JP2015027009A - Portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal such that equipment information such as the production number can be easily confirmed by drawing a tray out of an enclosure, an operation to fit the tray is easy, and the tray having been fitted hardly separates from the enclosure.SOLUTION: A tray (21) having device information described is fitted above a card connector (11) and housed in an enclosure (9) to be drawn out of a connector opening (17), and fall stop pieces (43) are provided at parts, opposed to each other on inner sides in a tray insertion direction, of a pair of right and left side wall parts (33) provided for the tray (21). The parts, provided with the fall stop pieces (43), of the side wall parts (33) are so configured that the fall stop pieces (43) are allowed to enter the enclosure (9) when the tray is fitted and the fall stop pieces (43) are caught by a peripheral edge part (18) of the connector opening (17) after the tray is fitted.

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal in which device information such as a serial number is described.

  Conventionally, in a portable terminal represented by a mobile phone, a battery housing in which a label indicating device information such as a manufacturing date, a model name, a product code, and a manufacturing number is located at a position where a rear cover of the housing is removed. It is often affixed to the bottom surface of the recess (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, in a thin mobile terminal called a smartphone in recent years, device information is written on the surface of the back cover of the housing, or if the back cover can be removed, the device is inside the housing with the back cover removed. A label with information is affixed.

JP 2002-314653 A

  As described above, in the portable terminal where the device information is written on the back of the casing, the place where the device information is written must be secured on the outer surface. receive. In addition, in the portable terminal in which the label indicating the device information is affixed inside the housing with the back cover removed, the structure of the housing is limited to a structure that allows the back cover to be removed. Limited.

  Therefore, for a portable terminal, a tray describing device information is attached, for example, on the upper side of the card connector accommodated in the casing, and the card insertion port of the card connector is exposed to the outside from the opening of the casing. It is conceivable to make it possible to easily check the device information by simply pulling out the tray when necessary by adopting a drawable configuration.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to alleviate restrictions on the design and structure design of the mobile terminal, but the tray may be lost if it is completely removed from the casing. It is necessary to make the structure not to deviate from. However, when the tray is provided with a retaining piece, the tray is accommodated in the housing together with the card connector when the portable terminal is assembled, and the tray is assembled so that it does not come off the housing with the retaining piece. As a result, it takes time to assemble the mobile terminal.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and the object of the present invention is to easily check the device information simply by pulling out the tray from the inside of the casing, and to easily attach the tray. An object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal in which a tray after attachment is difficult to come off from a casing.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a tray in which device information is described is attached to the upper side of an internal component such as a card connector and can be pulled out to the outside, and the tray mounting structure has been devised.

  Specifically, the present invention is directed to a portable terminal in which a flat internal part is accommodated in a casing and an opening that exposes one end of the internal part to the outside is formed on the side of the casing. It is a measure taken.

  That is, this invention is equipped with the tray attached in the state accumulated on the one side in the thickness direction of an internal component. The tray is attached by being inserted into the inside from the opening of the housing, and can be slid along the internal components and pulled out from the opening of the housing. The tray has a main body portion on which device information is described, and a pair of side walls extending from both side edges of the main body portion toward the other side in the thickness direction of the internal component and extending in the pull-out direction along the side surface of the internal component. Part. A retaining piece that protrudes outward from the tray is provided in a portion of the pair of side wall portions facing each other on the back side in the tray insertion direction. The portion of the side wall portion where the retaining piece is provided is bent into the inside of the tray by elastic deformation when the retaining piece is pressed against the peripheral portion of the opening of the housing when the tray is attached. In the state in which the retaining piece is allowed to enter and the tray is attached, the retaining piece is supported from the inside of the tray on the side surface of the internal part, and the retaining piece is hooked from the inside of the casing to the peripheral portion of the opening of the casing. The “apparatus information” mentioned here means information related to the terminal apparatus such as the date of manufacture, model name, product code, and manufacture number. “Described” includes not only direct printing but also a case where a label indicating device information is attached.

  According to this configuration, the tray in which the device information is described is attached to the outside of the portable terminal so that the device information can be pulled out, so that the device information can be easily confirmed by simply pulling out the tray when necessary. . The tray can be easily attached to the portable terminal because the retaining piece is allowed to enter the housing simply by being inserted into the housing through the opening of the housing. And since the retaining piece is hooked on the peripheral part of the opening of a housing | casing, the tray after being attached to the portable terminal can be made difficult to remove from the housing.

  According to the present invention, the device information can be easily confirmed simply by pulling out the tray from the inside of the housing, the tray can be easily attached, and the attached tray can be hardly detached from the housing.

FIG. 1A is a front view of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1B is a top view of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A is an enlarged top view showing the inside and the periphery of the connector opening of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2B is an enlarged front view showing a state in which the manufacturing tray of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention is pulled out. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a structure of an overlapping portion between the card connector and the numbering tray according to the embodiment of the present invention from the back side of the mobile phone. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the production tray according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 6A to 6C are diagrams corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a state of the work of attaching the production tray to the mobile phone.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The following embodiments are essentially preferable examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, its application, or its use.

  1 and 2 show a mobile phone 1 which is a mobile terminal according to this embodiment. FIG. 1A is a front view of the mobile phone 1. FIG. 1B is a top view of the mobile phone 1. FIG. 2A is an enlarged top view showing the inside of the connector opening 17 of the mobile phone 1. FIG. 2B is an enlarged front view showing a state in which the product number tray 21 of the mobile phone 1 is pulled out. In FIG. 2A, the upper side is the back side of the mobile phone 1, and the lower side is the front side of the mobile phone 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the mobile phone 1 is a thin mobile terminal called a smartphone, is formed in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and has a display screen 3 on the front side. ing. The mobile phone 1 has a structure in which a plurality of components such as a display device, a camera, a battery, a main board, an antenna, a card connector 11 and a speaker are accommodated in a housing 9.

  The housing 9 includes, for example, a housing body 9a that covers the front side and a back cover 9b that covers the back side. The peripheral portions of the housing body 9a and the back cover 9b are joined to each other. Of the plurality of components housed in the housing 9, the card connector 11 is a flat internal component and is disposed, for example, at a portion on the left side of the upper end of the mobile phone 1 in a front view.

  The card connector 11 is a direct insertion type card connector into which a stamp-sized SD (Secure Digital) memory card 101 (see FIG. 3) is mounted. As shown in FIG. 2A, the card connector 11 has a card accommodation space S into which the SD memory card 101 can be inserted and removed. The card connector 11 has a card insertion slot 11a for inserting the memory card 101 in the card accommodation space S at one end, and the card insertion slot 11a faces the upper side of the mobile phone 1 in the state of being placed on the main board. It is mounted on the connected circuit board 15 and faces the circuit board 15 in the thickness direction.

  On the side surface (upper surface) located on the upper side of the housing 9, a connector opening 17 that exposes the card insertion slot 11 a of the card connector 11 to the outside is formed so as to extend horizontally. The circuit board 15 is disposed at a location corresponding to the middle of the connector opening 17 in the height direction (vertical direction in FIG. 2A). The card connector 11 is disposed on the back side of the mobile phone 1 with respect to the circuit board 15.

  In the present specification, the circuit board 15 side in the thickness direction of the card connector 11 is referred to as “the lower side of the card connector 11”, and the side opposite to the circuit board 15 side in the thickness direction of the card connector 11 is referred to as “card. It is referred to as “the upper side of the connector 11”. The upper side of the card connector 11 corresponds to the back side of the mobile phone 1, and the lower side of the card connector 11 corresponds to the front side of the mobile phone 1.

  The cellular phone 1 according to the present embodiment includes a resin-made number tray 21 attached to the card connector 11 so as to overlap the card connector 11. The production tray 21 is attached by being inserted into the housing 9 from the connector opening 17. Further, the production tray 21 can be slid along the card connector 11 and pulled out from the connector opening 17 as shown in FIG. 2B. A label 23 indicating device information such as a manufacturing date, a model name, a product code, and a manufacturing number is attached to the product number tray 21. Thus, the cellular phone 1 can easily check the device information by pulling out the production tray 21 from the connector opening 17 to the outside.

  The peripheral shape of the portion of the connector opening 17 located outside the mobile phone 1 is a smooth, substantially oval shape that is not angular from the viewpoint of ensuring waterproofness. On the inner peripheral surface of a portion of the connector opening 17 located on the inner side of the mobile phone 1, a protruding wall 18 protruding inward of the opening 17 is provided with a card connector 11 and a product number tray 21 (a retaining piece 43 described later). (Excluding)) so that the tip surface is along the outer shape. The protruding wall 18 constitutes a peripheral portion of the connector opening 17.

  The connector opening 17 is hinged to the side of the connector opening 17 as shown in FIG. 1B when the memory card 101 is not inserted into or removed from the card connector 11 or the production tray 21 is not pulled out. It is covered and closed by a connector cover 19 attached via 19a (see FIG. 2B).

  FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. FIG. 4 is a view showing the structure of the overlapping portion between the card connector 11 and the product tray 21 from the upper side of the card connector 11, that is, from the back side of the mobile phone 1. FIG. 3 shows a state where the memory card 101 is inserted into the card connector 11. 2A, 3 and 4, the card connector 11 includes a resin-made bottom surface portion 25 and a metal housing 27 that forms a card accommodation space S between the bottom surface portion 25. Are formed into a flat box shape having a card insertion slot 11a at one end.

  The bottom surface portion 25 of the card connector 11 is installed on the circuit board 15, and the housing 27 is located on the production tray 21 side and faces the production tray 21. That is, the portion of the card connector 11 that faces the production tray 21 is made of metal. As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of metal terminal members 29 extending in the insertion direction of the memory card 101 (hereinafter referred to as the card insertion direction) are provided on the bottom surface portion 25 of the card connector 11 (8 in the example shown in FIG. 4). I) It is provided side by side.

  The first end portion 29 a located on the card insertion slot 11 a side, that is, the front side in the card insertion direction, of each of the terminal members 29 is connected via a contact through hole 25 a formed in the bottom surface portion 25 of the card connector 11. It is connected to the wiring of the circuit board 15 by soldering.

  On the other hand, the second end portion 29b located on the back side of the card receiving space S of each terminal member 29 is formed of an elastic contact piece bent and raised on the top surface portion 27a side facing the bottom surface portion 25 of the housing 27. The terminal of the card 101 is in pressure contact. A through hole 25b is formed in the bottom surface portion 25 of the card connector 11 for releasing the second end portion 29b of the terminal member 29 pushed downward by the pressure contact.

  Further, in the portion of the housing 27 of the card connector 11 corresponding to both end portions of the terminal member 29, as shown in FIG. 4, in order to relieve the pressure applied to the memory card 101 by insertion into the card accommodation space S, A first through hole 27b and a second through hole 27c are formed.

  On the front side of the housing 27 in the card insertion direction, two first through holes 27b corresponding to the first ends 29a of the plurality of terminal members 29 are formed in a substantially rectangular shape with a space left and right. The two first through holes 27b correspond to the first end 29a of each terminal member 29 in the right half and the first end 29a of each terminal member 29 in the left half of the plurality of terminal members 29, respectively. doing. Further, on the back side of the housing 27 in the card insertion direction, a substantially oval second through hole 27c corresponding to each second end 29b is formed for each second end 29b of each terminal member 29. ing.

  FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the production number tray 21. As shown in FIG. 5, the production tray 21 has a substantially rectangular plate-like main body portion 31 that overlaps the upper side of the card connector 11, and the lower side of the card connector 11 from both side edges along the long side direction of the main body portion 31. And a pair of side wall portions 33 extending in the drawing direction (hereinafter referred to as the tray drawing direction) along the side surface in the width direction of the card connector 11. The device information is described in the main body 31 by sticking a label on which the device information is written on the surface of the main body 31 of the production tray 21.

  A grip portion 35 having a substantially oblong through-hole 35a extending horizontally is provided in a portion on the right side of the front end portion in the tray pulling direction of the main body portion 31 of the production tray 21. The production tray 21 can be easily pulled out by picking the gripping portion 35 or by hooking a pin or the like into the through hole 35a of the gripping portion 35.

  Further, a contact piece 37 protruding inward of the production tray 21 is formed on one side wall 33 (left side wall 33 in FIG. 5) of the pair of side walls 33 in the production tray 21. Yes. The abutting piece 37 extends in a protrusion along the height direction of the side wall portion 33, and abuts against the side surface of the card connector 11, thereby suppressing rattling of the production tray 21.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 5, the side edge portions 31a of the main body 31 of the production number tray 21 are formed thicker than the portions located therebetween, and slightly protrude toward the card connector 11 side. ing. In the production tray 21, both side edge portions 31 a of the main body portion 31 are supported on the card connector 11, and a portion positioned therebetween is held in a state of floating from the card connector 11.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a slope-like sliding projection 39 that gradually protrudes toward the near side in the same direction is formed on the left and right sides at the rear end in the tray insertion direction of the main body 31 of the production number tray 21. A pair is provided at intervals. The position of the protruding height at the tip of each sliding protrusion 39 is approximately the same as the position of the protruding height of the side edge portions 31 a of the main body portion 31 of the production number tray 21.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a flat resin sheet member 41 is provided as a spacer between the main body 31 of the numbering tray 21 and the card connector 11 so as to cover both the first through holes 27b. It has been. As a result, both side edge portions 31 a of the main body 31 and the sliding protrusions 39 in the production tray 21 slide with the sheet member 41 during the sliding operation of the production tray 21. Thereby, since the main-body part 31 of the production number tray 21 does not slide to the periphery of each 1st through-hole 27b, it is prevented that it is damaged by sliding with each 1st through-hole 27b.

  And in the part which mutually opposes in the back | inner side in the insertion direction (henceforth tray insertion direction) of the production number tray 21 among a pair of side wall parts 33, as shown in FIGS. The retaining pieces 43 projecting outward are provided respectively. The front surface of each of the retaining pieces 43 in the tray pulling direction is an abutting surface 43 a that extends perpendicularly from the side wall portion 33.

  Further, each retaining piece 43 has a guiding shape that facilitates entry into the housing 9 at a portion facing the back side in the tray insertion direction. The guiding shape is, for example, a shape having an inclined surface 43b extending outward from the production tray 21 from the back side toward the near side in the tray insertion direction. Thus, the production tray 21 can be quickly inserted into the housing 9 when attached to the mobile phone 1.

  Further, a portion of the main body 31 of the production number tray 21 that is located inside each retaining piece 43 is formed with a thinned portion 21 a that penetrates the main body 31 in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view. The lightening portion 21a is also formed over a predetermined range in a portion corresponding to a portion positioned forward and backward in the tray insertion direction of the retaining piece 43. Therefore, the portion of the side wall 33 of the production number tray 21 where the retaining piece 43 is provided is easily bent by elastic deformation inside the production number tray 21, that is, on the side of the meat removal portion 21a. When attached to the mobile phone 1, the side of the card connector 11 is supported from the inside of the production tray 21, and is prevented from being bent toward the lightening portion 21 a side.

  FIGS. 6A to 6C are diagrams corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a state of the work of attaching the production number tray 21 to the mobile phone 1. The production tray 21 is attached to the mobile phone 1 after the mobile phone 1 is assembled in a state in which a plurality of components such as a display device and a card connector 11 are accommodated in the housing 9. As shown in FIG. 6A, the production tray 21 is attached from the connector opening 17 with the gripping portion 35 facing forward and the side provided with the retaining piece 43 facing the rear side. It is only inserted into the upper side of the card connector 11.

  In the process of inserting the production tray 21, the pair of retaining pieces 43 are brought into the connector opening 17 as shown in FIG. As the number tray 21 is inserted, the protruding wall 18 is pressed toward the thinned portion 21a. At this time, the portion of each side wall 33 where the retaining piece 43 is provided bends by elastic deformation to the side of the lightening portion 21 a as the retaining piece 43 is pressed against the protruding wall 18. This allows the retaining piece 43 to enter the housing 9.

  Then, in each of the side wall portions 33, the portion where the retaining piece 43 is provided, as shown in FIG. 6C, the pair of retaining pieces 43 completely enter the housing 9 and the protruding wall 18. When the pressure on the retaining piece 43 is released, the elastic state recovers from the bent state, and the contact surface 43a of the retaining piece 43 faces the protruding wall 18. Thus, in a state where the production tray 21 is attached to the mobile phone 1, the portion provided with the retaining piece 43 in each side wall portion 33 is supported and bent from the inside by the side surface of the card connector 11 as described above. Therefore, when the production tray 21 is pulled out most, both retaining pieces 43 are caught on the protruding wall 18 from the inside of the housing 9. As a result, the production tray 21 is prevented from excessively pulling out from the connector opening 17 and being detached from the housing 9 when being pulled out.

  Therefore, according to the mobile phone 1 of the present embodiment, device information such as a production number can be easily confirmed by simply pulling out the production number tray 21 from the housing 9, and the work for attaching the production number tray 21 is easy. The attached production tray 21 can be made difficult to come off from the housing 9.

  In the above-described embodiment, the portion of the main body 31 of the production number tray 21 that is positioned inside the retaining piece 43 is formed with the lightening portion 21a that bends the side wall portion 33. However, instead of the thinned portion 21a, a thin portion having a smaller thickness than other portions may be formed in the same portion, and the retaining piece 43 of the side wall portion 33 may be formed by other means. The provided portion may be easily bent by elastic deformation.

  In the above-described mobile phone, the label on which the device information is described is attached to the surface of the main body 31 of the production tray 21. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the device information is directly printed on the surface of the production tray 21. It does not matter.

  In the above embodiment, the card connector 11 is arranged at the upper end of the mobile phone 1 and the connector opening 17 is formed on the upper surface of the housing 9. However, the card connector 11 is on the left and right sides of the mobile phone 1. The connector opening 17 may be formed on one of the left and right side surfaces of the housing 9, the card connector 11 is disposed on the lower end of the mobile phone 1, and the connector opening 17 is formed on the housing 9. You may form in the side surface (lower surface) located in the lower side.

  In the above embodiment, the card connector 11 is a direct insertion type in which the memory card 101 is directly inserted. However, a tray containing a memory card is housed in a housing-like connector body having a tray insertion opening at one end. It may be a tray type card connector to be inserted.

  Further, the card connector 11 is the one to which the SD memory card 101 is attached. However, the card connector 11 may be a card connector to which another memory card such as a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card is attached. Not only a memory card but also a card connector into which other types of cards are mounted.

  In the above embodiment, the peripheral shape of the portion of the connector opening 17 located outside the mobile phone 1 is a smooth, substantially oval shape that is not angular from the viewpoint of ensuring waterproofness, but is not limited thereto. However, it may be substantially oval from the viewpoint other than waterproofness, and may be formed in other shapes such as a substantially rectangular shape.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the production tray 21 is attached to the upper side of the card connector 11 has been described as an example. However, the production tray 21 is not limited to this, and the production tray 21 is disposed inside the housing 9. A flat internal component such as a holder or chassis (frame) of a device or mechanism other than the accommodated card connector 11 is attached to one side in the thickness direction, and the internal component is slid along the internal component. It may be possible to draw out one end of the housing from the opening of the housing 9 that exposes the other end to the outside.

  In the above embodiment, the mobile terminal according to the present invention has been described by taking the mobile phone 1 as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, but a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a personal computer. It can also be applied to mobile tools, electronic dictionaries, calculators, game consoles, and the like.

1 Mobile phone (mobile terminal)
9 Housing 11 Card connector (internal parts)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11a Card insertion slot 15 Circuit board 17 Connector opening 21 Manufacturing tray 21a Meat extraction part 27a 1st through-hole 27b 2nd through-hole 31 Main-body part 33 Side wall part 41 Sheet member 43 Detachment piece 43b Inclined surface

Claims (4)

A portable terminal in which a flat internal component is accommodated in a housing, and an opening that exposes one end of the internal component to the outside is formed on a side surface of the housing,
The internal part is attached by being inserted inside from the opening of the casing in a state of being overlapped on one side in the thickness direction, and can be slid along the internal part and pulled out from the opening of the casing. With a tray
The tray includes a main body portion on which device information is described, and a pair extending from both side edges of the main body portion toward the other side in the thickness direction of the internal component and extending in the pull-out direction along the side surface of the internal component. And a side wall portion of
Of the pair of side wall portions, portions that face each other on the back side in the tray insertion direction are provided with retaining pieces that protrude outward from the tray,
The portion of the side wall portion where the retaining piece is provided is bent by elastic deformation inside the tray by pressing the retaining piece against the peripheral portion of the opening of the housing when the tray is attached. The retaining piece is allowed to enter the casing, and when the tray is attached, the retaining piece is supported from the inside of the tray on the side of the internal component, and the retaining piece is attached to the peripheral portion of the opening of the casing. A portable terminal that is hooked from within the housing. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,
The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the retaining piece has a guiding shape that facilitates entry into the housing at a portion facing the back side in the tray insertion direction. In the mobile terminal according to claim 1 or 2,
In the main body portion of the tray, a portion positioned inside the retaining piece is formed with a lightening portion that penetrates the main body portion and bends the side wall portion toward the inner side of the tray. Mobile device. In the portable terminal as described in any one of Claims 1-3,
The internal component is a card connector;
The portion of the card connector facing the main body of the tray is made of metal and has a through hole,
A portable terminal, wherein a flat sheet member that covers the through hole is provided between the card connector and the main body of the tray.

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