CN218526576U

CN218526576U - Protection mechanism and terminal equipment

Info

Publication number: CN218526576U
Application number: CN202222400198.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 覃志平; 方传彪; 张波; 郭颂
Original assignee: Shenzhen Urovo Technology Corp ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Urovo Technology Corp ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-09
Filing date: 2022-09-09
Publication date: 2023-02-24
Anticipated expiration: 2032-09-09

Abstract

The utility model discloses a protection mechanism and terminal equipment relates to terminal equipment technical field, and the protection mechanism is arranged between a mainboard and a functional module, and comprises a bracket provided with a fixed hole, a flexible piece arranged on the bracket, and a zebra stripe arranged in the fixed hole; the flexible piece is provided with a first surface and a second surface, an MESH line is arranged on the flexible piece, at least one mainboard feedback point communicated with the MESH line is arranged on the first surface, the at least one mainboard feedback point is in contact conduction with the mainboard, at least one zebra stripe feedback point communicated with the at least one mainboard feedback point is arranged on the second surface, and the zebra stripe is in butt conduction with the functional module and is in butt conduction with the at least one zebra stripe feedback point under the pre-pressure of the functional module; when disconnection or abnormal conduction occurs between the mainboard and at least one mainboard feedback point, triggering the mainboard to execute data protection operation; the flexibility of the overall arrangement position of the protection mechanism, the processing efficiency and the compactness of products are improved.

Description

Protection mechanism and terminal equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a terminal equipment technical field, more specifically say, relate to a protection machanism and terminal equipment.

Background

The terminal equipment is used for non-cash transaction, and has high requirements on safety performance due to the fact that information such as bank cards is involved. In order to prevent important data therein from being stolen, various security protection mechanisms are provided. The universal protection mechanism uses the zebra stripes and the PCB protection pieces arranged around the zebra stripes as the protection mechanism, and during illegal disassembly, the judgment of whether data protection is needed is carried out or not by on-off between the zebra stripes and the main board, namely whether the main board can receive signals of the zebra stripes to judge whether the zebra stripes are subjected to illegal disassembly or not, and further judge whether data protection operation is carried out or not; the protection mechanism is used for protecting the terminal equipment on a physical layer and timely executing data protection when the terminal equipment is damaged by violence.

However, the PCB protection wall enclosing the zebra stripes is complex in processing and manufacturing mode, the PCB is very difficult to patch, and the cost is too high;

moreover, the PCB protection wall is too large in size and needs to occupy a large installation space, so that the terminal equipment is large in overall size and low in compactness;

in addition, the plasticity of the PCB material is poor, the PCB material is difficult to adapt to uneven surfaces, and the structural adaptability of the whole protection mechanism is poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model lies in providing a protection machanism and terminal equipment with low costs, compactness height and strong structural adaptability.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that its technical problem adopted is:

the application provides a protection mechanism, which is arranged between a main board and a functional module and comprises a bracket, a flexible piece and a zebra stripe, wherein the bracket is provided with a fixing hole;

the flexible part is provided with a first surface and a second surface, an MESH line is arranged on the flexible part, at least one mainboard feedback point communicated with the MESH line is arranged on the first surface, the at least one mainboard feedback point is in contact conduction with the mainboard, at least one zebra stripe feedback point communicated with the at least one mainboard feedback point is arranged on the second surface, and the zebra stripe is in butt conduction with the functional module and is in butt conduction with the at least one zebra stripe feedback point under the pre-pressure of the functional module;

and triggering the mainboard to execute data protection operation when disconnection or abnormal conduction occurs between the mainboard and the at least one mainboard feedback point.

In some embodiments, the bracket is provided with an installation groove, the flexible member is matched with the installation groove in shape, the fixing hole is located in the installation groove, and the second surface is attached to the bottom of the installation groove.

In some embodiments, the slot of the mounting slot is exposed at a lower surface of the bracket, the lower surface being adjacent to the main board.

In some embodiments, the slot of the mounting slot is also exposed on a side surface and an upper surface of the bracket, the upper surface being opposite the lower surface.

In some embodiments, the MESH lines are disposed on the first surface.

In some embodiments, the flexible member is provided with a clearance hole, the clearance hole is aligned with the fixing hole, and the clearance hole is used for the zebra stripes to penetrate through.

In some embodiments, the flexible member comprises an FPC or a peel paper.

In some embodiments, the bracket is provided with a plurality of fixing holes, the bracket is provided with a plurality of flexible members, each fixing hole is provided with a zebra strip, each zebra strip is respectively abutted and communicated with the functional module, each zebra strip is abutted and communicated with each flexible member in a one-to-one correspondence, and each flexible member is respectively abutted and communicated with the main board.

In some embodiments, an adhesive structure or a welding structure is disposed between the flexible member and the bracket.

On the other hand, the present application further provides a terminal device, which includes a housing and the protection mechanism in any one of the above technical solutions, wherein the main board is disposed in the housing, the functional module is disposed on the housing, and the support is disposed on the main board.

The utility model discloses a protection machanism and terminal equipment have following beneficial effect at least:

the utility model discloses a protection machanism and terminal equipment relate to terminal equipment technical field, among the protection machanism, the zebra stripe that sets up in the fixed orifices, on the one hand with function module butt switch-on, on the other hand still holds down butt on the second surface of flexible piece under the top of function module, the flexible piece further butt on the mainboard for mainboard feedback point on the flexible piece is with mainboard conduction, still makes zebra stripe feedback point and zebra stripe switch-on, except that, has still set up the MESH line on the flexible piece;

therefore, the flexible piece can be assembled to the uneven surface in an adaptive manner due to the flexibility of the flexible piece, so that the opening positions of the fixing holes for accommodating the zebra stripes can be flexibly arranged at all positions, the flexibility of the arrangement position of the whole protection mechanism is improved, and the protection mechanism can adapt to various different structures; in addition, the zebra stripes can be properly fixed by directly utilizing the bracket, and compared with a PCB (printed circuit board) protection wall, the zebra stripe fixing device has lower cost and higher processing efficiency; in addition, compared with the mode that the MESH lines are borne by the PCB, the flexible part only needs to bear the MESH lines, the thickness of the flexible part can be smaller, the required space is smaller, and the compactness of the product is improved.

Drawings

The invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings and examples, wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the terminal device shown in fig. 1 with the housing 1 removed;

fig. 3 is an exploded view of the terminal device shown in fig. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the flexible member in a spread-out position according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the flexure shown in FIG. 4 from another angle;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a portion of a protective mechanism according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the protection mechanism shown in FIG. 6 from another angle;

fig. 8 is an enlarged view of fig. 3 at a.

Detailed Description

In order to clearly understand the technical features, objects, and effects of the present invention, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1, 2 and 3 show a terminal device 10 for wireless payment, which is convenient in use, according to some preferred embodiments of the present invention; of course, the terminal device 10 may be a terminal device or a terminal apparatus for other purposes. Terminal equipment 10 includes shell 1, mainboard 2, protection mechanism 3 and functional module 4, and mainboard 2 sets up in shell 1, and functional module 4 sets up on shell 1, and support 31 sets up on mainboard 2, and protection mechanism 3 is located between mainboard 2 and functional module 4.

It will be appreciated that the housing 1 serves to protect and house other components and structures. The main board 2 is used for processing and storing various information, has a data processing function, and specifically may include a circuit board and other electronic components. The functional module 4 is used for a user to perform data input operation, and may specifically be a keyboard or a touch panel, and of course, the functional module 4 may also be configured to perform data output, and may specifically be a display panel. The protection mechanism 3 is used for transmitting the sensing signal between the functional module 4 and the main board 2, and if the sensing signal transmission at the position is abnormal, the protection switch is triggered, and the main board 2 executes the corresponding data protection operation.

As shown in fig. 3 to 8, the protection mechanism includes a bracket 31 having a fixing hole 311, a flexible member 32 disposed on the bracket 31, and a zebra stripe 33 disposed in the fixing hole 311.

It will be appreciated that the bracket 31 is used to support and mount components located within the product. The flexible member 32 has a certain flexibility, and is light and thin as a whole, so that the taking and placing operation is convenient. Zebra stripes 33 may be made of conductive rubber. The fixing hole 311 is used for accommodating and fixing the zebra stripes 33, and the fixing hole 311 may be configured to have a notch where no contact with the zebra stripes 33 will occur, that is, the fixing hole 311 may be configured as a hole body with an incomplete hole wall; specifically, it is preferable that the fixing hole 311 be capable of stably and reliably limiting the zebra stripes 33.

It is further understood that at least one position of the bracket 31 extends to form an elongated structure, the fixing hole 311 may be disposed on the elongated structure, and the position corresponding to the disposition of the elongated structure is a side surface of the terminal device, of course, the bracket 31 may also be a separately disposed structural element, and the specific disposition position may also be a corner position of the terminal device, and the whole may take an arc shape or an irregular shape, etc. The flexible member 32 has a first surface 321 and a second surface 322, the flexible member 32 is provided with a MESH line 323, the first surface 321 is provided with at least one main board feedback point 3211 communicated with the MESH line 323, the at least one main board feedback point 3211 is in contact conduction with the main board 2, the second surface 322 is provided with at least one zebra stripe feedback point 3221 communicated with the at least one main board feedback point 3211, and the zebra stripe 33 is in abutting conduction with the functional module 4 and is in abutting conduction with the at least one zebra stripe feedback point 3221 under pre-pressure of the functional module 4. When the motherboard 2 and at least one motherboard feedback point 3211 are disconnected or abnormally connected, the motherboard 2 is triggered to perform data protection operation.

It is understood that the flexible member 32 is flat and has a certain flexibility and a better lightness, specifically, the flexible member 32 includes an FPC or an easy tear paper, however, it is also possible to use other materials or elements as the flexible member 32 as long as the MESH wires can be arranged and has a certain deformation capability. The first surface 321 and the second surface 322 are two opposite surfaces of the flexible element 32; the motherboard feedback point 3211 is configured to contact a predetermined location on the motherboard 2 for conduction, for example, may be configured to contact and conduct with a gold finger on the motherboard 2; zebra stripe feedback point 3221 is used for contact conduction with zebra stripe 33.

It will be further understood that the cross section of the flexible member 32 may be L-shaped, U-shaped or straight after the flexible member 32 is deformed and fitted along the surface of the stent 31, and the specific shape of the flexible member 32 after being deformed and fitted depends on the profile of the stent 31 itself.

The functional module 4 applies a certain pressing force to the zebra stripes 33, the zebra stripes 33 are in contact conduction with signal transmission positions on the functional module 4, the zebra stripes 33 are supported on the flexible parts 32, and the flexible parts 32 are further supported on the main board 2, so that the main board 2 and the functional module 4 can be conducted through the zebra stripes 33, the main board feedback points 3211 and the zebra stripe feedback points 3221, and the purpose of physical protection is achieved. In the illegal disassembly process, once the conduction between the main board 2 and the functional module 4 is abnormal or cannot be conducted due to the conditions of breakage or poor contact of the MESH wire 323, the main board 2 triggers the protection switch to perform preset protection operation on data; generally, the predetermined protection operation includes, but is not limited to, performing an emergency transfer or an emergency erasure on the data.

It should be noted that, when the FPC is used as the flexible member 32, the requirement of softness is satisfied, and the HIA may enable the flexible member 32 to have a certain toughness, and in the assembling process, the flexible member 32 with a poor mounting position may need to be disassembled and then mounted, and the certain toughness can prevent the flexible member 32 from being damaged, improve the processing fault tolerance rate, and reduce the processing cost increase caused by the daily processing loss.

Preferably, in some embodiments of the protection mechanism 3, an adhesive structure or a welding structure is provided between the flexible member 32 and the bracket 31.

It can be understood that the bonding structure has the advantages of low cost and easy operation, and the welding structure has the advantages of reliable connection and uneasy deviation.

As shown in fig. 8, in some embodiments of the protection mechanism 3, the bracket 31 is provided with a mounting groove 312, the flexible member 32 has an outer shape matching the mounting groove 312, the fixing hole 311 is located in the mounting groove 312, and the second surface 322 is attached to the bottom of the mounting groove 312.

It is understood that the mounting groove 312 is used to receive the flexible element 32, and the depth of the mounting groove 312 can be coordinated to be equal to or slightly larger than the thickness of the flexible element 32, so as to avoid the flexible element 32 from being damaged by the compression of the bracket 31 after being mounted.

As shown in fig. 6 to 8, in some embodiments of the protection mechanism 3, the notch of the mounting groove 312 is exposed to the lower surface of the bracket 31, which is adjacent to the main board 2.

It can be understood that the notch of the mounting groove 312 is exposed on the lower surface of the bracket 31, which means that only the lower one of the upper and lower openings of the fixing hole 311 on the bracket 31 is located in the mounting groove 312, and the flexible member 32 fitted to the mounting groove 312 only shields the lower surface of the bracket 31 to be in contact with the zebra stripes 33.

As shown in fig. 8, in some embodiments of the protection mechanism 3, the notch of the mounting groove 312 is also exposed to the side surface and the upper surface of the bracket 31, the upper surface being opposite to the lower surface.

It can be understood that the flexible member 32 in this embodiment is attached to the bracket 31 from three directions, so that the flexible member 32 can better absorb the impact on the side of the product, so that the MESH wire can be broken to trigger the protection switch at the first time when the terminal device 10 is subjected to the impact caused by the illegal detachment from the side.

In some embodiments of the protection mechanism 3, as shown in fig. 4, 6 and 7, the MESH line 323 is disposed on the first surface 321.

It is understood that the MESH lines 323 are disposed on the first surface 321, such that the MESH lines 323 receive the impact force, thereby preventing the MESH lines 323 from being damaged due to the buffering of the flexible member 32 during the side impact force of the illegal detachment. Of course, in other embodiments, the MESH lines 323 may also be disposed on the second surface 322.

As shown in fig. 4 to 8, in some embodiments of the protection mechanism 3, the flexible member 32 is provided with a clearance hole 324, the clearance hole 324 is aligned with the fixing hole 311, and the clearance hole 324 is used for the zebra stripe 33 to pass through.

As can be appreciated, the clearance holes 324 are used to provide mounting locations for the zebra stripes 33, preventing the flexible members 32 from obscuring the fixation holes 311.

As shown in fig. 3 and 8, in some embodiments of the protection mechanism 3, a plurality of fixing holes 311 are formed on the bracket 31, a plurality of flexible members 32 are disposed on the bracket 31, each fixing hole 311 is provided with a zebra stripe 33, each zebra stripe 33 is connected to the functional module 4 in an abutting manner, each zebra stripe 33 is connected to each flexible member 32 in an abutting manner, and each flexible member 32 is connected to the main board 2 in an abutting manner.

It can be understood that the number of the zebra stripes 33 may be multiple, and the zebra stripes 33 together serve a physical protection purpose, and accordingly, the shape and size of each zebra stripe 33 may be the same or different, and are specifically adjusted according to the specific structure of each installation position.

The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical concept and features of the present invention, and the purpose of the embodiments is to enable people skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and implement the present invention accordingly, which can not limit the protection scope of the present invention. All equivalent changes and modifications made within the scope of the claims of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A protection mechanism is arranged between a main board and a functional module and is characterized by comprising a bracket provided with a fixing hole, a flexible part arranged on the bracket and a zebra stripe arranged in the fixing hole;

2. The protection mechanism of claim 1, wherein the bracket has a mounting groove, the flexible member has a shape adapted to the mounting groove, the fixing hole is located in the mounting groove, and the second surface is attached to the bottom of the mounting groove.

3. The protective mechanism of claim 2, wherein the slot opening of the mounting slot is exposed at a lower surface of the bracket, the lower surface being adjacent the main plate.

4. The protective mechanism of claim 3 wherein the slot opening of the mounting slot is further exposed on a side surface and an upper surface of the bracket, the upper surface being opposite the lower surface.

5. The protective mechanism of claim 1, wherein the MESH lines are disposed on the first surface.

6. The protection mechanism of claim 1, wherein the flexible member is provided with a clearance hole, the clearance hole is aligned with the fixing hole, and the clearance hole is used for the zebra stripe to penetrate through.

7. The protective mechanism of claim 1, wherein the flexible member comprises an FPC or a peel paper.

8. The protection mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the bracket is provided with a plurality of fixing holes, the bracket is provided with a plurality of flexible members, each fixing hole is provided with a zebra stripe, each zebra stripe is respectively connected with the functional module in an abutting manner, each zebra stripe is correspondingly connected with each flexible member in an abutting manner, and each flexible member is respectively connected with the main board in an abutting manner.

9. The protection mechanism of claim 1, wherein an adhesive structure or a welding structure is arranged between the flexible member and the bracket.

10. A terminal device, comprising a housing and the protection mechanism of any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the main board is disposed in the housing, the functional module is disposed on the housing, and the support is disposed on the main board.