CN112953582A

CN112953582A - Electronic device

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Publication number: CN112953582A
Application number: CN202110127850.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张云
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-29
Filing date: 2021-01-29
Publication date: 2021-06-11
Anticipated expiration: 2041-01-29
Also published as: CN112953582B

Abstract

The application discloses an electronic device. The electronic equipment comprises a card support and a shell, wherein the shell is provided with an opening, and the card support extends into the shell through the opening; the electronic equipment also comprises a locking component arranged in the shell, and the card support is provided with a lock rod; one end of the lock rod can extend into the locking assembly, the locking assembly can be switched between a locking state and an unlocking state, and in the locking state, the locking assembly locks the lock rod to limit the lock rod to move; in the unlocked state, the locking assembly unlocks the locking bar to allow the locking bar to move. The scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can at least solve the problem that the existing electronic equipment card support transmission relation is complex.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electronic products, in particular to an electronic device.

Background

In the prior art, electronic equipment generally needs a card holder to set a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, the card holder is generally fixed in the electronic equipment through a fixing structure, when the card holder needs to be taken out, a lever mechanism needs to be pushed by a card holder thimble to push the card holder out, and the transmission relationship of the fixing structure including the lever is complex.

Disclosure of Invention

The application relates to an electronic device, which aims to solve the problem that the existing electronic device is complex in card support fixing structure.

In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:

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

the card holder is arranged on the shell and extends into the shell through the opening;

the electronic equipment also comprises a locking component arranged in the shell, and the card support is provided with a lock rod;

one end of the lock rod can extend into the locking assembly, the locking assembly can be switched between a locking state and an unlocking state, and in the locking state, the locking assembly locks the lock rod to limit the lock rod to move; in the unlocked state, the locking assembly unlocks the locking bar to allow the locking bar to move.

In the embodiment of the application, through set up the locking lever on the card holds in the palm, set up locking device in electronic equipment's casing, like this, hold in the palm when the card sets up under the circumstances in the casing, can make locking device is in the locking state, under this state, because locking Assembly restriction locking lever removes to realized holding in the palm the locking of relative position between casing and card, the structure of the embodiment of the application is comparatively simple, has reduced the complexity of the transmission relation that the fixed card held in the palm.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the locking device in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the locking device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a second schematic structural view of a locking device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a third schematic structural view of a locking device in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a fourth illustration of the structure of the locking device in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a second schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It will be appreciated that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application may be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the terms "first," "second," and the like are generally used herein in a generic sense and do not limit the number of terms, e.g., the first term can be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

The application provides an electronic device.

As shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment, the electronic device includes a housing 100 and a card holder 200.

It should be understood that the electronic device in this embodiment may include, but is not limited to, an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and a smart watch, and the card holder 200 may be used to assist in installing an identification card such as a SIM card, and may also be used to install a memory card, and the like, which is not limited herein.

The housing 100 in this embodiment may be a unitary structure or may be composed of a plurality of parts. For example, as shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment, the housing 100 is formed by a middle frame 101 and a back plate 102, a display module is disposed on one side of the housing 100, and components such as a circuit board (not labeled), a battery (not labeled), and a camera (not labeled) are disposed in the housing 100, which are not further limited and described herein.

Referring to fig. 1, the housing 100 is provided with an opening 103, and the card holder 200 can extend into the housing 100 through the opening 103, so that the SIM card placed on the card holder 200 is placed at a designated position of the electronic device.

As shown in fig. 1, the electronic device in this embodiment further includes a locking assembly 300 disposed in the housing 100, and the card holder 200 is disposed with a locking bar 201, and the locking bar 201 is engaged with the locking assembly 300.

Specifically, one end of the lock rod 201 can extend into the locking assembly 300, and the locking assembly 300 can be switched between a locking state and an unlocking state, wherein in the locking state, the locking assembly 300 locks the lock rod 201 to limit the movement of the lock rod 201; in the unlocked state, the locking assembly 300 unlocks the latch 201 to allow the latch 201 to move.

The operation states of the locking assembly 300 include at least two states, a locked state and an unlocked state.

With the locking assembly 300 in the locked state, the locking assembly 300 can lock the lock lever 201, thereby restricting the movement of the lock lever 201. Since the lock lever 201 is fixed to the card holder 200, the relative positions of the housing 100 and the card holder 200 are locked.

With the locking assembly 300 in the unlocked state, the lock lever 201 can be separated from the locking assembly 300, i.e., the lock on the position of the lock lever 201 is released, and at this time, the card holder 200 can be moved relative to the housing 100, so that the position of the card holder 200 can be adjusted, so as to replace or adjust the SIM card, the memory card, or the like carried by the card holder 200.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, a limiting portion 2011 is disposed at an end of the lock lever 201 away from the card holder 200.

With continued reference to fig. 2, the locking assembly 300 includes a housing, a retainer 302, a lock body 303, and a resilient member 304.

Specifically, a receiving cavity is formed in the housing, a first opening 3013 is formed in a side of the receiving cavity facing the card holder 200, in this embodiment, the housing specifically includes a housing body 3011 and a cover plate 3012 disposed on a side of the housing body 3011, the housing body 3011 and the cover plate 3012 enclose the receiving cavity, and the first opening 3013 is disposed on the cover plate 3012, obviously, in some other embodiments, the structure of the housing may be adjusted accordingly, for example, the first opening 3013 is directly formed on the housing body 3011, and the like, and this is not further limited here.

The lock rod 201 extends into the housing from the first opening 3013, the lock body 303 is disposed in the accommodating cavity, the lock body 303 is movable in a direction toward the first opening 3013, the limiting member 302 is disposed in the accommodating cavity, and the limiting member 302 is located on a side of the lock body 303 away from the first opening 3013.

The limiting member 302 and the limiting portion 2011 may be matched, the elastic member 304 is disposed in the accommodating cavity, the elastic member 304 is located on one side of the lock body 303 adjacent to the first opening 3013, two ends of the elastic member 304 respectively abut against an inner wall of the accommodating cavity and the lock body 303, and the elastic member 304 drives the lock body 303 to move toward the limiting member 302, so that the limiting member 302 and the limiting portion 2011 are matched and lock the lock rod 201.

In one embodiment, the elastic member 304 may be a spring, and the elastic member 304 may be always in an elastic compression state, so that two ends of the elastic member 304 respectively abut against the inner wall of the accommodating cavity and the lock body 303, and in this embodiment, two ends of the elastic member 304 respectively abut against the cover plate 3012 and the lock body 303.

The elastic member 304 may be disposed along the moving direction of the locking lever 201 in the housing, i.e., the elastic member 304 may be compressed or stretched along the moving direction. One end of the elastic element 304 abutting against the shell can abut against the shell or can be fixedly connected with the inside of the shell; accordingly, one end of the elastic member 304 abutting against the lock body 303 may abut against the lock body 303, or may be fixedly connected to the lock body 303.

Referring to fig. 3 to 4, the locking process of the locking assembly 300 can be summarized as that, when the lock rod 201 extends into the housing along the first opening 3013, that is, extends into the housing along the arrow direction in the figure, and the limiting portion 2011 of the lock rod 201 moves to the limiting position of the limiting member 302, the limiting member 302 is in limiting fit with the limiting portion 2011, at this time, under the elastic force of the elastic member 304, the lock body 303 abuts against the limiting member 302, so that the limiting member 302 is limited between the lock body 303 and the housing, and because the limiting member 302 is in limiting fit with the limiting portion 2011, the position of the lock rod 201 is locked, so that the relative position of the card holder 200 and the housing 100 remains unchanged.

Referring to fig. 4 to 6, the process of unlocking the locking assembly 300 can be summarized as controlling the lock body 303 to move toward the first opening 3013 against the elastic force of the elastic member 304, so that the lock body 303 can be separated from the limiting member 302, thereby releasing the limiting of the position of the limiting member 302, the position of the limiting member 302 is separated from the limiting position, at this time, the limiting member 302 also releases the locking of the lock rod 201, at this time, the lock rod 201 can move relative to the locking assembly 300, thereby enabling the card holder 200 to move relative to the housing 100.

In practice, the position-limiting state between the lock body 303 and the position-limiting member 302 can be changed by the action of electric control or external force, so as to switch the locking assembly 300 between the locking state and the unlocking state.

In this way, by changing the limit state between the lock body 303 and the limit member 302, the engagement state between the limit member 302 and the limit portion 2011 of the lock lever 201 can be changed, thereby controlling the locking assembly 300 to switch between the locking state and the unlocking state.

In some embodiments, the lock 303 is a magnetic material, the elastic member 304 drives the lock 303 to lock the lock rod 201, and the limiting member 302 disengages from the limiting portion 2011 to unlock the lock rod 201 when the lock 303 moves toward the first opening 3013 based on the magnetic force.

The magnetic material may be a ferromagnetic metal, for example, an iron alloy, iron, cobalt, nickel, or the like.

Specifically, when it is required to switch the locking assembly 300 from the locking state shown in fig. 4 to the unlocking state shown in fig. 6, as shown in fig. 5, a strong magnet 400 may be placed outside the electronic device, and under the magnetic force of the strong magnet 400, the lock body 303 moves towards the first end of the housing against the resistance of the elastic member 304, i.e. moves in the direction indicated by the arrow in fig. 6, so as to disengage the lock body 303 from the limiting member 302, thereby releasing the limiting member 302 and further releasing the locking of the locking rod 201.

In this embodiment, the locking state of the locking assembly 300 is controlled by using a magnetic force, so that the card holder 200 can be easily removed from the housing 100.

In some embodiments, an electromagnet may be disposed between the first end of the housing and the card holder 200, and when the electromagnet is powered, an attractive force may be generated between the electromagnet and the lock body 303, so that the lock body 303 may be disengaged from the position-limiting member 302 under the magnetic force of the electromagnet.

In some embodiments, the limiting member 302 includes a ball, and the limiting portion 2011 is a limiting groove disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the lock rod 201, and in the locking state, the ball fits in the limiting groove.

Specifically, in the locking process of the locking assembly 300, the locking rod 201 extends into the housing along the first opening 3013, the balls are gradually embedded into the limiting groove, when the balls move into the limiting groove and abut against the locking rod 201, the lock body 303 is limited in the space formed by the housing, the lock body 303 and the limiting groove, the inner wall of the housing has an inward acting force on the limiting member 302, the direction indicated by the arrow in fig. 4 is a schematic force diagram of the limiting member 302 in this state, the balls lock the locking rod 201, the locking rod 201 stops moving, the locking assembly 300 locks, and at least part of the balls is located outside the limiting groove.

During the unlocking process of the locking assembly 300, the lock body 303 is disengaged from the limiting member 302, at this time, the limiting member 302 has a degree of freedom to move toward the first opening 3013, and at the same time, the lock rod 201 can also move outward along the first opening 3013, and the locking assembly 300 is unlocked.

In this embodiment, the locking assembly 300 is switched between the locked state and the unlocked state by the engagement of the balls with the retaining grooves.

In some of these embodiments, the inner face wall of the receiving cavity at the end away from the first opening 3013 is formed as an arcuate face 3014, the arcuate face 3014 extending inwardly in a direction away from the first opening 3013.

Referring to fig. 6, an inner wall of the accommodating cavity at an end away from the first opening 3013 is formed as an arc-shaped surface 3014, and in the locking process of the locking assembly 300, the ball moves along the arc-shaped surface 3014 back to the first opening 3013 and moves closer to the middle of the accommodating cavity gradually, so that the ball is gradually embedded into the limiting groove.

Correspondingly, in the process of unlocking the locking assembly 300, the ball moves towards the first opening 3013 along the arc-shaped surface 3014 and moves away from the middle of the accommodating cavity gradually, so that the ball is separated from the limiting groove, and the locking rod 201 is unlocked.

In this embodiment, the arc-shaped surface 3014 is disposed on the inner wall of the accommodating cavity, so that the arc-shaped surface 3014 can cooperate with the ball to switch between the limiting member 302 and the limiting portion 2011 in different limiting states.

In some of these embodiments, the inner wall of the receiving cavity is provided with a guide groove extending inwardly in a direction away from the first opening 3013, and a ball is rollably mounted in the guide groove.

Specifically, from the first end to the second end of the shell, the groove bottom of the guide groove is gradually close to the middle of the accommodating cavity, so that when the ball moves towards the second end along the guide groove, the ball moves close to the middle of the shell, and the ball is embedded into the limiting groove; accordingly, when the ball moves along the guide groove toward the first end, the ball will move toward the middle away from the housing, thereby achieving the disengagement of the ball from the groove.

In this embodiment, the guide groove is provided on the inner wall of the accommodating cavity, so that the guide groove can be matched with the ball to switch between the limiting member 302 and the limiting portion 2011 between different limiting states.

In some embodiments, the ball is multiple, and the guide groove is multiple corresponding to the ball, and the guide grooves are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the accommodating cavity.

In this embodiment, by providing at least two balls, when the locking assembly 300 is in the locking state, the at least two balls are respectively inserted into the limiting grooves, so that the stability of locking the locking rod 201 can be further improved.

In some embodiments, the elastic member 304 is a spring, the spring is compressed between the lock body 303 and the inner wall of the accommodating cavity, the lock body 303 is provided with a through hole, in the locking state, the lock rod 201 penetrates through the through hole, and the spring is sleeved on the lock rod 201.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3, during the locking process of the locking assembly 300, the lock rod 201 passes through the through hole in the middle of the spring and the through hole in the middle of the lock body 303 respectively to insert the limit portion 2011, so as to implement the locking process of the locking assembly 300.

In some embodiments, the electronic device further includes an ejection elastic member 202, the ejection elastic member 202 may be a spring or a spring plate, and the like, and the ejection elastic member 202 has one end fixed to the card holder 200, and in the locking state, the ejection elastic member 202 is compressed along the extending direction of the lock rod 201, so that when the locking assembly 300 releases the lock on the lock rod 201, the ejection elastic member 202, which is originally in the compressed state, returns to the original state, thereby providing an elastic force to move the card holder 200 in a direction away from the housing 100, and further facilitating the removal of the card holder 200.

In some embodiments, the outer wall of the outer shell is provided with a connecting plate 305 extending towards the outside, the connecting plate 305 is provided with a first connecting position, and the housing 100 comprises a first connecting piece, and the first connecting position is fixedly connected with the first connecting piece.

It should be understood that the locking assembly 300 is fixed to the housing 100 by the connection plate 305, and thus, the extending direction of the connection plate 305 may be adjusted as needed.

In some embodiments, the first connector may be a screw provided on the housing 100, in which case the first connecting position is a screw hole opened on a connecting plate, wherein the target device is mounted on the housing 100 through the first connector, and the target device is a connector other than the locking assembly 300, so that when the housing is fixedly connected to the housing 100, the housing can share the connector of the target device to achieve the connection between the housing of the locking assembly 300 and the housing 100.

In this embodiment, when the housing is mounted to the casing 100, the first connecting member is shared by the housing and other components in the casing 100, so that the additional arrangement of screws in the electronic device due to the mounting of the housing is avoided, and the internal space of the electronic device is saved.

Referring to fig. 7 and fig. 8, in the embodiment, the electronic device is a mobile phone, and the example that the card holder 200 is used for assisting in installing the SIM card is described as an example.

In practice, as shown in fig. 7, the card holder provided with the lock lever 201 is locked at a predetermined position by the lock assembly 300. Referring to fig. 8, when the SIM card needs to be installed, removed or replaced, the strong magnet 400 is used to unlock the locking assembly 300, and further remove the card holder.

Compared with the prior art, the card among the electronic equipment of this embodiment holds in the palm and can cancel thimble trompil, promotes the wholeness of complete machine, simultaneously, can improve the card and hold in the palm the problem that the ejection force is big, helps promoting user experience.

In addition, in the prior art, a user may not be able to carry the card needle anywhere and anytime, and therefore, a toothpick or other articles may need to be used for picking up the card holder, which may cause the foreign matters to be broken in the hole of the card holder, thereby helping to reduce the possibility of blocking the card holder hole.

Card holds in palm and locking component 300 thereof abandons the mode that the lever ejection structure welding of current card support was on PCB in this embodiment, and the hasp structure after the change is dismantled simply, can effectively improve maintainability.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electronic device is characterized by comprising a card holder and a shell, wherein the shell is provided with an opening, and the card holder extends into the shell through the opening;

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a limiting part is disposed at an end of the lock rod away from the card holder, and the locking assembly comprises a housing, a lock body, an elastic member and a limiting part;

an accommodating cavity is formed in the shell, a first opening is formed in one side of the accommodating cavity facing the card holder, and the lock rod extends into the shell from the first opening;

the lock body is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the lock body is movable in the direction towards the first opening;

the limiting piece is arranged in the accommodating cavity, the limiting piece is positioned on one side of the lock body, which is far away from the first opening, and the limiting piece and the limiting part can be matched;

the elastic component set up in hold the intracavity, the elastic component is located the neighbouring of lock body first open-ended one side, the both ends of elastic component end respectively hold the inner wall that holds the chamber with the lock body, just the elastic component drive the lock body orientation the locating part removes, so that the locating part with spacing portion cooperation and locking the locking lever.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the lock body is a magnetic material, the elastic member normally drives the lock body to lock the lock rod, and the position limiting member is disengaged from the position limiting portion to unlock the lock rod when the lock body moves toward the first opening based on a magnetic force.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the limiting member includes a ball, the limiting portion is a limiting groove provided on an outer circumferential surface of the lock lever, and the ball fits in the limiting groove in the locked state.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an inner face wall of an end of the housing chamber remote from the first opening is formed as an arc-shaped face extending inward in a direction away from the first opening.

6. An electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the inner wall of the accommodating chamber is provided with a guide groove extending inwardly in a direction away from the first opening, the ball being rollably mounted in the guide groove.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the balls are plural, and the guide grooves are plural in one-to-one correspondence with the plural balls, and the plural guide grooves are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the accommodating chamber.

8. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the elastic member is a spring, the spring is compressed between the lock body and the inner wall of the accommodating cavity, the lock body is provided with a through hole, in the locking state, the locking rod penetrates through the through hole, and the spring is sleeved on the locking rod.

9. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the outer wall of the housing is provided with a connecting plate extending outward, the connecting plate is provided with a first connecting position, and the housing comprises a first connecting member, and the first connecting position is connected with the first connecting member.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising an ejection elastic member, one end of which is fixed to the card holder, and in the locked state, the ejection elastic member is compressed in an extending direction of the lock lever.