CN216700050U

CN216700050U - Terminal shell and mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: CN216700050U
Application number: CN202220052691.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨雨凡; 陈伟; 于元升
Original assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-01-10
Filing date: 2022-01-10
Publication date: 2022-06-07
Anticipated expiration: 2032-01-10

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a terminal housing and mobile terminal, and the terminal housing includes: the display screen comprises a rear shell, a front shell and a rear shell, wherein an opening cavity is formed at one side of the rear shell, and an opening part of the opening cavity is configured to be covered with the display screen; the support piece is arranged in the opening containing cavity of the rear shell and connected with the rear shell, and a device installation part is arranged on the support piece.

Description

Terminal shell and mobile terminal

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of mobile terminals, in particular to a terminal shell and a mobile terminal.

Background

In the related art, a housing of the mobile terminal generally includes a front housing, a middle frame and a battery cover, and the number of structural members is large, and an installation structure is complex, so that the assembly efficiency is low, the material cost and the assembly cost of the mobile terminal are high, and the popularization and application of the mobile terminal are not facilitated.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a terminal shell and a mobile terminal, which can simplify the shell structure of the mobile terminal, reduce the number of structural members, reduce the material cost and the assembly cost, and improve the installation efficiency.

In one aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal housing, including: the display screen comprises a rear shell, a front shell and a rear shell, wherein an opening cavity is formed at one side of the rear shell, and an opening part of the opening cavity is configured to be covered with the display screen; the support piece is arranged in the opening containing cavity of the rear shell and connected with the rear shell, and a device installation part is arranged on the support piece.

In some embodiments, the rear housing includes a bottom wall and a peripheral wall formed on one side of the bottom wall, and the bottom wall and the peripheral wall enclose the open cavity.

In some embodiments, a side surface of the bottom wall close to the peripheral wall is provided with a plurality of convex columns, and the supporting pieces are fixed on the convex columns.

In some embodiments, the open cavity has a stepped hole structure, a stepped surface of the stepped hole structure is formed at a junction of a main cavity portion of the open cavity and the opening portion, an inner diameter of the main cavity portion is smaller than an inner diameter of the opening portion, and the stepped surface is configured to carry a display screen.

In some embodiments, the rear housing is a plastic housing.

In some embodiments, the support has a plate configuration.

In some embodiments, the support member includes a metal main body portion and a plastic structural portion formed at an edge of the metal main body portion.

In some embodiments, the support member divides the open cavity into a first accommodating portion and a second accommodating portion, and the first accommodating portion and the second accommodating portion are stacked in an opening direction of the open cavity; the supporting piece is provided with a wire passing hole for connecting the first accommodating part and the second accommodating part.

In some embodiments, the terminal housing further comprises a wire pressing member configured to press the connection wire, the wire pressing member being detachably disposed at the wire passing hole.

In another aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a mobile terminal, including: the terminal housing according to any of the above embodiments; the circuit functional device is arranged in the open cavity and fixed with the device mounting part; and the display screen covers the opening part of the opening cavity.

In some embodiments, the display screen and the opening are fixed by adhesion of an adhesive layer.

This application embodiment holds the chamber through forming the opening in backshell one side, the opening that the opening held the chamber covers with the display screen and closes, make the opening hold the opening in chamber and be sealed, and support piece sets up and holds the intracavity and be connected with the backshell in the opening, support piece sets up and holds the intracavity and connect with the backshell in the opening of backshell, utilize support piece to bear the weight of the installation to all kinds of circuit function devices, utilize the backshell to support piece and set up all kinds of circuit function devices on support piece and carry out the structural protection, can support each other between backshell and the support piece and improve the structural strength and the stability of terminal housing, can satisfy mobile terminal's intensity and stability requirement. Compared with a shell structure consisting of a front shell, a middle frame and a battery cover in the related art, the terminal shell provided by the embodiment of the application can only be provided with the rear shell and the supporting piece on the premise of meeting the requirements of the strength and the stability of the mobile terminal, the number of parts can be reduced, the installation structure can be simplified by canceling the front shell and the middle frame, the material cost and the assembly cost of the mobile terminal are reduced, and the installation efficiency is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal housing provided in some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 2 is a partial block diagram of the terminal housing of fig. 1 at M;

fig. 3 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal provided in some embodiments of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, merely for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered limiting of the present application. 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, features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

"A and/or B" includes the following three combinations: a alone, B alone, and a combination of A and B.

The use of "adapted to" or "configured to" in this application means open and inclusive language that does not exclude devices adapted to or configured to perform additional tasks or steps. Additionally, the use of "based on" means open and inclusive, as a process, step, calculation, or other action that is "based on" one or more stated conditions or values may in practice be based on additional conditions or values beyond those stated.

In this application, the word "exemplary" is used to mean "serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. The following description is presented to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the application. In the following description, details are set forth for the purpose of explanation. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present application may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and processes are not set forth in detail in order to avoid obscuring the description of the present application with unnecessary detail. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features disclosed herein.

In the related art, many mobile terminals employ a case structure composed of a front case, a middle frame, and a battery cover. When assembling, the front shell and the middle frame are connected and various devices are arranged to form the terminal main body, and then the battery cover is attached to the terminal main body. The number of structural members involved in the assembly process is large, the installation structure is complex, on one hand, the assembly efficiency is low, the assembly cost is high, and on the other hand, the material cost is high. Generally speaking, for the mainstream mobile terminal used by the general public, the higher cost of the whole mobile terminal will obviously limit the popularization and application of the mobile terminal, and is not beneficial to the improvement of the quality of life of the general public.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the terminal housing 101 according to the embodiments of the present disclosure includes a rear case 10 and a supporting member 20, so that a housing structure of the mobile terminal 1 can be simplified, the number of structural members is reduced, material cost and assembly cost are reduced, and installation efficiency is improved. Here, the terminal housing 101 may be a housing of different mobile terminals 1, and a specific configuration shape thereof may be determined according to the type of the mobile terminal 1, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

An open cavity 11 is formed at one side of the rear case 10, and an opening 11a of the open cavity 11 is configured to cover the display screen 103. Here, the rear case 10 may have a pocket-like configuration to form an open cavity 11, and a receiving space for other devices is provided by the open cavity 11. After the display screen 103 is covered with the opening part 11a of the opening cavity 11, the display screen 103 is positioned in the opening part 11a and the opening part 11a is covered and sealed; thus, the rear case 10 and the display screen 103 enclose so that the object in the open cavity 11 is not separated from the open cavity 11.

The supporting member 20 is disposed in the open cavity 11 of the rear housing 10, and the supporting member 20 is connected to the rear housing 10; in the coupled relationship, the rear case 10 and the supporting member 20 may support each other, improving the structural strength and stability of the terminal housing 101. Thanks to the structural support of the support member 20, the structural strength and stability of the rear case 10 can be significantly improved when the wall thickness of the rear case 10 is not changed; on the premise of ensuring that the structural strength and stability of the rear case 10 are not reduced, the wall thickness of the rear case 10 can be reduced, so that the mobile terminal 1 is relatively light and thin, and the material consumption and cost are relatively low.

The supporting member 20 is provided with a device mounting portion, through which various circuit functional devices 102 such as a circuit board card, a battery, a camera and the like in the mobile terminal 1 can be mounted on the supporting member 20. The type of the device mounting portion may be set according to the circuit functional device 102 to be mounted, and may be a type such as a mounting boss, a mounting groove, a mounting hole, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment of the application. Therefore, various circuit functional devices 102 can be reliably arranged in the open cavity 11 and can be positioned in an area enclosed by the rear shell 10 and the display screen 103 when the display screen 103 is covered, so that built-in installation and structural protection are realized; the circuit function device 102 is installed on the supporting member 20, on one hand, the structural support of the rear shell 10 can be obtained through the supporting member 20, when the rear shell 10 is impacted by the outside, the circuit function device 102 cannot be significantly affected, the installation stability and reliability of the circuit function device 102 are increased, on the other hand, the circuit function device is directly supported by the supporting member 20, the direct load of the rear shell 10 can be reduced, the structural pulling damage to the rear shell 10 caused when the rear shell 10 is directly installed is avoided, and the structural strength and stability of the rear shell 10 are increased.

In the terminal housing 101 provided in the embodiment of the present application, the supporting member 20 is disposed in the opening cavity 11 of the rear housing 10 and connected to the rear housing 10, the supporting member 20 is utilized to carry and install various circuit functional devices 102, the rear housing 10 is utilized to structurally protect the supporting member 20 and various circuit functional devices 102 disposed on the supporting member 20, the rear housing 10 and the supporting member 20 can support each other to improve the structural strength and stability of the terminal housing 101, and the requirements of the strength and stability of the mobile terminal 1 can be met. Compared with a shell structure consisting of a front shell, a middle frame and a battery cover in the related art, on the premise of meeting the requirements of strength and stability of the mobile terminal, the terminal shell 101 provided by the embodiment of the application can be only provided with the rear shell 10 and the supporting piece 20, the number of parts can be reduced, the installation structure can be simplified, the material cost and the assembly cost of the mobile terminal 1 can be reduced, and the installation efficiency can be improved by canceling the front shell and the middle frame.

The specific configuration of the rear housing 10 can be determined according to actual needs, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the rear case 10 may include a bottom wall 12 and a peripheral wall 13 formed at one side of the bottom wall 12, the bottom wall 12 and the peripheral wall 13 enclosing an open cavity 11. Accordingly, an opening portion 11a of the open-ended receptacle 11 is formed at an end of the peripheral wall 13 remote from the bottom wall 12. Here, the bottom wall 12 and the peripheral wall 13 may have an integral configuration, may be integrally formed through an integral molding process or may be formed through a welding/bonding process. In this way, the circuit function device 102 mounted to the support 20 can be reliably protected by the rear case 10.

The rear case 10 and the supporting member 20 may be connected by various connecting structures, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application. In some examples, a side surface of the bottom wall 12 near the peripheral wall 13 may be provided with a plurality of bosses 14, and the support 20 is fixed on the bosses 14. In this way, the support member 20 may be supported by the plurality of bosses 14, so that a plurality of connection relationships may be formed between the rear case 10 and the support member 20, and the connection strength and the structural stability between the rear case 10 and the support member 20 may be increased.

The structural type of the open cavity 11 can be determined according to actual needs, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the open receiving cavity 11 may have a stepped hole structure, a stepped surface 11c of the stepped hole structure is formed at a junction of a main body cavity portion 11b of the open receiving cavity 11 and the opening portion 11a, an inner diameter of the main body cavity portion 11b is smaller than an inner diameter of the opening portion 11a, and the stepped surface 11c is configured to carry the display screen 103. Accordingly, the opening 11a may be regarded as a countersink of a stepped hole structure, and the main body cavity portion 11b may be regarded as a blind hole of the stepped hole structure. When the display screen 103 is covered on the opening 11a, the display screen 103 can be embedded on the inner circumference side of the opening 11a, so that the display screen 103 can be reliably installed and protected; accordingly, one side surface of the display screen 103 may be fixed in surface contact with the stepped surface 11c, and the outer peripheral surface of the display screen 103 may be disposed opposite to the inner peripheral surface of the opening portion 11 a. Illustratively, a surface of the display screen 103 on a side away from the step surface 11c may be flush or substantially flush with an end surface of the peripheral wall 13 of the rear case 10 on an end away from the bottom wall 12.

The material for the rear housing 10 may be determined according to the actual strength and cost requirements, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the rear case 10 may be a plastic housing made of a plastic material through an injection molding process. Compared with a metal shell, the plastic shell has lower cost, so that the material cost of the terminal shell 101 can be reduced, and the overall cost of the mobile terminal 1 is further reduced.

The structure type of the supporting member 20 may be determined according to actual needs, and may adopt a frame structure, a plate structure, and the like, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. In some embodiments, support 20 may have a plate configuration. In this way, the supporting member 20 can have a large mounting connection area, and can be suitable for layout and mounting of various circuit functional devices 102.

The support member 20 may be a single material structure or a composite material structure, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. In some embodiments, the supporting member 20 may include a metal main body portion 21 and a plastic structural portion 22, and the plastic structural portion 22 is formed at an edge of the metal main body portion 21. Here, the structural strength of the supporter 20 may be increased by the metal body part 21, and the material cost may be reduced by the application of the plastic structure part 22. Here, the connection may be performed only by the metal main body portion 21 and the rear case 10, for example, the boss 14 therein, or may be performed by the metal main body portion 21 and the plastic structural portion 22 and the rear case 10, for example, the boss 14 therein, respectively.

The arrangement of the supporting member 20 on the rear housing 10 can be determined according to actual needs, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the support member 20 may divide the open cavity 11 into a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion, and the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion are stacked along an opening direction of the open cavity 11. The first receiving portion and the second receiving portion may be respectively used to receive corresponding devices, and receiving spaces are respectively provided at two sides of the supporting member 20, so as to increase a space utilization rate of the open receiving cavity 11. In some examples, the supporting member 20 may be provided with a wire passing hole 23 for connecting the first accommodating portion and the second accommodating portion, so that a connecting wire of a connector, such as a board-to-board connector, may be routed through the wire passing hole 23 to realize circuit connection between the devices in the first accommodating portion and the devices in the second accommodating portion.

In some embodiments, the terminal housing 101 may further include a wire pressing member 30 configured to press the connection wire, the wire pressing member 30 being detachably disposed at the wire passing hole 23. The wire pressing piece 30 can be used for reliably keeping the connecting wire at the preset position, so that the phenomenon that the connecting wire shakes and jumps and line faults caused by the shaking and jumping is avoided, and the reliability and the stability of electric connection are improved. In some examples, the wire crimping members 30 may have an angled configuration and may be formed by a sheet metal stamping or like process.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment provides a mobile terminal 1, where the mobile terminal 1 includes a terminal housing 101, a circuit function device 102, and a display screen 103 provided in any one of the above embodiments. The circuit function device 102 is disposed in the open cavity 11 and fixed to the device mounting portion, and the display screen 103 covers the opening portion 11a of the open cavity 11.

Here, the type of the mobile terminal 1 may be determined according to actual needs, and may be a type such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment of the application. When the mobile terminal 1 adopts a corresponding product type, the terminal housing 101, the circuit function device 102 and the display screen 103 may be adaptively designed according to the product type, and will not be described herein again.

The display screen 103 and the opening 11a may be fixed in different ways, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. In some embodiments, the display screen 103 and the opening 11a are adhesively fixed by an adhesive layer. In some examples, the open pocket 11 may have a stepped hole structure, a stepped face 11c of which is formed at a junction of the main body cavity portion 11b and the open portion 11a of the open pocket 11; here, the display screen 103 may be fixed to the step surface 11c by adhesive bonding.

The terminal housing and the mobile terminal provided in the embodiments of the present application are described in detail above, and a specific example is applied in the description to explain the principle and the implementation of the present application, and the description of the embodiments above is only used to help understand the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. A terminal housing, comprising:

the display screen comprises a rear shell, a front shell and a rear shell, wherein an opening cavity is formed at one side of the rear shell, and an opening part of the opening cavity is configured to be covered with the display screen;

the support piece is arranged in the opening containing cavity of the rear shell and connected with the rear shell, and a device installation part is arranged on the support piece.

2. A terminal housing according to claim 1, wherein the rear housing includes a bottom wall and a peripheral wall formed on one side of the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the peripheral wall enclosing the open cavity.

3. A terminal housing according to claim 2, wherein a side surface of said bottom wall adjacent to said peripheral wall is provided with a plurality of bosses to which said supporting pieces are fixed.

4. The terminal housing of claim 1, wherein the open cavity has a stepped bore configuration with a stepped surface formed at a junction of a main body cavity portion of the open cavity and the open portion, the main body cavity portion having an inner diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the open portion, the stepped surface configured to carry a display screen.

5. A terminal housing according to claim 1, wherein the rear housing is a plastic housing; and/or the support has a plate configuration.

6. The terminal housing of claim 1, wherein the support member comprises a metal body portion and a plastic structural portion formed at an edge of the metal body portion.

7. The terminal housing according to claim 1, wherein the support member divides the open cavity into a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion, the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion being stacked in an opening direction of the open cavity; the supporting piece is provided with a wire passing hole for connecting the first accommodating part and the second accommodating part.

8. The terminal housing of claim 7, further comprising a wire crimping member configured to crimp a connecting wire, the wire crimping member being removably disposed at the wire passage hole.

9. A mobile terminal, comprising:

the terminal housing of any one of claims 1-8;

the circuit functional device is arranged in the open cavity and fixed with the device mounting part;

and the display screen covers the opening part of the opening cavity.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the display and the opening are adhesively secured by an adhesive layer.