CN214205604U

CN214205604U - Mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: CN214205604U
Application number: CN202120270955.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 苏建国; 赵鸣
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-29
Filing date: 2021-01-29
Publication date: 2021-09-14
Anticipated expiration: 2031-01-29

Abstract

The utility model discloses a mobile terminal, including casing and lid, the casing has preceding and the back, the back of casing is equipped with the mounting groove, be equipped with the connection interface that is used for electric connection in the mounting groove, the lid is used for opening and closing the mounting groove. Through connecting the interface setting in the mounting groove, can prevent external force to the destruction of connecting the interface, also can prevent that mobile terminal from placing, rubbing in-process wearing and tearing connecting the interface, released the design space of mobile terminal side display area.

Description

Mobile terminal

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electronic equipment field especially relates to a mobile terminal.

Background

Portable electronic device terminals such as mobile phones and tablet computers are becoming an indispensable part of people's daily life. The connecting interface has functions of transmitting data and charging for electronic equipment, and is therefore an essential component of the mobile phone, and various types of mobile phones need to be provided with the connecting interface.

However, with the continuous development of mobile terminal technology, the use of the curved screen is gradually popularized, the side face of the mobile terminal is used as an important appearance face, the display requirement on the side face of the mobile terminal is higher and higher, and the traditional connection interface is easily in conflict with the side face display requirement, so that the display of the side face of the mobile terminal is influenced, and the test of the mobile terminal is also influenced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention aims at solving at least one of the technical problems in the related art to a certain extent.

An embodiment of the utility model provides a mobile terminal, include: the shell is provided with a front side and a back side, the back side of the shell is provided with an installation groove, and a connection interface for electrical connection is arranged in the installation groove; a cover for opening and closing the mounting groove.

According to the utility model discloses mobile terminal, connection interface sets up mobile terminal's the back can avoid connection interface setting to the interference of display area that causes at the mobile terminal side, improves mobile terminal's design space, through connecting interface setting in the mounting groove, can prevent external force to the direct destruction of connection interface, also can prevent that mobile terminal from placing, rubbing in-process wearing and tearing connection interface, release mobile terminal side display area's design space.

In some embodiments, the connection interface is a test interface and/or a charging interface.

In some embodiments, the connection interface is provided on a bottom wall of the mounting groove.

In some embodiments, the mobile terminal further comprises a camera module, and the camera module is arranged in the mounting groove.

In some embodiments, the mounting groove includes a first groove and a second groove, the first groove and the second groove are separated by a partition wall, the connection interface is disposed in the first groove, the cover is used for opening and closing the first groove, and the camera module is disposed in the second groove.

In some embodiments, the mobile terminal further comprises a substrate provided at the rear surface of the housing, the substrate having a first through hole and a second through hole, a peripheral wall of the first through hole surrounding the first groove, a peripheral wall of the second through hole surrounding the second groove, and the cover fitted in the first through hole.

In some embodiments, the cover is pivotable between an open position opening the first slot and a closed position closing the first slot.

In some embodiments, a first magnetic part for attracting the cover and/or the external interface is arranged in the mounting groove, and the cover is a metal cover, a magnetic cover or a second magnetic part.

In some embodiments, the back surface of the cover is flush with the back surface of the base plate when in the closed state.

In some embodiments, a clamping seat for mounting a card is arranged in the mounting groove.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a partial schematic view of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is another partial schematic view of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a connection interface of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a connection interface of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention during factory test.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the invention, as detailed in the appended claims.

With the rapid development of screen technology, the wide application of flexible screens makes the display area of the mobile terminal have a larger design space. However, the structure on other planes is an obstacle to limit the design space, and the connection interface has functions of transmitting data and charging for the electronic device, so that the connection interface is an essential component of the mobile phone, and the connection interface is required for various types of mobile phones. The position of the connection interface will greatly affect the form of the mobile terminal and the design space of the mobile terminal.

As shown in fig. 1-4, the utility model discloses mobile terminal 1 of embodiment includes casing and lid 101, and the casing has preceding and the back, and the back of casing is equipped with mounting groove 111, is equipped with the connection interface 107 that is used for electric connection in 1 mounting groove 111, and connection interface 107 accessible electricity is connected and is charged mobile terminal, or data transmission, can be used to application scenes such as charging, test. The cover 101 serves to open and close the mounting groove 111.

In the above embodiment, the connection interface 107 is installed on the back of the housing, and the cover 101 covers the installation groove 111 area, so that the connection interface can be prevented from being worn during the placement and friction processes of the mobile terminal. The cover 101 can be a buckling piece and is connected with the mounting groove 111 in a buckling mode, and the edge of the cover 101 can be designed to be coated by a flexible piece such as a rubber piece and the like so as to be in interference fit with the mounting groove 111; it can be understood that the joint of the cover 101 and the housing may be provided with a rubber ring for preventing dust and draining water, so as to improve the sealing performance.

In the above embodiment, the connection interface 107 is installed on the back of the housing, and the corresponding cover 101 is provided, so that the connection interface 107 does not occupy the space on the side of the mobile terminal, and the curved screen can fully cover each side without being limited by the position of the connection interface. Meanwhile, the cover 101 can ensure that the opening of the connection interface 107 faces the outside without being corroded by moisture, dust and the like, and can also prevent the connection interface 107 from being damaged by external force.

In some embodiments, the connection interface 107 may be a test interface, a charging interface, or both a charging interface and a test interface; wherein the connection interface 107 can be a typeC or micro-USB interface, it can be understood that typeC or micro-USB has pins with the above-mentioned functions, and due to the height of the interface itself, the top end of the interface is lower than the bottom surface of the cover 101 in the closed state to avoid interference between the structural members. Because the mobile terminal pursues the trend of lightness and thinness, the typeC or micro-USB interface can be provided with a telescopic mechanism so that the typeC or micro-USB interface can retract when being closed and extend when being opened; or on the premise of keeping the functional pins, the height occupation of the connection interface is reduced in the height direction of the connection interface, so that the lightness and thinness of the mobile terminal are ensured. The connection interface 107 may also be a pin point (metal point) design, and when testing/charging is required, an external interface may be adapted to and electrically connected with the connection interface.

In some embodiments, the connection interface 107 is disposed on the bottom wall of the mounting groove 111, and the corresponding external interface may have enough space to directly correspond to the connection interface 107; however, when there is a sufficient depth, the connection port 107 may be provided on a side wall surface of the mounting groove 111.

In some embodiments, the back of the housing is further provided with a camera module 103, and the camera module 103 is disposed in the mounting groove 111, so that the overall appearance of the mobile terminal can be ensured. It can be understood that the mounting slot 111 is formed by a through hole penetrating through the rear cover and the mobile terminal body, and accordingly, corresponding components of the mobile terminal in a corresponding area may also be designed to be avoided, such as a battery with an avoidance area, or a middle frame with an avoidance area. The camera module 103 is also provided with a clearance area, and since the appearance of the camera module in the related art is generally higher than the plane of the rear cover, the connection interface 107 can be arranged in the area higher than the plane of the rear cover, and it can be understood that the connection interface 107 does not interfere with the lighting part of the camera module 103.

It can be understood that the mounting groove 111 can be arranged in a partition manner, for example, the mounting groove includes a first groove and a second groove, as shown in fig. 1, the first groove and the second groove are separated by a partition wall, the connection interface 107 is arranged in the first groove, the cover 101 is used for opening and closing the first groove, the camera module 103 is arranged in the second groove, and by such arrangement, the opening and closing of the cover 101 can be realized without interfering with the camera module 103, so that the functional area can be divided more clearly, and meanwhile, the structural design of the camera module 103 can not be influenced.

In some embodiments, a substrate 201 is further disposed on the back of the housing, the substrate 201 is provided with a first through hole 203 and a second through hole 205, a peripheral wall of the first through hole 203 surrounds the first groove, a peripheral wall of the second through hole 205 surrounds the second groove, and the cover 101 is fitted in the first through hole 203, it being understood that the substrate 201 can directly serve as a decoration of the camera module 103.

The cover 101 is installed in cooperation with the substrate 201, so that the depth of the installation groove 111 can be reduced, the occupation of the stacking space inside the mobile terminal is reduced, and the yielding degree of the housing can be reduced. Because base plate 201 is protruding from the casing back, forms spacing effect to lid 101, base plate 201 and casing can the components of a whole that can function independently setting, reduce the casing processing degree of difficulty. It can be understood that the housing may be configured to have a third through hole, and the substrate 201 may also be directly connected to the middle frame of the mobile terminal through the third through hole, or fixedly connected to the middle frame through a positioning structure on the housing, so as to improve the connection effect and the overall appearance effect of the substrate and the mobile terminal.

In some embodiments, the cover 101 is pivotable between an open position for opening the first slot and a closed position for closing the first slot, and is connected to the base plate 201 through a pivot shaft, and is still connected to the mobile terminal when the cover 101 is opened, so that the cover 101 can be prevented from being lost, and the integrity of the mobile terminal can be improved.

In some embodiments, the lid 101 is removable by, in addition to adhesive, interference fit, etc., a first push-to-eject mechanism for locking the lid 101 in a closed position and for ejecting the lid 101 into an open position by pushing. The biasing mechanism can be powered by a torsion spring and is disposed at the matching position of the base plate 201 or the mounting groove 111 and the cover 101, when the cover 101 is closed, the cover 101 presses the biasing mechanism, the torsion spring compresses, and the biasing mechanism locks the cover 101 through the engaging part. When it is necessary to open the cover, the pressing lid 101 is pressed again to apply additional pressure, so that the engaging portion of the biasing mechanism is released and the cover is biased by the torsion spring force.

In some embodiments, the mounting groove 111 is provided with a first magnetic attraction member for attracting the cover 101 and/or the external interface, the magnetic attraction member may be one or more, the cover 101 is a metal cover, a magnetic cover or a second magnetic member for attracting the first magnetic attraction member, so as to achieve the effects of quick assembly and difficult loss; meanwhile, the first magnetic suction piece can be arranged near the connecting interface 107, and the corresponding external interface is also provided with a magnetic suction part, so that the interface can be quickly aligned when magnetic suction matching is carried out, and the alignment effect is achieved. When the piece is inhaled to first magnetism is a plurality of, the opposite setting of magnetic pole between a plurality of first magnetism is inhaled, and the magnetic pole of the part is inhaled to lid 101 or the magnetism of external interface that corresponds is opposite setting, can adsorb the counterpoint more accurately.

In some embodiments, to improve the overall feel, and flatness, of the mobile terminal. In the mated state of the substrate 201 and the cover 101, the back surface of the cover 101 is flush with the back surface (outer surface) of the substrate 201 in the closed state.

In some embodiments, a second functional area is also disposed in the mounting slot 111 for providing other functions, as shown in fig. 1, the mounting slot 111 is provided with a card mounting component 105, and the sim card/storage card 103 can be mounted in the card mounting component 105, so as to achieve the effect of reusing the mounting slot 111. Except that the card installation component, can understand, can also set up to parts such as NFC coil, wireless charging coil, when being provided with wireless charging coil, connect interface 107 and can not possess the function of charging, the material of casing can be electromagnetic shield simultaneously, like electrochromic glass, lid etc. behind the metal, because of the regional no electromagnetic shielding material of mounting groove 111, lid coexistence in mobile terminal behind the function of making wireless charging and the electromagnetic shield, the design space of lid behind the mobile terminal has been promoted.

In addition, because the areas such as the connection interface 107 and the card installation component 105 are arranged on the back of the shell, the side areas of the mobile terminal are not limited by the functional areas, and therefore, the four side areas of the mobile terminal can be partially or completely arranged to be display areas, the display range of the mobile terminal is improved, and more space is provided for the development of the mobile terminal form. When lid 301 is as waterproof construction, exposed interface can be protected by lid 301 better, and can simplify waterproof construction, improves the waterproof ability of complete machine.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the connection interface 107 includes a charging pin VBUS, a data transmission pin D +/D-, a debug pin Uart _ debug, a ground pin GND, a protocol identification pin CC; to support various functions such as testing, charging, data transmission, protocol identification, etc., and the connection interface 107 may be in the form of a contact including the above-mentioned pins or a Type-C interface.

It can be understood that besides the contact or the Type-C interface, other special-shaped interfaces, such as micro-usb interfaces, can be provided, and due to the thickness limitation of the mobile terminal, the corresponding Type-C interface can also reduce the interface length of the standard Type-C interface in the state of ensuring the functional pin.

In some embodiments, due to the needs of appearance, texture, rigidity, etc., the rear cover of the mobile terminal may contain an electromagnetic shielding component, such as a metal rear cover, or an electrochromic glass rear cover, etc., since the electromagnetic shielding component can shield electromagnetic induction, when the mobile terminal is so designed, the functions of the components that function through the induction coil, such as a wireless charging coil, an NFC coil, etc., cannot be realized, therefore, the utility model discloses a design, even when the mobile terminal cannot use the wireless charging function, the mobile terminal can also be smoothly supplied with power.

In some embodiments, since the location of the connection interface 107 is resolved, the side positions are no longer being jostled, and the display area of the mobile terminal may include straight edge regions of the four sides of the mobile terminal.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the electrical connection interface includes a contact interface for electrically connecting with a test probe when the mobile terminal is tested, and the contact structure includes a VBUS interface for passing a large current, and a CC interface for identifying a Type-C protocol; the Uart _ debug port is used for transmitting the running log of the mobile terminal; the D +/D-interface is used for being compatible with the microUSB interface and transmitting data; and the GND port is used for ground protection. When testing, the probe is through drawing forth mainboard D +, D-, VBUS, Uarttebaug, CC, GND interface to switching to the USB Type-C test interface of standard, carrying out software and hardware test through standard Type-C to Type-A mouth.

In the above-described embodiment, by putting the connection interface 107 into the mounting groove 111 at the rear of the mobile terminal, the use of the connection interface can be directly performed by detaching the cover 101 at the rear of the mobile terminal without passing through the side of the mobile terminal. The interference of the connection interface arranged on the side edge of the mobile terminal to the display area can be avoided, and the design space of the display area on the side edge of the mobile terminal is released.

In some embodiments, when the cover 101 is assembled with the mounting groove 111, the cover 101 can be bonded by using an adhesive, the bonding area includes a contact surface between the cover 101 and the mounting groove 111, and when the cover is assembled, the adhesive fills a gap of the assembly area by extrusion, so that a good waterproof effect can be achieved after the cover is fixed.

However, in order to facilitate repeated attachment and detachment of the cover 101, a snap mechanism may be provided in the mounting groove, and the cover 101 and the first mounting groove 111 may be connected by a limit fit.

It should be noted that, the above-mentioned mobile terminal can be a mobile phone, a wearable device, a tablet computer, a television, an advertisement screen, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a medical terminal, etc., and the utility model discloses do not limit this.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. The present invention is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

the shell is provided with a front side and a back side, the back side of the shell is provided with an installation groove, and a connection interface for electrical connection is arranged in the installation groove;

a cover for opening and closing the mounting groove.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the connection interface is a test interface and/or a charging interface.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the connection interface is disposed on a bottom wall of the mounting slot.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a camera module, wherein the camera module is disposed in the mounting slot.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the mounting slot comprises a first slot and a second slot, the first slot and the second slot are separated by a partition wall, the connection interface is disposed in the first slot, the cover is configured to open and close the first slot, and the camera module is disposed in the second slot.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 5, further comprising a substrate provided on a rear surface of the housing, the substrate having a first through hole and a second through hole, a peripheral wall of the first through hole surrounding the first groove, a peripheral wall of the second through hole surrounding the second groove, the cover being fitted in the first through hole.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the cover is pivotable between an open position that opens the first slot and a closed position that closes the first slot.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a first magnetic element for attracting the cover and/or the external interface is disposed in the mounting groove, and the cover is a metal cover, a magnetic cover, or a second magnetic element.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the back surface of the cover is flush with the back surface of the substrate in the closed position.

10. A mobile terminal according to any of claims 1-9, wherein a card holder for mounting a card is provided in the mounting slot.