JP4713442B2 - Button slide structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a slide structure of a button of an electronic device such as a mobile phone.

  Conventionally, electronic devices such as mobile phones have various functions and are provided with various buttons. Among such buttons, there are those that slide to switch the function of the electronic device.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, a functional component that is slid in one direction by a knob, a cabinet in which the functional component is installed, and a pair of components that are installed outside the cabinet and inserted from the window of the cabinet. A slide button for operating the electronic component with the knob sandwiched by the operation arm, and a slide button inserted in the operation arm between the locking claw formed in the middle portion of the operation arm of the slide button and the cabinet. There has been proposed a slide button mounting structure that includes a stopper that slidably holds the slide button on the cabinet, and that securely attaches the slide button to the cabinet wall surface and prevents inconveniences such as falling off.

  In Patent Document 2, a switch mounted on a printed wiring board is an operation button mounting structure for slidingly switching from the outside of a case divided into upper and lower sides that accommodates the printed wiring board. An operation button assembly comprising: a guide plate that has at least one locking projection on the guide button and is integrally connected to the operation button at a predetermined distance from the operation button; and an engaging claw protruding from the guide plate The guide plate and the operation button sandwich the case so that the engaging claw is engaged with the switch switching knob of the switch and the locking projection is slightly below the lower surface of the printed wiring board. The upper case is slidably attached to the operation button mounting portion of the lower case, and the upper case is fixed to the lower case so as to prevent the operation buttons from falling off during the assembly process.

  In patent document 3, the arm part extended to the position connected with the operation part of a switch is integrally formed in the switch button which operates a switch from the outside of a lower case. A U-shaped groove is formed at the tip of the arm portion, and the operation portion is inserted therein. In this state, if the upper case is covered and fixed, the arm part is sandwiched between the upper surface of the printed circuit board and the lower surface of the rib guide formed on the upper case, and only in the sliding operation direction of the switch operation unit. It can be held movably. Accordingly, it has been proposed that the switch button can be slidably held without using a claw or the like having a spring property.

As described above, in the conventional slide structure of the button of the electric device, the slide button itself can be elastically deformed, or other parts are added to prevent the dropout, thereby improving workability when assembling the slide button. is doing.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-18074 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-266653 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-154428

  However, in the conventional button slide structure described above, the number of parts increases, and if the amount of movement of the button slide is small, it is difficult to tell if the switch has been switched by simply sliding with a finger. However, there is a problem that switching may occur unintentionally and cause malfunction.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the object of the present invention is to facilitate the mounting operation of the slide button with a simple structure without adding other parts, and to provide a good click feeling. Is to give.

In order to achieve the above object, the first invention is directed to a button slide structure of an electronic device.
The slide structure of the above button is
A slide body having a button body in which a knob portion for sliding operation protrudes from the front surface and a leg portion sandwiching a switch lever for switching the electronic device on the back surface side of the button body;
An electronic device main body having a slide through-hole for sliding the slide button and covering the electronic device;
Elastic means provided in the through-hole for sliding and elastically deforming when the slide button is slid to give a click feeling to the slide button ;
The elastic means comprises a peripheral portion of the slide through hole that is elastically deformable by providing a through hole in the vicinity of the slide through hole, and the elastically deformable peripheral portion is another peripheral portion. It is formed thicker .

  According to the above configuration, when the slide button is inserted into the slide through hole, the elastic means is elastically deformed to urge the slide button, so that the slide button is prevented from falling off during assembly. When the slide button is slid, a click is obtained by elastic means. For this reason, the operability is improved, and the slide button is not unintentionally switched due to an impact or the like, so that a malfunction does not occur.

Also, by simply providing a through hole in the vicinity of the slide through hole, the peripheral edge of the slide through hole can be easily bent. Therefore, the peripheral edge of the slide through hole can be elastically deformed with a simple structure without providing a separate part. It becomes possible.

Furthermore, by forming the elastically deformable peripheral part thicker than the other peripheral parts, the peripheral part is given appropriate elasticity, and the peripheral part having a narrow width is prevented from being damaged .

  As described above, according to the present invention, the elastic means is provided in the slide through hole, and when the slide button is slid, the elastic means is elastically deformed to give a click feeling to the slide button. In addition, it is possible to improve the workability of attaching the button of the elastic means and to give a click feeling of switch switching.

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

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an open state of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an opened state of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the first casing is rotated in a horizontally long state.

  A mobile phone 1 as an electronic device (mobile communication device) according to the present embodiment includes a first housing 2 having a liquid crystal display 6 and a receiver 7 on the surface, a transmitter 8, function buttons 10, and inputs on the surface. And a second housing 3 having buttons 11 and the like. The first housing 2 is supported by a cam mechanism 4 so as to be switchable from a vertically long state to a horizontally long state. The cam mechanism 4 and the second housing 3 are supported by a hinge portion 5 so as to be foldable and openable. The first housing 2 is in a vertically long state when making a telephone call or e-mail, and is in a horizontally long state when watching a television.

  FIG. 3 shows a closed state of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention, with the back side of the first housing 2 facing up. A speaker 9 is provided at the center of the hinge 5 so that the speaker 9 appears on the surface when the first casing 2 is opened and closed. This enables hands-free communication. Further, a sub display unit 12 is provided on the back side of the first casing 2. The sub-display unit 12 is normally displayed with a date, a clock, and the like, and is switched to a display for notifying an incoming call when a missed call is received.

  FIG. 4 shows the cellular phone in the state of FIG. 3 turned upside down. On the back surface side of the second housing 3, a camera 15 and a battery lid 17 that houses and covers the battery are provided.

  The mobile phone 1 has a button slide structure. The periphery of the camera 15 is covered with a decorative cover 16 and the surface thereof is substantially continuous with the periphery. In the decorative cover 16, a camera switching button 13 and a mobile light 14 are provided as slide buttons. The camera 15 is configured to be able to perform normal shooting and close-up shooting, and switching is performed by a camera switching button 13. When the surroundings are dark, camera shooting is performed with the mobile light 14 turned on.

  5 to 7 are plan views of the upper part of the back cabinet as viewed from the front side. For the sake of simplicity, the neck portion 29 of the camera switching button 13 is cut horizontally with the decorative cover 16 removed. (B) is an end view of the entire camera switching button 13 appearing.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the cellular phone 1 is covered with a cabinet that can be divided into front and back sides, and a cover recess 19 that is lower than the surroundings is formed in the back cabinet 20 on the back side. The decorative cover 16 is attached to the cover concave portion 19 with a double-sided tape or the like. The back cabinet 20 is provided with a mobile light hole 25 and a camera hole 26 through which the mobile light 14 and the camera 15 can be viewed. The back side cabinet 20 consists of a resin molded product.

  FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the camera switching button 13, and FIG. 9 is a side view of the camera switching button 13. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the camera switching button 13 includes a button main body 28 in which a knob portion 27 for sliding operation protrudes from the front surface, and a switch lever for switching the mobile phone 1 on the back side of the button main body 28. It has a pair of legs 30 (not shown). The pair of leg portions 30 are coupled at the upper ends, and a neck portion 29 that is thinner than the coupling portion 31 is formed between the coupled coupling portion 31 and the button body 28.

  Although not shown in detail, the switching lever protrudes from an electronic component provided on the circuit board.For example, the switching lever is switched to the normal shooting mode when positioned at the upper end, and to the close-up shooting mode when positioned at the lower end. It has become.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the sliding through hole 21 has a substantially rectangular shape along the longitudinal direction of the back cabinet 20, and the neck portion 29 is configured to slide in the longitudinal direction. A slide recess 18 lower than the periphery is formed at the periphery of the slide through hole 21 of the back cabinet 20, and the button body 28 is configured to slide in the slide recess 18.

  The sliding through-hole 21 is provided with a flexible portion 23 as an elastic means that elastically deforms when the camera switching button 13 is slid to give a click feeling to the camera switching button 13.

  The flexible part 23 is provided with a deformation-permitting through hole 22 in the vicinity of the slide through hole 21 so as to be easily bent and elastically deformable. It consists of the peripheral edge of the hole 21. That is, the flexible portion 23 can be elastically deformed with a simple structure in which the deformation-permitting through hole 22 is provided without providing another component. Note that the slide through-hole 21 is not a perfect rectangle. For example, in order to make the flexible portion 23 bend easily, the left end portion is slightly extended vertically when viewed from the surface.

  10 and 11 show a perspective view and a plan view of the sliding through-hole of the back cabinet and the periphery thereof enlarged from the back side.

  Since the back side cabinet 20 is a resin molded product, the flexible portion 23 can be integrally molded and the mold can be simplified. Moreover, moderate elasticity is given to the flexible part 23 by using the resin material which is easy to bend. The flexible portion 23 made of the elastically deformable peripheral portion is formed thicker than the other peripheral portions. As a result, moderate elasticity is given to the flexible portion 23 and the flexible portion 23 is prevented from being damaged.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a button pressing protrusion 24 for pressing the camera switching button 13 is integrally formed on the flexible portion 23 on the left side when viewed from the front surface side of the sliding through hole 21. Yes. The button pressing protrusion 24 is provided so as to protrude rightward at an intermediate position where the camera switching button 13 slides, that is, in the center in the vertical direction of the sliding through hole 21. The left and right width w1 of the neck portion 29 is slightly larger than the left and right width w2 of the button pressing protrusion 24 portion of the sliding through hole 21 (w1> w2).

-Action of flexible part-
Next, the operation of the flexible portion 23 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  When the camera switching button 13 is inserted during assembly, the leg portion 30 is inserted into the slide through hole 21 from the front side of the back cabinet 20. As shown in FIG. 6, the left peripheral edge portion (flexible portion 23) that is easily bent by the neck portion 29 pressing the button pressing protrusion 24 and providing the deformation allowing through hole 22 is on the deformation allowing through hole 22 side. Flex. For this reason, it is easy to fit the camera switching button 13. In addition, since the elastically deformed flexible portion 23 biases the neck portion 29, the camera switching button 13 is temporarily prevented from falling off. Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, if the camera switching button 13 is moved up or down, the button pressing projection 24 enters between the neck portion 29 and the upper and lower peripheral edge portions of the sliding through hole 21. Fallout prevention is complete. Therefore, the mobile phone 1 is assembled without worrying about the camera switch button 13 being dropped.

  At the time of use, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the camera switching button 13 is arranged either on the top or the bottom. At this time, the camera switching button 13 is not switched unless the neck portion 29 gets over the button pressing projection 24 against the urging force of the flexible portion 23. Therefore, the camera switching button 13 is switched unintentionally due to an impact or the like. Does not cause malfunction.

  On the other hand, when the camera switching button 13 is switched, it is moved up or down. At this time, since the button main body 28 stably slides in the slide recess 18, the operability of the camera switching button 13 is good. When the camera switching button 13 exceeds the intermediate position of the slide through hole 21, the flexible portion 23 is elastically deformed and the button pressing protrusion 24 presses the neck portion 29. Further, a clear click feeling can be obtained by the neck portion 29 being removed from the button pressing projection 24 and pushed back. For this reason, the switching operation is performed comfortably. Further, by forming the button pressing protrusion 24 integrally with the flexible portion 23, it is possible to give a click feeling to the camera switching button 13 with a simple structure.

  The pair of legs 30 moves the switching switch lever up and down as the camera switching button 13 moves up and down, thereby switching the shooting mode of the camera 15.

-Effect of the embodiment-
Therefore, according to the slide structure of the button according to the present embodiment, the flexible portion 23 is provided in the slide through-hole 21, and the flexible portion 23 is elastically deformed when the camera switching button 13 is slid to change the camera switching button. By providing the click feeling to 13, it is possible to improve the workability of button attachment without adding special parts, and to provide the click feeling of switch switching.

  In addition, since the lens 15 of the camera 15 can be switched easily and comfortably without malfunction due to a good click feeling, a compact and high-quality mobile phone provided with the camera switching button 13 with good operability can be obtained.

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

  That is, in the said embodiment, although the flexible part 23 was provided only in the left side peripheral part seeing from the surface of the through-hole 21 for a slide, you may provide also in the peripheral part which opposes. In this case, it is preferable to provide the deformation allowing through hole 22 on the right side. By providing them on both sides in this way, a better click feeling can be obtained.

  In the above embodiment, the electronic device is the mobile phone 1, but it may be a mobile communication device such as a PHS or PDA. In this case, in a portable communication device where portability is regarded as important, a good click feeling is given to the camera switching button 13 by a simple and compact structure. Further, it may be a PC, a mobile tool, an electronic dictionary, a calculator, a copying machine, or the like. That is, the present invention can be applied to a device that includes a slide button having a leg portion that sandwiches a switching switch lever of the electronic device, and the function of the electronic device is switched by sliding the slide button. The changeover switch lever may be any type of changeover as well as camera shooting mode.

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

  As described above, the present invention is useful for the button slide structure of an electronic device such as a mobile communication device represented by a mobile phone.

It is a perspective view which shows the open state of the mobile telephone concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the open state of the mobile telephone concerning embodiment of this invention, and rotated the 1st housing in the horizontally long state. It is a perspective view which shows the closed state of the mobile telephone concerning embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the mobile phone in the state of FIG. 3 turned upside down. (A) is the top view which looked at the upper part of the back side cabinet when the camera switching button is located in the upper end of the slide through-hole from the surface, (b) is the Vb-Vb line end view. (A) is the top view which looked at the upper part of the back side cabinet when the camera switching button is located in the center of the slide through-hole from the surface, and (b) is the VIb-VIb line end view. (A) is the top view which looked at the upper part of the back side cabinet when the camera switch button is located in the lower end of the slide through-hole from the surface, (b) is the VIIb-VIIb line end view. It is a perspective view of a camera switching button. It is a perspective view of a camera switching button. It is the expansion perspective view which looked at the through hole for slide of the back side cabinet, and its circumference from the back side. It is the enlarged plan view which looked at the through-hole for a slide of the back side cabinet, and its periphery from the back side.

1 Mobile phones (mobile communication devices, electronic devices)
13 Camera switching button (slide button)
15 Camera 18 Recess for slide 20 Back cabinet (electronic equipment body)
21 Sliding through hole 22 Deformation allowing through hole 23 Flexible portion (elastic means)
24 Button pressing protrusion 27 Knob part 28 Button body 29 Neck part 30 Leg part

Claims (1)

A slide structure of a button of an electronic device,
A slide body having a button body in which a knob portion for sliding operation protrudes from the front surface and a leg portion sandwiching a switch lever for switching the electronic device on the back surface side of the button body;
An electronic device main body having a slide through-hole for sliding the slide button and covering the electronic device;
Elastic means provided in the through-hole for sliding and elastically deforming when the slide button is slid to give a click feeling to the slide button ;
The elastic means comprises a peripheral portion of the slide through hole that is elastically deformable by providing a through hole in the vicinity of the slide through hole, and the elastically deformable peripheral portion is another peripheral portion. The slide structure of the button, characterized in that it is formed thicker .

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