TW201530039A - Quick-release structure for external device - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a quick-release structure for external device, which includes a housing and a sheet metal member capable of being disassembled from each other. The sheet metal member is arranged in the housing and includes a fixing member, a rotating member pivotally connected to the fixing member, a braking member for controlling the operation of the rotating member, and a spring for providing elastic force between the braking member and the fixing member, wherein the fixing member has a stopping part and the rotating member has a protrusion part and can move between an opening position and a closing position to be distant from or close to the stopping part relatively. As a result, users can control the operation of the quick-release structure by means of pressing the braking member, so as to facilitate the assembly or disassembly of the housing.

Description

Quick release structure of external device

The present invention relates to an external device for a mobile electronic device, and more particularly to a quick release structure disposed inside such an external device.

With the development of smart phones and related mobile electronic devices, more and more external devices (such as barcode scanners or micro projectors) have been developed to allow mobile phones and external devices to be assembled into a code scanner or Micro projector. However, the outer casing of the conventional external device is usually combined by bolts and screw holes. When the user needs to assemble the mobile phone to the external device, the user usually needs to use a screwdriver to disassemble the outer casing of the external device before being placed. The mobile phone is connected to the external device, and the external device must be removed with a screwdriver. Such an external device that needs to be disassembled by a screwdriver is required to be inserted and removed, which is inconvenient to use.

In view of this, the main object of the present invention is to provide a quick release structure of an external device that can be quickly disassembled and assembled for user convenience.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a quick release structure of an external device, comprising a housing and a sheet metal assembly, wherein the housing is assembled from the first cover body and the second cover body, and the inner circumference of the first cover body The face has a protrusion formed to protrude toward the second cover. Sheet metal components are set in the first The second cover body comprises a fixing member, a braking member, a spring and a rotating member. The fixing member is fixed to the second cover and protrudes toward the first cover. The rotating member is pivotally connected to the fixing member and has a positioning portion movable between the open position and the closed position. The brake member is movably disposed on a side of the opposite fixing member to control the movement of the rotating member. The two ends of the spring respectively connect the fixing member and the braking member to provide an elastic force for the rotating member to return to the closed position. When the rotating member is in the closed position, the convex portion is relatively close to the stopping portion to stop the convex portion; when the rotating member is in the open position, the convex portion is relatively far from the stopping portion.

Thereby, the user can move the rotating member from the closed position to the open position by pressing one end of the braking member, and the user can horizontally push the first cover to disassemble the first cover. In order to assemble, the first cover body is aligned with the second cover body to be lowered and pushed to position, so that the assembly of the housing can be completed, and the user can quickly disassemble and assemble the external device.

1‧‧‧ quick release structure

10‧‧‧shell

11‧‧‧First cover

111‧‧‧ hollow board

112, 122‧‧‧Edge

113,125‧‧‧ inner circumference

114‧‧‧Bumps

115‧‧‧through holes

116‧‧‧Bevel

12‧‧‧Second cover

121‧‧‧ Flat section

123‧‧‧through hole

124‧‧‧Assembled column

20‧‧ ‧ sheet metal components

21‧‧‧Fixed parts

211‧‧‧ end face

212‧‧‧stop

213‧‧‧ holes

214, 222‧‧ ‧ hook

215‧‧‧ accommodating space

216‧‧‧Upright section

217‧‧ ‧ horizontal section

22‧‧‧Brakes

221‧‧‧guide slot

23‧‧‧ Spring

24‧‧‧Rotating parts

241‧‧‧ convex

242‧‧‧ Positioning Department

243‧‧‧ tail

244‧‧‧ pivot point

30‧‧‧Protection enclosure

40‧‧‧ button

M‧‧‧Mobile

Figure 1 is an exploded view of a preferred embodiment of the invention.

2A is a perspective view of a sheet metal assembly in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2B is an exploded view of a sheet metal assembly in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention for illustrating the condition in which the rotating member is in the closed position.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention for illustrating the condition in which the rotating member is in the open position.

In order to better understand the features of the present invention, the present invention provides a preferred embodiment and is described below with reference to the drawings. Referring to Figures 1 to 4, the external device in this embodiment is, for example, a bar code scanner, in other implementations. In the example, it may be a micro projector, and the invention is not an external connection to the application. The device makes any restrictions. For convenience of explanation, the following description is based on the screen of the mobile phone M facing upwards. The main components of the quick release structure 1 of the external device of the present invention include a casing 10 and a sheet metal assembly 20, and the structure of each component and the relationship between them are as follows: Referring first to FIG. 1, the casing 10 is covered by the first cover. The body 11 and the second cover 12 are assembled. The first cover 11 has a hollow plate portion 111 and an edge portion 112. The edge portion 112 is from the outer periphery of the hollow plate portion 111 toward the second cover 12 (this embodiment) In the example, the inner peripheral surface 113 of the edge portion 112 protrudes from the two sets of the bumps 114 on the two sides of the edge portion 112, and the number of the bumps 114 is, for example, four. Further, the front end of the edge portion 112 is provided with a through hole 115 for laser scanning of the scanning bar code, and the present invention elects to additionally provide a protective casing 30 above the casing 10, but it is an unnecessary element.

Please refer to Figure 3 together. The second cover 12 has a flat plate portion 121 and an edge portion 122. The edge portion 122 is formed to extend upward from the outer periphery of the flat plate portion 121. The front end of the second cover 12 is provided with a through hole 123. The two through holes 123 are used. To accommodate two buttons 40. The inner peripheral surface 125 of the edge portion 122 is provided with assembly posts 124. In this embodiment, four assembly posts 124 are provided on each of the inner circumferential surfaces 125 of the edge portions 122.

The sheet metal assembly 20 is disposed on both sides of the second cover body 12. Referring to FIGS. 2A and 2B, the sheet metal assembly 20 includes a fixing member 21, a brake member 22, a spring 23, and a rotating member 24. In the present embodiment, although the two sets of sheet metal components 20 are taken as an example, the effect can be achieved by using only one set. The following description will take one set of sheet metal components 20 as an example, and the other set can be deduced by analogy.

The fixing member 21 defines four holes 213 for correspondingly assembling the column 124, so that the fixing member 21 can be fixed to the second cover 12 by the assembly columns 124. The end surface 211 of the fixing member 21 has four stopper portions 212 which are partially extended and protruded, and the setting position of the stopper portion 212 corresponds to the bump portion. In the 114 position, each of the stopping portions 212 has an accommodating space 215 for accommodating the protrusion 114. The stopping portion 212 of the embodiment has an upright portion 216 and a transverse portion 217 connected to the upright portion 216, and the lateral portion 217 An accommodation space 215 is formed between the upright section 216 and the end surface 211. In addition, one side surface of the fixing member 21 has a hook portion 214 formed by protrusion.

The brake member 22 is movably juxtaposed on one side of the fixing member 21, and the brake member 22 is provided with four guide grooves 221 which are curved. The front end of the brake member 22 is connected with two buttons 40, and one end surface of the brake member 22 also protrudes to form more than one hook portion 222. The position of the hook portion 222 is established corresponding to the hook portion 214 of the fixing member 21, and the brake member 22 is disposed. The hook portion 222 and the hook portion 214 of the fixing member 21 are respectively used to hook the both ends of the spring 23, and the spring 23 is, for example, a telescopic spring.

The number of the rotating members 24 is four, which respectively correspond to the position of the guiding groove 221 on the braking member 22 and is pivotally connected to the fixing member 21 through the pivoting point 244. Each of the rotating members 24 is substantially L-shaped. One end of the L-shape is a convex portion 241 protruding from the end surface 211 of the fixing member 21, and the tail portion 243 at the other end of the L-shape has a positioning portion 242 vertically protruding and connecting the tail portion 243. Each of the positioning portions 242 can be respectively inserted into the corresponding guiding slots 221 . Each of the rotating members 24 is movable between an open position and a closed position by the driving of the braking member 22, that is, the convex portions 241 can be relatively away from or close to the stopping portions 212, respectively.

Please refer to the figures 3 to 4, for convenience of explanation, the mobile phones M are omitted in the third to fourth figures. When the user needs to insert the quick release device 1 into the mobile phone M, the user only needs to press the two buttons 40 with one hand, and the position of the convex portion 241 is forced to change the position of the positioning portion 242 by the curvature of the braking member 22 and the guiding groove 221. Moving away from the stop portion 212, the convex portions 241 are located in the open position without stopping the bumps 114 (as shown in FIG. 4). After that, the user can horizontally push the first cover 11 to jointly move the bumps 114 of the first cover 11 to release the stops 212. Thus, the user The first cover 11 can be easily taken up to put the mobile phone M and connect the mobile phone M to the entire external device. At the same time, due to the elastic restoring force of the spring 23, the brake member 22 will automatically reset and provide the elastic force of the rotating member 24 to return to the closed position, thereby returning the rotating member 24 to the closed position.

Then, when the user wants to cover the first cover 11, since the bottom edge of the protrusion 114 has a beveled edge 116, the process protrusion 114 covering the first cover 11 will apply force to the convex portion 241 of the rotating member 24. The rotating members 24 are moved to the open position, and the bumps 114 enter the stops 212 at the same time as the first cover 11 moves, and the tensioned spring 23 will drive the brakes. The piece 22 is moved back to the closed position, thereby stopping the bumps 114. As shown in FIG. 3, the whole process is simple and easy to operate, so that the effect of quick disassembly and quick assembly of the quick release structure 1 can be achieved, which is convenient for the user to use.

It should be noted that, in the present invention, the protrusions 241 of the rotating member 24 and the stopping portions 212 of the fixing member 21 jointly locate the bumps 114 of the first cover 11 , and those skilled in the art can simply change For example, the stoppers 212 are changed to a straight shape and the convex portions 241 are changed into a U-shape, so that the stoppers 212 can also exert the effect of stopping the projections 114.

Finally, it must be noted that the constituent elements disclosed in the foregoing embodiments and the number thereof are merely illustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and other structural changes that are easily conceivable, or equivalent to others. Alternative changes to components should also be covered by the scope of the patent application in this case.

1‧‧‧ quick release structure

10‧‧‧shell

11‧‧‧First cover

111‧‧‧ hollow board

112, 122‧‧‧Edge

114‧‧‧Bumps

115‧‧‧through holes

12‧‧‧Second cover

121‧‧‧ Flat section

123‧‧‧through hole

124‧‧‧Assembled column

20‧‧ ‧ sheet metal components

30‧‧‧Protection enclosure

40‧‧‧ button

M‧‧‧Mobile

Claims (10)

The quick release structure of the external device comprises: a casing assembled by a first cover body and a second cover body, wherein the inner peripheral surface of the first cover body protrudes to form at least one bump; at least one sheet metal The component is disposed in the second cover body, the sheet metal assembly includes: a fixing member fixed to the second cover body, an end surface of the fixing member protruding toward the first cover body to form at least one stopping portion; at least one a rotating member pivotally connecting the fixing member and having a convex portion movable between an open position and a closed position; a braking member movably disposed on a side opposite to the fixing member and capable of controlling the Actuating the rotating member; and at least one spring, the two ends of the spring respectively connecting the fixing member and the braking member; wherein when the rotating member is in the closed position, the convex portion is relatively close to the stopping portion to stop the a protrusion that is relatively far from the stop when the rotating member is in the open position. The quick release structure of the external device according to claim 1, wherein the brake member is provided with at least one guiding groove for receiving and guiding one of the positioning portions of the rotating member. The quick release structure of the external device according to claim 2, wherein the guide groove is curved. The quick release structure of the external device according to claim 1, wherein the first cover has a hollow plate portion and an edge portion protruding from the outer periphery of the hollow plate portion toward the second cover, the protrusion being It is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the edge portion. The quick release structure of the external device according to claim 1, wherein the rotating member is disposed between the fixing member and the braking member. The quick release structure of the external device according to claim 1, wherein the quantity of the at least one sheet metal component is And disposed on both sides of the second cover body respectively. The quick release structure of the external device of claim 1, further comprising a button connected to one end of the brake member, and the second cover body defines a through hole corresponding to the button, so that the button can protrude the through hole. The quick release structure of the external device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing member and the braking member respectively have a hook portion, and the two ends of the spring are connected to the hook portions. The quick release structure of the external device according to claim 1, wherein the stop portion has an accommodating space to accommodate the bump. The quick release structure of the external device according to claim 1, wherein the rotating member is L-shaped.