JP2006032441A - Electronic apparatus with two or more opening/closing lids - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic apparatus having a plurality of opening/closing lids, the electronic apparatus being characterized in that one lid is securely closed to prevent a stored body from coming out and the structure is simple. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic apparatus 1 has a battery lid 2 for opening and closing a battery storage chamber and a card lid 3 for opening and closing a memory card storage chamber arranged along an X surface and a Y surface forming the corner of an apparatus body 1a; and the battery lid 2 is supported rotatably on a rotary shaft 4, and the card lid 3 is supported rotatably on a rotary shaft 5 and slidably at right angles to the rotary shaft 5. When the engagement claw 3a of the card lid 3 at a closure position is fitted in the engagement hole 2a of the battery lid 2 at a closure position to close both the card lid 3 and battery lid 2, the battery lid 2 can not be opened to prevent a battery from coming out. The card lid 32 is slid outward to be disengaged and opened, so that the battery lid 2 can be opened. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus having a plurality of opening / closing lids.

  In a conventional electronic device such as a camera, for example, a lid for loading a battery and a film or a medium card such as a memory card, or a cover for protecting a connection terminal may be required. In addition, there are those that perform any of the attachment / detachment operations by opening and closing the opening / closing lid, and those in which an inner lid is additionally provided for the battery inside one opening / closing lid.

  In the case where a single opening / closing lid is applied as a lid for loading a battery and attaching / detaching a card in a conventional electronic device such as a camera as described above, the battery can be removed by opening the opening / closing lid when only the card is to be taken out. There was a problem in handling. Normally, the card storage unit has a lock mechanism built in, but the battery storage unit has some versatility, so there is a possibility that the battery will pop out when the lid is opened. There is.

  Further, in the case where a separate inner lid is provided for the opening / closing lid, the inner lid is naturally smaller than the outer opening / closing lid. Therefore, it is difficult to open and close the inner lid.

  On the other hand, if the lid is too loosely held with respect to the battery lid, when the device falls, the lid may open due to the impact and the battery may pop out. However, if the battery cover is firmly fixed, the workability is poor when replacing the battery. Setting the appropriate fixing and holding force of the lid in this way is delicate and difficult.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. In an electronic apparatus having a plurality of open / close lids, one lid is securely closed, the pop-up of stored items can be prevented, and the structure is simple. An object is to provide an electronic device.

  An electronic device having a plurality of opening / closing lids according to claim 1 of the present invention is attached to a first rotating shaft disposed on one surface of the electronic device, and a first portion on one surface of the electronic device. A first opening / closing lid that can be opened and closed, and a lid member that is pivotally attached to a second rotating shaft disposed on the other surface of the electronic device and is located on the other surface of the electronic device. When the first opening / closing lid is in a closed state and the lid member is also in a closed state, the lid member is engaged with the first opening / closing lid, and the first opening / closing lid is closed. And a second opening / closing lid for restricting the opening / closing lid in the opening direction.

  An electronic device having a plurality of opening / closing lids according to claim 2 of the present invention is the electronic device having a plurality of opening / closing lids according to claim 1, wherein the one surface and the other surface of the electronic device intersect each other. It is a surface to do.

  An electronic device having a plurality of opening / closing lids according to claim 3 of the present invention is the electronic device having a plurality of opening / closing lids according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second opening / closing lid is itself closed. When in the state, it moves along the other surface to release the engagement.

  According to the present invention, in an electronic device having a plurality of opening / closing lids, it is possible to provide an electronic device having a plurality of opening / closing lids that can reliably close the lid, prevent the stored items from popping out, and has a simple structure. it can.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention when a card cover / battery cover is closed. 2 to 6 are perspective views showing a card lid / battery lid opening process and a memory card / battery removing process in the electronic device, and FIG. 2 shows a state in which the card lid is slid, FIG. 3 shows a state in which the card lid is opened and the battery lid is unlocked. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the card lid is completely opened to unlock the memory card, and the electronic lid is opened. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the memory card is taken out and the battery cover is completely opened, and FIG. 6 shows a state in which the battery is taken out. FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the electronic device with the card cover open. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view (X and Y cross-sections) around the card cover / battery cover when the electronic device is closed. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view (X and Y cross sections) showing a state in which the card cover is slid in the + Y direction from the state of FIG.

  The electronic device 1 according to the present embodiment is, for example, a digital camera or the like, in which a battery and a memory card that is a recording medium are detachable. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, etc., the electronic device 1 has a device main body 1a having a corner portion composed of an X surface that is one surface of the outer surface and a Y surface that is the other surface orthogonal to the surface. In the device main body 1a, the battery storage chamber 1c and the card storage chamber 1d do not spatially intersect but are arranged so as to overlap on a plane projection. A battery lid 2 that is a first open / close lid is disposed along the X plane, and a card lid 3 that is a second open / close lid is disposed along the Y plane.

  The battery storage chamber 1c has a battery insertion port 1c0 which is a first portion, and the battery 8 can be loaded along the Y direction. The card storage chamber 1d has a memory card insertion slot 1d0 which is a second portion, and a memory card 9 which is a recording medium can be loaded along the X direction.

  In the closed state, the battery lid 2 is disposed along the X plane, and is in the D1 direction around the pivot shaft 4 (FIG. 4), which is the first pivot shaft disposed parallel to the X plane of the device body 1a. ) Is rotatably supported. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the battery lid 2 is provided with an engagement hole 2 a and a click claw 2 b at the tip side protruding portion. When the engagement hole 2a is in the closed state, the engagement hole 2a engages with an engagement claw 3a of the card lid 3 described later to lock and hold the battery lid 2 in the closed position. The click claw 2b can be engaged with the click recess 1b of the device main body 1a, and holds the battery cover 2 in the closed position.

  The battery lid 2 can open and close the battery insertion port 1c0 of the battery storage chamber 1c arranged in the vicinity of the rotating shaft 4.

  In the closed state, the card lid 3 is disposed along the Y plane, and is in the direction D2 around the pivot shaft 5 (FIG. 3) which is the second pivot shaft disposed in parallel with the Y plane of the device body 1a. ) And is slidable by a predetermined amount in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis (Y direction in the closed state). The card lid 3 can open and close a card insertion slot 1d0 that is a second part of the card storage chamber 1d disposed in the vicinity of the rotation shaft 5.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the rotation shaft 5 is supported by a shaft support plate 6 fixed to the apparatus main body 1a. A rotating plate 7 is rotatably supported on the rotating shaft 5. The card cover 3 is slidably supported by the rotation plate 7 in a state where the card cover 3 is fitted in the slide groove 3 d in the orthogonal direction between the rotation shaft 5 and the cover cover 3. In a state in which the card lid 3 is located on the rotation shaft 5 side (+ Y direction), the click convex portion 3 c of the card lid 3 is engaged with an elastically deformable mountain-shaped click piece portion 7 c provided on the rotation plate 7. The click is held together.

  When the card cover 3 is slid to the counter-rotating shaft side (-Y direction) against the click holding force, the card cover 3 moves over the click convex portion 3c as shown in FIG. 3 b contacts the inner edge surface 7 b of the rotating plate 7. A convex engagement claw 3a is provided at the tip of the card lid 3 toward the rotation axis. The engagement claw 3a is in a closed state (positioned on the + Y direction side) when the battery is closed. The card cover 3 is engaged with the engagement hole 2a of the cover 2 and the card cover 3 is locked in the closed state as described above.

The card lid, battery lid opening / closing and memory card / battery attaching / detaching operations in the electronic apparatus 1 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
When the battery 8 and the memory card 9 are loaded and stored in the respective storage chambers 1c and 1d and both the battery cover 2 and the card cover 3 are in the closed state, the battery cover 2 is clicked as shown in FIGS. Since 2b is engaged with the main body side and is locked by the engagement between the engagement claw 3a of the card lid 3 and the engagement hole 2a, it is held in a state where it cannot be opened. Similarly, the card lid 3 has an engagement claw 3a inserted into the engagement hole 2a of the battery lid 2, and is held in the closed position.

  When the loaded memory card 9 and battery 8 are removed from the electronic apparatus 1, the card cover 3 is -Y against the click force of the click piece 7c of the rotating plate 7 from the cover closed state shown in FIGS. Then, the engaging claw 3a is removed from the engaging hole 2a of the battery lid 2 (the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 9). In this state, the card cover 3 can be rotated in the D2 direction (opening direction) (FIG. 3).

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the card cover 3 is completely rotated to the open position and the memory card 9 is pressed, the card 9 can be taken out from the card storage chamber 1d in the −X direction.

  In the opened state of the card cover 3 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the battery cover 2 is in a state in which the rotation can be opened because the engagement hole 2 a by the engagement claw 3 a of the card cover 3 is unlocked. . Therefore, the battery cover 2 is rotated in the D1 direction (opening direction), the click claw 2b is released from the engagement with the main body click recess 1b, and is rotated to the open position shown in FIG. In this state, as shown in FIG. 6, the battery 8 can be taken out from the battery storage chamber 1c in the −Y direction.

  When the battery 8 and the memory card 9 are loaded, the battery lid 2 and the card lid 3 are mounted in the battery and memory card loaded and stored state shown in FIG. It can be in the closed state of FIG.

  According to the electronic device 1 of the present embodiment described above, the card lid 3 in the closed position serves as a protection member and reliably holds the battery lid 2 in the closed state. It is possible to prevent the battery 8 from inadvertently popping out. In addition, since the frequency of attaching / detaching the memory card 9 is higher than the attaching / detaching of the battery 8, there is no inconvenience even if the card cover 3 is made to function as a protection.

  Further, both the battery lid 2 and the card lid 3 can adopt a necessary size for covering the insertion opening of each storage chamber, and the click operation force of each lid can be set to an appropriate force separately, so that the operation is easy. Furthermore, it is possible to use the space at the corners of the device main body as an arrangement space, which is effective for making the device compact. Further, the battery lid 2 is provided with an outward projecting portion having an engagement hole 2a, and this projecting portion functions as an operation portion for placing a finger to open the battery lid 2, so that a separate battery lid operation portion is provided. There is no need to provide a simple structure.

Next, a modification of the card lid support mechanism in the electronic apparatus 1 of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 10 which is a cross-sectional view of the mechanism of the modification.
In the present modification, the components other than the card lid and its support mechanism are the same as those in the embodiment, and the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and different parts will be described below.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the card cover 13 of this modification is supported by a rotating shaft 15 along the Y plane so that it can be driven. However, a shaft support plate 16 that supports the rotating shaft 15 is provided on the Y of the device main body 1a. It is slidably fitted in a slide groove 1g formed parallel to the surface, and is slidable in the Y direction.

  The shaft support plate 16 has a mountain-shaped click piece 16 f that can be elastically deformed and an inner edge 16 e in addition to the shaft support of the rotating shaft 15. The click piece 16f is engaged with the click recess 1f of the device main body 1a when the card lid 13 is moved in the + Y direction, and the card lid 13 is clicked and held in the closed position. When the card lid 13 in the closed state is slid in the -Y direction, the card lid 13 moves in the -Y direction together with the rotation shaft 15 and the shaft support plate 16, and the click piece 16f of the shaft support plate 16 is clicked. After escaping from If, the inner edge portion 16e comes into contact with the stopper 1e on the apparatus main body side and reaches an openable position. In this state, the card cover 13 can be rotated in the D2 direction of the opening direction.

  The operation of opening / closing the card lid and the battery lid and the attaching / detaching operation of the memory card and the battery in the electronic apparatus incorporating the card lid support mechanism of the present modification are the same as those in the above embodiment.

  In addition, the electronic device to which the card lid support mechanism of the present modification is applied has the same effect as that of the above embodiment, and in particular, there is no shaft support plate inside the card lid 13 and it is easy to attach and detach the memory card. Become.

  It should be noted that the same applies even if a terminal lid that covers the terminal portion or a lid that is necessary in appearance is applied instead of the card lid that is the protective lid (second opening / closing lid) in the embodiment and the modification described above. An effect is obtained.

  In the embodiment and the modification described above, the battery cover and the card cover are disposed along the X and Y surfaces of the device main body 1 as shown in FIG. 1, but the present invention is not limited to these surfaces. It is also possible to arrange them on orthogonal surfaces. Further, these two surfaces do not necessarily have to be orthogonal to each other, and may be surfaces intersecting at a certain angle.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment and modification, the card lid as the protective lid (second opening / closing lid) is rotated and opened after sliding, and the lid on the side to be protected (first opening / closing) The battery lid as the lid) is configured to be rotated and opened. However, the present invention is not limited to these driving methods, and is configured to open and close the lid by other driving methods. If it is the structure which locks the open movement of a battery cover with the card cover which is a cover for protection in a closed state, the same effect can be acquired.

  The electronic device of the present invention is an electronic device having a plurality of opening / closing lids, and one lid can be reliably closed, and a stored item such as a battery can be prevented from popping out, and the structure can be used as a simple electronic device. Is possible.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance in the card cover and battery cover closed state of the electronic device of one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a state in which a card cover is slid in a card cover / battery cover opening process and a memory card and battery removing process in the electronic device of FIG. 1. It is a perspective view of the state which opened the card cover among the opening process of the card cover and the battery cover in the electronic device of FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a state in which the card cover is completely opened to release the lock of the memory card and the battery cover is opened in the process of opening the card cover / battery cover and the process of taking out the memory card and battery in the electronic device of FIG. FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a state in which the memory card is removed and the battery lid is completely opened in the card lid / battery lid opening process and the memory card and battery removing process in the electronic device of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a state in which a battery is taken out of a card lid / battery lid opening process and a memory card and battery taking process in the electronic device of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the electronic device of FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view (X and Y cross-sections) around a card cover and a battery cover when the electronic device of FIG. 1 is closed. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view (X and Y cross-sections) showing a state in which the card cover is slid in the −Y direction from the state of FIG. 8 in the electronic device of FIG. 1. It is sectional drawing of the card cover support mechanism part as a modification with respect to the card cover support mechanism part of the electronic device of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1c0 ... Battery insertion slot (first part)
1d0 ... Card insertion slot (second part)
2 ... Battery cover (first opening / closing cover)
3 ... Card lid (second lid)
4 ... Rotation axis (first rotation axis)
5 ... Rotation axis (second rotation axis)
X side ... one side Y side ... other side

Agent Patent Attorney Susumu Ito

Claims (3)

A first opening / closing lid that is pivotally attached to a first rotation shaft disposed on one surface of the electronic device, and capable of opening and closing a first portion on the one surface of the electronic device;
A lid member, which is pivotally attached to a second rotating shaft disposed on the other surface of the electronic device, and is capable of opening and closing a second portion on the other surface of the electronic device; When the opening / closing lid is closed and the lid member is also closed, the lid member engages with the first opening / closing lid and restricts the rotation of the first opening / closing lid in the opening direction. A second lid,
An electronic apparatus having a plurality of opening / closing lids. 2. The electronic device having a plurality of opening / closing lids according to claim 1, wherein the one surface and the other surface of the electronic device intersect each other. 3. The plural according to claim 1, wherein the second opening / closing lid moves along the other surface to release the engagement when the second opening / closing lid is in the closed state. Electronic device having an open / close lid.

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