CN1902564A - Impact-resistant case with sealable opening - Google Patents

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CN1902564A
CN1902564A CNA2004800400827A CN200480040082A CN1902564A CN 1902564 A CN1902564 A CN 1902564A CN A2004800400827 A CNA2004800400827 A CN A2004800400827A CN 200480040082 A CN200480040082 A CN 200480040082A CN 1902564 A CN1902564 A CN 1902564A
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R·J·克利尔
J·A·兰梅德
J·D·温策尔
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
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    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
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    • A45C2011/001—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 for portable audio devices, e.g. headphones or MP3-players
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
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    • A45C2011/002—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
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Abstract

The present invention is a cost effective impact-absorbing insert which combines multiple functionality with parts consolidation and ease of customization that allows wide application anywhere tailored impact protection is desired. The impact-absorbing insert of the present invention mates with a user defined enclosure to produce a protective case for any fragile articles that are used in a portable environment, for example portable electronic devices such as cameras (35 mm and digital), instrumentation, tools, PDAs, web tablets, hand held computers, cell phones, pagers, gaming devices, electronic music players, voice recorders, global positioning systems (GPS), and the like.

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Impact-resistant case with sealable opening
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of impact-resistant case, relate in particular to a kind of dustproof and waterproof sealing with sealed open.
Background technology
Electronic product casing and housing are the housing that is used for providing to the product of inside protection basically.Since this housing normally people and product get in touch the basis, therefore also provide attractive in appearance, ergonomics, weight, decoration and additional function.This contact can only be on the sense organ (vision), and perhaps it can be the basis that product uses, and for example, the user is holding packing to use this product.For example, the housing of portable drill also is the housing of instrument, and the operator is holding this housing with tool using.Thereby this housing itself is a multifunctional product, and design is to satisfy the result that all must functional requirement.
Recently the development of portable electron device causes being used for such as the network panel computer mobile phone, video camera and digital camera, the needs of the firm auxiliary shell of electronic products such as palm PC.These special auxiliaring shells make that the product that is designed for indoor use can be in outdoor application under disadvantageous condition.Have a lot of risks to cause the housing that needs protection, two kinds of risks the most basic are to impact (falling) and environment (water and/or dust).When combining with attractive in appearance or ergonomics, defencive function produces challenge.
Usually, canister is designed to be able to absorb energy.If absorbing energy is unique requirement, then have much and select cheaply, because casing is big more usually, it is easy more to be designed to absorb energy.For example foam cube can be arranged in the middle of friable product and the casing in the corrugation case, and these pieces provide the protecting against shock ability of height.But this method needs very big and heavy packing.If except protecting against shock, housing also needs to provide " user interface ", and than actual much bigger, on the sense organ basis, it can show as very big then this method usually, heaviness, or even ugly.As user interface shell, it is impracticable fully.Thereby the user interface auxiliaring shell is concentrated and is designed so that size, volume, weight minimum, and optimizes ergonomics.
Most of portable electron devices have such feature, promptly need to enter to be contained in simultaneously in the auxiliaring shell, for example protect housing.For example, PDA(Personal Digital Assistant) has replaceable storage card, battery, line synchro, and/or power lead.But, under typical operating conditions, may expect to use or obtain these features and this product is not split out from its protection housing.Except energy absorption needs, such as the combination of functional requisites such as obtaining, can cause increasing number of components usually, the cost of the complicacy of design and manufacturing protection housing.When the needs size, weight, protection, attractive in appearance, ergonomics is used to obtain and/or during require, this protection housing may be as many or more to design with basic product itself and to come to an end more.The classic method that addresses this problem has changed the design of portable electronic device protection case body, and unfortunately, this method is consuming time and expensive.
Need a kind of as an alternative, cost-effective method multi-functional protection housing such as obtains to provide to portable electron device to have such as impact absorption and inside.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is a kind of cost-effective impact absorption liner, and it combines multi-functional and parts merge, and is easy to customization, thereby allows the broad application scenario of any desired customization surge protection.Impact absorption liner of the present invention specifies shell to cooperate with the user, for any breakables of using in portable environment produce protection housing, for example portable electron device; camera (35mm and digital) for example, instrument, instrument; PDA, network panel computer, palmtop computer; mobile phone; pager, game device, electronic music player; sound-track engraving apparatus, GPS (GPS) etc.
Another object of the present invention is the ease for use that reduces number of components and improve the impact absorption liner.
Another object of the present invention is to provide versatility by design impact absorption liner, and this impact absorption liner can be fixed on one or more different users and specify shell.This has reduced the essential somewhat complex design degree of each product and has allowed accurate design energy absorption feature in liner separately.
In one embodiment; the present invention is an impact absorption liner that is used for the protectiveness housing; this case design becomes to be used to hold and protect breakables; wherein liner comprises one or more impact absorbing sections and one or more plug of fastening; these are fastened to fill in to be used for inserting being included in and cooperate the user to specify the access road of shell; wherein said access road provides access to the feature of these article, and need not to open the protection housing.
In another embodiment; the present invention is a protection housing that is used for breakables, comprises that impact absorption liner of the present invention and user specify shell, and wherein this protection housing provides surge protection; and when inlet is plugged, for these breakables provide waterproof and dust seal.
In another embodiment, this impact absorption liner comprises moldable polymeric material, is preferably soft, the high resiliency polymeric material, and for example resilient thermoplastic or elasticity thermosetting plastics are preferably thermoplastic polyurethane.
An alternative embodiment of the invention is specified method in the shell for by the design connection features impact absorption liner being remained on the user, these connection features are specified impact absorption liner and user and are produced wringing fit between the shell, for example mold pin on the impact absorption liner and user specify the groove on the shell, the user specifies pin on the shell and the groove on the impact absorption liner, or its combination.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the impact absorbing section of impact absorption liner comprises one or more in monoblock type energy absorption plate and the rib feature, its compression or distortion are to absorb impact load, molded button, rib, aesthetic characteristics, engage ribs, interfere tolerance, with correct fixing and these article were moved in its life-span, or its combination.
An alternative embodiment of the invention is for making this liner be easy to make by utilizing the normal injection moulding process and operating processing with opening and closing.
An alternative embodiment of the invention is the protection housing that is used for portable electron device; comprise and be inserted into the impact absorption liner of the present invention that the user specifies shell; its proof offers the impact improvement that the user specifies shell; with the electronic product that is contained in wherein; be enough to minimum and pass through MIL-STD-810F, Table 516.5-Vi Transit Drop test at 24 inches.
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Fig. 1 is the decomposition diagram of observing from the inside of portable electronic device protection case body, and this housing comprises that the user of impact absorption liner and pairing specifies shell.
Fig. 2 is the decomposition diagram from the visual observation of portable electronic device protection case body, and this housing comprises that the user of impact absorption liner and pairing specifies shell.
Fig. 3 is the skeleton view of network panel computer and protection housing thereof, and this housing comprises that the user of impact absorption liner and pairing specifies shell.
Fig. 4 is the skeleton view of protection housing, and this housing comprises that the user of impact absorption liner and pairing specifies shell.
Detailed Description Of The Invention
As shown in Figure 1, this impact absorption liner 1 has outside surface 2 and inside surface 3.And this impact absorption liner has one or more impact absorbing sections 4 and one or more plug 5 of fastening.At least the part of this liner outside surface, impact absorption zone for example is designed to be installed in the outside surface 21 that the user specifies shell 20.The user specifies shell to comprise top 22 and bottom 23, and each part all has inside surface 24.The user who comprises this impact absorption liner specifies shell to comprise to be used for the protection housing 30 (Fig. 4) of portable electron device 40.
Preferably, the outside surface of this impact absorption liner must nestle up the user and specifies inner surface of outer cover to fix.Anyly this liner is nestled up the user specify the shell stationary device all can accept, for example, can be by bonding, securing member, mechanical hook-up, or its combination is fixing.The example of mechanical hook-up as shown in Figure 1.This liner specifies the pin 25 of shell fixing by being molded into the user, and pin 25 engages with groove 6 on the liner outside surface.Alternatively, groove can be positioned on the inside surface that the user specifies shell, and pin is positioned on the liner outside surface, and perhaps each surface can have one or more grooves, one or more pins or its combination in any.
When portable electron device was arranged in this protection housing, its inside surface that must nestle up the impact absorption liner was fixed.The outside surface of this liner preferably has whole stiffening rib and bearing 7, it is characterized in that (1) provides the gap to specify the inside surface of shell to prevent portable electron device contact user, and/or contact with ground when dropping shock, and (2) absorb because this energy that falls generation.And this impact absorption liner can comprise one or more molded button, rib, and access road, aesthetic characteristics is fastened plug, engage ribs, or interfere tolerance correctly to fix and this product was moved in its life-span.These are designed for the needs of the feature of specific function based on portable electron device and final products.
Preferably, this impact absorption liner should have sufficient structural strength, collapses impacting under the situation avoiding, and still can absorb because this energy that falls generation, and can not make the portable electron device of its protection impaired.Preferably this liner has suitable warp resistance fatigue capability, thereby when falling or other recovers its original position when impact taking place behind pressurized.It should be enough firm, specifies position in the shell to keep it in normal use the user, thereby make portable electron device specify do not expect in the shell mobile to minimize the user.
Preferably, this impact absorption liner must have good solvent resistance energy and good long term creep properties, makes it can not relax or wrinkle along with the past of time.And preferably, this impact absorption liner has enough heat resistances so that it carries out its function in the weather conditions scope of broad, preferably from-40  (40 ℃) to 120  (49 ℃).The portable electron device that is surrounded may also can produce heat and distribute, thereby this impact absorption liner must bear these heat and can not produce performance decline or forfeiture.
As shown in Figure 2, fasten plug 5 and make one with the impact absorbing section of impact absorption liner.It comprises plug portion 9 and fastens part 10.Plug portion has outside surface 11 and inside surface 12.This is fastened to fill in and is used for initially passing opening or the access road 26 that the user specifies shell, and cosily is fixed on this opening or the access road.This access road allows to specify shell/containment vessel external body to obtain from the user and is positioned at the portable electron device that the user specifies shell/protection enclosure interior; specify shell/protection housing (for example to allow the dismounting storage card and need not to open the user; change battery; connection/separation line synchro; insertion/dismounting earphone jack, insertion/dismounting power lead etc.).Stopper is designed to and can specifies the outside surface of shell to insert or remove from the user, specifies fastening of shell aperture by passing the user simultaneously, keeps and the linking to each other of liner impact absorbing section, and it is positioned on the inside surface that the user specifies shell.When stopper when the user specifies housing exterior to insert access road, preferably form waterproof and/or dust seal.The specific demand of the portable electron device of protecting housing according to packing into, this impact absorption liner can have a plurality of plugs of fastening and be used for sealing a plurality of pairing access roades that the user specifies shell.
Preferably, this impact absorption liner is molded as has the specified wall thickness that is equal to or greater than about 2 millimeters (mm), and global feature (impact absorbing section, fasten, stopper, Deng) preferably have the wall thickness that is equal to or greater than about 1mm, more preferably be equal to or greater than about 1.5mm, and most preferably be equal to or greater than about 2mm.Maximum rated wall thickness and global feature thickness only are subjected to the restriction of particular shell and portable electron device reality, but usually, they are equal to or less than about 25mm, preferably are equal to or less than about 12mm, and most preferably are equal to or less than about 6mm.
This impact absorption liner can be made by any polymeric material, and this polymeric material can (1) be made and had essential geometry designs, and (2) in the environmental field of broad, remain its shape when being fixed to the user when specifying in the shell.Preferably, this polymeric material is thermoplastics or thermoplastic elastomer.For example, the Science of Chemical Technologh 4 that writes of the Textbookof Polymer Science (nineteen sixty-five is published by Interscience Publishers in New York) that writes of suitable elastic body such as Billmeyer.F and Kirk-Othmer Th(1993 in New York by Ed, John Wiley﹠amp; The Sons publication) illustrated in.
This impact absorption liner can be by any elastoplast, thermoplastics or have low modulus and elastomeric thermosetting plastics is made.Preferably, this impact absorption liner is made by the material that hardness is between the extremely about Shore 65D of about Shore 40A.
Preferably, this liner is by polyamide (PA); Polyurethane (PU); Polyolefin, such as tygon (PE), low density polyethylene (LDPE) for example, polypropylene (PP), ethene and vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), copolymer from ethylene and propylene (EP), tygon and α-olefin copolymer for example can be from the ENGAGE of DOW Chemical product company acquisition TMPolyolefin elastomer, TPO (TPO); Polyvinylchloride (PVC); Polyester; Polysiloxane; With they potpourris.Preferably, this impact absorption liner is made by thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), for example can be from the PELLETHANE of DOW Chemical product company acquisition TMThe 2102-75A polyurethane.
Impact absorption liner of the present invention can comprise injection moulding by any known forming method manufacturing, and is continuously shaped, reaction injection molding, or liquid injection moulding.
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Following Example is used to illustrate one embodiment of the present of invention, but does not mean that and limit the scope of the invention.
PELLETHANE 2102-75A thermoplastic polyurethane resin injection is molded in how much mold cavities that design, and the shape measure of impact absorption liner is 218mm * 30mm * 37mm, and specified wall thickness is 2mm.This design is in conjunction with the fixed function portable electron device, user with two access roades specifies shell, and the result of the fixed function between the impact absorption liner, and wherein the impact absorption liner has energy absorption characteristics (rib, bearing, and pin) and two plugs of fastening that are used for access road.Correct functional all essential geometric shapes all design in parts, and pass to metal die, and its geometric shape with necessity copies on all parts by its manufacturing.When being fabricated to of parts, each mold open, eject complete impact absorption liner.This impact absorption liner is included in essential impact absorption feature in the moulded products with fastening to fill in.
PELLETHANE 2102-75A TPU resin is being under 80 ℃-90 ℃ the temperature dryly, and condition of molding is 200 ℃-215 ℃ temperature of fusion and 15 ℃-60 ℃ forming temperature.Can use the single screw injection molding machine of Engel 25mm.
The impact pad that produces is put into the user with top and bottom specify shell (also by PELLETHANE 2102-75A TPU resin forming), make this impact absorption gasket arrangement at the top, and specify the groove in the cover top portion to cooperate with the protectiveness user.Personal electronic equipments, for example the network panel computer is placed in the protectiveness user and specifies in the shell, and cosily fixes against the impact absorption liner.The user specifies the access road in the shell and the inlet feature of electronic equipment to be arranged in rows, and when fastening plug when inserting these access roades on the impact absorption liner, forms waterproof and dust seal.
The user specifies the top of shell to specify the bottom of shell to cooperate with the user.The protection gonosome shell that produces provides waterproof and dustproof to the portable electron device of sealing, surge protection and obtain the ability that the user specifies the enclosure feature.
This protection housing comprises portable electron device, and the user specifies shell, and the impact absorption liner stands MIL-STD-810F, Table 516.5-VI Transit Drop Test, and when minimum is 24 inches, pass through.
Table 516.5-VI test procedure is:
For by test, this unit must experience in certain height and fall for 26 times and can not cause damages (being defined as destructive function use) to portable electron device.
Can adopt 5 unit at most in order to obtain to fall for 26 times.
Each falling height (24 inches (70mm), 30 inches (760mm), 36 inches (91mm), 42 inches (107mm), 48 inches (122mm) etc.) adopts 5 different unit.
These unit drop on the cement that covers with two-layer 0.5 inch scale board.
Fall order:
1.6 (amounting to 18 times) fallen on each surface 3 times in the individual surface.These are fallen be evenly distributed on 3 unit.
2.4 (amounting to 8 times) fallen at each angle 2 times in the individual angle.
3. if reach falling of passing through for 26 times, then repeat at next falling height.
As can be seen, the invention provides a kind of cost-effective impact absorption liner from previous embodiment, it combines multi-functional and parts merge, and is easy to customization, and this liner provides good surge protection to the portable electron device that is surrounded.

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1, a kind of impact absorption liner that is used for the protectiveness housing; this case design becomes to be used to hold and protect breakables; wherein this liner comprises one or more impact absorbing sections and one or more plug of fastening; these are fastened to fill in to be used for inserting being included in and cooperate the user to specify the access road of shell; wherein said access road provides access to the feature of these article, and need not to open the protection housing.
2, a kind of protection housing that is used for breakables comprises that the impact absorption liner and the user of claim 1 specifies shell, and wherein this protection housing provides surge protection, and when inlet is plugged, for these breakables provide waterproof and dust seal.
3, impact absorption liner according to claim 1, wherein breakables are portable electron device.
4, impact absorption liner according to claim 3, wherein portable electron device is the 35mm camera, digital camera, instrument, instrument, personal digital assistant, network panel computer, mobile phone, palmtop computer, pager, game device, electronic music player, sound-track engraving apparatus, GPS.
5, impact absorption liner according to claim 2, wherein breakables are portable electron device.
6, impact absorption liner according to claim 5, wherein portable electron device is the 35mm camera, digital camera, instrument, instrument, personal digital assistant, network panel computer, mobile phone, palmtop computer, pager, game device, electronic music player, sound-track engraving apparatus, GPS.
7, impact absorption liner according to claim 1, also comprise one or more with in the monoblock type energy absorption plate that absorbs impact load and the rib feature of compression or distortion, molded button, rib, aesthetic characteristics, the interference tolerance that these article move can correctly be fixed and make to engage ribs in its life-span, or its combination.
8, protection housing according to claim 2 holds portable electron device and pass through MIL-STD-810F when minimum constructive height is 24 inches, Table 516.5-VI Transit Drop test.
9, impact absorption liner according to claim 1 comprises molded elastomeric material, has about Shore 40A to the hardness between about Shore 65D.
10, impact absorption liner according to claim 1 comprises thermoplastic polyurethane.
11, a kind ofly by the design connection features impact absorption liner of claim 1 is remained on the user and specify method in the shell, these connection features are specified impact absorption liner and user and are produced wringing fit between the shell.
12, method according to claim 11, wherein design feature comprises mold pin and mating groove, and wherein pin is positioned on the impact absorption liner, and groove is positioned at the user and specifies on the shell; Pin is positioned at the user specifies on the shell, and groove is positioned on the impact absorption liner, or its combination.
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