JP5279001B2 - Housing structure and electronic device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a housing structure in which a light source is provided in a housing composed of a plurality of cases, and an electronic apparatus including the housing structure.

In a case of a portable electronic device, in order to increase the strength, a rib is provided on the case (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Further, in a display device of a mobile phone, a light shielding member is provided when it is desired to block light (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP 2005-303239 A JP 2006-154008 A

  As described above, in order to increase the strength of the case and to shield the light, it is necessary to provide a reinforcing member such as a rib and a light shielding member as shown in Patent Documents 1 and 2, respectively.

  An object of the present invention is to integrate a member that reinforces a case and a light-shielding member into a single component, thereby reducing the number of components and reducing the size.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a housing structure including a plurality of cases, and a light source is provided in a space provided between the plurality of cases , the space, the plurality of one is fixed to the case reinforcement member you reinforce the other cases is provided of the case, and the notch on portion is formed on the reinforcing member, the light source, the It is provided in the notch part, The light of the said light source is light-shielded by the wall surface of the said notch part, and is derived | led-out along the said wall surface .

The invention according to claim 2 is the housing structure according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing member is in close contact with the other case.

Invention of Claim 3 is a housing | casing structure of Claim 1 or 2, Comprising: The middle case as said one case is provided in these several cases, and both ends of the said reinforcement member are said middle cases characterized Tei Rukoto fixed to.

Invention of claim 4, a housing structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, that the light guide member for leading out the light of the light source from the cut portion is provided Features.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is the housing structure according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the notch portion is formed with a slope portion facing in a direction in which the light source is illuminated. and said that you are.

The invention described in claim 6, a chassis structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the periphery of the notch portion, a reflective portion for reflecting light is provided Features.

  A seventh aspect of the invention is characterized by an electronic device including the housing structure according to any one of the first to sixth aspects.

  According to the present invention, since the member that reinforces the case and the member that shields light can be integrated, the number of components can be reduced and the size can be reduced.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
(Embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows a mobile phone as a configuration of an embodiment of an electronic apparatus to which the present invention is applied. An upper housing 1 and a lower housing 2 are coupled via a biaxial hinge portion 3. The biaxial hinge 3 can be opened and closed in the vertical direction and can be opened and closed in the horizontal direction.

  And the cover 4 of the biaxial hinge part 3 is integrally assembled | attached along the one side part of the upper housing | casing 1. FIG. In the illustrated example, the cover 4 is formed with an upper surface opening 41 with a logo at the lower tip and a side opening 42 with a slit along the left side. The upper surface opening 41 by these logos and the side surface opening 42 by the slits can be illuminated as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 2 shows a case and a cover 4 that constitute the upper housing 1. The upper housing 1 is composed of an upper case 5, a lower case 6, and a middle case 7, and a reinforcing member 8 is assembled to the middle case 7. Thus, the upper case 5, the lower case 6, and the middle case 7 are screwed together. In the embodiment, the upper case 5 and the lower case 6 are made of resin, the middle case 7 is made of metal such as magnesium alloy, and the reinforcing member 8 is made of resin.

  The reinforcing member 8 is formed as a plate-shaped member with white resin, and as shown in enlarged view in FIGS. 3 and 4, a pair of locking pieces 81 are provided on both the left and right sides, respectively. A locking hole 82 is formed in each 81. The reinforcing member 8 is formed with a light shielding / reflecting cutout portion 84 that surrounds the light source and guides light on the right side of the figure, and the electronic component cutout portions 86 and 87 and a pair of projecting piece portions 88 and the like at other portions. Is formed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a light shielding / reflecting cutout portion 54 is also formed in the assembly portion of the cover 4 of the upper case 5. The light shielding / reflecting cutout portion 54 has a shape substantially corresponding to the light shielding / reflecting cutout portion 84 of the reinforcing member 8. As shown in FIG. 6, the upper case 5 is not provided with reinforcing ribs on its inner surface.

The light shielding / reflecting cutout 84 is a reflecting portion that reflects the light from the light source around the reinforcing member 8 made of white resin. A slope 85 is formed at one end of the light shielding / reflecting cutout 84.
The light shielding / reflecting cutout 84 is an opening surrounding the entire periphery in the illustrated example, but a part thereof may be opened.

  A pair of locking projections 72 are provided on the outer surfaces of the left and right side walls of the middle case 7. The locking protrusions 72 are respectively locked in the locking holes 82 of the locking pieces 81 of the reinforcing member 8. The reinforcing member 8 is fixed to the middle case 7 at both left and right ends by the locking projections 72 and the locking holes 82. The reinforcing member 8 is in close contact with the inner surface of the upper case 5.

  Further, between the middle case 7 of the upper casing 1 and the cover 4 of the upper case 5, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) 9 as a light source and a cover 4 as shown in FIGS. The first illuminating unit 11 with a logo corresponding to the upper surface opening 41 and the side surface opening 42, the slit-shaped elongated second illuminating unit 21, and the first light illuminating unit 11 guides the light of the LED 9 to the first illuminating unit 11. One light guide member 10 and a second light guide member 20 that guides the light of the LED 9 to the second illumination unit 21 through the first light guide member 11 are arranged.

  The LED 9 is used to notify incoming calls by sequentially lighting them with, for example, seven colors or the like. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the LED 9 is mounted on a substrate in the middle case 7 and is used as a first light guide. The optical axis is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the member 10 and the second light guide member 20. As a result, light is applied obliquely to the slit-like elongated second illumination unit 21 to illuminate the tip.

The first light guide member 10 is, for example, a milky white material in which a light diffusing material is mixed in a transparent resin, and the first illumination part 11 with a logo is integrally formed on the upper surface, and the bottom surface reflects light. For this purpose, blasting is applied.
The second light guide member 20 is made of, for example, a transparent resin mixed with a light diffusing material and colored in accordance with the color of the upper housing 1, and an elongated second illumination portion 21 with an inclined surface is integrally formed at the upper left portion thereof. It is molded into.

  In the above, the upper surface opening portion 41 of the lower end portion of the cover 4 of the biaxial hinge portion 3 along the one side portion of the upper case 1 of the upper casing 1 has the upper surface opening 41 by the logo on the upper surface of the first light guide member 10. The first illuminating part 11 by the logo is located, and the second elongated illuminating part 21 by the inclined surface at the upper left part of the second light guide member 20 is formed in the side opening 42 by the slit along the left side of the cover 4. Is located.

  The LED 9 and the first light guide member 10 are disposed in the light shielding / reflecting cutout 84 of the reinforcing member 8. In the second light guide member 20, the base end portion on the first light guide member 10 side is disposed in the light shielding / reflecting cutout portion 84, and a part from the base end portion toward the tip end portion side is the reinforcing member 8. Is placed on top. The slope portion 25 of the second light guide member 20 is in contact with the slope portion 85 of the light shielding / reflecting cutout portion 84.

Then, when the LEDs 9 are sequentially turned on with light emission colors such as seven colors by the incoming call, the first illumination unit 11 with the logo on the upper surface emits light with the light passing through the first light guide member 10. Therefore, as shown in FIG.1 (b), it light-emits from the upper surface opening part 41 by a logo.
At the same time, the elongated second illuminating portion 21 with the inclined surface on the upper left side emits light by the light passing through the second light guide member 20 through the first light guide member 10. Therefore, as shown in FIG.1 (b), it light-emits from the side surface opening part 42 by a slit.

  As described above, according to the mobile phone having the housing structure of the embodiment, the light shielding / reflecting cutout portion 84 that surrounds the LED 9 of the light source and surrounds the light source LED 9 is formed in the reinforcing member 8 of the upper housing 1. Both ends of the reinforcing member 8 are fixed by locking the locking projections 72 and the locking holes 82, and the reinforcing member 8 is brought into close contact with the upper case 5, so that the reinforcing member 8 of the upper case 5 is shielded from light and reflected. Since the members can be integrated, the size can be reduced while reducing the number of parts.

  In addition, when the reinforcing member 8 is brought into close contact with the upper case 5, light leakage from the light shielding / reflecting cutout 84 can be prevented and the thickness can be reduced.

  In addition, since both ends of the reinforcing member 8 are fixed to the middle case 7, the upper surface of the substrate of the reinforcing member 8 can be fully utilized. Therefore, the reinforcing member 8 and the electronic components on the substrate can be stacked or reinforced. The member 8 can be cut out, and an electronic component on the substrate can be placed in the cutout, and the electronic component can be protected by the reinforcing member 8.

  Then, by providing the first light guide member 10 and the second light guide member 20 that lead out the light of the LED 9 from the light shielding / reflecting cutout portion 84 of the reinforcing member 8, the first illumination portion 11 and the second illumination portion 11 are provided. Can be efficiently guided to the illumination unit 21.

  In addition, the light shielding / reflecting cutout portion 84 is formed with a sloped portion 85 in the direction in which the LEDs 9 are illuminated, so that the first light guide member 20 disposed in the light shielding / reflecting cutout portion 84 has a first guide. A light guide action is obtained from the base end portion on the optical member 10 side to the distal end side of the second light guide member 20 through the slope portion 25 corresponding to the inclined surface 85. Therefore, the second illumination unit 21 can be illuminated efficiently.

  Moreover, since the periphery of the light shielding / reflecting cutout portion 84 is a reflecting portion that reflects light from the LED 9 with respect to the reinforcing member 8 made of white resin, the first illuminating portion 11 and the second illuminating portion 21 are provided. It can be illuminated more efficiently.

(Modification)
In the above embodiment, the cellular phone is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and in addition to the cellular phone, a light source such as a camera, PDA, notebook computer, wearable personal computer, calculator, and electronic dictionary is provided. It can be used for all electronic devices provided in the body.
Moreover, although LED was used as the light source in the embodiments, other appropriate light sources may be employed.
Furthermore, any shape can be adopted for the shape of the notch and the shape of the reinforcing member.

Further, the light guide member may not be a separate body as in the embodiment, but may be integrally formed.
And the shape of an illumination part and a light guide member is arbitrary, and it is needless to say that other detailed structures can be appropriately changed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The structure of one Embodiment of the electronic device to which this invention is applied is shown, the top view (a) which showed the time of a mobile telephone being extinguished, and the top view (b) which showed the time of lighting. It is a disassembled perspective view of the upper housing | casing of FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a lower case, an intermediate case, and a reinforcing member in FIG. 2. It is the top view which showed the state which assembled | attached the lower case and middle case of FIG. 3, and the reinforcement member. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the upper case of FIG. 2 and shows a state where a cover is removed. It is the perspective view which showed the upper case of FIG. 5 from the inner surface side. It is the perspective view which showed the internal illumination part and the light guide member with the cover removed from the upper case of FIG. It is the figure which showed the arrangement | positioning state of the illumination part and light guide member of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Upper housing | casing 2 Lower housing | casing 3 Biaxial hinge part 4 Cover 41 Upper surface opening part 42 Side surface opening part 5 Upper case 54 Light shielding and reflection notch part 6 Lower case 7 Middle case 72 Locking protrusion 8 Reinforcement member 81 Locking piece 82 Locking hole 84 Light shielding / reflecting cutout 85 Slope 86 Electronic component cutout 87 Electronic component cutout 88 Projection piece 9 Light source 10 First light guide member 11 First illumination portion 20 Second guide Optical member 25 Slope portion 21 Second illumination portion

Claims (7)

A housing structure that is composed of a plurality of cases and in which a light source is provided in a space provided between the plurality of cases ,
In the space, one is fixed to the case reinforcement member you reinforce the other cases are provided in the plurality of cases,
And notch on are formed in the reinforcing member,
The light source is provided in the notch,
The housing structure , wherein light from the light source is shielded by a wall surface of the cutout portion and led out along the wall surface . The housing structure according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing member is in close contact with the other case. The middle case as the one case in the plurality of cases,
The housing structure as claimed in claim 1 or 2 at both ends of the reinforcing member, characterized in Tei Rukoto fixed in said casing. The housing structure as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the light guide member for leading out the light of the light source from the cut portion is provided. The case structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cutout portion is formed with a slope portion facing in a direction in which the light source is illuminated. Wherein the periphery of the notch portion, chassis structure according to claim 1, any one of 5, wherein a reflection portion for reflecting light is provided.   An electronic apparatus comprising the housing structure according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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