WO2015184705A1

WO2015184705A1 - Mobile terminal with embedded usb plug

Info

Publication number: WO2015184705A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/087128
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李伟杰
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-06-06
Filing date: 2014-09-22
Publication date: 2015-12-10
Also published as: CN204013628U

Abstract

The present utility model discloses a mobile terminal with an embedded USB plug, comprising: a clamping groove provided on the mobile terminal body for installing a USB plug; a base assembly installed in the clamping groove for turning the USB plug over relative to the mobile terminal body, the base assembly having a base and a rotating shaft; a connecting piece disposed between the base and the USB plug, for rotating the USB plug relative to the base; one end of the connecting piece is fixedly connected to the base, and the other end is rotatably connected to the USB plug; or one end of the connecting piece is rotatably connected to the base, and the other end is fixedly connected to the USB plug. The mobile terminal of the present utility model is structurally simple and easy to use, does not need to carry an additional USB connecting cable, reducing the use of external accessories; and the USB plug can turn over and rotate relative to the mobile terminal body, improving flexibility and portability of the USB plug, and is suitable for the USB plug on a computer at different positions such as a transverse position, a longitudinal position, and the like.

Description

Mobile terminal with embedded USB plug

Technical field

The utility model relates to a mobile terminal in the field of communication, in particular to a mobile terminal with a built-in USB plug.

Background technique

The user has high requirements on the portability of the mobile phone as a mobile terminal. With the development of the smart phone, the data exchange between the mobile phone and the computer and the emergency charging of the mobile phone through the USB port of the computer are more and more frequent, and the adapter cable must be carried. The portability of the mobile phone is greatly reduced, and the difficulty of the above application is increased.

In order to solve the above problem, the prior art provides the following solution: a USB plug is built in the top of the mobile phone. Although the solution solves the problem that the cable does not need to be carried, the following application restrictions exist: 1) Built-in USB The plug can only be flipped up and down with respect to the mobile phone. The USB port of the computer in the environment may not be considered horizontally or vertically. Therefore, the vertical socket may be inconvenient to use, and it is forcibly inserted into the vertical socket, because the mobile phone body has its own weight. The generated torque may damage the connection between the USB plug and the mobile phone; 2) the USB plug is set at the top, and the current smart phone generally has a camera and the position is at the top of the mobile phone, so there is a conflict in position; 3) The built-in is an old-fashioned USB plug, so there is a limit to the thickness of the phone; 4) The cover is placed on the phone corresponding to the position of the USB port, thus affecting the appearance of the phone and adding structural complexity.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of the utility model is to solve the above problems and provide a mobile terminal with a USB plug embedded therein, which has a simple structure and convenient use, does not need to carry a USB adapter cable, reduces the use of external spare parts, and increases the USB application of the mobile terminal. The portability of the USB plug can be reversed and rotated relative to the mobile terminal body, thereby enhancing the flexibility of the USB plug, and is suitable for USB interfaces of different positions such as horizontal and vertical positions set on the computer.

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, the mobile terminal embedding the USB plug of the present invention includes: a card slot disposed on the mobile terminal body for arranging the USB plug; and the USB plug installed in the card slot for making the USB plug relatively a base assembly in which the mobile terminal body is turned over has a rotating shaft and a base that is sleeved on the rotating shaft and rotates therearound; and further includes: a connecting member disposed between the base and the USB plug, The USB plug rotates relative to the base; wherein one end of the connector is fixedly connected to the base, and the other end is rotatably connected to the USB plug; or one end of the connector rotates with the base a connection, the other end of which is fixedly connected to the USB plug; wherein an axis of rotation of the USB plug relative to the base is opposite to the USB plug The axis of the mobile terminal body flipping is vertical. Wherein the connecting member is a base connecting shaft fixed at one end thereof to the outer wall of the base; the USB plug is provided with a plug connecting hole; wherein the other end of the base connecting shaft and the plug connecting hole Turn the connection.

Wherein the connector is a plug connection shaft fixedly mounted on the USB plug at one end thereof; the base is provided with a base connection hole; wherein the other end of the plug connection shaft and the base connection hole Turn the connection.

Preferably, a center of the rotating shaft is provided with a through hole; a center of the connecting shaft of the base is provided with a through hole, and a through hole thereof communicates with the through hole of the rotating shaft.

Alternatively, a center of the rotating shaft is provided with a through hole; a center of the plug connecting shaft is provided with a through hole, and a through hole thereof communicates with the through hole of the rotating shaft.

Preferably, a card assembly for fixing the USB plug in the card slot is further included.

The latching assembly includes: a recess disposed on two opposite sidewalls of the card slot; a protrusion disposed on two opposite sidewalls of the USB plug; wherein the protrusion cooperates with the recess .

Preferably, the groove is an arcuate groove, and the protrusion is an arcuate protrusion that cooperates with the arcuate groove.

Preferably, the mobile terminal body is further provided with a concave surface for facilitating lifting of the USB plug from the card slot, and a rear end thereof communicates with the front end of the card slot.

In particular, the concave surface is a semi-circular concave surface.

Preferably, the card slot is disposed at a lower portion of the back of the mobile terminal body.

Compared with the prior art, the mobile terminal with embedded USB plug of the present invention has the following advantages;

1) In the mobile terminal with embedded USB plug of the present invention, a connecting member is disposed between the base and the USB plug, and the connecting member can rotate the USB plug relative to the base, thereby making the USB plug and the computer set on the computer Longitudinal or matching with a USB interface with a certain angle in the vertical direction, so the scope of application is wider, and the portability of the USB application on the mobile terminal is improved;

2) The connecting member of the utility model is a base connecting shaft or a plug connecting shaft, and correspondingly, a corresponding connecting hole is arranged on the plug or the base, and the base and the plug are integrally connected by a shaft and a hole, and are connected. Convenient and easy to implement;

3) The mobile terminal of the present invention further includes a card assembly that fixes the USB plug in the card slot. When the mobile terminal does not need to be connected to the computer, the USB plug can be fixed in the card slot and is not arbitrarily detached, thereby ensuring the mobile terminal. Safety of use and integrity of the overall structure;

4) The rotating shaft, the base connecting shaft and the plug connecting shaft of the utility model are all hollow metal shafts, and the connecting shaft between the rotating shaft and the base connecting shaft or the rotating shaft and the plug connecting shaft is internally connected, thereby effectively protecting and penetrating therein The flexible cable prevents the USB plug from being in poor contact with the computer and makes the transmission signal unstable.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic structural view of a mobile terminal with a USB plug embedded in the present invention;

2 is a schematic view of the USB plug of FIG. 1 after being flipped by 180° with respect to the mobile terminal body;

Figure 3 is a schematic view of the USB plug of Figure 1 rotated 90° relative to the base;

4 is a schematic view of the base assembly of the present invention connected to a USB plug;

Figure 5 is a schematic view showing the structure of the USB plug shown in Figure 4 rotated relative to the base;

6 is a schematic structural view of a base assembly with a soft cable disposed inside according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 7 is a schematic structural view of the base assembly shown in Figure 6;

8 is a schematic structural view of a USB plug according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a schematic structural view of a base assembly according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of a USB plug according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS: 1-mobile terminal body; 2-concave surface; 3-USB plug; 31-bump; 4-base assembly; 41-base; 42-shaft; 5-card slot; 51-groove; 61-base connecting shaft; 62-plug connecting hole; 63-plug connecting shaft; 64-base connecting hole.

detailed description

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the mobile terminal with a USB plug embedded in the present invention includes: a card slot 5 disposed on the mobile terminal body 1 for arranging the USB plug 3; Inside the card slot 5 for making a base assembly 4 in which the USB plug 3 is flipped relative to the mobile terminal body 1. The base assembly has a rotating shaft 42 and a base 41 that is sleeved on the rotating shaft 42 and rotates therearound; and is disposed between the base 41 and the USB plug 3. a connector for rotating the USB plug 3 relative to the base 41; wherein one end of the connector is fixedly coupled to the base 41, the other end of the connector is rotatably coupled to the USB plug 3, or one end of the connector is rotatably coupled to the base 41. The other end is fixedly coupled to the USB plug 3; wherein the axis of rotation of the USB plug 3 relative to the base 41 is perpendicular to the axis of the USB plug 3 that is flipped relative to the mobile terminal body 1. It should be noted that the axis of the USB plug 3 that is reversed relative to the mobile terminal body 1 is the axis of rotation of the base about the rotating shaft.

The mobile terminal in the utility model is a mobile phone or a tablet computer. The following is a mobile phone as an example, and the structure of the mobile terminal embedding the USB plug of the present invention is described.

In the mobile terminal embedding the USB plug of the present invention, the base 41 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 42, and the two ends of the rotating shaft respectively protrude from the base 41, and the two protruding ends of the rotating shaft are respectively fixed to the mobile terminal body (ie The mobile phone body 1 is on, therefore, when the user needs to charge or read data, the user grabs the USB plug and disengages it from the card slot 5. At this time, the base connected to the USB plug rotates around the rotating shaft, thereby The USB plug rotates around the rotating shaft, that is, the USB plug is flipped relative to the mobile phone body to match the horizontal USB interface disposed on the computer; and the connecting member is disposed between the base 41 and the USB plug 3 (as shown in FIG. 4) The connector can rotate the USB plug 3 relative to the base 41 (as shown in FIG. 5), that is, when the mobile phone needs to be charged or read data, the user first holds the USB plug to make it rotate relative to the rotating shaft. The mobile phone body is flipped, and when flipped to a suitable position, the user holds the USB plug to rotate relative to the base, thereby matching the USB interface disposed at a certain angle in the longitudinal direction or the longitudinal direction of the computer, and expanding the application of the USB on the mobile phone. range.

Wherein, the connector of the present invention can be fixedly connected to the base 41 by one end thereof and the other end of the connector is rotatably connected with the USB plug 3. The following uses the connection of the connector of the first embodiment in conjunction with FIGS. 6-8. The terminal describes it.

As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the connecting member has a base connecting shaft 61 whose one end is fixedly mounted on the outer wall of the base 41, and the center line of the base connecting shaft is perpendicular to the center line of the base. Correspondingly, as shown in FIG. 8, the USB plug 3 is provided with a plug connecting hole 62 whose diameter is equivalent to the outer diameter of the base connecting shaft, so that the other end of the base connecting shaft 61 can be inserted into the plug. The connection hole is rotatably connected to the plug connection hole 62.

As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , a through hole is arranged in the center of the rotating shaft 42 , and a through hole is arranged in the center of the base connecting shaft 61 , and the through hole of the base connecting shaft communicates with the through hole of the rotating shaft, thereby making the flexible connecting line 7 It can be passed through the shaft and the base connecting shaft so that the two ends of the flexible cable are respectively connected to the main board of the mobile phone body and the USB plug.

Preferably, the rotating shaft and the base connecting shaft of the present invention are both hollow metal shafts. Therefore, when the USB plug is in use, even if the main body of the mobile phone is in a suspended state, the metal shaft and the base connecting shaft can provide sufficient The strength thus serves the purpose of better protecting the flexible cable 7.

Alternatively, the connector of the present invention may also be configured such that one end thereof is rotatably connected to the base 41 and the other end thereof is fixedly connected to the USB plug 3. Hereinafter, in conjunction with FIGS. 9 and 10, the connector of the second embodiment is used. The mobile terminal is described.

As shown in Fig. 9, the connector has a plug connecting shaft 63 whose one end is fixedly mounted on the USB plug 3, and the center line of the plug connecting shaft 63 is perpendicular to the center line of the base. Correspondingly, as shown in FIG. 10, the base 41 is provided with a base connecting hole 64, and the diameter of the base connecting hole is equivalent to the outer diameter of the plug connecting shaft, so that the other end of the plug connecting shaft 63 is inserted into the base connecting hole and It is rotatably connected to the base connecting hole 64.

As shown in FIG. 9, the center of the rotating shaft 42 is provided with a through hole, and as shown in FIG. 10, the center of the plug connecting shaft 63 is also provided with a through hole, and the plug connecting shaft through hole is connected with the through hole of the rotating shaft, thereby making the soft The cable 7 can pass through the shaft and the plug connecting shaft, so that the two ends of the flexible cable are respectively connected to the main board of the mobile phone body and the USB plug.

Preferably, in the mobile terminal of the present invention, the maximum angle of rotation of the base relative to the rotating shaft is 180°, that is, the maximum angle at which the USB plug is flipped relative to the mobile phone body is 180°, and the maximum angle at which the USB plug rotates relative to the base is also 180° for connection to a computer with a different USB interface.

The mobile terminal of the present invention includes, in addition to the connecting member disposed between the base and the USB plug, a snap-fit assembly for fixing the USB plug 3 in the card slot 5.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the snap-fit assembly includes: a recess 51 disposed on two opposite side walls of the card slot 5; and a protrusion 31 disposed on opposite sidewalls of the USB plug 3. Preferably, the groove 51 is an arcuate groove, and the protrusion 31 is an arcuate protrusion that cooperates with the arcuate groove. When the USB plug is fastened in the card slot 5, the protrusion on the USB plug can cooperate with the groove in the card slot, so that the USB plug is not fixed in the card slot.

Preferably, the mobile phone body is further provided with a concave surface 2 for facilitating lifting of the USB plug 3 from the card slot 5. The concave surface 2 extends obliquely from the back surface of the mobile phone body to the card slot and communicates with the front end of the card slot. A semi-circular shape similar to the shape of the finger so that the user's fingers can be placed in the concave surface and the USB plug can be picked up.

Preferably, the USB plug of the present invention is a sheet-type plug without a metal frame to adapt to the thickness requirement of the mobile phone body, and the back of the USB plug (that is, the exposed surface of the USB plug after being fastened in the card slot) needs to be The back of the main body of the mobile phone is of the same color to hide the USB plug and enhance the overall aesthetic.

Since most mobile phones currently have a camera and the camera is disposed at the top center of the mobile phone, preferably, the card slot 5 of the present invention is disposed at a central position of the lower portion of the back of the mobile phone body. Accordingly, the position of the USB plug of the present invention is set at The central position of the lower part of the back of the mobile phone body makes the USB plug symmetrical with the camera, enhancing the aesthetics of the mobile phone. Of course, the card slot 5 and the USB plug of the present invention can also be disposed at four corners of the body of the mobile phone.

Although the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art can modify the principles according to the present invention. Therefore, various modifications made in accordance with the principles of the present invention are It should be understood that it falls within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

As described above, the mobile terminal provided by the above embodiments and the preferred embodiments has a simple structure and is convenient to use, and does not need to carry a USB extension cable, thereby reducing the use of external spare parts, and the USB plug can be flipped and rotated relative to the mobile terminal body. Enhance the flexibility and portability of the USB plug, and set it to a USB interface at different positions, such as horizontal and vertical, set on the computer.

Claims

A mobile terminal with a USB plug embedded therein includes:

a card slot (5) disposed on the mobile terminal body (1) for arranging the USB plug (3);

A base assembly (4) mounted in the card slot for inverting the USB plug (3) relative to the mobile terminal body (1) has a rotating shaft (42) and a base that is sleeved on the rotating shaft (42) and rotates thereabout Seat (41);

It is also characterized by:

a connector disposed between the base (41) and the USB plug (3) for rotating the USB plug (3) relative to the base (41);

Wherein, one end of the connecting member is fixedly connected to the base (41), and the other end thereof is rotatably connected to the USB plug (3); or one end of the connecting member is rotatably connected with the base (41), The other end is fixedly connected to the USB plug (3);

Wherein, an axis of rotation of the USB plug (3) relative to the base (41) is perpendicular to an axis of the USB plug (3) that is inverted with respect to the mobile terminal body (1).
The mobile terminal of claim 1 wherein:

The connecting member is a base connecting shaft (61) fixed at one end thereof to the outer wall of the base (41);

The USB plug (3) is provided with a plug connection hole (62);

The other end of the base connecting shaft (61) is rotatably connected to the plug connecting hole (62).
The mobile terminal of claim 1 wherein:

The connecting member is a plug connecting shaft (63) fixed at one end thereof to the USB plug (3);

The base (41) is provided with a base connecting hole (64);

The other end of the plug connecting shaft (63) is rotatably connected to the base connecting hole (64).
The mobile terminal of claim 2 wherein:

a through hole is arranged in a center of the rotating shaft (42);

A through hole is defined in a center of the base connecting shaft (61), and a through hole thereof communicates with the through hole of the rotating shaft.
The mobile terminal of claim 3 wherein:

a through hole is arranged in a center of the rotating shaft (42);

A through hole is formed in a center of the plug connecting shaft (63), and a through hole thereof communicates with the rotating shaft through hole.
The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a snap-fit assembly for securing the USB plug (3) within the card slot (5).
The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the card assembly comprises:

a groove (51) disposed on two opposite side walls of the card slot (5);

a protrusion (31) disposed on two opposite side walls of the USB plug (3);

Wherein, the protrusion (31) cooperates with the groove (51).
The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the groove (51) is an arcuate groove, and the protrusion (31) is an arcuate projection that cooperates with the arcuate groove.
The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein the mobile terminal body (1) is further provided with a device for picking up the USB plug (3) from the card slot (5). The concave surface (2) has a rear end that communicates with the front end of the card slot (5).
The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile phone or a tablet.