CN112987162A

CN112987162A - Light guide structure and wireless earphone charging cabin with same

Info

Publication number: CN112987162A
Application number: CN202110139144.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 冯新鹏; 郑遗进; 吴永国; 李伟; 陈忠达
Original assignee: Dongguan Uiisii Electronics Co ltd
Current assignee: Dongguan Uiisii Electronics Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-02-01
Filing date: 2021-02-01
Publication date: 2021-06-18

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of earphone charging cabins, and discloses a light guide structure and a wireless earphone charging cabin with the same, wherein the light guide structure is used for conducting light emitted by a light source to a light hole and comprises a seat body and a plurality of light guide parts which are respectively connected to the seat body; the light sources and the light holes are provided in a plurality, and the light guide members, the light sources and the light holes are in one-to-one correspondence; the light guide piece is provided with an incident part for receiving light from the light source, a conduction part for conducting light, an emergent part for outputting light to the light hole, and a supporting part arranged between the conduction part and the base body; the light inlet part, the conduction part and the light outlet part are sequentially connected, and the conduction part is supported on the seat body by the support part; the light outlet part is inserted into the light transmitting hole. The light guide structure provided by the invention can avoid the problem that a user cannot distinguish which specific light hole is luminous in visual effect by arranging the supporting part.

Description

Light guide structure and wireless earphone charging cabin with same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of earphone charging cabins, in particular to a light guide structure and a wireless earphone charging cabin with the light guide structure.

Background

Currently, a plurality of indicator lights are generally provided in a wireless headset charging cabin to indicate the state of charge of the charging cabin.

The indicating lamps generally map light on the surface of the charging cabin through the light guide structure, and the light guide structure is generally an integral piece, so that when one of the indicating lamps is turned on, in the process of conducting light on the light guide structure, part of the light is easily transmitted to the surface corresponding to other adjacent indicating lamps along the light guide structure, so that the other adjacent indicating lamps of the indicating lamp are turned on with weak light intensity, and specific indicating lamps are difficult to recognize in visual effect.

Disclosure of Invention

The purpose of the invention is: provided are a light guide structure which is easy to identify whether an indicator lamp is on or not in visual effect and a wireless earphone charging cabin with the light guide structure.

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a light guide structure for guiding light emitted from a light source to a light hole, the light guide structure comprising a base and a plurality of light guide members respectively connected to the base; the light sources and the light holes are provided in a plurality, and the light guide members, the light sources and the light holes are in one-to-one correspondence; the light guide piece is provided with an incident part for receiving light from the light source, a conduction part for conducting light, an emergent part for outputting light to the light hole, and a supporting part arranged between the conduction part and the base body; the light inlet part, the conduction part and the light outlet part are sequentially connected, and the conduction part is supported on the seat body by the support part; the light outlet part is inserted into the light transmitting hole.

Further, in each of the light guide members, the conductive portion is a strip structure having a first end and a second end, the light incident portion is formed at the first end, the supporting portion is connected to the second end, the light emergent portion is disposed at the second end, and the shape of the light emergent portion is adapted to the corresponding light hole.

Further, the light incident portion includes a light incident surface disposed on the first end surface, and the light incident surface forms a first angle with an extending direction of the conducting portion.

Furthermore, the light-emitting part comprises a body in a strip structure and a light-emitting surface, one end of the body is connected to the second end, the light-emitting surface is formed on the end face of the other end of the body, and an included angle is formed between the extending direction of the conducting part and the extending direction of the body.

Furthermore, the supporting portion is an arc-shaped structure with a third end and a fourth end, the third end is connected to the conducting portion, and the fourth end is connected to the seat body.

Further, the base body comprises a strip-shaped connecting part extending along a preset direction, and the plurality of supporting parts are arranged at intervals along the preset direction.

Furthermore, the base body also comprises a mounting block for fixing the base body at the light-transmitting hole.

Furthermore, the installation block is provided with an abutting surface and through holes which are arranged on the abutting surface and correspond to the plurality of light guide pieces one to one, the light inlet part of each light guide piece is respectively inserted into the corresponding through hole, and the light outlet part of each light guide piece abuts against the abutting surface and respectively penetrates through the corresponding light holes.

Furthermore, a plurality of inserting strips are further arranged on the abutting surface, each inserting strip is respectively positioned between the two adjacent supporting parts of the light guide pieces, and each inserting strip abuts against the strip-shaped connecting part.

The invention provides a wireless earphone charging cabin, which comprises the light guide structure as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9 and a shell with an accommodating space, wherein the light guide structure is arranged on the inner wall of the accommodating space, a plurality of light sources are arranged in the accommodating space, and a plurality of light holes are arranged on the surface of the shell.

Compared with the prior art, the light guide structure and the wireless earphone charging cabin have the advantages that:

the light guide structure of the embodiment of the invention is used for outputting the light of a light source to the light guide parts of the light holes, wherein the light guide parts are provided with the supporting parts which support the conduction parts on the seat body, under the action of the supporting parts, the light emitted by the light source enters through the light inlet part, is conducted through the conduction parts and is finally output through the light outlet part, compared with the mode that the conduction parts of a plurality of light guide parts are directly connected in series through the connecting rod in the prior art, the scheme is provided with the supporting parts, if the light emitted by one light source needs to be conducted to the other light guide part through the corresponding light guide part, so that the other light hole can emit light, namely if a user cannot identify the specific light hole to emit light in visual effect, the light emitted by the light source needs to sequentially pass through the conduction parts of the light guide part corresponding to the light source, the supporting parts of the light guide parts, the seat body, the first supporting part of the adjacent, the path that its light path propagated is long, and the consumption is big, is difficult to export light in another light trap, and it is very difficult to make the user can't distinguish specific which light trap is luminous on visual effect, consequently can avoid the user can't distinguish specific which light trap is luminous on visual effect.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an internal structure view of a wireless headset charging bay according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a housing structure diagram of a wireless headset charging bay according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a connection structure diagram of the base body and the plurality of light guide members of the light guide structure according to the embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a connection structure diagram of a plurality of light guide members and a strip-shaped connection portion of the light guide structure according to the embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a structural diagram of one of the light guide members of the light guide structure according to the embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a mounting block pattern of a light guide structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a structural view of the mounting block of the light guide structure of the embodiment of the present invention in another direction.

Fig. 8 is a structural diagram of a circuit board of a wireless headset charging bay according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is an overall configuration diagram of the wireless headset charging cradle according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1, a housing; 2. an accommodating space; 3. a circuit board; 110. a light source; 120. a light guide; 130. a light-transmitting hole; 140. a base body; 121. an incident light part; 122. a conduction part; 1221. a first end; 1222. a second end; 123. a light-emitting part; 1231. a body; 1232. a light-emitting surface; 124. a support portion; 1241. a third end; 1242. a fourth end; 141. a bar-shaped connecting portion; 142. mounting blocks; 1421. an abutting surface; 1422. a through hole; 1423. and (5) cutting.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed 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 present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

As shown in fig. 1 to 9, a light guide structure according to a preferred embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention is used for guiding light emitted from a light source 110 to a light hole 130, and includes a base 140 and a plurality of light guides 120 respectively connected to the base 140; the light sources 110 and the light holes 130 are provided in plurality, and the light guide members 120, the light sources 110 and the light holes 130 correspond to one another; the light guide member 120 has an incident portion 121 for receiving light from the light source 110, a conducting portion 122 for conducting light, an exit portion 123 for outputting light to the light hole 130, and a supporting portion 124 disposed between the conducting portion 122 and the base body 140; the light inlet part 121, the conducting part 122 and the light outlet part 123 are connected in sequence, and the conducting part 122 is supported on the base body 140 by the supporting part 124; the light emitting portion 123 is inserted into the light transmitting hole 130.

In the light guide structure of the present embodiment, the light guide member for outputting the light of the light source 110 to the light holes 130 includes the supporting portion 124 supporting the conducting portion on the base body 140, and under the action of the supporting portion 124, the light emitted by the light source 110 enters through the light inlet portion, is conducted through the conducting portion, and is finally output through the light outlet portion, compared with the prior art in which the conducting portions of the light guide members 120 are directly connected in series through the connecting rod, the present embodiment is provided with the supporting portion 124, if the light emitted by one of the light sources 110 needs to be conducted to the other light guide member 120 through the corresponding light guide member 120, so that the other light hole 130 can emit light, that is, if it is difficult for the user to identify which light hole 130 emits light in visual effect, the light emitted by the light source 110 needs to sequentially pass through the conducting portion 122 of the light guide member 120 corresponding to the light source 110, the supporting portion 124, the light, The base 140, the first supporting portion 124 of the adjacent light guide 120 and the conducting portion 122 of the adjacent light guide 120 have long light path transmission paths, and are consumed a lot, so that it is difficult to output light in the other light hole 130, i.e. it is difficult for a user to visually distinguish which specific light hole 130 emits light, so that it is possible to avoid that the user visually fails to distinguish which specific light hole 130 emits light.

Specifically, in one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 9, in each light guide member 120, the conducting portion 122 is a strip structure having a first end 1221 and a second end 1222, the light incident portion 121 is formed at the first end 1221, the supporting portion 124 is connected to the second end 1222, the light emergent portion 123 is disposed on the second end 1222, and the shape of the light emergent portion 123 is adapted to the corresponding light hole 130. In the present embodiment, when the light sources 110 emit light, the supporting portion 124 is connected to the second end 1222 and the light incident portion 121 is formed on the first end 1221, so that if the light emitted by one of the light sources 110 needs to make it difficult for a user to determine which light-transmitting hole emits light, the light needs to pass through the first end 1221, the conducting portion 122 and the second end 1222 to be conducted to the supporting portion 124, the propagation path is as long as possible, the propagation loss is large, and further, the user cannot visually distinguish which light-transmitting hole 130 emits light.

Specifically, the light source 110 is mounted on the circuit board 3 in the accommodating space 2, and is powered on or powered off through the circuit board 3.

Specifically, in one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 9, the light incident portion 121 includes a first light incident surface disposed on the end surface of the first end 1221, and the first light incident surface forms a first angle with the extending direction of the conducting portion 122. Therefore, the area of the first light incident surface is larger than the cross-sectional area of the conducting portion 122, so that the light emitted by the corresponding light source 110 can be sufficiently received.

In particular, the first angle is 30-45 °.

Specifically, in one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 9, the light emitting portion 123 includes a body 1231 having a strip structure and a light emitting surface 1232, one end of the body 1231 is connected to the second end 1222, the light emitting surface 1232 is formed on an end surface of the other end of the body 1231, and an included angle is formed between an extending direction of the conducting portion 122 and an extending direction of the body 1231.

Specifically, in one embodiment, referring to fig. 1-9, the supporting portion 124 has an arc structure with a third end 1241 and a fourth end 1242, the third end 1241 is connected to the conducting portion 122, and the fourth end 1242 is connected to the seat body 140.

Specifically, in one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 9, the base 140 includes a strip-shaped connecting portion 141 extending along a predetermined direction, and the plurality of supporting portions 124 are disposed at intervals along the predetermined direction to adapt to the plurality of light holes 130 disposed on the housing 1 and disposed at intervals along the predetermined direction.

Specifically, in one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 9, the base 140 further includes a mounting block 142 for fixing the base 140 at the light hole 130.

Specifically, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 9, the mounting block 142 is provided with a contact surface 1421 and through holes 1422 that are formed on the contact surface 1421 and correspond to the plurality of light guide members one to one, the light incident portion of each light guide member is inserted into the corresponding through hole 1422, and the light emergent portion of each light guide member contacts the contact surface 1421 and passes through the corresponding light hole.

Specifically, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 9, a plurality of inserting strips 1423 are further disposed on the abutting surface 1421, each inserting strip 1423 is respectively located between the supporting portions 124 of two adjacent light guide members, and each inserting strip 1423 abuts against the strip-shaped connecting portion 141.

The second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless headset charging cabin, including the light guide structure provided in the first aspect and a housing 1 having an accommodating space 2, where the light guide structure is installed on an inner wall of the accommodating space 2, a plurality of light sources 110 are disposed in the accommodating space 2, and a plurality of light holes 130 are disposed on a surface of the housing 1.

Specifically, in one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 9, the mounting block 142 can fix the seat body 140 on the inner wall of the accommodating space 2.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A light guide structure is used for guiding light emitted by a light source to a light hole and is characterized by comprising a base body and a plurality of light guide parts which are respectively connected to the base body;

the light source and the light hole are provided with a plurality of light holes,

the light guide pieces, the light sources and the light holes are in one-to-one correspondence; the light guide piece is provided with an incident part for receiving light from the light source, a conduction part for conducting light, an emergent part for outputting light to the light hole, and a supporting part arranged between the conduction part and the base body; the light inlet part, the conduction part and the light outlet part are sequentially connected, and the conduction part is supported on the seat body by the support part; the light outlet part is inserted into the light transmitting hole.

2. A light guide structure according to claim 1, wherein in each of the light guide members, the conductive portion is a strip-shaped structure having a first end and a second end, the light incident portion is formed at the first end, the supporting portion is connected to the second end, the light emergent portion is disposed at the second end, and the shape of the light emergent portion is adapted to the corresponding light hole.

3. The light guide structure according to claim 2, wherein the light incident portion includes a light incident surface disposed on the first end surface, and the light incident surface forms a first angle with an extending direction of the conducting portion.

4. A light guide structure according to claim 3, wherein the light emitting portion includes a body having a bar structure and a light emitting surface, one end of the body is connected to the second end, the light emitting surface is formed on an end surface of the other end of the body, and an included angle is formed between an extending direction of the light guide portion and an extending direction of the body.

5. The light guide structure of claim 1, wherein the supporting portion is an arc-shaped structure having a third end and a fourth end, the third end is connected to the conducting portion, and the fourth end is connected to the base.

6. The light guide structure of claim 1, wherein the base body comprises a bar-shaped connecting portion extending along a predetermined direction, and the plurality of supporting portions are spaced apart along the predetermined direction.

7. The light guide structure of claim 6, wherein the base further comprises a mounting block for fixing the base at the light-transmitting hole.

8. A light guide structure according to claim 7, wherein the mounting block is provided with an abutting surface and through holes opened in the abutting surface and corresponding to the plurality of light guide members one to one, the light incident portion of each light guide member is inserted into the corresponding through hole, and the light exiting portion of each light guide member abuts against the abutting surface and passes through the corresponding light transmitting hole.

9. The light guide structure of claim 8, wherein the abutting surface further comprises a plurality of insert bars, each insert bar is located between two adjacent supporting portions of the light guide member, and each insert bar abuts against the bar-shaped connecting portion.

10. A wireless earphone charging chamber, comprising the light guide structure of any one of claims 1-9 and a housing having an accommodating space, wherein the light guide structure is mounted on an inner wall of the accommodating space, a plurality of light sources are disposed in the accommodating space, and a plurality of light holes are disposed on a surface of the housing.