JP2016184522A - Electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce deterioration of click feeling caused by deviation of a plunger from the center in electronic equipment.SOLUTION: Electronic equipment 101 includes a housing part 1, a button part 20 that is held so as to be reversibly displaceable between a first position under a non-pressed state and a second position under a pressed state, and a switch 3. The button part 20 includes a button part body 4, a plunger 5 which protrudes from the button part body 4, cannot press the switch 3 when the button part 20 is located at the second position and can press the switch 3 when the button part 20 is located at the second, and one or more projections 6 which protrude from the button part body 4 to the same side as the plunger 5 at a different place from the plunger 5. The center of the plunger 5 and the center of the one or more projections 6 are arranged so as to sandwich the center of the button part body 4 therebetween or surround the center of the button part body 4 when a surface of the button part body 4 which confronts the switch 3 is viewed planarly.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present disclosure relates to an electronic device.

  An example of an electronic device in which buttons for operation are arranged on the side of the main body is described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014-120203 (Patent Document 1).

JP 2014-120203 A

  Generally, the button has a protrusion called a pusher on the back side. Normally, the pusher is not visible to the user. The user presses the part visible on the front side of the button. Due to the internal design of the electronic device, there are cases where the center of the pusher and the center of the portion visible on the front side of the button are displaced from each other.

  When the center of the button on the front side is shifted from the center of the pusher, there is a problem that when the button is pressed, a force in the rotational direction is applied to the button and the click feeling is deteriorated.

  Therefore, an object of the present disclosure is to provide an electronic device that can reduce the deterioration of the click feeling caused by the shift of the center of the pusher.

  In order to achieve the above object, an electronic device according to the present disclosure is reversibly displaced between a housing part and a first position when not pressed from the outside and a second position when pressed from the outside. Preferably, the button part is held by the casing part, and the switch is held by the casing part and detects whether or not the button part is pressed. A pusher that protrudes from the button body toward the switch and that does not press the switch when the button is in the first position, and that presses the switch when the button is in the second position; One or more protrusions projecting from the button part main body to the same side as the pusher at a place different from the pusher, wherein the one or more protrusions have at least the button part in the second position. When the surface of the button body facing the switch is viewed in a plan view, the center of the pusher is And the center of the one or more protrusions are arranged so as to sandwich or surround the center of the button body.

  According to the present disclosure, since the button portion is supported in a well-balanced manner by the pusher and the one or more protrusions when pressed, it is possible to avoid applying a force in the rotational direction, which is caused by a shift in the center of the pusher. Deterioration of click feeling can be reduced.

It is a perspective view of the electronic device in Embodiment 1 based on this indication. It is a side view of the electronic device in Embodiment 1 based on this indication. FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 2. It is a perspective view, such as a switch with which the electronic device in Embodiment 1 based on this indication is equipped. It is sectional drawing of the state after pushing the button part in FIG. It is a perspective view of the button part with which the electronic device in Embodiment 1 based on this indication is equipped. It is a 1st side view of the button part with which the electronic device in Embodiment 1 based on this indication is equipped. It is a 2nd side view of the button part with which the electronic device in Embodiment 1 based on this indication is equipped. It is a bottom view of the button part with which the electronic device in Embodiment 1 based on this indication is equipped. It is a side view of the button part with which the electronic device in Embodiment 2 based on this indication is equipped. It is a bottom view of the button part with which the electronic device in Embodiment 2 based on this indication is provided. It is arrow sectional drawing regarding the XII-XII line | wire in FIG. It is sectional drawing of the button part with which the electronic device in Embodiment 2 based on this indication is equipped. It is a fragmentary sectional view of the electronic device in Embodiment 2 based on this indication. It is a fragmentary sectional view of the electronic device in Embodiment 3 based on this indication. It is a top view of the 1st example of the positional relationship of each component in the back side of a button part main part. It is a top view of the 2nd example of the positional relationship of each component in the back side of a button part main part. It is a top view of the 3rd example of the positional relationship of each component in the back side of a button part main part. It is a top view of the 4th example of the positional relationship of each component in the back side of a button part main part. It is a top view of the 5th example of the positional relationship of each component in the back side of a button part main part.

(Embodiment 1)
(Constitution)
With reference to FIGS. 1-9, the electronic device in Embodiment 1 based on this indication is demonstrated. FIG. 1 schematically shows the appearance of electronic device 101 in the present embodiment. The electronic device 101 includes a button unit 20. FIG. 2 shows the electronic device 101 as viewed from the surface on which the button unit 20 is disposed. FIG. 3 shows a partial cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG.

  Here, the electronic device 101 is shown as a plate-like one, and the button unit 20 is disposed on the side surface of the electronic device 101. However, this is merely an example, and the external shape of the electronic device 101 is not limited to the one shown here. Absent. The electronic device 101 is not necessarily a plate-shaped device. The position where the button unit 20 is arranged in the electronic device 101 is not limited to the side surface. The number of button units included in the electronic device 101 is not limited to one, and may be two or more.

  FIG. 3 shows a state where the user has not pressed the button unit 20. FIG. 4 shows a perspective view when the switch 3 and the like shown in FIG. 3 are taken out. The switch 3 is installed on the surface of the flexible substrate 8. The switch 3 includes a dome-shaped convex portion, and is turned on when the convex portion is pushed down in the thickness direction of the flexible substrate 8. When not pressed, the switch 3 is off. The combination of on and off may be reversed. Moreover, what was demonstrated here as a structure of the switch 3 is an example to the last, and the switch 3 may be comprised by structure other than this. However, the state of the switch 3 is switched by being pushed down by some member.

  FIG. 3 shows a center line 81 of the button body 4. For the user of the electronic device 101, only a part of the button unit body 4 is visible in the button unit 20, and when the user presses the button unit 20, the center of the visible part is usually set. Since it is going to push, it is thought that the pressing force to the button part 20 is applied along the center line 81 as shown by the arrow 91.

  FIG. 5 shows a state after the button portion 20 is pushed in the direction of the arrow 91 in FIG. In FIG. 5, the switch 3 is flattened by being pushed by the pusher 5. When the pressing to the button part 20 is stopped from the state of FIG. 5, the state returns to the state of FIG. At this time, the switch 3 returns to the original convex shape. The state of FIG. 3 and the state of FIG. 5 can be switched reversibly any number of times. In FIG. 3, the relative position with respect to the casing component 1 where the button part 20 exists is referred to as a “first position”, and the relative position with respect to the casing part 1 where the button part 20 exists in FIG. It can be grasped as the “second position”.

  Electronic device 101 according to the present embodiment is reversibly displaceable between housing component 1 and a first position when not pressed from the outside and a second position when pressed from outside. The button part 20 held by the casing part 1 and the switch 3 that is held by the casing part 1 and detects whether or not it is pressed are provided. Here, for convenience of explanation, the case component 1 is described as a single component, but actually, the case component 1 may be a combination of a plurality of components. Further, the casing component 1 alone may constitute the entire casing of the electronic device, or may constitute only a part of the casing of the electronic device.

  The button part 20 protrudes from the button part main body 4 and the button part main body 4 toward the switch 3, and when the button part 20 is in the first position, the switch 3 is not pressed and the button part 20 is in the second position. 3 and a pusher 5 that presses 3, and one or more protrusions 6 that protrude from the button body 4 to the same side as the pusher 5 at a location different from the pusher 5. The one or more protrusions 6 are opposed to the housing component 1 so that at least the button portion 20 is in contact with the housing component 1 when the button portion 20 is in the second position.

  The number of protrusions 6 may be any number as long as it is 1 or more. However, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed here that the number of protrusions 6 is 1 as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5, the center line 82 of the pusher 5 is at a position shifted from the center line 81 of the button body 4.

  Here, it has been mentioned that one or more protrusions 6 abut against the housing component 1 when the button portion 20 is in the second position. However, the housing component 1 is a combination of a plurality of components as described above. Therefore, for example, the component A that holds the button portion 20 and the component B that is the counterpart to which the one or more protrusions 6 abut are not necessarily integrated, and may be separate components. In this case, both the part A and the part B are interpreted as being included in the housing part 1. If attention is paid to the entire casing component 1 including the component A and the component B, it can be said that the casing component 1 holds the button part 20 and at least when the button part 20 is in the second position. It can be said that the above-described protrusions 6 are in contact with the casing component 1.

  The place which took out the button part 20 independently is shown in FIGS. A perspective view of the button portion 20 is shown in FIG. 6, and a side view is shown in FIG. FIG. 8 shows the button unit 20 as viewed from a direction different from that of FIG. 7 by 90 °. FIG. 9 shows the button part 20 as viewed from below in FIG. The button part 20 includes an overhang part 9 so as to surround the outer edge of the button part body 4.

  When the surface of the button body 4 facing the switch 3 is viewed in plan, the center of the pusher 5 and the center of the one or more protrusions 6 sandwich or surround the center of the button body 4. Has been placed.

  When the user is not pressing the button, that is, when the button portion 20 is in the first position (see FIG. 3), the pusher 5 may or may not be in contact with the switch 3, It is not turned on. When the button portion 20 is in the first position, the protrusion 6 may or may not be in contact with the surface 7 of the housing component 1.

  When the user presses the button, that is, when the button unit 20 is in the second position (see FIG. 5), the pusher 5 is pressing the switch 3, and the switch 3 is in the on state. When the button portion 20 is in the second position, the protrusion 6 is in contact with the surface 7 of the housing component 1. At this time, the protrusion 6 may be compressed and elastically deformed by being pressed against the surface 7.

(Action / Effect)
In the present embodiment, since the center of the pusher 5 and the center of the one or more protrusions 6 are in the positional relationship as described above, a plurality of protrusions including the pusher 5 and the one or more protrusions 6 are included. The center line of the entire group is a center line 83. The length by which the center line 83 is offset from the center line 81 of the button part body 4 is smaller than the length by which the center line 82 of the pusher 5 is offset from the center line 81 of the button part body 4. When the button portion 20 is pushed in, the button portion 20 is supported in a well-balanced manner by the pusher 5 and the one or more protrusions 6 around the center line 83.

  In this embodiment, since it has such a configuration, when the user presses the button, it is possible to avoid applying a rotational force to the button, and the click caused by the shift of the center of the presser The deterioration of feeling can be reduced.

  The shape of the button body 4 shown in the present embodiment is merely an example, and is not limited to this shape. The positions, shapes, and numbers of the pushers 5 and protrusions 6 shown in the present embodiment are merely examples, and are not limited to those shown here.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the button portion 20 includes the overhang portion 9 is shown, but the overhang portion 9 may or may not be provided. By providing the overhang portion 9, the button portion 20 can be prevented from falling off. In addition, it is possible to prevent foreign matter from entering through a gap on the outer periphery of the button portion 20.

(Embodiment 2)
(Constitution)
With reference to FIGS. 10 to 14, an electronic apparatus according to the second embodiment based on the present disclosure will be described. The electronic device according to the present embodiment has the same basic configuration as that described in Embodiment 1, but differs in the following points.

  The external appearance of the electronic device in the present embodiment is the same as that shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, but the structure of the button portion is different. The electronic device in the present embodiment includes a button unit 21 as shown in FIGS.

  A side view of the button portion 21 is shown in FIG. The place which looked at the button part 21 from the back side is shown in FIG. A pusher 5 and a protrusion 6 are provided on the back surface of the button portion 21 so as to protrude. A plurality of recesses 10 are provided in a place different from the pusher 5 and the protrusion 6 on the back surface of the button portion 21. However, it is not essential to provide such a recess 10. FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XII-XII in FIG. A cross-sectional view of the button portion 21 is shown in FIG.

  The button unit 21 provided in the electronic device according to the present embodiment includes a portion 2a made of the first material and a portion 2b made of the second material that is softer than the first material. The one or more protrusions 6 are formed of the second material.

  As shown in FIG. 13, in the button part 21, the side surface of the button part main body belongs to the part 2a which mainly consists of 1st materials. The central part on the front side that is touched when the user presses belongs to the part 2b made of the second material.

  FIG. 14 is a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic device 102 in this embodiment. The button part 21 is held by the casing component 1. FIG. 14 shows a state where the user is not pressing the button, that is, a state where the button unit 21 is in the first position. The user presses the button in the direction of the arrow 91 along the center line 81.

(Action / Effect)
Also in the present embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

  In the present embodiment, since the button portion 21 is configured so as to include a portion made of two types of materials having different softnesses, a portion that requires strength is formed of a hard material, while a softer portion is preferably soft. Can be made of material. In particular, in the present embodiment, since the protrusion 6 is formed of the second material which is the softer of the two types, it is possible to prevent the surface 7 from being damaged when the protrusion 6 hits the surface 7. it can. Further, the protrusion 6 can be elastically deformed smoothly when it hits the surface 7.

  Although the button part 21 in this Embodiment is also provided with the overhang | projection part 9, the overhang | projection part 9 contains both the part which belongs to the part 2a which consists of 1st materials, and the part which belongs to the part 2b which consists of 2nd materials. Yes. Of course, the overhang 9 may or may not exist. As shown in FIG. 11, in this example, there are five portions where the portion 2b reaches the outer edge. Protrusions 14 are provided at four of these five locations. The protrusion 14 belongs to the portion 2b. These configurations are shown as examples only.

  In the present embodiment, both the first material and the second material are resins, and the button portion 21 is preferably formed by two-color molding of the first material and the second material. The first material may be, for example, PC (polycarbonate). The second material may be, for example, TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane). Since both the first material and the second material are resin, the button portion 21 can be made lightweight. Moreover, the button part 21 can be produced easily. By combining the resins, two-color molding of the button portion 21 is also possible. Actually, if the button portion 21 is formed by two-color molding of the first material and the second material, a configuration in which these two kinds of materials are firmly combined and integrated can be easily obtained.

(Embodiment 3)
(Constitution)
With reference to FIG. 15, an electronic apparatus according to the third embodiment based on the present disclosure will be described.

  The external appearance of the electronic device in the present embodiment is the same as that shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, but the structure around the button portion is different. FIG. 15 is a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic device 103 in this embodiment. The button part 21 is held by the casing component 1. FIG. 15 shows a state where the user is not pressing the button, that is, a state where the button unit 21 is in the first position. The user presses a button along the center line 81.

  The electronic apparatus 103 in this embodiment has the same basic configuration as that described in Embodiment 1, but differs in the following points.

  The casing component 1 holds a bag-shaped waterproof packing 11 that houses at least a part of the pusher 5, and the pusher 5 presses the switch 3 through the waterproof packing 11. This button in the electronic device 103 is a button having a certain degree of waterproof performance. The button part in the present embodiment may have the same structure as the button part 21 shown in the second embodiment.

  FIG. 15 shows a state where the user is not pressing the button, that is, a state where the button unit 21 is in the first position. The user presses a button along the center line 81.

  In the example shown in the present embodiment, the reinforcing member 12 is disposed inside the waterproof packing 11. The reinforcing member 12 is made of metal. In order for the waterproof packing 11 to maintain its shape, it is preferable that the reinforcing member 12 is disposed, but the presence of the reinforcing member 12 is not essential.

(Action / Effect)
Also in the present embodiment, the same effect as in the second embodiment can be obtained.

  In the present embodiment, the pusher 5 of the button portion 21 presses the switch 3 via the waterproof packing 11, and the waterproof packing 11 prevents the entry of water or the like around the switch 3. It has become. Thereby, since it can prevent that the switch 3 gets wet, it can be set as the button structure which improved waterproof performance. In addition, when it is desired to provide a waterproof structure in this way, there may be a restriction on the position where the pusher 5 can be disposed due to the position of the switch 3 and the shape of the waterproof packing 11. Even if 5 is arranged at a desired position, as described in the first embodiment, when the user presses the button, a force in the rotation direction is applied to the button by appropriately arranging and balancing the protrusions 6. Since the deterioration of the click feeling caused by the shift of the center of the presser can be reduced, the effect can be remarkably enjoyed.

(About the positional relationship between the center of the button body and other components)
In the first embodiment, “when the surface of the button unit body 4 facing the switch 3 is viewed in plan, the center of the pusher 5 and the center of the one or more protrusions 6 are Although it has already been described that the arrangement is such that it sandwiches or surrounds the center, the positional relationship of these components will be described in more detail.

  So far, one button part has been described on the premise that it is one independent member and has only one pressing target area. However, a plurality of button parts may be connected to form an integral member. sell. A so-called cross key is an example. This also applies to a button structure that is accepted as a different operation each time the upper, lower, left, and right parts of a member such as a circle or a square are pressed. This also applies to the case where different roles are given to one end and the other end of one longitudinal member. In these cases, it should be regarded as a separate button portion for each pressing target region in one member. In any case, one button part includes one button part body.

  In the case of “the center of the button part main body”, it means the center of one pressing target area. First, an example in which one button part is one independent member will be described. This button part includes a button part body 4.

  FIGS. 16 to 20 show the button body in plan view from the back side, and each also shows the center 13 of the button body. As described above, when the user presses the button part, a pressing force is usually applied around the center 13 of the button part body.

  The button portion main body is not limited to the longitudinal shape as shown in FIG. 6 or the like, and may be a square as shown in FIG. 16, for example. In the square button part body 4e shown in FIG. 16, a pusher 5 and a protrusion 6 are provided, and the pusher 5 and the protrusion 6 are arranged so as to sandwich the center 13 of the button part body 4. Yes. Here, the configuration has only one protrusion 6. However, when there are two protrusions 6, for example, an arrangement as shown in FIG. 17 is conceivable. The pusher 5 and the two protrusions 6 a and 6 b are arranged so as to surround the center 13 of the button portion main body 4. Thus, it is preferable that the pusher 5 and the two protrusions 6a and 6b are arranged so as to form a triangle.

  Next, an example in which a plurality of button portions are set in one member will be described. Here, one end portion of the one-piece members having a long shape is one button portion. 18-20, only the said edge part is shown. This end corresponds to one button body 4f. In the example shown in FIG. 18, the pusher 5 and the protrusion 6 are arranged on the back surface of the button portion main body 4f so as to be aligned in the width direction of the button portion. In this example, the pusher 5 and the protrusion 6 are arranged so as to sandwich the center 13 of the button portion main body 4f.

  Another example is shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 19, the pusher 5 and the protrusion 6 are arranged on the back surface of the button portion main body 4f so as to be aligned in the longitudinal direction of the button portion. Also in this example, the pusher 5 and the protrusion 6 are disposed so as to sandwich the center 13 of the button body 4f.

  Yet another example is shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 20, the pusher 5 and the protrusion 6 are arranged on the back surface of the button portion main body 4f along a straight line that obliquely intersects the longitudinal direction of the button portion. Also in this example, the pusher 5 and the protrusion 6 are disposed so as to sandwich the center 13 of the button body 4f.

  In each of the examples as shown in FIGS. 16 to 20, the effects described in the above embodiments can be obtained.

In addition, you may employ | adopt combining suitably two or more among the said embodiment.
In addition, although it demonstrated using the term "electronic device" so far, an electronic device is a mobile phone, a portable information terminal, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, a game machine, a television receiver, a portable music player, a CD player, DVD, for example. It is a broad concept that includes players, electronic dictionaries, electronic book readers, digital cameras, video cameras, radio receivers, car navigation systems, and the like. The concept of a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant includes a smartphone.

  In addition, the said embodiment disclosed this time is an illustration in all the points, Comprising: It is not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and includes all modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing parts, 2a, 2b part, 3 Switch, 4, 4e Button part main body, 5 Pusher, 6, 6a, 6b Protrusion, 7 surfaces, 8 Flexible board, 9 Overhang part, 10 Recessed part, 11 Waterproof packing, 12 Reinforcing member, 13 (center of pressing), 14 (side) protrusion, 20, 21 button part, 81, 82, 83 center line, 91 arrow, 101, 102, 103 electronic equipment.

Claims (4)

Housing parts,
A button portion held by the casing component so as to be reversibly displaceable between a first position when not pressed from the outside and a second position when pressed from the outside;
A switch that is held by the casing part and detects whether or not it is pressed;
The button part protrudes from the button part main body and the button part main body toward the switch, and when the button part is in the first position, the switch is not pressed and the button part is in the second position. A pusher for pressing the switch;
One or more protrusions that protrude from the button body to the same side as the pusher at a location different from the pusher,
The one or more protrusions are opposed to the casing component so that at least the button portion is in contact with the casing component when in the second position;
When the surface of the button body facing the switch is viewed in a plane,
The electronic device, wherein the center of the pusher and the center of the one or more protrusions are arranged so as to sandwich or surround the center of the button part body.   The button portion includes a portion made of a first material and a portion made of a second material that is softer than the first material, and the one or more protrusions are made of the second material. The electronic device described.   The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the first material and the second material are both resins, and the button portion is formed by two-color molding of the first material and the second material.   The said housing | casing component hold | maintains the bag-shaped waterproof packing which accommodates at least one part of the said pushing element, The said pushing element presses the said switch via the said waterproof packing, Any one of Claim 1 to 3 The electronic device according to Crab.

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