TW201630500A - Protective sleeve with an embedded type elastic buffer plate - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a protective sleeve with an embedded type elastic buffer plate, including a sleeve body and four elastic buffer plates. The sleeve body is made of a first elastic material, and at least includes four side walls and four curve walls. Each curve wall enables two adjacent side walls to connect mutually and surround together for forming a receiving space. The inner side face of each curve wall is provided with an embedded groove. Each elastic buffer plate is made of a second elastic material with a lesser hardness, is configured to match with the various embedded grooves, and is embedded and positioned in the embedded grooves. When the sleeve body sleeves on a portable electronic device, the curve walls and elastic buffer plates generate elastic deformation respectively due to an external force when the corners of the sleeve body are impacted by the external force, and the impacting strength generated by the external force is slow down substantially so as to avoid damage of the portable electronic device.

Description

Protective cover with snap-in elastic cushion

The invention is a protective sleeve with an embedded card type elastic buffer sheet, in particular, a structure in which four corners of the sleeve body have an embedded card type elastic buffer sheet, and a portable electronic device is covered in the sleeve body. If the four corners of the casing are impacted by external forces, the curved walls will be elastically deformed by external forces, thereby greatly reducing the impact force generated by the external force, and the elastic buffer sheets can be further deformed by elasticity. And the residual force after the slowing of the curved walls is slowed down, thereby achieving a better protection effect, so as to avoid the impact force generated by the external force causing damage to the portable electronic device.

With the rapid development of global technology, microcomputer technology and mobile broadband Internet technology are becoming more and more mature, making various portable electronic devices not only cheaper to manufacture, but also lighter and thinner in design than in the past. A variety of portable electronic devices with Internet access and multimedia functions are on the market. Currently, in addition to smart phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), there are still tablets (Tablet). PC), Digital Frame and E-book Reader, etc., while many manufacturers are developing and designing a wide range of portable electronic devices, more and more people are changing. The original reading habits, gradually using e-book readers or digital photo frames as the main information reading medium, replacing the traditional Paper books or photo frames.

Compared with personal computers, these portable electronic devices are not only easy to carry, but also have many functions. In addition to the functions of taking pictures, video calls, playing music, etc., they can even process documents and send and receive emails. Downloading and playing streaming media to meet the various needs of users, so that a variety of mobile electronic devices have become one of the universal products that can be seen everywhere in modern life.

Since the portable electronic device is powerful and versatile, the frequency of using the portable electronic device is also increasing. However, the portable electronic device increases the frequency of use by the user, and the portable type The electronic device will be damaged by sharp objects, scratches or scratches, inadvertently falling or impacting, and the impact will be increased. When the above situation occurs, the screen of the portable electronic device will be slightly caused. Or the fuselage is worn to affect the appearance, and the internal motherboard and the line are damaged or the screen is broken and the fault occurs. Therefore, many manufacturers actively develop and design various protection components, in order to reduce these by the protection components. The probability of damage to the portable electronic device.

Check that the common protection components on the market include fuselage envelopes, protective covers, protective stickers or protective covers. However, the main purpose of these protective components is to prevent portable electronic devices from being exposed to sharp objects or being rubbed. Scratch, almost no protection is provided for the impact force generated by external impact. It can be seen from the above description that the main function of the protection component conventionally applied to the portable electronic device is to avoid the damage of the appearance of the portable electronic device, and to the impact that may actually damage the functions of the portable electronic device. It is not possible to provide sufficient protection. Obviously, the conventional protection components have much room for improvement in the protection of these portable electronic devices.

In summary, it is known that the protective components designed for the portable electronic device cannot provide perfect protection for the portable electronic devices. Therefore, how to design a protective cover capable of mitigating the impact force to carry The electronic device is covered in the protective cover, and the protective sleeve can be used to mitigate the impact force generated by the external force, and the portable electronic device is prevented from being damaged by the external force, which is the present invention. Important topic.

In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings in the design of the protective cover, the inventors have finally developed and designed the present invention based on their practical experience in the relevant industries for many years, through careful observation and research and development, and after many adjustments to design and performance evaluation. The protective cover with the embedded card type elastic buffer sheet is intended to overcome the aforementioned problems by the present invention.

The invention relates to a protective cover with an embedded card type elastic buffer sheet, which is applied to a portable electronic device (such as a smart phone, a tablet computer or an e-book reader), and includes a set of body and four elastic buffer sheets. The sleeve system is made of a first elastic material (such as a thermoplastic polyurethane), the sleeve body comprises at least four side walls, four curved walls and four elastic buffer sheets, each of which is a curved wall system. The two adjacent side walls can be connected to each other, so that the curved walls and the side walls can be collectively surrounded to form an accommodating space, and the curved walls and the trailing edge of the side walls are sealed and integrated with each other so that the trailing edge of the sleeve can be Forming a rear wall, and forming an opening at a front edge of the sleeve, the opening is in communication with the accommodating space, and the diameter thereof is smaller than the inner diameter of the accommodating space, and the inner sides of each curved wall are respectively concave An inscribed card slot is provided, the outer edges of the two adjacent curved walls are tangent to each other to form a line, and the outer side of the side wall between the adjacent curved walls forms an extension line; each of the elastic buffer sheets is composed of a second elastic material (such as: silicone), the hardness is less than the first bomb Material, and which matches the configuration of each of the lines clamping groove, each of the damper plate lines were fitted to each of the inlay card slot, and the insert positioned in each of the card The slot is firmly integrated with each of the curved walls; and when the portable electronic device is inserted into the accommodating space through the opening, the inner sides of each of the side walls can respectively abut the carrying The four sides of the outer periphery of the electronic device respectively correspond to the four corners of the portable electronic device, and the four corners of the portable electronic device can respectively abut the elastic buffer sheets In addition, a first separation distance between the tangential line and the portable electronic device is greater than a second separation distance between the extension line and the portable electronic device. In this way, when the portable electronic device is covered in the casing, if the four corners of the casing are subjected to an external force, the curved walls are elastically deformed by an external force, thereby greatly reducing the external force. The impact force generated, and the elastic buffer sheets can further reduce the residual force after the slow reduction of the curved walls by a large elastic deformation, thereby achieving a better protection effect to avoid the impact force generated by the external force. The portable electronic device is damaged. In addition, when the manufacturer produces a transparent sleeve and an elastic buffer sheet having various colors, the aesthetics of the protective cover can be greatly improved by embedding the elastic cushion sheets of various colors.

In order to make the reviewer, the structural features, the functions and the purpose of the present invention to be further understood and understood, the embodiments are combined with the drawings, and the details are as follows:

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1‧‧‧ body

11‧‧‧ side wall

12‧‧‧ Pressing Department

121‧‧‧Supporting groove

13‧‧‧曲曲

131‧‧‧ embedded card slot

15‧‧‧ elastic buffer

17‧‧‧ accommodating space

18‧‧‧ openings

19‧‧‧ Back wall

A‧‧‧ tangent

B‧‧‧Extension line

A’‧‧‧first separation distance

B’‧‧‧Second separation distance

1 is a schematic view of a protective cover of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the protective cover of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a curved wall of the protective cover of the present invention; and FIG. 4 is another sectional view of the protective cover of the present invention. Schematic diagram of the perspective.

The present invention is a protective cover with an embedded card type elastic buffer sheet. Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a first preferred embodiment of the present invention. In the first preferred embodiment, the protective cover is applied to A smart phone (not shown), but the operator can also adjust the size of the protective cover to apply other adjustable protective covers to other portable electronic devices (such as tablets or electronics). Book readers, etc.), together with Chen Ming.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the protective cover comprises a set of body 1 and four elastic buffer sheets 15 which are made of a first elastic material (e.g., silicone rubber, rubber or thermoplastic polyurethane). The casing 1 is made of at least four side walls 11, four curved walls 13 and four elastic buffer sheets 15, each of which has two adjacent side walls 11 connected to each other, thereby The curved walls 13 and the side walls 11 can be integrally formed to form an accommodating space 17, and the inner side surfaces of the curved walls 13 are respectively recessed with a card insertion slot 131, and the outer edges of the two adjacent curved walls 13 are tangent to each other. Forming the line A, the outer side of the side wall 11 between the two adjacent curved walls 13 forms an extension B. In the first preferred embodiment, the curved walls 13 and the trailing edges of the side walls 11 are sealed together. So that the rear edge of the casing 1 can form a rear wall 19, and an opening 18 is formed at the front edge of the casing 1, and the opening 18 is in communication with the accommodating space 17, and the diameter thereof is smaller than the capacity. The inner diameter of the space 17 is provided to enable the user to place the smart phone into the accommodating space 17 from the opening 18, and the smart phone is fired The screen corresponds to the opening 18, through which the information displayed on the screen is viewed, or the screen is touched through the opening 18, and the rear wall 19 can also provide the back panel of the smart phone. A protection against scratches and abrasions, however, the manufacturer can also omit the rear wall 19 so that the sleeve 1 is only wrapped around the periphery of the smart phone.

Referring to Figures 1 and 3, each of the elastic buffer sheets 15 is made of a second elastic a material (such as: silicone rubber, rubber or thermoplastic polyurethane) having a hardness less than or equal to the first elastic material, and the configuration is matched with each of the card slots 131, each of the elastic The buffer sheets 15 are respectively inserted into the respective card insertion slots 131 and are positioned in the respective card insertion slots 131 so as to be firmly integrated with the curved walls 13 .

Please refer to the first, second, and third figures. When the smart phone is inserted into the accommodating space 17 through the opening 18, the inner side surfaces of the side walls 11 can respectively be attached to the smart type. The four sides of the outer periphery of the mobile phone respectively correspond to the four corners of the smart phone, and the four corners of the smart phone can respectively abut the elastic buffer sheets 15 respectively. a first separation distance A' between the tangent line A and the smart phone is greater than a second separation distance B' between the extension line B and the smart phone, so that the user accidentally When the smart phone is dropped on the ground, the curved wall 13 can first contact the ground, and the side walls 11 are prevented from directly contacting the ground, so that the impact force can be directly applied to each of the curved walls 13 . In order to prevent the impact force from being directly applied to each of the side walls 11 or the smart phone itself, the smart phone is damaged.

In this way, when the smart phone is covered in the casing 1, if the four corners of the casing 1 are subjected to an external force, the curved walls 13 are elastically deformed by an external force, thereby greatly The impact force generated by the external force is alleviated, and the elastic buffer sheets 15 can be further deformed by a large elastic deformation, thereby alleviating the residual force of the curved wall 13 after the slowing down, thereby achieving a better protection effect to avoid external force. The impact of the impact caused the smart phone to be damaged.

In other embodiments of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the main feature of the present invention is that, when the curved wall 13 is stressed, the deformation of each of the curved walls 13 and the elastic buffer sheets 15 can be Deformation, achieving a double buffering effect, thereby protecting one of the portable electronic devices, Therefore, the sleeve of the card-type elastic buffer sheet of the invention not only has the advantages of light weight, portability, etc., but also has more freedom in material selection, and is not necessarily limited to the sleeve body 1 made of a highly elastic material such as silicone rubber. It can be made of materials such as Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) which is slightly less elastic. It can also have good protection effect. Therefore, because the types of materials that can be selected are more diverse, it can be increased. The casing 1 may have variability in appearance design (for example, a transparent cover made of TPU material and an elastic cushion of various colors made of silicone material), thereby greatly enhancing the market competitiveness of the product.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the sleeve 1 is further provided with at least one pressing portion 12, and the pressing portion 12 is disposed corresponding to one of the portable electronic devices. The position of the button, and the configuration of the pressing portion 12 is matched with the button, so that the user can easily pass through the pressing portion 12 while the portable electronic device is covered in the casing 1. And pressing the button to operate the portable electronic device, and a pressure assisting groove 121 is formed on one side of the pressing portion 12, and the pressure assisting groove 121 is connected to the receiving space 17 to lower the casing 1 When the pressing portion 12 is pressed against the pressing portion 12, a large amount of elastic deformation can be generated, so that the user can more easily move the pressing portion 12 and touch the button.

The above description is only a few preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the technical features of the present invention are not limited thereto, and those skilled in the relevant art can easily think about it after considering the technical content of the present invention. Modifications should not depart from the scope of protection of the present invention.

1‧‧‧ body

11‧‧‧ side wall

12‧‧‧ Pressing Department

13‧‧‧曲曲

131‧‧‧ embedded card slot

15‧‧‧ elastic buffer

17‧‧‧ accommodating space

18‧‧‧ openings

19‧‧‧ Back wall

Claims (6)

A protective cover with an embedded card type elastic buffer sheet is applied to a portable electronic device, comprising: a set of a system made of a first elastic material, comprising at least four side walls and four curved walls Each of the curved walls enables two adjacent side walls to be connected to each other, so that the curved walls and the side walls can be collectively surrounded to form an accommodating space, and an opening is formed at a front edge of the sleeve, and the opening is The accommodating spaces are connected to each other, and the caliber is smaller than the inner diameter of the accommodating space, and the inner side surfaces of the curved walls are respectively recessed with a card insertion groove; and four elastic buffer sheets, each of the elastic buffer sheets is composed of one The second elastic material is made of a smaller elastic material than the first elastic material, and the configuration is matched with each of the embedded card slots, and each of the elastic buffer sheets is respectively inserted into each of the card insertion slots and positioned In the card slot, the wall is firmly integrated with each of the curved walls; and when the portable electronic device is inserted into the accommodating space through the opening, the inner sides of the side walls can be respectively attached Relying on the four sides of the periphery of the portable electronic device , Each of the curved wall corresponding to the four corners of the portable electronic device, and the four corners based portable electronic device can be affixed to separately against each of the damper plate. The protective cover of claim 1, wherein the outer edges of the two adjacent curved walls are tangent to each other to form a line, and the outer side of the side wall between the adjacent curved walls forms an extension line, the tangent line and the portable type First interval between electronic devices The distance is greater than a second separation distance between the corresponding extension line and the portable electronic device. The protective cover of claim 1 or 2, wherein the curved walls and the trailing edges of the side walls are integrally formed with each other such that a trailing edge of the casing can form a rear wall. The protective cover of claim 3, wherein the sleeve is further provided with at least one pressing portion, and the pressing portion is disposed at a position corresponding to one of the buttons of the portable electronic device, and the configuration of the pressing portion Matches this button. The protective cover of claim 4, wherein the pressing portion is further provided with a pressure assisting groove, and the pressure guiding groove is connected to the receiving space of the casing. The protective cover of claim 5, wherein the first elastic material or the second elastic material is silicone rubber, rubber or thermoplastic polyurethane.