CN115079783A

CN115079783A - Screen module and notebook computer

Info

Publication number: CN115079783A
Application number: CN202210760221.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗涛; 蒲明轩; 何荣利
Original assignee: Guangdong Hongqin Communication Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Hongqin Communication Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-30
Filing date: 2022-06-30
Publication date: 2022-09-20

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of notebook computers, and discloses a screen module and a notebook computer, wherein the screen module comprises a main screen and also comprises: the PCB is connected with the main screen, and a function switch is arranged on the PCB; the function module comprises a key assembly, wherein the key assembly is aligned to the function switch, and when the key assembly is pressed down, the key assembly can press the function switch. The functional module of the notebook computer is arranged on the screen module, and the PCB of the screen module is provided with a key assembly which is used for being matched with the functional module, so that a functional switch which is opened and closed with a specific function is realized, the connecting process of the functional module and the main board in the host module is omitted, the assembling efficiency of the notebook computer is effectively improved, and the production cost of the notebook computer is reduced.

Description

Screen module and notebook computer

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of notebook computers, in particular to a screen module and a notebook computer.

Background

A notebook computer is an electronic device with high portability, and includes a foldable and expandable host module and a screen module.

At present, functional keys such as a power key or a touch key in a notebook computer are generally located on a host module, for example, the functional keys are designed in a certain key in a keyboard in a fusing manner or are arranged on a shell of the host module, and no matter which setting mode of the functional keys is, the functional keys need to be connected with a main board in the host module through an FFC (flexible flat cable)/FPC (flexible circuit board) wire during assembly, so that the assembly efficiency is low, and the production cost of the notebook computer is increased.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides a screen module and a notebook computer, and solves the problems that the notebook computer in the prior art is low in assembly efficiency and high in production cost.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

a screen module, includes the main screen, still includes:

the PCB is connected with the main screen, and a function switch is arranged on the PCB;

the function module comprises a key assembly, wherein the key assembly is aligned to the function switch, and when the key assembly is pressed, the key assembly can press the function switch.

Optionally, the key assembly is close to one side of the PCB board is provided with a key bump, the functional switch comprises a contact which is convex, and when the key assembly is pressed, the key bump is abutted against the contact.

Optionally, the screen module further includes a bottom shell and a top shell, the main screen is disposed on the bottom shell, the top shell is joined to one side of the main screen and disposed opposite to the bottom shell, and an accommodating space is formed between the top shell and the bottom shell;

the PCB board is arranged on the bottom shell in the accommodating space, and the key assembly is arranged on the top shell.

Optionally, the top shell is provided with a mounting hole, the key assembly includes a key base and a key main body fixed on the key base, and the key base can be driven to move axially along the mounting hole;

the inner side of the top shell is fixedly provided with an installation plate, the installation plate is provided with a clamping groove, and the key base is provided with a clamping hook; when the button assembly is in a natural state, the clamping hook is clamped and connected with the clamping groove, and when the button assembly is pressed down, the clamping hook is separated from the clamping groove.

Optionally, the mounting panel covers the mounting hole, just the dodging hole has been seted up on the mounting panel, dodge the hole and aim at button bump setting.

Optionally, the clamping groove is located at an edge of the mounting plate, the hook is located at an edge of the key base, and a position of the hook corresponds to a position of the clamping groove.

Optionally, be equipped with a plurality of fixed orificess on the mounting panel, be equipped with the hot melt post in the fixed orifices, the mounting panel with the top shell passes through hot melt post fixed connection.

Optionally, the function switch is a power switch, and the function module is a power module.

The present invention also provides a notebook computer, comprising:

a host module comprising a motherboard circuit;

the screen module is as described in any one of the above.

Optionally, the main screen is a touch screen, the PCB is provided with a display touch circuit for implementing display and touch functions of the main screen, and the PCB further includes a switch circuit for implementing turning on and off of a specific function of the notebook, and the switch circuit includes the function switch;

the display touch circuit and the switch circuit are connected with the mainboard circuit through a connector and a cable.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

the invention provides a screen module and a notebook computer, wherein the functional module of the notebook computer is arranged on the screen module, and the PCB of the screen module is provided with a functional switch which is used for being matched with the key assembly of the functional module so as to realize the opening and closing of specific functions, thereby omitting the connecting process of the functional module and a main board in a host module, effectively improving the assembly efficiency of the notebook computer and simultaneously reducing the production cost of the notebook computer.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a screen module according to the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a screen module according to the present invention after a top case is hidden;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a partial structure of a screen module according to the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the screen module according to another view angle after the bottom shell is hidden;

fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion a in fig. 4.

In the above figures: 11. a main screen; 121. a bottom case; 1211. molding; 13. a PCB board; 131. a function switch; 132. a connector; 1321. a cable; 21. a key assembly; 211. a key base; 2111. a key bump; 2112. a hook is clamped; 212. a key body; 22. mounting a plate; 221. avoiding holes; 222. a card slot; 223. and (4) thermally melting the columns.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the embodiments described below are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. 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 invention.

It should be understood that the detailed description of the invention is intended to be illustrative of the invention and is not intended to limit the invention. Wherein the exemplary embodiments are described as processes or methods depicted as flowcharts; although a flowchart may describe the operations or processing of steps in a certain order, many of the operations or steps can be performed in parallel, concurrently or simultaneously, and the order of the operations can be re-arranged. When its operations or steps are completed, the corresponding process may be terminated, with additional steps not included in the figures. The aforementioned processes may correspond to methods, functions, procedures, subroutines, and the like, and the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present invention may be combined with each other without conflict.

The term "include" and variations thereof as used herein are intended to be open-ended, i.e., "including but not limited to". The term "based on" is "based, at least in part, on". The technical scheme of the invention is further explained by the specific implementation mode in combination with the attached drawings; it is to be understood that only some of the structures associated with the present invention are shown in the drawings for convenience of description, not all of the structures.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present invention provides a screen module, which is applied to a notebook computer in this embodiment, and it can be understood that the screen module can also be applied to other electronic devices with screens.

In this embodiment, the screen module includes a main screen 11, and the main screen 11 is a touch screen; it can be understood that, the screen module of which the main screen 11 is a touch screen often needs to be provided with a PCB 13 to realize the screen display and touch functions of the main screen 11, and therefore, in the present application, the screen module further includes the PCB 13 connected to the main screen 11.

Further, a function switch 131 is provided on the PCB board 13. It is understood that the function switch 131 may be a power switch, or may be a touch function switch 131 of a touch screen, or a fingerprint recognition switch, etc., which are all within the protection scope of the present embodiment.

In this embodiment, the screen module further includes a function module, the function module includes a key assembly 21, and the key assembly 21 is aligned with the function switch 131 on the PCB 13, so that when the key assembly 21 is pressed, the key assembly 21 can press the function switch 131. In this embodiment, the function switch 131 is a power switch, so that when the key assembly 21 is used to press the function switch 13, the notebook computer can be turned on or off.

In this embodiment, some function modules corresponding to specific functions in the notebook computer are disposed on the screen module, and the PCB 13 of the screen module is disposed with a function switch 131 for cooperating with the key assembly 21 of the function module to open and close the specific functions;

because the PCB 13 of the screen module originally needs to be connected with the main board in the host module, the functional module does not need to be connected with the main board in the host module again, the connecting process of the functional module and the main board in the host module is omitted, the assembling efficiency of the notebook computer is effectively improved, and the production cost of the notebook computer is reduced.

In order to realize the matching between the key assembly 21 and the PCB 13, in this embodiment, one side of the key assembly 21 close to the PCB 13 is provided with a key salient point 2111, the function switch 131 includes a convex contact, when the key assembly 21 is in a natural state, a gap is formed between the key assembly 21 and the function switch 131, and when the key assembly 21 is pressed, the key salient point 2111 collides with the contact.

Specifically, the screen module further includes a bottom case 121 and a top case, the main screen 11 is disposed on the bottom case 121, the top case is joined to one side of the main screen 11 and disposed opposite to the bottom case 121, and an accommodating space is formed between the top case and the bottom case 121; the PCB 13 is disposed on the bottom case 121 in the accommodating space, and the key assembly 21 is disposed on the top case.

The bottom case 121 is provided with a plastic 1211, and the shape and structure of the plastic 1211 are matched with those of each component to be mounted in the screen module, so as to realize stable mounting of each component.

In this embodiment, the top case is located at the bottom end of the main screen 11, and preferably, the upper surface of the top case is approximately flush with the upper surface of the main screen 11, so as to ensure the smooth surface of the screen module, which is beneficial to reducing the thickness of the notebook computer when the screen module and the host module are covered.

Wherein, the mounting hole has been seted up on the top shell, and button subassembly 21 includes button base 211 to and be fixed in button main part 212 on the button base 211, button base 211 can be driven and be axial motion along the mounting hole, and button base 211 can be to the direction motion that is close to PCB board 13 under external force is pressed down promptly, until contradicting the contact in function switch 131.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5 together with fig. 1 to 3, the mounting plate 22 is fixedly disposed on the inner side of the top case, the mounting plate 22 is provided with a slot 222, and the key base 211 is provided with a hook 2112; when the key assembly 21 is in a natural state, the hook 2112 is connected with the slot 222 in a clamping manner; when the key assembly 21 is pressed, the hooks 2112 are disengaged from the slots 222, so that the key protrusions 2111 can be operatively engaged with the function switches 131.

In this embodiment, the mounting plate 22 covers the mounting hole, and the slot 222 is located at the edge of the mounting plate 22, which is beneficial to improving the mounting stability of the key assembly 21. Accordingly, the hook 2112 is located at the edge of the key base 211, and the position of the hook 2112 corresponds to the position of the slot 222.

In order to avoid the mounting plate 22 from interfering with the matching action of the key assembly 21 and the function switch 131, the mounting plate 22 is provided with an avoiding hole 221, and the avoiding hole 221 is arranged in alignment with the key salient point 2111; when the key assembly 21 is pressed, the key protrusions 2111 protrude from the escape holes 221 to achieve an action fit with the function switches 131.

Wherein, be equipped with a plurality of fixed orificess on the mounting panel 22, be equipped with hot melt post 223 in the fixed orifices, mounting panel 22 passes through hot melt post 223 fixed connection with the top shell. It will be appreciated that the mounting plate 22 may be secured to the top plate by a screw lock.

Based on the foregoing embodiments, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a notebook computer, including a host module and the screen module provided in the foregoing embodiments.

The host module comprises a mainboard circuit;

the main screen 11 is a touch screen, and the PCB 13 is provided with a display touch circuit for realizing the display and touch functions of the main screen 11, and further includes a switch circuit for realizing the opening and closing of the specific functions of the notebook computer, and the switch circuit includes a function switch 131. When the key assembly 21 is pressed, the key assembly 21 can press the function switch 131.

In this embodiment, the display touch circuit and the switch circuit are connected to the main board circuit through the connector 132 and the cable 1321.

The functional modules corresponding to certain specific functions in the notebook computer are arranged on the screen module, and the PCB 13 of the screen module is provided with a functional switch 131 which is used for being matched with the key assembly 21 of the functional module to realize the opening and closing of the specific functions;

It is understood that the function switch 131 may be a power switch, or may be a touch function switch 131 of a touch screen, or a fingerprint recognition switch, etc., which are all within the protection scope of the present embodiment.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention, and not for limiting the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a screen module, its characterized in that includes main screen, still includes:

the function module comprises a key assembly, wherein the key assembly is aligned to the function switch, and when the key assembly is pressed down, the key assembly can press the function switch.

2. The screen module as recited in claim 1, wherein a key protrusion is disposed on a side of the key assembly adjacent to the PCB, and the function switch comprises a contact that is raised such that the key protrusion abuts against the contact when the key assembly is pressed.

3. The screen module as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a bottom housing and a top housing, wherein the main screen is disposed on the bottom housing, the top housing is connected to a side of the main screen and disposed opposite to the bottom housing, and an accommodating space is formed between the top housing and the bottom housing;

4. The screen module as recited in claim 3, wherein the top case defines a mounting hole, the key assembly includes a key base and a key body fixed to the key base, the key base being capable of being driven to move axially along the mounting hole;

the inner side of the top shell is fixedly provided with an installation plate, the installation plate is provided with a clamping groove, and the key base is provided with a clamping hook; when the key assembly is in a natural state, the clamping hook is connected with the clamping groove in a clamping mode, and when the key assembly is pressed down, the clamping hook is separated from the clamping groove.

5. The screen module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the mounting plate covers the mounting holes, and the mounting plate is provided with avoiding holes aligned with the key bumps.

6. The screen module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the slot is located at an edge of the mounting plate, the hook is located at an edge of the key base, and the position of the hook corresponds to the position of the slot.

7. The screen module as recited in claim 4, wherein the mounting plate is provided with a plurality of fixing holes, the fixing holes are provided with heat-melting columns, and the mounting plate is fixedly connected with the top case through the heat-melting columns.

8. The screen module as recited in claim 1, wherein the functional switch is a power switch and the functional module is a power module.

9. A notebook computer, comprising:

a host module comprising a motherboard circuit;

the screen module according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. The notebook computer of claim 9,

the main screen is a touch screen, a display touch circuit used for realizing the display and touch functions of the main screen is arranged on the PCB, the notebook computer further comprises a switch circuit used for realizing the opening and closing of the specific functions of the notebook computer, and the switch circuit comprises the function switch;