JP3063723U - Card type electronic equipment with case - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] It is impossible to operate an operation member when a device is mounted on a case. SOLUTION: A display unit 4 is provided at a substantially central portion of an upper surface, a card-type electronic device 2 having an operation member 5 disposed on one side, and a case body 10 for storing a card, and the case body 10 is formed of a transparent resin. And an operation window 11b corresponding to the operation member 5 and a see-through unit 11 corresponding to the display unit 4.
a. The case body 10 is provided with a side opening 13 for inserting and removing a card on the operation window side, and a notch window for inserting and removing a card is provided on a lower surface opposite to the operation window 11b formed on the upper surface of the case body 10. 12a is provided with a strap insertion hole in the corner side wall portion 15 of the operation window. The case body 10 is composed of upper and lower case portions 11 and 12 and is integrated by a fixing means, and holds the card with ribs provided on the inner surface. The operation member can be operated with the card attached to the case body, and the display information on the display unit can be visually recognized from the see-through unit, which is convenient for carrying.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a card-type electronic device with a case that has an information storage function inside the main body and can display necessary information on a main body display surface by connecting to an external terminal such as a personal computer.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In recent years, a large number of memory cards as card-type electronic devices having a liquid crystal cell, a circuit board, a connector, and the like have appeared on a memory card body. These card-type electronic devices are generally stored and protected in a case when not in use.

[0003] As a conventional card-type electronic device case, for example, the technology is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 305 5342. The outline is described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an IC card case. In the case body 20, a cover 21 and a base 22 are engaged by respective hinge portions 21a, 22a. The cover 21 and the base 22 are provided with temporary fixing portions 21b and 22b at corresponding positions, respectively, and have a function of preventing the case from being opened when the case body 20 is closed. Further, a closed card receiving portion 22c is formed at the tip of the base 22, and card storing direction restricting ribs 23 are provided on both inner side surfaces of the card receiving portion 22c so as to fit in the misfit prevention grooves of the stored cards. Have been. The structure of the main part of the case body described above is a structure that can be found in a well-known floppy disk storage case and the like.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 However, the card-type electronic device case described above has the following problems. That is, as described above, in a state where the card type electronic device is stored in the case body, the operation member cannot be operated because the case body covers the entire surface of the device. To operate the operation parts, it is troublesome to open the cover or take out the equipment from the case and operate.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to operate an operation member of a device while a card-type electronic device is stored in a case body, and An object of the present invention is to provide a card-type electronic device with a case that allows the display information on a display unit to be seen through and allows the user to easily carry the device.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, a card-type electronic device with a case according to the present invention includes a card-type electronic device in which a display unit and an operation member are arranged on a top surface of a card, and a case body that stores the card-type electronic device. The case body covers substantially the entire surface of the card-type electronic device, and has an operation window corresponding to the operation member and a see-through portion corresponding to the display unit.

[0008] The card-type electronic device is characterized in that a display unit and an operation member are provided on a top surface of the card. Further, the operating member is provided on one side of the upper surface of the card. The display unit has a large shape so as to cover substantially the center of the upper surface of the card, and the operation member is arranged in parallel with the display unit on one side of the upper surface of the card, avoiding the display unit. It is characterized by having.

Further, the case body is provided with a side opening for inserting and removing the card-type electronic device on the operation window side. Further, a rib for holding a card-type electronic device inserted into the case body is formed on an inner surface side of the case body. An operation window corresponding to the operation member is provided on an upper surface side adjacent to a side opening of the case body.

The operation window has a corner side wall orthogonal to the side opening. Also, a strap insertion hole for inserting a strap is formed in the corner side wall portion.

The case body has a notch window for inserting and removing the card-type electronic device on a lower surface of the case body opposite to an operation window formed on an upper surface of the case body. It is characterized by the following.

Further, the case body is formed of a transparent resin. Further, the case body includes an upper case portion and a lower case portion, and the upper case portion and the lower case portion are fixed by ultrasonic welding or bonding.

[0013]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Hereinafter, the card-type electronic device with case according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a card-type electronic device with a case according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the card-type electronic device is stored in a case body. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3, 4, and 5 are cross-sectional views taken along lines BB, CC, and DD in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which an upper case portion of FIG. 1 is removed, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a case body.

1 to 7, reference numeral 1 denotes a card-type electronic device with a case. The card-type electronic device 2 housed in the case body 10 conforms to a business card size standard product. For example, a thin rectangular shape of L = approximately 85.6 mm, W = approximately 54 mm, and T = approximately 5 mm (MAX) is used. doing. A display unit 4 of a liquid crystal cell 3 constituted by a liquid crystal display element is disposed in a substantially rectangular shape along the longitudinal direction of the card-type electronic device 2 substantially at the center of the surface of the card-type electronic device 2. . An operation member 5 having operation input keys 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, and 5f is provided at predetermined intervals along the width direction near the right end of the surface of the card-type electronic device 2. The functions of the operation input keys are, for example, function keys for page return, page turning, input, cursor movement, and the like. The card-type electronic device 2 has various utilization forms such as a schedule, a time, a calendar, and an address.

At the right end of the card-type electronic device 2, two button batteries (not shown) are accommodated in a lower position of the operation member 5. Also, on the left end face of the card-type electronic device 2, a PCMCIA in which a number of signal terminals and external power supply terminals for connecting the card-type electronic device 2 to a connector provided on an external device such as a bass computer are arranged. A connector 6 conforming to the standard is integrated with a built-in circuit board. By connecting the connector 6 of the card type electronic device 2 to a connector of a personal computer or the like, data of a personal computer or the like can be stored in the card type electronic device 2.

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 and FIG. 8, a case body 10 for accommodating the card-type electronic device 2 is made of a transparent resin member and includes an upper case portion 11 and a lower case portion 12. They are integrally fixed by fixing means such as ultrasonic welding or bonding. The upper case section 11 has a transparent section 11a at a position corresponding to the display section 4 in a state in which the card-type electronic device 2 is housed in a substantially central portion, and an opening at a position corresponding to the operation member 5 on the right short side. An operation window 11b is formed. A cutout window 12a for inserting and removing a card-type electronic device is formed at a position on the right end short side of the lower case portion 12 facing the operation window 11b.

In a state where the upper case 11 and the lower case 12 are integrally fixed by the fixing means such as ultrasonic welding or bonding as described above, the case body 10 holds the card-type electronic device 2. A side opening 13 for inserting and removing a card-type electronic device is formed on the side where the operation member 5 is disposed. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the side opening 13 and the operation window 11b are disposed adjacent to each other. With this arrangement, the card-type electronic device 2 can be stored in the case 10 even when the operation member 5 of the card-type electronic device 2 is thicker than the case 10. The operation window 11b has two corner side walls 15 orthogonal to the side opening 13, and one of the corner side walls 15 has a strap insertion hole 14 for inserting a strap. Has become.

3 to 5 and 8, the upper case portion 11 is formed with a convex guide rail 11 c having a predetermined length, which is parallel to both long sides. As shown in FIG. 3, the height of the protrusion of the guide rail 11c is such that the guide rail 11c abuts on the step of the card type electronic device 2 in a state where the card type electronic device 2 is stored in the case body 10, It is set so as to have a small gap G so that the inside of the upper case portion 11 does not rub against the surface of the card-type electronic device 2. With the structure in which the gap G is provided, it is possible to prevent the see-through portion 11a of the upper case 11 from being damaged.

In FIGS. 6 and 7, the lower case portion 12 is provided at the end opposite to the notch cut-out window 12 a for holding the back surface of the step portion where the connector is located when the card-type electronic device 2 is stored. Are formed, and two lateral pressing ribs 12c which engage with both side surfaces of the distal end portion of the card-type electronic device 2 are formed. One of the lateral pressing ribs 12c is provided with a cutout portion 12d at a part thereof, has an elastic force, and has a function of elastically holding the card type electronic device 2. By providing the cutout portion 12d in this manner, it is possible to sufficiently cope with a slight variation in the lateral dimension of the card-type electronic device 2.

With the configuration described above, the operation window 11b provided in the case body 10 is opened in a state where the card type electronic apparatus 2 is stored in the case body 10, so that the operation of the card type electronic apparatus 2 can be easily performed. Each operation input key (5a to 5f) of the member 5 can be operated.

Further, since the case body 10 is made of a transparent resin member, the display information on the display unit 4 of the card-type electronic device 2 can be clearly seen from the see-through unit 11a. In the present embodiment, the case body 10 is entirely formed of a transparent resin member. However, the transparent region requires at least a transparent portion 11a having an area corresponding to the display portion 4 of the card-type electronic device 2. In the area around the see-through portion 11a, colors, patterns, etc. may be applied on the product design.

Further, the case body 10 is provided with a side opening 13 for inserting and removing the card-type electronic device 2 on the operation window side, and the operation window 11 b of the case body 10 and the notch window 12 a allow the card to be inserted. When taking out the electronic device 2, a space for picking it with a finger can be secured, and the electronic device 2 can be easily taken out. The size of the cutout window 12a is optimally large enough to allow a fingertip to enter from the viewpoint of protecting the card-type electronic device 2, but the size is not particularly limited.

Further, when the strap is inserted into the strap insertion hole 14 formed in one of the corner side walls 15 orthogonal to the side opening 13 of the operation window 11b to carry the card-type electronic device 1 with a case, Even if there is no pocket in clothes, you can easily carry it by hanging the strap around your neck. By arranging the strap insertion hole 14 in one side of the corner side wall portion 15, the side opening 13 is turned upward and the card-type electronic device 2 can be prevented from dropping out of the case body 10 when carrying.

The two guide rails 11 c of the ribs formed on the case body 10 are connected to the upper surface of the card-type electronic device 2 and the upper case 11 when the card-type electronic device 2 is inserted and removed as described above. At the same time, a predetermined gap is maintained so as not to rub against the lower surface of the card-type electronic device 2. At the same time, a guide is provided in a state where the card-type electronic device 2 is substantially in line contact with both lateral steps, so that the insertion / removal operation can be performed smoothly. Further, it has a function of holding the card-type electronic device 2 in cooperation with the holding rib 12 b formed on the lower case portion 12. Since the guide rail 11c and the holding rib 12b both receive the step portion of the card-type electronic device 2 up and down, care is taken to minimize the total thickness of the case body 10.

As described above, the two lateral pressing ribs 12c that engage with both side surfaces of the distal end portion of the card-type electronic device 2 include one of the lateral pressing ribs 12c having a cutout 12d in a part thereof. Is provided and has an elastic force, and is fitted and elastically held between the two ribs on both sides of the front end portion of the card-type electronic device 2, so that the card is not applied unless an external force is applied against the holding force. The electronic device 2 does not easily fall off the case body 10. As described above, the case body 10 is composed of the upper case part 11 and the lower case part 12 and is fixed to each other. However, the case body 10 may be a single body instead of a vertically separate body.

[0026]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, the card-type electronic device with a case according to the present invention can easily operate the operation members of the device while the card-type electronic device remains mounted on the case body. Further, the display information displayed on the display unit of the device can be clearly recognized from the see-through portion of the case body.

Further, when taking out the device from the case body, the device can be easily taken out with the finger through the display window and the cutout window through the side opening without opening and closing the case body each time.

Further, the strap can be easily carried without a pocket by the strap inserted through the strap insertion hole provided in the case body.

Further, by forming the ribs on the case body, the card can be reliably protected and held with the card-type electronic device mounted on the case body.

Further, the operation window provided on the upper surface of the case body is arranged adjacent to the side opening, so that even if the operation member of the card-type electronic device is larger than the thickness of the case body, the card-type electronic device can be used. The electronic device can be stored in the case body.

The case body is composed of two parts, an upper case part and a lower case part, and is integrated by a fixing means such as ultrasonic welding or bonding, so that it is easy to manufacture and the cost is low, and the appearance of the product is reduced. The degree of freedom of the shape is large.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a card-type electronic device with a case according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the card-type electronic device is stored in a case body.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which an upper case portion of FIG. 1 is removed.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged plan view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the case body of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a conventional IC card case.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card-type electronic device with a case 2 Card-type electronic device 3 Liquid crystal cell 4 Display part 5 Operation member 10 Case body 11 Upper case part 11a Transparent part 11b Operation window 11c Guide rail 12 Lower case part 12a Notch window 12b Holding rib 12c Lateral pressing rib 13 Side opening 14 Strap insertion hole 15 Corner side wall

Claims (12)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A card-type electronic device in which a display unit and an operation member are arranged on an upper surface of a card, and a case body for storing the card-type electronic device, wherein the case body covers substantially the entire surface of the card-type electronic device. A card-type electronic device with a case, comprising: an operation window corresponding to the operation member, and a transparent portion corresponding to the display portion. 2. The card type electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a display unit and an operation member are provided on a top surface of the card.
A card-type electronic device with a case according to 1. 3. The card-type electronic device with a case according to claim 2, wherein the operation member is disposed on one side of the upper surface of the card. 4. The display unit has a large shape so as to cover substantially the center of the upper surface of the card, and the operation member is arranged on one side of the upper surface of the card in parallel with the display unit, avoiding the display unit. The card-type electronic device with a case according to claim 2, wherein the electronic device is provided. 5. The card type electronic device with a case according to claim 1, wherein the case body is provided with a side opening for inserting and removing the card type electronic device on the operation window side. machine. 6. The card-type electronic device with a case according to claim 5, wherein a rib for holding a card-type electronic device inserted into the case member is formed on an inner surface side of the case member. machine. 7. The card-type electronic device with a case according to claim 5, wherein an operation window corresponding to the operation member is provided on an upper surface side adjacent to a side opening of the case body. 8. The card-type electronic device with a case according to claim 7, wherein the operation window has a corner side wall orthogonal to the side opening. 9. The card-type electronic device with case according to claim 8, wherein a strap insertion hole for inserting a strap is formed in the corner side wall. 10. The case body is provided with a notch window for inserting and removing the card-type electronic device on a lower surface of the case body facing an operation window formed on an upper surface of the case body. The card-type electronic device with a case according to claim 7, characterized in that: 11. The card-type electronic device with a case according to claim 1, wherein the case body is formed of a transparent resin. 12. The case body according to claim 11, wherein the case body includes an upper case portion and a lower case portion, and the upper case portion and the lower case portion are fixed by ultrasonic welding or bonding. Card type electronic device with case.