CN218980409U

CN218980409U - Haptic feedback device and electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN218980409U
Application number: CN202222324869.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱跃光; 徐子开; 刘兆江
Original assignee: Goertek Inc
Current assignee: Goertek Inc
Priority date: 2022-08-31
Filing date: 2022-08-31
Publication date: 2023-05-09
Anticipated expiration: 2032-08-31

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of force feedback, and particularly relates to a tactile feedback device and electronic equipment. The tactile feedback device comprises a fixed bracket, a trigger and a driving assembly, wherein one end of the trigger is rotationally connected with one end of the fixed bracket, the driving assembly comprises a driving piece and a fixed shell connected with the fixed bracket, the driving piece comprises an abutting part and a body part, one end of the body part can penetrate through the fixed shell and move in the fixed shell along a first direction, the other end of the body part is connected with the fixed shell, the abutting part is deviated from the axis of the body part and is far away from the rotation axis of the trigger, and the abutting part abuts against the trigger and is of a flexible structure. Through using the haptic feedback device in this technical scheme, the butt portion is flexible structure, reducible butt portion and trigger's striking noise promotes user's recreation and experiences, can also promote whole haptic feedback device's life simultaneously.

Description

Haptic feedback device and electronic device

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of force feedback, and particularly relates to a tactile feedback device and electronic equipment.

Background

Currently, in order to enhance user operation experience, game equipment manufacturers add force feedback devices to game handles to simulate the presence of a specific game scene, such as a game operation with force feedback, including a bow and arrow, trigger pull of various firearms, and the like.

However, the protruding connecting piece in the prior art adopts hard materials such as metal, plastic and the like, and has the following problems: when the module is used for simulating the vibration effect, impact noise can occur when the ball head impacts the inner lining surface of the trigger, and the game experience is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to at least solve the problem that impact noise occurs in a force feedback device in the prior art, so that game experience is affected. The aim is achieved by the following technical scheme:

a first aspect of the present utility model proposes a haptic feedback device comprising:

a fixed bracket;

the trigger is rotatably connected with one end of the fixed bracket;

the driving assembly comprises a driving piece and a fixing shell connected with the fixing support, the driving piece comprises an abutting portion and a body portion, one end of the body portion can penetrate through the fixing shell and move in the fixing shell along a first direction, the other end of the body portion is connected with the fixing shell, the abutting portion deviates from the axis of the body portion and is far away from the rotation axis of the trigger, and the abutting portion abuts against the trigger and is of a flexible structure.

Through the haptic feedback device in the technical scheme, the combined structure of the fixed bracket, the trigger and the driving component is adopted, the trigger rotates along one end of the fixed bracket after being stressed in the operation process, and the abutting part of the driving piece abuts against the trigger, so that the body part of the driving piece can be driven to move in the fixed shell, and meanwhile, the abutting part deviates from the axis of the body part and is far away from the rotation axis of the trigger, the rotation force arm of the trigger is increased, so that when the abutting part has the same acting force on the trigger, the torque of the trigger can be increased, the force difference of the trigger fed back to the fingers of a user is further improved, the user has better experience, the abutting part is of a flexible structure, the impact noise of the abutting part and the trigger can be reduced, the game experience of the user is improved, and the service life of the whole haptic feedback device can be improved.

In addition, the haptic feedback device according to the present utility model may have the following additional technical features:

in some embodiments of the utility model, the trigger includes a pressing portion and an urging portion, the urging portion being provided on a side of the pressing portion near the driving element, the urging portion being abutted against the abutting portion.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the force application portion is a flexible structure.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the pressing portion and the force applying portion are each of a flexible structure.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the flexible structure is a silicone member.

In some embodiments of the utility model, a side of the abutment adjacent the trigger is part spherical in configuration.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, the body portion further includes a fixing portion provided at a side of the abutting portion close to the fixing bracket, and a driving portion provided at a side of the fixing portion remote from the trigger, the fixing portion being elastically connected to the fixing case, and one end of the driving portion being capable of passing through the fixing case and moving in the first direction within the fixing case.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the haptic feedback device includes an elastic member having one end connected to the fixing case and the other end connected to the fixing portion.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the trigger is rotatably coupled to the fixed bracket via a rotation shaft.

A second aspect of the present utility model proposes an electronic device having a haptic feedback device as described above.

Drawings

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the utility model. Also, like reference numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the figures. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an exploded structural schematic view of a haptic feedback device according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 schematically illustrates an overall structure of a haptic feedback device in a first operating state according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 3 schematically illustrates an overall structure of a haptic feedback device in a second operating state according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

The reference numerals in the drawings are as follows:

10. a fixed bracket;

20. a trigger; 21. a force application part; 22. a pressing part;

31. a driving member; 311. an abutting portion; 3111. a part-spherical structure; 3121. a fixing part; 3122. a driving section; 32. a fixed housing; 33. an elastic member;

40: a rotating shaft.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes," "including," and "having" are inclusive and therefore specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. The method steps, processes, and operations described herein are not to be construed as necessarily requiring their performance in the particular order described or illustrated, unless an order of performance is explicitly stated. It should also be appreciated that additional or alternative steps may be used.

Although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms may be only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another region, layer or section. Terms such as "first," "second," and other numerical terms when used herein do not imply a sequence or order unless clearly indicated by the context. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the example embodiments.

For ease of description, spatially relative terms, such as "inner," "outer," "lower," "below," "upper," "above," and the like, may be used herein to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. Such spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" or "over" the other elements or features. Thus, the example term "below … …" may include both upper and lower orientations. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or in other directions) and the spatial relative relationship descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

Fig. 1 schematically illustrates an exploded structural view of a haptic feedback device according to an embodiment of the present utility model. As shown in fig. 1, the present utility model provides a haptic feedback device and an electronic apparatus. The tactile feedback device comprises a fixed bracket 10, a trigger 20 and a driving component, wherein one end of the trigger 20 is rotationally connected with one end of the fixed bracket 10, the driving component comprises a driving piece 31 and a fixed shell connected with the fixed bracket 10, the driving piece 31 comprises an abutting part 311 and a body part, one end of the body part can penetrate through the fixed shell and move in a first direction in the fixed shell, the other end of the body part is connected with the fixed shell, the abutting part 311 deviates from the axis of the body part and is arranged far away from the rotation axis of the trigger 20, and the abutting part 311 abuts against the trigger 20 and is of a flexible structure.

Through the haptic feedback device in this technical scheme, adopt fixed bolster 10, trigger 20 and drive assembly's integrated configuration, can rotate along the one end of fixed bolster 10 after the operation in-process trigger 20 atress, because the butt portion 311 of driving piece offsets with trigger 20, can drive the body portion of driving piece simultaneously and remove in the fixed shell, butt portion 311 deviates from the axis of body portion, and keep away from the axis of rotation of trigger 20, the rotation power arm of trigger 20 has been increased, thereby when butt portion 311 has the equivalent effort to trigger 20, can increase the moment of trigger 20, and then the poor force of feedback to the user's finger of trigger 20, make the user have better experience, and butt portion 311 in the utility model is flexible structure, can reduce the impact noise of butt portion 311 and trigger 20, promote user's recreation experience, simultaneously still can promote whole haptic feedback device's life.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the trigger 20 includes a pressing portion 22 and an urging portion 21, the urging portion 21 being provided on a side of the pressing portion 22 near the driver 31, the urging portion 21 being abutted against the abutment portion 311. In the present embodiment, the pressing portion 22 is used for pressing or other urging means by an operator, and when the operator urges the pressing portion 22, the urging portion 21 located on the side of the pressing portion 22 close to the driver 31 can be simultaneously acted on, and further the abutting portion 311 abutting against the urging portion 21 is acted on, and at the same time, since the abutting portion 311 is of a flexible structure, the impact noise between the abutting portion 311 and the urging portion 21 of the trigger 20 can be reduced, and the user game experience can be improved.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, the force application portion 21 is a flexible structure. In this embodiment, the flexible structure is a silicone member, so that impact noise of the two can be reduced when the flexible structure interacts with the abutting portion 311, and at the same time, the impact noise can be further reduced due to the abutting portion 311 being a silicone member, so that the noise reduction effect is more prominent.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, both the pressing portion 22 and the urging portion 21 are flexible structures. In this embodiment, the flexible structure is a silica gel piece, and when the operator presses the trigger 20, the pressing portion 22 of the trigger 20 is a silica gel piece, so that the hand feeling of the operator can be improved to a certain extent, the feeling of being hard can not occur, and the user experience is improved. The urging portion 21 is formed of a silicone material, so that impact noise between the abutting portion 311 and the urging portion 21 can be reduced, and the abutting portion 311 is also formed of a silicone material, so that impact noise can be further reduced, and the noise reduction effect is more remarkable. In addition, since frequent impact is required between the urging portion 21 and the abutting portion 311, frequent pressing is required between the operator and the pressing portion 22, and the flexible structure of the silicone member can also reduce contact wear between the abutting portion 311 and the urging portion 21, and between the pressing portion 22 and the operator, respectively, and also improve the service lives of the trigger 20 and the driving member 31 to some extent.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the flexible structure is a piece of silicone. In this embodiment, the abutting portion 311 is a silicone piece, which has certain flexibility and elasticity, so that the impact noise is reduced when the abutting portion 311 contacts the trigger 20, the game experience of the user is improved, and the service life of the whole tactile feedback device can be prolonged.

Specifically, in the present utility model, the flexible structures of the urging portion 21, the pressing portion 22, and the abutting portion 311 may be rubber or any other structure having flexibility and cushioning effects, which is not specifically described in the present utility model.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the side of the abutment 311 adjacent the trigger 20 is a part-spherical structure 3111. In this embodiment, the partial spherical structure 3111 can realize that the trigger 20 contacts with the small-area abutting portion 311, so as to realize the effect of larger pressure, and finally, the acting force for driving the driving member 31 to move is more obvious, thereby improving the reliability.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the body portion further includes a fixing portion 3121 and a driving portion 3122, the fixing portion 3121 is disposed on a side of the abutment portion 311 close to the fixing bracket 10, the driving portion 3122 is disposed on a side of the fixing portion 3121 remote from the trigger 20, the fixing portion 3121 is elastically connected to the fixing housing, and one end of the driving portion 3122 can pass through the fixing housing and move in the first direction within the fixing housing. In the present embodiment, the fixing portion 3121 is used to connect the driving portion 3122 and the abutting portion 311, and one end of the driving portion 3122 is located in the fixing case and is movable in the first direction, so that the displacement variation of the driver 31 in the first direction can be realized, and the final force feedback effect can be realized in cooperation with the trigger 20.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the coil is provided in the driving portion 3122, and the magnet assembly is provided in the stationary case, so that the coil can generate a magnetic force with the magnet assembly in the stationary case when the coil is energized.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the haptic feedback device includes an elastic member 33, one end of the elastic member 33 is connected to the fixed housing, and the other end of the elastic member 33 is connected to the fixed portion 3121. In the present embodiment, the elastic member 33 is always in a compressed state during operation, and is a spring or other elastic member, and the elastic member 33 can restrict the movement of the driving member 31, and further generate resistance when the trigger 20 moves toward the driving member 31, thereby achieving the effect of force feedback. The magnetic force between the magnet assembly in the upper fixed case and the coil in the driving part 3122 is matched, so that the corresponding force feedback effect on the trigger 20 can be better performed, and the force feedback effect of games such as gun shooting, racing car accelerator and the like can be reflected or simulated more truly.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, trigger 20 is rotatably coupled to fixed bracket 10 by a rotation shaft 40. In this embodiment, the trigger 20 is hinged to one end of the fixed support 10 through the rotation shaft 40, and the outer side of the rotation shaft 40 is further sleeved with a torsion spring, one end of the torsion spring is connected to the trigger 20, and the other end of the torsion spring is connected to the fixed support 10.

Specifically, in the present utility model, the tactile feedback device in fig. 2 is in an initial state, and the tactile feedback device in fig. 3 is in a working state after the operator presses the trigger, and at this time, the elastic member 33 and the magnetic force (magnetic force between the magnet assembly and the coil in the driving portion 3122) exert a force feedback effect on the trigger, thereby simulating the game-related experience.

Further, in the present utility model, there is a relationship among the elastic force of the elastic member 33 of the tactile feedback device, the magnetic force between the magnet assembly and the coil, and the pressing force of the trigger 20:

when the coil is not electrified, after the trigger 20 is pressed, the elastic piece 33 generates a reset force, and the driving piece 31 moves back and forth along with the trigger 20;

when the coil is powered in the forward direction, after the trigger 20 is pressed, the reaction force of the trigger 20 is derived from the restoring force of the elastic member 33 and the electromagnetic driving force between the magnet assembly and the coil;

when the coil is electrified in the negative direction, after the trigger 20 is pressed, the reaction force of the trigger 20 is derived from the restoring force of the elastic piece 33 minus the electromagnetic driving force between the coil and the magnet assembly;

if different waveform control is combined, the output of any force in the electromagnetic driving force interval between the restoring force + -coil of the elastic member 33 and the magnet assembly can be realized, and the force feedback effect is more obvious.

The utility model also provides electronic equipment with the tactile feedback device.

Through the electronic equipment in this technical scheme, electronic equipment's touch feedback device adopts fixed bolster 10, trigger 20 and drive assembly's integrated configuration, can rotate along the one end of fixed bolster 10 after the operation in-process trigger 20 atress, because the butt portion 311 of driving piece 31 offsets with trigger 20, can drive the body portion of driving piece 31 simultaneously and remove in the fixed shell, simultaneously because the body portion of driving piece 31 and fixed shell elastic connection, can simulate corresponding force feedback effect, and the butt portion 311 in the utility model is flexible structure, can reduce the striking noise of butt portion 311 and trigger 20, promote user's recreation experience, can also promote whole touch feedback device's life simultaneously.

The present utility model is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily understood by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present utility model are intended to be included in the scope of the present utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the utility model is subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A haptic feedback device, comprising:

a fixed bracket;

the trigger is rotatably connected with one end of the fixed bracket;

2. A tactile feedback device according to claim 1, wherein the trigger comprises a pressing portion and a biasing portion, the biasing portion being provided on a side of the pressing portion adjacent to the driving member, the biasing portion abutting the abutting portion.

3. A haptic feedback device as recited in claim 2 wherein said force applying portion is a flexible structure.

4. A haptic feedback device as recited in claim 2 wherein said pressing portion and said force applying portion are each of a flexible structure.

5. A haptic feedback device as recited in claim 1 wherein said flexible structure is a piece of silicone.

6. A haptic feedback device as recited in claim 1 wherein a side of said abutment adjacent said trigger is of a partially spherical configuration.

7. A haptic feedback device as recited in claim 1 wherein said body portion further includes a fixed portion and a driving portion, said fixed portion being disposed on a side of said abutment portion adjacent said fixed bracket, said driving portion being disposed on a side of said fixed portion remote from said trigger, said fixed portion being in elastic connection with said fixed housing, one end of said driving portion being capable of passing through and moving within said fixed housing in said first direction.

8. A haptic feedback device as recited in claim 7 including an elastic member, one end of said elastic member being connected to said stationary housing and the other end of said elastic member being connected to said stationary portion.

9. A tactile feedback device according to claim 1, wherein the trigger is rotatably coupled to the fixed bracket via a rotational shaft.

10. An electronic device characterized by having a haptic feedback device according to any one of claims 1-9.