TWM637711U - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing, an internal component, a light guide member and a light emitting member. The housing has an opening. The internal component is disposed in the housing. The light guide member is disposed in the housing and is connected to the internal component. The light guide member is partially exposed through the opening of the housing. The light emitting member is disposed in the housing and faces the light guide member. The internal component and the light guide member are integrally formed.

Description

electronic device

The disclosure relates to an electronic device, in particular to an electronic device with an indicator light.

At present, there are many electronic devices equipped with indicator lights. Generally speaking, the indicator lights are small in size, and the related parts are not easy to assemble.

In view of this, one purpose of the present disclosure is to provide an electronic device with an indicator light and easy to assemble.

To achieve the above object, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a casing, an internal component, a light guide element, and a light emitting element. The housing has a first opening. An internal member is disposed in the housing. The light guide element is arranged in the casing and connected to the inner member, and the light guide element is partially exposed through the first opening. The light-emitting element is disposed in the housing and faces the light-guiding element. The internal member and the light guide element are integrally formed.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the internal member and the light guide element include a transparent substrate and toner dispersed in the transparent substrate.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the internal member is a button, and the button includes a pressing portion. The housing also has a second opening through which the pressing portion is exposed.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the button further includes a fixing portion and at least one elastic arm structure. The fixing part is fixed on the housing, and the elastic arm structure is connected between the pressing part and the fixing part. The fixing part extends to one side of the light guide element. The light guide element includes an extension part and a light guide part, and the extension part is connected between the light guide part and the fixing part of the button.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the extension part of the light guide element, the fixing part of the button and the elastic arm structure form a U-shaped structure.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the light guide element includes an elastic arm structure and a light guide part, and the elastic arm structure is connected between the inner member and the light guide part.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the housing includes a pair of first guide rail structures, the first guide rail structures protrude from the inner wall of the housing, and extend between the end surface of the housing and the first opening. The maximum width of the light guide part is greater than the distance between the first guide rail structures.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the inner member includes a pair of second guide rail structures, and the second guide rail structures are disposed on both sides of the spring arm structure and configured to abut against the first guide rail structure.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device is an earphone or an earphone charging box.

To sum up, in the electronic device of the present disclosure, the light guide element is connected to the inner member, so it can be assembled into the housing together with the inner member, which is more convenient to assemble than the prior art using an independent light guide element ,save time. Furthermore, the light guide element can be integrally formed with the inner member, so that a mold can be saved and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

In order to make the description of this disclosure more detailed and complete, reference may be made to the attached drawings and various implementations described below. Elements in the drawings are not drawn to scale and are provided merely to illustrate the present disclosure. Numerous practical details are described below in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure, however, those of ordinary skill in the relevant art will understand that the present disclosure can be practiced without one or more of the practical details, and thus, these details are not apply to define this disclosure.

Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an electronic device 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an internal structure of the electronic device 10 shown in FIG. 1 . The electronic device 10 includes a casing 20 , a light guide element 30 and a light emitting element 90 . Both the light guide element 30 and the light emitting element 90 are disposed in the casing 20 to realize the function of an indicator light of the electronic device 10 . Specifically, the casing 20 has a first opening 21 , the light guide element 30 is partially exposed through the first opening 21 of the casing 20 , and the light emitting element 90 is disposed facing the light guide element 30 . In this way, the light emitted by the light emitting element 90 can be radiated outward from the first opening 21 of the casing 20 under the guidance of the light guide element 30 .

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the electronic device 10 may be an earphone, but not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the electronic device 10 further includes a circuit board 91 disposed in the housing 20 , and the light emitting element 90 is disposed on the circuit board 91 . In some embodiments, the light emitting element 90 is an LED lamp. In some embodiments, the light guide element 30 may have a light guide column, and the light guide column extends into the first opening 21 of the housing 20 to facilitate light irradiation to the outside of the housing 20 .

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the electronic device 10 further includes an internal member 50 disposed in the casing 20 . In this embodiment, the light guide element 30 is connected to the internal member 50. The advantage is that, because the light guide element 30 is generally small in size, it is inconvenient to assemble it separately (especially for small electronic devices, the inner space of the casing thereof narrow and inconvenient to assemble), the light guide element 30 can be assembled into the casing 20 together with the inner member 50 after being connected to the inner member 50, so that the assembly of the electronic device 10 can be more convenient and time-saving.

In the embodiments shown in Figures 1 and 2, the internal member 50 is a button of the electronic device 10, that is, in this embodiment, the light guide element 30 is connected to the button, and can be assembled to the housing 20 together with the button. In order to improve the efficiency of assembly work.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , in some embodiments, the button (that is, the inner member 50 ) includes a pressing portion 53 , and the housing 20 also has a second opening 22 , and the pressing portion 53 passes through the second opening of the housing 20 22 is exposed and configured to be pressed by a user. In some embodiments, the electronic device 10 further includes a switch 92 (switch), the switch 92 is arranged on the circuit board 91, and is located inside the pressing portion 53 (that is, the side of the pressing portion 53 away from the second opening 22 of the housing 20 ). When the pressing portion 53 of the button is pressed by the user, the pressing portion 53 retreats and triggers the switch 92 .

In some embodiments, the inner member 50 and the light guide element 30 are integrally formed. In this way, in addition to improving assembly efficiency, the inner member 50 and the light guide element 30 can be made using only one mold, reducing manufacturing cost. In some embodiments, the internal member 50 and the light guide element 30 are plastic parts, which can be manufactured by injection molding.

In some embodiments, the light guide element 30 may be a translucent element, so as to prevent the user from seeing the interior of the electronic device 10 through the light guide element 30 , while allowing the light emitted by the light emitting element 90 to pass out of the housing 20 . In the embodiment where the inner member 50 and the light guide element 30 are integrally formed, the inner member 50 is also translucent, which prevents the user from seeing the inside of the electronic device 10 through the inner member 50 (button).

As shown in Figures 1 and 2, in some embodiments, the internal member 50 and the light guide element 30 include a transparent substrate M1 and a toner M2 dispersed in the transparent substrate M1, thereby achieving a translucent effect . The transparent substrate M1 may include polycarbonate (PC) or other transparent plastic materials. When manufacturing the inner member 50 and the light guide element 30, the toner M2 can be mixed into the transparent plastic material (that is, the transparent base material M1), and then injection molding is performed to obtain the translucent inner member 50 and the light guide element 30 . In practice, the appearance color and light transmittance of the internal member 50 and the light guide element 30 can be controlled by setting the amount and color of the toner M2 mixed into the transparent substrate M1.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , in some embodiments, the button (ie, the inner member 50 ) further includes a fixing portion 56 and at least one elastic arm structure 57 . The fixing part 56 is fixed on the inner wall of the casing 20 , and the elastic arm structure 57 is connected between the pressing part 53 and the fixing part 56 . When the pressing portion 53 is pushed back by the user, the elastic arm structure 57 is bent accordingly. After the user stops pressing the pressing portion 53 , the pressing portion 53 can return to its original position driven by the restoring force of the elastic arm structure 57 .

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , in some embodiments, the fixing portion 56 of the button (that is, the inner member 50 ) can be fixed on the casing 20 by heat fusion. For example, the fixing portion 56 may have one or more through holes 55, and one or more protrusions 25 may be formed on the inner wall of the housing 20 to pass through the through holes 55 of the fixing portion 56, and the end of the protrusion 25 is exposed outside the fixing portion 56. A part can be melted and molded so that its size is larger than the through hole 55 to form a limiting effect on the fixing part 56 .

The fixing part 56 and the housing 20 can also be combined in other ways, for example, the fixing part 56 can also be engaged and fixed on the housing 20 (for example: the housing 20 can be formed with a groove, and the fixing part 56 can be inserted into the housing 20 groove), or the fixing portion 56 is also fixed on the housing 20 through glue.

As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, in some embodiments, the fixing part 56 of the button (that is, the inner member 50) is a strip structure, which extends to one side of the light guide element 30, and the light guide element 30 includes an extension The light guide part 31 and the light guide part 35 , the light guide part 35 is located between the light emitting element 90 and the first opening 21 of the casing 20 , and the extension part 31 is connected between the light guide part 35 and the fixing part 56 . The above structural configuration has good versatility, and is also applicable to the case where the electronic device 10 has multiple buttons. For example, when the electronic device 10 has a row of buttons, the strip-shaped fixing portion 56 can be lengthened according to the number of buttons, and the pressing portion 53 of each button can be connected to the fixing portion 56 through one or more elastic arm structures 57 . In this way, multiple buttons and the light guide element 30 can be integrated into a single element, which is convenient for production and assembly.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , in some embodiments, the extension portion 31 of the light guide element 30 , the fixing portion 56 of the button and the elastic arm structure 57 form a U-shaped structure. As mentioned above, the light guide element 30 and the button can be an integrally formed translucent element. When the above structure is further adopted, the button can be prevented from being lit when the light emitting element 90 emits light, because the light emitted by the light emitting element 90 is translucent The transmission path in the component is long, and it needs to pass through the light guide part 35 of the light guide component 30, the extension part 31, the fixed part 56 of some sections, and the elastic arm structure 57 of the button before reaching the pressing part 53 of the button. Such a path is sufficient to attenuate the light reaching the pressing portion 53 to a level that is not easily perceived by human eyes.

Please refer to Figures 3 to 5. FIG. 3 is an assembly diagram showing an electronic device 15 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, FIG. 4 is an exploded view showing the electronic device 15 shown in FIG. 3 , and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing FIG. 3 The shown electronic device 15 is a cross-sectional view along line 3-3'. The electronic device 15 in this embodiment is an earphone charging box for charging the earphone E placed therein. In addition, this embodiment also shows that the light guide element can be combined with other internal components, not limited to buttons. For example, in this embodiment, the light guide element 70 of the electronic device 15 is connected to the inner member 80 , and the inner member 80 is a battery holder for accommodating the battery 93 in the earphone charging box.

As shown in Figures 3 to 5, in this embodiment, the light guide element 70 is connected to the edge of the battery holder (ie, the inner member 80) and passes through the first opening 61 of the casing 60 of the electronic device 15. exposed. The light guide element 70 includes an extension portion 71 and a light guide portion 75 , the light guide portion 75 is located between the light emitting element 90 and the first opening 61 , and the extension portion 71 is connected between the light guide portion 75 and the battery holder. The electronic device 15 further includes a circuit board 91 . The circuit board 91 is disposed under the battery holder, for example. The light emitting element 90 is disposed on an edge of the circuit board 91 and faces the light guide portion 75 .

It should be noted that the integration of the light guide element 70 with the battery holder in this disclosure is only an example, and the light guide element 70 may also be integrated with other internal components other than the battery holder. For example, the light guide element 70 can also be integrated with the earphone groove 94 (a component used to accommodate the earphone E in the electronic device 15 ) located adjacent to the light guide element 70 in the casing 60 .

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, in some embodiments, the light guide portion 75 of the light guide element 70 has a light guide column 77, and the light guide column 77 extends into the first opening 61 of the housing 60 to facilitate light irradiation to Out of the housing 60.

Please refer to Figure 6 and Figure 7. Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the internal structure of the housing 60 of the electronic device 15 shown in Fig. 4, and Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the housing 60, internal components 80 and A schematic diagram of the assembly method of the light guide element 70 . In some embodiments, the extension portion 71 of the light guide element 70 is an elastic arm structure, and the top end of the elastic arm structure is connected to the edge of the inner member 80 . In this way, the light guide element 70 and the inner member 80 can be assembled into the casing 60 through a simple downward movement operation. When the assembler moves the light guide element 70 and the inner member 80 downward toward the bottom of the housing 60 , the light guide portion 75 of the light guide element 70 is pressed by the housing 60 so that the elastic arm structure moves away from the housing 60 . When the light guide part 75 descends to a position corresponding to the first opening 61 , the light guide part 75 can be inserted into the first opening 61 driven by the restoring force of the elastic arm structure.

As shown in Figures 6 and 7, in some embodiments, the housing 60 includes a pair of first guide rail structures 64, the first guide rail structures 64 protrude from the inner wall of the housing 60, and on the end surface of the housing 60 65 extends between the first opening 61. The maximum width of the light guide portion 75 of the light guide element 70 is greater than the distance between the first guide rail structures 64 . With the above configuration, when the assembler moves the light guide element 70 and the inner member 80 downward, the light guide part 75 can abut against the first guide rail structure 64 so that the light guide column 77 will not directly touch the housing 60 friction to avoid scratching the light guide column 77.

As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, in some embodiments, the inner member 80 includes a pair of second rail structures 84, and the second rail structures 84 are arranged on both sides of the elastic arm structure (ie, the extension portion 71), and It is configured to abut against the first rail structure 64 (eg, each first rail structure 64 can be located between the corresponding second rail structure 84 and the elastic arm structure). In this way, through the cooperation of the first guide rail structure 64 and the second guide rail structure 84 , the assembly personnel can be assisted to align the light guide part 75 with the first opening 61 of the casing 60 .

To sum up, in the electronic device of the present disclosure, the light guide element is connected to the inner member, so it can be assembled into the housing together with the inner member, which is more convenient to assemble than the prior art using an independent light guide element ,save time. Furthermore, the light guide element can be integrally formed with the inner member, so that a mold can be saved and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Although this disclosure has been disclosed above in the form of implementation, it is not intended to limit this disclosure. Anyone who is familiar with this technology can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of this disclosure. Therefore, the protection of this disclosure The scope shall be defined by the appended patent application scope.

10,15: Electronics 20,60: Shell 21,61: first opening 22: Second opening 25: Protrusion 30,70: Light guide element 31,71: Extension 35,75: light guide part 50,80: Internals 53: Pressing part 55: Through hole 56: fixed part 57: Elastic arm structure 64: The first rail structure 65: end face 77: Light guide column 84:Second rail structure 90:Light emitting element 91: circuit board 92: switch 93: battery 94: Earphone slot E: Headphones M1: transparent substrate M2: Toner

In order to make the above and other purposes, features, advantages and implementation methods of this disclosure more obvious and understandable, the accompanying drawings are described as follows: FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the internal structure of the electronic device shown in FIG. 1 . FIG. 3 is an assembly diagram illustrating an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 4 is an exploded view showing the electronic device shown in FIG. 3 . Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic device shown in Fig. 3 along line 3-3'. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the internal structure of the casing of the electronic device shown in FIG. 4 . FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating the assembly method of the housing, internal components, and light guide elements of the electronic device shown in FIG. 4 .

20: shell

25: Protrusion

30: Light guide element

31: Extension

35: Light guide part

50: internal components

53: Pressing part

55: Through hole

56: fixed part

57: Elastic arm structure

90:Light emitting element

91: circuit board

92: switch

M1: transparent substrate

M2: Toner

Claims (9)

An electronic device comprising: a shell with a first opening; an internal member disposed in the housing; a light guide element is disposed in the housing and connected to the internal member, and the light guide element is partially exposed through the first opening; and A light-emitting element is arranged in the casing and faces the light-guiding element, Wherein the internal member and the light guide element are integrally formed. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the internal member and the light guide element comprise a transparent substrate and a toner dispersed in the transparent substrate. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the internal component is a button, the button includes a pressing portion, and the casing further has a second opening through which the pressing portion is exposed. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the button further includes a fixing part and at least one elastic arm structure, the fixing part is fixed on the casing, and the elastic arm structure is connected between the pressing part and the fixing part , wherein the fixing portion extends to one side of the light guide element, the light guide element includes an extension portion and a light guide portion, and the extension portion is connected between the light guide portion and the fixing portion of the button. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the extension portion of the light guide element, the fixing portion of the button and the elastic arm structure form a U-shaped structure. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the light guide element comprises a spring arm structure and a light guide part, and the spring arm structure is connected between the internal member and the light guide part. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the housing includes a pair of first guide rail structures, the pair of first guide rail structures protrude from an inner wall of the housing, and are on an end surface of the housing and the first The openings extend, wherein the maximum width of the light guide part is greater than the distance between the pair of first guide rail structures. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the internal member comprises a pair of second guide rail structures, the pair of second guide rail structures are disposed on two sides of the elastic arm structure, and configured to abut against the pair of first guide rail structures. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is an earphone or an earphone charging box.

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