TWM641992U - Modularized electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

A modularized electronic device comprising a housing, a main board component, and a first input/output component is provided. The housing has an space therein. The main board component is disposed in the space and has a first side. The main board component has a first connector disposed at the first side. The first connector is a reversible connector. The first input/output component is disposed in the space and lain alongside the first side, and is detachably connected to the first connector.

Description

Modular Electronics

This case is about an electronic device, especially a modular electronic device.

In the development process of traditional electronic devices, it is necessary to cooperate with electronic components of different specifications, such as motherboards, batteries, speakers, etc., and design casings of different shapes and sizes to fix these electronic components, which lacks practicality for expansion and is not conducive to assembly and maintenance. and subsequent system changes or upgrades.

This application provides a modularized electronic device, which includes a housing, a motherboard assembly and a first input/output port assembly. Wherein, the casing has an accommodating space. The main board assembly is arranged in the accommodation space and has a first side. The first side is provided with a first connector. The first connector is a reversible pluggable connector. The first input and output port components are arranged in the accommodation space and arranged on the first side, and the first input and output port components are detachably connected to the first connector.

In the modularized electronic device provided in this case, the first input and output port components are arranged side by side on the motherboard component, and the first input and output port components are detachably connected by a front and back pluggable first connector, so that the The first input and output port assembly is plugged upside down to improve the expandability of the modularized electronic device.

The specific implementation manner of this case will be described in more detail below with reference to schematic diagrams. According to following description and scope of application for patent, the advantages and characteristics of this case will be clearer. It should be noted that the diagrams are all in a very simplified form and use inaccurate proportions, and are only used to facilitate and clearly illustrate the purpose of the embodiment of this case.

The first figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a modularized electronic device 10 provided according to an embodiment of the present application. The second figure is an exploded schematic view of the modularized electronic device 10 in the first figure. In the figure, a notebook computer is taken as an example. However, this case is not limited to this. The present invention is also applicable to other portable electronic devices with input and output ports, such as tablet computers and smart phones.

As shown in the figure, the modular electronic device 10 has a host part 100 and a screen part 200 , and the screen part 200 is pivotally connected to the host part 100 .

The host part 100 includes a casing 110, a motherboard assembly 130, a keyboard module 140, a fan 150, a first input and output port assembly 162, a second input and output port assembly 164, a battery 170, a first The horn 182 and a second horn 184 .

The housing 110 is composed of a bottom shell 112 and an upper cover 114 . The upper cover 114 is closed on the bottom case 112 , and an accommodating space S1 is formed between the bottom case 112 and the upper cover 114 . The side of the housing 110 has a first opening 116 and a second opening 118 for accommodating the first I/O port assembly 162 and the second I/O port assembly 164 respectively.

The motherboard assembly 130 is disposed in the accommodating space S1, and has a first side 130a and a second side 130b opposite to each other, and a third side 130c and a fourth side 130d opposite to each other. The first side 130 a and the second side 130 b correspond to the left and right sides of the modularized electronic device 10 , and are respectively facing the first opening 116 and the second opening 118 . The third side 130c and the fourth side 130d correspond to the front and rear sides of the modularized electronic device 10 .

The first side 130a is provided with a first connector 132, and the second side 130b is provided with a second connector 134 for respectively connecting the first input-output port assembly 162 and the second input-output port assembly 164, and the first connector 132 It and the second connector 134 are positive and negative pluggable connectors.

The third side 130c is provided with a power connector 136 for connecting the battery 170 . In one embodiment, the first connector 132 , the second connector 134 and the power connector 136 are all sockets, so as to facilitate insertion of other modular functional components.

In one embodiment, the main board assembly 130 presents a rectangular structure, the first side 130a and the second side 130b are the short sides of the main board assembly 130, the third side 130c and the fourth side 130d are the short sides of the main board assembly 130 The long side. In one embodiment, both the first connector 132 and the second connector 134 are universal serial port type-C (USB type-C) connectors.

In one embodiment, the motherboard assembly 130 also has an opening 137 . The size of the opening 137 corresponds to the size of the fan 150 . The fan 150 is installed in the hole 137 and is electrically connected to the motherboard assembly 130 through the side of the hole 137 . The motherboard assembly 130 of this embodiment only has one opening 137 for installing the fan 150 , but the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, a plurality of openings 137 may also be provided in the motherboard assembly 130 to provide a plurality of fans 150 if the heat dissipation performance needs to be improved.

The keyboard module 140 is arranged on the upper cover 114 , and the location of the keyboard module 140 is corresponding to the motherboard assembly 130 . In one embodiment, the keyboard module 140 is a wireless keyboard, and the keyboard module 140 is detachably disposed on the upper cover 114 , for example, by magnetic attraction or snap-fit. In this way, the user can place the keyboard module 140 on the upper cover 114 for operation, or move the keyboard module 140 away from the upper cover 114 for operation.

The first input and output port assembly 162 is arranged in the accommodation space S1 and is arranged side by side on the first side 130a of the motherboard assembly 130, and the second input and output port assembly 164 is arranged in the accommodation space S1 and is arranged on the first side of the motherboard assembly 130. Two sides 130b. The first I/O port component 162 is detachably connected to the first connector 132 , and the second I/O port component 164 is detachably connected to the second connector 134 .

In one embodiment, the length of the first side 130a of the motherboard assembly 130 is the same as the length of the long side of the first I/O port assembly 162, and the length of the second side 130b of the motherboard assembly 130 is the same as that of the second I/O port assembly 164 The dimension of the long side is beneficial to reserve a complete square space on the front side of the motherboard assembly 130 for the battery 170 , the first speaker 182 and the second speaker 184 and other functional components to be arranged.

The battery 170 is disposed in the accommodating space S1 and arranged on the third side 130c of the motherboard assembly 130 , and the battery 170 is detachably connected to the power connector 136 .

The first speaker 182 and the second speaker 184 are arranged side by side on opposite sides of the battery 170, wherein the first speaker 182 is located at the front side of the first I/O port assembly 162, and the second speaker 184 is located at the second I/O port assembly 164 front side. The first speaker 182 and the second speaker 184 are electrically connected to the motherboard assembly 130 .

In one embodiment, the first speaker 182 and the second speaker 184 are directly electrically connected to the motherboard assembly 130 . However, this case is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the first loudspeaker 182 and the second loudspeaker 184 are plugged into the first input-output port assembly 162 and the second input-output port assembly 164 respectively through connectors, and then through the first input-output port assembly 162 and the second The I/O port assembly 164 is electrically connected to the motherboard assembly 130 .

Please also refer to the third figure. The third figure is an enlarged display of the first input and output port assembly 162 and the corresponding first opening 116 in the first figure.

As shown in the figure, the first input and output port assembly 162 is roughly a rectangular parallelepiped columnar structure, and its size corresponds to the size of the first opening 116 . The first I/O port assembly 162 includes a plurality of I/O ports 1622a, 1622b, 1622c, 1622d and a third connector 1624, the third connector 1624 is located on the side of the first I/O port assembly 162 facing the first connector 132 , used to be detachably connected to the first connector 132, and the third connector 1624 is arranged at the center position of the first input and output port assembly 162 towards the side of the first connector 132, so that the first input and output port The appearance of the component 162 is symmetrical to that of the third connector 1624 .

In one embodiment, the third connector 1624 is also a reversible connector, such as a universal serial port type C connector. In this way, even if the first I/O port assembly 162 is turned upside down, the first I/O port assembly 162 can be installed in the first opening 116 smoothly, and the third connector 1624 can be plugged into the motherboard assembly 130 first connector 132 .

The input and output ports 1622a, 1622b, 1622c, 1622d are located on opposite sides of the third connector 1624 . In one embodiment, these input and output ports 1622a, 1622b, 1622c, 1622d, in addition to including universal serial port sockets (input and output ports 1622a, 1622b in the figure), audio sockets (input and output ports 1622b in the figure) and audio-visual The signal output socket (input and output port 1622c in the figure) may also include a DC input socket (input and output port 1622d in the figure) and a network line socket (not shown in the figure). However, it is not limited to this.

In one embodiment, as shown in the figure, opposite sides of the first opening 116 respectively have a notch 1162 , and opposite sides of the first input/output port assembly 162 respectively have a protrusion 1626 for snapping into the notch 1162 Inside. Through the engaging and fixing effect of the notch 1162 and the protrusion 1626 , it can be ensured that the first input and output port assembly 162 can be firmly fixed in the first opening 116 .

In one embodiment, the position of the notch 1162 is located in the middle of the upper and lower sides of the first opening 116, and the position of the protrusion 1626 is located in the middle of the upper and lower sides of the first input and output port assembly 162, so as to ensure that the first input When the output port assembly 162 is inserted upside down, it can also be smoothly fixed in the first opening 116 .

In one embodiment, the first I/O port assembly 162 faces one end of the first speaker 182 and has a fourth connector 1628 . The first speaker 182 can be electrically connected to the first I/O port assembly 162 through the fourth connector 1628 , and then electrically connected to the motherboard assembly 130 through the third connector 1624 of the first I/O port assembly 162 .

In one embodiment, the fourth connector 1628 is a universal serial port type-C connector with both signal transmission and power transmission functions.

The fourth figure is a schematic diagram of the use of the modularized electronic device 10 in the first figure.

The structure of the second I/O port component 164 of this embodiment is similar to that of the first I/O port component 162 . The second I/O port assembly 164 includes a fifth connector 1644, and the fifth connector 1644 is located on a side of the second I/O port assembly 164 facing the second opening 118 for detachably connecting to the first side of the motherboard assembly 130. Two connectors 134 .

The appearance of the first I/O port assembly 162 in this embodiment is symmetrical to that of the third connector 1624, and the third connector 1624 is a connector that can be plugged in forward and backward. As shown by the arrow A1 in the figure, the user can install the first input and output port assembly 162 in the first opening 116 forwardly or backwardly according to actual needs. Similar to the first I/O port assembly 162 , the appearance of the second I/O port assembly 164 of this embodiment is symmetrical to that of the fifth connector 1644 , and the fifth connector 1644 is a reversible plug-in connector. As shown by the arrow A2 in the figure, the user can install the second input and output port assembly 164 in the second opening 118 forwardly or backwardly according to the actual needs.

In one embodiment, the external dimensions of the first I/O port assembly 162 are the same as those of the second I/O port assembly 164, but the I/O ports 1622a, 1622b, 1622c, 1622d configured by the two are different. As shown by the arrow A3 in the figure, the user can interchange the first input and output port assembly 162 with the second input and output port assembly 164 left and right according to the needs, that is, the first input and output port assembly 162 is installed in the second opening 118, so that the second An I/O port component 162 is electrically connected to the second connector 134 , and the second I/O port component 164 is installed in the first opening 116 , so that the second I/O port component 164 is electrically connected to the first connector 132 .

In the embodiment of the first figure of this case, the first I/O port assembly 162 and the second I/O port assembly 164 are respectively provided on both sides of the motherboard assembly 130 to receive or output signals and power, but this case is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, if the internal space of the modular electronic device 10 is limited, only one side of the motherboard assembly 130 may reserve space for the first I/O port assembly 162 . Moreover, according to the actual configuration requirements, the first I/O port assembly 162 and the second I/O port assembly 164 can also be arranged on two adjacent sides of the motherboard assembly 130, such as the first side 130a and the fourth side 130d in the figure. , to improve the practicality of expansion.

In addition, in the embodiment of the first figure of this case, the external dimensions of the first input-output port assembly 162 are the same as that of the second input-output port assembly 164, so that users can connect the first input-output port assembly 162 with the second input-output port assembly. 164 or so are used interchangeably. However, this case is not limited to this.

In other embodiments, limited by the internal configuration of the modularized electronic device 10, the opposite sides of the motherboard assembly 130 can reserve different space sizes, and the first input-output port assembly 162 and the second input-output port assembly 162 with different sizes can be arranged. Component 164. At this time, although the first I/O port assembly 162 and the second I/O port assembly 164 cannot be used interchangeably, they can be plugged up and down.

In the modularized electronic device 10 provided in this case, the first input-output port assembly 162 is arranged side by side on the motherboard assembly 130, and a first connector 132 that can be plugged in front and back is used to detachably connect the first input-output port assembly 162 In this way, the first input and output port assembly 162 can be plugged upside down according to requirements, so as to improve the expandable practicality of the modularized electronic device 10 .

The above is only a preferred embodiment of this case, and does not limit this case in any way. Anyone skilled in the technical field, within the scope of not departing from the technical means of this case, makes any form of equivalent replacement or modification to the technical means and technical content disclosed in this case, which belongs to the content of the technical means of this case. still fall within the protection scope of this case.

10: Modular electronic device 100: host part 200: screen part 110: shell 112: Bottom shell 114: upper cover 116: first opening 1162: Gap 118: second opening 130: Motherboard components 130a: first side 130b: second side 130c: third side 130d: Fourth side 132: first connector 134: Second connector 136: Power connector 137: opening 140:Keyboard module 150: fan 162: the first input and output port component 1622a, 1622b, 1622c, 1622d: input and output ports 1624: Third connector 1626: Bump 1628: Fourth connector 164: the second input and output port component 1644: fifth connector 170: battery 182: The first horn 184: second horn S1: storage space A1,A2,A3: Arrows

The first figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a modular electronic device provided according to an embodiment of the present case; The second figure is an exploded schematic view of the modularized electronic device in the first figure; The third figure enlargedly shows the first input-output port assembly and the corresponding first opening in the first figure; and The fourth figure is a schematic diagram of the use of the modularized electronic device in the first figure.

10: Modular electronic device

100: host part

200: screen part

112: Bottom shell

114: upper cover

116: first opening

118: second opening

130: Motherboard components

130a: first side

130b: second side

130c: third side

130d: Fourth side

132: first connector

134: Second connector

136: Power connector

137: opening

140:Keyboard module

150: fan

162: the first input and output port component

164: the second input and output port component

170: battery

182: The first horn

184: second horn

S1: storage space

Claims (14)

A modular electronic device comprising: A housing with an accommodating space; A main board assembly is arranged in the accommodating space and has a first side, the first side is provided with a first connector, and the first connector is a reversible pluggable connector; and A first input-output port component is arranged in the accommodating space and arranged on the first side, and the first input-output port component is detachably connected to the first connector. The modularized electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the motherboard assembly has a second side opposite to the first side, and a second connector is disposed on the second side. The modularized electronic device as described in claim 2, further comprising a second input-output port assembly disposed in the accommodating space and arranged side by side on the second side, and the second input-output port assembly is detachable Connect to the second connector. The modularized electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first I/O port component is the same as the second I/O port component. The modularized electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the motherboard assembly has a third side adjacent to the first side, and a power connector is provided on the third side. The modular electronic device as claimed in claim 5 further includes a battery disposed in the accommodating space and arranged on the third side, and the battery is detachably connected to the power connector. The modularized electronic device as described in Claim 6 further includes a first speaker and a second speaker arranged on opposite sides of the battery and electrically connected to the motherboard assembly. The modularized electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the motherboard assembly has an opening, and the modularized electronic device further includes a fan disposed in the opening. The modularized electronic device as described in Claim 1, wherein the first I/O port assembly includes a plurality of I/O ports and a third connector, and the third connector and the I/O ports are located on the first The opposite side of an input and output port assembly, and the third connector is used for detachably connecting the first connector. The modularized electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side of the casing has a first opening, and the size of the first opening corresponds to the size of the first input/output port assembly. The modularized electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the opposite sides of the first opening respectively have a notch, and the opposite sides of the first input-output port component respectively have a protrusion for engaging with The second notch. The modularized electronic device as described in Claim 1 further includes a keyboard module disposed on the housing, and the keyboard module is disposed in a position corresponding to the motherboard assembly. The modularized electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the keyboard module is a wireless keyboard. The modularized electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mainboard assembly presents a rectangular structure, and the first side is a short side of the mainboard assembly.

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