JPH06132672A - Electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize miniature and thin of the electronic apparatus body capable of housing bar-shaped electronic components by a method wherein a lid is slided to the swelling part side with the use of an opposite end surface as an inclined surface. CONSTITUTION:When the vicinity of the end surface 13b side on the upper surface of a lid 13 is pressed upwardly, the end surface 13b side of the lid 13 is bent with an engaging point with recesses 21 of engaging pieces 20a, 20b engaging with two recesses 21 of a radio body 1 as a supporting point, to detach an engaging piece 19 engaging with an L-shaped engaging part 18 of the radio body 1. When the lid 13 is slided to the swelling part 11, as the swelling part side end surface 13a is an inclined surface, the lid 13 is slided obliquely upwardly along an opposite end surface 11a of the swelling part 11 and detached from the radio body 1. Accordingly, it becomes easy to detach the lid 13, and also if a bar-shaped electronic component having a comparatively large size is received within the radio body 1, it is possible to miniature and thin the radio body 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention has a built-in electronic component,
An electronic device main body provided with a storage unit for storing accessories,
The present invention relates to an electronic device having a lid in which a housing portion of the electronic device is openably and closably attached, and particularly relates to a lid mounting structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, electronic devices such as portable radios are
A printed wiring board on which various electronic components are mounted is built in the main body, and operation switches, tuning buttons and the like mounted on the outside are connected to the internal electronic components by wiring. In order to function as a portable device, a battery or the like is usually used to supply power to various electronic components. In addition, accessories such as earphones are also provided so that you can listen to them in crowds or indoors.

Batteries and accessories are housed in, for example, a housing portion provided on the back side of the main body, and a lid is provided to prevent these housings (batteries and accessories) from protruding from the main body, and for problems such as appearance. I am trying.

Conventionally, the lid is slid horizontally with respect to the main body so that it can be removed easily from the main body. That is, the lid is attached so as to cover the upper end or the lower end on the back side of the main body so that the lid can be slid in the horizontal direction.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional lid mounting structure, when a rod-shaped electronic component having a relatively large diameter, such as a bar antenna, is housed in the main body, the rod-shaped electronic component is used. It is necessary to attach a lid so as to cover the electronic device, which increases the size of the electronic device, and there is a problem that it is not possible to meet the demand for miniaturization of the portable electronic device.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rod-shaped electronic component having a relatively large size in the main body of an electronic device.
An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device that can realize a reduction in size and a reduction in thickness of the electronic device main body.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, an electronic device main body 1 in which an electronic component is built in and a housing part 12 for accommodating an accessory is provided, and the housing part 12 in the electronic device body 1 can be freely opened and closed. In an electronic device having a lid 13 attached to the electronic device body 1, the electronic device main body 1 faces the bulging part 11 in which the rod-shaped electronic component 10 is housed, and the housing part 12 in between. A lid engaging portion 18 is provided at a position, one end surface 13a of the lid 13 facing the bulging portion 11 is provided with an inclined surface, and the other end surface 13b is pressed from above to engage with the lid engaging portion 18. The locking portion 19 to be removed is provided so that the lid 13 is slid toward the bulging portion 11 when the lid 13 is opened.

[0008]

The opening / closing operation of the lid 13 in the electronic device according to the present invention will be described.
The other end surface 13b side is pressed from above. At this time, the locking portion 19 engaged with the lid engaging portion 18 of the electronic device body 1
Are disengaged from their engagement. From this state, the lid 13 is slid toward the bulging portion 11. At this time, since the one end surface 13 a of the lid 13 is an inclined surface, the bulging portion 11
It is slid obliquely upward along the facing end surface 11a and is removed from the electronic device body 1.

Since the bulging portion 11 is formed for the purpose of accommodating the rod-shaped electronic component 10, the facing end surface 11a is an inclined surface, and the lid 13 is bulged as described above. By sliding to the 11 side, the lid 13 can be easily slid obliquely upward by guiding the inclined surfaces.

Next, to close the lid 13, first, the lid 13 is placed on the accommodating portion 12. At this time, the locking portion 19 of the lid 13
And the opposite end face of the electronic device body 1 (end face on the lid engaging portion 18 side) abut. From this state, the other end surface 13 of the lid 13
The lid 13 is slid toward the facing end surface side while pressing the b side from above. At this time, the locking portion 19 enters below the lid engaging portion 18 of the electronic device body 1 while undergoing elastic deformation.

In this case, by forming the convex portion 17 or the notch 23 for guiding the locking portion 19 in the electronic device main body 1, the entering direction is restricted to one direction, so that when the lid 13 slides. There is no inconvenience that the lid 13 is accidentally detached from the electronic device body 1. Then, when the locking portion 19 reaches the engagement point by sliding the lid 13, the elastic deformation is released and elastically returns, so that the locking portion 19 is engaged with the lid engaging portion 18. The lid 13 is attached to the electronic device body 1.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the electronic device according to the present invention is applied to a portable radio (hereinafter, simply referred to as a portable radio according to the embodiment) will be described below with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 1, the portable radio according to this embodiment has a built-in printed wiring board on which various electronic components are mounted in a radio body 1, and operation switches (2, 3) installed outside. The tuning button 4 and the like are connected to various electronic components inside by wiring.

In order to function as a portable device, power is usually supplied to various electronic parts by using a battery or a rechargeable battery. In addition, accessories such as earphones 5 are also provided so that they can be heard even when crowded or indoors. In the example of FIG. 1, the earphone 5 is
The radio main body 1 can be housed in an earphone housing recess 6 provided on the upper side (on the front side in the drawing).
Also, the cord 7 of the earphone 5 is a winding type,
The cord 7 is wound into the hole 9 by the operation of the slide switch 8 provided on the side surface of the radio body 1.

Further, the radio main body 1 accommodates, for example, a bar antenna 10 (shown by a broken line in FIGS. 4 and 4) at the lower back side thereof. This bar antenna 10
Is a rod-shaped antenna with a relatively large diameter,
A portion for housing the bar antenna 10 has a bulging portion whose surface is continuously formed in the width direction of the radio main body 1 and conforms to the shape of the bar antenna 10, and which is larger than the thickness of the radio main body 1. 11 (see FIG. 2).

On the other hand, for example, a battery as a power supply source is housed in a housing portion 12 provided on the back side of the radio body 1, as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 1, a lid 13 is mounted on the housing portion 12 so that the battery does not pop out of the radio main body 1 and because of problems such as appearance. The housing portion 12 is provided between the bulging portion 11 and the central portion of the radio body 1 in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the lid 13 that closes the accommodating portion 12 is
It will be attached to a place other than the bulging portion 11.

Also, as shown in FIG.
The printed wiring board 14 (shown by a broken line) is provided in the center of the
A housing 15 for installing the battery is disposed, and spaces 12a and 12b for accommodating rod-shaped batteries are formed on both sides of the housing 15. In this manner, the printed wiring board 1 on which various electronic components are mounted by providing the spaces 12a and 12b for accommodating the batteries on both sides of the accommodating portion 12 and disposing the housing 15 in the central portion.
4 can be formed in a substantially T shape, and the mounting area of the electronic component can be increased. This is advantageous in realizing a multifunctional radio.

Further, by forming the printed wiring board 14 in a T-shape, it is possible to avoid the overlapping of the printed wiring board 14 and the battery, and it is possible to further promote the thinning of the radio main body 1. Further, by arranging the batteries on both sides, the weight balance of the radio main body 1 can be improved in cooperation with the existence of the bar antenna 10 housed in the lower portion, and the operability can be improved. it can.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lid 13 has an end surface 13a facing the bulging portion 11 which is an inclined surface (an inclined surface obliquely upward toward the bulging portion 11).
An end face 13b facing the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the radio body 1
The notch 16 is formed in the. In this example,
A surface 11a of the bulging portion 11 that faces the end surface 13a (hereinafter, referred to as a facing end surface 11a) is also an inclined surface having the same inclination angle as the inclined surface of the end surface 13a.

On the other hand, in the central portion of the radio body 1,
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an engagement piece 17 formed so as to project toward the bulging portion 11 side is provided.
As shown in FIG. 4, an L-shaped engaging portion 18 for locking the lid 13 is integrally formed on the inside of the radio body 1 at the tip of the engaging piece 17. The notch 16 of the lid 13 and the engaging piece 17 of the radio body 1 have substantially the same shape. Further, a rectangular hole 15a is provided on the upper surface of the housing, particularly on the L-shaped engaging portion side of the radio body.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the engaging portion 18 (see FIG. 4) of the radio main body 1 is provided at the depth end of the notch 16 of the lid 13, particularly in the vicinity of the accommodating portion side in the center in the width direction. An L-shaped locking piece 19 that engages is integrally provided. Further, two locking pieces 20a and 20b are provided in the width direction in the vicinity of the accommodation portion side of the end surface 13a facing the bulging portion 11 of the lid 13. The upper surfaces of the locking pieces 20a and 20b are inclined surfaces continuous with the end surface 13a of the lid 13.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4C, the radio main body 1 is provided with recessed portions 21 that are formed in the diagonal direction at positions facing the two locking pieces 20a and 20b of the lid 13. Therefore, when the lid 13 is closed with respect to the housing portion 12, the locking piece 19 and the end surface 13a on the end surface 13b side are provided.
The two side locking pieces 20a and 20b support the radio body 1 at three points and prevent accidental disengagement from the radio body 1.

Further, when the lid 13 is attached to the radio main body 1, as shown in FIG.
A slight gap a is formed between the two. In this example, the locking piece 19 on the side of the end surface 13b and the end surface 1
The gap a is provided by adjusting the heights of the two locking pieces 20a and 20b on the 3a side at the design stage.

Next, the opening / closing operation of the lid 13 will be described with reference to FIG.
Will be described with reference to.

First, when removing the lid 13 from the state of FIG. 4A, that is, the state in which the lid 13 is closed with respect to the radio main body 1, first, as shown in FIG. The vicinity of the 13b side is pressed from above. At this time,
The lid 13 bends on the end face 13b side by the pressing with the engagement points of the two locking pieces 20a and 20b fitted in the two recesses 21 of the radio body 1 as the fulcrum, and the radio body 1 The engaging piece 19 that was engaged with the L-shaped engaging portion 18 is released from the engagement.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4C, the lid 13 is slid from this state in the direction of the bulging portion 11 (direction shown by arrow m in FIG. 4C). At this time, since the end surface 13a of the lid 13 on the bulging portion side is an inclined surface, the bulging portion 1
1 is slid obliquely upward (in the direction indicated by the arrow n in FIG. 4C) along the facing end surface 11a of the first radio unit 1 and is detached from the radio main body 1. The bulging portion 11 is a rod-shaped electronic component,
Since the bar antenna 10 is formed here for the purpose of accommodating the bar antenna 10, the facing end surface 11a is an inclined surface, and the lid 13 is slid toward the bulging portion 11 side as described above, thereby The guide 13 is slid upward by the guide between the inclined surfaces.

Next, when the lid 13 is attached to the radio main body 1, the operation reverse to the above may be performed. That is, first, the lid 13 is placed on the accommodation portion 12. At this time, the tip of the locking piece 19 of the lid 13 and the end surface of the radio body 1 on the L-shaped engaging portion 18 side contact. From this state, the lid 13 is slid toward the L-shaped engaging portion 18 side of the radio main body 1 while pressing the end surface 13b side of the lid 13 from above.

At this time, the locking piece 19 of the lid enters through the hole 15a of the housing 15 below the L-shaped engaging portion 18 of the radio body 1 while being elastically deformed. In this case, since the engaging piece 17 of the same shape as the notch 16 of the lid 13 is formed in the radio body 1, the approaching direction of the lid 13 is one direction by the engaging piece 17 of the radio body 1. It will be regulated, and the lid 13, especially the locking piece 1 thereof.
9 is smoothly guided to the L-shaped engaging portion 18 on the radio body 1 side. Therefore, there is no inconvenience that the lid 13 easily comes off the radio main body 1 when the lid 13 slides.

When the locking piece 19 reaches the engagement point by sliding the lid 13, the elastic deformation is released and elastically returns, so that the locking piece 19 engages the L-shaped engagement of the radio body 1. The lid 13 will be engaged with the portion 18, and the lid 13 will be attached to the radio main body 1. In particular, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, since a plurality of thin strip-shaped convex portions (three in the illustrated example) are formed in the pressed portion of the lid, a human finger is used. The lid can be slid very easily.

As described above, according to the portable radio according to the present embodiment, particularly the mounting structure of the lid 13 thereof, the one end surface 13a of the lid 13 facing the bulging portion 11 is provided with the inclined surface and the other end surface 13b is provided. Is provided with a locking piece 19 that is disengaged from the L-shaped engaging portion 18 of the radio body 1 by pressing from above, and the lid 13 slides toward the bulging portion 11 when the lid 13 is opened. Therefore, the lid 1
3 can be opened, and the lid 13 can be provided at a position different from the bulging portion 11. Therefore, the lid 13 can be easily removed, and a relatively large rod-shaped electronic component (bar antenna 1
Even if 0) is stored, the size and thickness of the radio main body 1 can be reduced.

Further, the locking piece 19 of the lid 13 is provided with a notch 16
Since the engaging piece 17 for guiding the locking piece 19 is formed on the radio body 1 at the depth end of the lid 1,
The attachment of 3 to the radio body 1 becomes very easy.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the housing 12 provided in the radio main body 1 is the spaces 12a and 12b for housing the two rod-shaped batteries has been shown. In addition, as shown in FIG. It can also be used as a space for housing the earphone 21. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, an example is shown in which the notch 16 is provided on the one end surface 13b of the lid 13 and the engaging piece 17 protruding toward the lid 13 is provided on the L-shaped engaging portion 18 side of the radio main body 1. However, in addition, as shown in FIG. 6, one end surface 13b of the lid 13 is provided with a locking piece 22 projecting toward the radio main body 1 side, and the locking piece 22 is fitted to the opposite end surface of the radio main body 1. The notch 23 may be provided. Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the bar antenna 10 is used as the electronic component to be housed in the bulging portion 11 has been described, but a rod-shaped battery or a rod-shaped rechargeable battery may be used.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the lid 13 of the portable radio is attached is shown. However, the lid 13 that can be opened and closed is attached to the accommodating portion 12 that accommodates accessories. Any electronic device having the above structure can be applied.

[0034]

As described above, according to the electronic device of the present invention, the electronic device main body is provided with the electronic part and the accommodating part for accommodating the accessory, and the accommodating part in the electronic device main body. An electronic device having a lid attached so as to be openable and closable. An engaging portion is provided, an inclined surface is provided on one end surface facing the bulging portion of the lid, and a locking portion for disengaging the lid engaging portion by pressing from above is provided on the other end surface. Since the lid is slid toward the bulging portion when the lid is opened, the lid can be opened using the bulging portion, and the lid can be placed at a position different from the bulging portion. Can be provided. Therefore, the lid can be easily removed, and even if a relatively large-sized rod-shaped electronic component is housed in the electronic device body, the electronic device body can be downsized and thinned.

Further, the engaging portion of the lid is provided at the tip of the engaging piece extending in the direction opposite to the sliding direction of the lid, and a notch for guiding the engaging piece is formed in the electronic equipment main body. Alternatively, by providing the lid locking portion at the tip of the notch along the sliding direction of the lid and forming a convex portion for guiding the engaging piece on the electronic device body, the lid electronic device body Installation becomes very easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment (hereinafter simply referred to as a portable radio according to an embodiment) in which an electronic device according to the invention is applied to a portable radio.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the portable radio according to the present embodiment as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the configuration of the back side of the portable radio according to the present embodiment with the lid open.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation progress for explaining the opening / closing operation of the lid of the portable radio according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing another usage state of the housing portion of the portable radio according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a portable radio according to another embodiment as viewed from the back side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Radio main body 10 Bar antenna 11 Bulging part 11a Opposing end surface 12 Housing part 13 Lid 13a Bulging part side end surface 14 Printed wiring board 15 Housing 16 Notch 17 Engaging piece 18 L-shaped engaging part 19 Engaging piece 20a, 20b Locking piece 21 Recess

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An electronic device having an electronic device main body in which an electronic component is built-in, a housing part for housing accessories, and a lid to which the housing part of the electronic device body is attached so as to be openable and closable. The electronic device main body has a bulging portion in which a rod-shaped electronic component is housed in a part thereof, and a lid engaging portion at a position facing the bulging portion with the housing portion interposed therebetween, and the lid is The opening of the lid, which has an inclined surface on one end surface facing the bulging portion, and a locking portion on the other end surface that is disengaged from the lid engagement portion by pressing from above. At this time, the electronic device is characterized in that the lid is slid toward the bulging portion. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the rod-shaped electronic component housed in the bulged portion is a bar antenna. 3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the rod-shaped electronic component housed in the bulging portion is a battery. 4. A housing for placing a printed wiring board is disposed in the center of the housing portion, and a space for housing a rod-shaped battery is formed on both sides of the housing. The electronic device according to claim 1 or 2. 5. The electronic device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the housing portion also serves as an earphone housing portion. 6. The engaging portion of the lid is provided at the tip of a notch portion along the sliding direction of the lid, and the electronic device main body is provided with a convex portion for guiding the engaging piece. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: 7. The locking portion of the lid is provided at the tip of an engaging piece extending in a direction opposite to the sliding direction of the lid, and the electronic device body has a notch for guiding the engaging piece. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is formed.