KR101018384B1 - Electronic appliance and case separaper for separating the case of the electronic appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic product according to the present disclosure includes a case coupling device provided inside the case; And a case separating apparatus for separating the case, wherein the case is separated while being mounted on the case separating apparatus. Here, the case coupling device, the locking rib formed locking groove; And a hook that is locked to the locking groove, wherein the case has an insertion hole formed therein, and the case separation device includes at least one protrusion inserted into the insertion hole to release the locking of the hook.

Electronics, 1st case, 2nd case, case separator

Description

ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE AND CASE SEPARAPER FOR SEPARATING THE CASE OF THE ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE}

1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a conventional electronic product,

2 is a front view showing an electronic product according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a view showing the main components of the electronic product according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.

4 is a plan view showing a case separation apparatus for an electronic product according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

5A and 5B are cross-sectional views showing the main components of the case separating apparatus of the electronic product according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.

6A to 7 are views for explaining a case separation process of an electronic product according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

100; Electronics 110; Case

120; first case 120a; insertion hole

121; frame 122; hook

130; second case 131; locking rib                 

131a; locking groove 132; guidedive

140; case separator 141; base

142; unlocking unit 143; protrusion

The present invention relates to an electronic product having a detachable case, and more particularly, to an electronic device and a case separating device of an electronic product having improved coupling and separation structures.

In general, electronic products such as VTRs, DVDs, and set-top boxes have a case that can be opened. Such a case is intended to form an appearance of an electronic product and protect various electronic components. The case includes an upper case in which an electronic component is installed and an upper portion thereof is opened, and an upper case covering an upper opening of the lower case. Since the case of the electronic product needs to be opened for the purpose of repair, etc., the lower and upper cases are separated from each other.

 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional electronic product.

 As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional electronic product 10 includes a case 11 composed of a lower case 12 and an upper case 13. The lower case 12 is open at the top and various electronic components are installed. The lower case 12 is provided with a plurality of first bosses 14, and the first bosses 14 communicate with the outside through a screw hole 12a formed in the lower surface of the lower case 12. In addition, the upper case 13 includes a plurality of second bosses 15 corresponding to the plurality of first bosses 14, and insertion holes 15a into which the screws S are inserted into the second bosses 15, respectively. ) Is formed. The upper case 13 is positioned in the lower case 12 so that the second boss 15 coincides with the first boss 14 when the lower and upper cases 12 and 13 are coupled to each other, and then the screw S is removed. The lower and upper cases 12 and 13 are coupled to each other by inserting the second boss 15 through the screw hole 12a.

Since the conventional electronic product 10 as described above fastens the screws S through the screw holes 12a formed at the lower part of the lower case 12, the upper case 13 is attached to the lower case 12. After assembling the case 11 is assembled, the case 11 is turned upside down to fasten the screws (S). Therefore, there is a problem that the assembly operation is inconvenient.

In addition, the conventional electronic product 10 as described above, because the upper case 13 can be separated from the lower case 12 by only loosening the screw (S), it can be easily opened by the general user. Therefore, a failure due to the case opening may be caused. In particular, an electronic product pre- filed by the applicant under the name of "image receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus having image information storage medium (application number: 10-2003-51671, application date: July 25, 2003)" When opened by the user, problems other than failure may occur. That is, when the hard disk drive installed inside the case is exposed to the outside, there is a risk that a large amount of data that is updated and stored on the hard disk drive from time to time may leak.

 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an electronic product and a case separation device whose structure is improved so that the assembly work is easy and the general user cannot be easily opened.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic product including at least one or more cases and various electronic components installed inside the case, including: a case coupling device provided inside the case; And a case separating apparatus for separating the case, wherein the case is separated while being mounted on the case separating apparatus, and the case is divided into first and second cases.

The case coupling device may include: a locking rib having a locking groove formed therein; And a hook that is locked to the locking groove, wherein the case has an insertion hole formed therein, and the case separation device has at least one protrusion inserted into the insertion hole to release the locking of the hook.

In addition, the locking rib may have a protrusion under pressure by the protrusion.

In addition, the hook is preferably provided in a frame installed inside the case so that various electronic components are mounted.

In addition, the case coupling device is at least one, preferably four.                     

In addition, the case separation device preferably has a recess in which the case is mounted.

According to this, since the first and second cases are hooked to form a case, the assembly of electronic products is easy, and the separation of the case is of a special type having recesses and mounting protrusions protruding from the case. Since it can only be made by the case separating device, the electronic product cannot be opened arbitrarily by the user.

On the other hand, the case separation device for an electronic product according to the present invention, the base having a recess in which a case consisting of a first case having an insertion hole and a second case hooked to the first case is mounted; And a protrusion protruding from the depression and introduced into the case through the insertion hole to release the hook coupling of the first and second cases.

Here, the projection is preferably provided with a plurality in the base, the projection is screwed to the base or integrally molded to the base.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described for the electronic device and the case separation device of the electronic product according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a front view showing an electronic product according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a view showing an extract of the main components of the electronic product according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 2, Figure 4 is a present invention 5 is a plan view showing a case separation device for an electronic product according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 5A and 5B are cross-sectional views illustrating main components of the case separation device for an electronic product according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 6A to 7 are views for explaining a case separation process of an electronic product according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic product 100 according to the present invention includes a case 110 and a case separation device 140.

The case 110 is composed of first and second cases 120 and 130 having a substantially quadrangular shape having edges of a gentle curve. The first case 120 is open upward and has a frame 121 in which various electronic components are installed. Each corner portion of the frame 121 is provided with a hook 122 extending upward. The hook 122 has elasticity and is elastically deformable in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction. Each of the four corners of the first case 120, as shown in Figure 4, the insertion hole 120a corresponding to the hook 122 is formed. In addition, the second case 130 is to cover the upper opening of the first case 120, and the second case 130 has four locking ribs 131 corresponding to the hook 122. As shown in FIG. 3, each of the locking ribs 131 is formed with a locking groove 131a to catch the protrusion 122a of the hook 122. In addition, the guide rib 132 is provided on the inner surface of the second case 130 to be close to the locking rib 131. The guide rib 132 guides the hook 122 when the first and second cases 120 and 130 are coupled to each other so that the protrusion 122a of the hook 122 is inserted into the locking groove 131a of the locking rib 131. Helps to be inserted.

The case separating apparatus 140 is for separating the first and second cases 120 and 130 of the case 110, and includes a base 141 and a unlocking unit 142. The base 141 has a depression 141a on which the case 110 is seated, and the depression 141a is formed at the center of the base 141 in a shape corresponding to the case 110. A plurality of grooves 141b are formed in the lower surface of the base 141. The locking release unit 142 is installed in the groove 141b of the base 141 to correspond to the insertion hole 120a of the first case 120. As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the unlocking unit 142 includes a pair of protrusions 143 protruding from the depression 141a and a support plate 144 supporting the protrusions 143. As shown in FIG. 2, the protrusion 143 is inserted into the insertion hole 120a of the first case 120 to push the locking rib 131 in one direction to push the hook 122 from the locking groove 131a. As to be separated, the bent portion 143a is provided at the end thereof. When the protrusion 143 pushes the locking rib 131, since the protrusion 131a of the locking rib 131 slides along the bend 143a, the elastic deformation operation of the locking rib 131 may be smoothly performed. The support plate 144 is coupled to the base 141 by screws S, at which time, the pair of protrusions 143 are fixed in a protruding state from the depression 141a. As shown in FIG. 4, four unlocking units 142 are installed in the base 141 to correspond to the hook 122.

Hereinafter, a case separation process of an electronic product according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6A to 7.

First, as shown in FIG. 6A, the case 110 having the first and second cases 120 and 130 hooked thereon is positioned above the case separation device 140. Then, when the case 110 is lowered toward the depression 141a side of the case separation device 140, the protrusion 143 is inserted into the insertion hole 120a and locked to the bent portion 143a of the protrusion 143 (see FIG. 7). The protrusion 131b of the rib 131 comes into contact with the rib 131. Subsequently, as the case 110 is lowered and is shown in FIG. 6B, when the case 110 is placed on the recess 141a of the case separating apparatus 140, the locking rib 131 of the second case 130 is provided. ) Is pushed to one side by the projection (143). In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the protrusion 122a of the hook 122, which is caught in the locking groove 131a of the locking rib 131, is separated from the locking groove 131a. In this way, when the second case 130 is lifted while the first and second cases 120 and 130 are unlocked, the second case 130 is easily separated from the first case 120.

On the contrary, in order to combine the first and second cases 120 and 130, the first case 120 is detached from the case separation device 140, and then the second case 130 is moved into the first case 120. Simply pressurize against the top. At this time, the hook 122 of the first case 120 is locked to the locking groove 131a of the second case 130 to lock the lower and second cases 120 and 130.

In the electronic product 100 according to the present invention configured as described above, since the case 110 cannot be opened without the case separating device 140, the case 110 can be prevented from being arbitrarily opened by the user.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent data leakage of electronic products having a data storage medium such as a hard disk. In particular, the electronic product pre- filed by the present applicant with the name "image receiving / recording / playback apparatus having image information storage medium (application number: 10-2003-51671, application date: July 25, 2003)" When applying the case 110 and the case separation device 140 having a coupling and separation structure, there are various advantages. That is, if only the device other than the case separation device 140 is rented to the user, the user cannot easily open the case 110 of the electronic product, and the data stored in the electronic product is broken or the electronic product due to the case opening. The external leakage of can be prevented beforehand. In addition, the case separation device 140 may be provided at a dealer or a repair center so that the case 110 may be easily opened by a technician only when an error occurs in the electronic product.

According to the present invention as described above, the assembly process can be simplified by hooking the lower and the second case. In addition, since the case cannot be opened without a special case separation device according to the present invention, there is an effect that can prevent problems such as failure or data leakage that can be caused by opening the case arbitrarily by the user.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to preferred embodiments for illustrating the principles of the invention, the invention is not limited to the construction and operation as shown and described. Rather, those skilled in the art will appreciate that many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, all such suitable changes and modifications and equivalents should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (12)

delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete A case separating apparatus for an electronic product for separating a case comprising a first case having an insertion hole and a second case hooked to the first case, A base having a recess in which the case is mounted; And And a protrusion protruding from the depression and introduced into the case through the insertion hole to release the hook coupling of the first and second cases. The method of claim 9, The protrusion is a case separation device of the electronic product, characterized in that a plurality is provided on the base. 11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, The protrusion is a case separation device of the electronic product, characterized in that screwed to the base. 11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, The projection is a case separating device of the electronic product, characterized in that integrally molded to the base.

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