embodiment, the first through hole 31 is provided at a position close to the upper edge of the battery cover 30, as shown in fig. 2 and 7, in the orientation shown in fig. 2, when the battery cover 30 is slidably connected to the main body 10 from bottom to top, the upper edge of the battery cover 30 is first contacted with the battery compartment 11 and then contacted with the locking mechanism 20 connected to the battery compartment 11, so that the present embodiment provides the first through hole 31 at a position close to the upper edge, which facilitates the cooperation of the battery cover 30 and the locking mechanism 20, and also facilitates the disengagement of the battery cover 30 and the locking mechanism 20.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, the first through hole 31 is provided with a guide slope 32 at a side facing the battery compartment 11, the guide slope 32 surrounding an edge of the first through hole 31, and it is understood that the guide slope 32 has a slope in this embodiment, and the guide slope 32 extends outward from the edge of the first through hole 31 and is inclined.

On this basis, when the user presses the button 21 protruding from the first through hole 31, the button 21 moves in a direction away from the battery cover 30, the top end of the button 21 gradually approaches the guide slope 32 during the movement, and simultaneously the battery cover 30 slides relative to the battery compartment 11, and the button 21 rapidly slides in a direction away from the battery cover 30 under the action of the guide slope 32, thereby facilitating the locking mechanism 20 to rapidly withdraw from the first through hole 31.

On the basis of the above-described embodiment, the locking mechanism 20 is for preventing the relative sliding between the battery cover 30 and the main body 10, for example, the locking mechanism 20 may be provided as an elastic member having an elastic force, such as a spring, elastic rubber, or the like, on which one end of the elastic member is connected to the battery compartment 11 and the other end of the elastic member may protrude from the first through hole 31 for the user to press, and illustratively, in some embodiments of the present invention, the locking mechanism 20 includes a button 21 and an elastic arm 22, wherein the button 21 is for being engaged with the first through hole 31 and protruding from the first through hole 31; one end of the elastic arm 22 is connected to the button 21, and the other end of the elastic arm 22 is connected to the main body 10.

In this embodiment, the button 21 is engaged with the first through hole 31, and the elastic arm 22 drives the button 21 to move in the vertical direction, that is, when the battery cover 30 is slidably connected to the main body 10, the inner surface of the battery cover 30 facing the main body 10 contacts with the button 21, and after the button 21 is stressed, the button 21 moves away from the battery cover 30 along with the elastic arm 22, and the battery cover 30 continues to slide until the first through hole 31 is aligned with the button 21, and after the button 21 is moved towards the battery cover 30 by the elastic force of the elastic arm 22, so as to extend into the first through hole 31 and partially extend out of the first through hole 31, so that the engagement with the first through hole 31 is achieved.

Further, in this embodiment, the elastic arm 22 is connected to the button 21 in a fixed connection manner, for example, the button 21 and the elastic arm 22 may be provided as an integral structure; the number of the elastic arms 22 may be one or two, and when the number of the elastic arms 22 is two, the two elastic arms 22 may be connected to both sides of the button 21, respectively.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, in this embodiment, the button 21 is configured in a cylindrical shape, the bottom of the button 21 is further provided with an extension portion extending outward along the circumferential direction of the button 21, and the two elastic arms 22 are respectively connected to the extension portion, and it is understood that the extension portion can play a limiting role when the button 21 is matched with the first through hole 31.

Further, with continued reference to fig. 6, in some embodiments of the present invention, the elastic arm 22 is configured to have a wave shape, and it will be appreciated that, when the button 21 is pressed by the user or by the battery cover 30, the movement stroke of the elastic arm 22 is shorter, and the wave shape ensures that the elastic force provided by the elastic arm 22 is provided in the shorter stroke, so that the locking mechanism 20 is smoothly engaged with the first through hole 31.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in this embodiment, the wave-shaped elastic arms 22 are attached to the surface of the battery compartment 11, and taking the surface of the battery compartment 11 as an example, the two elastic arms 22 are attached to the surface of the battery compartment 11 in an arc shape, that is, in this embodiment, the overall shapes of the elastic arms 22 and the anti-loosening mechanism 20 are matched with the battery compartment 11, and specifically adopt profiling, so that not only is the installation space saved, but also the anti-loosening effect of the anti-loosening mechanism 20 is ensured.

Further, the locking mechanism 20 in this embodiment may be connected to the side of the battery compartment 11 facing the battery cover 30, thereby facilitating the engagement of the button 21 with the first through hole 31, or the elastic arm 22 in the locking mechanism 20 may be understood to be provided with the second through hole 111 on the side of the battery compartment 11 facing away from the battery cover 30, so that the button 21 engages with the first through hole 31 after passing through the second through hole 111, thereby ensuring the stability of the locking mechanism 20.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, in some embodiments of the present invention, the elastic arm 22 is located on a side of the battery compartment 11 away from the battery cover 30, and the battery compartment 11 is provided with a second through hole 111, and the button 21 protrudes from the second through hole 111. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3 and 5, fig. 3 and 5 show schematic structural views of the locking mechanism 20 in two directions after being mated with the battery compartment 11, respectively, and fig. 3 shows a side of the battery compartment 11 facing away from the battery cover 30, to which the two elastic arms 22 are connected on the basis of the above embodiment; fig. 5 shows the side of the battery compartment 11 facing the battery cover 30, with the push button 21 protruding from the second through hole 111.

Further, the elastic arm 22 may be clamped or adhered to the battery compartment 11, in some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, a connecting post 112 is disposed on a side of the main body 10 facing away from the battery cover 30, as shown in fig. 6, a connecting ring 23 is disposed on an end of the elastic arm 22 facing away from the button 21, and the connecting ring 23 is sleeved on the connecting post 112, so that the elastic arm 22 is connected with the battery compartment 11. Specifically, an interference fit may be provided between the connection ring 23 and the connection post 112, thereby ensuring the reliability of the connection between the elastic arms 22 and the battery compartment 11.

Further, in some embodiments of the present invention, the elastic arm 22 is thermally fused to the battery compartment 11 by a thermal fuse post, and it is understood that the end of the elastic arm 22 away from the button 21 is thermally fused to the battery compartment 11; illustratively, when the connection ring 23 is provided on the elastic arm 22 on the basis of the above-described embodiment, after the connection ring 23 is mated with the connection post 112 of the main body 10, the hot-melt connection by the hot-melt post can be reused, thereby further improving the reliability of the connection between the elastic arm 22 and the battery compartment 11.

Claims

1. A gamepad, comprising:

a body comprising a battery compartment;

the anti-loosening mechanism is connected to the battery compartment;

the battery cover is slidably connected to the main body and covers the battery compartment, a first through hole is formed in the battery cover, and the anti-loosening mechanism is matched with the first through hole and partially extends out of the first through hole;

the locking mechanism includes:

a button for mating with the first through hole;

and one end of the elastic arm is fixedly connected with the button, and the other end of the elastic arm is connected with the battery compartment.

2. The gamepad of claim 1 wherein the resilient arm is located on a side of the battery compartment facing away from the battery cover, a second through hole being provided in the battery compartment, the button extending from the second through hole.

3. The game handle according to claim 2, wherein a connecting post is provided on a side of the battery compartment facing away from the battery cover, a connecting ring is provided on an end of the elastic arm facing away from the button, and the connecting ring is sleeved on the connecting post.

4. The gamepad of claim 2 wherein the resilient arm is thermally fused to the battery compartment by a hot melt post.

5. The gamepad of claim 2, wherein the resilient arms are configured as undulating resilient arms that conform to a surface of the battery compartment.

6. The game pad of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the number of resilient arms is two, the two resilient arms being connected to respective sides of the button.

7. The game piece of claim 1, wherein the first through hole is provided near an upper edge of the battery cover.

8. The gamepad of claim 7, wherein the first through hole is provided with a guide slope on a side facing the battery compartment, the guide slope surrounding an edge of the first through hole.