CN208128320U - The battery warehouse component and mobile phone of mobile phone - Google Patents

The battery warehouse component and mobile phone of mobile phone Download PDF

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CN208128320U
CN208128320U CN201820649381.XU CN201820649381U CN208128320U CN 208128320 U CN208128320 U CN 208128320U CN 201820649381 U CN201820649381 U CN 201820649381U CN 208128320 U CN208128320 U CN 208128320U
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张金虎
李言勇
王宗强
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The disclosure is directed to a kind of battery warehouse component of mobile phone and mobile phones, battery warehouse component includes battery, battery compartment and fexible film, fexible film is adhered to battery compartment and the accommodating portion including that can separate connection and hinge, accommodating portion is adhered between battery compartment and battery, hinge is adhered to battery, using strong Nian Jie between accommodating portion and battery compartment and between hinge and battery, used between accommodating portion and battery weak bonding.Battery bag is fixed on battery compartment and is stably formed the cavity corresponding to battery to guarantee fixation of the battery in battery compartment, battery is surrounded and guarantees that battery will not be damaged easily in an assembling process by battery bag simultaneously, and operation battery is detached from battery bag without theres is a situation where the battery as described in the relevant technologies to take out from battery compartment, the reusability of maximum raising battery.

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The battery warehouse component and mobile phone of mobile phone
Technical field
This disclosure relates to the battery warehouse component and mobile phone of technical field of electronic equipment more particularly to a kind of mobile phone.
Background technique
During assembling mobile phone, need for battery to be installed in battery compartment, battery generally by way of bonding and It is installed on battery compartment, and due to the diversity of mounting process and installation requirement etc., it may be necessary to repeatedly repeatedly dismantle and pacify Packed battery.The battery warehouse component of mobile phone is collectively formed in the sticky object of battery compartment, battery and bonding battery compartment and battery.
In the related art, battery is installed in battery compartment by easy-to-draw glue, and easy-to-draw glue is a kind of removable adhesive tape, is glued It is affixed on battery and between battery compartment, easy-to-draw glue forms the bonding force along cell thickness direction between battery and battery compartment, and Bonding force is not provided substantially then in the plane where battery, to only need substantially when needing to dismantle battery from battery compartment Plane where being parallel to battery firmly pulls.The bottom surface of battery and side also need individually to paste gummed paper to battery into Row protection, in case battery is scratched in multiple disassembly process.
However, easy-to-draw glue can occur chemically to become under the environment such as certain temperature, humidity, and it cannot be guaranteed above-mentioned bonding Characteristic is easy to break, in this way, will lead to battery can not take out from battery compartment, or generate cell damage after battery taking-up, Battery can not reuse.In addition, also making the process for assembling mobile phone using gummed paper but also the cost of battery warehouse component improves It is more cumbersome.
Thus, it would be highly desirable to those skilled in the art solve be how a kind of battery warehouse component is provided, the battery warehouse component at This is cheap and can be effectively protected battery and battery is enable easily to be dismantled, to improve the efficiency of disassembly battery.
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To overcome the problems in correlation technique, the disclosure provides the battery warehouse component and mobile phone of a kind of mobile phone, the electricity Pond storehouse component can simplify dismantling process, and will not damage battery, improve the reusability of battery to the greatest extent.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a kind of battery warehouse component of mobile phone is provided, including battery and accommodates the battery Battery compartment, the battery warehouse component further include fexible film, and the fexible film, which is adhered to the battery compartment and is formed, accommodates institute The cavity of battery is stated, the fexible film includes the accommodating portion and hinge that can separate connection, and housing section is viscous It is connected between the battery compartment and the battery, the hinge is adhered to the battery, housing section and the electricity Using strong Nian Jie between the storehouse of pond and between the hinge and the battery, between housing section and the battery Using weak bonding;When taking out battery from battery compartment, the hinge separates with housing section and from the battery solution Except bonding, the battery releases from housing section under the shaking effect of external force and is bonded and is detached from the battery compartment.
Preferably, housing section includes being located at the first part of the battery bottom and connecting with the first part Second part, the first part is adhered to the battery compartment, and the second part is around the downside of the battery and two Side and the front for extending to the battery, the hinge are connected to the second part in the front of the battery.
Preferably, the hinge includes downside hinge and two side hinges, and the side involves portion Two sides that branch adjoins the battery are adhered to the front of the battery, and the downside hinge adjoins the battery Downside is adhered to the front of the battery, the front of the battery the side hinge and the downside hinge it Between it is exposed.
Preferably, the first part of housing section includes downside accommodating portion, upside accommodating portion and two sides Accommodating portion, two sides that the side accommodating portion adjoins battery are adhered to the battery compartment, the downside accommodating portion Adjoin on the downside of the battery and be adhered to the battery compartment, the upside accommodating portion, which is adjoined on the upside of the battery, is adhered to institute Battery compartment is stated, the bottom of the battery is in the side accommodating portion, the downside accommodating portion and the upside accommodating portion Between it is exposed.
Preferably, the battery warehouse component further includes handle section, and the handle section is fixed in the front of the battery It is connected to the hinge, the handle section is for providing force application location to pull the hinge.
Preferably, the handle section is four, and the downside hinge is two, two downside hinges It is succeedingly bonded along the downside of the battery, four handle sections are individually fixed under two side hinges and two Side hinge.
Preferably, housing section and the hinge form intermittent seam in the junction of the two, described to connect Seam is by including spaced multiple disconnecting units.
Preferably, lead between the battery compartment and housing section and between the battery and the hinge The first adhesive bonding is crossed, the battery is Nian Jie by the second adhesive with housing section, and first adhesive glues It connects performance and is better than second adhesive.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a kind of mobile phone, including fuselage and battery warehouse component, the battery warehouse component are also provided For battery warehouse component described in any of the above-described technical solution.
The technical scheme provided by this disclosed embodiment can include the following benefits:
Battery bag is fixed on battery compartment and is stably formed the cavity corresponding to battery to guarantee battery in battery compartment Fixation, while battery is surrounded and guarantees that battery will not be damaged easily in an assembling process by battery bag, and It operates battery and is detached from battery bag without there is a situation where the batteries as described in the relevant technologies to take out from battery compartment, most The reusability of the raising battery of big degree.
It should be understood that above general description and following detailed description be only it is exemplary and explanatory, not The disclosure can be limited.
Detailed description of the invention
The drawings herein are incorporated into the specification and forms part of this specification, and shows the implementation for meeting the disclosure Example, and together with specification for explaining the principles of this disclosure.
Fig. 1 is the structure chart of the battery compartment of the first embodiment for the battery warehouse component that the disclosure provides, and shows battery compartment court To the side of mobile phone;
Fig. 2 is the structure chart of the first embodiment for the battery warehouse component that the disclosure provides, and shows battery away from battery compartment Side.
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1 battery compartment
2 batteries
3 hinges
31 downside hinges
32 side hinges
4 accommodating portions
41 downside accommodating portions
42 side accommodating portions
43 upside accommodating portions
5 handle sections
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Example embodiments are described in detail here, and the example is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.Following description is related to When attached drawing, unless otherwise indicated, the same numbers in different drawings indicate the same or similar elements.Following exemplary embodiment Described in embodiment do not represent all implementations consistent with this disclosure.On the contrary, they be only with it is such as appended The example of the consistent device and method of some aspects be described in detail in claims, the disclosure.
The disclosure provides a kind of battery warehouse component of mobile phone comprising battery compartment and the battery for being installed on battery compartment.For side Just it describes, defining battery has front, bottom, upside, side and downside, and " front " is one side of the battery towards user, " bottom Portion " be battery away from user the one side towards battery compartment, direction when " upper and lower, other " then refers to mobile phone normal use carry out Definition, " upside " are positioned at the side of the top of battery, and " downside " is positioned at the side of the lower section of battery, and " side " is to be located at electricity The side of the left and right sides in pond.
The structure of the first embodiment of the battery warehouse component of disclosure offer is provided below with reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.
Battery bag (fexible film)
Battery bag is also equipped in the battery compartment 1 of the battery warehouse component, battery bag is adhered in battery compartment 1 and has energy The cavity of battery 2 is enough accommodated, battery 2 can be loaded into the cavity and fix relative to battery compartment 1, or make battery 2 from electricity Pond bag is detached from and releases the fixation with battery compartment 1.
In this way, battery bag is fixed on battery compartment 1 and is stably formed the cavity corresponding to battery 2 to guarantee that battery 2 exists Fixation in battery compartment 1, while battery 2 is surrounded and guarantees that battery 2 will not be damaged easily by battery bag, Er Qiecao Make battery 2 and is detached from battery bag without there is a situation where the batteries 2 as described in the relevant technologies to take out from battery compartment 1.
The battery bag includes accommodating portion 4 and hinge 3, accommodating portion 4 surrounded around battery 2 battery 2 to Above-mentioned cavity is formed, hinge 3 is removably connected to accommodating portion 4 and is adhered to battery 2 simultaneously.To when battery 2 holds When being contained in the cavity, battery 2 is also stably fixed to battery compartment 1 by the hinge 3 and accommodating portion 4;When battery 2 is de- When from the cavity, hinge 3 and accommodating portion 4 remove and release fixation of the battery 2 relative to battery compartment 1.
In this way, battery compartment 1, accommodating portion 4, hinge 3, battery 2 four be sequentially connected and formed be fixed to one another it is whole Body, and separating for battery 2 and battery compartment 1 can be completed by the separation of accommodating portion 4 and hinge 3.
The battery bag that the disclosure provides is made of fexible film, is flexible polymer film material in the present embodiment, Such as PET plastic (Polyethylene terephthalate).
Accommodating portion 4
As shown in Figure 1, accommodating portion 4 includes first part and the second part of connection, first part is in 1 direction of battery compartment The side of battery 2 is adhered to battery compartment 1 by first bonding agents, and second part originates from first part and further around electricity Two sides in pond 2 and a downside and extend to the front of battery 2, so that second part is connected in the front of battery 2 Hinge 3.Accommodating portion 4 does not surround the cavity of battery 2 namely the formation of accommodating portion 4 in battery 2 in the upside of battery 2 Upside forms open sack.
In this way, the second part of accommodating portion 4 surrounds battery 2 from the side of battery 2 and downside, protection is played to battery 2 Effect, and such bag body also provides good compromise between loading and fast quick-detach in stablizing for battery 2.
In this embodiment, battery 2 also passes through second bonding agents in the cavity that first part and second part are formed It is adhered to accommodating portion 4.The bonding force of first bonding agents is stronger compared with second bonding agents, and first bonding agents are in this embodiment It can be strong double-face glue.
First part includes downside 41, two side accommodating portions 42 of accommodating portion and a upside accommodating portion 43, two sides that two side accommodating portions 42 adjoin battery 2 are adhered to battery compartment 1, and downside accommodating portion 41 adjoins battery 2 Downside be adhered to battery compartment 1, the upside that upside accommodating portion 43 adjoins battery 2 is adhered to battery compartment 1, thus accommodating portion 4 Substantially rectangular-ambulatory-plane is formed towards the side of battery 2 in battery compartment 1, the bottom of battery 2 is under two side accommodating portion 42, one It is exposed between side accommodating portion 41 and a upside accommodating portion 43.
In this way, using two side accommodating portions, 42, downside accommodating portions 41 and upside accommodating portion 43 it Between space be battery 2 expansion leave more spaces.
Second part surround battery 2 from two sides of battery 2 and downside and extend to battery 2 front process In, three partial volume chambers are formd in two sides of battery 2 and downside, these three partial volume chambers collectively constitute the appearance for accommodating battery 2 Chamber.In assembled battery 2, battery 2 can be entered in cavity by the sack, when two sides of battery 2 and downside are complete It enters entirely and is bonded hinge 3 in above-mentioned cavity again;Battery 2 can also be placed in battery compartment 1, from two of battery 2 The front that the second part of accommodating portion 4 is stretched to battery 2 is bonded hinge 3 by side and downside again.
By Nian Jie by force between accommodating portion 4 and battery compartment 1, and by weak Nian Jie between battery 2, at this It is Nian Jie by the bonding agent with strong adhesive property between accommodating portion 4 and battery compartment 1 in embodiment, accommodating portion 4 and battery It is bonded between 2 by the bonding agent with weak adhesive property.
Hinge 3
As shown in Fig. 2, hinge 3 is connected to the second part of accommodating portion 4, and including 31 He of downside hinge Two side hinges 32.Two sides that two side hinges 32 adjoin battery 2 are adhered to the front of battery 2, under The downside that side hinge 31 adjoins battery 2 is adhered to the front of battery 2, so that hinge 3 is formed greatly in the front of battery 2 Cause U-shaped.Downside hinge 31 can be formed as two, and two downside hinges 31 are succeedingly bonded along the downside of battery 2 In battery.The front of battery 2 is exposed between side hinge 32 and downside hinge 31.
In this way, being the swollen of battery 2 using the space between two side hinges 32 and a downside hinge 31 It is swollen to leave more spaces.As it can be seen that accommodating portion 4 forms generally U-shaped cavity, battery 2 by hinge 3 steadily It is reproduced in inside the cavity.
Hinge 3 and accommodating portion 4, which connect into, can be separated from each other, in this embodiment, hinge 3 and receiving portion Divide between 4 and form intermittent seam, i.e., hinge 3 is connected with accommodating portion 4 by the connecting line being broken.Specifically, this connects Seam includes spaced multiple disconnecting units, and the present embodiment does not show that the specific pattern of disconnecting unit, which can be sky The dot of the heart, or the line segment of hollow out.
It, in the present embodiment, can be by with strong cementability by Nian Jie by force between hinge 3 and battery 2 The bonding agent bonding of energy.
Handle section 5
The battery warehouse component can also include four handle sections 5, which fixes in the front of battery 2 In hinge 3, specifically, adjoin respectively battery 2 downside and side and fix.The handle section 5 not coating adhesive, It is used to provide force application location for operator, so that operator can hold the handle section 5 and apply pulling force, and then drives and leads Even part 3 removes from accommodating portion 4 and separates simultaneously with battery 2.In the position of the upper side and lower side close to battery 2, handle portion is set Divide 5, is conducive to the quick removal of hinge 3.
Two in four handle sections 5 are individually fixed in two side hinges 32, other two is individually fixed in Two downside hinges 31.It is more advantageous to operator in this way and pulls hinge 3.
When needing to dismantle battery 2 from battery compartment 1, the direction of user towards battery compartment 1 presses battery 2, makes simultaneously The direction that user holds handle section 5 and is directed away from battery 2 pulls, in this way under the drive of handle section 5, hinge 3 Separated with accommodating portion 4 and it is Nian Jie with the releasing of battery 2 and from battery 2 be detached from, so that the cavity of battery bag formation is destroyed and makes It obtains battery 2 and is no longer contained in battery bag, when battery compartment 1 is overturn and gently vibrated, battery 2 can be under the shaking of external force from electricity Pond bag abjection, to take out battery 2.
In the second embodiment for the battery warehouse component that the disclosure provides, battery warehouse component has with first embodiment substantially Identical structure, the difference is that:Between hinge 3 and accommodating portion 4 have zigzag seam, hinge 3 with The second part of accommodating portion 4 disconnects a part at the upside for adjoining battery 2, and operator more convenient in this way tears zigzag Seam and separate hinge 3 and accommodating portion 4.
Each embodiment of the battery warehouse component provided above the disclosure is described in detail, and there are also following needs Explanation:
1. the strong bonding mentioned in the various embodiments described above and weak bonding can also be realized by other means, such as by viscous Coating quantity and the coating method realization etc. of agent are connect, and is not limited by by the way of the bonding agent of different bonding performance, As long as can be realized different bonding forces.
2. first bonding agents and second bonding agents can be selected from bonding agent common in the art, as long as making first to glue The bonding force for connecing agent is greater than second bonding agents.
3. handle section and downside hinge can also be other numbers, for example a downside hinge and three mention Hand portion, two in such three handle sections are individually fixed in two side hinges, another is fixed on downside Hinge.Thus the number of handle and the number of lower hinge do not constitute the restriction of the disclosure, as long as can play for making User holds and exerts a force and the effect that smoothly pulls.
4. the position of handle section can also be other, for example be arranged in the middle position etc. of the upper side and lower side of battery.
Those skilled in the art after considering the specification and implementing the invention disclosed here, will readily occur to its of the disclosure Its embodiment.This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure, these modifications, purposes or Person's adaptive change follows the general principles of this disclosure and including the undocumented common knowledge in the art of the disclosure Or conventional techniques.The description and examples are only to be considered as illustrative, and the true scope and spirit of the disclosure are by following Claim is pointed out.
It should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise structures that have been described above and shown in the drawings, and And various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof.The scope of the present disclosure is only limited by the accompanying claims.

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1. a kind of battery warehouse component of mobile phone, the battery compartment including battery and the receiving battery, which is characterized in that the battery Storehouse component further includes fexible film, and the fexible film is adhered to the battery compartment and forms the cavity for accommodating the battery, institute Stating fexible film includes the accommodating portion and hinge that can separate connection, housing section be adhered to the battery compartment and Between the battery, the hinge is adhered to the battery, between housing section and the battery compartment and described Using strong Nian Jie between hinge and the battery, used between housing section and the battery weak bonding;
When taking out battery from battery compartment, the hinge is separated with housing section and is released from the battery and is bonded, The battery releases from housing section under the shaking effect of external force and is bonded and is detached from the battery compartment.
2. battery warehouse component according to claim 1, which is characterized in that housing section includes being located at the battery floor The first part in portion and the second part connecting with the first part, the first part is adhered to the battery compartment, described Second part is around the downside of the battery and two sides and the front for extending to the battery, and the hinge is described The front of battery is connected to the second part.
3. battery warehouse component according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the hinge include downside hinge, With two side hinges, before two sides that side hinge portion adjoins the battery are adhered to the battery Portion, the downside hinge adjoin the front that the battery is adhered on the downside of the battery, and the front of the battery is in institute It states exposed between side hinge and the downside hinge.
4. battery warehouse component according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the first part of housing section includes downside Accommodating portion, upside accommodating portion and two side accommodating portions, two sides that the side accommodating portion adjoins battery are viscous It is connected to the battery compartment, the downside accommodating portion, which is adjoined on the downside of the battery, is adhered to the battery compartment, and the upside holds It receives partially to adjoin on the upside of the battery and is adhered to the battery compartment, the bottom of the battery is in the side accommodating portion, institute It states exposed between downside accommodating portion and the upside accommodating portion.
5. battery warehouse component according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the battery warehouse component further includes handle section, The handle section is fixedly connected on the hinge in the front of the battery, and the handle section is for providing force position It sets to pull the hinge.
6. battery warehouse component according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the handle section is four, and the downside is led Even part is two, and two downside hinges are succeedingly bonded along the downside of the battery, four handle sections It is individually fixed in two side hinges and two downside hinges.
7. battery warehouse component according to claim 1-6, which is characterized in that housing section and described involve Part forms intermittent seam in the junction of the two, and the seam is by including spaced multiple disconnecting units.
8. battery warehouse component according to claim 1-6, which is characterized in that the battery compartment and described accommodation section / and the battery and the hinge between by the first adhesive it is Nian Jie, the battery and described accommodation section Divide and be bonded by the second adhesive, the adhesive property of first adhesive is better than second adhesive.
9. a kind of mobile phone, including fuselage and battery warehouse component, which is characterized in that the battery warehouse component is such as claim 1-8 Described in any item battery warehouse components.
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