CN216793848U - Battery, center and electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a battery, a middle frame and an electronic device, which comprises a metal shell and an electric core encapsulated in the metal shell, wherein the metal shell comprises a first side and a second side which are oppositely arranged along a first direction, the first side is provided with a first connecting part for detachable connection, and the second side is provided with a first inserting part; the middle frame comprises an accommodating cavity for accommodating a battery, a first side wall of the accommodating cavity in the first direction is provided with a second connecting part, and a second side wall of the accommodating cavity in the first direction is provided with a second inserting part; the first connecting portion of the first side of the battery is connected with the second connecting portion of the side wall of the first side of the middle frame accommodating cavity, and the first inserting portion of the second side is inserted into the second inserting portion. The battery can be detachably arranged on the middle frame, does not occupy the space in the thickness direction of the middle frame, and is beneficial to lightening and thinning the electronic equipment; meanwhile, the battery and the middle frame can be quickly mounted and dismounted, and the battery is prevented from being deformed and damaged.

Description

Battery, center and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of battery technologies, and in particular, to a battery, a middle frame, and an electronic device.

Background

The battery is higher because of its intensity, and the inflation space is longer and more used, and current electronic equipment, for example among the electronic watch, the battery is through setting up the double faced adhesive tape in the side of its thickness direction to it is fixed with battery and center, because of the double faced adhesive tape can occupy certain space in thickness direction, consequently, is unfavorable for the demand of customer to the frivolousization of electronic equipment, and the disassembling of battery is inconvenient simultaneously, causes the battery to warp the damage easily.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a battery that can be detachably mounted on a middle frame provided by the present disclosure, and does not occupy a space in a thickness direction of the middle frame.

Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a middle frame that can be conveniently mounted and dismounted from the battery provided in the publication.

It is still another object of the present disclosure to provide an electronic device that can save the occupation of space in the thickness direction when a battery is mounted, facilitating the lightness and thinness of the electronic device; meanwhile, the battery and the middle frame can be quickly mounted and dismounted, and the battery is prevented from being deformed and damaged.

In order to achieve the above object, in a first aspect of the present disclosure, a battery is provided, which includes a metal casing and a battery cell encapsulated in the metal casing, where the metal casing includes a first side and a second side that are oppositely disposed along a first direction, the first side is provided with a first connection portion for detachable connection, and the second side is provided with a first insertion portion.

Optionally, the first connection portion comprises: the metal shell comprises a metal shell body and a plurality of bulges arranged on the first side of the metal shell body along a second direction at intervals, wherein each bulge is provided with a mounting hole for a fastener to pass through, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

Optionally, the first mating part comprises: and the inserting plate is formed by the sealed edge of the second side of the metal shell and extends along the second direction.

Optionally, the plane where the plug board is located and the plane where the battery core is located form an included angle.

Optionally, the metal housing is a steel shell.

The second aspect of the present disclosure provides a middle frame, including the chamber that holds that is used for holding the battery, the first lateral wall of the first direction that holds the chamber is equipped with the second connecting portion that is used for dismantling the connection, the second lateral wall of the first direction that holds the chamber is equipped with second grafting portion.

Optionally, the second connection portion includes: a plurality of grooves of dodging that set up along the second direction interval that holds the chamber, every dodge the inslot and be equipped with a screw, the second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Optionally, the second mating part comprises: the slot is a strip-shaped slot extending along the second direction of the accommodating cavity.

In a third aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided, which includes a battery and a middle frame, where the battery is the battery of the first aspect of the present disclosure, and the middle frame is the middle frame of the second aspect of the present disclosure, where a first connection portion of a first side of the battery is detachably connected to a second connection portion of the middle frame, and a first insertion portion of a second side of the battery is inserted into the second insertion portion of the middle frame.

Optionally, the first connecting portion includes a plurality of protrusions spaced apart from each other along the second direction on the first side of the metal shell, and each of the protrusions has a mounting hole;

the second insertion part includes: a plurality of avoidance grooves are arranged at intervals along the second direction of the accommodating cavity, and each avoidance groove is internally provided with a screw hole;

the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction;

the electronic equipment further comprises a cushion block, a through hole is formed in the cushion block, the cushion block is arranged in the avoiding groove and located at one side, away from the screw hole, of the protrusion, and the fastener sequentially penetrates through the through hole and is connected with the rear portion of the mounting hole in a threaded mode.

Optionally, a gap between the second insertion part and the first insertion part is provided with a sealant.

Through the technical scheme, when the battery provided by the disclosure is installed on the middle frame provided by the disclosure, the two sides of the first direction of the battery are connected with the two sides of the accommodating cavity of the middle frame, so that the battery is installed and fixed, the space occupation in the thickness direction of the battery is saved, the electronic equipment is favorably lightened and thinned, and the capacity of the battery can be improved in the same space; meanwhile, the connecting structure can conveniently install and dismantle the battery, and the deformation and damage of the battery are avoided.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the disclosure without limiting the disclosure. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a block diagram of a battery provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view based on A-A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a front view of a center frame provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view based on section B-B in FIG. 4;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assembly of a battery and a middle frame in an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 7 is an exploded view based on the battery and the middle frame in fig. 6;

FIG. 8 is a front view of an assembly of a battery and a bezel in an electronic device provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view based on C-C in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of the section I in FIG. 9;

fig. 11 is an enlarged view of a portion II in fig. 9.

Description of the reference numerals

100-a battery; 110-a metal housing; 111-a first connection; 1111-protrusions; 1112-mounting holes; 112-a first mating portion; 120-electric core; 200-middle frame; 210-a receiving cavity; 220-avoidance groove; 221-screw holes; 230-a second mating part; 300-a fastener; 400-cushion block; 500-sealing glue.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present disclosure is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present disclosure, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, the use of the directional terms such as "upper, lower, left, and right" generally refer to the directions of the drawing of the corresponding drawings as defined with reference to the drawing directions, "inner and outer" refer to the inner and outer of the outline of the corresponding component, "distal and proximal" refer to the distance of the corresponding structure or the corresponding component or another structure or component, and "first and second directions" refer to the X and Y directions shown in fig. 1, 3, and 6. In addition, it should be noted that terms such as "first", "second", and the like are used for distinguishing one element from another, and have no order or importance. In addition, in the description with reference to the drawings, the same reference numerals in different drawings denote the same elements.

As shown in fig. 1 to 11, the present disclosure provides a battery 100, a middle frame 200, and an electronic device, and the inventive concept is to enable saving of space occupation of the battery 100 in a thickness direction and to facilitate mounting and dismounting by improving the battery 100 and the middle frame 200. Therefore, the battery 100, the middle frame 200, and the electronic device including the assembly structure of the two, which are independent structures, are also modifications of the same inventive concept, and thus fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

In order to achieve the above object, as shown in fig. 1 to 2, the battery 100 provided by the present disclosure includes a metal casing 110 and a battery cell 120 enclosed in the metal casing 110, where the metal casing 110 includes a first side and a second side opposite to each other along a first direction, the first side is provided with a first connection portion 111 for detachable connection, and the second side is provided with a first insertion portion 112. The middle frame 200 provided by the present disclosure includes a receiving cavity 210 for receiving the battery 100, a first side wall of the receiving cavity 210 in the first direction is provided with a second connecting portion for detachably connecting the first connecting portion 111, and a second side wall of the receiving cavity 210 in the first direction is provided with a second inserting portion 230 for inserting the first inserting portion 112. Wherein, the battery 100 is used to be installed in the accommodating cavity 210, the first connecting portion 111 at the first side of the metal shell 110 can cooperate with the second connecting portion at the first side wall of the accommodating cavity of the middle frame to realize detachable connection, and the first inserting portion 112 at the second side of the metal shell 110 can cooperate with the second inserting portion 230 at the second side wall of the accommodating cavity of the middle frame to realize detachable insertion.

When the battery 100 and the middle frame 200 are mounted, only the first inserting portion 112 on the second side of the battery 100 needs to be aligned with the second inserting portion 230 on the second side wall of the accommodating cavity 210 of the middle frame 200 and inserted into the second inserting portion 230, and then the first connecting portion 111 is connected with the second connecting portion on the first side wall of the accommodating cavity 210 of the middle frame 200, that is, two sides of the first direction of the battery 100 are connected with two sides of the first direction of the accommodating cavity 210 of the middle frame 200, so that the mounting and fixing of the battery 100 are realized, compared with a double-sided adhesive tape bonding and fixing manner in the related art, the space occupation in the thickness direction can be saved, the electronic device is facilitated to be light and thin, and the capacity of the battery 100 can be improved by the same space; when the battery 100 needs to be disassembled, the first connection part 111 and the second connection part can be disassembled first, and then the first insertion part 112 is pulled out from the second insertion part 230, so that the battery 100 can be conveniently assembled and disassembled by using the connection structure, and the deformation and damage of the battery 100 can be avoided.

First, focusing on the structure of the battery 100 provided by the present disclosure, the first connection portion 111 and the first insertion-connection portion 112 may be configured in any manner capable of performing the above-mentioned functions, in some embodiments, in order to facilitate the installation of the battery 100, the first connection portion 111 and the first insertion-connection portion 112 are in the same plane and are coplanar with a side surface of the metal housing 110 in the thickness direction, when the battery 100 is connected to the middle frame 200, the side surface abuts against a bottom wall of the accommodating cavity 210 of the middle frame 200, a second insertion-connection portion 230 for inserting the first insertion-connection portion 112 is disposed at a position of a first side wall of the accommodating cavity 210 close to the bottom wall, a second connection portion is disposed at a bottom wall of the accommodating cavity 210 close to the second side wall, and the battery is fixed to the middle frame 200 by the connection of the first connection portion 111 and the second connection portion.

It should be noted that the first connection portion 111 and the second connection portion may be configured in any detachable connection manner, for example, the first connection portion 111 may be one of a buckle or a slot, and the second connection portion is the other of the buckle or the slot, and the first connection portion and the second connection portion are detachably connected by being clamped with the slot through the buckle.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first connection portion 111 may include a plurality of protrusions 1111 provided at the first side of the metal case 110 at intervals in the second direction, and each of the protrusions 1111 is provided with one mounting hole 1112. Wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. Correspondingly, the accommodating cavity 210 of the middle frame 200 is provided with screw holes 221 corresponding to the mounting holes 1112 one by one. The first side of the battery is detachably connected with the first side wall of the accommodating cavity of the middle frame after the fastener passes through the mounting hole 1112. Wherein, the protrusions 1111 protrude toward a direction away from the first side of the metal housing 110, and each protrusion 1111 is provided with a mounting hole 1112, and the mounting hole 1112 includes but is not limited to a circular through hole, which facilitates the penetration and fixation of the fastener 300. The protrusions 1111 are provided at intervals in the second direction to make the battery 100 more firm after being mounted, and at the same time, to reduce the weight of the battery 100. It should be noted that the protrusion 1111 may be connected to the first side of the metal shell 110, or may be formed by a sealing edge of the metal shell 110 on the first side, and cut by a cutting process to form a blank, which is not limited in the present disclosure.

To accomplish the plugging of the first plugging portion 112 and the second plugging portion 230, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first plugging portion 112 may include a plug plate formed by an edge seal of the second side of the metal shell 110, and the plug plate extends along the second direction of the metal shell 110. Wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. That is, the inserting plate may include a strip-shaped structure extending along the second direction of the metal shell 110 and protruding out of the second side of the metal shell 110 in the first direction, and corresponding to the inserting plate, the second inserting portion 230 of the middle frame 200 may also include a slot, and the slot may be a strip-shaped slot adapted to the inserting plate, so as to facilitate insertion of the inserting plate, and ensure connection strength while achieving positioning.

Generally, the width of the second mating part 230 is slightly larger than the thickness of the first mating part 112 to facilitate the assembly and disassembly, but the joint is easily loosened after the assembly, which affects the stability of the connection. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, an included angle is formed between a plane where the plug board is located and a plane where the battery cell 120 is located, so that after the plug board is inserted into the slot, a certain elastic force is provided between the plug board and the slot to support the plug board and prevent the plug board from loosening. A person skilled in the art can select an included angle between the two according to actual requirements, for example, the included angle between the plane where the plug board is located and the plane where the battery cell 120 is located may be 0 to 5 degrees; in other embodiments, an included angle between a plane where the insertion plate is located and a plane where the battery cell 120 is located may be 1 to 3 °.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the metal shell 110 includes, but is not limited to, a steel shell, and an aluminum alloy or a magnesium alloy may be used.

Focusing on the structure of the middle frame 200, as shown in fig. 3 to 5, in order to mount the battery 100, the middle frame 200 includes a receiving cavity 210 for receiving the battery 100, a first lateral wall of the receiving cavity 210 in the first direction is provided with a second connecting portion for detachable connection, and a second lateral wall of the receiving cavity 210 in the first direction is provided with a second inserting portion 230. The second connecting portion is detachably connected to the first connecting portion 111 on the first side of the battery 100, and the second inserting portion 230 corresponds to the first inserting portion 112, so that the first inserting portion 112 is detachably inserted into the second inserting portion to fix the second side of the metal housing 110.

As described above, the first connection portion 111 and the second connection portion may be configured in any detachable manner, for example, a snap structure, a fastener connection structure, or the like may be employed.

In order to match with the plurality of mounting holes 1112 on the protrusion 1111, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second connecting portion may include a plurality of avoiding grooves 220 spaced apart from each other along the second direction of the accommodating cavity 210, each avoiding groove 220 has a screw hole 221 therein, the screw holes 221 and the mounting holes 1112 are in one-to-one correspondence, and may be connected to the screw holes 221 after passing through the mounting holes 1112 by a plurality of fasteners 300, respectively, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

In order to mate the strip-shaped insert plate extending along the second direction at the second side of the metal shell 110, as shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second inserting part 230 may include a slot, which is a strip-shaped slot extending along the second direction of the accommodating cavity 210, for inserting the strip-shaped insert plate.

As shown in fig. 6 to 11, the electronic device provided by the present disclosure includes a battery 100 provided by the present disclosure and a middle frame 200, wherein a first connection portion 111 on a first side of the battery 100 in a first direction is detachably connected to a second connection portion of the middle frame 200, and a first insertion portion 112 on a second side of the battery 100 is inserted into a second insertion portion 230 of the middle frame 200. Namely, the two sides of the battery 100 in the first direction are connected with the two side walls of the accommodating cavity of the middle frame 200 in the first direction, so that the battery 100 is fixedly installed, the space occupation in the thickness direction is saved, the electronic equipment is favorably thinned, and the capacity of the battery 100 can be improved in the same space; and the battery 100 can be conveniently mounted and dismounted by using the mounting structure, and the deformation and damage of the battery 100 can also be avoided.

In some embodiments, the first connection portion 111 may include a plurality of protrusions 1111 spaced apart from each other in the second direction at the first side of the metal case 110, and each of the protrusions 1111 is provided with one mounting hole 1112; the second connection portion may include a plurality of escape grooves 220 spaced apart from each other in the second direction of the receiving cavity 210, and each of the escape grooves 220 is provided with a screw hole 221 therein. When the battery 100 is connected to the middle frame 200, the fastening member 300 is inserted into the screw hole 221 through the mounting hole 1112, so as to exert a certain pre-tightening effect and prevent the fastening member 300 from loosening, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

As shown in fig. 7, 8, 9, and 10, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device further includes a pad 400, the pad 400 is provided with a through hole, the pad 400 is disposed in the avoiding groove 220 and located on a side of the protrusion 1111 away from the screw hole 221, and the fastener 300 is screwed into the screw hole 221 after sequentially passing through the through hole and the mounting hole 1112.

It should be noted that the cushion block 400 may be made of a flexible material, for example, rubber, polyurethane, etc., and has a certain sealing function while being connected.

After the first insertion part 112 is inserted into the second insertion part 230, in order to further prevent the first insertion part 112 from shaking and affecting the fixation of the battery 100, as shown in fig. 9 and 11, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a sealant 500 is disposed between the second insertion part 230 and the first insertion part 112, and the sealant 500 may be injected into the second insertion part 230 in a dispensing manner, so that the connection between the first insertion part 112 and the second insertion part 230 is more reliable. In other embodiments, for convenience of dispensing, the second inserting portion 230 may penetrate through the other side surface of the middle frame 200 along the thickness direction of the middle frame 200, so as to facilitate dispensing at the other side surface.

It should be noted that in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the first insertion portion 112 of the second side of the battery 100 may include a slot, and the second insertion portion 230 of the second side wall of the receiving cavity 210 of the middle frame 200 may be configured as an insertion plate, which can also be inserted to implement the detachable connection of the two at the side.

In summary, in the battery 100 and the middle frame 200 provided by the present disclosure, only the first inserting portion 112 at the second side in the first direction of the battery 100 needs to be inserted into the second inserting portion 230 at the second side wall in the first direction of the accommodating cavity 210 of the middle frame 200, and then the fastener 300 passes through the mounting hole 1112 at the first side and then is screwed into the screw hole 221 at the first side wall of the accommodating cavity 210 of the middle frame 200, that is, the two sides in the first direction of the battery 100 are connected with the middle frame 200, so as to achieve the installation and fixation of the battery 100, save the occupied space in the thickness direction, facilitate the lightening and thinning of electronic equipment, and improve the capacity of the battery 100 in the same space; when the battery 100 needs to be disassembled, the fastener 300 can be unscrewed, and then the first insertion part 112 is pulled out from the second insertion part 230, so that the battery 100 can be conveniently assembled and disassembled in the electronic device, and the battery 100 can be prevented from being deformed and damaged. The electronic devices provided by the present disclosure include, but are not limited to, for example, mobile phones, tablet computers, wearable devices, and the like, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure within the technical idea of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that, in the above embodiments, the various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various possible combinations will not be further described in the present disclosure.

In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be made, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present disclosure, as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure.

Claims (11)

1. A battery, comprising a metal casing (110) and a cell (120) enclosed in the metal casing (110);

the metal shell (110) comprises a first side and a second side which are oppositely arranged along a first direction, a first connecting portion (111) used for detachable connection is arranged on the first side, and a first inserting portion (112) is arranged on the second side.

2. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the first connection portion (111) comprises: a plurality of protrusions (1111) provided at intervals in a second direction at a first side of the metal case (110); each projection (1111) is provided with a mounting hole (1112) for a fastener to pass through, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

3. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the first insertion part (112) comprises: and the insert plate is formed by the sealed edge of the second side of the metal shell (110) and extends along the second direction.

4. The battery according to claim 3, wherein the plane of the plug board and the plane of the battery core (120) form an included angle.

5. The battery according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the metal casing (110) is a steel can.

6. A middle frame comprises an accommodating cavity (210) for accommodating a battery (100), and is characterized in that a first side wall of the accommodating cavity (210) in a first direction is provided with a second connecting portion for detachable connection, and a second side wall of the accommodating cavity (210) in the first direction is provided with a second inserting portion (230).

7. The middle frame according to claim 6, wherein the second connection portion includes: a plurality of grooves (220) of dodging that set up along the second direction interval of holding chamber (210) are a plurality of, every dodge and be equipped with a screw (221) in groove (220), the second direction perpendicular to first direction.

8. The middle frame according to claim 6, wherein the second insertion part (230) comprises: the slot is a strip-shaped slot extending along the second direction of the accommodating cavity (210).

9. An electronic device, comprising a battery (100) and a middle frame (200), wherein the battery (100) is the battery according to any one of claims 1 to 5, and the middle frame (200) is the middle frame according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein a first connecting portion (111) at a first side of the battery (100) is detachably connected with a second connecting portion of the middle frame (200), and a first inserting portion (112) at a second side of the battery (100) is inserted into a second inserting portion (230) of the middle frame (200).

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the first connection portion (111) comprises: the metal shell (110) comprises a plurality of protrusions (1111) arranged on a first side of the metal shell (110) at intervals along a second direction, and each protrusion (1111) is provided with a mounting hole (1112) for a fastener (300) to pass through;

the second connection portion includes: a plurality of avoidance grooves (220) are arranged at intervals along the second direction of the accommodating cavity (210), and a screw hole (221) is formed in each avoidance groove (220);

the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction;

electronic equipment still includes cushion (400), be equipped with the through-hole on cushion (400), cushion (400) are located dodge in groove (220) and be located arch (1111) is kept away from one side of screw (221), fastener (300) pass in proper order the through-hole behind mounting hole (1112) spiro union in screw (221).

11. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein a gap between the second insertion part (230) and the first insertion part (112) is provided with a sealant (500).

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