CN209767621U - Protective housing and electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

the embodiment of the application provides a protective housing and electronic equipment, and the protective housing includes the backplate, encloses along portion and shell fragment, and the backplate includes stereoplasm portion and flexible portion, and stereoplasm portion encircles the setting of flexible portion and is connected with flexible portion. The surrounding edge part is connected to the edge of the hard part and forms an accommodating space for accommodating the electronic equipment with the back plate. The elastic sheet is connected with the flexible part and can be bent towards the direction far away from the back plate. The electronic equipment is provided with the protective shell. Through setting the backplate to the mode that flexible portion and stereoplasm portion combine, the shell fragment is connected in flexible portion, when needs support electronic equipment, only need buckle the shell fragment can. Because flexible portion has better deformability, the shell fragment can be more laborsaving when buckling, and the range that the shell fragment buckled is bigger simultaneously, does benefit to and forms the support angle that more accords with user's use custom.

Description

Protective housing and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of electronic equipment, in particular to a protective shell and electronic equipment.

Background

Along with the development of current electronic equipment technique, in order to prevent that electronic equipment from receiving the damage under the condition such as collision, fall, the user can be at electronic equipment external installation protective housing usually, and current protective housing can only play the effect of protection cell-phone, and the function is single, and is very inconvenient.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application aims to provide a protective shell and an electronic device, so that the protective shell can better protect the electronic device and can support the electronic device.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a protective housing, including backplate, surrounding edge portion and shell fragment, the backplate includes stereoplasm portion and flexible portion, and stereoplasm portion encircles the flexible portion and sets up and be connected with the flexible portion. The surrounding edge part is connected to the edge of the hard part and forms an accommodating space for accommodating the electronic equipment with the back plate. The elastic sheet is connected with the flexible part and can be bent towards the direction far away from the back plate.

in a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, in which the above-mentioned protective casing is detachably mounted.

The application provides a protective housing and electronic equipment, through set the backplate to the mode that flexible portion and stereoplasm portion combined, the shell fragment is connected in flexible portion, when needs support electronic equipment, only need buckle the shell fragment can. Because flexible portion has better deformability, the shell fragment can be more laborsaving when buckling, and the range that the shell fragment buckled is bigger simultaneously, does benefit to and forms the support angle that more accords with user's use custom.

these and other aspects of the present application will be more readily apparent from the following description of the embodiments.

drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a protective casing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

3 FIG. 3 2 3 is 3 a 3 cross 3- 3 sectional 3 view 3 taken 3 along 3 line 3 A 3- 3 A 3 of 3 FIG. 31 3; 3

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view taken at III in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a protrusion according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Fig. 5 is a use state diagram of a protective casing according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of another protective case provided in the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 7 is a state view of another alternative protective case provided in fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of another protective shell according to an embodiment of the present application at a first viewing angle;

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of another protective shell provided in the embodiment of the present application from a second perspective;

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

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

With the rapid development of electronic devices (such as mobile terminals), in the future, to protect the electronic devices, users usually install a protective case outside the electronic devices; meanwhile, when a user uses the electronic equipment under various different use environments, the user sometimes needs to be connected with an external independent support to support the electronic equipment, so that the thickness of the electronic equipment is obviously increased, the electronic equipment is difficult to operate, and meanwhile, the user often cannot carry the electronic equipment support with the user, so that the use is very inconvenient. Therefore, the inventors propose the protective case and the electronic device in the embodiments of the present application. Embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a protective case 100, including a backplate 200, a surrounding portion 300, and a resilient sheet 400, wherein the backplate 200 and the surrounding portion 300 are connected and used for being installed in an electronic device, and the resilient sheet 400 is disposed on the back of the backplate 200 and used for supporting the entire protective case 100 in some application environments.

Backplate 200 conforms to the back of the electronic device during use, and thus backplate 200 can be configured to match the configuration of the electronic device. For example: in some embodiments, backplate 200 may be configured in a generally rectangular, rounded rectangular, or other plate-like configuration. The backplate 200 includes a hard portion 210 and a flexible portion 220, wherein the hard portion 210 is made of a hard material, such as: the hard portion 210 may be made of metal, hard plastic, ceramic, or other material, and the hard plastic may be PC, PVC, PP, PE, PVDF, TPE, or the like, for example. The flexible portion 220 may be made of a flexible material, such as silicone, flexible ABS plastic, or the like.

The hard portion 210 is disposed around the flexible portion 220 and connected to the flexible portion 220, that is, the flexible portion 220 is located at a position substantially in the middle of the backboard 200, and in some embodiments, the flexible portion 220 may be bonded or snapped to the hard portion 210. In some embodiments, the rigid portion 210 and the flexible portion 220 are integrally molded, and this connection can make the entire backboard 200 more integral in appearance and better fit with the electronic device. Simultaneously at shell fragment 400 in-process of buckling, flexible portion 220 can receive the pulling force, connects through integrative injection moulding's mode, and flexible portion 220 is more stable with being connected of stereoplasm portion 210, avoids flexible portion 220 and stereoplasm portion 210 to drop each other.

In some embodiments, the hard portion 210 may be provided with a through hole penetrating through the hard portion 210, so as to allow functional elements on the back surface of the electronic device to leak out, for example, a fingerprint module, a camera, a flash, a display screen and the like on the back surface of the electronic device to be exposed, which does not affect the operation of the user.

It is understood that the flexible portion 220 may be provided in a variety of shapes, such as providing the flexible portion 220 in a circular shape; in order to increase the coupling force between the flexible portion 220 and the hard portion 210, the contact area between the flexible portion 220 and the hard portion 210 may be increased, for example, the flexible portion 220 is configured in a substantially polygonal structure, and in the present embodiment, the flexible portion 220 is configured in a substantially rectangular plane structure. On one hand, the arrangement mode of the rectangular area is matched with the configuration of the electronic device, and on the other hand, the rectangular area is convenient to be connected with the elastic sheet 400. The thickness of the flexible portion 220 and the thickness of the hard portion 210 may be approximately equal to each other, so that the inner surface and the outer surface of the backplate 200 are more flat.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the flexible portion 220 includes a main body 221 and a protrusion 222, the protrusion 222 is disposed around the main body 221 and connected to an edge of the main body 221, and the main body 221 is connected to the hard portion 210 and the protrusion 222. The protrusion 222 may be located on the inner surface 211 of the body 221, where the inner surface 211 refers to a surface of the back plate 200 that is attached to the electronic device during use. The thickness of the protruding portion 222 is smaller than that of the hard portion 210, and thus the contact area between the flexible portion 220 and the hard portion 210 is increased, and the connection stability can be improved. In some embodiments, the protruding portion 222 is flush with the inner surface of the hard portion 210, that is, the protruding portion 222 is located on the inner surface of the body 221, so that when the spring 400 is bent, deformation caused by a pulling force on the flexible portion 220 is blocked by the hard portion 210, and the flexible portion 220 is prevented from being pulled by the pulling force and falling off or deforming from the hard portion 210.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 4, the flexible portion 220 includes a body 221 and a protrusion 222, the protrusion 222 is connected to an edge of the body 221, the body 221 is connected to the hard portion 210, and the protrusion 222 is embedded in the hard portion 210. The protrusion 222 may be provided in a tooth shape, and the number of the protrusions 222 may be plural, and the plural protrusions 222 may be uniformly arranged along the edge of the flexible portion 220, for example: when the flexible portion 220 has a polygonal configuration, a plurality of protrusions 222 may be provided on each edge of the flexible portion 220. Through setting up bulge 222, when flexible portion 220 is connected with stereoplasm portion 210, can show the stability of being connected that improves body 221 and stereoplasm portion 210, in shell fragment 400 process of buckling, prevent that flexible portion 220 from deforming excessively. It will be appreciated that a similar arrangement of teeth on the rigid portion 210 and embedded in the flexible portion 220 may be used to achieve a similar technical effect.

It is understood that the protrusion 222 may be formed in a ring shape around the edge of the flexible portion 220 to increase the contact area of the protrusion 222 embedded in the hard portion 210, thereby improving the connection stability.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2 again, a connection gap 230 may be formed at the connection position of the hard portion 210 and the flexible portion 220, and the connection gap 230 means that the connection position of the hard portion 210 and the flexible portion 220 is in a clearance connection, that is, a gap is formed at the connection position of the hard portion 210 and the flexible portion 220. This kind of mode of setting can make flexible portion 220 when relative stereoplasm portion 210 deformation, have great deformation space for flexible portion 220's deformation scope increases, forms the bearing structure who more accords with user's user demand when doing benefit to shell fragment 400 and buckling. It is understood that the connecting seam 230 may be formed at the junction of all or a portion of the flexible portion 220 and the rigid portion 210.

The surrounding portion 300 is connected to the edge of the hard portion 210 and surrounds the back plate 200 to form a containing space 301 for containing electronic equipment, and the electronic equipment is installed in the containing space 301 when in use. It is understood that in some embodiments, the surrounding edge portion 300 may be configured to be a shape matching with the electronic device, so that when the electronic device is installed, the inner surface of the surrounding edge portion 300 may perfectly fit with the electronic device, and the electronic device is better protected. When the electronic device is installed, the surrounding edge 300 may fix the electronic device in an interference fit manner, or may be fixed to the electronic device by providing an adhesive on the back plate 200 and the surrounding edge 300.

In order to facilitate the operation of the electronic device, the surrounding portion 300 may be provided with a through hole or a notch, so that the physical key or the touch operation area of the electronic device is exposed. It is understood that the skirt portion 300 may be formed in a ring shape and connected to the hard portion 210 along the edge of the hard portion 210. Meanwhile, the surrounding portion 300 may also be configured as a plurality of spaced teeth, that is, a discontinuous surrounding portion 300 is formed, and a gap may be formed between the plurality of spaced teeth for exposing a physical key or a touch operation area of the electronic device. The surrounding portion 300 may be made of the same material as the hard portion 210, may be integrally formed with the hard portion 210 by injection molding, or may be fixed to the hard portion 210 by bonding, clamping, or the like.

In some embodiments, the edge portion 300 may be provided with an edge slit 310, wherein the edge slit 310 penetrates through the edge portion 300, the edge of the hard portion 210 is away from the edge of the edge portion 310, the edge slit 310 is provided, when the electronic device is mounted or dismounted, the edge portion 310 may have a larger deformation space, so as to facilitate assembly, and meanwhile, the user may pull open the edge slit 310 when dismounting, enlarge the surrounding area of the edge portion 300, increase the cross-sectional area of the accommodating space 301, so as to take the electronic device out of the protective case 100 very conveniently. In some embodiments, the girth 310 is located at the end of the length of the backplate 200. With the arrangement, when the user detaches the electronic device, the force is applied in the length direction of the electronic device, and the whole protective shell 100 can be held by the hand conveniently, so that the electronic device is more convenient. Of course, it is understood that the circumferential seam 310 may be disposed at any other position of the circumferential portion 300. Meanwhile, the number of the peripheral edge broken seams 310 may be adjusted accordingly according to requirements, for example, one peripheral edge broken seam 310 may be provided, or a plurality of peripheral edge broken seams 310 may be provided.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 2, the girth cut 310 may include a first girth cut 311 and a second girth cut 312, the first girth cut 311 and the second girth cut 312 being symmetrical along the length of the backplate 200. By the arrangement mode, the deformation space of the surrounding edge part 300 can be further enlarged, and the user can conveniently operate the device no matter the user is left-handed or right-handed.

referring to fig. 1, the elastic sheet 400 is connected to the flexible portion 220 and can be bent away from the backplate 200, and provides support for the protective case 100 when bent. It can be understood that the elastic sheet 400 may be made of a material with certain rigidity, and it is also necessary to ensure that the elastic sheet 400 can be bent easily. For example: the dome 400 may be made of a metal material, such as iron, aluminum, copper, stainless steel, or other metals or alloys.

in some embodiments, the elastic sheet 400 may be directly connected to the flexible portion 220 by bonding or snapping, and the flexible portion 220 may be bent by its elastic deformation capability and its own bending characteristic. To facilitate manufacturing the entire protective case 100, referring again to fig. 2, the elastic sheet 400 includes a metal elastic sheet 420 and a flexible protective layer 410, wherein the flexible protective layer 410 is wrapped outside the metal elastic sheet 420, and the flexible protective layer 410 is connected to the flexible portion 220, and specifically, the flexible protective layer 410 may be connected to the body 221 of the flexible portion 220. It is understood that the flexible protection layer 410 may entirely wrap the metal dome 420, or partially wrap the metal dome 420, for example, the flexible protection layer 410 may be configured in an openwork-like structure.

The flexible protection layer 410 and the flexible portion 220 may be integrally injection molded, that is, the metal elastic sheet 420 is wrapped in the flexible portion 220 and the flexible protection layer 410 when the flexible portion 220 and the flexible protection layer 410 are injection molded. This kind of mode of setting can seal metal shrapnel 420, when avoiding user's operation metal shrapnel 420, produces cut or other damage, and metal shrapnel 420 is wrapped up by whole simultaneously, receives the power that flexible protection layer 410 elastic deformation resumes, and metal shrapnel 420 also can keep good performance of recovering deformation after buckling many times, deformation after avoiding metal shrapnel 420 to use many times. It is understood that the flexible protective layer 410 may be made of the same or different material as the flexible portion 220.

Referring to fig. 5, the resilient sheet 400 may include a connecting portion 421 and a supporting portion 422, which are connected to each other, wherein the connecting portion 421 is used for connecting with the flexible portion 220, and the supporting portion 422 is bendable with respect to the connecting portion 421 and is used for providing a support for the protective shell 100. The supporting portion 422 and the connecting portion 421 may be located at two opposite ends of the metal spring 420. For example: the resilient sheet 400 may be configured in a strip shape, such that a large resistance is not generated when the supporting portion 422 is bent due to a small connection contact area of the supporting portion 422 and the connection portion 421. Meanwhile, the supporting area of the supporting part 422 is moderate, and the supporting part does not need to occupy more space. It is understood that when the dome sheet 400 further includes the flexible protection layer 410, the connecting portion 421 and the supporting portion 422 are disposed on the metal dome sheet 420. When the elastic sheet 400 is required to support the protective casing 100, the user may break the supporting portion 422 and bend the supporting portion relative to the connecting portion 421.

It is understood that the elastic sheet 400 may have other shapes, for example, the connecting portion 421 of the elastic sheet 400 is formed in an inverted "U" shape, so that when the protective case 100 is supported, two points of the supporting portion 422 contact the bearing surface, and a three-point supporting structure is formed together with the surrounding edge portion 300. Meanwhile, the supporting part 422 is inverted U-shaped, the supporting part 422 is provided with an arc-shaped notch, and when the elastic sheet 400 is bent, a user can hold the notch with fingers, so that the operation is more convenient. In addition, the dome 400 may also be configured in a circular, polygonal, or other irregular shape.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6 and 7, the supporting portion 422 includes a first supporting portion 4221 and a second supporting portion 4222, and the first supporting portion 4221 and the second supporting portion 4222 are disposed opposite to each other and are connected to the connecting portion 421. That is, the first support portion 4221 and the second support portion 4222 may be located at opposite sides of the connection portion 421. Wherein the interval between the first support portion 4221 and the connection portion 421 is smaller than or greater than the interval between the second support portion 4222 and the connection portion 421. In this embodiment, when the user uses the protective case 100, the user can use the first support portion 4221 and the second support portion 4222 as supports at the same time, and form a three-point support inclined by approximately 30 ° with the short side direction of the surrounding edge portion 300, for the user to use in the vertical screen state.

It is understood that the resilient sheet 400 can be integrally attached to the backplate 200 when it is not bent, and is substantially parallel to the backplate 200. In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the hard portion 210 of the back plate 200 may be provided with a hollow groove 240, and the hollow groove 240 may be formed through the hard portion 210 or may be formed by recessing the outer surface of the hard portion 210. The outer surface of the hard portion 210 is the surface opposite the inner surface for attachment to an electronic device in use. The hollow grooves 240 are used for accommodating the supporting portions 422, so that the number and the opening positions of the hollow grooves 240 are matched with the supporting portions 422. In some embodiments, referring to fig. 8, the hollow groove 240 may include a first hollow groove 241 and a second hollow groove 242, wherein the first hollow groove 241 and the second hollow groove 242 are respectively located at two opposite sides of the flexible portion 220 and are respectively used for accommodating the first supporting portion 4221 and the second supporting portion 4222. The hollow groove 240 may further penetrate through the edge of the hard portion 210 connected to the flexible portion 220, so that the entire supporting portion 422 can be received in the hollow groove 240.

Through the above arrangement, the following technical effects can be achieved: because the connecting portion 421 is connected to the flexible portion 220, the connecting portion 421 protrudes from the back plate 200 as a whole, and after the supporting portion 422 is received into the hollow groove 240, the elastic sheet 400 is integrally formed into a substantially arc-shaped structure, so that when the supporting portion 422 needs to be bent, the connecting portion 421 is only required to be pressed toward the back plate 200, the connecting portion 421 deforms toward the back plate 200, the supporting portion 422 is bent toward a direction away from the back plate 200, and the operation is more convenient. It is understood that the number of the supporting portions 422 is one, two or more, and the above technical effects can be achieved.

It should be understood that when the hollow-out groove 240 is not provided, the above technical effect can be achieved by ensuring that the connection portion 421 protrudes relative to the support portion 422 in a direction away from the back plate 200, that is, by utilizing the flexibility of the flexible portion 220, when the connection portion 421 is pressed, a reaction force is generated on the support portion 422, so as to bend the support portion 422, and an effect of rapidly bending the support portion 422 is achieved.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 9, the first support portion 4221 and the second support portion 4222 may also be symmetrically disposed with respect to the connection portion 421, that is, a distance between the first support portion 4221 and the connection portion 421 may be the same as a distance between the first support portion 4221 and the connection portion 421. With this arrangement, when the resilient plate 400 is bent, since the first support portion 4221 and the second support portion 4222 are symmetrically arranged, the two sides are stressed substantially equally, and when the connecting portion 421 is pressed, the first support portion 4221 and the second support portion 4222 can be spread with a small pressure.

When the support is used, the first support portion 4221 and the second support portion 4222 are symmetrical after being bent, three-point support which is approximately 45 degrees can be formed with the longer side of the surrounding edge portion 300, the support is used for a user to use the horizontal screen, and a stable support effect can be achieved.

Referring to fig. 10, the present embodiment further provides an electronic device 10, wherein the protective shell 100 is detachably mounted on the electronic device 10, when the electronic device 10 is mounted, the electronic device 10 is mounted in the accommodating space 301, and the inner surface 211 of the back plate 200 is attached to the housing of the electronic device 10 and is fixed by the back plate 200 and the surrounding edge 300. When the electronic device 10 needs to be supported, the elastic sheet 400 is only required to be bent, and when the electronic device does not need to be supported, the elastic sheet 400 is retracted, the outer surface of the backboard 200 is still a roughly flat curved surface, and the holding of a user is not affected.

The electronic device 10 in the present application may be a mobile phone or smart phone (e.g., an iPhone (TM) based, Android (TM) based phone), a Portable gaming device (e.g., a Nintendo DS (TM), a PlayStation Portable (TM), a Game Advance (TM), an iPhone (TM)), a laptop, a PDA, a Portable Internet appliance, a music player and data storage device, other handheld devices and head-mounted devices such as a watch, a headset, a pendant, a headset, etc., the electronic device 10 may also be other wearable devices (e.g., a head-mounted device (HMD) such as electronic glasses, electronic clothing, an electronic bracelet, an electronic necklace, an electronic tattoo, the electronic device 10, or a smart watch).

The electronic device 10 may also be any of a number of electronic devices 10, including, but not limited to, cellular telephones, smart phones, other wireless communication devices, personal digital assistants, audio players, other media players, music recorders, video recorders, cameras, other media recorders, radios, medical devices, vehicle transportation equipment, calculators, programmable remote controls, pagers, laptop computers, desktop computers, printers, netbook computers, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), Portable Multimedia Players (PMPs), moving Picture experts group (MPEG-1 or MPEG-2) Audio layer 3(MP3) players, portable medical devices, and digital cameras, and combinations thereof.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (15)

1. A protective case for an electronic device, comprising:

A back plate comprising a rigid portion and a flexible portion, the rigid portion disposed around and connected to the flexible portion;

The surrounding edge part is connected to the edge of the hard part and forms an accommodating space for accommodating electronic equipment with the back plate; and

The elastic sheet is connected to the flexible part and can be bent towards the direction far away from the back plate.

2. the protective case of claim 1, wherein the flexible portion comprises a body and a protrusion, the protrusion being attached to an edge of the body, the body being attached to the hard portion, the protrusion being embedded in the hard portion.

3. The protective case of claim 1, wherein the flexible portion comprises a body and a projection disposed around and connected to an edge of the body, the body connected to the hard portion and the projection.

4. The protective case of claim 3, wherein the thickness of the projections is less than the thickness of the hard portion, and the projections are flush with the inner surface of the hard portion.

5. a protective casing according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the junction of the hard portion and the flexible portion forms a joint break.

6. The protective case of claim 1, wherein the resilient tab comprises a metal resilient tab and a flexible protective layer, the flexible protective layer covering the metal resilient tab and connected to the flexible portion.

7. A protective casing according to claim 1, wherein the resilient sheet comprises a connecting portion and a support portion which are connected to each other, the connecting portion being connected to the flexible portion, the support portion being bendable relative to the connecting portion.

8. the protective case of claim 7, wherein the support portion comprises a first support portion and a second support portion, the first support portion and the second support portion being disposed opposite each other and both connected to the connecting portion.

9. The protective case of claim 8, wherein the first support and the second support are symmetrical with respect to the connecting portion.

10. the protective case of claim 7, wherein the connecting portion protrudes relative to the support portion in a direction away from the back plate.

11. A protective casing according to any one of claims 7 to 10 wherein the hard portion is provided with a hollowed-out slot for receiving the support portion.

12. A protective casing according to claim 1 wherein the peripheral portion is provided with a peripheral break which extends through an edge of the peripheral portion remote from the hard portion.

13. A protective casing according to claim 12 wherein the circumferential seam is located at a lengthwise end of the backplate.

14. The protective case of claim 12 or 13, wherein the peripheral break comprises a first peripheral break and a second peripheral break, the first and second peripheral breaks being symmetrical along the length of the back plate.

15. An electronic device, wherein the protective case of any one of claims 1 to 14 is detachably mounted to the electronic device.