CN219499674U

CN219499674U - Electronic equipment

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Publication number: CN219499674U
Application number: CN202221260470.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郭文平
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Robot Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-23
Filing date: 2022-05-23
Publication date: 2023-08-08
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-23

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device. An electronic device includes: a non-expandable curved surface housing; the light guide plate comprises a first side surface and a second side surface which is away from the first side surface, wherein the first side surface is attached to at least one part of the inner side of the non-expandable surface shell, and the second side surface is arranged in an expandable surface; or the second side surface is formed by splicing a plurality of planes; or the second side surface is formed by splicing a deployable curved surface and a plane; the circuit board assembly comprises a substrate and a plurality of lamp beads, wherein the substrate comprises a main body area, the lamp beads are arranged in the main body area, and one side of each lamp bead is arranged in the main body area and attached to the second side surface of the light guide plate.

Description

Electronic equipment

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of terminals, and in particular relates to electronic equipment.

Background

In some related art, due to the flatness of the bonding between the circuit board and the housing, the housing is usually designed as a deployable surface housing to avoid warpage after the circuit board is bonded. However, as the requirements of the market on the appearance of the terminal equipment are increased, the research and development personnel consider that the shell is designed to be a non-expandable shell, but the problem is that the non-expandable shell is directly attached to the circuit board, and the circuit board is warped and does not fit.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides an electronic device to solve the deficiencies in the related art.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic apparatus including:

a non-expandable curved surface housing;

the light guide plate comprises a first side surface and a second side surface which is away from the first side surface, wherein the first side surface is attached to at least one part of the inner side of the non-expandable surface shell, and the second side surface is arranged in an expandable surface; or the second side surface is formed by splicing a plurality of planes; or the second side surface is formed by splicing a deployable curved surface and a plane;

the circuit board assembly comprises a substrate and a plurality of lamp beads, wherein the substrate comprises a main body area, the lamp beads are arranged in the main body area, and one side of each lamp bead is arranged in the main body area and attached to the second side surface of the light guide plate.

Optionally, the light guide plate includes a light guide plate that does not pass through, the light guide plate that does not pass through includes a plurality of light guide through-holes, and a plurality of light guide through-holes set up with a plurality of lamp pearls one-to-one.

Optionally, the second side surface includes a first light guiding region and a second light guiding region spaced from the first light guiding region, and the first light guiding region and the second light guiding region are respectively penetrated by a plurality of light guiding through holes;

the areas of the first light guide area and the second light guide area are respectively arranged in a plane.

Optionally, the second side surface further includes a first middle region between the first light guiding region and the second light guiding region, a first curved region joining the first light guiding region and the first middle region, and a second curved region joining the second light guiding region and the first middle region;

the main part district includes first lamp pearl district, second intermediate zone, first district and the second district of buckling, first lamp pearl district laminate in first leaded light district the second lamp pearl district the first district of buckling laminate in first crooked district the second district of buckling laminate in second crooked district, the second intermediate zone laminate in first intermediate zone, first intermediate zone with the second intermediate zone all is the plane form setting.

Optionally, the circuit board assembly further includes a control chip, where the control chip is disposed in the second middle area, and the control chip and the lamp beads are located on two opposite sides of the substrate.

Optionally, the substrate further includes an extraction region, the extraction region being connected to the body region, the extraction region including an electrical contact disposed at an end remote from the body region;

the circuit board assembly further comprises a reinforcing plate, and the reinforcing plate is attached to the area, corresponding to the electric contact, of the lead-out area and deviating from the electric contact.

Optionally, the non-expandable surface casing includes transparent substrate layer and printing opacity outward appearance layer, the light guide plate laminating in one side of transparent substrate layer, printing opacity outward appearance layer laminating in the opposite side of transparent substrate layer.

Optionally, the light transmissive appearance layer comprises a white light transmissive appearance layer.

Optionally, the light transmittance of the light-transmitting appearance layer is between 5% and 7%.

Optionally, the transparent substrate layer comprises a polycarbonate transparent substrate layer.

Optionally, the electronic device includes a robot, a wearable terminal, a handheld terminal, or a household appliance.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can comprise the following beneficial effects:

according to the embodiment, the problem of warping caused by directly attaching the circuit board to the non-deployable surface shell in the related art is avoided through the respective attachment of the light guide plate to the non-deployable surface shell and the circuit board assembly in the disclosure, and the flare phenomenon caused by the distance between the non-deployable surface shell and the circuit board assembly can be reduced through the arrangement of the light guide plate.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a partial structural diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a partial structure of the electronic device in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a structure of a light guide plate according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a circuit board assembly according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a substrate according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 6 is another angular schematic view of the circuit board assembly of fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a non-developable housing, in accordance with an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements, unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary examples are not representative of all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with some aspects of the present disclosure as detailed in the accompanying claims.

The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in this disclosure to describe various information, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "at … …" or "responsive to a determination", depending on the context.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a partial structure of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment, fig. 2 is a schematic view of a cross-section of a partial structure of the electronic device of fig. 1, fig. 3 is a schematic view of a structure of a light guide plate according to an exemplary embodiment, fig. 4 is a schematic view of a circuit board assembly according to an exemplary embodiment, and fig. 5 is a schematic view of a structure of a substrate according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 1-5, the electronic device may include a non-expandable casing 1, a light guide plate 2 and a circuit board assembly 3, where the non-expandable casing 1 may be configured in a spherical shape or other shape structure that extends a certain thickness through a non-expandable surface, and the non-expandable casing 1 may be configured as a non-expandable surface as a whole or configured as a non-expandable surface as a part, which is not limited by the disclosure. The light guide plate 2 may include a first side surface 21 and a second side surface 22 disposed away from the first side surface 21, where the first side surface 21 may be attached to at least a portion of an inner side of the non-expandable casing 1, specifically, the first side surface 21 may be attached to an area of the non-expandable casing 1 that is not designed as an expandable surface, and the second side surface 22 may be formed by splicing an expandable surface and a plane, such as shown in fig. 2, and the second side surface 22 may be formed by joining three planes and one expandable surface disposed between two adjacent planes. Of course, in other embodiments, the second side surface 22 may be configured in a deployable curved surface, or the second side surface 22 may be formed by a plurality of flat surfaces, which is not limited by the disclosure. The first side surface 21 of the light guide plate 2 can be contoured according to the shape of the non-expandable curved surface shell 1, so as to realize the fit between the light guide plate 2 and the non-expandable curved surface shell 1, and avoid the conditions of uneven fit and local warping when the light guide plate 2 is processed into a plate shape and then is attached to the inner side of the non-expandable curved surface shell 1.

The circuit board assembly 3 may include a substrate 31 and a plurality of light beads 32, where the substrate 31 may include a body region 311, the plurality of light beads 32 are disposed in the body region 311, one side of the body region 311 where the light beads 32 are disposed may be attached to the second side surface 22 of the light guide plate 2, and since the second side surface 22 is in a design of a deployable surface or a planar design, when the body region 311 is attached to the second side surface 22, a local warpage may be avoided, and light rays emitted by the plurality of light beads 32 disposed on the substrate 31 may make the non-deployable surface casing 1 exhibit a display effect. It can be seen that, in the present disclosure, the problem of warpage that occurs in the related art due to directly attaching the circuit board to the non-deployable surface housing is avoided by attaching the light guide plate 2 to the non-deployable surface housing 1 and the circuit board assembly 3 respectively, and the flare phenomenon that occurs due to the distance between the non-deployable surface housing 1 and the circuit board assembly 3 can be reduced by the arrangement of the light guide plate 2, compared with the scheme that the circuit board and the non-deployable surface housing are directly attached to each other in order to avoid flare in the related art, the distance requirement between the circuit board assembly 3 and the non-deployable surface housing 1 can be reduced.

As shown in fig. 3, the light guide plate 2 may include a non-light-transmitting light guide plate, where the non-light-transmitting light guide plate 2 may include a plurality of light guide through holes 23, and the plurality of light guide through holes 23 and the plurality of light beads 32 may be set in a one-to-one correspondence manner, so that the light beads 32 that are lit at any moment may be adjusted later, so as to display different pattern effects, such as different expression effects, or electric quantity display, or warning information, or error reminding, etc., through the non-deployable curved surface housing 1, thereby enriching the interest of the user in the interaction process with the electronic device.

In some embodiments, the plurality of light guide through holes may be regularly or irregularly arranged in a region of the light guide plate 2, and the pattern effect to be displayed later is limited to the single region; in other embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the second side surface 22 may include a first light guiding region 221 and a second light guiding region 222 spaced from the first light guiding region 221, and a plurality of light guiding through holes 23 may be disposed in the first light guiding region 221 and the second light guiding region 222, respectively, and the regions of the first light guiding region 221 and the second light guiding region 222 are disposed in a plane. Therefore, on one hand, at least two areas of the first light guide area 221 and the second light guide area 222 can be present in the following areas to display pattern effects, and when the electronic equipment is a robot, the first light guide area 221 and the second light guide area 222 can be respectively used as the left eye and the right eye of the robot and respectively display the same or different pattern effects, so that interaction effects are enriched; on the other hand, the second side surface 22 is disposed in a plane corresponding to the first light guiding region 221 and the second light guiding region 222, so that the main body region 311 is also disposed in a plane corresponding to the first light guiding region 221 and the second light guiding region 222, which is beneficial to corresponding cooperation between the lamp beads 32 and the light guiding through holes 23. Of course, it should be understood that, except for being a robot, the electronic device can also be a wearable terminal, a handheld terminal or a household appliance, and through the scheme of the present disclosure, the shell of the electronic device is enriched in the type selection, and is not limited to the shell with a deployable curved surface, so that the attractive force of the autogenous product is improved.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, the second side surface 22 further includes a first middle area 223, a first bending area 224 and a second bending area 225, where the first bending area 224 and the second bending area 225 are designed as a deployable curved surface, the first middle area 223 is located between the first light guiding area 221 and the second light guiding area 222, the first bending area 224 can connect the first middle area 223 with the first light guiding area 221, the second bending area 225 can connect the first middle area 223 with the second light guiding area 222, the first middle area 223 is arranged in a plane, a smooth transition between the first middle area 223 and the first light guiding area 221 can be achieved through the first bending area 224, and a smooth transition between the first middle area 223 and the second light guiding area 222 can be achieved through the second bending area 225, which is beneficial to the flat adhesion of the subsequent main body area 331.

Accordingly, as shown in fig. 4, the body region 311 may include a first bead region 312, a second bead region 313, a second intermediate region 314, a first bending region 315 and a second bending region 316, and the first bead region 312 and the second bead region 313 may be provided with a plurality of beads 32, respectively. When the circuit board assembly 3 is not attached to the light guide plate 2, the first light bead region 312, the second light bead region 313, the second middle region 314, the first bending region 315 and the second bending region 316 may be disposed in a plane respectively, and subsequently when the circuit board assembly 3 is attached to the light guide plate 2, the first light bead region 312 is attached to the first light guide region 221, the second light bead region 313 is attached to the second light guide region 222, and the second middle region 314 is attached to the first middle region 223, and since the first light guide region 221, the second light guide region 222 and the first middle region 223 are disposed in a plane respectively, the first light bead region 312, the second light bead region 313 and the second middle region 314 are disposed in a plane respectively, so as to facilitate the arrangement of electronic components on the second middle region 314. For example, as shown in fig. 5, the circuit board assembly 3 may further include a control chip 33, the control chip 33 may be disposed in the second middle area 314, and the control chip 33 and the lamp beads 32 are located on opposite sides of the substrate 31, i.e. the control chip 33 may be located on a side of the substrate 31 facing away from the light guide plate 2. In addition, since the first bending region 224 and the second bending region 225 are disposed in a bending shape, when the circuit board assembly 3 is attached to the light guide plate 2, the first bending region 315 can bend with the first bending region 224 to attach to the first bending region 224, and similarly, the second bending region 316 can bend with the second bending region 225 to attach to the second bending region 225.

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the second side surface 22 may include only the first light guiding region 221 and the second light guiding region 222; alternatively, the second side surface 22 includes the first light guiding region 221 and the second light guiding region 222 and a curved region disposed between the first light guiding region 221 and the second light guiding region 222, or the second side surface 22 includes the first light guiding region 221 and the second light guiding region 222 and a planar region disposed between the first light guiding region 221 and the second light guiding region 222, although other arrangement embodiments may exist, and the design may be specifically designed according to the need, which will not be repeated herein.

In the above-described embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 6, the substrate 31 may further include a lead-out region 317, the lead-out region 317 may be connected to the body region 311, and a lead may be disposed at the lead-out region 317 to be directly electrically connected to the lamp beads 32, or the lamp beads 32 may be electrically connected to the control chip 33 through the lead, and then the lead-out region may be disposed to be electrically connected to the control chip 33. The lead-out section 317 may include electrical contacts 318 disposed at an end remote from the body section 311, through which electrical contacts 318 electrical signals of the wiring board assembly 3 may be led out to a motherboard or other control board of the electronic device. The circuit board assembly 3 may further include a reinforcing plate 34, where the reinforcing plate 34 is attached to a region of the lead-out section 317 corresponding to the electrical contact 318 and facing away from the electrical contact 318, and by the arrangement of the reinforcing plate 34, the strength of the region of the lead-out section 317 where the electrical contact 318 is arranged can be improved, which is beneficial for connection between the electrical contact 318 and a target contact.

In the technical solution of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 7, the non-expandable curved surface casing 1 may include a transparent substrate layer 11 and a transparent appearance layer 12, the light guide plate 2 may be attached to one side of the transparent substrate layer 11, and the transparent appearance layer 12 may be disposed on the opposite side of the transparent substrate layer 11. The transparent substrate layer 11 may comprise a plastic transparent substrate layer, for example, a transparent substrate layer comprising a polycarbonate transparent substrate layer. In this scheme, through the setting of printing opacity outward appearance layer 12, can realize that light is penetrated out on the one hand, reach pattern effect and show the purpose, on the other hand can adjust the outward appearance colour of unable curved surface shell 1, promote the aesthetic property. For example, the transparent appearance layer 12 may include a white transparent appearance layer, such as may be formed by spraying white paint on the surface of the transparent substrate layer 11. The light transmittance of the light-transmitting appearance layer 12 is between 5% and 7%, so that the light transmittance of the light-transmitting appearance layer 12 is prevented from being too high, and the user can see the internal elements or layout outside the non-expandable curved surface shell 1, and the phenomenon that the pattern display is not clear enough due to the too low light transmittance of the light-transmitting appearance layer 12 is avoided.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any adaptations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following the general principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a non-expandable curved surface housing;

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the light guide plate comprises a non-light transmissive light guide plate, the non-light transmissive light guide plate comprising a plurality of light guide through holes, the plurality of light guide through holes being disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of light beads.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the second side surface includes a first light guiding region and a second light guiding region spaced apart from the first light guiding region, the first light guiding region and the second light guiding region being penetrated by a plurality of the light guiding through holes, respectively;

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the second side surface further comprises a first intermediate region between the first light guiding region and the second light guiding region, a first curved region joining the first light guiding region and the first intermediate region, and a second curved region joining the second light guiding region and the first intermediate region;

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the circuit board assembly further comprises a control chip disposed in the second intermediate region, and the control chip and the lamp beads are disposed on opposite sides of the substrate.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the substrate further comprises an extraction region, the extraction region being connected to the body region, the extraction region comprising an electrical contact disposed at an end remote from the body region;

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the non-expandable surface housing comprises a transparent substrate layer and a light transmissive appearance layer, the light guide plate is attached to one side of the transparent substrate layer, and the light transmissive appearance layer is attached to the opposite side of the transparent substrate layer.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the light transmissive appearance layer comprises a white light transmissive appearance layer.

9. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the light transmittance of the light transmissive appearance layer is between 5% -7%.

10. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the transparent substrate layer comprises a polycarbonate transparent substrate layer.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a robot, a wearable terminal, a handheld terminal, or a household appliance.