JP2011209559A - Electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure which prevents a strap from being damaged, enables a mounting part of the strap to be arranged even in a compact digital camera, and further prevents deformation and breakage of a strap mounting member due to load when the strap is pulled.SOLUTION: A digital camera includes: a chassis 20; a strap mounting member 9 that includes a body part 9a, a strap mounting part 9g which is formed to extend in a direction orthogonal to a direction linking two screw holes provided on the body part 9a, and to which the strap is mounted, a pressing part 9h which is formed at the edge side of the strap mounting part 9g; and a pressing cover 34 where a pressing-down part 34d pressing down the pressing part 9h of the strap mounting member 9 is formed. The two screw holes are formed at positions on both sides between which the strap mounting part 9g of the body part 9a is held.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device having a strap attachment portion.

  Conventionally, a protective member having two cylindrical portions inserted into two holes formed in a cover side wall of a digital camera or the like from the back side of the side wall, and a screw in a state where the protective member is pressed on the back side of the side wall The thing provided with the holding member fixed to this side wall is proposed (patent document 1).

  In this proposal, the strap is prevented from being damaged by the edges of the two holes formed in the cover side wall by passing the strap through the two cylindrical portions of the protective member.

  In addition, a digital camera in which a strap attachment member is disposed on a cover side wall has been proposed (Patent Document 2).

  In this proposal, an opening is provided in the strap attachment member, and a rod-like portion around which the strap is wound is disposed so as to cross the substantially central portion. In addition, two screw holes are provided on the extension line in the direction in which the rod-shaped portion of the strap attachment member crosses the opening so as to sandwich the rod-shaped portion therebetween. And the strap attachment member is arrange | positioned on the side wall of a cover by fastening the screw inserted from two screw holes to the base member in an apparatus.

JP 2006-221038 A JP 2006-084653 A

  However, in Patent Document 1, since the load when the strap is pulled is received by the side wall of the cover, the side wall of the cover must be made relatively large, which is disadvantageous in reducing the size of the device. is there.

  On the other hand, in Patent Document 2, since the strap attachment member is screwed to the base member in the apparatus, it is not necessary to receive the load when the strap is pulled by the side wall of the cover. The strap attachment portion can also be arranged for the device.

  However, in Patent Document 2, since the rod-shaped portion is arranged along the line connecting the two screws, the load when the strap is pulled while being wound around the rod-shaped portion is received by the two screws. In addition, a twisting load acts on the strap attachment member and is likely to be deformed or damaged.

  Therefore, the present invention can prevent the strap from being damaged, and can also arrange the strap attachment portion even for a small electronic device, and further, the strap attachment member by the load when the strap is pulled Provide a mechanism that can prevent deformation and breakage.

  In order to achieve the above object, an electronic apparatus of the present invention is formed to extend in a direction orthogonal to a direction connecting a base member, a main body portion fixed to the base member, and a fixing portion of the main body portion to the base member. A strap attachment member having a strap attachment portion to which the strap is attached, and a pressing portion formed on the distal end side of the strap attachment portion, and a presser in which a pressing portion for pressing the pressing portion of the strap attachment member is formed And the fixing portion is formed at positions on both sides with the strap attaching portion interposed therebetween.

  According to the present invention, the strap can be prevented from being damaged, and the strap mounting portion can be arranged even for a small electronic device. Furthermore, the strap is attached by a load when the strap is pulled. Deformation and breakage of the strap attachment member can be prevented.

It is a figure for demonstrating the digital camera which is an example of embodiment of the electronic device of this invention, (a) is the perspective view of the front side seen from the upper surface side, (b) is the back side seen from the bottom surface side. A perspective view and (c) are partial perspective views showing a state where a jack cover is opened. It is a disassembled perspective view of the digital camera 1 shown in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the whole unit. (A) is the perspective view which looked at the strap attachment member from the outside, (b) is the perspective view which looked at the strap attachment member from the back side. It is the top view which looked at the strap attachment member from the outside. It is the perspective view which looked at the front cover from the outside. It is the perspective view which looked at FIG. 6 from the back side. (A) is the perspective view which looked at the jack cover from the outside, (b) is the perspective view which looked at (a) from the back side. It is a disassembled perspective view of a jack cover. (A) is the perspective view which looked at the rear cover from the outer side, (b) is the perspective view which looked at (a) from the back side. It is a figure which shows an example of a strap. It is a perspective view which shows the state which attached the attaching part of the strap to the strap attaching part of a strap attaching member.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1A and 1B are diagrams illustrating a digital camera that is an example of an embodiment of an electronic apparatus according to the invention, in which FIG. 1A is a front perspective view seen from the top side, and FIG. 1B is a back side seen from the bottom side. (C) is a partial perspective view which shows the state which opened the jack cover.

  As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, in the digital camera 1 of the present embodiment, a front cover 2 and a rear cover 3 are arranged on the front side and the back side, respectively, and a top cover 4 is arranged on the upper side. The bottom cover 5 and the battery cover 7 are disposed on the bottom side. Further, a jack cover 8 and a strap attachment member 9 are disposed on the left side as viewed from the front side of the digital camera 1, and a side cover 6 is disposed on the right side.

  The jack cover 8 can be opened and closed. When the jack cover 8 is opened, the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 11 are disposed in contact with the strap attachment member 9 as shown in FIG. The first terminal 10 is a terminal for transmitting / receiving an HDMI signal to / from an external device, and corresponds to an example of a first external input / output terminal of the present invention. The second terminal 11 is a terminal for transmitting / receiving a USB signal, a video signal / audio signal to / from an external device, and corresponds to an example of a second external input / output terminal of the present invention.

  FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the digital camera 1 shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, a lens unit 12, a strobe unit 13, a battery storage unit 14, an LCD 15, a dial 16, a main board 17, an operation flex 18, and a tripod mounting unit 19 are integrally attached to the chassis 20.

  The tripod mounting portion 19 is formed of a zinc die-cast material, and the chassis 20 is formed of a spring steel material, and the strength and heat transfer properties are enhanced. A heat radiating plate 21 made of an aluminum material is disposed on the front side of the main board 17. In the present embodiment, the unit in which the above-described members 12 to 21 are combined will be described as the entire unit 22.

  Next, an assembly example of the entire unit 22 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the battery housing part 14 including the battery cover 7 and the tripod attachment part 19 are assembled to the chassis 20. Next, in this state, the lens unit 12 and the strobe unit 13 are assembled to the front side of the chassis 20, and the main board 17 is assembled to the chassis 20 via the screws 23 and 24. On the main substrate 17, circuits for image processing and various controls, the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 11 described above, and the like are mounted.

  Next, the LCD 15 and dial 16 are assembled to the chassis 20 from the back side, and the operation flexible cable 18 is assembled to the chassis 20 from the top side. Finally, the heat sink 21 is assembled to the tripod mounting portion 19 together with the main board 17 via screws 25.

  The main board 17 generates heat from various circuits when the digital camera 1 is operated. In this way, the main board 17 is attached to the metal chassis 20 or the tripod mounting portion 19, and the entire surface of the main board 17 is covered with the heat sink 21. By covering, heat is efficiently dissipated. Each cover is attached to the entire unit 22 after assembly.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the top cover 4 is attached to the upper surface side of the entire unit 22 via screws 26 and 27. In addition, the strap attachment member 9 is attached to the left side as viewed from the front side of the entire unit 22.

  Here, with reference to FIG.4 and FIG.5, the strap attachment member 9 is demonstrated. 4A is a perspective view of the strap attachment member 9 as seen from the outside, FIG. 4B is a perspective view of the strap attachment member 9 as seen from the back side, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the strap attachment member 9 as seen from the outside. FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the strap attachment member 9 includes a main body portion 9 a extending in the vertical direction of the digital camera 1, a strap attachment portion 9 g extending from the approximate center of the main body portion 9 a to the front side of the camera 1, A holding portion 9h disposed on the tip side of the strap attachment portion 9g is formed.

  Screw holes 9c and 9d are formed on both sides of the upper portion and the lower portion of the main body portion 9a with the strap attaching portion 9g interposed therebetween. The screw hole 9c and the screw hole 9d act as a fixing portion for fixing the strap attaching portion 9g to the chassis 20. Further, positioning dowels 9e and 9f are provided on the back side of the main body 9a. The positioning dowels 9e are formed above the screw holes 9c, and the positioning dowels 9f are formed below the screw holes 9d. The

  The strap attaching portion 9g extends in a direction orthogonal to a line connecting the screw hole 9c and the screw hole 9d serving as a fixing portion. The strap attaching portion 9g is provided with a strap through hole 9b for inserting the strap 47 (see FIG. 11) in a direction connecting the screw hole 9c and the screw hole 9d.

  The holding portion 9h is supported by the main body portion 9a via a support portion 9k. A jack cover guide 9i is formed at the tip of the holding portion 9h so as to extend toward the side cover 6, and the jack cover guide 9i includes A fitting hole 9j is formed.

  The positioning dowels 9e and 9f of the strap attachment member 9 are fitted into the positioning holes 14a and 14b (see FIGS. 2 and 3) provided in the battery housing portion 14 of the overall unit 22, and thereby the strap attachment member for the overall unit 22 is obtained. 9 is positioned.

  In this positioning state, the screw hole 9c and screw hole 9d of the strap attachment member 9 correspond to the screw hole 20a and screw hole 20b provided in the chassis 20 of the whole unit 22, and the fitting hole 9j of the jack cover guide 9i is Opposed to the front side of the entire unit 22.

  Further, the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 11 mounted on the main board 17 are arranged vertically so as to sandwich the strap attachment portion 9g. In this state, the front cover 2 is attached to the front side of the entire unit 22. Here, the chassis 20 corresponds to an example of a base member disposed in the device of the present invention.

  The front cover 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. 6 is a perspective view of the front cover 2 viewed from the outside, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view of FIG. 6 viewed from the back side.

  In the front cover 2, sheet metals 29 to 33 protruding to the back side are fixed by welding or the like around the back side of the main body 28 formed of a plate material such as stainless steel. The metal plates 29 to 33 are formed of a thin plate material such as stainless steel. A pressing cover 34 is attached to the back side of the left side as viewed from the front side of the main body 28 by adhesion or the like.

  The presser cover 34 is provided with a U-shaped notch 34 a for exposing the strap attachment portion 9 g of the strap attachment member 9 to the outside, and also corresponds to the screw holes 9 c and 9 d of the strap attachment member 9. Are provided with screw holes 34b, 34c. The screw holes 34 b and 34 c of the presser cover 34 are disposed outside the screw holes 9 c and 9 d of the strap attachment member 9.

  Further, on the upper side and the lower side of the cutout portion 34a of the presser cover 34, there are a first terminal hole 34g and a second terminal hole 34h for exposing the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 11 of the main board 17 to the outside. Is provided.

  As a result, the first terminal 10 is located in a region surrounded by the upper portion (one side) of the starting point of the main body 9a and the strap mounting portion 9g, starting from the connection portion of the main body 9a and the strap mounting 9g of the strap mounting member 9. Can be arranged.

  Further, the second terminal 11 can be arranged in a region surrounded by the lower side (the other side) of the starting point of the main body portion 9a of the strap attachment member 9 and the strap attachment portion 9g. As a result, a large external input / output terminal can be more compactly arranged in the space adjacent to the strap attachment portion 9g.

  The pressing cover 34 is provided with a pressing portion 34d for pressing the pressing portion 9h of the strap mounting member 9 from the outside, a fitting pin 34e fitted into the fitting hole 9j of the strap mounting member 9, and the jack cover 8. A mounting hole 34f is provided.

  The jack cover 8 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. 8A is a perspective view of the jack cover 8 viewed from the outside, FIG. 8B is a perspective view of FIG. 8A viewed from the back side, and FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the jack cover 8.

  In the jack cover 8, a cover portion 8a formed of a hard mold resin and a mounting portion 8b formed of a flexible resin are integrally formed by two-color injection molding. As shown in FIG. 2, when the mounting portion 8 b of the jack cover 8 is inserted into the mounting hole 34 f of the pressing cover 34, the mounting hole 8 c provided in the mounting portion 8 b of the jack cover 8 is connected to the fitting pin 34 e of the pressing cover 34. It is inserted.

  Since the mounting hole 8c of the jack cover 8 has a long hole shape, the jack cover 8 can be moved while being fitted into the fitting pin 34e, so that the jack cover 8 can be inserted into and removed from the mounting hole 34f. Become.

  When the jack cover 8 is pulled out, the mounting portion 8b is formed of a flexible resin, so that the jack cover 8 can be opened and closed (see FIG. 1C). In this state, the screw holes 34 b and 34 c of the presser cover 34 are arranged at positions corresponding to the screw holes 9 and 9 d of the strap attachment member 9 and the screw holes 20 a and 20 b of the chassis 20.

  In order to attach the front cover 2 to the whole unit 22, referring to FIG. 2, the sheet metals 29 and 30 are inserted into the lower side of the top cover 4, and the screws 35 are inserted from the screw holes 29 a provided in the sheet metal 29. Are fixed to the chassis 20.

  Further, the screw holes provided in the other metal plates 31 and 32 of the front cover 2 are also arranged at positions corresponding to the screw holes (not shown) provided in the entire unit 22. In this state, the rear cover 3 is attached from the plane side of the entire unit 22.

  The rear cover 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 10A is a perspective view of the rear cover 3 as viewed from the outside, and FIG. 10B is a perspective view of FIG. 10A as viewed from the back side.

  In the rear cover 3, sheet metals 37 to 40 formed of a thin plate of stainless steel or the like are fixed to the back surface of the main body 36 formed of stainless steel or the like by welding or the like.

  The sheet metal 37 is disposed on the side of the rear cover 3 along the vertical direction. The arm portions 37 a and 37 b are screw holes 20 a and 20 b provided in the chassis 20 and screw holes 9 c and 9 d provided in the strap attachment member 9. Between. At that time, the sheet metal 37 is inserted so that the screw holes 37c and 37cb provided in the arm portions 37a and 37b coincide with the screw holes 20a and 20b provided in the chassis 20 and the screw holes 9c and 9d provided in the strap attachment member 9. .

  In this state, as shown in FIG. 2, screws 41 and 42 are screwed into the screw holes 34 b and 34 c of the presser cover 34.

  As a result, the screws 41, 42 pass through the screw holes 9 c, 9 d of the strap attachment member 9 on the lower side of the presser cover 34 and the screw holes 37 c, 37 d of the sheet metal 37 and are screwed into the screw holes 20 a, 20 b of the chassis 20. And tighten. As a result, the rear cover 3, the front cover 2, and the strap attachment member 9 are securely fastened to the entire unit 22.

  Thereafter, the bottom cover 5 and the side cover 6 are also screwed together with the rear cover 3 and the front cover 2 by inserting the screws 43 to 46 into the screw holes provided in the bottom cover 5 and the side cover 6 and tightening them into the screw holes (not shown) of the entire unit 22. It is securely fastened to the entire unit 22.

  Next, an example of attaching the strap 47 to the strap attaching member 9 will be described.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the strap 47. The strap 47 is joined by a joint portion 47c formed of a mold resin or the like, with an arm passage portion 47a formed of a loop-like string and an attachment portion 47b formed of a string thinner than the arm passage portion 47a. ing.

  Then, the attachment portion 47b of the strap 47 is inserted into the strap through hole 9b (see FIG. 4) of the strap attachment member 9, and is wound around and attached to the strap attachment portion 9g.

  Thus, the strap 47 can be prevented from being damaged by attaching the attachment portion 47b of the strap 47 around the strap attachment portion 9g of the strap attachment member 9.

  12A and 12B are perspective views showing a state in which the attaching portion 47b of the strap 47 is attached to the strap attaching portion 9g of the strap attaching member 9. FIG. 12A is a state in which the jack cover 8 is closed, and FIG. Indicates the open state.

  While the user attaches the attachment portion 47b of the strap 47 to the strap attachment portion 9g of the strap attachment member 9, the user carries or photographs the arm passage portion 47a with his / her arm or hand. A pulling force acts on.

  Here, the strap attachment member 9 is fixed to the chassis 20 with screws 41 and 42 on the upper side and lower side of the main body 9a with the strap attachment 9g interposed therebetween, and a holding part on the tip side of the strap attachment 9g. 9h is pressed by the pressing portion 34d of the pressing cover 34.

  Accordingly, the strap attachment portion 9g is disposed in a region surrounded by the three points of the screws 41 and 42 and the pressing portion 34d, and the tensile force is received by the screws 41 and 42 and the pressing portion 34d. The strap attaching portion 9g extends in a direction perpendicular to the line connecting the screws 41 and 42, and the strap through hole 9b is provided so as to penetrate in the direction connecting the screws 41 and 42. It is difficult for a torsional load to act on the strap attachment member 9 when a tensile force is applied. Thereby, the lifting of the strap attachment portion 9g due to the tensile force can be avoided, and the deformation and breakage of the strap attachment member 9 can be prevented.

  In addition, the strap attachment member 9 does not need to be reinforced with a metal material or the like, and can be formed of an inexpensive and lightweight mold resin material or the like, thereby avoiding a cost increase due to metallization and a problem of heat transfer. be able to.

  Further, since the strap attaching member 9 is fixed to the chassis 20 by screws 41 and 42, the pulling force does not have to be received by the cover, and the attaching portion 9g of the strap 47 can be used even for a small digital camera having a small side wall. Can be arranged.

  Further, the fitting hole 9 j of the jack cover guide 9 i provided at the tip of the holding portion 9 h of the strap attachment member 9 is fitted and held in the fitting pin 34 e of the holding cover 34. Therefore, the strap attachment portion 9g can be prevented from being lifted more reliably, and the strap attachment member 9 can be more reliably prevented from being deformed or damaged.

  Furthermore, the screws 41 and 42 screwed into the screw holes 34b and 34c of the presser cover 34 pass through the screw holes 9c and 9d of the strap mounting member 9 on the lower side of the presser cover 34 and the screw holes 37c and 37d of the sheet metal 37, and the chassis. Tightened to 20 screw holes 20a, 20b.

  Therefore, even if the pressing portion 34d of the pressing cover 34 receives a force in the direction of lifting from the pressing portion 9h of the strap mounting member 9, the pressing cover 34 does not lift, and the strap mounting member 9 can be more reliably prevented from being deformed or damaged. can do.

  The configuration of the present invention is not limited to that exemplified in the above embodiment, and the material, shape, dimensions, form, number, arrangement location, and the like can be changed as appropriate without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the pressing cover 34 is provided on the back side of the front cover 2 is illustrated, but the pressing cover 34 may be provided on the back side of the rear cover 3.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the case where the fitting part was comprised by fitting the fitting hole 9i provided in the strap attachment member 9 to the fitting pin 34e of the pressing cover 34 was illustrated, it fits in the strap attachment member 9. A mating pin may be provided and fitted in the fitting hole of the pressing cover 34.

9 Strap attachment members 9c, 9d Screw hole 9g Strap attachment portion 9h Holding portion 10 First terminal 11 Second terminal 20 Chassis 34 Holding cover 34d Holding portion 47 Strap

Claims (6)

A base member;
A main body portion fixed to the base member; a strap attachment portion formed extending in a direction orthogonal to a direction connecting the fixing portions of the main body portion to the base member; and a strap attachment portion to which the strap is attached; A strap mounting member having a pressing portion formed on the distal end side;
A pressing cover formed with a pressing portion for pressing the pressing portion of the strap attachment member,
The said fixed location is formed in the position of the both sides which pinched | interposed the said strap attaching part between, The electronic device characterized by the above-mentioned.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the strap attaching portion is provided with a strap through hole for allowing the strap to be inserted in a direction connecting the fixed portions.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the pressing cover is fixed to the base member together with the strap attachment member.   4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a fitting portion that is fitted to the holding cover is formed on a distal end side of the holding portion of the strap attachment member. 5.   A first external input / output terminal is disposed in a region surrounded by the one side portion of the main body portion of the strap attachment member and the strap attachment portion, and the other side portion of the main body portion and the strap attachment portion 5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a second external input / output terminal is disposed in the enclosed region. 6.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the strap attachment member is formed of a resin material.

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