JP2621675B2 - Portable electronic devices - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To cause no trouble to the surrounding by sensing the arrival of a call with vibration almost without any sound, to utilize the housing space for a vibrator effectively, to make the entire size small and to improve the vibration level at the operation of the vibrator. CONSTITUTION:A vibrator 36 for generating vibration is provided in a hinge part 15 connecting a cover 2 switchingly to a telephone set (electronic device) main body 1. The vibrator 36 is driven in the case of the arrival of a call and the generated vibration is delivered to the telephone set main body 1. The vibrator 36 is provided in the hinge part 15 apart from the center of gravity of the entire set to increase the vibration of the telephone set when the vibrator 36 is activated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable electronic device such as a portable telephone and an individual paging radio.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a conventional portable telephone is configured so that an incoming call can be recognized by ringing a ring tone.

[0003]

However, in the configuration of the above-mentioned conventional example, when a ring tone sounds at the time of an incoming call in an environment such as during a conference, for example, the surroundings are inconvenienced.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. At the time of an incoming call or the like, vibration can be detected almost silently by vibrating the vibrator. Can be prevented, and the storage space for the vibrator can be effectively used. Therefore, the overall size can be reduced, and the vibration level during operation of the vibrator can be improved. Therefore, the present invention provides a portable electronic device capable of reducing the size and power consumption of a vibrator. In addition to the above objects, the present invention further provides a metal holder for a vibrator or a motor for rotating a hinge portion. It can be used as a shaft to reduce the number of parts, improve mounting efficiency and reduce costs, and improve the strength of the hinge. It is an object to provide a portable electronic device to be able.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution of the present invention comprises an electronic device main body, a cover for opening and closing the electronic device main body, and a cover for opening and closing the electronic device main body. And a hinge connected to the hinge, wherein the hinge has a vibrator for generating vibration.

The hinge may be provided on both sides of the electronic device body and the cover, and a vibrator may be provided on one of the hinges.

As the hinge, a metal cylindrical holder for supporting the vibrator inside is interposed as a rotation shaft at a connecting portion between the electronic device main body and the cover, or a connection between the electronic device main body and the cover is provided. It is preferable that a cylindrical motor of a vibrator is interposed in the portion as a rotation shaft.

[0008]

According to the present invention, therefore, when an incoming call is received,
The vibrator is driven, and the generated vibration is transmitted to the electronic device main body, so that an incoming call or the like can be sensed almost silently. In addition, since the vibrator is provided on the hinge portion of the electronic device body and the cover, the vibrator can be effectively used as a storage space for the vibrator, and the vibration of the electronic device during operation of the vibrator is increased, thereby improving the vibration level. be able to.

Also, a metal cylindrical holder having excellent strength for supporting the vibrator inside or a cylindrical motor of the vibrator can be used for opening and closing the cover by also serving as a rotating shaft of the hinge portion. it can.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 6 show a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state where a cover is closed, FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state where a cover is opened, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. is there.

In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a portable telephone. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the portable telephone comprises a telephone main body 1 and a cover 2. The housing 3 of the telephone body 1 is composed of a housing main body 4 and a lid 5, and a battery pack 7 can be detached from a recess 6 formed in a range from an intermediate portion to a lower portion on a back surface of the housing main body 4. Installed. A shallow recess 8 is formed in a range extending from the middle portion on the front side of the lid 5 to the lower portion, and various push buttons 9 are arranged in the recess 8, and a microphone hole is formed in the lower portion of the recess 8. 10 are formed. A hole 11 for a speaker is formed in an upper part on the front side of the lid 5, and a display part (LCD) 12 for displaying data is formed in a lower part thereof.
Is provided. Flat keys 13 for data input are arranged on the inner surface of the cover 2. On both sides of the lower part of the housing body 4, both sides of the base of the cover 2 are hinge portions 14 and 15.
Are connected rotatably. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, on the hinge portion 14 side, a notch 16 is formed in the housing 3 to form connecting portions 17 and 18 facing inward and outward, and the cover 2 is formed in the notch 16. The protruding connecting portion 19 is inserted. Both ends of the shaft 22 are fixedly supported by holes 20 and blind holes 21 formed facing the connecting portions 17 and 18 on the housing 3 side, and the shafts are supported by holes 23 of the connecting portion 19 on the cover 2 side. The intermediate portion 22 is inserted, and the connecting portion 19 is rotatably connected to the connecting portions 17 and 18. FIG.
As shown in FIGS.
A notch 24 is formed in the connecting portion 2 facing the inside and the outside.
5 and 26 are formed, and a connecting portion 27 protruding from the cover 2 is inserted into the notch 24. Connecting part 2 on cover 2 side
The intermediate portion of a cylindrical holder 29 made of metal is inserted through a hole 28 formed in the inner wall 7, and one side of the holder 29 is connected to the inner connecting portion 2.
5, the other side of the holder 29 is inserted into a ring-shaped recess 31 formed in the outer connecting portion 26, and the holder 29 is fixedly supported on the connecting portion 25 side. That is, as is apparent from FIGS. 4 and 5, the first and second engaging portions 32 are outwardly provided on one side of the holder 29.
The first engaging portion 32 is engaged with the engaging groove 34 formed on the inner surface of the distal end portion of the lid 5 of the housing 3, and the second engaging portion 33 is It is inserted and clamped in a groove 35 formed between the lid 5 of the housing 3 and the housing main body 4. Thus, the connecting portion 27 on the cover 2 side is rotatably connected to the connecting portions 25 and 26 on the housing 3 side using the holder 29 as a rotation axis. 4 and 6, the vibrator 36 is connected to the output shaft 3 of the cylindrical motor 37.
A weight 39 is attached to 8 so that it can rotate eccentrically. The vibrator 36 is inserted into the inside of the holder 29, and the motor 37 is provided with an engagement piece 40 whose end face on the output shaft 38 side is cut and raised in the holder 29 to protrude inward.
, The weight 39 is held in a fixed state, and the weight 39 is freely eccentrically rotated in the holder 29, so that mechanical vibration can be generated. On the hinge portion 15 side, the outer connecting portion 26 on the housing 3 side
A torsion spring 41 is fitted around the outer periphery of the holder 29 between the connecting portion 27 on the side of the cover 2 and one end of the torsion spring 41 is engaged with an engaging hole 42 formed in the lid 5 of the housing 3. The other end of the torsion spring 41 is connected to the connecting portion 27 of the cover 2.
Is engaged with the engagement hole 43 formed in the hole. Due to the resilience of the torsion spring 41, the cover 2 is
To the opening direction. And cover 2
Is rotated in the recess 8 of the housing 3 by rotating the torsion spring 41 against the resilience of the torsion spring 41, so that the various push buttons 9 and the flat key 13 can be covered and protected. . At this time, the engaging portion 44 provided at the tip end of the cover 2 is inserted into the housing 3 through the hole 45 formed in the lid 5 of the housing 3, and the engaging portion 44 provided in the housing 3 is provided. (Not shown) is engaged against the elasticity of a spring (not shown). As is clear from FIG. 4, on the hinge portion 14 side, a blind hole 46 is formed inside the connecting portion 18 outside the housing 3, and a click pin 47 is attached to the blind hole 46. The click pin 47 is supported by a cylindrical bottomed case 48 via a compression spring (not shown) so that the hemisphere portion of the ball 49 can only rotate.
Is projected outward. On the other hand, the connecting portion 19 of the cover 2 is formed with an engaging portion 50 with which the ball 49 of the click pin 47 can engage against the resilience of the compression spring at the position where the cover 2 is opened and the position where the cover 2 is closed. . Therefore, when the cover 2 is opened and closed, a click feeling is accompanied, so that the open / closed state of the cover 2 can be clearly recognized. The motor 37 of the vibrator 36 is driven by a signal from a built-in microcomputer (not shown) at the time of an incoming call. The vibrator 36 is configured to be used in combination with an incoming call buzzer (not shown) or to use the vibrator 36 alone. Note that reference numeral 51 in FIG. 4 is a circuit board.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below. As shown in FIG. 1, the portable telephone is carried with the cover 2 closed and stored in a clothes pocket or the like. When an incoming call arrives at the portable telephone, the motor 37 of the vibrator 36 is driven by a signal from the microcomputer, and the weight 39 is eccentrically rotated by the rotation of the output shaft 38. Since this mechanical vibration is transmitted to the housing 3, it is possible to sense that there is an incoming call almost silently. At this time, by setting the incoming call buzzer not to operate, it is possible to prevent the surroundings from being disturbed during a meeting or the like. Further, as described above, the vibrator 36 is housed at the hinge portion 15 between the telephone body 1 and the cover 2, that is, at a position away from the center of gravity of the portable telephone, so that the vibration of the telephone body 1 during the operation of the vibrator 36 is reduced. It can increase the vibration level. When an incoming call is sensed in this way, the cover 2 is disengaged, and the cover 2 is opened by the resilience of the torsion spring 41, as shown in FIGS.
Positioning can be performed by engaging the engagement portion 50 with the click pin 47, and a call can be made. After the end of the call, the user can wait for the next incoming call by closing the cover 2 as described above.

In the above embodiment, the vibrator 36
Is used as a rotation axis in the hinge part 15, but a cylindrical motor 37 can also be used as a rotation axis. In addition, a rotating shaft other than the vibrator 36 can be used as the rotation axis of the hinge 15. In addition, the hinge part can be provided at one place between the telephone body 1 and the cover 2. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various design changes can be made without departing from the basic technical concept thereof.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, when an incoming call is received, the vibrator is driven, and the vibration generated by the vibrator is transmitted to the electronic device main body. it can. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the surroundings from being troubled. In addition, since the vibrator is provided on the hinge portion of the electronic device body and the cover, it can be effectively used as a storage space for the vibrator, so that the overall size can be reduced, and furthermore, the electronic device can be used when the vibrator operates. The vibration of the device can be increased, and the vibration level can be improved.

Further, by providing hinge portions on both sides of the connecting portion between the electronic device main body and the cover and providing a vibrator on one of them, the cover can be stably formed even if the hinge portions on both sides are made short. Since the opening and closing operation can be performed, the space in the electronic device main body can be effectively used.

The number of parts can be reduced by using a metal cylindrical holder having excellent strength for supporting the vibrator inside, or a cylindrical motor of the vibrator, which is also used as a rotating shaft of the hinge portion and is used for opening and closing the cover. , The mounting efficiency and the cost can be reduced, and the strength of the hinge portion can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, with a cover closed.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the portable electronic device with a cover opened.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone main body (electronic device main body) 2 Cover 3 Housing 14 Hinge part 15 Hinge part 25 Connection part 26 Connection part 27 Connection part 29 Holder 36 Vibrator 37 Motor 39 Weight

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Michiyoshi Kudo Inventor Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. 3-1-1 Tsunashima Higashi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture (56) References JP-A-64-89845 (JP, A) Actually open Hei 2-75837 (JP, U)

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] An electronic device main body, a cover for opening and closing the electronic device main body, and a hinge portion for connecting the cover to the electronic device main body so that the cover can be opened and closed, wherein the hinge portion has a vibrator for generating vibration. Portable electronic devices. 2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the hinge portion is provided on both sides of the electronic device main body and the cover, and one of the hinge portions is provided with a vibrator. 3. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the hinge portion includes a metal cylindrical holder that supports the vibrator inside as a rotation shaft at a connection portion between the electronic device body and the cover. 4. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the hinge portion has a cylindrical motor of a vibrator interposed as a rotation shaft at a connecting portion between the electronic device main body and the cover.