JP5971696B2 - Electronic device casing and electronic device decorative panel - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a housing for an electronic device and a decorative panel for a housing for an electronic device.

  When the housing of the electronic device is provided with a covering area that is covered with an appropriate decorative panel so that it cannot be accessed or viewed from the outside during use, such as an opening for securing access to the internal device There is. Such a covering region is covered with a decorative panel attached to the main body of the casing of the electronic device at the stage of the finished product, and access and visual recognition by the user are prohibited. As a method of attaching such a decorative panel, for example, a method of detachably attaching the decorative panel using a mounting tool such as a screw, or a so-called snap-off method for preventing easy removal using a snap mechanism is generally used. It is done.

  An object of the present invention relates to a decorative panel that covers a covering region of a casing of an electronic device. For example, the decorative panel is detachably attached to the casing for maintenance or design change of the internal device, and the decorative panel is easily removed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device casing and a decorative panel for an electronic device casing.

  The invention disclosed in this application has various aspects, and typical ones of these aspects are as follows.

A covered region covered by the decorative panel, at least a portion of the occupied surface of the coating region, and at least one sliding engagement hole provided on one side of said surface, provided on the other side of the surface A body having at least one snap engagement hole; and covering the covering region ; and inserting the slide engagement hole provided on one side of the inner surface, and then sliding the decorative panel to slide the decorative panel At least one slide engagement protrusion that engages with the slide engagement hole, and at least one snap engagement protrusion that is provided on the other side of the inner surface and engages with the snap engagement hole by being inserted into the snap engagement hole. And a protective projection provided on one of the vicinity of the snap engagement hole of the main body or the vicinity of the snap engagement projection of the decorative panel. A protective projection receiving hole that is provided in the other of the main body in the vicinity of the snap engaging hole or in the vicinity of the snap engaging protrusion of the decorative panel, and that houses the protective protrusion. , The slide engaging protrusion is inserted into the slide engaging hole, but abuts against the inner surface or the inner surface of the decorative panel, and the decorative panel is slid and is received in the protective protrusion receiving hole. Equipment enclosure.

  According to the present invention, the decorative panel that covers the covering region of the casing of the electronic device is detachably attached to the casing, and the casing of the electronic device and the casing for the casing of the electronic device are not easily removed. A panel is provided.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the housing of the electronic device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the state which removed the decorative panel from the housing. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the inner surface of a decorative panel. It is a top view of a main body in the state where a decorative panel was removed. It is a schematic cross section which shows the internal surface of a decorative panel and a main body before attaching a decorative panel. It is a schematic cross section which shows the internal panel of the decorative panel in the middle of attaching a decorative panel, and a main body. It is a schematic cross section which shows the internal surface of a decorative panel and a main body after attaching a decorative panel.

  Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a housing 1 of an electronic device according to the present embodiment. The housing 1 includes a box-shaped main body 2 that accommodates various electronic components. A slide lid 4 is provided on the upper surface of the main body 2 on the right side in the drawing. The slide lid 4 is slid leftward in the drawing to expose the device housed in the main body 2, in this example, the optical disk drive. The decorative panel 3 is detachably fixed to the main body 2 by a mechanism described later, and covers a part of the surface of the main body 2. Various electronic components such as a circuit board and a storage device are accommodated in the main body 2.

  FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing a state in which the decorative panel 3 is removed from the housing 1. In the figure, the structure inside the covering region 21, which is a region covered by the decorative panel 3 (see FIG. 1), can be seen. In the present embodiment, the outer shape of the covering region 21 has a substantially rectangular shape having a major axis in the left-right direction in the drawing, and an inner surface 22 located inside the upper surface of the main body 2 is formed inside. In the present embodiment, an opening / closing mechanism 41 for biasing the slide lid 4 and locking it at a predetermined position is provided in the vicinity of the central portion in the left-right direction of the covering region 21. In the present specification, the term “covered region” refers to a region covered with the decorative panel 3, and the term “inner surface” refers to a surface located inside and covering at least a part of the covered region. Shall. In this embodiment, since the inner surface 22 is provided on the inner side from the upper surface of the main body 2, the inner surface 21 is a shelf-like surface that is lowered by one step from the upper surface of the main body 2, but is not limited thereto. Instead, the inner surface 21 may be a surface that is flush with the upper surface of the main body 2. Further, as in the present embodiment, the covering region 21 may be an opening for accessing a device inside the housing 1, and in that case, the decorative panel 3 has a function as a lid for closing the opening. become.

  Slide engagement holes 23A, 23B and 23C are provided on the left side, which is one side of the inner surface 22, and snap engagement holes 24A and 24B are provided on the right side, which is the other side of the inner surface 22, from the left side. It is provided in order. The slide engagement holes 23A, 23B, and 23C and the snap engagement holes 24A and 24B are arranged substantially linearly with respect to the left-right direction that is the longitudinal direction of the covering region 21. Here, “one side” refers to one side when a predetermined position (in the present embodiment, the center) of a certain region is used as a boundary, and “the other side” is the opposite. Shall refer to the other side.

  Further, a protective projection receiving hole 25 is provided in the vicinity of the snap engagement hole 24A of the inner surface 22, that is, in this embodiment, on the front side of the snap engagement hole 24A in the drawing. Although details will be described later, the protective projection receiving hole 25 is not necessarily provided so as to be adjacent to the front side in the figure with respect to the snap engagement hole 24A, and the slide engagement hole 23C side ( It may be provided in the left direction in the figure, may be provided in the snap engagement hole 24B side (right direction in the figure), or may be provided in another direction.

  The material of the main body 2 may be any material as long as its shape can be stably maintained, and is not particularly limited. In the present embodiment, FRP (Fiber Reinforced Plastics) is used from the viewpoints of strength, ease of molding, and cost.

  FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing the inner surface of the decorative panel 3. The decorative panel 3 has a substantially rectangular shape corresponding to the covering region 21 and is curved so that the outer side thereof is convex in the short direction, and at the same time has sufficient rigidity to hold its own shape. In the longitudinal direction, slight bending due to elastic deformation is allowed. The material of the decorative panel 3 is not particularly limited, but in the present embodiment, FRP is used similarly to the main body 2.

  On one side of the inner surface of the decorative panel 3, slide engagement protrusions 31A, 31B, and 31C are provided at positions corresponding to the slide engagement holes 23A, 23B, and 23C of the main body 2, respectively. On the other side of the inner surface of the decorative panel 3, snap engagement protrusions 32A and 32B are provided at positions corresponding to the snap engagement holes 24A and 24B of the main body 2, respectively.

  The slide engagement protrusions 31 </ b> A, 31 </ b> B, and 31 </ b> C are protrusions that are L-shaped in a side view with respect to the longitudinal direction of the decorative panel 3. Further, the snap engagement protrusions 32A and 32B are protrusions having a hook shape used in a general snap fastening mechanism.

  Further, a protective protrusion 33 is provided in the vicinity of the snap engagement protrusion 32 </ b> A on the inner surface of the decorative panel 3 and at a position corresponding to the protective protrusion receiving hole 25 of the main body 2. As shown in the figure, the protection protrusion 33 is a simple protrusion that does not have a hook for fixing a member such as a hook.

  FIG. 4 is a top view of the main body 2 with the decorative panel 3 removed. In the figure, the slide engagement holes 23A, 23B, 23C, the snap engagement holes 24A, 24B, and the protective projection receiving holes 25 are shown with bold lines in order to clearly show the positions. The slide engagement holes 23A, 23B, and 23C are holes having a slit extending in the longitudinal direction of the covering region 21 from one corner of the rectangle (here, the upper right corner) as shown in FIG. As apparent from the shape of the slide engagement protrusions 31A, 31B and 31C shown, after inserting the slide engagement protrusions 31A, 31B and 31C into the slide engagement holes 23A, 23B and 23C, respectively, The slide engagement holes 23A, 23B and 23C and the slide engagement protrusions 31A, 31B and 31C are engaged with each other by sliding in the right direction of FIG. 4 which is the longitudinal direction, and the decorative panel 3 is fixed. The specific shapes of the slide engagement holes 23A, 23B, and 23C and the slide engagement protrusions 31A, 31B, and 31C shown here are merely examples. By sliding the decorative panel 3, the decorative panel 3 and the main body 2 Any structure may be used as long as they are fixed to each other. The number of slide engagement holes 23A, 23B, and 23C and the slide engagement protrusions 31A, 31B, and 31C are also arbitrary, and at least one is sufficient.

  The snap engagement holes 24A and 24B are simply rectangular holes, and the hooks of the snap engagement protrusions 32A and 32B are inserted into the edges of the snap engagement holes 24A and 24B by inserting the snap engagement protrusions 32A and 32B, respectively. The decorative panel 3 is fixed by catching and engaging. The specific shapes of the snap engagement holes 24A and 24B and the snap engagement protrusions 32A and 32B shown here are also examples, and any shape can be used as long as it functions as a spring and a spring of a so-called snap fastening mechanism. It may be. The number of the snap engagement holes 24A and 24B and the snap engagement protrusions 32A and 32B is also arbitrary, and at least one is sufficient.

  Furthermore, although the shape of the protective projection accommodating hole 25 is arbitrary, it is a simple rectangle as shown here.

  A procedure for attaching the decorative panel 3 to the housing 1 having the above structure will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7 schematically show the structures of the main body 2 and the decorative panel 3 for easy understanding, and the shapes and positions of the respective parts are those shown in FIGS. Does not necessarily match.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the decorative panel 3 and the inner surface 22 of the main body 2 before the decorative panel 3 is attached. The upper direction in the figure is the outside of the housing 1, and the lower side in the figure is the inside of the housing 1. Moreover, the left-right direction in the figure becomes the major axis direction of the decorative panel 3 (therefore, the covering region 21). In this figure, illustrations of portions other than the decorative panel 3 and the inner surface 22 are omitted.

  When attaching the decorative panel 3 to the main body 2, the decorative panel 3 is placed at a position slightly shifted to the left with respect to the internal surface 22 as shown in the figure. In this state, the slide engagement protrusions 31A, 31B, and 31C are positioned immediately above the corresponding slide engagement holes 23A, 23B, and 23C, respectively. On the other hand, the protection protrusion 33 and the snap engagement protrusions 32A and 32B are located at positions deviated from immediately above the protection protrusion receiving hole 25 and the snap engagement holes 24A and 24B, and the decorative panel 3 is pressed toward the inner surface 22. In this position, the inner surface 22 is abutted.

  When the decorative panel 3 is pressed toward the inner surface 22 in this state, as shown in FIG. 6, the slide engagement protrusions 31A, 31B and 31C are inserted into the corresponding slide engagement holes 23A, 23B and 23C, respectively. On the other hand, since the protective protrusion 33 hits the inner surface 22, the decorative panel 3 bends in the longitudinal direction as shown in the figure. As described above, the protection protrusion 33 is provided in the vicinity of the snap engagement protrusion 32A. Therefore, the snap engagement protrusions 32A and 32B are separated from each other without hitting the inner surface 22, and an excessive force is generated. Protected against damage from acting. In other words, the position of the protective protrusion 33 is such that the snap engaging protrusion 32A can be separated from the inner surface 22 when the protective protrusion 33 hits the inner surface 22. This means that it must be near 32A. The height of the protective protrusion 33 is the same, and the height of the protective protrusion 33 is such that the snap engaging protrusion 32A can be separated from the internal surface 22 when the protective protrusion 33 hits the internal surface 22. It is. This height differs depending on the position where the protective protrusion 33 is disposed. As shown in FIG. 6, when the protective protrusion 33 is provided on the slide engagement protrusion 31C side with respect to the snap engagement protrusion 32A, It may be the same as or lower than the height of the snap engagement protrusion 32A. When the protective protrusion 33 is provided on the side parallel to the snap engaging protrusion 32A (the front side or the depth direction with respect to the paper surface of FIG. 6), the height of the protective protrusion 33 is the snap engagement. The height of the protrusion 32A may be the same as or higher than that. When the protection protrusion 33 is provided on the snap engagement protrusion 32B side with respect to the snap engagement protrusion 32A, the height of the protection protrusion 33 must be higher than the height of the snap engagement protrusion 32A.

  At this time, the protection protrusion 33 is provided in the vicinity of the snap engagement protrusion 32A located closest to the slide engagement protrusion 31C. As apparent from FIG. 6, in a state where the decorative panel 3 is deformed, the snap engagement protrusion 32 </ b> A at such a position is closest to the inner surface 22, so that the snap engagement protrusion 32 </ b> A is separated from the inner surface 22. This is because when the protective projection 33 is provided, the other snap engagement projection 32B also does not strike the inner surface 22.

  Further, when the decorative panel 3 is pressed against the inner surface 22 and is slid toward the right side in the drawing in the illustrated example, the state shown in FIG. 7 is obtained. In this state, the slide engagement protrusions 31A, 31B, and 31C mesh with the corresponding slide engagement holes 23A, 23B, and 23C, respectively, and fix the decorative panel 3. Further, since the protective protrusion 33 is accommodated in the protective protrusion accommodating hole 25, the bending of the decorative panel 3 is eliminated, and accordingly, the snap engaging protrusions 32A and 32B are engaged with the snap engaging holes 24A and 24B, respectively, so that the decorative panel 3 is easy. It is fixed without coming off.

  When removing the decorative panel 3 from the housing 1, the reverse procedure described above may be performed. First, in FIG. 7, the right end of the decorative panel 3 is lifted upward in the figure, and the snap engagement holes 24A and 24B are snapped. The mating protrusions 32A and 32B are removed. Next, the decorative panel 3 is slid leftward, which is the opposite direction to the previous state, so that the state shown in FIG. 6 is obtained, and the slide engagement protrusions 31A, 31B, and 31C engage with the slide engagement holes 23A, 23B, and 23C. Is released, and the decorative panel 3 is lifted and removed as shown in FIG.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 5 to FIG. 7, the protective projection 33 has a depression on the side surface opposite to the sliding direction when the decorative panel 3 is fixed, and the area increases toward the tip. The wedge shape increases. Although this structure is not indispensable, in the state where the decorative panel 3 shown in FIG. 7 is attached to the housing 1, a slight gap is provided between the protective protrusion 33 and the protective protrusion accommodating hole 25 so that the decorative panel 3 is elongated. By allowing the decorative panel 3 to be removed, the engagement between the snap engagement holes 24A and 24B and the snap engagement protrusions 32A and 32B can be easily released.

  In the above description, the protective protrusion 33 is provided on the decorative panel 3 and the protective protrusion receiving hole 25 is provided on the main body 2. However, the reverse is reversed, and the protective protrusion 33 is provided on the main body 2 and the protective protrusion receiving hole 25 is provided on the decorative face. You may make it provide in the panel 3. FIG. In this case, the protection protrusion 33 will abut against the inner surface of the decorative panel 3 with the slide engagement protrusions 31A, 31B and 31C inserted into the corresponding slide engagement holes 23A, 23B and 23C, respectively. The protrusion accommodating hole 25 accommodates the protective protrusion 33 provided in the main body 2 in a state in which the decorative panel 3 is slid in the fixing direction.

  The reason why the casing 1 of the electronic device according to the present embodiment employs the above-described fixing structure of the decorative panel 3 is as follows. That is, when the decorative panel 3 is fixed by the above-described slide fixing mechanism (for example, a mechanism such as fixing by engaging the slide engaging protrusion 31A and the slide engaging hole 23A) or a fixing tool such as a screw, the decorative panel 3 is attached. In addition to making it easier to infer from the appearance, the number of parts increases. On the other hand, when the decorative panel 3 is fixed exclusively by the snap-fastening mechanism, the decorative panel 3 is firmly fixed to the main body 2, and the removal is not easy, and the decorative panel 3 may be damaged during the attachment / detachment. Therefore, the decorative panel is provided by reducing the number of the snap-fastening mechanisms by using the slide fixing mechanism and the snap-fastening mechanism together as in this embodiment, facilitating the removal thereof, and protecting the snap-fastening mechanism by the protective protrusion 33. The possibility of damaging the decorative panel 3 when the 3 is attached or detached is reduced.

  In one aspect of the embodiment of the present invention described above, the decorative projection is deformed when the protective projection abuts against the inner surface or the inner surface of the decorative panel, and the snap engaging projection and the inner surface are separated from each other.

  A plurality of snap engagement holes and snap engagement projections are provided, and the protection projection is the snap engagement hole or the snap provided at a position closest to the slide engagement hole or the slide engagement projection. Provided in the vicinity of the engaging protrusion.

  According to the said side surface, a snap engagement protrusion is protected at the time of attachment or detachment of a decorative panel, and the damage is prevented.

  Moreover, in one side surface of embodiment of this invention, a decorative panel is the curved shape from which an outer side becomes convex.

  According to the said side surface, the rigidity of a decorative panel can be improved.

  Further, according to one aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a decorative panel for a casing of an electronic device that covers a covering region that is a part of a main body of the casing of the electronic device, the coating provided on one side of the inner surface. After inserting the slide panel into the slide engagement hole provided on the inner surface located inside the region, sliding the decorative panel to engage with the slide engagement hole, and the other inner surface of the slide engagement hole At least one snap engagement protrusion that engages with the snap engagement hole by being inserted into a snap engagement hole provided on the inner surface, and a protection provided in the vicinity of the snap engagement protrusion One of a projection and a protective projection receiving hole, and the protective projection abuts against the inner surface in a state where the slide engagement projection is inserted into the slide engagement hole. The decorative panel is accommodated in a protective projection receiving hole provided in the main body in a state in which the decorative panel is slid, and the protective protrusion accommodating hole accommodates a protective projection provided in the main body in a state in which the decorative panel is slid. A decorative panel for a casing of an electronic device is provided.

  According to the above aspect, there is provided a housing decorative panel for an electronic device that is detachably attached to the housing of the electronic device so as not to be removed by a general user who does not know the structure. .

  The embodiment described above is a specific example shown for explaining the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiment. That is, the number, arrangement, shape, and material of the members shown in the embodiment are not limited to those shown in the embodiment, and should be optimized as appropriate.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing, 2 Main body, 21 Covering area | region, 22 Internal surface, 23A, 23B, 23C Slide engagement hole, 24A, 24B Snap engagement hole, 25 Protection protrusion accommodating hole, 3 Cosmetic panel, 31A, 31B, 31C Slide engagement Protrusion, 32A, 32B Snap engagement protrusion, 33 protective protrusion, 4 slide lid, 41 opening / closing mechanism.

Claims (5)

A covered area covered by a decorative panel;
A surface occupying at least a portion of the coated region;
At least one slide engagement hole provided on one side of the surface ;
At least one snap engagement hole provided on the other side of the surface ;
A body having
Covering the covered area ;
Provided at one side of the inner surface, after being inserted into the slide engagement hole, at least one slide engagement protrusion meshing with the slide engagement hole by sliding the decorative panel;
At least one snap engagement protrusion provided on the other side of the inner surface and meshing with the snap engagement hole by being inserted into the snap engagement hole;
The decorative panel comprising:
A protective protrusion provided in one of the vicinity of the snap engagement hole of the main body or the vicinity of the snap engagement protrusion of the decorative panel;
A protective projection receiving hole provided in the other of the snap engagement hole of the main body or in the vicinity of the snap engagement protrusion of the decorative panel;
The protective protrusions are brought into contact with the surface or the inner surface of the decorative panel in a state where the slide engaging protrusions are inserted into the slide engaging holes, and are accommodated in the protective protrusion accommodating holes in a state where the decorative panel is slid. The
Electronic equipment enclosure. The housing of the electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the decorative panel is deformed when the protective protrusion abuts against the surface or the inner surface of the decorative panel, and the snap engaging protrusion and the surface are separated from each other.   A plurality of the snap engagement holes and the snap engagement protrusions are provided, and the protection protrusion is the snap engagement hole or the snap provided at a position closest to the slide engagement hole or the slide engagement protrusion. The casing of the electronic device according to claim 1, which is provided in the vicinity of the engaging protrusion.   The casing of the electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the decorative panel has a curved shape with a convex outer side. A decorative panel for a casing of an electronic device that covers a covering region that is a part of the main body of the casing of the electronic device,
At least engage with the slide engagement hole by sliding the decorative panel after being inserted into a slide engagement hole provided on a surface occupying at least a part of the covering region provided on one side of the inner surface One slide engagement protrusion,
At least one snap engagement protrusion provided on the other side of the inner surface and meshing with the snap engagement hole by being inserted into the snap engagement hole provided on the surface ;
One of a protective protrusion and a protective protrusion receiving hole provided in the vicinity of the snap engagement protrusion,
The protection protrusion is abutted against the surface in a state where the slide engagement protrusion is inserted into the slide engagement hole, and is accommodated in a protection protrusion accommodation hole provided in the main body in a state where the decorative panel is slid,
The protective projection accommodation hole accommodates a protective projection provided on the main body in a state in which the decorative panel is slid.
Cosmetic panel for electronic equipment.

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