TWI465097B - Housing of electronic device - Google Patents

Description

Housing of electronic device

The present invention relates to a housing for an electronic device.

Nowadays, more and more portable electronic devices have an integral design for the housing of the electronic device in order to meet the needs of the appearance, such as the fact that no holes are allowed in the housing to achieve the fastening of the upper and lower housings. Such as the APPLE and iPhone series of mobile phones appearing on the market. The battery cover of the electronic device and the buckle of the body are generally provided with a buckle portion on the inner side of the battery cover, and a hook is arranged on the inner side of the body, and the battery cover is stabilized by the engagement of the hook and the buckle portion. Combined with the purpose of the fuselage. However, this kind of electronic device is inconvenient for the user to replace the battery. Once the user needs to replace the battery, the whole machine must be sent back to the repair center for processing. Due to the integrated design of the whole machine, the replacement of the battery in the repair center also requires a large-scale removal of the outer casing. In order to ensure the feasibility of the replacement and replacement of the battery cover, the battery cover and the body need to have a degree of freedom of relative sliding. However, the existence of such a degree of freedom makes the battery cover unstable relative to the body, and the user may not use it during use. Carefully pull the battery cover open and the battery cover is easy to fall.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a housing for an electronic device that can be stably locked to the body and that is easily disassembled.

A housing of an electronic device includes a first partial housing, a second partial housing, and a connecting body for connecting the first partial housing and the second partial housing a first through hole, a groove is formed in the second half shell, a second through hole is formed in the bottom of the groove, the connecting body includes a main body and a holding portion, and the first half shell The first through hole of the body is aligned with the second through hole of the second half case, and the latching portion passes through the first through hole and the second through hole and slides relative to the first through hole and the second through hole To lock the holding portion, the main body is received in the recess to fix the first partial housing and the second partial housing.

Compared with the prior art, the housing of the electronic device of the present invention is formed by connecting a first partial housing and a second partial housing through a connecting body, and the connecting body comprises a main body and a holding portion formed on the main body. Forming, by the first and second half-shells, a first through hole and a second through hole having the same shape and size, and the holding portion passes through the first through hole and the second through hole Sliding from the wider end of the two through holes to the narrower end, the main body is received in the recess, and the first half shell and the second half shell are mutually locked; when the shell is to be disassembled, only One end of the main body is required to be bent, and one end of the main body is bent out from the groove, so that the holding portion can be disengaged from the first through hole and the second through hole, and the first and second half shells are released. The fixed connection allows the housing to be removed smoothly.

100‧‧‧ housing of electronic device

222‧‧‧ Groove

10‧‧‧First half shell

24‧‧‧Second through hole

12‧‧‧First Board

242‧‧‧Second wide hole end

14‧‧‧ side wall

244‧‧‧Second narrow hole end

142‧‧‧Snap Department

30‧‧‧Connector

16‧‧‧Fracture

32‧‧‧ Subject

162‧‧‧Extension

322‧‧‧ arc slot

18‧‧‧First through hole

324‧‧‧Carmen

182‧‧‧First wide hole end

34‧‧‧Cars Department

184‧‧‧First narrow hole end

342‧‧‧sliding column

20‧‧‧second half shell

344‧‧‧ gripping department

22‧‧‧ Second Board

1 is a perspective exploded view of a housing of an electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is another perspective exploded view of the housing of the preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the housing of the electronic device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the housing of the electronic device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a preferred embodiment of the present invention; The schematic diagram of the housing of the electronic device when disassembled; Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the housing of the electronic device in a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a housing 100 of an electronic device includes a first partial housing 10, a second partial housing 20, and a second housing 10 and a second housing. The connecting body 30 of the half casing 20.

The first half-shell 10 can be made of a metal material, and includes a first plate portion 12, two side walls 14 respectively formed on two sides of the first plate portion 12, and one end formed on the first plate portion 12. A folding edge 16.

The inner side of the two side walls 14 is formed with a plurality of opposite latching portions 142. The latching portions 142 can be formed on the side walls 14 by welding thin bent metal sheets for use with the body of the electronic device (not shown). The card is hooked.

The flange 16 is bent in an L shape and includes an extension 162 parallel to the first plate portion 12. The extension 162 extends toward one end of the second partial housing 20 to mate with the second partial housing 20. A first through hole 18 is defined in the extending portion 162 .

The first through hole 18 is a "convex" shaped hole, and includes a first wide hole end 182 and a first narrow hole end 184 connected to the wide hole end 182.

The second half-shell 20 can be made of a plastic material, and includes a second plate portion 22, and a groove 222 is formed on the second plate portion 22. The groove 222 has a square groove structure and is located at the second portion. The half housing 20 is connected to one end of the first partial housing 10. A second through hole 24 is defined in the bottom of the recess 222. The second through hole 24 has the same shape and size as the first through hole 18, and also includes a second wide hole end 242 and a second narrow hole end 244. A receiving hole 224 is formed in a sidewall of the recess 222, and the receiving hole 224 has a wedge-shaped hole structure.

Referring to FIG. 3, the connecting body 30 is made of a material having elasticity, such as a rubber material. The connecting body 30 includes a main body 32 and a catching portion 34 formed on the main body 32. The main body 32 has a square plate structure and has a size corresponding to the size of the groove 222 to fit in the recess 222. An arcuate groove 322 is defined in the main body 32. The arcuate groove 322 is adjacent to one end of the main body 32 and penetrates the two sides of the main body 32. A latch 324 is formed on one end surface of the main body 32. The latch 324 has a wedge-shaped structure for arranging with the receiving hole 224.

The holding portion 34 is formed on a surface opposite to the arcuate groove 322 and adjacent to one end opposite to the cassette 324. The holding portion 34 has a "T" shape and includes a sliding column 342 and a clamping portion 344 formed at an end of the sliding column 342. The size of the sliding column 342 is substantially the same as the size of the narrow hole end 184 of the first through hole 18, and the sliding column 342 can slide into the narrow hole end 184. The size of the clamping portion 344 is substantially equal to the size of the wide hole end 182 of the first through hole 18, and the clamping portion 344 can pass through the wide hole end 182.

When the housing 100 is assembled to a body (not shown) of the electronic device, a "Γ"-shaped hook is disposed on the inner side of the body, and the first half-shell 10 is now assembled to one end of the body, so that Each of the latching portions 142 of the first half of the housing 10 is sleeved with a corresponding "Γ"-shaped hook of the fuselage, and then the first half-shell 10 is slid relative to the body, and the first half-shell The buckle portion 142 of the 10 is engaged with the corresponding "Γ"-shaped hook.

The second half-shell 20 is then assembled to the other end of the fuselage such that the bottom surface of the recess 222 of the second partial housing 20 fits over the flange 16 of the first partial housing 10, and The second through hole 24 of the second partial housing 20 is aligned with the first through hole 18 of the first partial housing 10.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the connecting body 30 is then assembled to the concave of the second partial housing 20. In the slot 222, the clamping portion 344 of the latching portion 34 of the connecting body 30 passes through the second wide hole end 242 of the second through hole 24 and the wide hole end 182 of the first through hole 18, the latching The sliding posts 342 of the portion 34 are slid from the wide bore ends 242, 182 to the narrow bore ends 244, 184 mated with the narrow bore ends 244, 184. The main body 32 of the pressing connector 30 has one end of the latch 324. Since the connecting body 30 has a certain elasticity, the main body 32 is received in the recess 222, and the latch 324 is sleeved in the recess. The 222 is disposed in the receiving hole 224 on the sidewall. As such, the housing 100 is assembled to the body of the electronic device. Through the connection of the connecting body 30, the housing 100 can be stably assembled with respect to the body.

Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , when the housing 100 needs to be removed, the arcuate groove 322 of the connecting body 30 is pressed. Since the connecting body 30 has a certain elasticity, the connecting body 30 will bend along the curved groove 322 . Thereby, the cassette 324 having one end of the cassette 324 is disengaged from the receiving hole 224, and the end protrudes outward; then the end is pulled to slide the sliding column 342 of the connecting body 30 out of the The narrow end 184 and slid to the wide end 182; then the nip 344 is passed out of the wide bore 182, the second housing 20 can be detached from the fuselage, so that the shell can be easily removed Body 100.

In summary, the housing 100 of the electronic device is formed by connecting a first partial housing 10 and a second partial housing 20 by a connecting body 30. By assembling the connecting body 30, the first partial housing 10 and the second housing half 20 are not slidable relative to the body, and the first housing half 10 and the body are engaged with each other through the hook and the buckle portion. In this way, the electronic device housing 100 can be stably mounted on the body. When the housing 100 needs to be removed, only one end of the main body 32 of the connecting body 30 is pressed, one end of the main body 32 is bent out from the inside of the recess 222, and then the connecting body 30 is slid, so that the connecting body 30 is first. The housing 10 and the second housing 20 are detached, and the housing 100 can be smoothly removed.

100‧‧‧ housing of electronic device

222‧‧‧ Groove

10‧‧‧First half shell

24‧‧‧Second through hole

12‧‧‧First Board

242‧‧‧Second wide hole end

14‧‧‧ side wall

244‧‧‧Second narrow hole end

142‧‧‧Snap Department

30‧‧‧Connector

16‧‧‧Fracture

32‧‧‧ Subject

162‧‧‧Extension

322‧‧‧ arc slot

18‧‧‧First through hole

324‧‧‧Carmen

182‧‧‧First wide hole end

34‧‧‧Cars Department

184‧‧‧First narrow hole end

342‧‧‧sliding column

20‧‧‧second half shell

344‧‧‧ gripping department

22‧‧‧ Second Board

Claims (8)

The housing of the electronic device is improved in that the housing of the electronic device comprises a first partial housing, a second partial housing and a connecting body for connecting the first partial housing and the second partial housing a first through hole is defined in the first partial housing, a recess is formed in the second partial housing, and a second through hole is formed in the bottom of the recess, the connecting body includes a main body and is formed on a first through hole of the first partial housing is aligned with a second through hole of the second partial housing, and the latching portion passes through the first through hole and the second through hole And sliding the hole with the first through hole and the second through hole to lock the holding portion, the main body is received in the groove, so that the first half case and the second half case are fixed Connecting, an arcuate groove is formed on a surface of the main body opposite to the holding portion, and the arcuate groove of the connecting body is pressed, and the connecting body is bent along the arcuate groove, so that one end of the main body is bent from the groove Extend. The casing of the electronic device of claim 1, wherein the two ends of the first through hole have different width dimensions, and include a wide hole end and a narrow hole end connected to the wide hole end. The shape and size of the second through hole are the same as those of the first through hole. The housing of the electronic device of claim 2, wherein the holding portion is integrally formed on the main body, the holding portion includes a sliding column and a clamping portion at an end of the sliding column. The clamping portion passes through the wide hole end of the first through hole and the second through hole and slides from the wide hole end to the narrow hole end, and the sliding column cooperates with the narrow hole end. The casing of the electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first partial housing is formed with a buckle portion, and the body of the electronic device is formed with a hook, the card The buckle portion cooperates with the hook to buckle the first partial housing to the body. The housing of the electronic device of claim 1, wherein the connecting body is made of a material having elasticity. The housing of the electronic device of claim 1, wherein a side of the connecting body is formed with a latch, and a receiving hole is formed in a sidewall of the recess, and the connecting body is received in the housing The latch is held into the receiving hole in the recess. The housing of the electronic device of claim 1, wherein one side of the first half-shell forms a flange, the first through hole is formed on the flange, and the groove is formed. a bottom end of the second half-shell and a first half-shell, wherein the first half-shell is connected to the second half-shell, the bottom of the groove is attached to the flange, and the first The through hole is aligned with the second through hole. The casing of the electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first half-shell is made of a metal material, and the second half-shell is made of a plastic material.