TW201909214A - Key and electronic device with same - Google Patents

Abstract

A key is provided and is positioned on the housing of the electronic device. The key includes a keycap, a key holder, a waterproof ring and a keypad. The key holder is attached to the keycap. The key holder further defines holes. The waterproof ring is provided in the hole. The keypad is provided in the waterproof ring. And the keypad contacts with the keycap. A electronic device with the key is also provided.

Description

Button and electronic device having the same

The invention relates to a button and an electronic device having the same

In recent years, consumers' demand for waterproof mobile phones has increased, and the waterproof function has been regarded as one of the conditions for purchasing new machines. In addition, higher requirements are placed on the waterproof effect of waterproof mobile phones. At present, the waterproof design on the market is mainly to have a rubber film between the buttons and the switch to achieve waterproof effect. However, the provision of the rubber film has an indirect effect on the user's pressing feel.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a button that is comfortable to press.

The present invention also provides an electronic device having the button.

a button is disposed on a casing of the electronic device, the button includes a key cap, a button bracket, a waterproof ring and a button post, the button bracket is engaged with the key cap, and the button bracket is provided with a perforation The waterproof ring is disposed in the through hole, and the button post is disposed in the waterproof ring and abuts against the key cap.

An electronic device includes a housing, the electronic device further including at least one of the buttons, wherein the button is disposed on the housing.

In summary, the button is disposed on an outer surface of the housing of the electronic device. A waterproof ring is provided on the perforation of the button holder to obtain a waterproof and dustproof button. At the same time, the button installation program is simple, and the feeling of pressing is also better.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is apparent that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

All technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. The terminology used in the description of the present invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to limit the invention.

Some embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The features of the embodiments and examples described below can be combined with each other without conflict.

Referring to Figure 1, the present invention provides an electronic device 100 in accordance with a preferred embodiment. The electronic device 100 can be various electronic devices with a housing, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a smart watch, and the like. The electronic device 100 includes a housing 10 and a button disposed on the housing 10 . The button portion is exposed on an outer surface of the casing 10.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 together, in the embodiment, the electronic device 100 further includes a switch module 40. The switch module 40 is mounted in the housing 10 . The switch module 40 is electrically connected to each component in the electronic device 100. The switch module 40 is also connected to the button to control each component in the electronic device 100 connected to the switch module 40 by the pressing operation of the button.

Referring to FIG. 4 , FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 , the housing 10 is provided with a mounting slot 101 . The shape of the mounting groove 101 is consistent with the shape of the button. The button is received in the mounting slot 101 and partially exposed to the mounting slot 101 to facilitate external pressing operation. In the present embodiment, the mounting groove 101 is composed of a similar rounded rectangular bottom wall and a peripheral wall.

It can be understood that the number of buttons on the electronic device 100 can be adjusted according to actual needs. As such, the number of keys of the electronic device 100 can be one, two, three, and the like. In this embodiment, the electronic device 100 has two buttons. For convenience of description, the two buttons are defined as the button 20 and the button 30 in the following description.

The button 20 includes a key cap 201, a button holder 203, and a button post 205a and a button post 205b. Corresponding to the button post 205a and the button post 205b, the switch module 40 includes a switch 401 and a switch 402. The button post 205a and the button post 205b are respectively disposed corresponding to the switch 401 and the switch 402.

The key cap 201 is partially exposed on the outer surface of the housing 10. The exposed portion can facilitate the user to perceive the position where the button 20 is set, and is also convenient for external pressing operations. A protrusion 202 is respectively extended in a vertical direction of the two ends of the main body of the key cap 201. A concave card slot 204 is opened in the vertical direction of the body of the protrusion 202. The card slot 204 is configured to engage the button bracket 203. A first groove 2011 is respectively disposed on the body of the key cap 201 near the protrusion 202. The body of the key cap 201 is respectively disposed adjacent to the first groove 2011 to provide a second groove 2013.

The button holder 203 is used to fix the key cap 201. The button holder 203 is substantially similar in shape to the key cap 201. A strip portion 206 is respectively extended along the horizontal direction of the two ends of the button holder 203. The clip portion 206 is engaged with the card slot 204 to assemble the key cap 201 and the button bracket 203 together.

The body of the button holder 203 is provided with a through hole 2031 corresponding to the first groove 2011. The through hole 2031 extends through the button holder 203. The body of the button holder 203 is provided with a through screw hole 2033 corresponding to the second groove 2013. Correspondingly, the bottom wall of the mounting groove 101 is provided with a through hole 1011 corresponding to the through hole 2031 and the through screw hole 2033. In this way, the screw 1013 is sequentially passed through the through hole 1011 and the through screw hole 2033 inside the casing 10 to fix the button bracket 203 to the casing 10 of the electronic device 100, thereby The button 20 is fixed to the housing 10 of the electronic device 100. The keycap 201 and the housing 10 completely cover the button holder 203. Preferably, in the embodiment, the screw 1013 is disposed corresponding to the second groove 2013, but does not contact the second groove 2013, so as to avoid the influence of the screw 1013 when the key cap 201 is pressed down. The pressing operation of the key cap 201.

The button post 205a and the button post 205b are substantially in a T shape. The main body of the button post 205a and the button post 205b are a cylinder 2051 and a cylinder 2053, respectively. One end of the cylinder 2051 is provided with a cap 2052. One end of the cylinder 2053 is provided with a cap body 2054. The cap body 2052 and the cap body 2054 are vertically disposed with respect to the column body 2051 and the column body 2053, respectively. The cylinder 2051 of the button post 205a and the cylinder 2053 of the button post 205b simultaneously pass through the corresponding through hole 1011 and the through hole 2031, and abut the corresponding first on the key cap 201. Groove 2011. The cap body 2052 of the button post 205a and the cap body 2054 of the button post 205b are respectively abutted against the switch 401 and the switch 402. Thus, when the outside is pressed against one end of the keycap 201, the button post 205a/the button post 205b abutting against the keycap 201 is driven to abut and trigger the switch 401/switch 402.

In the embodiment, the button 20 further includes a waterproof ring 207. The waterproof ring 207 has a ring structure. The waterproof ring 207 is made of an elastic material such as rubber or the like. The waterproof ring 207 is disposed in the through hole 2031 of the button holder 203. The outer diameter of the waterproof ring 207 is equal to the aperture of the through hole 2031 to dispose the waterproof ring 207 in the through hole 2031. The inner diameter of the waterproof ring 207 is slightly smaller than the diameter of the cylinder 2051/column 2053 of the button post 205a/key column 205b, so that the inner surface of the waterproof ring 207 can be completely attached to the cylinder 2051/post The outer peripheral surface of the body 2053. At the same time, the waterproof ring 207 is pressed against the inner surface of the through hole 2031 by being pressed by the cylinder 2051/cylinder 2053 to achieve waterproof and dustproof effects.

In other embodiments, in order to prevent the waterproof ring 207 from being detached from the perforation 2031, a plurality of apertures of different sizes are disposed at both ends of the perforation 2031. The aperture of the through hole 2031 away from the end of the keycap 201 is slightly larger than the aperture near the end of the keycap 201. The waterproof ring 207 is disposed at an end of the through hole 2031 having a slightly larger aperture.

Of course, the waterproof ring 207 may also be disposed in the through screw hole 2033 to be dustproof and waterproof.

In this embodiment, the button post 205a and the button post 205b are respectively located at two ends of the key cap 201. The user can respectively press the two ends of the keycap 201 to drive the button post 205a and the button post 205b to abut and trigger the corresponding switch 401 and the switch 402, thereby starting different functions in the electronic device 100. In addition, the button 20 can be a volume button, and the function can be to increase the volume and decrease the volume.

The button 30 includes a key cap 301, a button bracket 303, and a button post 305. Corresponding to the button column 305, the switch module 40 further includes a switch 403. The button column 305 is disposed corresponding to the switch 403. The difference between the structure of the button 30 and the button 20 is that the button 30 has only one button column 305. The user only needs to press the keycap 301 to bring the button post 305 to abut and trigger the switch 403 to activate other functions in the electronic device 100.

In other embodiments, the buttons on the electronic device 100 can be installed such as the button 20 and/or the button 30 according to actual needs.

Taking the button 20 as an example, the process of mounting the button 20 on the electronic device 100 is as follows:

Step 1: The card portion 206 on the button holder 203 is engaged with the card slot 204 on the key cap 201, so that the key cap 201 and the button bracket 203 are assembled.

Step 2: A waterproof ring 207 is disposed on the through hole 2031.

Step 3: The assembled keycap 201 and the button holder 203 are placed in the mounting groove 101.

Step 4: The screw 1013 is sequentially passed through the through hole 1011 of the casing 10 and the through screw hole 2033 of the button bracket 203, thereby fixing the casing 10 and the button bracket 203 together.

Step 5: the cylinder 2051 of the button column 205a and the cylinder 2053 of the button column 205b simultaneously pass through the corresponding through hole 1011 and the through hole 2031, and resist corresponding to the key cap 201. The first groove 2011. The cap body 2052 of the button post 205a and the cap body 2054 of the button post 205b respectively abut against the switch 401 and the switch 402. As such, the button 20 is already mounted to the electronic device 100.

In summary, the button is disposed on an outer surface of the housing 10 of the electronic device 100. A waterproof ring 207 is provided on the through hole 2031 and the through screw hole 2033 of the button holder 203 to obtain a waterproof and dustproof button. At the same time, the button installation program is simple, and the feeling of pressing is also better.

The above embodiments are only intended to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and are not intended to be limiting, and the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments. Without departing from the spirit and essence of the technical solutions of the present invention.

10‧‧‧shell

101‧‧‧Installation slot

1011‧‧‧through hole

1013‧‧‧ screws

20‧‧‧ button

201‧‧‧Key Cap

2011‧‧‧First groove

2013‧‧‧second groove

202‧‧‧protrusion

203‧‧‧Key bracket

2031‧‧‧Perforation

2033‧‧‧through screw holes

204‧‧‧ card slot

205a‧‧‧ button column

205b‧‧‧ button column

2051‧‧‧Cylinder

2053‧‧‧Cylinder

2052‧‧‧Cap

2054‧‧‧Cap

206‧‧‧Card section

207‧‧‧Waterproof ring

30‧‧‧ button

301‧‧‧Key Cap

303‧‧‧Key bracket

305‧‧‧ button column

40‧‧‧Switch Module

401‧‧‧ switch

402‧‧‧ switch

403‧‧‧ switch

100‧‧‧Electronic devices

1 is an electronic device with a button in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a partial structural view of a perspective view of the electronic device with buttons shown in FIG. 1. 3 is a partial structural schematic view of another perspective view of the electronic device with buttons shown in FIG. 1. 4 is an exploded view of the electronic device with buttons shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 5 is an exploded view of another perspective view of the electronic device with buttons shown in FIG. 3. FIG. Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a portion of the electronic device having the button shown in Figure 1.

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Claims (10)

The button is provided on the casing of the electronic device, and the improvement is that the button comprises a key cap, a button bracket, a waterproof ring and a button post, and the button bracket is engaged with the key cap, and the button bracket is disposed on the button bracket The waterproof ring is disposed in the through hole, and the button post is disposed in the waterproof ring and abuts against the key cap. The button of claim 1, wherein the key cap comprises a protrusion, and the protrusion is respectively extended from a vertical direction of the two ends of the keycap body. The button of claim 2, wherein the protruding portion comprises a card slot, the card slot is a concave structure, and the card slot is disposed perpendicular to the protruding body. The button of claim 3, wherein the button holder comprises a card portion, the card portion extends from a horizontal direction of the two ends of the button holder body, and is engaged with the card slot. Thereby the keycap is assembled with the button holder. The button of claim 1, wherein the button column is substantially T-shaped, and the button column comprises a cylinder and a cap perpendicular to the cylinder. The button of claim 1, wherein the keycap and the housing completely enclose the button holder. The button of claim 1, wherein the waterproof ring is an annular structure, and an outer diameter of the waterproof ring is equal to an aperture of the perforation. The button of claim 5, wherein the inner diameter of the waterproof ring is slightly smaller than the diameter of the cylinder of the button post. The button of claim 1, wherein the two ends of the perforation are provided with apertures of different sizes, wherein the aperture of the perforation away from the end of the keycap is slightly larger than the aperture near the end of the keycap, the waterproof ring Provided at one end of the perforation aperture that is slightly larger. An electronic device comprising a housing, wherein the electronic device further comprises at least one of the buttons of any one of claims 1-9, wherein the button is disposed on the housing .