CN214672964U

CN214672964U - Antenna housing, antenna and communication equipment

Info

Publication number: CN214672964U
Application number: CN202121184641.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 覃宇航; 刘璞; 詹穗鑫
Original assignee: TP Link Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: TP Link Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-28
Filing date: 2021-05-28
Publication date: 2021-11-09
Anticipated expiration: 2031-05-28

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of communication equipment, and provides an antenna shell, an antenna and communication equipment, wherein the antenna shell comprises a shell body, an end cover and a connecting seat for connecting with the communication equipment; the two opposite sides of the connecting seat are respectively provided with a rotating part; the casing is offered and is used for supplying end cover male inserting groove, two relative cell walls of inserting groove are equipped with the closing part respectively, the axle interface has been seted up respectively to the relative both sides of end cover, each rotation portion is put into in the axle interface that corresponds, the end cover inserts behind the inserting groove, each closing part seals the axle interface that corresponds, but antenna case's casing and connecting seat rotate relatively, thereby it is folding to realize the antenna, and two rotation portions of antenna case's connecting seat can not receive exogenic action and the distortion appears in whole assembly process, the cracked condition appears in the assembly process in the rotation portion that can effectively avoid the connecting seat, thereby can effectively improve the assembly yield of antenna, and the assembling process of above-mentioned antenna case is simple convenient, can effectively improve the assembly efficiency of antenna.

Description

Antenna housing, antenna and communication equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a communication equipment technical field especially provides an antenna housing, antenna and communication equipment.

Background

An antenna is a component connected to a communication device and used for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves.

A conventional antenna housing generally includes a housing and a connection base, the connection base is used for being connected with a communication device, and the housing and the connection base are generally connected by a pin, so that the housing and the connection base can rotate relatively, thereby realizing the folding of the antenna. However, in the assembling process, the pin is often broken, and the difficulty in assembling the housing and the connecting seat is high, so that the assembling yield and the assembling efficiency of the antenna are low.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide an antenna housing, antenna and communications facilities aims at solving the assembly yield and the all lower technical problem of assembly efficiency of current antenna.

In order to achieve the above object, the embodiment of the present invention adopts the following technical solutions: an antenna shell comprises a shell body, an end cover and a connecting seat used for being connected with communication equipment;

the two opposite sides of the connecting seat are respectively provided with a rotating part;

the shell is provided with an insertion groove for inserting the end cover, two opposite groove walls of the insertion groove are respectively provided with a sealing part, two opposite sides of the end cover are respectively provided with a shaft interface, each rotating part is arranged in the corresponding shaft interface, and after the end cover is inserted into the insertion groove, each sealing part seals the corresponding shaft interface.

The utility model provides an antenna housing has following beneficial effect at least: when the assembly, put into corresponding hub connection respectively earlier with two rotating parts of connecting seat in, then peg graft casing and end cover each other, make each sealing with the hub connection that corresponds seal, accomplish antenna case's assembly operation promptly, two rotating parts of connecting seat can not receive exogenic action and the distortion appears in whole assembly process, the cracked condition appears in the assembly process in the rotating part that can effectively avoid the connecting seat, thereby can effectively improve the assembly yield of antenna, and above-mentioned assembly process is simple convenient, can effectively improve the assembly efficiency of antenna.

In one embodiment, the connecting seat includes a seat body and a connecting portion for connecting with the communication device, the connecting portion is disposed at one end of the seat body, and the rotating portions are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of one end of the seat body away from the connecting portion.

In one embodiment, the end cap is provided with a containing groove for placing the connecting seat therein, two opposite groove walls of the containing groove are respectively provided with the shaft interface, and a positioning structure is arranged between the groove wall of the containing groove and the connecting seat; the positioning structure is used for limiting the connecting seat on a first rotating position or a second rotating position.

In one embodiment, the positioning structure comprises a first positioning convex part, and a first positioning concave part and a second positioning concave part which are sequentially arranged along the rotation circumference of the connecting seat; when the connecting seat is positioned at the first rotating position, the first positioning convex part is arranged in the first positioning concave part; when the connecting seat is located at the second rotating position, the first positioning convex part is placed into the second positioning concave part.

In one embodiment, a snap structure is disposed between the housing and the end cap.

In one embodiment, the shell is provided with a first bayonet, and the end cover is provided with a first buckling part; or the shell is provided with a first buckling part, and the end cover is provided with a first bayonet; the first buckling part is buckled in the first clamping opening to form the buckling structure.

In one embodiment, when the end cover is provided with the first buckling part, the end cover is provided with a buffer opening, and the buffer opening is positioned on one side of the first buckling part, which is deviated from the first bayonet; when the first buckling part is arranged on the shell, a buffer opening is formed in the shell and is located on one side, deviating from the first bayonet, of the first buckling part.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides an antenna, including a circuit module and the above antenna housing, wherein the circuit module is accommodated in the antenna housing.

Since the antenna employs all embodiments of the antenna housing, at least all beneficial effects of the embodiments are achieved, and are not described in detail herein.

In one embodiment, the circuit assembly includes a circuit board, when the housing of the antenna housing is provided with a plug-in slot for inserting the end cover of the antenna housing, a second positioning protrusion is disposed on a side of the end cover away from the connection seat, and the circuit board is provided with a positioning hole for matching with the second positioning protrusion.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a communication device, including the above antenna.

Since the communication device employs all embodiments of the antenna, at least all beneficial effects of the embodiments are achieved, and are not described in detail herein.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for the embodiments or the prior art descriptions 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 to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an antenna housing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the antenna housing shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the antenna housing shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of the antenna housing shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the antenna housing shown in FIG. 3 taken along line B-B;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a connection seat according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an end cap according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a structural schematic diagram of a first operating state of an antenna housing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a structural schematic diagram of a second operating state of the antenna housing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:

100. antenna housing, 110, casing, 111, inserting groove, 1111, sealing part, 112, first bayonet, 113, second bayonet, 120, end cover, 121, axle interface, 122, first buckle portion, 123, buffering mouth, 124, storage tank, 125, first location convex part, 126, second location convex part, 127, second buckle portion, 130, connecting seat, 131, rotation part, 132, pedestal, 133, connecting part, 134, first location concave part, 135, second location concave part, 136, rotation stopping part, 200, organism.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and intended to be used for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, 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.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an antenna housing 100 includes a housing 110, an end cap 120, and a connecting seat 130 for connecting with a communication device; the opposite sides of the connecting base 130 are respectively provided with a rotating part 131; the housing 110 is provided with an insertion groove 111 for inserting the end cap 120, two opposite groove walls of the insertion groove 111 are respectively provided with a sealing portion 1111, two opposite sides of the end cap 120 are respectively provided with a shaft interface 121, each rotating portion 131 is arranged in the corresponding shaft interface 121, and after the end cap 120 is inserted into the insertion groove 111, each sealing portion 1111 seals the corresponding shaft interface 121.

It is understood that one end of the insertion groove 111 of the housing 110 is opened with a notch, and the end cap 120 is inserted into the insertion groove 111 through the notch.

The assembly process of the antenna housing 100 described above is as follows: firstly, the two rotating parts 131 of the connecting base 130 are respectively placed into the corresponding shaft interfaces 121 on the end cover 120, and then the end cover 120 is inserted into the insertion groove 111 of the housing 110, at this time, each sealing part 1111 seals the corresponding shaft interface 121 on the end cover 120, and the rotating parts 131 are limited in the corresponding shaft interfaces 121, thereby completing the assembling operation of the antenna housing 100.

The casing 110 and the connection base 130 of the conventional antenna housing 100 are usually connected by pins, however, in the assembling process, the pins are often broken, which results in a great decrease in the assembling yield of the antenna, and the operation process of the above assembling method is complicated, which results in a great decrease in the assembling efficiency of the antenna.

Compare with traditional antenna housing 100, the antenna housing 100 that this embodiment provided is in the completion assembly back, both can guarantee that connecting seat 130 can rotate around the rotation axis of rotation portion 131, can prevent again that connecting seat 130 from breaking away from casing 110, and two rotation portions 131 of connecting seat 130 can not receive the exogenic action and the distortion appears in whole assembling process, the cracked condition appears in the assembling process in rotation portion 131 that can effectively avoid connecting seat 130, thereby can effectively improve the assembly yield of antenna, furthermore, above-mentioned assembling process is simple convenient, can effectively improve the assembly efficiency of antenna.

In the embodiment, please refer to fig. 6, the connection seat 130 includes a seat body 132 and a connection portion 133 for connecting with the communication device, the connection portion 133 is disposed at one end of the seat body 132, and two opposite sides of one end of the seat body 132 away from the connection portion 133 are respectively provided with a rotation portion 131.

As shown in fig. 8, in the transportation state of the antenna, the housing 110 can be turned over around the rotation axis of the rotation part 131 to a position where the housing is attached to the surface of the body 200 of the communication device, so that the space volume and the packaging volume of the communication device can be effectively reduced, and the transportation cost is reduced; as shown in fig. 9, in the operating state of the antenna, the housing 110 is turned to the upright position around the rotation axis of the rotation part 131 so as to receive or transmit the wireless signal, wherein the upright position is a position where the housing 110 is perpendicular to the placing plane of the communication device.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, the connecting portion 133 is a rotating shaft. After the antenna housing 100 is connected to the communication device through the rotating shaft, the antenna housing 100 can rotate around the axis of the rotating shaft, and a user can rotate the antenna to different angles according to actual application requirements, so that the stability of transmitting or receiving signals by the antenna is ensured.

Specifically, please refer to fig. 6, the rotation stopping portion 136 is disposed on the rotating shaft, it can be understood that a shaft hole for connecting the rotating shaft is disposed on the communication device, a step portion extending along a circumferential direction of the shaft hole is disposed on an outer wall of the communication device, the rotation stopping portion 136 is configured to abut against the step portion, for example, when the antenna is rotated in a forward direction, the rotation stopping portion 136 abuts against one end of the step portion, and at this time, the antenna cannot continue to rotate around an axis of the rotating shaft; for another example, when the antenna is rotated reversely, the rotation stop portion 136 abuts against the other end of the step portion, and at this time, the antenna can not continue to rotate around the axis of the rotating shaft, so that the rotation range of the antenna can be limited in a reasonable interval according to the actual application requirement, and the stability of transmitting or receiving signals by the antenna can be further ensured.

In addition, after the rotating shaft is connected to the shaft hole of the communication equipment, the rotation stopping part 136 abuts against the outer wall of the communication equipment, so that a certain gap is reserved between the outer wall of the antenna housing 100 and the outer wall of the communication equipment, interference between the antenna housing 100 and the communication equipment in the rotating process can be avoided, the rotating smoothness of the antenna housing 100 is ensured, and meanwhile, the outer wall of the antenna housing 100 and the outer wall of the communication equipment can be prevented from being scratched.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the end cap 120 is provided with a receiving groove 124 for the connection seat 130 to be inserted into, two opposite groove walls of the receiving groove 124 are respectively provided with a shaft connector 121, and a positioning structure is provided between the groove wall of the receiving groove 124 and the connection seat 130, and the positioning structure is used for limiting the connection seat 130 at the first rotation position or the second rotation position.

It should be noted that, when the connection seat 130 is located at the first rotation position, the housing 110 is attached to the surface of the body 200 of the communication device; when the connecting socket 130 is at the second rotating position, the housing 110 is at the upright position, i.e. the position where the housing 110 is perpendicular to the placing plane of the communication equipment; certainly, the first rotation position and the second rotation position may also be set differently according to practical application requirements, for example, when the connection seat 130 is located at the first rotation position, an included angle formed between the housing 110 and the placement plane of the communication device is 45 degrees; when the connecting socket 130 is in the second rotational position, the housing 110 is in the upright position.

The position of the connecting seat 130 is limited by adopting the positioning structure, so that the position of the shell 110 is limited, and the structural stability of the antenna housing 100 can be effectively improved.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the positioning structure includes a first positioning protrusion 125, and a first positioning recess 134 and a second positioning recess 135 sequentially arranged along the rotation circumference of the connecting socket 130; the first positioning protrusion 125 is disposed on a wall of the receiving groove 124, and the first positioning recess 134 and the second positioning recess 135 are disposed on a sidewall of the connecting seat 130; alternatively, the first positioning protrusion 125 is disposed on the sidewall of the connecting seat 130, and the first positioning recess 134 and the second positioning recess 135 are disposed on the wall of the accommodating groove 124; when the connecting socket 130 is at the first rotation position, the first positioning protrusion 125 is placed into the second positioning recess 135; when the connecting socket 130 is at the second rotation position, the first positioning protrusion 125 is disposed in the first positioning recess 134. The first positioning protrusion 125 may be a convex strip, and correspondingly, the first positioning recess 134 and the second positioning recess 135 are strip-shaped grooves; of course, the first positioning protrusion 125 may also adopt other structural forms, such as a bump, a projection, etc., and the shape of the first positioning recess 134 and the shape of the second positioning recess 135 are matched with the shape of the first positioning protrusion 125.

In the present embodiment, in order to ensure the connection stability between the housing 110 and the end cap 120, a snap structure is provided between the housing 110 and the end cap 120.

Specifically, please refer to fig. 2 and fig. 4, the housing 110 is provided with a first bayonet 112, and the end cover 120 is provided with a first fastening portion 122; or, the housing 110 is provided with a first fastening portion 122, and the end cover 120 is provided with a first bayonet 112; the first locking portion 122 is locked into the first locking opening 112 to form a locking structure.

By clamping the first fastening portion 122 into the first fastening opening 112, the movement of the end cap 120 along the length direction of the housing 110 can be effectively limited, and thus the connection between the end cap 120 and the housing 110 can be effectively realized.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 4, when the first fastening portion 122 is disposed on the end cover 120, a buffer opening 123 is disposed on the end cover 120, and the buffer opening 123 is located on a side of the first fastening portion 122 departing from the first bayonet 112; when the first fastening portion 122 is disposed on the housing 110, the housing 110 is provided with a buffer opening 123, and the buffer opening 123 is located on a side of the first fastening portion 122 departing from the first bayonet 112.

Taking the case that the end cap 120 is provided with the first fastening portion 122 and the housing 110 is provided with the first bayonet 112 as an example, when the antenna housing 100 is assembled, the end cap 120 is inserted into the insertion groove 111 of the housing 110 until the first fastening portion 122 abuts against the housing 110, at this time, the end cap 120 is continuously pushed into the insertion groove 111 of the housing 110 with force, the housing 110 extrudes the first fastening portion 122, so that the buffer port 123 is narrowed, the first fastening portion 122 can avoid the housing 110 and can be smoothly clamped into the first bayonet 112, and the assembling convenience of the antenna housing 100 can be further improved.

In addition, when the antenna needs to be overhauled, the first buckling part 122 can be pressed downwards, so that the buffer port 123 is narrowed, at the moment, the first buckling part 122 is separated from the first bayonet 112, and then the end cover 120 can be pulled out from the insertion groove 111 of the shell 110, so that the circuit component in the antenna shell 100 can be taken out and overhauled.

In this embodiment, please refer to fig. 2 and fig. 7, the outer ends of the two sealing portions 1111 are both provided with second bayonets 113, and the end cover 120 is provided with two second fastening portions 127; or, the outer ends of the two sealing parts 1111 are both provided with a second fastening part 127, and the end cover 120 is provided with two second bayonets 113; after the end cap 120 is inserted into the insertion groove 111, each second locking portion 127 is locked into the corresponding second locking opening 113, so that the end cap 120 can be more tightly connected with the housing 110. The outer end of the closing portion 1111 is an end of the closing portion 1111 facing the outside of the insertion groove 111.

A second aspect of the present invention provides an antenna, including a circuit assembly (not shown) and the antenna housing 100, wherein the circuit assembly is accommodated in the antenna housing 100.

Since the antenna employs all embodiments of the antenna housing 100, at least all beneficial effects of the embodiments are achieved, and are not described in detail herein.

In the embodiment, please refer to fig. 5, the circuit assembly includes a circuit board (not shown), when the housing 110 of the antenna housing 100 is provided with the insertion slot 111 for inserting the end cap 120 of the antenna housing 100, one side of the end cap 120 departing from the connection seat 130 is provided with a second positioning protrusion 126, and the circuit board is provided with a positioning hole for matching with the second positioning protrusion 126.

The second positioning protrusion 126 may be a convex pillar, a convex bump, etc., and is not limited in particular.

Specifically, after the end cap 120 is inserted into the insertion slot 111 of the housing 110, a gap exists between an outer wall of one side of the end cap 120 and an inner wall of the housing 110, and the second positioning protrusion 126 is disposed on the outer wall of the side of the end cap 120, so that an end shell of the circuit board extends into the gap, and the second positioning protrusion 126 is inserted into a positioning hole of the circuit board, so that on one hand, the volume of the antenna can be effectively reduced, and on the other hand, the position of the circuit board in the antenna housing 100 can be effectively limited, thereby preventing the circuit board from shaking in the antenna housing 100 to generate noise, and bringing adverse effects to the user experience.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a communication device, which comprises a body 200 and the above antenna connected to the body 200 through a connecting portion 130.

The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An antenna housing, characterized by: the antenna shell comprises a shell body, an end cover and a connecting seat used for being connected with communication equipment;

2. The antenna housing of claim 1, wherein: the connecting seat comprises a seat body and a connecting part used for being connected with the communication equipment, the connecting part is arranged at one end of the seat body, and the two opposite sides of one end, far away from the connecting part, of the seat body are respectively provided with the rotating parts.

3. The antenna housing of claim 1, wherein:

the end cover is provided with a containing groove for placing the connecting seat, two opposite groove walls of the containing groove are respectively provided with the shaft connector, and a positioning structure is arranged between the groove wall of the containing groove and the connecting seat;

the positioning structure is used for limiting the connecting seat on a first rotating position or a second rotating position.

4. The antenna housing of claim 3, wherein:

the positioning structure comprises a first positioning convex part, a first positioning concave part and a second positioning concave part which are sequentially arranged along the rotation circumference of the connecting seat;

when the connecting seat is positioned at the first rotating position, the first positioning convex part is arranged in the first positioning concave part;

when the connecting seat is located at the second rotating position, the first positioning convex part is placed into the second positioning concave part.

5. The antenna housing of claim 1, wherein: and a buckle structure is arranged between the shell and the end cover.

6. The antenna housing of claim 5, wherein:

the shell is provided with a first bayonet, and the end cover is provided with a first buckling part;

or the shell is provided with a first buckling part, and the end cover is provided with a first bayonet;

the first buckling part is buckled in the first clamping opening to form the buckling structure.

7. The antenna housing of claim 6, wherein:

when the end cover is provided with a first buckling part, the end cover is provided with a buffer port, and the buffer port is positioned on one side of the first buckling part, which is deviated from the first bayonet;

when the first buckling part is arranged on the shell, a buffer opening is formed in the shell and is located on one side, deviating from the first bayonet, of the first buckling part.

8. An antenna, characterized by: the antenna comprising a circuit assembly and an antenna housing as claimed in any of claims 1-7, the circuit assembly being housed within the antenna housing.

9. The antenna of claim 8, wherein: the circuit assembly comprises a circuit board, when the shell of the antenna shell is provided with a plug-in slot for inserting the end cover of the antenna shell, one side of the end cover, which is far away from the connecting seat, is provided with a second positioning convex part, and the circuit board is provided with a positioning hole for matching with the second positioning convex part.

10. A communication device, characterized by: the communication device comprising an antenna according to any of claims 8-9.