TW201606478A - Card removing device and portable electronic device using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A card removing device using for removing chip card from a portable electronic device, the chip card is placed in the accommodating space formed by the housing of the portable electronic device. The card removing device includes a pallet rotablely assembled in the housing and using for loading the chip card, a locking member using for locking the pallet in the housing, an unlocking member using for releasing the pallet from the locking member, and an elastic piece resisting against the pallet. After the unlocking member releasing the pallet, the elastic piece pushes the pallet rotate to the outside of the housing, and then the chip card can be removed. A protable electronic device using the card removing device is also provided.

Description

Card taking device and portable electronic device applying the card removing device

The present invention relates to a card removing device, and more particularly to a card removing device for a chip card of a portable electronic device and a portable electronic device using the card removing device.

Portable electronic products such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and tablet computers are becoming more and more widely used, and their functions are increasingly diversified. More and more chip cards are applied to these portable electronic devices, such as memory cards and SIM cards. (user identification module), etc. The portable electronic device with the convenient and quick removal of the chip card is favored by consumers. However, the conventional chip card is generally accommodated in the card slot of the portable electronic device, and is partially exposed outside the card slot and shielded by a shielding plate. When the chip card needs to be taken out, the user opens the shielding plate by hand. Directly pressing the chip card to expose the portion outside the card slot, and taking out the friction between the user's finger and the chip card, so that the chip card removal process is troublesome.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a card removing device for facilitating the removal of the chip card of the portable electronic device.

In addition, it is also necessary to provide a portable electronic device to which the card removing device is applied.

A card-removing device for removing a chip card of a portable electronic device, the chip card being disposed in an accommodating space formed by a casing of the portable electronic device, the card-taking device comprising a rotatably mounted device a card holder for loading a chip card in the accommodating space, a locking assembly for locking the card holder in the accommodating space of the housing, and an unlocking member for releasing the locking of the locking component to the card holder And a shrapnel that is in contact with the card holder, and the shrapnel is used to push the card holder to rotate outside to the outside of the portable electronic device to take out the chip card.

A portable electronic device using the above-mentioned card-removing device, the housing of the portable electronic device is provided with a card hole and an unlocking hole, and the unlocking member is inserted into the interior of the housing by the unlocking hole to lock The assembly is unlocked, causing the cartridge to rotate and into or out of the housing via the card aperture.

The card removing device locks the card holder by using the locking component by the cooperation of the elastic piece and the locking component; unlocking the locking component by using the unlocking component, and then ejecting the card tray to the outside of the casing by using the elastic piece, thereby realizing the slave card Take out the chip card or load the chip card into the card tray. The card removing device of the invention has the advantages of simple structure, easy assembly, simple and quick operation, and time saving.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a chip card card picking device applied to a portable electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exploded view of the chip card card removing device of FIG. 1.

3 is an exploded view of the chip card picking device of FIG. 1 in another direction.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the card removing device 500 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is used for taking out a chip card (not shown) of the portable electronic device 700 (such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, etc.). The portable electronic device 700 includes a housing 600. The card removing device 500 includes a card holder 400 rotatably mounted in an accommodating space formed by the housing 600 for loading a chip card, a locking assembly 100 for locking the card tray 400 in the housing 600, and unlocking The unlocking member 200 of the locking assembly 100, and the elastic piece 300 that abuts against the card holder 400 and can push the card holder 400 to rotate out of the housing 600.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the housing 600 has a bottom wall 601 and a plurality of side walls 602 disposed perpendicular to the bottom wall 601 . One of the side walls 602 defines a card hole 6021 and an opening hole 6022 adjacent to the card hole 6021. The card hole 6021 cooperates with the card holder 400. When the card holder 400 rotates, the card holder 400 can be transferred into the housing 600 or out of the housing 600 by the card hole 6021.

The card holder 400 includes a tray 401 and a connecting portion 402 extending integrally from the tray 401. The width of the tray 401 is greater than the width of the connecting portion 402. A receiving slot 4011 is formed in the center of the tray 401 for receiving a chip card (not shown). A latching slot 4012 is defined in an edge of the tray 401 away from one side of the connecting portion 402. The surface of the holding groove 4012 is a curved surface. The connecting portion 402 defines a first positioning hole 4021. A screw (not shown) is fixed in the first positioning hole 4021 to fix the cartridge 400 in the housing 600, and the cartridge 400 is rotatable around the screw.

The elastic piece 300 is fixed in the housing 600 for pushing the card holder 400 to rotate outwardly to the outside of the housing 600. The elastic piece 300 can be any elastic sheet, and one end thereof is fixed on the casing 600, and the other end is freely movable. When the cartridge 400 is assembled in the housing 600, the tray 401 of the tray 400 abuts the pushing elastic piece 300 away from the equilibrium position. At this time, the elastic piece 300 stores the elastic potential energy. After the locking of the locking assembly 100 to the card holder 400 is released, the elastic piece 300 is converted into an elastic force by the stored elastic potential energy and pushes the card holder 400 to rotate outwardly to the outside of the housing 600.

The locking assembly 100 includes a positioning pin 20 fixed in the housing 600, a positioning member 10 and a spring 30 sleeved on the positioning pin 20, and a limit for preventing the spring 30 and the positioning member 10 from coming off the positioning pin 20. Block 40. The positioning member 10 is movable along the positioning pin 20 in a direction toward or away from the limiting block 40.

The positioning member 10 includes a latching block 11 and a positioning plate 12 integrally formed by the latching block 11. The card block 11 cooperates with the card slot 4012 of the card tray 400. When the locking assembly 100 is assembled inside the housing 600, the card block 11 is retained in the card slot 4012 of the card tray 400, thereby The bracket 400 is locked. In this embodiment, the bottom surface of the block 11 is disposed in a curved surface to cooperate with the arc surface of the retaining groove 4012.

A first mounting hole 121 is defined in the positioning plate 12 . The positioning pin 20 includes an end portion 21 and a column 22 fixed to the side of the end portion 21 vertically. The limiting block 40 is fixed to the housing 600. In this embodiment, the limiting block 40 is provided with a second mounting hole 41. The cylinder 22 passes through the first mounting hole 121, the spring 30 and the second mounting hole 41 in sequence, thereby arranging the positioning member 10, the spring 30 and the limiting block 40 on the positioning pin 20. Thus, the positioning plate 12 and the spring 30 are limited between the end portion 21 of the positioning pin 20 and the limiting block 40. When the block 11 is held in the retaining groove 4012 of the card holder 400, the spring 30 is in a compressed state, and the elastic potential energy generated by the spring 30 is converted into an elastic force and applied to the block 11 to make the block 11 stronger. Ground compression / card holder 400.

The unlocking member 200 is used to release the locking of the locking assembly 100 to the card holder 400, so that the card holder 400 can be pushed by the elastic piece 300. The unlocking member 200 includes a lock shaft 201. The lock shaft 201 is configured to pass through the unlocking hole 6022 of the housing 600 to push the card block 11 out of the retaining slot 4012, so that the card tray 400 is rotated and rebounded to the shell under the rebound of the elastic piece 300. Outside of body 600.

In this embodiment, the unlocking member 200 is further provided with a cover plate 202 vertically fixed to one end of the lock shaft 201 to facilitate the removal of the unlocking member 200.

In this embodiment, the card insertion hole 6021 is a rectangle, the unlocking hole 6022 is circular, the elastic piece 300 is a rectangular piece, and the lock shaft 201 is cylindrical. It can be understood that the shapes of the card hole 6021, the unlocking hole 6022, the elastic piece 300, and the lock shaft 201 are not limited to the above shapes.

In order to facilitate the fixing of the card holder 400, a first fixing block 603 is further disposed on the housing 600 adjacent to the card hole 6021. The first fixing block 603 is provided with a second positioning hole 6031. The second positioning hole 6031 is matched with the first positioning hole 4021 of the card holder 400. The card holder 400 is rotatably fixed by a screw (not shown). In the first fixing block 603.

To facilitate the fixing of the locking assembly 100, a second fixing block 604 is further disposed on the housing 600 adjacent to the card hole 6021 and the opening hole 6022. In this embodiment, the second fixing block 604 has two top end faces, that is, a first surface 6041 and a second surface 6042. A tray 401 of the tray 400 is placed on the first surface 6041. The end portion 21 of the positioning pin 20 is fixed to the first surface 6041.

The limiting block 40 is fixed to the second surface 6042 of the second fixing block 604 , and the second mounting hole 41 protrudes from the outside of the second surface 6042 .

In order to better fix the elastic piece 300 to the housing 600, the mounting plate 301 is further provided in this embodiment. One end of the elastic piece 300 is fixed to the mounting plate 301, and the other end is rotatable around the mounting plate 301. The mounting plate 301 is fixed to the first fixing block 603 and the second fixing block 604 by fasteners.

In this embodiment, the mounting plate 301 further extends a fixing plate 302 perpendicular to the mounting plate 301, and the fixing plate 302 is fixed to the first surface 6041. The cylinder 22 of the positioning pin 20 passes through the fixing plate 302, and the fixing plate 302 is disposed between the end portion 21 of the positioning pin 20 and the positioning member 10, so that the positioning pin 20 and the housing 600 are fixed.

In order to further fix the mounting plate 301, a plurality of fixing holes may be disposed on the mounting plate 301, and correspondingly, fixing holes are formed on the first fixing block 603 and the second fixing block 604, and the fasteners are matched. The mounting plate 301 is fixed to the first fixing block 603 and the second fixing block 604.

In this embodiment, the positioning plate 12 is also vertically protruded from a positioning post 13 facing the end portion 21 of the positioning pin 20. A through hole (not shown) communicating with the first mounting hole 121 is defined in the positioning post 13 , and the positioning pin 20 passes through the through hole. The positioning post 13 makes it difficult for the positioning member 10 to sway in the horizontal direction along the positioning pin 20.

It can be understood that the portable electronic device 700 further includes other necessary electronic components such as a circuit board, a display, and the like.

The working principle of the card taking device 500 will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

When the chip card needs to be taken out or loaded, first, the unlocking member 200 is taken out, and the lock shaft 201 is inserted into the housing 600 through the unlocking hole 6022. After the lock shaft 201 enters the housing 600, the push-up card block 11 is disengaged from the card. The groove 4012, at this time, the positioning member 10 moves along the cylinder 22 toward the stopper block 40, and the spring 30 is further compressed. While the block 11 is separated from the holding groove 4012, the elastic potential energy stored on the elastic piece 300 is converted into elastic force and applied to the card holder 400. The card holder 400 is rotated by the elastic force of the elastic piece 300, and the tray 401 is inserted through the card hole 6021. Extending to the outside of the housing 600, the chip card can be removed from the tray 401 loaded with the chip card, or the chip card can be loaded into the empty tray 401. After the loading or unloading of the chip card on the tray 401 is completed, the tray 401 is pushed from the card hole 6021 into the housing 600 to cause the elastic sheet 300 to be offset from the balance position by the tray 401; at this time, the unlocking member 200 is taken out to make the lock shaft The latching block 11 is no longer pushed. Under the elastic force of the spring 30, the positioning member 10 moves downward, and the latching block 11 is held in the retaining slot 4012.

The card removing device 500 locks the card holder 400 by the spring 30 and the card block 11 by the cooperation of the elastic piece 300 and the locking assembly 100, and the card block 11 is jacked up by the lock shaft 201 of the unlocking member 200. Finally, the spring piece is used. The resilience of 300 removes the card tray 400 to the outside of the housing 600, and the chip card can be quickly and conveniently removed from the card tray 400 or the chip card can be loaded into the card tray 400. The card removing device 500 of the present invention has a simple structure, is easy to assemble, and is simple and quick to operate, saving time.

700‧‧‧Portable electronic devices

600‧‧‧shell

601‧‧‧ bottom wall

602‧‧‧ side wall

6021‧‧‧ card hole

6022‧‧‧Opening hole

603‧‧‧First fixed block

6031‧‧‧Second positioning hole

604‧‧‧Second fixed block

6041‧‧‧ first surface

6042‧‧‧ second surface

500‧‧‧Card device

400‧‧‧Cato

401‧‧‧Tray

4011‧‧‧ receiving slot

4012‧‧‧ card slot

402‧‧‧Connecting Department

4021‧‧‧First positioning hole

300‧‧‧Shrap

301‧‧‧Installation board

302‧‧‧ fixing plate

200‧‧‧ unlocking parts

201‧‧‧Lock shaft

202‧‧‧ Cover

100‧‧‧Locking components

10‧‧‧ Positioning parts

11‧‧‧ card block

12‧‧‧ Positioning board

121‧‧‧First assembly hole

13‧‧‧Positioning column

20‧‧‧Locating pin

21‧‧‧ End

22‧‧‧Cylinder

30‧‧‧ Spring

40‧‧‧Limited blocks

41‧‧‧Second assembly hole

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600‧‧‧shell

601‧‧‧ bottom wall

602‧‧‧ side wall

6021‧‧‧ card hole

6022‧‧‧Opening hole

603‧‧‧First fixed block

6031‧‧‧Second positioning hole

604‧‧‧Second fixed block

6041‧‧‧ first surface

6042‧‧‧ second surface

500‧‧‧Card device

400‧‧‧Cato

401‧‧‧Tray

4011‧‧‧ receiving slot

4012‧‧‧ card slot

402‧‧‧Connecting Department

4021‧‧‧First positioning hole

300‧‧‧Shrap

301‧‧‧Installation board

302‧‧‧ fixing plate

200‧‧‧ unlocking parts

201‧‧‧Lock shaft

202‧‧‧ Cover

100‧‧‧Locking components

10‧‧‧ Positioning parts

11‧‧‧ card block

12‧‧‧ Positioning board

121‧‧‧First assembly hole

13‧‧‧Positioning column

20‧‧‧Locating pin

21‧‧‧ End

22‧‧‧Cylinder

30‧‧‧ Spring

40‧‧‧Limited blocks

41‧‧‧Second assembly hole

Claims (10)

A card-removing device for removing a chip card of a portable electronic device, the chip card being disposed in an accommodating space formed by a casing of the portable electronic device, wherein the card-removing device comprises a rotatable device a card holder for mounting a chip card in the accommodating space of the casing, a locking member for locking the card holder in the accommodating space of the casing, and a lock for releasing the locking component to the card tray The unlocking member and the elastic piece resisting the card holder, the elastic piece is used to push the card holder to rotate out to the outside of the portable electronic device to take out the chip card. The card removing device of claim 1, wherein the elastic piece is a flexible sheet, one end of which is fixed in the accommodating space of the casing, and the other end is movable. The card removing device of claim 1, wherein the card tray comprises a tray and a connecting portion extending integrally from the tray, the connecting portion being rotatably assembled to the housing by a fastener, the tray is opened There is a receiving slot for loading the chip card and a holding slot for holding the locking component therein. The accommodating device of claim 3, wherein the locking member comprises a positioning pin fixed in the accommodating space of the housing and a positioning member movably sleeved on the positioning pin, the positioning member comprises The card block and the positioning plate formed by the card block integrally extending, the card block is clamped in the holding groove to fix the card holder. The card removing device of claim 4, wherein the locking assembly comprises a limiting block for preventing the positioning member from being disengaged from the positioning pin. The card removing device of claim 4, wherein the locking assembly further comprises a spring disposed on the positioning pin, the spring being disposed between the positioning member and the limiting block. The card-removing device of claim 5, wherein the positioning plate defines a first mounting hole through which the positioning pin passes, and the limiting block further defines a second mounting hole, the positioning The pin is fixed to the limiting block by the second mounting hole. The card removing device of claim 4, wherein the unlocking member comprises a locking shaft for ejecting the card to the outside of the holding slot. The card-removing device of claim 2, wherein the housing is further provided with a mounting block, one end of the elastic piece is fixed to the mounting block, and the mounting block is fixed to the housing space of the housing. Inside. The portable electronic device of the card-receiving device of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the portable electronic device has a card hole and an unlocking hole formed therein, and the unlocking member borrows Insertion of the unlocking hole into the interior of the housing unlocks the locking element, causing the card holder to rotate and into or out of the housing via the card opening.