CN210694142U

CN210694142U - Camera module and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN210694142U
Application number: CN202020094176.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 姬孟辉
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-01-16
Filing date: 2020-01-16
Publication date: 2020-06-05
Anticipated expiration: 2030-01-16

Abstract

The utility model discloses a camera module and electronic equipment, camera module include support, camera and cassette, the camera set up in the support, the cassette is equipped with cassette body, first recess and card location portion, the cassette body set up in the first recess, be equipped with card location portion in the first recess, under the condition that the card is located within the camera module, the card is connected with the cassette body electricity, and card location portion coordinate the location; the camera module can move between a first position and a second position relative to a shell of the electronic equipment, and the camera and the card holder body both extend out of the shell under the condition that the camera module is located at the first position; and under the condition that the camera module is located at the second position, the camera module retracts into the shell. This scheme can be solved the inconvenient card of taking out of user, electronic equipment's outward appearance wholeness and waterproof nature relatively poor problem.

Description

Camera module and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a shoot technical field, especially relate to a camera module and electronic equipment.

Background

At present, electronic equipment such as smart phones and tablet computers are inseparable from our lives and are visible everywhere in the lives. With the continuous innovation of the technology, the functions of the electronic device are continuously increased, and the number of the components included in the electronic device is increased, which brings greater challenges to the structural design of the electronic device.

In general, in order to implement functions of communication, storage, and the like of an electronic device, cards such as a SIM (Subscriber identity Module) card, a TF (Trans-flash) card, and the like need to be installed in the electronic device, and these cards can be placed in the electronic device through a card holder and cooperate with a card socket on a circuit board, so as to implement electrical connection between the cards and the circuit board.

When the user uses electronic equipment, often need take out and trade operations such as card after the above-mentioned card, specifically, can insert electronic equipment's thimble hole with the thimble to with the card support ejection card support hole, so that take out the card. However, the user often does not carry the thimble with him or her, resulting in inconvenience for the user to take out the card. In addition, after the clamping hole and the thimble hole are arranged on the electronic equipment, the appearance integrity of the electronic equipment is poor, and the clamping hole and the thimble hole are easy to be filled with water, so that the waterproofness of the electronic equipment is reduced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses a camera module and electronic equipment to solve the inconvenient outward appearance wholeness and the relatively poor problem of waterproof nature that takes out card, electronic equipment of user.

In order to solve the above problem, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

a camera module comprises a support, a camera and a clamping seat, wherein the camera is arranged on the support, the clamping seat is provided with a clamping seat body, a first groove and a card positioning part, the clamping seat body is arranged in the first groove, the card positioning part is arranged in the first groove, and when a card is positioned in the camera module, the card is electrically connected with the clamping seat body and is matched and positioned with the card positioning part;

the camera module can move between a first position and a second position relative to a shell of the electronic equipment, and the camera and the card holder body both extend out of the shell under the condition that the camera module is located at the first position; and under the condition that the camera module is located at the second position, the camera module retracts into the shell.

An electronic device comprises the camera module.

The utility model discloses a technical scheme can reach following beneficial effect:

the utility model discloses a camera module can remove between primary importance and second place for electronic equipment's casing to stretch out or retract for the casing, the support of this camera module is equipped with the cassette simultaneously, and the card can be installed on the support of this camera module. Under the condition that the camera module is located at the first position, the bracket drives the card seat body and the card to extend out of the shell, so that a user can take out the card conveniently; under the condition that the camera module is located the second position, cassette and card all are located the casing to be in hidden state. After the scheme is adopted, the card support holes and the card needle holes do not need to be arranged on the appearance surface of the electronic equipment, so that the appearance integrity of the electronic equipment is better, the problem that the card support holes and the card needle holes are filled with water can be basically avoided, and the waterproofness of the electronic equipment is improved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are described herein, serve to provide a further understanding of the invention and constitute a part of this specification, and the exemplary embodiments and descriptions thereof are provided for explaining the invention without unduly limiting it. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera module disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the cover plate of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of a partial structure of a camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is an exploded view of a camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

100-bracket, 110-second groove, 200-clamping seat, 210-clamping seat body, 220-first groove, 230-card positioning part, 300-card, 400-cover plate, 510-hinging shaft, 520-hinging hole, 610-positioning convex part and 620-positioning concave part.

Detailed Description

To make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the present invention clearer, the following will combine the embodiments of the present invention and the corresponding drawings to clearly and completely describe the technical solution of the present invention. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

The technical solutions disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1-4, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a camera module, which can be applied to an electronic device, and specifically includes a bracket 100, a camera and a card holder 200. Optionally, the camera module here may be a retractable structure; or the camera module can also be of a detachable structure, and the camera module can be detached for independent use; of course, the camera module can also be the combination of retractable structure and detachable structure, promptly, the camera module can be dismantled the exclusive use, also can link to each other with electronic equipment, and when the camera module links to each other with electronic equipment, it can stretch out and draw back.

The bracket 100 can be used as a mounting base for the components included in the whole camera module. The card socket 200 may be disposed on the bracket 100, the card socket 200 may be electrically connected to a main board of the electronic device through a circuit board of the camera module, the card socket 200 is provided with a card socket body 210, a first groove 220 and a card positioning portion 230, wherein the card socket body 210 is a main structure of the card socket 200, and may be electrically connected to the card 300, so as to perform data transmission with the card 300; the number of the first grooves 220 may be one, and the card positioning portion 230 is disposed in the first groove 220. The cameras are disposed on the bracket 100, and the number of the cameras may be one, or two or more. Under the condition that card 300 is located the camera module, card 300 is connected with cassette body 210 electricity, and card 300 and card location portion 230 cooperation location to make card 300 can keep the state of electrically conducting with cassette body 210, card 300 can carry out data transmission with the mainboard of electronic equipment this moment, thereby makes card 300 be in operating condition.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the camera module can move between the first position and the second position relative to the housing of the electronic device, and when the camera module is located at the first position, the camera and the card seat body 210 both extend out of the housing; when the camera module is located at the second position, the camera module retracts into the shell. In other words, the camera module can extend or retract relative to the housing, when the camera module is located at the first position, the camera can be in a working state, and meanwhile, the card 300 matched with the card holder 200 can be in an exposed state, so that a user can take out the card 300 to perform operations such as card replacement and the like; when the camera module is located the second position, camera, cassette 200 and card 300 all are located the casing to be in hidden state, can not see camera, cassette 200 and card 300 from electronic equipment's outward appearance face.

It can be understood that the camera can be used as a front camera, the camera can carry out front shooting, and the camera does not occupy the display area of the electronic equipment, so that the screen occupation ratio of the electronic equipment is improved; or, the camera can also be a rear camera, and the camera can carry out rear shooting, and at this moment, the rear cover of the shell does not need to be provided with holes corresponding to the rear camera, so that the appearance integrity of the electronic equipment is better. Of course, the number of the cameras can be at least two, wherein one part of the cameras is used as a front camera, and the other part of the cameras is used as a rear camera.

In addition, can also integrate on the camera module and set up other structures, for example microphone hole etc. the embodiment of the utility model provides a do not restrict to this.

As can be seen from the above, after the camera module at least partially extends out relative to the housing, the user can conveniently take out the card 300 without using a structure such as a thimble, so that the structure is convenient for the user to take out the card 300, and the user experience is improved. Meanwhile, when the card holder 200 and the card 300 normally work, the card holder 200 and the card 300 can be in a hidden state, and a card support hole and a card needle hole are not required to be arranged on the appearance surface of the electronic equipment, so that the appearance integrity of the electronic equipment is better, the problem that the card support hole and the card needle hole are filled with water can be basically avoided, and the waterproofness of the electronic equipment is improved. In addition, the card 300 can be directly positioned at the first groove 220, and the electronic device does not need to be additionally provided with a card holder, so that the number of parts contained in the electronic device is smaller, and the cost of the electronic device is reduced.

Alternatively, the camera and the card socket 200 can be disposed on the same side of the bracket 100, but such an arrangement requires the bracket 100 to be larger in size to meet the requirement of disposing the camera and the card socket 200 at the same time. Based on this, in another alternative, the camera and the card socket 200 may be disposed on two opposite sides of the bracket 100, and at this time, a space of a surface of the bracket 100 facing away from the camera may be fully utilized, so that there is sufficient space for disposing the card socket 200, and the size of the bracket 100 does not need to be increased. Therefore, the size of the whole camera module can be reduced by the scheme, so that the camera module can be conveniently arranged in the electronic equipment.

The first recess 220 may be always exposed, and when the camera module at least partially extends out of the housing, the user may directly see the card 300. If the camera module at least partially protrudes out of the housing for the purpose of photographing only, the card 300 is easily separated from the card socket 200 once being subjected to an external force, and this manner also results in that the user can directly see the card 300 and other structures, resulting in a poor user experience. In order to solve these problems, the camera module may further include a cover plate 400, the cover plate 400 is detachably connected to the stand 100, in a case where the cover plate 400 is connected to the stand 100, the cover plate 400 covers the first recess 220, and the cover plate 400 and the first recess 220 together form a receiving space, and in a case where the card 300 is located within the camera module, the card 300 is located within the receiving space. When the camera module at least partially extends out of the shell, a user firstly sees not the card 300 but the cover plate 400, and the cover plate 400 can shield the card 300 and other structures, so that the user experience can be improved; meanwhile, the cover plate 400 may prevent the card 300 from being subjected to an external force, thereby preventing the card 300 from being separated from the card socket 200. When the user needs to remove the card 300, the cover 400 can be removed to expose the card 300, and the operation of removing the card 300 is performed.

The cover plate 400 may be detachably connected to the bracket 100 by means of clamping, screw connection, or the like. In an alternative embodiment, to prevent the cover 400 from being lost, a first end of the cover 400 is hinged to the bracket 100, and a second end of the cover 400 is snapped to the bracket 100. When a user needs to take out the card 300, the clamping relation between the cover plate 400 and the bracket 100 can be firstly released, and then the cover plate 400 is rotated to expose the card 300; on the contrary, after the user loads the card 300 into the first recess 220, the cover 400 may be rotated first, so that the cover 400 is engaged with the bracket 100, thereby completing the operation of installing the card 300. With this structure, the cover plate 400 can be always connected to the holder 100, thereby preventing the cover plate 400 from being lost, and at the same time, the structure can simplify the operations when the user mounts the card 300 and takes out the card 300.

In order to simplify the structure of the bracket 100 and the cover 400, one of the first end of the cover 400 and the bracket 100 is provided with a hinge shaft 510, and the other is provided with a hinge hole 520, the hinge shaft 510 being rotatably engaged with the hinge hole 520. Specifically, both sides of the cover 400 may be provided with one of the hinge shaft 510 and the hinge hole 520, and both sides of the bracket 100 are provided with the other of the hinge shaft 510 and the hinge hole 520, so that the cover 400 may be stably hinged with the bracket 100.

Similarly, in order to simplify the structure of the bracket 100 and the cover 400, one of the second end of the cover 400 and the bracket 100 is provided with a positioning protrusion 610, the other is provided with a positioning recess 620, at least one of the positioning protrusion 610 and the positioning recess 620 is of an elastic structure, and the positioning protrusion 610 is in snap fit with the positioning recess 620. When the positioning convex part 610 and the positioning concave part 620 are matched, an elastic force is formed between the two, so that the matching of the two is more reliable, and the separation of the positioning convex part 610 and the positioning concave part 620 is facilitated. Alternatively, the number of the positioning protrusions 610 and the positioning recesses 620 may be one or at least two, and when the number of the positioning protrusions 610 and the positioning recesses 620 is at least two, the positioning protrusions 610 and the positioning recesses 620 may be matched with each other in a one-to-one correspondence manner, so as to improve the clamping reliability of the bracket 100 and the cover plate 400.

In a further embodiment, the bracket 100 is provided with a second groove 110, the first groove 220 is provided at the bottom surface of the second groove 110, and the cover plate 400 is at least partially located in the second groove 110. The size of second recess 110 is greater than the size of first recess 220, and when apron 400 and support 100 cooperation put in place, apron 400 covers first recess 220, and the bottom surface of second recess 110 can assist spacingly to apron 400 simultaneously, prevents to appear warping or even cracked condition when apron 400 receives the exogenic action. It should be noted that, when the cover 400 is connected to the bracket 100 through the hinge shaft 510, the hinge hole 520, the positioning protrusion 610 and the positioning recess 620 as described above, the hinge shaft 510 (or the hinge hole 520) and the positioning protrusion 610 (or the positioning recess 620) may be disposed on the sidewall of the second groove 110, so as to facilitate the connection of the cover 400 to the bracket 100.

As described above, the card 300 may be engaged with the card positioning portion 230 so that the card 300 may be engaged with the card holder body 210. In order to facilitate the installation and removal of the card 300 and ensure the relative position between the card 300 and the card socket body 210, the card positioning portion 230 may include an elastic positioning member, and the card 300 abuts against the elastic positioning member when the card 300 is located in the camera module. When the card 300 is matched with the elastic positioning piece, the elastic positioning piece can be elastically deformed, so that the card 300 can be conveniently installed and taken out, meanwhile, the elastic positioning piece can apply a reaction force to the card 300, and therefore the binding force between the card 300 and the elastic positioning piece is larger, and the card 300 is not easily separated from the card seat body 210.

The elastic positioning member may be a block structure, but in order to make the elasticity of the elastic positioning member more moderate, the elastic positioning member may be configured as a strip-shaped bending member disposed on the sidewall of the first groove 220. Alternatively, the strip-shaped bent piece here may be a V-shaped structure, a W-shaped structure, or the like. The strip-shaped bending piece can generate larger elastic deformation after being stressed, so that a user can install the card 300 and take out the card 300 more conveniently.

In addition, in order to improve the reliability of the fit between the card 300 and the card socket 200, the number of the card positioning portions 230 may be at least two, and at this time, the card 300 is fitted with more card positioning portions 230, so that the fitting area of the two is larger, and the reliability of the fit between the two is improved accordingly. For example, the same card 300 can be simultaneously engaged with two card positioning portions 230, the two card positioning portions 230 are respectively located at two sides of the card 300, so that the card 300 can be more stably maintained in the engaging relationship with the card socket body 210. Of course, the specific number of the card positioning portions 230 can be flexibly selected according to the parameters such as the size of the card 300, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit this.

In general, an electronic device may be equipped with a plurality of cards 300, and these cards 300 may include SIM cards, memory cards, etc., if the first recess 220 is only provided as one, then each card 300 needs to be provided in the same first recess 220, which on one hand is inconvenient for a user to install these cards 300 quickly, and on the other hand may cause easy contact and collision between these cards 300, resulting in easy damage to the cards 300. In view of this, the number of the first grooves 220 may be at least two, the first grooves 220 are arranged at intervals, and when the card 300 is located in the camera module, at least two cards 300 are correspondingly arranged in each first groove 220 one to one. That is, the number of the first grooves 220 may be the same as the number of the cards 300, so that each card 300 may be relatively independently installed in a different first groove 220, thereby solving the problems described above.

Based on the embodiment of the utility model discloses camera module, the embodiment of the utility model discloses still disclose an electronic equipment, this electronic equipment includes the disclosed camera module of the arbitrary embodiment of above.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a disclosed electronic equipment can be for smart mobile phone, panel computer, electronic book reader or wearable equipment. Of course, the electronic device may also be other devices, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit this.

The utility model discloses what the key description in the above embodiment is different between each embodiment, and different optimization characteristics are as long as not contradictory between each embodiment, all can make up and form more preferred embodiment, consider that the literary composition is succinct, then no longer describe here.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and changes may occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A camera module is characterized by comprising a support (100), a camera and a card holder (200), wherein the camera is arranged on the support (100), the card holder (200) is provided with a card holder body (210), a first groove (220) and a card positioning part (230), the card holder body (210) is arranged in the first groove (220), the card positioning part (230) is arranged in the first groove (220), the card (300) is electrically connected with the card holder body (210) under the condition that the card (300) is positioned in the camera module, and the card (300) is matched and positioned with the card positioning part (230);

the camera module can move between a first position and a second position relative to a shell of the electronic equipment, and under the condition that the camera module is located at the first position, the camera and the cassette body (210) both extend out of the shell; and under the condition that the camera module is located at the second position, the camera module retracts into the shell.

2. The camera module according to claim 1, wherein the camera and the cartridge (200) are disposed on opposite sides of the holder (100).

3. The camera module according to claim 1, characterized in that the camera module further comprises a cover plate (400), the cover plate (400) is detachably connected with the bracket (100), in the case that the cover plate (400) is connected with the bracket (100), the cover plate (400) covers the first groove (220), and the cover plate (400) and the first groove (220) together form a receiving space, in the case that the card (300) is located in the camera module, the card (300) is located in the receiving space.

4. The camera module according to claim 3, wherein a first end of the cover plate (400) is hinged to the bracket (100), and a second end of the cover plate (400) is clamped to the bracket (100).

5. The camera module according to claim 4, wherein the first end of the cover plate (400) and the bracket (100) are provided with a hinge shaft (510) and a hinge hole (520), and the hinge shaft (510) is rotatably engaged with the hinge hole (520).

6. The camera module according to claim 4, wherein one of the second end of the cover plate (400) and the bracket (100) is provided with a positioning protrusion (610) and the other is provided with a positioning recess (620), at least one of the positioning protrusion (610) and the positioning recess (620) is an elastic structure, and the positioning protrusion (610) is in snap fit with the positioning recess (620).

7. The camera module according to claim 3, wherein the bracket (100) is provided with a second groove (110), the first groove (220) is provided at a bottom surface of the second groove (110), and the cover plate (400) is at least partially located in the second groove (110).

8. The camera module according to claim 1, wherein the card positioning portion (230) includes an elastic positioning member, and the card (300) abuts against the elastic positioning member when the card (300) is located inside the camera module.

9. The camera module according to claim 8, wherein the elastic positioning member is a strip-shaped bending member, and the strip-shaped bending member is disposed on a side wall of the first groove (220).

10. The camera module according to claim 1, wherein the number of the first grooves (220) is at least two, the first grooves (220) are arranged at intervals, and when the cards (300) are located in the camera module, at least two of the cards (300) are arranged in each of the first grooves (220) in a one-to-one correspondence manner.

11. An electronic device, comprising the camera module according to any one of claims 1 to 10.