CN218998103U - Electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses electronic equipment, the electronic equipment includes: the auxiliary board, the main board, the first electric connecting piece, the second electric connecting piece and the battery component; wherein the auxiliary board comprises a charging interface; the main board comprises at least three first electric connectors; a first end of the first electric connector is electrically connected with at least two first electric connectors, and a second end of the first electric connector is electrically connected to the auxiliary plate; a first end of the second electrical connector is electrically connected with at least one of the first electrical connectors, and a second end of the second electrical connector is electrically connected to the sub-board; the battery assembly comprises at least three second electric connectors, and the second electric connectors are in one-to-one correspondence connection with the first electric connectors.

Description

Electronic equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of electronic communication, and particularly relates to electronic equipment.

Background

With the progress of electronic technology, electronic devices have become more and more complete, and electronic devices have become an indispensable item in daily life nowadays. However, in the process of using the electronic device, it is generally necessary to charge a battery assembly in the electronic device, so that the electronic device can have good cruising ability.

Because of the limitation of the size of the whole electronic equipment and the limitation of the current battery technology, the battery capacity becomes one of the bottlenecks of the electronic equipment, and under the condition of a certain battery capacity, the charging time can be shortened by increasing the charging power. However, in the current electronic equipment, taking a smart phone as an example, the scheme of achieving 200W high-power fast charging is a mode of adopting a battery FPC to be directly discharged, so that the cost is high, and the thickness of the whole machine is thicker, so that the problem of achieving high-power fast charging of the electronic equipment is solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The application aims at providing electronic equipment, and solves the problem that the existing electronic equipment is low in charging speed during charging.

In order to solve the technical problems, the application is realized as follows:

the embodiment of the application provides electronic equipment. The electronic device includes:

a sub-board comprising a charging interface;

a motherboard including at least three first electrical connectors;

a first electrical connector having a first end electrically connected to at least two of the first electrical connectors and a second end electrically connected to the sub-panel;

a second electrical connector having a first end electrically connected to at least one of the first electrical connectors and a second end electrically connected to the sub-panel;

the battery assembly comprises at least three second electric connectors, and the second electric connectors are in one-to-one correspondence connection with the first electric connectors.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic equipment is provided, at least three second electric connectors are arranged for the battery assembly of the electronic equipment, and the multidirectional shunt conveying of current during the charging of the battery assembly is realized through the first electric connector and the second electric connector; that is, the application provides a high-power quick-charging scheme capable of saving cost and reducing the thickness of the whole machine, and can improve the use experience of a user using electronic equipment.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is one of the schematic structural diagrams of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a second schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic exploded view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a main board, a sub-board, a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector of the electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a battery assembly of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is one of partial structural schematic views of a battery assembly of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a second partial schematic view of a battery assembly of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a third schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a fourth schematic diagram of the structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is an assembly position diagram of a battery assembly of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals:

10. a sub-plate; 11. a first charge control chip; 12. a charging interface; 13. a sub-panel bracket; 14. pressing the piece; 20. a main board; 21. a second charge control chip; 22. a third charge control chip; 23. a first electrical connector; 231. a first electrical connector a; 232. a first electrical connector B; 233. a first electrical connector C; 30. a first electrical connection; 40. a second electrical connection; 50. a battery assembly; 51. a second electrical connector; 511. a second electrical connector A; 512. a second electrical connector B; 513. a second electrical connector C; 52. a flexible electrical connection element; 53. a first glue site; 54. a second glue site; 60. a frame; 61. a first groove; 62. and a second groove.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functionality throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

The features of the terms "first", "second", and the like in the description and in the claims of this application may be used for descriptive or implicit inclusion of one or more such features. In the description of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/", generally means that the associated object is an "or" relationship.

In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "transverse," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships illustrated in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be configured and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the terms in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art in a specific context.

The electronic device provided according to the embodiment of the present application is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application includes: the secondary board 10, the primary board 20, the first electrical connector 30, the second electrical connector 40, and the battery assembly 50.

The sub-board 10 comprises a charging interface 12; the motherboard 20 includes at least three first electrical connectors 23; a first end of the first electrical connector 30 is electrically connected to at least two of the first electrical connectors 23, and a second end of the first electrical connector 30 is electrically connected to the sub-board 10; a first end of the second electrical connector 40 is electrically connected to at least one of the first electrical connectors 23, and a second end of the second electrical connector 40 is electrically connected to the sub-board 10; the battery assembly 50 includes at least three second electrical connectors 51, and the second electrical connectors 51 are connected to the first electrical connectors 23 in a one-to-one correspondence.

In the above-described embodiments of the present application, a new way of charging the battery assembly 50 of the electronic device is provided. Specifically, when the battery assembly 50 of the electronic device is charged by using the external charging device, the first electrical connector 30 and the second electrical connector 40 are adopted to shunt and convey charging current, and then the battery assembly 50 is matched with the three or more second electrical connectors 51 to shunt and supply power, so that charging power can be increased, and the effect of high-power quick charging is achieved.

In the above solution provided in the embodiments of the present application, no component is added in the thickness direction of the electronic device, which is beneficial to keeping the electronic device in a light and thin design.

In the solution provided in this embodiment, three or more second electrical connectors 51 (see the second electrical connectors a511, B512 and C513 shown in fig. 1 and 5) are disposed at the end of the battery assembly 50 of the electronic device, and meanwhile, first electrical connectors 23 (see the first electrical connectors a231, B232 and C233 shown in fig. 4) matched with the second electrical connectors 51 are disposed in the spare space on the motherboard 20 of the electronic device, so that the connection mode is also simpler and the assembly difficulty and the production cost are not increased.

In the embodiment of the application, the battery assembly 50 of the electronic device is provided with at least three second electric connectors 51, and the current can be divided and conveyed in multiple directions when the battery assembly 50 is charged through the first electric connector 30 and the second electric connector 40. The application provides a high-power quick-charging scheme capable of saving cost and reducing the thickness of the whole machine, and can improve the use experience of a user in using electronic equipment.

Alternatively, depending on the charging power, three or more second electrical connectors 51 may be used to perform split charging when charging the battery assembly 50. For example, the larger the charging power, the more number of the second electrical connectors 51 need to be provided for the charge split, which is not limited in this application.

The battery assembly 50 is to be electrically connected to the motherboard 20, and the number of the first electrical connectors 23 is matched with the number of the second electrical connectors 51 on the motherboard 20.

Optionally, the first electrical connector 23 and the second electrical connector 51 are both configured as BTB electrical connectors. By the design, the first electric connector 23 and the second electric connector 51 can be formed into a male buckle and a female buckle, so that connection between different electric connectors is facilitated, and connection difficulty is reduced.

In the above embodiment, the main board 20 and the auxiliary board 10 are, for example, two circuit boards PCBs in the electronic device.

Alternatively, the charging interface 12 on the sub-board 10 may be a USB connector or the like.

In some examples of the present application, referring to fig. 3, 8 to 10, the electronic device further includes a frame 60, and the sub-board 10, the main board 20, the first electrical connector 30, the second electrical connector 40, and the battery assembly 50 are all located in the frame 60; wherein the battery assembly 50 is covered on the first electrical connector 30 and the second electrical connector 40.

In the above example, the frame 60 may function to secure/carry most of the components of the electronic device. The frame may include a middle frame or the like, for example.

The main board 20 and the auxiliary board 10 may be fastened to the middle frame by fasteners (such as screws, etc.). The first electrical connector 30, the second electrical connector 40, and the battery assembly 50 may be adhered to the middle frame by, for example, double-sided adhesive tape. The connection mode of the components is simple, and the assembly difficulty of the electronic equipment is not increased.

Wherein the battery assembly 50 can be directly overlaid on the first and second electrical connectors 30, 40, which makes the overall assembly layout more compact. In addition, the second electrical connector 51 on the battery assembly 50 is also connected with the first electrical connector 23 on the motherboard 20 in an aligned manner, and complex wiring is not required, so that the assembly relationship can be simplified.

Optionally, referring to fig. 11, the frame 60 is provided with a groove structure, and the first electrical connector 30 and the second electrical connector 40 are both located in the groove structure.

Referring to fig. 11, the groove structure includes, for example, a first groove 61 and a second groove 62, which can accommodate the first electrical connector 30 and the second electrical connector 40, respectively. On this basis, the first recess 61 and the second recess 62 should be shaped to match the first electrical connector 30 and the second electrical connector 40.

The housing 60 of the electronic device may be grooved to accommodate the first electrical connector 30 and the second electrical connector 40, which may have at least two advantages: (1) The thickness space of the whole machine is not occupied, and the aim of reducing the thickness of the whole machine can be fulfilled; (2) The first electrical connector 30 and the second electrical connector 40 form a split design with the battery assembly 50, the main board 20 and the sub-board 10, which does not occupy too much space on a plane and saves cost during assembly.

In some examples of the present application, the first electrical connector 30 and the second electrical connector 40 are flexible circuit boards.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first electrical connector 30 and the second electrical connector 40 may be flexible circuit boards (FPCs). When the first electrical connector 30 and the second electrical connector 40 are flexible circuit boards, the flexible circuit boards can be bent, folded, etc., so that the flexible circuit boards are arranged between the auxiliary board 10 and the main board 20.

Optionally, a copper layer is laid on the surface of the second electrical connector 40.

In particular, when the second electrical connector 40 is provided as a flexible circuit board, a metallic copper layer may be laid on the surface thereof to thicken the flexible circuit board, and the entire circuit impedance may be reduced.

In a specific example of the present application, referring to fig. 3 to 7, three first electrical connectors 23, namely, a first electrical connector a231, a first electrical connector B232, and a first electrical connector C233, are disposed on the motherboard 20; wherein the first electrical connector a231 is electrically connected to the first end of the second electrical connector 40, and the first electrical connector B232 and the first electrical connector C233 are electrically connected to the first connection end of the first electrical connector 30;

the battery assembly 50 includes three second electrical connectors 51, namely a second electrical connector a511, a second electrical connector B512 and a second electrical connector C513; wherein the first electrical connector a231 is electrically connected to the second electrical connector a511, the first electrical connector B232 is electrically connected to the second electrical connector B512, and the first electrical connector C233 is electrically connected to the second electrical connector C513.

The charging interface 12 on the auxiliary board 10 is, for example, a USB connector, and may be used to connect an external charging device, and the charging current and the electrical signal may be respectively transmitted to the three first electrical connectors 23 on the main board 20 through the first electrical connector 30 and the second electrical connector 40, and finally distributed to the battery assembly 50 through the three second electrical connectors 51.

For example, the second electrical connector 40 (which may be a charging FPC) may deliver a portion of the charging current to the first electrical connector a231, and the first electrical connector a231 may deliver the portion of the charging current to the battery assembly 50 through the second electrical connector a 511.

For example, the first electrical connector 30 may transmit another portion of the charging current to the first electrical connector B232 and the first electrical connector C233, respectively, and the first electrical connector B232 and the first electrical connector C233 may transmit the charging current to the battery assembly 50 via the second electrical connector B512 and the second electrical connector C513, respectively.

In this way, the charging current is supplied to the battery assembly 50 by three-way current-dividing.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, the second electrical connector 51 is connected with a flexible electrical connection element 52, and the second electrical connector 51 is electrically connected with the first electrical connector 23 through the flexible electrical connection element 52.

Optionally, the flexible electrical connection element 52 is provided as a flexible circuit board, on the surface of which a copper layer is laid.

The design of laying the metal copper layer on the surface of the flexible electric connection element 52 thickens the thickness of the flexible electric connection element 52, so that the impedance of the whole circuit can be reduced.

Specifically, referring to fig. 4 and 5, after the charging device and the charging line are plugged into the user terminal, the charging interface 12 on the auxiliary board 10 distributes the 200W fast charging power output by the charging device to the first electrical connector 30 and the second electrical connector 40 respectively: a part of the charging current is distributed to the first electric connector a231, and a part of the charging current is distributed to the first electric connector B232 and the first electric connector C233 respectively; the first electrical connector a231 may supply a charging current to the battery assembly 50 through the second electrical connector a511, the first electrical connector B232 may supply a charging current to the battery assembly 50 through the second electrical connector B512, and the first electrical connector C233 may supply a charging current to the battery assembly 50 through the second electrical connector C513; the 200W fast charging power output by the charging device is summarized again into the battery cell of the battery assembly 50 for energy storage in a three-way current-dividing and charging current-conveying mode, and power is supplied to the electronic device.

Optionally, referring to fig. 4, the electronic device further includes at least a first charging control chip 11, a second charging control chip 21, and a third charging control chip 22; the first charging control chip 11 is disposed on the auxiliary board 10, and is configured to control the current connected through the charging interface 12 to be divided into a first current and be transmitted to the battery assembly 50 through the second electrical connector 40; the second charging control chip 21 and the third charging control chip 22 are disposed on the main board 20, and are configured to divide the current connected through the charging interface 12 into a second current and a third current, and then respectively transmit the second current and the third current to the battery assembly 50.

That is, the first charging control chip 11, the second charging control chip 21, and the third charging control chip 22 may control the distribution of the current, for example, three paths of currents may be formed.

It should be noted that the number of the charge control chips includes, but is not limited to, the three described above, and may be adjusted as needed.

In the case where the battery pack 50 is provided with three second electrical connectors 51, the charge control chip may be provided with three. The number of the second electrical connectors 51 and the charging control chips can be designed to be matched.

Optionally, the battery assembly 50 includes at least two electric cells, and each electric cell is disposed in series.

That is, the battery assembly 50 in the present application may be designed with dual cells connected in series, so that the battery capacity can be increased and the endurance of the electronic device can be improved.

In some examples of the present application, referring to fig. 3, the electronic device further includes a sub-board support 13, the sub-board support 13 is connected with the frame 60 through a fastener, the sub-board 10 is disposed in the sub-board support 13, and the charging interface 12 is electrically connected to the sub-board 10 and fastened through a pressing member 14.

The auxiliary board bracket 13 can press the whole auxiliary board, and plays a role of fixing the auxiliary board 10 in the inner cavity of the electronic equipment. In addition, the pressing piece is pressed on the charging interface 12 on the auxiliary board 10, so that the charging interface 12 can be prevented from loosening when the electronic equipment falls down, and stable and reliable connection is ensured.

Optionally, the pressing member 14 is a steel sheet.

In some examples of the present application, the main board 20, the first electrical connector 30, the second electrical connector 40, and the battery assembly 50 are respectively adhered and fixed to the frame 60.

For electronic devices, battery safety is very important. Therefore, whether or not the battery assembly 50 of the electronic device is firmly bonded is important. As shown in fig. 11, two glue sites, namely a first glue site 53 and a second glue site 54, are provided on the battery assembly 50, and double-sided tape may be used to glue the battery assembly 50 on the frame 60 of the electronic device at the two glue sites, so as to ensure the reliability of the glue of the battery assembly 50.

It should be noted that, the electronic device provided in the embodiment of the present application includes, but is not limited to, application to mobile phones, and may also be applied to other electronic devices, for example, tablet computers, notebook computers, etc., where the specific type of the electronic device is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In the description of the present specification, reference to the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "illustrative embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: many changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (12)

1. An electronic device, the electronic device comprising:

-a sub-board (10), the sub-board (10) comprising a charging interface (12);

-a main board (20), said main board (20) comprising at least three first electrical connectors (23);

-a first electrical connector (30), a first end of the first electrical connector (30) being electrically connected to at least two of the first electrical connectors (23), a second end of the first electrical connector (30) being electrically connected to the sub-plate (10);

-a second electrical connector (40), a first end of the second electrical connector (40) being electrically connected to at least one of the first electrical connectors (23), a second end of the second electrical connector (40) being electrically connected to the sub-plate (10);

the battery assembly (50) comprises at least three second electric connectors (51), and the second electric connectors (51) are connected with the first electric connectors (23) in a one-to-one correspondence mode.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises: a frame (60), wherein the auxiliary board (10), the main board (20), the first electrical connector (30), the second electrical connector (40) and the battery assembly (50) are all arranged in the frame (60); wherein the battery assembly (50) is covered on the first electrical connector (30) and the second electrical connector (40).

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the frame (60) is provided with a groove structure, and the first electrical connector (30) and the second electrical connector (40) are both located in the groove structure.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first electrical connector (30) and the second electrical connector (40) are provided as flexible circuit boards.

5. Electronic device according to claim 4, characterized in that the surface of the second electrical connection (40) is provided with a copper layer.

6. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein three first electrical connectors (23) are provided on the motherboard (20), namely a first electrical connector a (231), a first electrical connector B (232) and a first electrical connector C (233); wherein the first electrical connector a (231) is electrically connected to the first end of the second electrical connector (40), and the first electrical connector B (232) and the first electrical connector C (233) are electrically connected to the first connection end of the first electrical connector (30);

the battery assembly (50) comprises three second electric connectors (51), namely a second electric connector A (511), a second electric connector B (512) and a second electric connector C (513); wherein the first electrical connector a (231) is electrically connected to the second electrical connector a (511), the first electrical connector B (232) is electrically connected to the second electrical connector B (512), and the first electrical connector C (233) is electrically connected to the second electrical connector C (513).

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, characterized in that the second electrical connector (51) is connected with a flexible electrical connection element (52), the second electrical connector (51) being electrically connected with the first electrical connector (23) by means of the flexible electrical connection element (52).

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, characterized in that the flexible electrical connection element (52) is provided as a flexible circuit board, on the surface of which a copper layer is laid.

9. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1-8, further comprising at least a first charge control chip (11), a second charge control chip (21) and a third charge control chip (22); the first charging control chip (11) is arranged on the auxiliary board (10) and is used for controlling the current accessed through the charging interface (12) to be divided into first current and to be conveyed to the battery assembly (50) through the second electric connecting piece (40); the second charging control chip (21) and the third charging control chip (22) are arranged on the main board (20) and are used for dividing the current accessed through the charging interface (12) into a second current and a third current and then respectively conveying the second current and the third current to the battery assembly (50).

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the battery assembly (50) comprises at least two cells, each of the cells being arranged in series.

11. The electronic device according to claim 2, further comprising a sub-board holder (13), the sub-board holder (13) being connected to the frame (60) by a fastener, the sub-board (10) being provided in the sub-board holder (13), the charging interface (12) being electrically connected to the sub-board (10) and being fastened by a press-fit member (14).

12. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the main board (20), the first electrical connector (30), the second electrical connector (40), and the battery assembly (50) are respectively adhesively fixed to the frame (60).

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