CN201319706Y

CN201319706Y - Casing structure with key-press

Info

Publication number: CN201319706Y
Application number: CNU2008201765284U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘峻玮
Original assignee: Altek Corp
Current assignee: Altek Corp
Priority date: 2008-11-19
Filing date: 2008-11-19
Publication date: 2009-09-30
Anticipated expiration: 2018-11-19

Abstract

Disclosed is a casing structure with key-press; the casing structure is provided with a shell body and a key-press; a correcting surface is arranged on the key-press hole of the shell body; a support surface is arranged on a keycap of the key-press corresponding to the correcting surface. When the keycap penetrates through the key-press hole, the support surface is supported on the correcting surface and the keycap is placed in the central position of the key-press hole.

Description

Casing structure with button

Technical field

The utility model relates to a kind of casing structure, particularly a kind of casing structure with button.

Background technology

Along with the development and the progress of electronic industry, electronic product has been subjected to using widely in daily life.And in order to meet popular demand of consumption and the product attraction for the consumer more, these electronic products are except will having diversified function, also must possess simultaneously the overall appearance design of texture and aesthetic feeling, and meet light, thin, short, little designer trends, be convenient for carrying and use for the user.

In the operation of electronic product, button is the most normal device that is used wherein.Button is the communication interface between user and the electronic product, in order to the start of controlling of control electronic product.Adopt a kind of rigid plastics button to be installed in the plastics-rubber key structure of soft rubber pad mostly being provided with of press-key structure at present, or use the mode of plastic arm connection button to be arranged on the casing of electronic installation.

Wherein, owing to the rubber blanket material in plastics-rubber key structure is formed by soft rubber, therefore, in order to strengthen press-key structure at the bulk strength that is assembled on the casing.And must on rubber blanket, offer some location holes, and on the casing of electronic product, the fixed leg that is complementary with these location holes is set.Be sheathed in the key hole of casing with the rigid plastics button then, wore the location hole that is positioned on the rubber blanket, so that correct being arranged on the casing of press-key structure with seasonal fixed leg.Have a gap between button and the key hole edge this moment, this gap provide that button is avoided in operating process and casing between the unnecessary friction of generation.The generation of friction causes button or casing impaired easily, and allows the user produce the not good impression of electronic product quality because of actuation of keys has some setbacks.

With regard to plastics-rubber key structure,, therefore when assembling, must overcome the worker's difference problem between button and the key hole because its button is arranged on the soft rubber pad.This worker difference problem very easily causes after plastics-the rubber key structure is installed up to casing, produces skew because of the gap between button and the key hole is inhomogeneous or be resisted against the situation at key hole edge in key hole.If the situation that this button is offset in key hole takes place on the electronic product, except meeting influenced the aesthetic feeling of electronic product overall appearance, the also as easy as rolling off a log consumer's of allowing a glance was just found out and is regarded as faulty materials, and then causes the loss of brand prestige.

In order to solve the problem of button skew, the present practice is to increase many places location hole or fixed mechanism on rubber blanket, but because the soft intensity difference of rubber blanket matter, and this mode also can't guarantee that button and key hole correctly locate.In addition, if overcome worker's difference problem, will make that making production cost increases by the method that improves precision between key hole and the press-key structure in the production process.Moreover other mode increases extra structure or part on press-key structure or casing, or handles in the mode of artificial screening, heavy industry, and only these modes all can cause the extra raw material use and the increase of cost.

And use plastic arm to connect the mode of button, and between each button, being connected with plastic arm, this mode also must overcome the problem of worker's difference between button and the key hole.Simultaneously, in order to consider the user in the pressing touch in when operation, and the requirement that meets electronic installation slimming and light and handyization.Cause the width and the thickness of plastic arm can not be too big, and cause the structural strength deficiency of plastic arm.The problem of plastic arm undercapacity, the mode that makes plastic arm connect button also have button produces skew in key hole situation generation.

The utility model content

In view of above problem, the utility model provides a kind of casing structure with button, and button differs from problem because of the worker in the existing press-key structure to improve, and produces the problem of skew (in can't putting) easily in key hole.

The utility model is a kind of casing structure with button, and it includes a housing and a button.Offer a key hole on the housing, and a rectifying plane is set on key hole.And button has a keycap at least, and keycap wore key hole, and keycap is provided with and the corresponding abutment face of rectifying plane.When abutment face resists in rectifying plane, make keycap be subjected to abutment face and the interactional influence of rectifying plane and be placed in the middle position of key hole.

The disclosed casing structure of the utility model with button, be that key hole on housing is provided with a rectifying plane, and the keycap on button is provided with the abutment face of the corresponding and coupling of rectifying plane therewith, and when abutment face resisted in rectifying plane, what make the keycap normality placed key hole central authorities.Therefore, extra part or reinforcement need be set in addition on housing or button, can effectively solve the offset problem that press-key structure and key hole produce because of worker's difference.

Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments the utility model is described in detail, but not as to qualification of the present utility model.

Description of drawings

Figure 1A is the perspective exploded view of the utility model first embodiment;

Figure 1B is the perspective exploded view of the utility model first embodiment;

Fig. 2 is the solid combination schematic diagram of the utility model first embodiment;

Fig. 3 is the generalized section of the utility model first embodiment;

Fig. 4 is the generalized section of the utility model first embodiment;

Fig. 5 is the perspective exploded view of the utility model second embodiment;

Fig. 6 is the solid combination schematic diagram of the utility model second embodiment;

Fig. 7 is the partial cutaway schematic of the utility model second embodiment; And

Fig. 8 is the partial cutaway schematic of the utility model second embodiment.

Wherein, Reference numeral

10 housings

110 key holes

120 fixed legs

130 rectifying planes

20 buttons

210 keycaps

211 press sections

212 Actuator Divisions

213 abutment faces

220 retaining pieces

221 location holes

30 cameras

40 circuit boards

41 electrical switches

50 gaps

Embodiment

The disclosed casing structure of the utility model with button, can be applicable on the electronic installation, this electronic installation can be display (monitor), camera, mobile phone (cell phone), mobile phone (mobilephone), personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA) or GPS (Global Position System) (Global Positioning System GPS) waits the device with button operation.Below only be in order to illustrate, not as limit.

See also the perspective exploded view that Figure 1A and Figure 1B are depicted as the utility model first embodiment.According to the casing structure with button that first embodiment of the present utility model is disclosed, it comprises a housing 10 and a button 20.Housing 10 has a key hole 110 and a plurality of fixed leg 120, and has a rectifying plane 130 on the key hole 110, and rectifying plane 130 is one to be surrounded on the ring-like inclined-plane of key hole 110; Fixed leg 120 is convexly set in the side that housing 10 has rectifying plane 130.Button 20 has a keycap 210 and a retaining piece 220, and keycap 210 has a press section 211 and an Actuator Division 212, and on Actuator Division 212 and be provided with an abutment face 213, the form of abutment face 213 is another annular slope that is matched with rectifying plane 130; Retaining piece 220 is connected in the Actuator Division 212 of keycap 210, and have a plurality of location holes 221, in order to button 20 is fixed on the housing 10, the form that this retaining piece 220 can be cushion (as rubber blanket or silicagel pad etc.) is connected in 212 bottom sides, Actuator Division (shown in Figure 1A), or is connected in 212 both sides, Actuator Division (shown in Figure 1B) with the form of elastic arm (as plastic arm or metal clips etc.).To be the explanation of cushion below with retaining piece 220 as the utility model first embodiment.

Please consult Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 3 simultaneously, the casing structure of the utility model first embodiment with button, wherein the location hole 221 of retaining piece 220 is sheathed on the fixed leg 120 of housing 10, makes button 20 be fixed on the housing 10.At this moment, the keycap 210 of button 20 passes key hole 110, and resists rectifying plane 130 in key hole 110 with the abutment face 213 of being located at Actuator Division 212.Make to have an equidistant equidistant gap 50 between press section 211 on the keycap 210 and the key hole 110, and make keycap 210 be placed in the middle position of key hole 110.

In addition, in the manufacturing of button and housing, the location hole that is provided with on the retaining piece of button, and between the fixed leg on the housing, often cause location hole in order to be sheathed with fixed leg smoothly because of worker difference problem, and make the structure of retaining piece produce distortion, for example the distance between two fixed legs is greater than the distance between two location holes, and drive keycap displacement in key hole, make keycap in key hole, be offset one side and can't be in key hole is put.

Yet, as shown in Figure 4, according to the casing structure with button of the present utility model, when the structure of retaining piece 220 produces distortion because of worker's difference problem, because the rectifying plane 130 on the key hole 110 and the setting of the abutment face 213 on the keycap 210, it is annular slope for mutual corresponding coupling, therefore abutment face 213 imposes an active force in rectifying plane 130 because of retaining piece 220 distortion, this active force has obtained balance because of the mutual resistance of abutment face 213 and rectifying plane 130, and then make and still be maintained at an equidistant gap 50 between the press section 211 of keycap 210 and the key hole 110, and make keycap 210 place the central authorities of key hole 110.

See also the perspective exploded view that Figure 5 shows that the utility model second embodiment.Be applied on the camera according to second embodiment of the present utility model.The housing 10 of camera 30 is provided with a plurality of key holes 110 and a plurality of fixed leg 120, and each key hole 110 all has a rectifying plane 130.Button 20 has a retaining piece 220 and a plurality of keycaps 210, retaining piece 220 is provided with the location hole 221 of a plurality of corresponding fixed legs 120, and retaining piece 220 is arranged at position on the housing 10 according to button 20, can select to use the pattern of elastic arm or cushion that a plurality of keycaps 210 are linked together, keycap 210 has a press section 211 and an

Actuator Division

212, and 212 is provided with an abutment face 213 in the Actuator Division.And camera 30 is provided with circuit board 40, has the electrical switch 41 of a plurality of corresponding buttons 20 on this circuit board 40.

See also Fig. 6 to shown in Figure 8, when camera 30 assemblings are finished, location hole 221 on the retaining piece 220 is arranged in the fixed leg 120 of housing 10, make button 20 be fixed on the housing 10, make keycap 210 wear key hole 110, and fit and resist rectifying plane 130 in key hole 110 with the abutment face on the Actuator Division 212 213, by the equilibrium of forces that interacts between abutment face 213 and the rectifying plane 130, and make the press section 211 of each keycap 210 all have an equidistant gap 50 with key hole 110, make keycap 210 place the central authorities of each key hole 110.Even the worker of the location hole 221 on

retaining piece

220 and 120 existence of fixed leg of housing 10 differs from problem and makes retaining piece 220 produce malformations, the annular slope that is mutual corresponding coupling by abutment face 213 and rectifying plane 130, and the active force that makes 130 of abutment face 213 and rectifying planes is kept a state that resists balance mutually, and then allow the press section 211 of keycap 210 and key hole 110 keep an equidistant gap, therefore allow keycap 210 still place the central authorities of key hole 110.

Generally speaking, in the assembling of a device, the keycap of corresponding key hole is the more the time on key hole on its housing and the button, between key hole and keycap because housing differ from problem with the caused worker of button manufactured size error can be more obvious, also more be difficult for overcoming.And the casing structure with button of the present utility model, key hole on housing is provided with a rectifying plane, and an abutment face is set on the keycap of button, utilize the interaction force between rectifying plane and the abutment face, can reach and make keycap be maintained at the purpose of key hole central authorities, and effectively solve the problem of button skew.Simultaneously, need not increase extra other structure, part or, can not only reduce the manufacturing cost of product, and promote the outward appearance yield of product together with the processing mode of screening, heavy industry.

Certainly; the utility model also can have other various embodiments; under the situation that does not deviate from the utility model spirit and essence thereof; those of ordinary skill in the art work as can make various corresponding changes and distortion according to the utility model, but these corresponding changes and distortion all should belong to the protection range of the appended claim of the utility model.

Claims

1, a kind of casing structure with button is characterized in that, includes:

One housing, this housing is provided with a key hole, and this key hole has a rectifying plane; And

One button, this button has a keycap at least, and this keycap passes this key hole, and this keycap has the abutment face corresponding to this rectifying plane, and this abutment face resists in this rectifying plane, so that this keycap places the central authorities of this key hole.

2, the casing structure with button according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this keycap has a press section and an Actuator Division, and this abutment face is arranged at this Actuator Division.

3, the casing structure with button according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this abutment face is corresponding and be matched with this rectifying plane.

4, the casing structure with button according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this rectifying plane is an inclined-plane.

5, the casing structure with button according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this rectifying plane is a loop configuration.

6, the casing structure with button according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this keycap and this key hole have an equidistant gap.

7, the casing structure with button according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this button also has a retaining piece, and this button is fixed in this housing by this retaining piece.

8, the casing structure with button according to claim 7 is characterized in that, this housing also has at least one fixed leg, and this retaining piece has at least one location hole, and this location hole correspondence also is arranged in this fixed leg.