CN219799826U - Light guide column and electronic equipment - Google Patents

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CN219799826U
CN219799826U CN202320961923.8U CN202320961923U CN219799826U CN 219799826 U CN219799826 U CN 219799826U CN 202320961923 U CN202320961923 U CN 202320961923U CN 219799826 U CN219799826 U CN 219799826U
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The utility model discloses a light guide column and electronic equipment, wherein the light guide column comprises a light guide column body and a light guide structure, the light guide column body comprises a plurality of transfer parts, a steering part is arranged between any two adjacent transfer parts, two transfer parts positioned at the two most ends respectively form a light inlet and a light outlet, light rays are injected from the light inlet and are emitted from the light outlet, and the steering part is used for changing the propagation direction of the light rays; the light guide structure is connected to the end part of the transmission part where the light outlet is located, the light guide structure is provided with a scattering surface and a light expansion opening, a light guide cavity is formed in the light guide structure, the scattering surface and the light outlet are oppositely arranged, the light expansion opening is located on one side of the scattering surface, and the size of the light expansion opening is larger than that of the light inlet. According to the light guide column, the scattering surface is arranged to scatter light so as to enlarge the irradiation area of the light and the light guide structure is emitted from the light expansion port, so that the light splitting effect of the light guide column is improved, and the requirement that the indicator lamp of the electronic equipment displays in a large-area light block mode is met.

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Light guide column and electronic equipment
Technical Field
The present utility model relates to the field of electronic devices, and in particular, to a light guide column and an electronic device.
Background
The light guide column is applied to various communication type electronic equipment, can transmit optical signals from a circuit board to a visual end of the equipment, is convenient for identifying various working conditions of the equipment, such as a switch, an AP (wireless access point) and the like, and is arranged in a plurality of electronic equipment to guide light to an indicator lamp, and the running condition of the equipment is indicated by the indicator lamp.
The existing light guide columns generally guide single-point light sources to the indicator lamps to display in the form of light spots, or guide a plurality of single-point light sources to the indicator lamps to display in the form of large-area light blocks; in order to highlight the appearance of equipment, more and more equipment now adopts large-area light blocks to express the visual effect of equipment, but the light splitting effect of current leaded light post is relatively poor, and in order to reach the effect that shows large-area light blocks, current electronic equipment usually adopts a plurality of single-point light sources to realize through a plurality of leaded light post leaded light to lead to circuit plate structure complicacy, and the cost of manufacture is high.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model mainly aims to provide a light guide column and electronic equipment, and aims to solve the technical problem that the light guide column in the prior art is poor in light splitting effect.
In order to achieve the above object, the light guide column according to the present utility model includes:
the light guide column body comprises a plurality of transmission parts which are arranged at intervals along the extending direction of the light guide column body, a steering part is arranged between any two adjacent transmission parts, the two transmission parts positioned at the two most ends form a light inlet and a light outlet respectively, the two ends of the steering part are connected with the two corresponding transmission parts in a smooth transition mode respectively, light rays are injected from the light inlet and are emitted from the light outlet, and the steering part is used for changing the propagation direction of the light rays;
the light guide structure is connected to the end part of the transfer part where the light outlet is located, the light guide structure is provided with a scattering surface and a light expansion port, a light guide cavity is formed in the light guide structure, the light expansion port is communicated with the light outlet through the light guide cavity, the light guide cavity is located between the light outlet, the scattering surface and the light expansion port, the scattering surface and the light outlet are oppositely arranged, the light expansion port is located on one side of the scattering surface, the scattering surface is used for scattering light emitted by the light outlet and emitting the light out of the light guide structure from the light expansion port, and the size of the light expansion port is larger than that of the light inlet.
Optionally, the light guide structure extends from the light outlet towards a direction far away from the light outlet, the light expansion port is a strip-shaped light expansion port, and the extending direction of the light expansion port is consistent with the extending direction of the light guide structure.
Optionally, the scattering surface is connected to an end of the transmitting portion where the light outlet is located, and the scattering surface is obliquely arranged, so that the light guiding cavity is tapered along an extending direction of the light guiding structure.
Optionally, the light-radiating area on the scattering surface is used for scattering the light emitted from the light-emitting opening and emitting the light out of the light guide structure from the light-diffusing opening, and the width of the light-diffusing opening is equal to the width of the light-radiating area along the extending direction of the light guide structure.
Optionally, a plurality of scattering protrusions are arranged on the scattering surface in an array manner, and each of the plurality of scattering protrusions is used for scattering the light emitted from the light outlet and emitting the light out of the light guide structure from the light outlet.
Optionally, each of the scattering protrusions has a polyhedral structure, and each of the scattering protrusions protrudes toward the light expansion port.
Optionally, each of the scattering protrusions has a quadrangular pyramid shape.
Optionally, the light guiding structure further includes a reflecting surface, the reflecting surface and the light expansion port are both located at one side of the scattering surface, the light expansion port is disposed adjacent to the reflecting surface, the light guiding cavity is located among the light outlet, the scattering surface, the reflecting surface and the light expansion port, and an included angle between the reflecting surface and the scattering surface is an acute angle;
a part of light rays emitted from the light outlet are scattered to the reflecting surface through the scattering surface, reflected to the light expansion opening through the reflecting surface and emitted out of the light guide structure from the light expansion opening;
and the other part of light rays emitted from the light outlet are scattered to the light expansion opening through the scattering surface, and are emitted out of the light guide structure from the light expansion opening.
Optionally, a light condensing section is formed at a position, close to the light inlet, in the transmitting portion where the light inlet is located, and the size of the light condensing section is tapered along the propagation direction of the light.
The utility model also provides electronic equipment, and the light guide column is applied.
In the light guide column, two transmitting parts positioned at the two most ends respectively form a light inlet and a light outlet, and light rays are injected into the light guide column body from the light inlet and sequentially pass through the transmitting parts, the steering parts, the transmitting parts, the steering parts and the transmitting parts to move to the light outlet. Light is emitted from the light outlet to the scattering surface, the scattering surface scatters the light and emits the light guide structure from the light expansion opening, so that the light guide is realized and the light is emitted. According to the light guide column, the scattering surface is arranged to scatter light so as to enlarge the irradiation area of the light and the light guide structure is emitted from the light expansion port, so that the light splitting effect of the light guide column is improved, and the requirement that the indicator lamp of the electronic equipment displays in a large-area light block mode is met. Compared with the mode that the indication lamps of the electronic equipment are displayed in the form of large-area light blocks through the light guide of the plurality of single-point light sources by the plurality of light guide columns, the utility model can meet the requirements by fewer single-point light sources, simplifies the structure of the circuit board of the electronic equipment for supplying power to the single-point light sources, and has simpler structure and lower manufacturing cost. Moreover, the entering direction of the light source is always inconsistent with the required emitting direction of the emitting and light-expanding port, and other structures can be blocked between the light source and the light-expanding port, so that the direction of the light is adjusted by arranging the steering part, avoidance of other structures can be realized, and the use reliability and flexibility of the light guide column are improved.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and other drawings may be obtained according to the structures shown in these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a light guide in an embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a light guide in another view according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a light guide in a partial structure at a viewing angle according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a partial structure of a light guide column according to an embodiment of the utility model;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a scattering surface in a light guiding column according to an embodiment of the utility model.
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the achievement of the objects, functional features and advantages of the present utility model will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in conjunction with the embodiments.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
It should be noted that all directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiments of the present utility model are merely used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement, etc. between the components in a particular posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the particular posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.
In the present utility model, unless specifically stated and limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "affixed," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "affixed" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral body; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present utility model, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the meaning of "and/or" as it appears throughout includes three parallel schemes, for example "A and/or B", including the A scheme, or the B scheme, or the scheme where A and B are satisfied simultaneously. In addition, the technical solutions of the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it is necessary to base that the technical solutions can be realized by those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered to be absent and not within the scope of protection claimed in the present utility model.
The present utility model proposes a light guide column 100.
In an embodiment, the light guide column 100 includes a light guide column body 10 and a light guide structure 20, the light guide column body 10 includes a plurality of transmission parts 11 arranged at intervals along an extending direction thereof, a turning part 12 is arranged between any two adjacent transmission parts 11, two transmission parts 11 positioned at two ends respectively form a light inlet 111 and a light outlet 112, two ends of the turning part 12 are respectively and smoothly connected with the two corresponding transmission parts 11 in a transitional manner, light is injected from the light inlet 111 and is emitted from the light outlet 112, and the turning part 12 is used for changing a propagation direction of the light; the light guiding structure 20 is connected to the end of the transmitting part 11 where the light outlet 112 is located, the light guiding structure 20 is provided with a scattering surface 21 and a light expansion opening 22, a light guiding cavity 23 is formed in the light guiding structure 20, the light expansion opening 22 is communicated with the light outlet 112 through the light guiding cavity 23, the light guiding cavity 23 is located between the light outlet 112, the scattering surface 21 and the light expansion opening 22, the scattering surface 21 is arranged opposite to the light outlet 112, the light expansion opening 22 is located on one side of the scattering surface 21, the scattering surface 21 is used for scattering light emitted by the light outlet 112 and emitting the light out of the light guiding structure 20 from the light expansion opening 22, and the size of the light expansion opening 22 is larger than that of the light inlet 111.
The light guide column 100 of the present utility model is applied to an electronic device, and the present utility model is not limited to the number of the turning parts 12 and the angle of the turning parts 12. As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the number of the turning parts 12 is two, and one turning part 12 is disposed between any two adjacent transmitting parts 11, that is, in this embodiment, the light guiding column 100 includes sequentially connected transmitting parts 11, turning parts 12, and transmitting parts 11. The two transfer portions 11 positioned at the two ends form a light inlet 111 and a light outlet 112, respectively, and light is incident into the light guide column 10 from the light inlet 111, and sequentially passes through the transfer portion 11, the turning portion 12, and the transfer portion 11 to move to the light outlet 112. The light is emitted from the light outlet 112 onto the scattering surface 21, and the scattering surface 21 scatters the light and emits the light out of the light guide structure 20 from the light expansion port 22, thereby realizing the effect of guiding the light and emitting light.
The light guide column 100 of the utility model diffuses light by arranging the diffusion surface 21 to expand the irradiation area of the light and emit the light guide structure 20 from the light expansion port 22, thereby improving the light splitting effect of the light guide column 100 and realizing the requirement that the indicator lamp of the electronic equipment displays in the form of large-area light blocks. Compared with the mode that the indication lamps of the electronic equipment are displayed in the form of large-area light blocks by the light guide of the plurality of single-point light sources through the plurality of light guide columns 100, the utility model can meet the requirements through fewer single-point light sources, simplifies the structure for supplying power to the single-point light sources in the circuit board of the electronic equipment, and has simpler structure and lower manufacturing cost. Moreover, it can be understood that the entering direction of the light source and the required exiting direction of the light-emitting and light-expanding opening 22 are often inconsistent, and other structures may be blocked between the light source and the light-emitting and light-expanding opening 22, so that the direction of the light is adjusted by arranging the turning part 12, avoidance of other structures can be realized, and the use reliability and flexibility of the light-guiding column 100 are improved.
In an embodiment, the light guiding structure 20 extends from the light outlet 112 toward a direction away from the light outlet 112, the light expansion opening 22 is a strip-shaped light expansion opening 22, and the extending direction of the light expansion opening 22 is consistent with the extending direction of the light guiding structure 20, so that the light is scattered by the scattering surface 21 and then emitted from the light expansion opening 22, and the use reliability of the light guiding column 100 is improved.
In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the scattering surface 21 is connected to an end of the transmitting portion 11 where the light outlet 112 is located, and the scattering surface 21 is obliquely disposed, so that the light guiding cavity 23 is tapered along the extending direction of the light guiding structure 20, which is beneficial for the scattering surface 21 to scatter light, and improves the reliability of use of the light guiding column 100.
Further, the light-scattering area 211 is formed in the area of the scattering surface 21 illuminated by the light, the light-scattering area 211 is used for scattering the light emitted from the light-emitting opening 112 and emitting the light out of the light-guiding structure 20 from the light-expanding opening 22, the width of the light-expanding opening 22 is equal to the width of the light-scattering area 211 along the extending direction of the light-guiding structure 20, the light emitted from the light-expanding opening 22 is more uniform, and the utilization rate of the light is maximized.
In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 to 5, a plurality of scattering protrusions 212 are disposed on the scattering surface 21 in an array, and each of the plurality of scattering protrusions 212 is configured to scatter the light emitted from the light outlet 112 and emit the light from the light outlet 112 out of the light guiding structure 20. By arranging the plurality of scattering protrusions 212, the light is scattered by the scattering surface 21, and the structural design is more reasonable.
Further, each scattering protrusion 212 is in a polyhedral structure, and each scattering protrusion 212 protrudes toward the direction of the light-expanding opening 22, it can be understood that the more faces of the polyhedral structure, the more uniform the scattering protrusion 212 scatters light, which is beneficial to scattering light, and the use reliability of the light-guiding column 100 is improved.
Still further, each of the scattering protrusions 212 has a quadrangular pyramid shape, and it can be appreciated that adjacent rectangular pyramids can be closely attached, and the scattering protrusions 212 have a rectangular pyramid shape, so that the scattering protrusions 212 are convenient to arrange while the uniformity of scattered light is satisfied, and the design difficulty of the light guide column 100 is reduced.
In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 4, the light guiding structure 20 further includes a reflective surface 24, the reflective surface 24 and the light expansion opening 22 are both located at one side of the scattering surface 21, the light expansion opening 22 is disposed adjacent to the reflective surface 24, the light guiding cavity 23 is located between the light outlet 112, the scattering surface 21, the reflective surface 24 and the light expansion opening 22, and an included angle between the reflective surface 24 and the scattering surface 21 is an acute angle; some of the light emitted from the light outlet 112 is scattered by the scattering surface 21 to the reflecting surface 24, reflected by the reflecting surface 24 to the light-expanding port 22, and emitted from the light-expanding port 22 to the outside of the light-guiding structure 20; the other part of the light emitted from the light outlet 112 is scattered to the light-expanding port 22 by the scattering surface 21, and is emitted from the light-expanding port 22 to the outside of the light-guiding structure 20. Some light will be emitted from the light outlet 112 to the scattering surface 21, the scattering surface 21 is scattered to the reflecting surface 24, the reflecting surface 24 is reflected to the light-expanding opening 22, and the light is emitted from the light-expanding opening 22 to the outside of the light-guiding structure 20, and by providing the reflecting surface 24, the light is facilitated to be emitted from the light-expanding opening 22, and the light efficiency of the light emitted from the light-guiding column 100 is improved. The angle between the reflecting surface 24 and the scattering surface 21 is acute, so that the reflecting surface 24 can stably reflect light to the light-expanding opening 22 and emit the light from the light-expanding opening 22 to the outside of the light-guiding structure 20.
In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, a light condensing section 1111 is formed in the transmitting portion 11 where the light inlet 111 is located near the light inlet 111, and the size of the light condensing section 1111 is tapered along the propagation direction of the light. The condensing section 1111 can effectively collect light emitted from the light source, and improve the light source utilization rate.
The utility model also provides electronic equipment, which comprises the light guide column 100. The specific structure of the electronic device refers to the above embodiments, and because the electronic device adopts all the technical solutions of all the embodiments, the electronic device at least has all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the embodiments, and the details are not repeated here. In particular, electronic devices include, but are not limited to, switches and APs.
The foregoing description is only of the optional embodiments of the present utility model, and is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, and all equivalent structural modifications made by the present description and accompanying drawings or direct/indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present utility model.

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1. A light guide column, comprising:
the light guide column body comprises a plurality of transmission parts which are arranged at intervals along the extending direction of the light guide column body, a steering part is arranged between any two adjacent transmission parts, the two transmission parts positioned at the two most ends form a light inlet and a light outlet respectively, the two ends of the steering part are connected with the two corresponding transmission parts in a smooth transition mode respectively, light rays are injected from the light inlet and are emitted from the light outlet, and the steering part is used for changing the propagation direction of the light rays;
the light guide structure is connected to the end part of the transfer part where the light outlet is located, the light guide structure is provided with a scattering surface and a light expansion port, a light guide cavity is formed in the light guide structure, the light expansion port is communicated with the light outlet through the light guide cavity, the light guide cavity is located between the light outlet, the scattering surface and the light expansion port, the scattering surface and the light outlet are oppositely arranged, the light expansion port is located on one side of the scattering surface, the scattering surface is used for scattering light emitted by the light outlet and emitting the light out of the light guide structure from the light expansion port, and the size of the light expansion port is larger than that of the light inlet.
2. The light guide column of claim 1, wherein the light guide structure extends from the light outlet in a direction away from the light outlet, the light expansion opening is a strip-shaped light expansion opening, and the extending direction of the light expansion opening is consistent with the extending direction of the light guide structure.
3. The light guide column of claim 1, wherein the scattering surface is connected to an end of the transmitting portion where the light outlet is located, and the scattering surface is disposed obliquely, so that the light guide cavity is tapered along an extending direction of the light guide structure.
4. A light guide column according to claim 3, wherein the area of the scattering surface illuminated by the light forms a light scattering region, the light scattering region being configured to scatter the light emitted from the light outlet and emit the light out of the light guide structure from the light spreading opening, and a width of the light spreading opening is equal to a width of the light scattering region along an extending direction of the light guide structure.
5. The light guide column of claim 1, wherein the scattering surface is provided with a plurality of scattering protrusions, and the plurality of scattering protrusions are configured to scatter light emitted from the light outlet and emit the light out of the light guide structure from the light outlet.
6. The light guide column according to claim 5, wherein each of the scattering protrusions has a polyhedral structure, and each of the scattering protrusions protrudes toward the light-expanding opening.
7. The light guide column of claim 6, wherein each of the scattering protrusions has a quadrangular pyramid shape.
8. The light guide column of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the light guide structure further comprises a reflecting surface, the reflecting surface and the light expansion port are both positioned on one side of the scattering surface, the light expansion port is arranged adjacent to the reflecting surface, the light guide cavity is positioned among the light outlet, the scattering surface, the reflecting surface and the light expansion port, and an included angle between the reflecting surface and the scattering surface is an acute angle;
a part of light rays emitted from the light outlet are scattered to the reflecting surface through the scattering surface, reflected to the light expansion opening through the reflecting surface and emitted out of the light guide structure from the light expansion opening;
and the other part of light rays emitted from the light outlet are scattered to the light expansion opening through the scattering surface, and are emitted out of the light guide structure from the light expansion opening.
9. The light guide column according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a light condensing section is formed in the transmitting portion where the light entrance is located at a position close to the light entrance, and the size of the light condensing section is tapered along the propagation direction of the light.
10. An electronic device, characterized in that the light guiding column according to any one of claims 1 to 9 is applied.
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