CN214012788U

CN214012788U - Waterproof button structure and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN214012788U
Application number: CN202023306763.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱伟; 李华; 毛书龙; 黄文标; 匡增涛
Original assignee: Shenzhen Jingwah Information Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Jingwah Information Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-31
Filing date: 2020-12-31
Publication date: 2021-08-20
Anticipated expiration: 2030-12-31

Abstract

The utility model discloses a waterproof button structure and electronic equipment belongs to electronic equipment technical field. Waterproof button structure includes: installing a shell; the plastic key unit comprises a key piece and an adhesive piece which are integrally formed, wherein at least one key is arranged on the key piece, and the adhesive piece is adhered to the outer side of the mounting shell; the key component unit is arranged on the inner side of the installation shell and comprises at least one pressing rod, and the pressing rod penetrates through the installation shell and is matched with the key. The utility model provides a cost is lower, simple to operate's waterproof button structure and electronic equipment.

Description

Waterproof button structure and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electronic equipment technical field especially relates to a waterproof button structure and electronic equipment.

Background

Electronic equipment (for example, a tablet computer) is generally provided with keys for controlling the electronic equipment to realize corresponding functions, such as a power key and a volume key, and in order to enable the electronic equipment to have better adaptability and to be capable of adapting to more application scenes, the keys are generally waterproof keys. In the prior art, the waterproof key on the electronic equipment has high manufacturing cost, a complex structure and complex installation.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a cost is more and simple to operate's waterproof button structure and electronic equipment.

To achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical proposal:

a waterproof key structure comprising:

installing a shell;

the plastic key unit comprises a key piece and an adhesive piece which are integrally formed, wherein at least one key is arranged on the key piece, and the adhesive piece is adhered to the outer side of the mounting shell;

the key component unit is arranged on the inner side of the installation shell and comprises at least one pressing rod, and the pressing rod penetrates through the installation shell and is matched with the key.

As an alternative to the above waterproof key structure, the key member is made of silica gel, and the adhesive member is made of polycarbonate.

As an alternative of the above waterproof key structure, a protrusion is provided on the inner side of the key, and the protrusion is provided corresponding to the pressing rod.

As an alternative of the above waterproof key structure, the outside of the installation casing is provided with an installation groove for installing the plastic key unit, the shape of the installation groove is formed along with the shape of the key component unit, and the bonding piece is bonded with the groove bottom and/or the side wall of the installation groove.

As an alternative of the above waterproof key structure, the key component unit further includes:

a key board arranged in parallel with the pressing rod;

the mounting bracket is fixed on the key board, and the pressing rod is arranged on the mounting bracket in a sliding manner.

As an alternative to the above-mentioned waterproof key structure, one end of the pressing rod located in the mounting case is provided with a stopper abutting against the mounting bracket.

As an alternative of the above waterproof key structure, the mounting case includes a first side wall perpendicular to the pressing rod and a second side wall parallel to the pressing rod, the second side wall is provided with a plurality of mounting posts extending along a direction parallel to the first side wall, the mounting posts are provided with screw holes, and the key board is fixed on the mounting case through the screw holes.

As an alternative of the above waterproof key structure, the plastic key unit is provided with a positioning pin, and the mounting housing is provided with a positioning hole matched with the positioning pin.

As an alternative of the above waterproof key structure, the key member is provided with three keys, namely a power supply member, a volume up key and a volume down key.

An electronic device comprises the waterproof key structure.

The utility model discloses an useful part lies in: the plastic key unit is divided into the key piece and the bonding piece, the bonding piece is bonded with the mounting shell so that the plastic key unit is fixed on the mounting shell and sealed and waterproof, and the key piece is provided with the keys; the button components and parts unit sets up in the inboard of installation casing, and button components and parts unit passes installation casing and button cooperation including pressing the depression bar according to the depression bar, during the installation, bonds plastic button units in the outside of installation casing, passes installation casing and button cooperation with button components and parts according to the depression bar to with button components and parts unit fix on the installation casing can, simple structure, simple to operate.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a middle waterproof button structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an exploded structure of an embodiment of the waterproof button structure of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the waterproof button structure of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of an exploded structure of the plastic key unit of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of another perspective view of the waterproof key structure shown in fig. 1 according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the waterproof button structure of FIG. 5 with the mounting case removed;

fig. 7 is a schematic front view of an embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic side view of an embodiment of the electronic device of the present invention.

In the figure:

100. a waterproof key structure;

110. installing a shell; 111. mounting grooves; 112. a first side wall; 113. a second side wall; 1131. mounting a column; 114. positioning holes;

120. a plastic key unit; 121. a key member; 1211. pressing a key; 1212. a protrusion; 122. an adhesive member;

130. a key component unit; 131. a pressing lever; 1311. a stopper; 132. a key sheet; 133. and (7) mounting a bracket.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present invention are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures.

In the description of the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, detachably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as the case may be.

In the present disclosure, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact between the first and second features, or may comprise contact between the first and second features not directly. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description of the present embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings only for convenience of description and simplicity of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

The technical solution of the present invention is further explained by the following embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The utility model provides a waterproof button structure, waterproof button structure can be used to electronic equipment on, for example panel computer etc.. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the waterproof key structure 100 includes an installation housing 110, a plastic key unit 120, and a key component unit 130. The mounting case 110 may be an outer case of the electronic device.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the plastic key unit 120 includes a key member 121 and an adhesive member 122 that are integrally formed, the key member 121 is provided with at least one key 1211, and as shown in the drawing, the key member 121 includes three keys 1211, which are a power source member, a volume plus key and a volume minus key, respectively. The adhesive member 122 is adhered to the outside of the mounting case 110 so that the plastic key unit 120 is mounted to the mounting case 110. A key component unit 130. The key component unit 130 is arranged inside the mounting shell 110, and comprises at least one pressing rod 131, the pressing rods 131 penetrate through the mounting shell 110 to be matched with the keys 1211, and each key 1211 corresponds to one pressing rod 131, so that when the key 1211 is pressed, the corresponding pressing rod 131 can be pushed to move, and a key function is realized.

The plastic key unit 120 is divided into a key member 121 and an adhesive member 122, the adhesive member 122 is adhered to the mounting housing 110, so that the plastic key unit 120 is fixed on the mounting housing 110, and sealing and water proofing are realized, the key member 121 is provided with a key 1211 for pressing the pressing rod 131 on the inner side of the mounting housing 110, and by the above design, the adhesive member 122 does not need to have good flexibility, and can be made of materials with poor flexibility, so that the cost is reduced; meanwhile, the waterproof key structure 100 is simple in structure, convenient to install and low in cost.

In addition, the length of the pressing rod 131 can be selected as required, so that the thickness of the key 1211 is not too thick, and the problem of poor hand feeling caused by too thick key 1211 is avoided.

In an embodiment, the key member 121 may be made of silica gel, the adhesive member 122 may be made of polycarbonate, the silica gel is soft and is convenient for pressing the key 1211, the polycarbonate is hard and can support the key member 121, thereby avoiding deformation and other problems caused by using software completely, and meanwhile, an exposed surface of the hard polycarbonate adhesive is an adhesive surface, thereby avoiding the problems that the silica gel is not adhered to the plastic well and the soft adhesive is easy to be separated after the adhesive is adhered to the plastic. The button 121 and the bonding piece 122 are integrally formed to form a plastic button unit 120, and the plastic button unit 120 is adhered to the mounting case 110 through a hot melt adhesive, so that the plastic button unit is waterproof, good in sealing effect, simple in structure, convenient to mount, low in cost and the mounting case 110 is made of a plastic material. It can be understood that, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the adhesive member 122 and the mounting housing 110 are provided with through holes for the pressing rods 131 to pass through, so that the pressing rods 131 pass through the through holes and abut against the keys 1211, and thus the pressing rods 131 can be pushed by pressing the keys 1211. Preferably, the adhesive member 122 is a flat plate structure, which facilitates the adhesion between the adhesive member 122 and the mounting housing 110. The key component unit 130 may be fixed inside the mounting case 110 by screws, so that the mounting is convenient.

Referring to fig. 3 and 6, a protrusion 1212 is disposed on an inner side of the key 1211, the protrusion 1212 is disposed corresponding to the pressing rod 131, the protrusion 1212 extends toward the pressing rod 131 along a moving direction of the pressing rod 131, so that the protrusion 1212 abuts against the pressing rod 131, when the key 1211 is pressed, the protrusion 1212 pushes the pressing rod 131 to move toward the inner side of the mounting housing 110, and corresponding contacts in the electronic device are turned on, so as to implement functions corresponding to the key 1211, such as increasing volume, decreasing volume, turning on and off the electronic device.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the mounting housing 110 is provided with a mounting groove 111 for mounting the plastic key unit 120 on the outer side, and the shape of the mounting groove 111 follows the shape of the mounting plastic key unit 120, for example, as shown in fig. 2, the mounting plastic key unit 120 is oval, and the mounting groove 111 is also oval correspondingly. Referring to fig. 3, the adhesive member 122 is adhered to the bottom and/or the side wall of the mounting groove 111, and as shown in the embodiment of fig. 3, the side wall around the adhesive member 122 is covered by the key member 121, so only the bottom of the adhesive member 122 is adhered to the bottom of the mounting groove 111.

As shown in fig. 3 and 6, the key component unit 130 further includes a key sheet 132 and a mounting bracket 133, the key sheet 132 is disposed in parallel with the pressing rod 131 so that the key sheet 132 does not interfere with the movement of the pressing rod 131, the mounting bracket 133 is fixed to the key sheet 132, the pressing rod 131 is slidably disposed on the mounting bracket 133, and the mounting bracket 133 is disposed on the key sheet 132 so as to facilitate the assembly and movement of the pressing rod 131.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 6, a stopper 1311 is provided at one end of the pressing rod 131 in the mounting case 110, and the stopper 1311 abuts against the mounting bracket 133 to limit the movement of the pressing rod 131 and prevent the pressing rod 131 from coming off the mounting bracket 133. The stop 1311 may be, for example, a ring of rib integrally formed on the pressing rod 131, or may be a separate component, which is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the mounting housing 110 includes a first side wall 112 and a second side wall 113, the first side wall 112 is perpendicular to the pressing rod 131, the second side wall 113 is parallel to the pressing rod 131, a plurality of mounting posts 1131 are disposed on the second side wall 113 in a direction parallel to the first side wall 112, screw holes are disposed on the mounting posts 1131, and the key board 132 is fixed on the mounting housing 110 through the screw holes on the mounting posts 1131, so that the key component unit 130 is fixed on the mounting housing 110. In addition, mounting posts 1131 may also be used to secure mounting housing 110 to other structures in an electronic device, such as securing mounting housing 110 to a bottom case of an electronic device.

Further, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the mounting bracket 133 is also fixed to the first side wall 112 of the mounting case 110 by screws, so that the key component unit 130 and the mounting case 110 are further fixed to each other, and the mounting reliability is higher.

Preferably, in order to facilitate the pre-positioning of the plastic key unit 120 when the plastic key unit 120 is adhered to the mounting housing 110, positioning pins may be disposed on the plastic key unit 120, as shown in fig. 2, positioning holes 114 for cooperating with the positioning pins are disposed on the mounting housing 110, and the plastic key unit 120 is positioned by the cooperation of the positioning pins and the positioning holes 114 for facilitating the adhesion.

The utility model provides an electronic equipment, electronic equipment is the panel computer for example, and fig. 7 is the utility model discloses the positive structure schematic diagram of well electronic equipment embodiment, fig. 8 is the utility model discloses well electronic equipment embodiment look sideways at the schematic structure schematic diagram, as shown in fig. 7 and fig. 8, electronic equipment includes as above waterproof button structure 100, the utility model discloses an electronic equipment is owing to adopted above-mentioned waterproof button structure 100, so has above-mentioned waterproof button structure 100 at least, the beneficial effect who has, and repeated redundancy is not repeated here again.

It is obvious that the above embodiments of the present invention are only examples for clearly illustrating the present invention, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. Numerous obvious variations, rearrangements and substitutions will now occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A waterproof key structure, comprising:

a mounting case (110);

the plastic key unit (120) comprises a key piece (121) and an adhesive piece (122) which are integrally formed, wherein at least one key (1211) is arranged on the key piece (121), and the adhesive piece (122) is adhered to the outer side of the mounting shell (110);

the key component unit (130) is arranged on the inner side of the mounting shell (110), the key component unit (130) comprises at least one pressing rod (131), and the pressing rod (131) penetrates through the mounting shell (110) to be matched with the key (1211).

2. The waterproof key structure according to claim 1, wherein said key member (121) is made of silicone, and said adhesive member (122) is made of polycarbonate.

3. The waterproof key structure according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion (1212) is provided on an inner side of the key (1211), and the protrusion (1212) is provided corresponding to the pressing lever (131).

4. The waterproof key structure according to claim 1, wherein an installation groove (111) for installing the plastic key unit (120) is formed in an outer side of the installation housing (110), the installation groove (111) is shaped to follow the shape of the key component unit (130), and the bonding member (122) is bonded to a groove bottom and/or a side wall of the installation groove (111).

5. The waterproof key structure according to claim 1, wherein the key element unit (130) further comprises:

a key sheet (132) provided in parallel with the pressing lever (131);

and the mounting bracket (133) is fixed on the key board (132), and the pressing rod (131) is arranged on the mounting bracket (133) in a sliding manner.

6. The waterproof key structure according to claim 5, wherein a stopper (1311) is provided at an end of the pressing lever (131) inside the mounting case (110), the stopper (1311) abutting against the mounting bracket (133).

7. The waterproof key structure according to claim 5, wherein the mounting case (110) includes a first side wall (112) perpendicular to the pressing bar (131) and a second side wall (113) parallel to the pressing bar (131), the second side wall (113) has a plurality of mounting posts (1131) extending in a direction parallel to the first side wall (112), the mounting posts (1131) have screw holes, and the key sheet (132) is fixed to the mounting case (110) through the screw holes.

8. The waterproof key structure according to claim 1, wherein the plastic key unit (120) is provided with a positioning pin, and the mounting housing (110) is provided with a positioning hole (114) engaged with the positioning pin.

9. The waterproof key structure according to claim 1, wherein said key member (121) is provided with three said keys (1211) which are a power source member, a volume up key and a volume down key, respectively.

10. An electronic device characterized by comprising the waterproof key structure according to any one of claims 1 to 9.