WO2018133614A1

WO2018133614A1 - Side button fastening structure and mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2018133614A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/117436
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李佩
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2017-01-18
Filing date: 2017-12-20
Publication date: 2018-07-26
Also published as: CN106531513B; CN106531513A

Abstract

A side button fastening structure (30) and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises a housing (20). An installation hole (21) is arranged at a side wall (20b) of the housing. The side button fastening structure comprises a side button (31) and a positioning member (32). The side button is installed at the side wall of the housing via the installation hole. The positioning member comprises a fastening part (321) and a positioning part (322). The fastening part is fastened to the side wall of the housing. The positioning part comprises a first end connected to the fastening part, and a second end protruding along an inner side of the side wall of the housing and connected to the side button to position the same.

Description

Side button fixing structure and mobile terminal

Cross-reference to related applications

The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201710035898.X filed on Jan.

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a side button fixing structure and a mobile terminal.

Background technique

With the continuous development of information technology, mobile terminals are becoming more and more popular. The side button mounting manner of the mobile terminal in the related art is generally installed from the outside to the inside by using the side button from the button mounting hole of the outer side wall of the housing. The two ends of the side button protrude from the button mounting hole into the inner side wall of the housing, and are connected with the metal piece located near the button mounting hole, so that the side button is installed in the button mounting hole and does not under the limit of the metal piece. Fall off.

As shown in FIG. 1, the side button fixing structure 1 includes a metal piece 10 and a side button 11, and the side button 11 is fixed to the side wall of the casing 2 through the mounting hole 3 under the cooperation of the metal piece 10. The metal sheet 10 includes a first portion 10a fixed to the back surface of the casing 2, a first end of the second portion 10b connected to the first portion 10a, and a second end of the second portion 10b extending toward the casing The side wall of 2 is limited by the end of the opposite side button. Obviously, to ensure a fixed stability, the fixing between the first portion 10a and the back side of the housing 2 generally requires a planar fit. When the connection between the back surface of the casing 2 and the side wall is large, the first portion 10a of the metal sheet 10 located near the button mounting hole and the back surface of the casing 2 cannot meet the requirements of the plane matching, and only the inclined surface or the arc can be formed. The surface fit makes the processing of the housing complicated, and the size of the fit is not well measured and controlled. It can be seen that installing the side button on the housing with a large arc connection between the back side and the side wall in the related art method increases the difficulty and cost of manufacturing the housing.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a side button fixing structure and a mobile terminal, so as to solve the problem that installing the side button on the housing with a large arc connection between the back side and the side wall increases the difficulty and cost of manufacturing the housing.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a side button fixing structure, which is disposed on a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal includes a housing, and a sidewall of the housing is provided with a mounting hole, and the side button fixing structure The side button and the limiting member are mounted on the sidewall of the housing through the mounting hole, the limiting member includes a fixing portion and a limiting portion, and the fixing portion is fixed to the shell a first side of the limiting portion is connected to the fixing portion, and a second end of the limiting portion extends along an inner side of the side wall of the housing and is limited to the side button connection.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a side button fixing structure and a mobile terminal, including a housing, wherein a sidewall of the housing is provided with a mounting hole, and the mobile terminal further includes the above-mentioned side button fixing structure .

Thus, the side button fixing structure and the mobile terminal provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the mobile terminal includes a housing, the side wall of the housing is provided with a mounting hole, and the side button fixing structure includes a side button and a limit The positional member is mounted on the side wall of the casing through the mounting hole, and the limiting member includes a fixing portion and a limiting portion, and the fixing portion is fixed to the sidewall of the casing. The first end of the limiting portion is connected to the fixing portion, and the second end of the limiting portion extends along the inner side of the side wall of the housing and is connected to the side button. In this way, the limiting member is directly fixed to the side wall of the casing, and the arc of the casing portion that transitions between the back surface of the casing and the side wall of the casing is not considered, thereby avoiding complicated procedures for processing the casing and saving the manufacturing cost.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some of the present disclosure. For the embodiments, other drawings may be obtained from those skilled in the art without any inventive labor.

1 is a structural view of a side button fixing structure provided in the related art;

2 is an overall structural view of a side button fixing structure provided on a housing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of a side button fixing structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

4 is a structural view of a side button fixing structure provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure before assembly;

FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of an assembled side key fixing structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of a mobile terminal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. It is obvious that the described embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, but not all embodiments. . All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without departing from the inventive scope are the scope of the disclosure.

In the present disclosure, the orientation words such as "up, down, left, and right" as used generally refer to the above, below, left, and right as shown in the accompanying drawings; "refers to the inside and outside of the contour of each component itself.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a side button fixing structure 30 provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is disposed on a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal includes a housing 20 , and a mounting hole 21 is defined in a sidewall of the housing 20 . It can be understood that the housing 20 can be a metal shell bent or stamped from a metal sheet, or can be made of plastic or rubber. The material of the housing 20 is not limited herein. The housing 20 of the mobile terminal in FIG. 2 is composed of a housing back surface 20a and a housing side wall 20b, and a mounting hole 21 is formed in the housing side wall 20b. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the connection curvature between the housing back surface 20a and the housing side wall 20b is large, so that the housing portion 20c in which the mounting hole 21 transitions to the planar housing back surface 20a is curved.

Referring to FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 , the side button fixing structure 30 includes a side button 31 and a limiting member 32 . The side button 31 is mounted on the side wall 20 b of the housing through the mounting hole 21 under the cooperation of the limiting member 32 . Specifically, the side button 31 includes one or more strips, which may be a volume button, a power button or other function keys, which is not limited herein.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 , the limiting member 32 includes a fixing portion 321 and a limiting portion 322 . The fixing portion 321 is fixed on the sidewall 20b of the housing. The limiting portion 322 includes a first end and a second end, and the limiting portion 322 The first end of the limiting portion 322 extends along the inner side of the side wall 20b of the housing and is connected to the side button 31 so that the side button 31 is under the action of the limiting member. It does not fall off the side wall 20b of the casing. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the width between the back surface 20a of the casing and the side wall 20b of the casing is relatively large. If the fixing portion 321 of the limiting member is fixedly engaged with the rear surface 20a of the casing, the mounting hole 21 must be avoided. The housing portion 20c of the rear surface 20a of the housing is not able to ensure the planar fit, so that the fixing space of the fixing portion 321 of the limiting member is insufficient, and the stability of the fixing member cannot be ensured, so the housing must be reworked. Increased manufacturing difficulty and cost of the housing. In this embodiment, by fixing the fixing portion 321 of the limiting member directly to the casing side wall 20b, the casing is not required to be processed by the casing portion 20c through which the mounting hole 21 transitions to the planar casing rear surface 20a, and the casing is reduced. Production difficulty and cost.

To ensure the strength of the mounting hole 21, a reinforcing side wall 23 is provided on the side wall 20b of the casing. Optionally, the reinforcing sidewalls 23 are integrally formed with the housing sidewall 20b such that the housing 20 forms a certain sidewall thickness. The specific sidewall thickness is set according to actual needs.

As shown in FIG. 4, the fixing portion 321 of the limiting member is fixed to the connecting surface 24 between the inner side surface of the reinforcing side wall 23 and the outer side surface of the housing side wall 20b. Due to the addition of the reinforcing side wall, the connection surface of the entire casing between the inner side surface and the outer side surface of the side wall is increased, so that the limiting member is more conveniently fixed to the side wall of the casing. In order to save the installation space, a recess 25 is provided on the connecting surface between the inner side surface of the reinforcing side wall 23 and the outer side surface of the housing side wall 20b, and the fixing portion 321 of the limiting member is placed in the recess 25 for fixing. Prevent the limiter from protruding from the outer surface of the housing and affect the installation of other components. Optionally, the bottom of the recess 25 is a flat surface, and the fixing portion 321 of the limiting member is formed into a sheet-like structure and fixed in the recess 25, so that the fixing of the limiting member forms a planar fit, thereby increasing the firmness of the fixing.

The limiting portion 322 of the limiting member includes a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled to the fixing portion of the limiting member, and the second end extends along the inner side surface of the reinforcing sidewall 23 . In order to ensure the extension of the limiting portion 322 of the limiting member toward the inner side surface of the reinforcing sidewall 23, the first end of the limiting portion 322 and the fixing portion 321 are bent at an angle. Optionally, the bending angle is consistent with the angle of the inner side surface of the reinforcing side wall 23 bent toward the connecting surface 24, which can ensure the structure of the limiting portion 322 and the inner side surface of the reinforcing side wall 23 to save space.

Specifically, the side button 31 includes a connecting portion 311 which protrudes inwardly from the casing side wall 20b through the mounting hole 21. It can be understood that, in order to ensure that the connecting portion 311 protrudes from the mounting hole 21 when the side button 31 is mounted, the length of the connecting portion 311 must be greater than the thickness of the mounting hole 21. As shown in FIG. 4, the end of the connecting portion 311 extending from the mounting hole 21 is provided with an elbow 312, and the limiting portion 322 of the limiting member abuts against the inner side of the elbow 312, and the side button 31 is restricted to the side wall of the housing. The outer direction of 20b is moved to prevent the side button 31 from coming off the casing side wall 20b.

It can be understood that, if the length of the side button is too large, the connecting portion may include a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are respectively located at two ends of the side button, and the limiting member includes the first limit The second limiting member is connected to the first connecting portion, and the second limiting member is connected to the second connecting portion, and the two ends of the opposite side of the button are limited. The side buttons are stable, on the other hand, the balanced installation of the side buttons is guaranteed.

The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a mobile terminal. Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of a mobile terminal provided by the implementation of the present disclosure, which can implement the details of the side button fixing structure in the above embodiment, and achieve the same effect. As shown in FIG. 6, the mobile terminal 600 includes a radio frequency (RF) circuit 610, a memory 620, an input unit 630, a display unit 640, a processor 650, an audio circuit 660, a communication module 670, a power supply 680, and a side button fixing structure. 690.

The input unit 630 can be configured to receive numeric or character information input by the user, and generate signal input related to user settings and function control of the mobile terminal 600. Specifically, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the input unit 630 may include a touch panel 631. The touch panel 631, also referred to as a touch screen, can collect touch operations on or near the user (such as the operation of the user using a finger, a stylus, or the like on any suitable object or accessory on the touch panel 631), and according to the preset The programmed program drives the corresponding connection device. Alternatively, the touch panel 631 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Wherein, the touch detection device detects the touch orientation of the user, and detects a signal brought by the touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives the touch information from the touch detection device, converts the touch information into contact coordinates, and sends the touch information. The processor 650 is provided and can receive commands from the processor 650 and execute them. In addition, the touch panel 631 can be implemented in various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic waves. In addition to the touch panel 631, the input unit 630 may further include other input devices 632, which may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control buttons, switch buttons, etc.), trackballs, mice, joysticks, and the like. One or more of them.

The side button fixing structure 690 can be used for mounting and fixing the side button, and is disposed on the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a housing. The side wall of the housing is provided with a mounting hole, and the side button fixing structure includes a side. a button and a limiting member, the side button is mounted on the sidewall of the housing through the mounting hole, the limiting member includes a fixing portion and a limiting portion, and the fixing portion is fixed to the housing a first end of the limiting portion is connected to the fixing portion, and a second end of the limiting portion extends along an inner side of the side wall of the housing and is connected to the side button.

Optionally, a reinforcing sidewall is disposed on a sidewall of the housing.

Optionally, the fixing portion of the limiting member is fixed on a connecting surface between the inner side surface of the reinforcing side wall and the outer side surface of the side wall, and the limiting portion of the limiting member comprises a first end And a second end, the first end is coupled to the fixing portion of the limiting member, and the second end extends along an inner side surface of the reinforcing sidewall.

Optionally, the connecting surface is provided with a groove, and the fixing portion of the limiting member is fixed in the groove.

Optionally, the bottom of the groove is a flat surface, and the fixing portion of the limiting member is in a sheet shape and is fixed to the bottom of the groove.

Optionally, the side button includes a connecting portion, and the connecting portion protrudes from the side wall of the housing to the inside through the mounting hole, and is in limited connection with the limiting portion of the limiting member.

Optionally, the connecting portion is provided with an elbow extending into the inner side of the side wall of the casing, and the limiting portion of the limiting member abuts against the inner side of the elbow.

Optionally, the connecting portion includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are respectively located at two ends of the side button, and the limiting member includes the first The limiting member and the second limiting member are connected to the first connecting portion, and the second limiting member is connected to the second connecting portion.

The display unit 640 can be used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user and various menu interfaces of the mobile terminal 600. The display unit 640 can include a display panel 641. Alternatively, the display panel 641 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic light-emitting diode (OLED).

It should be noted that the touch panel 631 can cover the display panel 641 to form a touch display screen, and when the touch display screen detects a touch operation on or near it, it is transmitted to the processor 650 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor The 650 provides a corresponding visual output on the touch display depending on the type of touch event.

The touch display includes an application interface display area and a common control display area. The arrangement manner of the application interface display area and the display area of the common control is not limited, and the arrangement manner of the two display areas can be distinguished by up-and-down arrangement, left-right arrangement, and the like. The application interface display area can be used to display the interface of the application. Each interface can contain interface elements such as at least one application's icon and/or widget desktop control. The application interface display area can also be an empty interface that does not contain any content. The common control display area is used to display controls with high usage, such as setting buttons, interface numbers, scroll bars, phone book icons, and the like.

The processor 650 is a control center of the mobile terminal 600, and connects various parts of the entire mobile phone by using various interfaces and lines, by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the first memory 621, and calling the second storage. The data in the memory 622 performs various functions and processing data of the mobile terminal 600, thereby performing overall monitoring of the mobile terminal 600. Alternatively, processor 650 can include one or more processing units.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, software programs and/or modules within the first memory 621 and/or data within the second memory 622 are stored by calling.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps of the various examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. A person skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

A person skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working process of the system, the device and the unit described above can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, and details are not described herein again.

In the embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the unit is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be electrical, mechanical or otherwise.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the objectives of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present disclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

The functions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product. Based on such an understanding, a portion of the technical solution of the present disclosure that contributes in essence or to the prior art or a portion of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium. A number of instructions are included to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present disclosure. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and the like, which can store program codes.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the mobile terminal may be any electronic device, such as a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a mobile Internet access device. A device (Mobile Internet Device, MID) or a wearable device (Wearable Device), etc., may also be other electronic devices such as a digital camera, an e-book, a navigation product, and the like.

The above description is only a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or within the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure. Substitutes are intended to be covered by the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

A side button fixing structure is disposed on the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal includes a housing, and the side wall of the housing is provided with a mounting hole, wherein the side button fixing structure includes a side button and a limiting member. The side button is mounted on the side wall of the housing through the mounting hole, the limiting member includes a fixing portion and a limiting portion, the fixing portion is fixed to the side wall of the housing, and the limit is The first end of the portion is connected to the fixing portion, and the second end of the limiting portion extends along the inner side of the side wall of the housing and is connected to the side button.
The side button fixing structure according to claim 1, wherein a reinforcing side wall is provided on a side wall of the housing.
The side button fixing structure according to claim 2, wherein the fixing portion of the limiting member is fixed to a connecting surface between the inner side surface of the reinforcing side wall and the outer side surface of the side wall, the limit The limiting portion of the bit member includes a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the fixing portion of the limiting member, the second end extending along an inner side surface of the reinforcing sidewall.
The side button fixing structure according to claim 3, wherein the connecting surface is provided with a groove, and the fixing portion of the limiting member is fixed in the groove.
The side button fixing structure according to claim 4, wherein the bottom of the groove is a flat surface, and the fixing portion of the limiting member is in the form of a sheet and is fixed to the bottom of the groove.
The side button fixing structure according to claim 1, wherein the side button includes a connecting portion that protrudes from the side wall of the casing to the inside through the mounting hole, and the limit The limit of the piece is connected in a limit.
The side button fixing structure according to claim 6, wherein the connecting portion is provided with an elbow extending into the inside of the side wall of the casing, and the limiting portion of the limiting member abuts against the inner side of the elbow .
The side key fixing structure according to claim 6, wherein the connecting portion includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, and the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are respectively located at two of the side buttons The limiting member includes a first limiting member and a second limiting member, wherein the first limiting member is connected to the first connecting portion, the second limiting member and the second limiting portion Connection limit connection.
A mobile terminal includes a housing having a mounting hole formed in a side wall thereof, wherein the mobile terminal further includes the side button fixing structure according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
The mobile terminal of claim 9, comprising at least one of a mobile phone, a tablet, a laptop, a personal digital assistant, a mobile internet device, a wearable device, a digital camera, an e-book, or a navigator.