CN213545248U - Touch module and electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a touch module and electronic equipment. The touch module comprises a touch pad, a substrate and a vibrator. Specifically, the substrate is arranged on one side of the touch pad; the substrate comprises a substrate main body and a supporting piece extending from the substrate main body to the touch pad, wherein the supporting piece is used for supporting the touch pad so that the substrate main body is driven by the supporting piece to bend and deform when the touch pad is pressed; the vibrator is arranged on the substrate main body and positioned on one side, close to the touch pad, of the substrate main body, and a gap is formed between the vibrator and the touch pad; or the vibrator is attached to one side of the substrate main body, which is far away from the touch pad. The touch module provided by the application has better fixing reliability.

Description

Touch module and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a touch equipment field especially relates to a touch module and electronic equipment.

Background

In the related art, in order to implement a touch function, a flat touch electronic device (e.g., a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a mobile phone, or a smart watch) is generally provided with a touch pad having a touch feedback function. At present, most electronic equipment of plane touch-control type sets up the touch-control board on the vibrator mainly through setting up the vibrator, drives the touch-control board when utilizing the vibrator vibration and takes place the vibration, reaches the effect that realizes the touch-control feedback function of touch-control board.

Specifically, a touch module of a general electronic device (such as a notebook computer) generally includes a substrate, a vibrator and a touch pad, but in the related art, the touch pad is bonded and fixed to the substrate by using bonding foam, so that the touch pad is at a high risk of being detached from the substrate during vibration, and the bonding foam is adopted, so that the bonding foam is deformed and falls off when the touch pad slides; in addition, in the related art, the limiting foam needs to be arranged below the touch pad, which causes relative movement between the limiting foam and the substrate or the touch pad and even causes falling off. Therefore, the substrate, the vibrator and the touch pad of the conventional touch module are not fixed reliably.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, it is desirable to provide a touch module and an electronic device with better fixing reliability.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a touch module, include:

a touch pad;

the substrate is arranged on one side of the touch pad; the substrate comprises a substrate main body and a supporting piece extending from the substrate main body to the touch pad, wherein the supporting piece is used for supporting the touch pad so that the substrate main body is driven by the supporting piece to bend and deform when the touch pad is pressed; and

the vibrator is arranged on the substrate main body and positioned on one side, close to the touch pad, of the substrate main body, and a gap is formed between the vibrator and the touch pad; or the vibrator is attached to one side of the substrate main body, which is far away from the touch pad.

The utility model discloses a set up the support piece of being connected with base plate main part bending type on the base plate main part, and support piece extends towards the touch-control board, make support piece have certain supporting role to the touch-control board, in order to prevent to press the touch-control board or take place relative movement or drop between the base plate main part when taking place to warp under the vibration effect of vibrator, can improve the fixed reliability; and the gap is arranged between the vibrator and the touch pad, so that a certain vibration avoiding space for the touch pad can be increased, the touch pad has certain pressing or deformation floating to obtain better touch feedback when the touch pad is pressed, and the gap is arranged between the touch pad and the limiting part, so that the problem of poor vibration uniformity of the touch pad caused by the phenomenon that the vibration of other positions of the touch pad is weaker while the vibration of nearby positions, close to the vibrator, on the touch pad is stronger when the touch pad is pressed is solved.

Further, the support piece comprises a first part connected with the substrate main body in a bending mode and a second part connected with one end, far away from the substrate main body, of the first part in a bending mode; the plane of the first part is perpendicular to the plane of the substrate main body, and the plane of the second part is parallel to the plane of the substrate main body.

The support piece comprises a first part and a second part, and the first part and the second part are connected in a bending mode, so that the second part is closer to the touch pad relative to the substrate main body, the touch pad is supported, and the touch pad can be prevented from falling off from the substrate when deformed. The first portion is perpendicular to the second portion, and the second portion is parallel to the substrate main body, so that the second portion can be closer to the touch pad relative to the first portion to play a supporting role, and can be parallel to the plane where the substrate main body is located, namely parallel to the plane where the touch pad is located, so that the touch pad can be attached to the touch pad in a large area, and the supporting strength of the supporting piece on the touch pad can be enhanced.

Furthermore, when the number of the supporting members is one or more, and the supporting members are multiple, each supporting member and the substrate main body enclose an accommodating cavity, and when the vibrator is located on one side of the substrate main body close to the touch pad, the vibrator is located on the substrate main body in the accommodating cavity.

Because the touch pad has certain extension length, for preventing when pressing the touch pad that the touch pad has longer suspension length and leads to its intermediate position to take place the contact easily and influence the vibrator between the vibrator, support piece can set up to two along the extending direction of touch pad to make two support pieces play the effect of supporting the touch pad jointly, and its support dynamics also can be comparatively even.

Furthermore, a first opening is formed in the substrate main body, and the support member is bent and connected to the substrate main body at the first opening when viewed from the touch pad to the substrate main body.

It can be understood that the first opening is formed at a position corresponding to the support on the substrate body, thereby reducing the weight of the entire substrate and achieving light weight.

Furthermore, a side surface of the substrate main body, which is close to the touch pad, extends towards the touch pad to form a limiting part, and when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a plane where the substrate main body is located, a vibration gap is formed between the side surface of the limiting part, which is close to the touch pad, and the side surface of the touch pad, which is close to the limiting part.

It can be understood that a certain vibration gap is formed between the upper surface of the position-limiting element and the lower surface of the touch pad, so as to allow the touch pad to vibrate when pressed or under the vibration of the vibrator to obtain better touch feedback, so as to avoid the position-limiting element interfering with the vibration of the touch pad.

Furthermore, the limiting member is located on a side of the supporting member away from the vibrator, and the limiting member is connected to the substrate main body in a bending manner and extends toward the touch pad.

It can be understood that the limiting member is disposed on the substrate main body, so that the situation that the movement or deformation displacement of the touch pad towards the substrate is limited due to the fact that the vibration amplitude of the touch pad towards the substrate is too large when the touch pad is pressed can be avoided.

Furthermore, the number of the limiting members is multiple, and the limiting members are arranged around the center of the substrate main body or symmetrically arranged along the central axis of the substrate main body.

It can be understood that, since the touch pad has a certain extending length, in order to prevent deformation or excessive displacement of one of the two ends of the touch pad toward the substrate, the plurality of limiting members are provided, which can jointly play a role in limiting the deformation of the touch pad toward the substrate.

Furthermore, a second opening is formed in the substrate main body, and when the touch pad is viewed from the substrate main body, the limiting member is connected to the substrate main body at the second opening in a bending manner.

It can be understood that the second opening is formed at the position corresponding to the position limiting member on the substrate main body, so that the weight of the whole substrate can be effectively reduced, and the light weight is realized.

Furthermore, the touch module further comprises an adhesive member, the adhesive member is arranged on the surface of one side of the second part close to the touch pad, and the adhesive member is used for adhering and fixing the second part and the touch pad.

The second part of the supporting piece is fixed with the touch pad through the pasting piece, so that reliable fixed connection between the supporting piece and the touch pad can be effectively guaranteed.

In a second aspect, the embodiment of the present invention discloses an electronic device, including casing and the touch module of any one of the above, the touch module is installed casing one side. Because the fixed reliability of the touch module is better, the use performance of the touch module of the electronic equipment is more reliable.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that:

the embodiment of the utility model provides a touch module and electronic equipment, the touch module includes: the touch control panel comprises a touch control panel, a substrate and a vibrator; specifically, the substrate is arranged on one side of the touch pad; the substrate comprises a substrate main body and a supporting piece extending from the substrate main body to the touch pad, wherein the supporting piece is used for supporting the touch pad, so that the supporting piece has a certain supporting effect on the touch pad to prevent the touch pad from moving relative to the substrate main body or falling off when the touch pad deforms under the vibration effect of the vibrator, and the fixing reliability can be improved; in addition, the vibrator is arranged on the substrate main body, the vibrator is positioned on one side of the substrate main body close to the touch pad, and a gap is formed between the vibrator and the touch pad; or the vibrator is attached to one side of the substrate main body far away from the touch pad, so that the problem of poor vibration uniformity caused by the phenomenon that the vibration of the touch pad near the vibrator is strong and the vibration of other positions of the touch pad is weak is solved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a touch module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic plan view illustrating a substrate of a touch module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a perspective view of a substrate of a touch module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

10-a touch module; 11-a touch pad; 12-a substrate; 121-a substrate body; 122-a support; 1221-first part; 1222-a second portion; 123-an accommodating cavity; 124-first opening; 125-a limiter; 126-a second opening; 127-mounting holes; 13-vibrator.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, 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.

In the present invention, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "middle", "vertical", "horizontal", "lateral", "longitudinal", and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. These terms are used primarily to better describe the invention and its embodiments, and are not intended to limit the indicated devices, elements or components to a particular orientation or to be constructed and operated in a particular orientation.

Moreover, some of the above terms may be used to indicate other meanings besides the orientation or positional relationship, for example, the term "on" may also be used to indicate some kind of attachment or connection relationship in some cases. The specific meaning of these terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

Furthermore, the terms "mounted," "disposed," "provided," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly. For example, it may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or a unitary construction; can be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be in internal communication between two devices, elements or components. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used primarily to distinguish one device, element, or component from another (the specific nature and configuration may be the same or different), and are not used to indicate or imply the relative importance or number of the indicated devices, elements, or components. "plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

The technical solution of the present invention will be further described with reference to the following embodiments and accompanying drawings.

In a first aspect, as shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a touch module 10, which can be installed on an electronic device (e.g., a notebook computer) for detecting a touch detection signal output by a user, so that the electronic device can execute related control according to the touch detection signal, and in addition, the touch module 10 can also output vibration feedback to the touch detection signal of the user.

The touch module 10 may include: a touch pad 11, a substrate 12 and a vibrator 13. The substrate 12 is disposed on one side of the touch pad 11 and on a side of the touch pad 11 opposite to the touch surface of the touch pad 11, and the vibrator 13 is disposed on the substrate 12. For convenience of description, in fig. 2, the up-down direction and the left-right direction are set, but it should be understood that this orientation is merely an example of description, and in fig. 2, the substrate 12 is disposed below the touch pad 11, and the vibrator 13 is disposed on a side of the substrate main body 121 close to the touch pad 11 and between the substrate 12 and the touch pad 11, or the vibrator 13 is attached to a side of the substrate main body 121 far from the touch pad 11.

Specifically, the touch pad 11 may be a capacitive touch screen, a capacitive touch pad, a capacitive fingerprint touch recognition pad, an ultrasonic fingerprint touch recognition pad, or the like, and the shape may be, but is not limited to, a square, a circle, an oval, or the like. As shown in fig. 1, in the present embodiment, the touch pad 11 is mainly taken as a capacitive touch pad disposed on a keyboard casing of a notebook computer for illustration.

The substrate 12 may be correspondingly configured to match the shape of the touch pad 11, for example, the substrate 12 may be, but is not limited to, a rectangular substrate, a circular substrate, or an oval substrate. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, the substrate 12 is mainly a rectangular substrate.

The substrate 12 may include a substrate body 121, a support 122, and a stopper 125. The supporting member 122 is bent and connected to the substrate main body 121 and extends toward the touch pad 11. The position-limiting member 125 may also be connected to the substrate main body 121 in a bending manner and extend toward the touch pad 11. It is understood that the materials of the substrate body 121, the supporting member 122 and the limiting member 125 include and are not limited to metals, and the substrate body 121, the supporting member 122 and the limiting member 125 may be integrally formed.

Specifically, the supporting member 122 is disposed on the substrate main body 121, and specifically, the supporting member 122 is connected to the substrate main body 121 in a bending manner and extends toward the touch pad 11, so that the substrate main body 121 is driven by the supporting member 122 to bend and deform when the touch pad 11 is pressed, so that the supporting member 122 has a certain supporting function on the touch pad 11, and thus the touch pad 11 is prevented from moving relative to or falling off from the substrate main body 121 when deformed under the vibration action of the vibrator 13, and the fixing reliability is improved.

Further, the bending connection between the support 122 and the substrate body 121 may be: the supporting member 122 and the substrate body 121 are connected by bending at a right angle as shown in fig. 1, or may be connected by bending in a circular arc shape, so as to avoid the problem of weak strength at the joint due to stress concentration at the bent joint. In addition, the upper surface of the supporting member 122 is attached to the lower surface of the touch pad 11, that is, attached without a gap, so as to support the touch pad 11.

In this embodiment, the supporting member 122 may be adhered to the lower surface of the touch pad 11 by an adhesive, for example, the adhesive may be an adhesive or an adhesive foam adhered to the lower surface of the touch pad 11.

Further, for convenience of description, the length direction of the substrate 12 is defined as the x direction in fig. 1, in other words, the substrate 12 and the touch pad 11 have two ends along the length direction thereof, and the width direction of the substrate 12 is defined as the y direction in fig. 2, in other words, the touch pad 11 and the substrate 12 have two sides along the width direction thereof. It is understood that the above definitions are only examples for convenience of description and understanding, and do not limit the protection scope of the present embodiment, and in other embodiments, the length direction of the substrate 12 may be defined as the y direction in fig. 2, in other words, the substrate 12 and the touch pad 11 have two ends along the length direction thereof, and the width direction of the substrate 12 is defined as the x direction in fig. 1.

It is understood that the supporting members 122 may be provided in at least one, for example, one supporting member 122 is provided on the upper surface of the substrate body 121 for supporting the touch pad 11, and in this case, the vibrator 13 may be provided on the lower surface of the substrate body 121.

Or, the number of the supporting members 122 may be 2, in this embodiment, the supporting members 122 are not close to the two end edges of the substrate main body 121, because if the supporting members 122 are disposed at the two end edges of the substrate main body 121, the portion between the supporting members 122 corresponding to the touch pad 11 is longer, which results in a larger suspended span of the touch pad 11 itself, not only is the uniformity of vibration on the touch panel 11 poor, but also, when the touch panel 11 is pressed, the vibrator 13 is easily touched, and thus, may affect the vibrator 13, and therefore, the supporting pieces 122 are located adjacent to the vibrator 13 and at the left and right sides of the vibrator 13, instead of being located at the edges of the two ends of the substrate main body 121, the suspended span of the touch pad 11 itself can be effectively reduced, which is beneficial to improving the vibration uniformity of the touch pad 11, and the vibrator 13 is not easy to be touched when the touch pad 11 is pressed.

Alternatively, the supporting member 122 may be provided in plural, and the plural supporting members 122 are provided in a surrounding manner such that the vibrator 13 is surrounded therein. Specifically, the number and the positions of the supporting members 122 may be determined by referring to the above examples of the present embodiment, and may also be set according to actual needs, which is not specifically limited by the present embodiment.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3 again, the supporting member 122 may include a first portion 1221 bent and connected to the substrate main body 121 and a second portion 1222 bent and connected to an end of the first portion 1221 away from the substrate main body 121, so that the second portion 1222 is closer to the touch pad 11 relative to the substrate main body 121, and further supports the touch pad 11 to prevent the touch pad 11 from falling off from the substrate 12 when the touch pad 11 is deformed. Specifically, the bent connection between the first portion 1221 and the second portion 1222 and the bent connection between the first portion 1221 and the substrate main body 121 may be a right-angle bent connection as shown in fig. 1, or may be a smooth transitional connection, so as to avoid a problem that a stress concentration is formed at a connection between the first portion 1221 and the substrate main body 121, or at a bent connection between the first portion 1221 and the second portion 1222, which results in a weak strength at the connection.

Specifically, the substrate main body 121 and the first portion 1221, and the first portion 1221 and the second portion 122 may be connected by being bent at a right angle, which is specifically represented as: the plane of the first portion 1221 is perpendicular to the plane of the substrate main body 121, and the plane of the second portion 1222 is parallel to the plane of the substrate main body 121, that is, the first portion 1221 is perpendicular to the second portion 1222, and the second portion 1222 is parallel to the substrate main body 21, so that the second portion 1222 not only can be closer to the touch pad 11 relative to the first portion 1221 to perform a supporting function, but also can be parallel to the plane of the substrate main body 121, that is, parallel to the plane of the touch pad 11 to enable a large area of adhesion between the touch pad 11 and the first portion 1221, so as to enhance the supporting strength of the supporting member 122 for the touch pad 11.

Further, in order to prevent the support member 122 and the touch pad 11 from falling off relatively, the support member 122 may be provided in two numbers, so as to jointly play a role of supporting the touch pad 11, and the supporting force is relatively uniform. The reason is that the touch pad 11 has a certain extending length (in the x direction), in order to prevent the problem that the falling-off between one end of the touch pad 11 and the substrate 12 is easily caused by pressing the touch pad 11 with a large suspended span, in this embodiment, the two supporting members 122 may be provided, so as to jointly play a role of supporting the touch pad 11. Illustratively, the two supporting members 122 are disposed oppositely, that is, disposed on the substrate main body 121 sequentially along the length direction x, and the first portions 1221 of the two supporting members 122 and the substrate main body 121 enclose the accommodating cavity 123, the vibrator 13 is disposed on the substrate main body 121 in the accommodating cavity 123, and the height of the accommodating cavity 123 along the up-down direction is smaller than the depth of the accommodating cavity 123, for example, see the above description, and are not repeated here.

It is understood that, in some embodiments, the number of the supporting members 122 may be set to be more than two according to actual needs, and when the supporting members 122 are set to be more than two, the supporting members 122 may be sequentially arranged side by side along the x direction.

In order to effectively reduce the weight of the entire substrate 12 and achieve light weight, in this embodiment, the substrate main body 121 may be formed with a first opening 124, and the supporting member 122 is bent and connected to the substrate main body 11 where the first opening 124 is formed when viewed from the touch pad 11 to the substrate main body 121 (from top to bottom in fig. 1). The substrate main body 121 at the first opening 124 includes a first connection edge a connecting the support 122 and a first opening edge b enclosing the first opening 124, the first connection edge a being located between the first opening edge b and the vibrator; and the first opening 124 is a punched opening for convenience of manufacturing, and the supporter 122 and the substrate main body 121 are formed by forming a first opening edge b on the original substrate and punching a portion of the original substrate at the first opening edge b.

Further, the substrate main body 121 is further provided with a stopper 125, and the stopper 125 is used for limiting the movement or deformation displacement of the touch pad 11 toward the substrate 12, so as to avoid an excessive amplitude of the touch pad 11 toward the substrate 12 when the touch pad 11 is pressed. Specifically, the position-limiting element 125 may be connected to a surface of the substrate main body 121 close to the touch pad 11 and extend toward the touch pad 11, and further, the position-limiting element 125 may be located on a side of the supporting element 122 away from the vibrator 13 (i.e., on a left side or a right side of the supporting element 122). For example, the stopper 125 may be a boss facing the touch pad 11, or may be a long strip having a certain extending length in the width direction, and the present embodiment is not limited to this example, and the configuration of the stopper 125 is specifically determined according to actual needs, and this is not specifically limited in this embodiment.

Since the touch pad 11 has a certain extending length, in order to prevent the touch pad 11 from easily contacting the vibrator 13 when the touch pad 11 is pressed to affect the vibrator 13, for example, the position-limiting members 125 may be provided in plural numbers, and the plural position-limiting members 125 are disposed around the center of the substrate main body 121 or symmetrically disposed along the central axis of the substrate main body 121, so as to jointly play a role in limiting the deformation of the touch pad 11 toward the substrate 12. Optionally, the plurality of limiting members 125 may also be disposed in multiple, the limiting members 125 are located at two ends of the substrate main body 121 and are sequentially disposed along the width direction of the substrate main body 121, the number of the limiting members 125 is set according to actual needs, and this embodiment does not specifically limit this.

Referring to fig. 1, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the substrate main body 121 (i.e., along an up-down direction), a vibration gap p is formed between a side surface of the position-limiting member 125 close to the touch pad 11 and a side surface of the touch pad 11 close to the position-limiting member 125 (i.e., between an upper surface of the position-limiting member 125 and a lower surface of the touch pad 11), so as to allow the touch pad 11 to vibrate under the vibration of the vibrator 13, thereby avoiding the interference of the position-limiting member 125 with the vibration of the touch pad 11. The size of the specific vibration gap p is set according to actual needs, and this embodiment does not specifically limit this.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in order to effectively reduce the weight of the entire substrate 12 and achieve light weight, the substrate main body 121 is formed with a second opening 126, and when looking from the touch pad 11 to the substrate main body 121 (looking from top to bottom), the position limiting member 125 is bent and connected to the substrate main body 121 where the second opening 126 is formed. The substrate main body 21 at the second opening 126 includes a second connecting edge c connecting the position-limiting member 125 and a second opening edge c enclosing the second opening 126, and the second connecting edge c is located between the second opening edge c and the vibrator 13; and for the convenience of manufacturing, the second opening 126 is an opening punched from the original substrate, and the stopper 125 and the substrate main body 121 are formed by forming a second opening edge c on the original substrate and punching a portion of the original substrate at the second opening edge c.

Further, in order to enhance the effective connection between the supporting member 122 and the touch pad 11 and prevent the supporting member 122 and the touch pad 11 from being separated from each other and affecting the touch feedback of the touch pad 11, in this embodiment, the touch module 10 further includes an adhesive member (not shown in the figure), which is disposed on a side surface of the second portion 1222 close to the touch pad 11 (i.e., a lower surface of the second portion 1222 corresponding to the touch pad 11), and is used to adhere and fix the second portion 1222 to the touch pad 11. Specifically, the adhesive member may be an adhesive, an adhesive foam, or the like, which is specifically selected according to actual needs, and this embodiment is not specifically limited to this.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a mounting hole 127 penetrating through the substrate main body 121 is formed on the substrate main body 121, the substrate main body 121 is used to be mounted and fixed with other components through the mounting hole 127, and the other components may be, for example, the housing 20 of the electronic device 30. Specifically, the mounting hole 127 may be, for example, a screw hole, and is fixed on the housing 20 after passing through the mounting hole 127 by a screw or a bolt; alternatively, the mounting hole 127 is, for example, a light hole, through which a connecting rod or a pin is fixed to the housing 20. The specific structure of the mounting hole 127 is set according to actual needs, and this embodiment is not particularly limited thereto.

Optionally, the substrate body 121 and the housing 20 may be connected by a snap connection or a magnetic connection. For example, engagement members are provided on both side edges of the substrate body 121, and correspondingly, engagement members that engage with the engagement members are provided on the housing 20, and the substrate body 121 and the housing 20 are connected by engagement and connection of the two.

It should be added that, in the embodiment, the thickness of the substrate 12 may be between 1.7mm and 2.0mm, the thickness of the touch pad 11 may be 1mm, and the thickness of the adhesive member may be 0.05mm, so that the overall thickness of the touch module 10 may be between 2.7mm and 3.0mm, for example, the overall thickness may be 2.7mm, 2.8mm, 2.9mm, or 3.0mm, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment. Moreover, the overall thickness of the touch module 10 may be between 2.7mm and 3.0mm, and is thinner, which is beneficial to the light and thin design of the product.

As shown in fig. 1, the vibrator 13 is disposed on the substrate main body 121, and the vibrator 13 is located on one side of the substrate main body 121 close to the touch pad 11, that is, the vibrator 13 is located on the upper surface of the substrate main body 121, and a gap s is provided between the vibrator 13 and the touch pad 11, which can provide a certain vibration avoiding space for the touch pad 11, so as to avoid the phenomenon that the vibration of the touch pad 11 near the vibrator 13 is strong, and the vibration of other positions of the touch pad 11 is weak, which results in poor vibration uniformity.

It should be explained that the gap s between the upper surface of the vibrator 13 and the lower surface of the touch pad 11 only needs to satisfy that when the vibrator 13 vibrates to drive the touch pad 11 to vibrate or presses the touch pad 11, the touch pad 11 does not contact with the vibrator 13, which is beneficial to keeping the vibration intensity of each position on the touch pad 11 approximately consistent, improving the vibration uniformity of the touch pad 11, and ensuring the vibration effect of the touch pad 11. The specific gap s is set according to actual needs, and this embodiment does not specifically limit this. Therefore, it is also understood that the vertical distance (up-down direction) between the plane of the supporting member 122 and the substrate main body 121 is at least greater than the height of the vibrator 13 in the up-down direction, so as to avoid the contact between the vibrator 13 and the touch pad 11, and the vertical distance of the supporting member 122 protruding from the substrate main body 121 is not particularly limited in this embodiment.

Alternatively, the vibrator 13 may be a component made of piezoelectric material, such as a piezoelectric ceramic sheet or an atjen film made of polyvinylidene fluoride, and the vibrator 13 may be connected with current through a conductive member (such as a flexible circuit board, a wire, and the like). When the vibrator 13 is supplied with current, the vibrator 13 may generate vibration using the piezoelectric effect of the piezoelectric material, and transmit the vibration effect to the touch pad 11 through the supporting member 122 to achieve the vibration effect.

Illustratively, the number of the vibrators 13 may be one or more, and when the vibrator 13 is provided in plural, the plural vibrators 13 may be stacked in sequence or arranged side by side. The vibrator 13 may be disposed at a position of the substrate main body 121 corresponding to an edge of the touch pad 11, or at a position of the substrate main body 121 corresponding to a center of the touch pad 11; the substrate main body 121 may be disposed at a position corresponding to the edge of the touch pad 11 and a position corresponding to the center of the touch pad 11, and the disposed position is not limited in this embodiment. In the present embodiment, the vibrator 13 is set to be located at a position corresponding to the center of the touch pad 11 on the substrate main body 121 for illustration.

In addition, as for the connection mode of the vibrator 13 and the substrate main body 121, the vibrator 13 may be adhered or fixed on the upper surface of the substrate main body 121 by a snap, so as to prevent the vibrator 13 from shaking relative to the substrate main body 121 and affecting the vibration uniformity of the vibrator 13 on the touch pad 11.

The beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that:

the embodiment of the utility model provides a touch module 10 and electronic equipment, touch module 10 includes: a touch pad 11, a substrate 12, and a vibrator 13; specifically, the substrate 12 is disposed on one side of the touch pad 11; the substrate 12 includes a substrate main body 121 and a supporting member 122 bent and connected to the substrate main body 121 and extending toward the touch pad 11, wherein the supporting member 122 is used for supporting the touch pad 11, so that the supporting member 122 has a certain supporting function on the touch pad 11 to prevent the touch pad 11 from moving relative to the substrate main body 121 or falling off when the touch pad 11 deforms under the vibration of the vibrator 13, and the fixing reliability can be improved; in addition, the vibrator 13 is disposed on the substrate main body 121, the vibrator 13 is located on a side of the substrate main body 121 close to the touch pad 11, and a gap is formed between the vibrator 13 and the touch pad 11, so as to avoid a problem of poor vibration uniformity caused by a phenomenon that the vibration of the touch pad 11 is strong at a position close to the vibrator 13 and the vibration of other positions of the touch pad 11 is weak.

Further, the supporting member 122 includes a first portion 1221 and a second portion 1222, and the first portion 1221 and the second portion 1222 are bent to connect, so that the second portion 1222 is closer to the touch pad 11 relative to the substrate main body 121, and thus, the touch pad 11 is supported, and the touch pad 11 is prevented from falling off from the substrate 12 when the touch pad 11 is deformed.

Further, the first portion 1221 is perpendicular to the second portion 1222, and the second portion 1222 is parallel to the substrate main body 121, so that the second portion 1222 not only can be closer to the touch pad 11 and support the touch pad 11 relative to the first portion 1221, but also can be parallel to the plane of the substrate main body 121, that is, parallel to the plane of the touch pad 11 so that the touch pad 11 can be attached to the support member 122 in a large area, thereby enhancing the support strength of the support member 122 for the touch pad 11.

Further, since the touch pad 11 has a certain extending length, in order to prevent the touch pad 11 from having a longer suspending length when the touch pad 11 is pressed, which may cause the middle position of the touch pad 11 to be easily contacted with the vibrator 13 to affect the vibrator 13, two supporting members 122 may be disposed along the extending direction of the touch pad 11, so that the two supporting members 122 jointly play a role of supporting the touch pad 11, and the supporting force thereof may be relatively uniform.

Further, the first opening 124 is formed in the substrate main body 121 at a position corresponding to the support 122, so that the weight of the entire substrate 12 is reduced, and weight reduction is achieved.

Further, it can be understood that the first opening 124 is formed by stamping the original substrate, and the supporting member 122 and the substrate main body 121 are integrally stamped, which not only saves the process, but also can avoid the problem of easy falling caused by the supporting of the touch pad 11 by the adhesive foam in the related art.

Further, it can be understood that the limiting member 125 is disposed on the substrate main body 121, so as to avoid that the vibration amplitude of the touch pad 11 towards the substrate is too large when the touch pad 11 is pressed, and to limit the movement or deformation displacement of the touch pad 11 towards the substrate 12.

Further, it is understood that, since the touch pad 11 has a certain extending length, in order to prevent deformation or excessive displacement of one of two ends of the touch pad 11 toward the substrate 12, two stoppers 125 are provided, which can jointly play a role of restricting deformation of the touch pad 11 toward the substrate 12.

Further, it can be understood that there is a certain vibration gap between the upper surface of the position limiter 125 and the lower surface of the touch pad 11 to allow the touch pad 11 to vibrate when pressed or under the vibration of the vibrator 13 for better touch feedback, so as to avoid the position limiter 125 interfering with the vibration of the touch pad 11.

Further, it can be understood that the second opening 126 is formed at a position corresponding to the stopper 125 on the substrate main body 121, so that the weight of the entire substrate 11 can be effectively reduced, and the weight can be reduced.

Further, it is understood that the second opening 126 is a punched opening of the original substrate, which is convenient for manufacturing.

Further, the second portion 1222 of the supporting member 122 is fixed to the touch pad 11 by an adhesive member, so that a reliable fixed connection between the supporting member 122 and the touch pad 11 can be effectively ensured.

Further, the substrate 12 is reliably connected to other components by the installation hole 127, so as to realize the assembly of the touch module 10 and other components, wherein the other components may be a housing of the electronic device.

In a second aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device, which can be a notebook computer, and includes a housing and the touch module 10 of the above embodiment, the touch module 10 can be installed on the housing of the electronic device, and specifically, can be installed on the housing of the keyboard of the notebook computer, such as the touch module 10 is assembled with the housing of the electronic device through the installation hole 127. It can be understood that, since the fixing reliability of the touch module 10 is better, the usage performance of the electronic device is more reliable. Moreover, the electronic device may include all the technical features of the touch module 10 and also have all the technical effects of the touch module 10, which will not be described herein again.

The touch module and the electronic device disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail above, and the principles and embodiments of the present invention are explained herein by using specific examples, and the descriptions of the above embodiments are only used to help understanding the touch module and the electronic device and their core ideas of the present invention; meanwhile, for the general technical personnel in the field, according to the idea of the present invention, there are changes in the specific implementation and application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be understood as the limitation of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A touch module, comprising:

a touch pad;

the substrate is arranged on one side of the touch pad; the substrate comprises a substrate main body and a supporting piece extending from the substrate main body to the touch pad, wherein the supporting piece is used for supporting the touch pad so as to drive the substrate main body to bend and deform through the supporting piece when the touch pad is pressed; and

the vibrator is arranged on the substrate main body and positioned on one side, close to the touch pad, of the substrate main body, and a gap is formed between the vibrator and the touch pad; or the vibrator is attached to one side of the substrate main body, which is far away from the touch pad.

2. The touch module of claim 1, wherein the supporting member includes a first portion connected to the substrate main body in a bent manner and a second portion connected to the first portion in a bent manner at an end away from the substrate main body; the plane where the first part is located is perpendicular to the plane where the substrate main body is located, and the plane where the second part is located is parallel to the plane where the substrate main body is located.

3. The touch module of claim 1 or 2, wherein the number of the supporting members is one or more, and when the number of the supporting members is more than one, each of the supporting members and the substrate main body enclose a receiving cavity, and when the vibrator is located at a side of the substrate main body close to the touch pad, the vibrator is located on the substrate main body in the receiving cavity.

4. The touch module as recited in claim 1 or 2, wherein the substrate body has a first opening, and the supporting member is bent and connected to the substrate body at the first opening when viewed from the touch pad to the substrate body.

5. The touch module of claim 1, wherein a side surface of the substrate body adjacent to the touch pad extends toward the touch pad to form a stopper, and a vibration gap is formed between a side surface of the stopper adjacent to the touch pad and a side surface of the touch pad adjacent to the stopper as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the substrate body.

6. The touch module of claim 5, wherein the position limiter is located on a side of the supporting member away from the vibrator, and the position limiter is connected to the substrate body in a bent manner and extends toward the touch pad.

7. The touch module of claim 5, wherein the number of the position limiters comprises a plurality of position limiters, and the position limiters are disposed around the center of the substrate main body or symmetrically disposed along the central axis of the substrate main body.

8. The touch module as recited in claim 5, wherein a second opening is formed in the substrate main body, and the position-limiting element is bent and connected to the substrate main body at the second opening when viewed from the touch pad to the substrate main body.

9. The touch module of claim 2, further comprising an adhesive member, wherein the adhesive member is disposed on a side surface of the second portion close to the touch pad, and the adhesive member is used to adhere and fix the second portion to the touch pad.

10. An electronic device, comprising a housing and the touch module of any one of claims 1-9, wherein the touch module is mounted on one side of the housing.

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