JP2011254230A - Portable electronic device and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that excellent design property of a portable electronic device cannot be realized without increase in thickness of the portable electronic device.SOLUTION: A portable electronic device comprises: a body section equipped with a first panel portion and a second panel portion connected with the first panel portion; and a frame portion for covering only an end of the body section. The juncture line of the first panel portion and the second panel portion is located at the end of the body portion. The end of the body portion is provided with one of a guide portion and a rail portion fitted into the guide portion, and the frame portion is provided with the other.

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable electronic device and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly to a portable electronic device including a frame and a manufacturing method thereof.

  The casing of a portable electronic device generally has a joint line between the panels constituting the casing (a joint line) depending on the conditions when the substrate is mounted inside the casing and the assembling conditions of the electronic device. However, it is the structure arrange | positioned on the side surface of a housing | casing.

  However, if there is a line of alignment at a position that can be identified from the appearance such as the side of the housing, the design of the portable electronic device is lowered. Therefore, in order to make the joint line inconspicuous, a device has been devised such as a design in which a step is provided on the side surface of the housing.

  Thus, in recent years, users are demanding high design for portable electronic devices.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a camera that can be easily assembled by inserting an internal unit including a lens unit, a monitor, and a substrate into a frame.

JP 2009-157241 A (paragraph “0030”, FIG. 1)

  As described above, the related portable electronic device has a problem that the design of the portable electronic device is lowered because the alignment line is arranged at a position that can be identified from the appearance.

  Here, in order to hide this joint line, the structure which covers the whole housing | casing with a frame using the technique disclosed by patent document 1 can be considered. However, such a configuration causes a problem that the thickness of the frame is added to the thickness of the housing, and the portable electronic device itself becomes thick.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device that solves the above-described problem that the high designability of the portable electronic device cannot be realized without increasing the thickness of the portable electronic device, and a method for manufacturing the portable electronic device. It is to provide.

  A portable electronic device according to the present invention includes a main body portion including a first panel portion, a second panel portion coupled to the first panel portion, and a frame portion that covers only an end portion of the main body portion. And the joint line of the 1st panel part and the 2nd panel part is located in the edge part of a main-body part, and the edge part of a main-body part is either one of the rail part fitted to the guide part and the guide part And the frame part includes one of the other.

  In addition, the method for manufacturing a portable electronic device according to the present invention includes any one of a first panel part, a second panel part coupled to the first panel part, and a rail part fitted to the guide part and the guide part. A second coupling portion of the frame portion including a second coupling portion which is the other of the guide portion and the rail portion, on the first coupling portion of the main body portion including the first coupling portion. The frame portion covers only the end portion of the main body portion where the joint line between the first panel portion and the second panel portion is located.

  According to the portable electronic device of the present invention, high designability of the portable electronic device can be realized without increasing the thickness of the portable electronic device.

1 is a perspective view showing a portable electronic device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is the (a) perspective view, (b) top view, and (c) 2c-2c line sectional view of the top view (b) which show the portable electronic equipment concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows another portable electronic device which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows another portable electronic device which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows another portable electronic device which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the portable electronic device which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the (a) perspective view, (b) top view, and (c) top view (b) sectional view taken on the line 7c-7c which show the portable electronic device concerning a 2nd embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the portable electronic device which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the portable electronic device which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is the (a) top view which shows the portable electronic device which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention, and the 10b-10b sectional view taken on the line of (b) top view (a). It is sectional drawing which shows another portable electronic device which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is (a) sectional drawing which shows another portable electronic device which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention, (b) It is an enlarged view of the part enclosed with the broken line of sectional drawing (a).

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present specification, the exposed linear portion of the first panel portion and the second panel portion is referred to as a joint line. The joint line is formed by joining two panel portions. This joint line is generally called a parting line or a joint trace.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state before the portable electronic device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is assembled. FIG. 2A is a perspective view showing the portable electronic device 100. FIG. 2B is a plan view of the portable electronic device 100. 2C is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2c-2c in the plan view of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the portable electronic device 100 includes a main body portion 101 and a frame portion 102. The main body unit 101 includes a first panel unit 103 and a second panel unit 104 coupled to the first panel unit 103. The joint lines 105 a and 105 b between the first panel unit 103 and the second panel unit 104 are located at the end of the main body unit 101. A guide unit 106 is disposed at the end of the main body unit 101. On the other hand, the frame unit 102 includes a rail unit 107 that fits with the guide unit 106 inside the frame unit 102.

  The frame portion 102 moves in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1 and is attached to the main body portion 101. At this time, the rail portion 107 of the frame portion 102 is fitted with the guide portion 106 of the main body portion 102 and moves along the guide portion 106.

  In this way, as shown in FIG. 2A, the portable electronic device 100 is manufactured. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the frame portion 102 covers only the end portion of the main body portion 102. Thereby, as shown in FIG.2 (c), the flame | frame part 102 coat | covers the joint line 105b.

  According to the portable electronic device 100 of the present embodiment, the joint lines 105 a and 105 b are located at the end of the main body 101. The frame portion 102 covers only the end portion of the main body portion 102. Therefore, the joint line 105 b can be covered without increasing the thickness of the portable electronic device 100. Thereby, since the joint line 105b can be hidden from the appearance, a high design can be realized. Further, since the frame portion 102 covers the joint line 105, the sealing performance of the main body portion 101 is improved, and a dustproof effect and the like are obtained.

  Further, according to the portable electronic device 100 of the present embodiment, the end of the main body 101 includes the guide 106 and the frame 102 includes the rail 107. Therefore, the frame part 102 can be easily attached to the main body part 101 by sliding the frame part 102 along the guide part 106 and fitting the rail part 107 to the guide part 106. Further, the frame portion 102 can be easily detached from the main body portion 101. As described above, since the frame unit 102 can be easily attached and detached, according to the portable electronic device 100 of the present embodiment, the frame unit 102 can be replaced to replace the frame unit 102 according to the user's preference. It can be attached. As a result, the design of the portable electronic device 100 can be further improved.

  According to the above description, the guide unit 106 is disposed in the main body unit 101 and the rail unit 107 is disposed in the frame unit 102. However, the portable electronic device 100 according to the present embodiment is limited to this. It is not something. That is, the guide unit 106 may be disposed on the frame unit 102 and the rail unit 107 may be disposed on the main body unit 101.

  Further, the guide part 106 does not need to be arranged so as to extend from one end of the main body part 101 to the other end. As long as the rail portion 107 can slide along the guide portion 106, for example, the guide portion 106 may be disposed only in a part of the main body portion 101, or a plurality of such guide portions 106 may be provided at predetermined intervals. It may be arranged individually. Similarly, the rail portion 107 does not need to be arranged to extend from one end inside the frame portion 102 to the other end. For example, the rail portion 107 may be disposed only on a part of the inside of the frame portion 102, or a plurality of such rail portions 107 may be disposed at a predetermined interval. As described above, the portable electronic device 100 can be reduced in weight by arranging the guide part 106 or the rail part 107 only on a part of the inside of the main body part 101 or the frame part 102.

  Moreover, according to the portable electronic device 100 of this embodiment, the joint line 105b can be hidden from the appearance without causing a decrease in strength of the electronic device. As a method for hiding the joint lines 105a and 105b from the appearance, there is a method of scraping the surface of the end of the main body 101 to make the joint lines 105a and 105b inconspicuous. However, if the surface of the end portion is cut, the strength of the electronic device is reduced. In addition, there is a problem that the manufacturing process becomes complicated. On the other hand, according to the portable electronic device 100 of the present embodiment, since the portion where the joint line 102 is exposed is covered with the frame portion 102, the joint line 105b is hidden from the appearance without causing a decrease in the strength of the electronic device. be able to.

  Although the structure of the frame part 102 shown in FIG. 1 is U-shaped, the structure of the frame part 102 is not limited to this. For example, it may be L-shaped.

  Moreover, although the thickness of the 1st panel part 103 and the thickness of the 2nd panel part 104 were shown in FIG. 1, these thicknesses may differ.

  The portable electronic device 100 preferably has a configuration in which the frame portion 102 includes an engaging portion, and the end portion of the main body portion 101 includes an engaging end portion that engages with the engaging portion. Thereby, the frame part 102 can be fixed to the main body part 101.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the portable electronic device 120 may further have a cap portion 128 attached to the end portion of the main body portion 101 that is not covered with the frame portion 102. When the structure of the frame portion is U-shaped, as shown in FIG. 2A, even if the frame portion 102 is attached to the main body portion 101, the joint line 105a remains at a position that can be identified from the appearance. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, by further preparing a cap portion 128 and attaching the cap portion 128 and the frame portion 122 to the main body portion 101, the joint line 105 a can also be hidden from the appearance.

  Furthermore, it is good also as a structure which can engage the frame part 102 and the cap part 108. FIG. Thereby, the frame part 102 and the cap part 108 can be fixed to the main body part 101.

  The main body 101 may include a circuit board necessary for an electronic device. Further, a monitor, a button, or the like may be disposed on the surface exposed to the outside of the first panel unit or the second panel unit.

  2A to 2C show an example in which the thickness of the frame portion 102 is the same as the thickness of the main body portion 101, but the portable electronic device 100 according to the present embodiment is not limited to this. The frame part 102 may be thinner or thicker than the main body part 101. As shown in FIG. 5, when the frame part 142 is thicker than the thickest part, which is the thickest part of the main body part 101, the main body part can be prevented from coming into contact with other articles. Therefore, when the main body has the monitor 149 or the like, it is desirable that the frame 142 be thicker than the main body. Thereby, it can prevent that the monitor 149 contacts with another article | item and is damaged. The portable electronic device 140 includes a first panel unit 143 and a second panel unit 144.

  The portable electronic device 100 can be, for example, a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), or a PDA (Personal Data Assistant).

  Next, a method for manufacturing the portable electronic device 100 according to the first embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the main body 101 includes a first panel unit 103, a second panel unit 104 coupled to the first panel unit 103, a guide unit 106, and a rail unit that fits into the guide unit 106. 107, which is one of the first coupling portions. FIG. 1 shows an example in which the first coupling portion is the guide portion 106. On the other hand, the frame portion 102 includes a second coupling portion that is one of the guide portion 106 and the rail portion 107. FIG. 1 shows an example in which the second coupling portion is the rail portion 107. Here, the joint lines 105 a and 105 b between the first panel unit 103 and the second panel unit 104 are located at the end of the main body unit 101.

  The portable electronic device 100 is manufactured by fitting the second coupling portion of the frame portion 102 to the first coupling portion of the main body portion 101 and covering only the end portion of the main body portion 101 with the frame portion 102. .

  According to the method for manufacturing portable electronic device 100 of the present embodiment, the frame portion is attached to the main body portion by fitting the guide portion and the rail portion. Therefore, this mounting operation can be easily performed.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the portable electronic device of the present embodiment, the main body portion includes a rail portion, and the frame portion includes a guide portion.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state before assembling the portable electronic device 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7A is a perspective view showing the portable electronic device 200. FIG. 7B is a plan view of the portable electronic device 200. FIG. 7C is a sectional view taken along line 7c-7c in the plan view of FIG. 7B.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the portable electronic device 200 includes a main body portion 201 and a frame portion 202. The main body unit 201 includes a first panel unit 203 and a second panel unit 204 coupled to the first panel unit 203. The joint lines 205 a and 205 b between the first panel unit 203 and the second panel unit 204 are located at the end of the main body unit 201. A guide unit 206 is disposed inside the frame unit 202. On the other hand, a rail portion 207 that fits into the guide portion 206 is disposed at the end of the main body portion 201. At this time, the thickness of the end portion of the main body 201 is thinner than the thickest portion of the main body 201.

  The main frame 201 is mounted on the main body 201 by moving the main body 201 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. At this time, the rail portion 207 of the main body portion 201 is fitted to the guide portion 206 of the frame portion 202 and moves along the guide portion 206.

  In this way, the portable electronic device 200 is manufactured as shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the frame portion 202 covers only the end portion of the main body portion 202. Thereby, as shown in FIG.7 (c), the flame | frame part 202 coat | covers the joint line 205b.

  According to the portable electronic device 200 of the present embodiment, the joint line 205 b is located at the end of the main body 201. The frame portion 202 covers only the end portion of the main body portion 202. Therefore, it is possible to cover the joint line 205b without increasing the thickness of the portable electronic device 200. Thereby, since the joint line can be hidden from the appearance, the design of the portable electronic device can be improved.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are perspective views showing components constituting the portable electronic device 300 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10A is a plan view of the portable electronic device 300. FIG. 10B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 10b-10b in the plan view of FIG.

  As illustrated in FIG. 8, the portable electronic device 300 includes a main body portion 301, a frame portion 302, and a cap portion 308. The main body 301 includes a first panel unit 303 and a second panel unit 304 coupled to the first panel unit 303. As shown in FIG. 9, the joint lines 305 a and 305 b between the first panel unit 303 and the second panel unit 304 are located at the end of the main body unit 301. The frame portion 302 includes a guide portion 306 at a part of the inside thereof. The frame portion 302 is U-shaped and has a rounded shape. On the other hand, the end portion of the main body portion 301 includes a rail portion 307 that fits into the guide portion 306. The cap unit 308 is attached to the end of the main body unit 301.

  Further, the mounting substrate 311 provided in the main body portion 301 is held by the first panel portion 303 and the second panel portion 304. Further, the waterproof packing 310 is fitted in the packing groove 314. Then, by tightening the screw 312 in this state, the end portion of the first panel portion 303 and the end portion of the second panel portion 304 are coupled.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10B, convex portions 307 a and 307 b are arranged at the end portion of the rail portion 307. Further, the guide portion 306 is provided with a concave portion 306a that fits with the convex portion 307a and a concave portion 306b that fits with the convex portion 307b. Then, when the frame portion 302 is attached to the main body portion 301, the concave portion 306a and the convex portion 307a are fitted, and the concave portion 306b and the convex portion 307b are fitted, whereby the guide portion 306 moves the rail portion 307 from above and below. You can hold it. Therefore, when the frame portion 302 is attached to the main body portion 301, the frame portion 302 can be firmly fixed to the main body portion 301.

  The concave portions 306a and 306b and the convex portions 307a and 306b may be arranged so as to extend from one end to the other end of the guide portion 306 or the rail portion 307, respectively, or only on a part of the guide portion 306 or the rail portion 307. May be. 10B shows an example in which the convex portions 307a and 307b are arranged at the end of the rail portion 307 and the concave portions 306a and 306b are arranged in the guide portion 306. However, the concave portions are arranged in the rail portion 307. However, a convex portion may be disposed on the guide portion 306.

  A method for manufacturing the portable electronic device 300 will be described. The main body 301 is inserted into the frame 302 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. Thereby, the frame portion 302 is attached to the main body portion 301. At this time, the rail portion 307 of the main body portion 301 is fitted into the guide portion 306 of the frame portion 302, and the main body portion 301 and the frame portion 302 are slid relative to each other. Further, at this time, as shown in FIG. 10B, the concave portion 306a and the convex portion 307a are fitted, and the concave portion 306b and the convex portion 307b are fitted, whereby the guide portion 306 moves the rail portion 307 from above and below. Add in. Finally, the cap unit 308 is attached to the main body unit 301, and the cap unit 308 is fixed to the frame unit 302 with screws 312.

  Since the main body 301 includes the waterproof packing 310, it has high waterproofness.

  The frame portion 302 is preferably made of a resin, and particularly preferably made of a polycarbonate resin such as PC-GF10. It is desirable to use a material that can bend the frame portion 302 as the material of the frame portion 302. Thereby, when manufacturing the portable electronic device 300, it can prevent that the flame | frame part 302 breaks.

  The portable electronic device 300 may include a side key unit on the side surface of the portable electronic device 300.

  FIG. 10B shows an example in which the guide portion 306 holds the rail portion 307 from above and below, but the structure of the guide portion 306 and the rail portion 307 is not limited to this. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 11, the guide portion 327 may be configured to press the rail portion 326 from the vertical direction. The portable electronic device 320 includes a frame part 322 and a main body part. The main body portion includes a first panel portion 323 and a second panel portion 324. The mounting substrate 331 is disposed inside the main body. A guide portion 326 is disposed inside the frame portion 322. A rail portion 327 is disposed in the main body portion. The waterproof packing 330 is fitted in the packing groove.

  FIG. 9 shows an example in which the cap unit 308 is fixed to the frame unit 302 with screws 312, but the configuration for fixing the cap unit 308 to the frame unit 302 is not limited to this. FIG. 12A is a cross-sectional view in which the frame portion 342 and the cap portion 348 are cut in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. For example, as shown in FIG. 12A, a first engagement portion 355 is provided at the end of the frame portion 342. The first engaging portion 355 can have a claw-like structure, for example. Further, a second engagement portion 356 that engages with the first engagement portion 355 is provided at the end of the cap portion 348. FIG. 12B shows an enlarged view of a broken line portion including the first engagement portion 355 and the second engagement portion 356 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 12B, the cap portion 348 can be fixed to the frame portion 342 by engaging the first engagement portion 355 with the second engagement portion 356.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention described in the claims, and it is also included within the scope of the present invention. Not too long.

100, 120, 140, 200, 300, 320 Portable electronic device 101, 201, 301 Main body part 102, 122, 142, 202, 302, 322 Frame part 103, 143, 203, 303, 323 First panel part 104, 144, 204, 304, 324 Second panel portion 105, 205, 305, alignment line 106, 206, 306, 326 Guide portion 107, 207, 307, 327 Rail portion 128, 308, 348 Cap portion 149 Monitor 306a, 306b Concave portion 307a, 307b Convex portion 310, 330 Waterproof packing 311, 331 Mounting substrate 312 Screw 314 Packing groove 355 First engaging portion 356 Second engaging portion

Claims (10)

A main body comprising a first panel and a second panel coupled to the first panel;
A frame portion covering only the end portion of the main body portion,
A joint line between the first panel part and the second panel part is located at an end of the main body part,
The end portion of the main body portion includes either one of a guide portion and a rail portion fitted to the guide portion,
The frame unit is a portable electronic device including one of the other.   The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the structure of the frame portion is U-shaped.   The portable electronic device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a thickness of an end portion of the main body portion is thinner than a thickest portion of the main body portion.   The portable electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a thickest portion of the frame portion is thicker than a thickest portion of the main body portion.   The portable electronic device as described in any one of Claim 1 to 4 which has a cap part with which the edge part of a main-body part is mounted | worn. An end portion of the frame portion includes a first engaging portion;
The portable electronic device according to claim 5, wherein an end portion of the cap portion includes a second engagement portion that engages with the first engagement portion. Either one of a convex part and a concave part fitted to the convex part is arranged on the rail part,
In the guide portion, the other of the convex portion and the concave portion is arranged,
The portable electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the guide portion holds the rail portion from above and below by fitting the convex portion and the concave portion.   The portable electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the first panel unit and the second panel unit are coupled with a waterproof packing interposed therebetween.   The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the frame portion is made of a resin. A first panel unit; a second panel unit coupled to the first panel unit; and a first coupling unit that is one of a guide unit and a rail unit fitted to the guide unit. In the first coupling part of the main body part,
The second coupling part of the frame part provided with the second coupling part which is the other of the guide part and the rail part is fitted,
The manufacturing method of the portable electronic device which coat | covers only the edge part of the said main-body part in which the joint line of the said 1st panel part and the said 2nd panel part is located with the said frame part.

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