CN115654423B

CN115654423B - Lampshade and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN115654423B
Application number: CN202211669867.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙健; 汪源; 刘启潮; 赵亚卫; 高伟
Original assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-12-25
Filing date: 2022-12-25
Publication date: 2023-05-09
Anticipated expiration: 2042-12-25
Also published as: CN115654423A

Abstract

The application provides a lamp shade and electronic equipment, the lamp shade is applied to the electronic equipment, is used for installing the infrared lamp, the lamp shade includes first lamp shade portion and second lamp shade portion, first lamp shade portion and second lamp shade portion are hollow structure; the elastic connecting piece is connected with the first lampshade part and the second lampshade part respectively, and the first lampshade part and the second lampshade part are movably connected through the elastic connecting piece. The lampshade can reduce assembly difficulty, and the middle frame of the electronic equipment does not need to be provided with an avoidance structure, so that certain wall thickness is ensured, and large-area thin walls and broken holes are avoided.

Description

Lampshade and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electronics, in particular to a lampshade and electronic equipment.

Background

Electronic devices such as cell phones are often configured with infrared functionality so that the electronic device such as a cell phone can provide functionality such as a remote control. The infrared function is mainly achieved through an infrared lamp assembly, and in general, the infrared lamp assembly comprises a lamp cover and an infrared lamp body. The infrared lamp assembly is usually installed on the middle frame of the mobile phone, and as the weight requirement of users on products is improved, the weight reduction of the products is more and more important, so that the thickness of the middle frame of the mobile phone is also thinner and thinner, and new challenges are brought to the assembly of the infrared lamp assembly.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problem, the application provides a lampshade and electronic equipment. The lampshade can reduce assembly difficulty, and the middle frame of the electronic equipment does not need to be provided with an avoidance structure, so that a certain wall thickness is ensured, and large-area thin walls and broken holes are avoided.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a lamp housing for an electronic device for mounting an infrared lamp, the lamp housing comprising:

the first lampshade part and the second lampshade part are of hollow structures;

the elastic connecting piece is connected with the first lampshade part and the second lampshade part respectively, and the first lampshade part and the second lampshade part are movably connected through the elastic connecting piece.

According to the first aspect, the first lampshade part and the second lampshade part which are movably connected through the elastic connecting piece are split into the lampshade, so that the first lampshade part can be folded or inclined relative to the second lampshade part when the lampshade is installed, the contact area between the lampshade and the middle frame is reduced when the lampshade is installed, the assembly difficulty is reduced, the middle frame of the electronic equipment is not required to be provided with an avoidance structure, a certain wall thickness is ensured, and large-area thin walls and broken holes are avoided.

According to a first aspect, or any implementation manner of the first aspect, one end of the elastic connecting piece is fixed on the inner wall of the first lampshade part, and the other end is fixed on the inner wall of the second lampshade part. Thus, the first lampshade part can be folded or inclined relative to the second lampshade part, so that the occupied space during installation is reduced.

According to a first aspect, or any implementation manner of the first aspect, the elastic connection member is in a spring shape or a sheet shape. Thus, the first lampshade part can be folded or inclined relative to the second lampshade part, so that the occupied space during installation is reduced.

According to a first aspect, or any implementation manner of the first aspect, the elastic connection piece is made of a metal material or an organic material. Thus, the first lampshade part can be folded or inclined relative to the second lampshade part, so that the occupied space during installation is reduced.

According to a first aspect, or any implementation manner of the first aspect, the lamp shade further comprises a groove arranged around the first or the second lamp shade part and an elastic sealing ring located in the groove. Therefore, when the lampshade is installed in the lamp hole, the lampshade can form sealing contact with the wall of the lamp hole, so that the lampshade has certain waterproof performance.

According to a first aspect, or any implementation manner of the first aspect, the lamp shade further comprises a groove arranged around the first or the second lamp shade part and an elastic sealing ring located in the groove. Therefore, the lampshade can be fixed with the middle frame of the electronic equipment through the mounting part, and the assembly of the lampshade is realized.

In a second aspect, the present application provides an electronic device, comprising: a lamp shade according to the first aspect or any implementation of the first aspect above;

and a frame having a lamp hole formed in a wall thereof, the lamp housing being mounted in the lamp hole.

According to the second aspect, due to the adoption of the lampshade of the first aspect, the frame (such as the middle frame) of the electronic equipment does not need to be provided with the avoidance structure for installing the lampshade, so that the frame can ensure a certain wall thickness, large-area thin walls and broken holes are avoided, and the strength of the frame is reduced and is unfavorable for processing.

According to a second aspect, or any implementation manner of the second aspect, the electronic device is a foldable terminal. Therefore, the frame of the foldable terminal can ensure a certain wall thickness, and the frame strength is reduced and the processing is not facilitated due to the large-area thin wall and broken holes.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an electronic device exemplarily shown;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a middle frame of an electronic device exemplarily shown;

fig. 3 is one of the exemplary enlarged partial schematic views of the dashed area of fig. 2, with the lamp housing fully inserted into the lamp hole;

fig. 4 is one of the exemplary enlarged partial schematic views of the dashed area of fig. 2, with a lamp housing portion inserted into the lamp receiving aperture;

fig. 5 is one of the exemplary enlarged partial schematic views of the dashed area of fig. 2, wherein the lamp housing is not inserted into the lamp hole;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a shell chimney according to an embodiment of the present application;

figure 7 is a schematic perspective view of a shell chimney according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a lamp shade according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a lampshade according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is one of schematic views of the lamp housing of the embodiment of the present application mounted to the electronic self-assembly of the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is one of schematic views of the lamp housing of the embodiment of the present application mounted to the electronic self-assembly of the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is one of schematic views of the lamp housing of the embodiment of the present application mounted to the electronic self-assembly of the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 14 is one of schematic views of the lamp housing of the embodiment of the present application mounted to the electronic self-apparatus of the embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

The term "and/or" is herein merely an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, may represent: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone.

The terms first and second and the like in the description and in the claims of embodiments of the present application are used for distinguishing between different objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential order of objects. For example, the first target object and the second target object, etc., are used to distinguish between different target objects, and are not used to describe a particular order of target objects.

In the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "such as" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations, or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "for example" should not be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete fashion.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" means two or more. For example, the plurality of processing units refers to two or more processing units; the plurality of systems means two or more systems.

The embodiment of the application provides a terminal device, which can be an electronic device integrated with an infrared function, such as a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), a vehicle-mounted computer and the like. The embodiment of the application is not limited to the specific form of the electronic device. As shown in fig. 1, the following description will take a mobile phone as an example of the terminal device for convenience of description.

For the sake of clarity in describing the following structural features and the positional relationships of the structural features, the positional relationships of the structures in the mobile phone are specified in the X-axis direction, the Y-axis direction, and the Z-axis direction. As shown in fig. 2, the X-axis direction is the width direction of the mobile phone, the Y-axis direction is the length direction of the mobile phone, and the Z-axis direction is the thickness direction of the mobile phone.

As shown in fig. 1, the mobile phone 100 includes a display 10, a center 20, and a rear case 30. The display screen 10, the middle frame 20, and the rear case 30 may enclose a receiving cavity. Various electronic devices, such as circuit boards, batteries, etc., may be mounted within the receiving cavity, and are typically secured to the center 20 or depending from the center 20. The middle frame 20 and the rear case 30 may take various suitable shapes and structures as needed, and are not particularly limited herein.

The middle frame 20 is provided with a lamp hole 21, and the infrared lamp assembly is installed in the lamp hole 21, so that the mobile phone 100 has an infrared function. As shown in fig. 2, the infrared lamp assembly includes a lamp housing 40 and an infrared lamp (not shown) mounted in the lamp housing 40. The lamp housing 40 is typically formed of resin and is typically formed by a one-piece injection molding process. As shown in fig. 5, the globe 40 includes a mounting portion 41 and a globe portion 42 connected to the mounting portion 41. The mounting portion 41 and the globe 42 may be integrally formed. The mounting portion 41 is used for fitting and fixing with the center frame 20. The lamp housing 42 is for accommodating an infrared lamp. The mounting portion 41 is substantially rectangular, and is provided thereon with a fitting structure to be fitted with the center 20. The mounting structure may employ different mating features depending on the particular design and is not particularly limited herein. The shape and size of the lamp housing 42 matches the shape and size of the lamp hole 21. Illustratively, the cross-sectional shape of the lamp hole 21 is circular. The cross-sectional shape of the lamp hole 21 is a planar shape taken along a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y of the cellular phone. The lamp housing 42 has a hollow cylindrical structure. The cross-sectional shape of the canopy 42 may be circular, for example. The cross-sectional shape of the globe 42 is a planar shape taken along a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y of the cellular phone.

Further, an annular groove is formed in the globe 42, and a seal ring 43 is provided in the annular groove. After the lamp shade is inserted into the lamp hole 21, the sealing rubber ring 43 forms a seal with the wall of the lamp hole 21, so that the infrared lamp assembly has certain waterproof performance.

The length of the lamp shade 42 is relatively long, so that the lamp shade 42 is conveniently assembled into the lamp hole 21 of the middle frame 20 in the assembling process, and the avoidance of the lamp shade 42 and the middle frame 20 in the Y direction is required to be enlarged. As shown in fig. 3 to 5, a slope 22 is provided at a position of the middle frame 20 near the lamp hole 21 to avoid, so as to facilitate assembling the lamp cover 42. However, if the space for avoiding the middle frame 20 is too large, the thin wall of the middle frame is increased, the strength is weakened, and even the CNC machining is not easy to mold. For example, the provision of the ramp 22 results in a further thinning of the Z-thickness of the center 20 (as at the location of the arrow in fig. 4), which can easily result in a thinner wall and hole failure of the center. This problem is more pronounced in folding terminals, such as foldable cell phones. Because the complexity of the intelligent folding terminal equipment is higher and higher, the requirement of thinning and lightening the whole machine is highlighted. At present, the unilateral thickness of a folding terminal is approximately 5mm, the Z-direction wall thickness of a middle frame of the whole machine is challenged, the Z-direction wall thickness of the middle frame is further reduced due to avoidance of a lampshade and the middle frame in the Y direction, the middle frame of the whole machine is easy to have large-area thin walls and broken holes, the strength of the middle frame is reduced, the structural strength of the terminal is affected, and the processing is not facilitated.

The application provides a lamp shade design based on above description, and it makes and to set up on the center and dodges the structure and also can conveniently assemble in the lamp hole of center, this makes the center can guarantee the Z to the wall thickness of certain degree, avoids center transition attenuate to lead to appearing large tracts of land thin wall and broken hole.

As shown in fig. 6 to 8, the lamp housing of the embodiment of the present application includes a mounting portion 41, a first lamp housing portion 421, a second lamp housing portion 422, a sealing rubber 43, and an elastic connection member 44. The mounting portion 41 is used for fitting and fixing with the center frame. The mounting portion 41 is substantially rectangular in shape, and is provided thereon with an assembling structure to be fitted with the center frame. The mounting structure may employ different mating features depending on the particular design and is not particularly limited herein. The first and second

lamp housing portions

421 and 422 are for accommodating an infrared lamp. The shape and size of the first and second

lamp housing portions

421 and 422 match the shape and size of the lamp hole. Illustratively, the cross-sectional shape of the lamp hole is circular. The cross-sectional shape of the lamp hole is a plane shape taken along a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y of the mobile phone. The first and second

lamp shade portions

421 and 422 have a hollow cylindrical structure. The cross-sectional shapes of the first and second

lamp housing portions

421 and 422 may be, for example, circular. The cross-sectional shapes of the first and

second cover portions

421 and 422 are planar shapes taken along a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y of the cellular phone.

The first and second

lamp housing portions

421 and 422 are separated from each other and are movably connected by the elastic connection member 44. As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the first and second

lamp shade portions

421 and 422 are divided from each other at the dividing position 46, and the lamp shade shown in fig. 6 to 8 is divided into the first and second

lamp shade portions

421 and 422 at the dividing position 46, in contrast to the lamp shade shown in fig. 5. The lamp shade portion is changed from an integral structure into two separated parts of a first lamp shade portion 421 and a second lamp shade portion 422.

In an embodiment of the present application, one end of the elastic connection member 44 is fixed to the inner wall of the first lamp housing 421, and the other end is fixed to the inner wall of the second lamp housing 422. The elastic connection 44 is deformable when subjected to an external force, so as to be bent upward or downward, etc. This allows the relative positions of the first and second

lamp shade portions

421 and 422 to be changed by an external force (e.g., a hand), for example, the first lamp shade portion 421 may be tilted upward or downward with respect to the second lamp shade portion 422 by the external force. In other words, the first lamp shade portion 421 can be folded with respect to the second lamp shade portion 422 by an external force, so that the middle frame can be brought into contact with only the second lamp shade portion 422 in the Y direction when the lamp shade 42 is mounted to the middle frame, which greatly reduces the contact area with the middle frame in the Y direction when the lamp shade 42 is mounted, so that the middle frame is not provided with the avoidance structure, and the lamp shade 42 can be mounted conveniently.

The elastic connection member 44 is, for example, a spring, and may be fixed to the inner walls of the first and second

lamp housing portions

421 and 421 by injection molding or the like. The elastic connection member 44 may be made of, for example, metal, organic material, etc. having elasticity, and is not limited thereto.

It should be understood that, although in the embodiment of the present application, the elastic connection member 44 is disposed inside the first and second

lamp housing portions

421 and 422, in other embodiments of the present application, the elastic connection member 44 may be disposed outside the first and second

lamp housing portions

421 and 422, for example, the elastic connection member 44 is in a spring shape, which is integrally sleeved on the outer walls of the first and second

lamp housing portions

421 and 422, partially disposed on the outer wall of the first lamp housing portion 421, partially disposed on the outer wall of the second lamp housing portion 422, and one end is fixed on the outer wall of the first lamp housing portion 421 and the other end is fixed on the outer wall of the second lamp housing portion 422.

The first lamp housing portion 421 and the mounting portion 41 may be integrally formed, and the second lamp housing portion 422 may be separately formed, and then the first lamp housing portion 421 and the second lamp housing portion 422 may be coupled together by the elastic coupling member 44.

As shown in fig. 6 to 8, a groove 45 is provided in the second globe portion 422, and an elastic seal 43 is provided in the groove 45. The shape and size of the resilient sealing ring 43 matches the shape and size of the groove 45. Illustratively, the groove 45 is an annular groove that surrounds the second lamp housing 422, and the resilient seal 43 is also of annular configuration. The radial dimension of the elastic sealing ring 43 is larger than the radial dimension of the groove 45, i.e. the elastic sealing ring 43 protrudes to some extent relative to the outer wall of the second lamp housing 422, so that when the lamp housing 42 is mounted in the lamp hole, the elastic sealing ring 43 forms a seal with the wall of the lamp hole.

It should be appreciated that while in the present embodiment the elastomeric seal 43 is disposed on the second lamp housing portion 422, in other embodiments of the present application the elastomeric seal 43 may be disposed on the first lamp housing portion 421. At this time, a groove 45 is provided in the first lamp housing 421 for fitting the elastic seal ring 43.

As shown in fig. 9, the embodiment of the present application provides another lampshade 40, which is different from the lampshade 40 shown in fig. 6 to 8 in that in the embodiment shown in fig. 9, the elastic connection member 44 has a sheet-like or rectangular parallelepiped structure. Illustratively, the elastic connection member 44 is an elastic sheet made of steel sheet or other ductile material or polymer material, and has one end fixed to the inner wall of the first lamp housing 421 and the other end fixed to the inner wall of the second lamp housing 422.

It should be appreciated that the resilient connecting element 44 may take a variety of suitable shapes and is not limited to the shapes disclosed in the embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 10, the electronic device 200 provided in the embodiment of the present application is a foldable mobile phone, which can be folded along the center thereof, and when the foldable mobile phone is in a folded state, that is, the folding angle of the foldable mobile phone is 0, the size of the foldable mobile phone can be reduced; when the foldable cellular phone is in a flattened state, that is, the folding angle of the foldable cellular phone is 180 °, the flexible screen 10 is in a state of a maximum display area, and a user can operate on the flexible screen 10.

As shown in fig. 10, the electronic device 200 includes a display screen 10, a center 20, and a rear case 30. The display screen 10, the middle frame 20, and the rear case 30 may enclose a receiving cavity. Various electronic devices, such as circuit boards, batteries, etc., may be mounted within the receiving cavity, and are typically secured to the center 20 or depending from the center 20. The lamp hole 21 is formed in the middle frame 20, and the lamp shade 40 and the infrared lamp positioned in the lamp shade 40 provided by the embodiment of the application are installed in the lamp hole 21.

It should be understood that the electronic device 200 is not limited to the configuration shown in fig. 10, and may be, for example, a fold-out cellular phone or other folding configuration.

In order to better understand the principle and design concept of the embodiment of the present application, the following describes the installation process of the lamp housing 40 implemented in the present application with reference to fig. 11 to 14.

First, as shown in fig. 11 and 12, the first lamp housing portion 421 of the lamp housing 40 is folded or inclined upward with respect to the second lamp housing portion 422, then, as shown in fig. 13, the second lamp housing portion 422 is inserted into the lamp hole 21, then, the first lamp housing portion 421 is inserted into the lamp hole 21, and finally, as shown in fig. 14, the lamp housing 40 is mounted in the lamp hole 21. In this process, the middle frame 20 is in contact with only the second lamp housing 422, which greatly reduces the contact area with the middle frame 20 when the lamp housing 42 is installed, so that the middle frame 20 is not provided with the avoidance structure, and the lamp housing 42 can be conveniently installed. As shown in fig. 11 to 14, no avoiding structure is provided on the middle frame 20, which makes the middle frame ensure a certain Z-direction wall thickness, and avoids the avoiding structure, so that the middle frame is further thinned, thereby causing the problems of easy occurrence of large-area thin wall and hole breaking of the middle frame, and further causing the reduction of the strength of the middle frame and poor processing.

The above embodiments are merely for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the corresponding technical solutions from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A lamp housing for use in a terminal device for mounting an infrared lamp, the lamp housing comprising:

a first lamp housing portion and a second lamp housing portion, which are hollow structures, the first and second lamp housing portions being separated from each other;

the elastic connecting piece is connected with the first lampshade part and the second lampshade part respectively, and the first lampshade part and the second lampshade part are movably connected through the elastic connecting piece, so that the first lampshade part can be folded relative to the second lampshade part.

2. The globe according to claim 1, wherein said elastic connection member has one end fixed to an inner wall of said first globe portion and the other end fixed to an inner wall of said second globe portion.

3. The globe according to claim 1, wherein said elastic connection member is in a spring-like or sheet-like form.

4. The globe according to claim 1, wherein said elastic connection member is made of a metal material or an organic material.

5. The lamp housing of any one of claims 1-4, further comprising a groove disposed around the first or second lamp housing portion and an elastomeric seal positioned in the groove.

6. The globe according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising a mounting portion disposed on a side of the first globe portion remote from the second globe portion.

7. An electronic device, comprising:

the lamp shade of any one of claims 1-6;

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the electronic device is a foldable terminal.