TWM555595U - Protective case for portable electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

A protective case for a portable electronic device includes a backplate and a frame. The frame is disposed around an edge of the backplate. The backplate and the frame are connected with each other and define a receiving space for holding the portable electronic device. The frame includes at least one top chassis, at least one bottom chassis opposite the at least one top chassis, and at least one side wall connecting the at least one top chassis and the at least one bottom chassis. The at least one side wall includes at least one sealed sound guide groove corresponding to a speaker and a microphone of the portable electronic device. The top chassis includes at least one sound guide hole. The at least one sealed sound guide groove is in communication with the at least one sound guide hole, and at least one bottom chassis encloses an edge of the backplate.

Description

Portable electronic device protective case

The present invention relates to a protective case, and more particularly to a portable electronic device protective case.

With the advancement of technology and communication technology, portable electronic devices have become an indispensable and important item for modern people's lives. Common portable electronic devices include mobile phones, tablets, cameras, navigation devices, and the like. In general, in order to prevent the electronic device from being scratched or damaged due to sliding or collision, the most common way is to install a protective cover outside the portable electronic device to prevent the portable electronic device from being scratched and Reduce collisions. The conventional protective cover is provided with an opening in a position corresponding to the speaker and the microphone of the portable electronic device, and the opening exposes the speaker and the microphone. The exposed speakers and microphones are susceptible to wind and wind, resulting in limited sound guidance.

In addition, the conventional protective casing has a certain thickness or a metal material having a relatively high rigidity to form a protective shell having a lodging resistance effect. However, due to the above-mentioned protective shell having the anti-fall effect, it has a certain thickness or a certain weight due to the use of the metal material, so that when the protective shell is sleeved outside the portable electronic device, the whole is caused. The combination is bulky and heavy, and thus does not meet the consumer's need for light and thin features of the portable electronic device as a whole. Furthermore, it is made of thicker materials or metal materials. The casing will make the protective shell more expensive to manufacture.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an improved portable electronic device protective case to solve the problems of the prior art.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device protective case with good sound guiding performance.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device protective case which can effectively protect against falling and scratching and has a light and thin structure.

For the above purposes, the present invention provides a portable electronic device protective case including a back plate and a frame. The frame is placed around the edge of the backing plate. The backplane and the frame are connected to each other and define an accommodating space for a portable electronic device to be placed. The frame includes a top chassis, a bottom chassis opposite the top chassis, and a side wall portion connecting the top chassis and the bottom chassis. The side wall portion includes at least one sealed sound guiding groove corresponding to a speaker of the portable electronic device and a microphone. The top chassis includes at least one conductive opening. At least one sealed sound guiding groove communicates with at least one sound guiding opening, and the bottom chassis covers the edge of the backing plate.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the at least one sealed sound guiding groove includes a first sealed sound guiding groove and a second sealed sound guiding groove, and the at least one sound guiding opening comprises at least one first sound guiding opening And the at least one second sound guiding opening, the first sealed sound guiding groove and the second sealed sound guiding groove respectively corresponding to the speaker and the microphone of the portable electronic device, and the first sealed sound guiding groove and the second sealing The sound guiding grooves are respectively connected to the at least one first sound guiding opening and the at least one second sound guiding opening.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the material of the back plate is a hard material, and the material of the frame is a soft material.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the back plate is made of polymethyl methacrylate, polycarbonate or acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, and the frame is made of soft rubber, thermoplastic rubber or Soft plastic.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the thermoplastic rubber is a thermoplastic polyurethane.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the side wall portion includes at least one pendant opening to provide a charm.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the backplane includes a camera aperture corresponding to a camera lens of the portable electronic device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the side wall portion includes a first opening, a second opening, a first pressing member and a second pressing member. The first opening corresponds to a ringing and mute adjusting component of the portable electronic device; the second opening corresponds to a transmission hole of the portable electronic device; and the first pressing component corresponds to a volume adjusting component of the portable electronic device And the second pressing member corresponds to a power switch of the portable electronic device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the side wall portion is provided with a plurality of ribs. And each of the ribs protrudes away from the inner surface of the side wall portion.

In an embodiment of the present invention, two or more of a plurality of ribs arranged at a distance are disposed on four sides of the side wall portion.

In one embodiment of the present invention, five or more of the plurality of ribs are arranged along the arcuate corners at four arcuate corners of the side wall portion.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of ribs are in contact with the edge of the portable electronic device such that the edge of the portable electronic device and the side wall portion are separated by a plurality of ribs.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the side wall portion and the plurality of ribs each have an arcuate structure.

In the portable electronic device protective case of the embodiment, the at least one sealed sound guiding groove can effectively reduce the wind cut sound and improve the sound guiding performance. The sound from the speaker or the microphone of the portable electronic device can be guided to the at least one sound guiding aperture via the at least one sealed sound guiding groove by the arrangement of the at least one sealed sound guiding groove and the at least one sound guiding opening And transmitting the front edge of the portable electronic device through the at least one sound guiding opening, so that the sound has a stereoscopic effect. Furthermore, the portable electronic device is carried by the rigid backplane to provide good support, and the bottom of the hard backplane is covered by the bottom chassis of the soft frame to provide good protection of the portable electronic device. And fixed to protect the portable electronic device from scratches, breakage or separation from the protective casing of the portable electronic device due to falling or impact. The portable electronic device protective case of the embodiment has good sound guiding performance, can effectively exert the protection function against drop and scratch, and has a light and thin configuration and can be made of a relatively low cost material. .

100‧‧‧Portable electronic device protective case

110‧‧‧ Backboard

120‧‧‧ frame

10‧‧‧ accommodating space

122‧‧‧Top chassis

124‧‧‧ bottom chassis

126‧‧‧ Sidewall

128‧‧‧Protective layer

130‧‧‧ Sealed sound guide groove

132‧‧‧First sealed sound guiding groove

134‧‧‧Second sealed sound guiding groove

140‧‧‧Guide opening

142‧‧‧First sound guide opening

144‧‧‧Second sounding opening

150‧‧‧ Charm opening

160‧‧‧ camera hole

171‧‧‧ first opening

172‧‧‧ second opening

181‧‧‧First press

182‧‧‧Second press

190‧‧‧ ribs

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a protective case of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the protective case of the portable electronic device of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is another perspective view of the protective case of the portable electronic device of FIG. 1 .

In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below. Furthermore, the directional terms mentioned in this creation, such as top, bottom, top, bottom, front, back, left, right, Inner, outer, side, surrounding, central, horizontal, lateral, vertical, longitudinal, axial, radial, uppermost or lowermost, etc., only refer to the direction of the additional schema. Therefore, the directional terminology used is used to describe and understand the creation, and is not intended to limit the creation.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which shows a perspective view of a portable electronic device protective case 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 3 respectively show the portable electronic device protection of FIG. 1 . Another angular perspective view of the shell 100. The portable electronic device protective case 100 is disposed on the outside of various portable electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers, and is used for protecting the portable electronic device from scratches or breakage due to falling or impact.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 , the portable electronic device protective case 100 includes a back plate 110 and a frame 120 . The frame 120 is disposed around the edge of the backing plate 110. One of the peripheral edges of the frame 120 is connected to the edge of the backing plate 110. The backplane 110 and the frame 120 define an accommodating space 10 for a portable electronic device (not shown). The portable electronic device protective case 100 is mounted on the back of the portable electronic device. That is, when the portable electronic device is assembled in the accommodating space 10 of the portable electronic device protective case 100, the back plate 110 of the portable electronic device protective case 100 is in contact with the back of the portable electronic device. The frame 120 is disposed on the side of the front side of the portable electronic device, and the frame 120 is used to hold the edge of the front side of the portable electronic device to prevent the portable electronic device from being protected from the portable device 100 and the portable device. The electronic device is separated.

As shown in FIGS. 1 through 3, the frame 120 includes a top chassis 122, a bottom chassis 124 opposite the top chassis 122, and a side wall portion 126 connecting the top chassis 122 and the bottom chassis 124. The side wall portion 126 includes at least one sealed sound guiding groove 130. The at least one sealed sound guiding groove 130 corresponds to a speaker of the portable electronic device and a microphone. The top chassis 122 includes at least one sounding aperture 140. At least one sealed sound guiding groove 130 communicates with at least one sound guiding opening 140, and the bottom chassis 124 covers the edge of the backing plate 110.

Since at least one of the sealed sound guiding grooves 130 is a sealing structure for covering the speaker and the microphone of the portable electronic device, the sound of the speaker and the microphone can be prevented from being generated by the wind due to the exposure of the wind, resulting in sound transmission quality. The lack of bad. Therefore, the sound guiding sound can be effectively reduced by at least one sealing of the sound guiding groove 130 to improve the sound guiding performance. The sound from the speaker or microphone of the portable electronic device can be guided to at least one guide via the at least one sealed sound guiding groove 130 by the arrangement of the at least one sealed sound guiding groove 130 and the at least one sound guiding opening 140 The sound opening 140 is transmitted through the at least one sound guiding opening 140 to the front edge of the portable electronic device, so that the sound has a stereoscopic effect.

Specifically, the at least one sealed sound guiding groove 130 includes a first sealed sound guiding groove 132 and a second sealed sound guiding groove 134. The at least one sound guiding opening 140 includes at least one first sound guiding opening 142 and at least one second sound guiding opening 144. The first sealed guiding groove 132 and the second sealed guiding groove 134 respectively correspond to the speaker and the microphone of the portable electronic device, and the first sealed guiding groove 132 and the second sealed guiding groove 134 are respectively associated with The at least one first sound guiding opening 142 and the at least one second sound guiding opening 144 are in communication.

Since the first sealed sound guiding groove 132 is a sealing structure for covering the speaker of the portable electronic device, the sound of the wind cut by the wind due to the exposure of the speaker can be avoided, resulting in a lack of sound transmission quality. Therefore, the sound guiding sound can be effectively reduced by the first sealed sound guiding groove 132 to improve the sound guiding performance. The sound from the speaker of the portable electronic device can be guided to the at least one via the first sealed sound guiding groove 132 by the arrangement of the first sealed sound guiding groove 132 and the at least one first sound guiding opening 142 A sound guiding opening 142 is transmitted through the at least one first sound guiding opening 142 to the front edge of the portable electronic device, so that the sound has a stereoscopic effect. Similarly, The second sealed sound guiding groove 134 is a sealing structure for covering the microphone of the portable electronic device, thereby preventing the microphone from being subjected to the wind-cut sound due to the exposure of the wind, resulting in a lack of sound transmission quality. Therefore, the sound guiding sound can be effectively reduced by the second sealed sound guiding groove 134 to improve the sound guiding performance. The sound from the microphone of the portable electronic device can be guided to the at least one via the first sealed sound guiding groove 132 by the arrangement of the second sealed sound guiding groove 134 and the at least one second sound guiding opening 144 The second sound guiding opening 144 transmits the front edge of the portable electronic device via the at least one second sound guiding opening 144, so that the sound has a stereoscopic feeling.

As shown in FIG. 3, the material of the back plate 110 is a hard material, and the material of the frame 120 is a soft material. The soft frame 120 contacts and covers the edges of the rigid backing plate 110. Specifically, the bottom chassis 124 of the flexible frame 120 covers the edges of the rigid backing plate 110. The portable electronic device is carried by the rigid backplane 110 to provide good support, and the edge of the rigid backplane 110 is covered by the bottom chassis 124 of the flexible frame 120 to provide a good portable electronic device. The protection and fixing are used to protect the portable electronic device from being scratched, damaged or separated from the portable electronic device protective case 100 by falling or impacting.

In one embodiment, the backing plate 110 is made of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polycarbonate (PC) or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). polymer. The frame 120 is made of soft rubber, thermoplastic rubber or soft plastic. The thermoplastic rubber is, for example, a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). The back sheet 110 and the frame 120 of the present embodiment have a light and thin configuration and can be made of a relatively low cost material.

In an embodiment, the portable electronic device protective case 100 further includes a protective layer 128. The protective layer is disposed between the frame 120 and the back plate 110. The protective layer 128 is made of soft rubber. Thermoplastic rubber or soft plastic. The thermoplastic rubber is, for example, a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). The protective layer 128 can include a specific logo (not shown) to display the trade name of the portable electronic device protective case 100.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the side wall portion 126 includes at least one pendant opening 150 for providing a charm. Since the hanging lanyard is disposed on at least one of the hanging openings 150, and at least one of the hanging openings 150 has a spacing from the portable electronic device, the hanging contact and the frictional portable electronic device can be avoided. The backplane 110 includes a camera aperture 160 corresponding to a camera lens of the portable electronic device. The camera aperture 160 exposes the camera lens to avoid affecting the camera lens's shooting function, so that the exposed camera lens can be sensitive to the shooting function.

In addition, the side wall portion 126 further includes a first opening 171, a second opening 172, a first pressing member 181 and a second pressing member 182. The first opening 171 corresponds to a ringing and mute adjusting component of the portable electronic device; the second opening 172 corresponds to a transmission hole of the portable electronic device; and the first pressing member 181 corresponds to one of the portable electronic devices. The volume adjusting member; and the second pressing member 182 corresponds to a power switch of the portable electronic device. Through the first opening 171, the second opening 172, the first pressing member 181 and the second pressing member 182, the user can operate the ringing and mute adjusting member, use the transmission hole, press the volume adjusting member, and press the power switch to realize Various operating functions of the portable electronic device.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the side wall portion 126 is provided with a plurality of ribs 190, and the plurality of ribs 190 are arranged at intervals of at least two ribs 190. A plurality of ribs 190 extend downward from the side wall portion 126 to the edge of the backing plate 110. The plurality of ribs 190 protrude in a direction away from the inner surface of the side wall portion 126. The sidewall portion 126 and the plurality of ribs 190 respectively have an arc-shaped structure, thereby providing good collision buffering and protection for the portable electronic device for protection The portable electronic device will not be damaged by falling or impact. When the portable electronic device is assembled in the accommodating space 10 of the portable electronic device protective case 100, the plurality of ribs 190 are in contact with the edge of the portable electronic device, so that the edge and the side wall portion of the portable electronic device are 126 is maintained at a distance by a plurality of ribs 190.

In an embodiment, the side wall portion 126 assumes a rectangular configuration and the four corners of the rectangle are arcuate angles. On both sides of the side wall portion 126, ribs 190 are arranged in two groups, and five ribs 190 are arranged at four arcuate corners of the side wall portion 126 at intervals along the arcuate angle. By adopting two parallel designs on four sides and five parallel designs in the corners, it is ensured that the edge of the portable electronic device and the side wall portion 126 can be effectively maintained at a distance by a plurality of ribs 140, thereby enabling Protect the efficacy of portable electronic devices. It should be noted that in other embodiments, ribs 190 arranged in two or more groups may be disposed on four sides of the side wall portion 126, and five or more are disposed along the four arcuate corners of the side wall portion 126. The ribs 190 are arranged at an arc-shaped angular interval. It should be understood that since the four corners are often the most frequently hit portions when the portable electronic device is dropped, the number of ribs 190 disposed at the four arcuate corners of the side wall portion 126, for example, is not Less than five to effectively play a protective role. In the present embodiment, each set of ribs 190 disposed on each side of the side wall portion 126 is, for example, equidistantly spaced apart. Since the ribs 190 are disposed near the four corners of the side wall portion 126, they are denser than the four sides of the side wall portion 126. When the portable electronic device is dropped, the four corners are often the most frequently hit portions. Therefore, by densely arranging the ribs 190 near the four corners of the side wall portion 126, the anti-fall can be more effectively exerted. Protective function.

In summary, in the portable electronic device protective case of the embodiment, at least one sealed sound guiding groove can effectively reduce the wind cut sound and improve the sound guiding performance. By at least one seal The sound guiding groove and the at least one sound guiding opening are arranged such that the sound from the speaker or the microphone of the portable electronic device can be guided to the at least one sound guiding opening via the at least one sealed sound guiding groove, and via at least one The sound guiding opening transmits the front edge of the portable electronic device, so that the sound has a three-dimensional effect. Furthermore, the portable electronic device is carried by the rigid backplane to provide good support, and the bottom of the hard backplane is covered by the bottom chassis of the soft frame to provide good protection of the portable electronic device. And fixed to protect the portable electronic device from scratches, breakage or separation from the protective casing of the portable electronic device due to falling or impact. The portable electronic device protective case of the embodiment has good sound guiding performance, can effectively exert the protection function against drop and scratch, and has a light and thin configuration and can be made of a relatively low cost material. .

Although the present invention has been disclosed in its preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and anyone skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application.

100‧‧‧Portable electronic device protective case

110‧‧‧ Backboard

120‧‧‧ frame

10‧‧‧ accommodating space

122‧‧‧Top chassis

124‧‧‧ bottom chassis

126‧‧‧ Sidewall

130‧‧‧ Sealed sound guide groove

132‧‧‧First sealed sound guiding groove

134‧‧‧Second sealed sound guiding groove

140‧‧‧Guide opening

142‧‧‧First sound guide opening

144‧‧‧Second sounding opening

150‧‧‧ Charm opening

171‧‧‧ first opening

172‧‧‧ second opening

181‧‧‧First press

182‧‧‧Second press

190‧‧‧ ribs

Claims (13)

A portable electronic device protective case includes: a back plate; and a frame disposed around an edge of the back plate, the back plate and the frame are connected to each other and defined for being placed by a portable electronic device An accommodating space, the frame body includes a top chassis, a bottom chassis opposite to the top chassis, and a side wall portion connecting the top chassis and the bottom chassis, wherein the side wall portion includes at least one sealed sound guiding groove, the at least one sealing guide The sound groove corresponds to a speaker of the portable electronic device and a microphone, the top chassis includes at least one sound guiding opening, the at least one sealed sound guiding groove is in communication with the at least one sound guiding opening, and the bottom portion The chassis covers the edge of the backing plate. The portable electronic device protective case of claim 1, wherein the at least one sealed sound guiding groove comprises a first sealed sound guiding groove and a second sealed sound guiding groove, the at least one guiding The sound opening includes at least one first sound guiding opening and at least one second sound guiding opening, wherein the first sealed sound guiding groove and the second sealed sound guiding groove respectively correspond to the portable electronic device The speaker and the microphone, and the first sealed sound guiding groove and the second sealed sound guiding groove are respectively connected to the at least one first sound guiding opening and the at least one second sound guiding opening. The portable electronic device protective case according to claim 1, wherein the back plate is made of a hard material, and the frame is made of a soft material. The portable electronic device protective case according to claim 3, wherein the back plate is made of polymethyl methacrylate, polycarbonate or acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer. The frame is made of soft rubber, thermoplastic rubber or soft plastic. The portable electronic device protective case as described in claim 4, the thermoplastic rubber It is a thermoplastic polyurethane. The portable electronic device protective case according to claim 1, wherein the side wall portion includes at least one hanging opening to provide a hanging ornament. The portable electronic device protective case of claim 1, wherein the back plate comprises a camera hole corresponding to a camera lens of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device protective case of claim 1, wherein the side wall portion includes a first opening, a second opening, a first pressing member and a second pressing member, wherein the first opening corresponds to The second opening corresponds to a transmission hole of the portable electronic device, and the first pressing member corresponds to a volume adjustment of the portable electronic device. And the second pressing member corresponds to a power switch of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device protective case according to claim 1, wherein the side wall portion is provided with a plurality of ribs, and each of the ribs protrudes away from an inner surface of the side wall portion. The portable electronic device protective case according to claim 9, wherein two or more of the plurality of ribs are arranged on the four sides of the side wall portion. The portable electronic device protective case according to claim 9, wherein the four curved corners of the side wall portion are provided with five or more of the plurality of ribs arranged along the arc-shaped corners. The portable electronic device protective case of claim 9, wherein the plurality of ribs are in contact with an edge of the portable electronic device such that an edge of the portable electronic device and the side wall portion are A distance is separated by the plurality of ribs. The portable electronic device protective case according to claim 9, wherein the side wall portion and the plurality of ribs each have an arc structure.