JP2014007503A - Portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure a space for housing a battery as large as possible while securely fixing a first cabinet and a second cabinet with each other.SOLUTION: In a portable telephone 1 (a portable terminal), a battery 6 is housed in an interior space between a first cabinet 3 and a second cabinet 4. In the portable telephone 1, a pair of first clip engagement parts 10 is formed in the first cabinet 3 so as to be spaced away from each other. Then, a pair of second clip engagement parts 11 is formed in the second cabinet 4 so as to correspond to the pair of first clip engagement parts 10. The first clip engagement parts 10 and the second clip engagement parts 11 are held by a clip member 12 formed by an elastic member while being abutted with each other.

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal such as a cellular phone, and more particularly to the structure of the casing.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it is known that a casing of a mobile terminal has a first cabinet and a second cabinet, and a liquid crystal display, a battery, a substrate, and the like are built in these cabinets.

  For example, in the small electronic device disclosed in Patent Document 1, a chassis and a main board are fitted between a front cabinet and a back cabinet, and six screws are screwed in the thickness direction of the small electronic device and fastened.

JP 2010-56810 A

  However, in the portable terminal like the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, bosses for fastening screws must be provided at six locations, and in particular, since there is a boss portion in the vicinity of the center in the vertical direction, an attempt is made to place a battery in that portion. Then, there was a problem that the width of the battery was limited.

  This invention is made | formed in view of this point, The place made into the objective is to enable it to accommodate as large a battery as possible, fixing a 1st cabinet and a 2nd cabinet reliably.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, the upper and lower middles of the first cabinet and the upper and lower middles of the second cabinet are stopped by clips.

Specifically, in the first invention,
It is assumed that the portable terminal has a first cabinet and a second cabinet, and a battery is accommodated inside the first cabinet and the second cabinet.

And in the mobile terminal,
In the first cabinet, a pair of first clip engaging portions are formed at intervals,
In the second cabinet, a pair of second clip engaging portions are formed at positions corresponding to the first clip engaging portions,
In a state where the first clip engaging portion and the second clip engaging portion are attached to each other, the first clip engaging portion and the second clip engaging portion are respectively held between clip members made of an elastic member. ing.

  That is, when the structure is screwed into the boss portion in the thickness direction and fastened as in the prior art, a space corresponding to the outer diameter of the boss portion is required, but according to the above configuration, the space is narrower than the boss portion. Since the first cabinet and the second cabinet can be reliably fixed by the clip member, it is easy to secure a space for accommodating a battery or the like.

In the second invention, in the first invention,
The battery is accommodated between the pair of clip members.

  According to the above configuration, since the first cabinet and the second cabinet are fixed by the pair of clips without providing the screw boss portion, when the battery is accommodated between the boss portions as in the conventional case. In comparison, the width of the battery can be increased.

In the third invention, in the second invention,
In the first cabinet, a sheet metal is integrally formed,
The battery is arranged on the second cabinet side of the sheet metal,
The first clip engaging portion is formed in a stepped portion cut and raised from the sheet metal to the second cabinet side.

  According to said structure, it is made to pinch | interpose in the state which attached the 1st clip engagement part formed in the level | step-difference part which cut and raised the sheet metal to the 2nd cabinet side, and the 2nd clip engagement part together with the clip. Therefore, a battery can be accommodated in the space near the sheet metal on the first cabinet side.

In the fourth invention, in the third invention,
The first cabinet contains a display unit,
The second cabinet contains a main board,
The battery is accommodated between the display unit and the main board.

  That is, when the first and second cabinets are rounded in the thickness direction, the space in the width direction is widest in the middle in the thickness direction of the portable terminal. By sandwiching the first clip engagement portion and the second clip engagement portion by the clip member in the middle in the thickness direction where the space becomes wider, a battery having a width wider than that of the conventional battery can be arranged.

In the fifth invention, in the fourth invention,
The clip member is made of a conductive material,
A sheet metal is integrally formed in the first cabinet, the clip member is conducted to the sheet metal, and the clip member serves as a ground (ground) for the substrate.

  According to the above configuration, since the clip member is a component for grounding from the substrate to the sheet metal, it is not necessary to separately provide a component for grounding.

  As described above, according to the present invention, in a state where the first clip engaging portion of the first cabinet and the second clip engaging portion of the second cabinet are attached together, these engaging portions are moved from the elastic member. Since the clip member is nipped, a space for providing the boss portion is unnecessary, and a battery as large as possible can be accommodated while the first cabinet and the second cabinet are securely fixed.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line II in FIG. 2. 1 is a perspective view showing a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the mobile telephone from the front side. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the mobile telephone from the back side. It is a perspective view which expands and shows a clip member, a 1st clip engaging part, and its periphery. It is an expansion perspective view which shows a 1st clip engaging part, a sheet metal, and its periphery. The clip is enlarged and shown, (a) is a perspective view seen from the left and right inner side, (b) is a perspective view seen from the left and right outer side. It is a perspective view which expands and shows an insert sheet metal.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 4 show a mobile phone 1 (smart phone) as a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone 1 includes a first cabinet 3 on the front side having a display unit 2 and the first cabinet 3. The second cabinet 4 covering the rear side of the second cabinet 4 is covered with a rear cover 5 made of a resin molded product or the like.

  In a space formed by the first cabinet 3, the second cabinet 4, and the rear cover 5, a battery 6, a main board 7, and the like are accommodated. Specifically, the first cabinet 3 is formed by insert-molding a sheet metal 8 made of a stainless steel sheet shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the display unit 2 is disposed on the front side of the sheet metal 8 and includes a liquid crystal display, a touch panel, etc., and is attached to the frame-like display housing recess 3a of the first cabinet 3 by a double-sided tape 3b or the like. It is attached.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, screw holes 3 c are formed in the upper and lower ends of the first cabinet 3 with a space left and right. The second cabinet 4 is made of, for example, a resin molded product having a frame shape, and boss portions 4a are formed at upper and lower end portions corresponding to the screw holes 3c. A screw 9 is inserted into the boss 4a and fastened to the screw hole 3c.

  5 and 6, a pair of first clip engaging portions 10 are formed at the center of the upper and lower sides and the left and right ends of the first cabinet 3 with a space left and right. This 1st clip engaging part 10 consists of the resin part of the protruding item | line extended up and down raised, for example to the front side, when the sheet metal 8 is insert-molded. On the left and right outer sides of the first clip engaging portion 10 of the sheet metal 8, a clip engaging notch 8a that is long in the vertical direction is cut out.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the second cabinet 4 is formed with a pair of second clip engaging portions 11 at positions corresponding to the first clip engaging portions 10. The second clip engaging portion 11 is composed of a protruding portion that is raised on the back side when the second cabinet 4 is molded.

  And in the state which these 1st clip engaging parts 10 and the 2nd clip engaging part 11 attached, both are each clamped by the clip member 12 which consists of elastic members, such as a stainless steel plate. As shown in FIG. 7, the clip member 12 has a pair of spring portions 12 b that are curved to the left and right of the plate-like clip body 12 a, and the first clip engagement portion 10 and the clip member 12 are elastically generated by the pair of spring portions 12 b. The second clip engaging portion 11 is held so as not to expand in the thickness direction. As shown in FIG. 6, a flat clip insertion portion 14 is formed below the first clip engagement portion 10. The spring portion 12b of the clip member 12 is inserted into the clip insertion portion 14 from the left and right inner sides and then slid upward. With this configuration, the clip member 12 can be easily attached even when the spring coefficient of the spring portion 12b is high.

  When the clip member 12 comes to the engagement position, the spring portion 12b is fitted into the clip engagement notch 8a so that the clip member 12 is not displaced in the vertical direction. In this state, the clip member 12 is electrically connected to the sheet metal 8. For this reason, by connecting a ground line (not shown) from the main board 7 or the like to the clip member 12, the main cabinet 7 on the second cabinet 4 side can be connected to the first cabinet 3 without adding other components. Grounding to the sheet metal 8 on the side is extremely easy.

  As shown in FIG. 1, when the first cabinet 3 and the second cabinet 4 (rear cover 5) have a shape that is rounded in the thickness direction, the space in the width direction is the largest in the middle in the thickness direction of the mobile phone 1. . Then, the first clip engaging portion 10 formed in the stepped portion 8 a obtained by cutting and raising the sheet metal 8 toward the second cabinet 4 side and the second clip engaging portion 11 are sandwiched with the clip member 12 attached. Therefore, the battery 6 can be accommodated in the space near the sheet metal 8 on the first cabinet 3 side. For this reason, the battery 6 is arrange | positioned in the thickness direction intermediate | middle where the space of the width direction becomes the widest.

  And, if the structure is screwed into the screw hole of the boss part in the thickness direction and fastened as in the prior art, a space corresponding to the outer diameter of the boss part is required, but in this embodiment, the screw boss Even if no portion is provided, the first cabinet 3 and the second cabinet 4 can be reliably fixed by the clip member 12 in a space narrower than the boss portion, so that it is easy to secure a space for accommodating the battery 6 and the like. . For this reason, the battery 6 can be made large with a width up to the vicinity between the pair of left and right clip members 12.

  Therefore, according to the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment, the first clip engaging portion 10 of the first cabinet 3 and the second clip engaging portion 11 of the second cabinet 4 are attached to each other. Since the second clip engaging portions 10 and 11 are sandwiched by the clip member 12 made of an elastic member, a space for providing the boss portion is not required, and the first cabinet 3 and the second cabinet 4 can be securely connected. A battery 6 as large as possible can be accommodated while being fixed.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention may be configured as follows with respect to the above embodiment.

  That is, in the above embodiment, the pair of left and right clip members 12 are provided, but the number thereof is not limited, and the first cabinet 3 and the second cabinet 4 may be sandwiched by more clip members 12. Good.

  In the above embodiment, the mobile terminal is the mobile phone 1 including a smartphone, but is a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a personal computer, a mobile tool, an electronic dictionary, a calculator, a game machine, or the like. May be.

  In addition, the above embodiment is an essentially preferable illustration, Comprising: It does not intend restrict | limiting the range of this invention, its application thing, or a use.

  As described above, the present invention is useful for a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone having a battery in a pair of cabinets to be matched.

1 Mobile phone (mobile terminal)
2 display section
3 First cabinet
3a Display housing recess
3b Double-sided tape
3c Screw hole
4 Second cabinet
4a Boss
5 Rear cover
6 battery
7 Main board
8 Sheet metal
8a Notch for clip engagement
9 Screw
10 1st clip engaging part
11 Second clip engaging portion
12 Clip members
12a clip body
12b Spring part
14 Clip insertion part

Claims (5)

In a portable terminal that has a first cabinet and a second cabinet, and a battery is accommodated inside the first cabinet and the second cabinet,
In the first cabinet, a pair of first clip engaging portions are formed at intervals,
In the second cabinet, a pair of second clip engaging portions are formed at positions corresponding to the first clip engaging portions,
In a state where the first clip engaging portion and the second clip engaging portion are attached to each other, the first clip engaging portion and the second clip engaging portion are respectively held between clip members made of an elastic member. A mobile terminal characterized by The mobile terminal according to claim 1,
The portable terminal, wherein the battery is accommodated between a pair of the clip members. The mobile terminal according to claim 2,
In the first cabinet, a sheet metal is integrally formed,
The battery is arranged on the second cabinet side of the sheet metal,
The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first clip engaging portion is formed in a stepped portion cut and raised from the sheet metal to the second cabinet side. The mobile terminal according to claim 3,
The first cabinet contains a display unit,
The second cabinet contains a main board,
The portable terminal, wherein the battery is accommodated between the display unit and the main board. The mobile terminal according to claim 4,
The clip member is made of a conductive material,
A portable terminal, wherein a sheet metal is integrally formed in the first cabinet, the clip member is electrically connected to the sheet metal, and the clip member serves as a ground for the substrate.