WO2019062757A1

WO2019062757A1 - Mobile terminal shell assembly and mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2019062757A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/107586
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘超; 方潮; 孙立毅; 史春颖
Original assignee: 惠州Tcl移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2017-09-26
Filing date: 2018-09-26
Publication date: 2019-04-04
Also published as: CN107734088A; CN107734088B

Abstract

Provided in the invention are a mobile terminal shell assembly and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal shell assembly comprises a back shell, a blocking part and a handheld strap. Installation grooves are formed in the back shell. The blocking part is installed in the installation grooves. Two ends of the blocking part are each connected with side walls of the installation grooves, and installation gaps are formed between the blocking part and the installation grooves. The handheld strap penetrates through the installation gaps and is wound on the blocking part to be connected with the back shell. A user can easily pick up the mobile terminal through the handheld strap, and therefore the experience of the user is improved.

Description

Housing component and mobile terminal of mobile terminal

[Technical Field]

The present invention relates to the field of a housing assembly for a mobile terminal, and in particular to a housing assembly and a mobile terminal of a mobile terminal.

【Background technique】

At present, the size of the mobile terminal in the special industry is generally too large, and the user picks up the operation of the mobile terminal with one hand, which is both tired and inconvenient. The user picks up the mobile terminal with both hands, but cannot operate the mobile terminal, which seriously affects the user experience.

[Summary of the Invention]

The present application provides a housing assembly of a mobile terminal, the housing assembly of the mobile terminal includes a rear housing, a blocking member and a hand strap; the rear housing is provided with a mounting slot; the blocking member is mounted in the mounting slot, and the two ends of the blocking member They are respectively connected to the side walls of the mounting groove and form a mounting gap with the mounting groove; the hand strap passes through the mounting gap and is wound around the blocking member to connect the hand strap to the rear case.

The application also provides a mobile terminal comprising the above-described housing assembly.

The blocking member of the present application is connected to the side wall of the mounting groove of the rear case, and the hand strap passes through the mounting gap formed by the blocking member and the mounting groove and wraps around the blocking member, so that the hand strap is connected with the rear case, and the user only needs to hold the hand in one hand. With the belt, you can easily hold the mobile terminal, greatly improving the user experience.

[Description of the Drawings]

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application. Other drawings may also be obtained from those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the inventive work.

1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a housing assembly of the present application;

2 is a partial structural schematic view of a rear case and a blocking member in the housing assembly of the present application;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the barrier of the present application;

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the barrier of the present application;

Figure 5 is a partial enlarged view of the area A in Figure 4;

6 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a hand strap installation process in a housing assembly of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a mobile terminal of the present application.

【Detailed ways】

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the application and are not intended to be limiting. In addition, it should be noted that, for the convenience of description, only some but not all of the structures related to the present application are shown in the drawings. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without departing from the inventive scope are the scope of the present application.

The mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the present application includes an electronic device such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a smart wearable device, a digital audio and video player, an electronic reader, a handheld game machine, and an in-vehicle electronic device.

The terms "first" and "second" in this application are used for descriptive purposes only, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defining "first" and "second" may include at least one of the features, either explicitly or implicitly. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise. All directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, ...) in the embodiments of the present application are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between components in a certain posture (as shown in the drawing). , the movement situation, etc., if the specific posture changes, the directional indication also changes accordingly. Furthermore, the terms "comprises" and "comprising" and "comprising" are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product, or device that comprises a series of steps or components is not limited to the listed steps or components, but optionally includes steps or components not listed, or alternatively Other steps or components inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices are included.

References to "an embodiment" herein mean that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiments can be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearances of the phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily referring to the same embodiments, and are not exclusive or alternative embodiments that are mutually exclusive. Those skilled in the art will understand and implicitly understand that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

At present, the size of mobile terminals in the special industry is generally too large, and it is both tiring and inconvenient for a user to pick up a mobile terminal with one hand. If the user wants to pick up the mobile terminal with both hands, but cannot separate the other hand to operate the mobile terminal, the inventor has long studied the operation process of the user in a large amount, and designed a housing component of the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal to solve the problem. For users who have long been plagued by problems, please refer to the description below.

1 and FIG. 2, FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a housing assembly of the present application, and FIG. 2 is a partial structural view of the rear housing 10 and the blocking member 20 in the housing assembly of the present application.

The housing assembly includes a rear housing 10, a blocking member 20, and a hand strap 30. The rear housing 10 is provided with a mounting slot 12, and the mounting slot 12 has two side walls 14; the blocking member 20 is mounted in the mounting slot 12, and the two ends of the blocking member 20 are respectively connected to the two opposite side walls 14 of the mounting slot 12. A mounting gap is formed between the mounting slot 12 and the mounting slot 12; the hand strap 30 extends through the mounting gap and is wrapped around the blocking member 20 to connect the hand strap 30 to the rear housing 10.

In the present embodiment, the blocking member 20 is coupled to the side wall 14 of the mounting groove 12 of the rear case 10, and the hand strap 30 extends through the mounting gap formed by the blocking member 20 and the mounting groove 12 and wraps around the blocking member 20, thereby causing the hand strap 30 to The rear case 10 is connected, and the user only needs to hold the hand strap 30 with one hand, and the mobile terminal can be easily grasped, which greatly enhances the user experience.

Optionally, the rear casing 10 can be provided with a mounting slot 12, and a blocking member 20 is correspondingly mounted in the mounting slot 12. The hand strap 30 extends through the mounting gap between the blocking member 20 and the mounting slot 12, and is wrapped around the blocking member. 20. The user can hold the mobile terminal by holding the hand strap 30. This arrangement can save space in the rear case 10 and free up installation space for other electronic components in the rear case 10, making the size of the mobile terminal smaller and more practical.

Optionally, the rear case 10 may be provided with two or more mounting slots 12, evenly distributed on the rear case 10 of the mobile terminal, and may be evenly distributed along the length direction of the rear case 10 or evenly distributed in the width direction. Specifically, the present embodiment is described by two mounting slots 12 and evenly distributed along the length direction. Each mounting slot 12 is mounted with a blocking member 20 in the mounting slot 12, and the hand strap 30 extends through the two blocking members 20 and two respectively. Two mounting gaps between the slots 12 are mounted and wound around the two blocking members 20, and the user can hold the mobile terminal by holding the hand strap 30 through the gap between the hand strap 30 and the housing. This arrangement allows the two blocking members 20 to restrain the hand strap 30 when the user holds the mobile terminal, and the hand strap 30 gives the user a more uniform force so that the user can hold the mobile terminal for a long time without feeling tired.

There are many ways in which the blocking member 20 is mounted on the mounting groove 12. In one embodiment, the blocking member 20 and the rear housing 10 are integrally formed, that is, the blocking member 20 and the rear housing 10 are formed by an integral molding technique, such as integral injection molding. Or integrated die casting. This can reduce the assembly process of the product and increase the production efficiency. In another embodiment, the blocking member 20 and the rear case 10 are two separate parts, that is, the blocking member 20 and the rear case 10 are separately formed, and then the blocking member 20 and the rear case 10 are assembled together, thus increasing The assembly process of the product, but the production of the mold can save a large cost, in the actual production, the cost of the mold made by the integral molding technology of the blocking member 20 and the rear casing 10 is higher than the cost of the mold separately produced by them. Since the mold made of the blocking member 20 and the rear case 10 by the integral molding technique requires the problem that the blocking member 20 cannot be molded, an additional thimble or slider mechanism is added.

The blocking member 20 and the rear case 10 are two separate parts, and the blocking member 20 and the rear case 10 are assembled in various manners, for example, by bonding the blocking member 20 to the both side walls of the rear housing 10 mounting groove 12 by glue. 14 or connected by mechanical structure.

Specifically, the mechanical structure is connected by opening the mounting holes 16 on the opposite side walls 14 of the mounting slot 12, and the length of the blocking member 20 is greater than the maximum spacing of the opposite side walls 14 of the mounting slot 12, in the blocking member 20 or the housing. On the premise of the body deformation, the two ends of the blocking member 20 are respectively inserted into the mounting holes 16, and the blocking member 20 is fixed to the mounting groove 12.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, which is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the blocking member 20 of the present application.

Optionally, the blocking member 20 includes a main body portion 22 having a length less than or equal to a maximum spacing of the opposite side walls 14 of the mounting groove 12, and a resilient member 24 having a length greater than the opposite sides of the mounting slot 12. The maximum spacing of the walls 14 is such that the main body portion 22 is provided with an accommodation space in which the elastic member 24 is housed. The elastic member 24 is contracted into the accommodating space by the side wall 14, and at this time, since the length of the main body portion 22 is less than or equal to the maximum distance between the opposite side walls 14 of the mounting groove 12, the blocking member 20 can be easily loaded into the mounting groove. 12 inside. When the elastic component 24 is aligned with the mounting hole 16, the elastic component 24 elastically protrudes from the main body portion 22 into the mounting hole 16, and at this time, because the length of the blocking member 20 is larger than the maximum spacing of the opposite side walls 14 of the mounting groove 12, the blocking is blocked. The member 20 can be secured within the mounting slot 12.

Further, the resilient assembly 24 includes a spring 26 and a telescoping head 28 coupled to the spring 26 that holds the telescoping head 28 such that the telescoping head 28 can extend out of the receiving space and into the mounting aperture 16.

Optionally, the elastic assembly 24 includes a spring 26 and a telescopic head 28. During installation, one end of the main body portion 22 without the telescopic head 28 is first inserted into the mounting hole 16, and then the main body portion 22 has one end of the telescopic head 28. The elastic component 24 elastically protrudes from the main body portion 22 into the mounting hole 16 when the elastic component 24 is aligned with the mounting hole 16 by the action of the side wall 14, at which time the length of the blocking member 20 is larger than the mounting groove. The maximum spacing of the opposite side walls 14 of the 12 is such that the blocking member 20 can be secured within the mounting slot 12.

Optionally, the resilient assembly 24 includes a spring 26 and two telescoping heads 28 that are retracted into the receiving space by the side walls 14 during installation, when the resilient assembly 24 is aligned with the mounting aperture At 1600, the elastic member 24 elastically protrudes from the main body portion 22 into the mounting hole 16, and at this time, since the length of the blocking member 20 is larger than the maximum distance between the opposite side walls 14 of the mounting groove 12, the blocking member 20 can be fixed to the mounting groove 12. Inside.

Optionally, the telescopic head 28 includes a protruding portion 21 and a latching portion 23. One end of the protruding portion 21 can elastically extend out of the opening of the main body portion 22, and the other end is connected to the latching portion 23. The latching portion 23 has another end and the spring 26 connection. Wherein, the diameter of the protruding portion 21 in the direction in which the vertical telescopic head 28 is elastically extended is smaller than or equal to the diameter of the opening of the main body portion 22, and the diameter of the locking portion 23 in the direction in which the vertical telescopic head 28 is elastically extended is larger than that of the opening portion 21. The hole diameter is set such that the spring 26 prevents the spring 26 from completely ejecting the accommodating space of the main body portion 22. In order to facilitate the insertion of the telescopic head 28 into the receiving space of the main body portion 22, the telescopic head 28 is made of a soft material such as one or more of TPU, TPE, TPR, silicone or rubber. The deformation of the latching portion 23 of the telescopic head 28 is smaller than the diameter of the opening of the main body portion 22 in the direction in which the vertical telescopic head 28 is elastically extended, so that the telescopic head 28 can be easily inserted into the accommodating space of the main body portion 22.

Please refer to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the blocking member 20 of the present application. Optionally, the body portion 22 includes a first body portion 25 and a second body portion 27, the first body portion 25 and the second body portion 27 being detachably coupled, such as a snap or threaded connection. Since the main body portion 22 is separately manufactured, the first main body portion 25 and the second main body portion 27 can be easily molded, and their molds can be made without additional padding or thimble mechanism, and the cost is greatly reduced. In addition, the telescopic head 28 does not need to be made of a soft material, and the telescopic head 28 can be directly loaded into the first body portion 25 or the second body portion 27, and then the first body portion 25 and the second body portion are 27 connected together.

Please refer to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a partial enlarged view of the area A in FIG. The first main body portion 25 is provided with a first thread 252 toward the side of the second main body portion 27, and the second main body portion 27 is provided with a second thread 272 toward the side of the first main body portion 25, and the first thread 252 and the second thread 272 are mutually Kneading to detachably connect the first body portion 25 and the second body portion 27. In this embodiment, the first body portion 25 is an internal thread and the second body portion 27 is an external thread. In other embodiments, the first body portion 25 is externally threaded and the second body portion 27 is internally threaded. It suffices that the first main body portion 25 and the second main body portion 27 are screwed together.

Please refer to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a process of installing the hand strap 30 in the housing assembly of the present application.

Optionally, one end of the hand strap 30 is provided with a first connecting portion 32, and the other end of the hand strap 30 is provided with a second connecting portion 34. Specifically, the hand strap 30 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and one end of one side of the handheld strap 30 is disposed. The first connecting portion 32, the other end of the different side of the hand strap 30 in the thickness direction is provided with a second connecting portion 34. The first connecting portion 32 and the second connecting portion 34 cooperate with each other to make the hand strap 30 end-to-end Disassemble and connect.

Optionally, the hand strap 30 is connected end to end by means of detachable bonding. Specifically, one end of the hand strap 30 is provided with a plurality of fine soft fiber round hairs, and the other end of the hand strap 30 is provided with a plurality of hard hooks. The bristles are similar to the principle of Velcro, and the fiber rounds and bristles cooperate to allow the end of the hand strap 30 to be detachably bonded.

Please refer to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a mobile terminal according to the present application.

The mobile terminal includes the above-described housing assembly and the front case 40, and the front case 40 and the rear case 10 are connected away from the side of the hand strap 30. The user passes through the gap between the hand strap 30 and the rear case 10 while holding the hand strap 30.

The above description is only the embodiment of the present application, and thus does not limit the scope of the patent application, and the equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the specification and the drawings of the present application, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technologies. The fields are all included in the scope of patent protection of this application.

Claims

A mobile terminal, comprising:

Front shell

a rear cover is disposed on one side of the front case, and a side of the rear case away from the front case is provided with a mounting groove;

a blocking member is installed in the mounting groove, and two ends of the blocking member are respectively connected to sidewalls of the mounting slot, and a mounting gap is formed between the blocking slot and the mounting slot;

A hand strap is passed through the mounting gap and wrapped around the blocking member to connect the hand strap to the rear housing.
A housing assembly for a mobile terminal, comprising:

a rear case with a mounting slot;

a blocking member is installed in the mounting groove, and two ends of the blocking member are respectively connected to sidewalls of the mounting slot, and a mounting gap is formed between the blocking slot and the mounting slot;

A hand strap is passed through the mounting gap and wrapped around the blocking member to connect the hand strap to the rear housing.
The housing assembly of claim 2 wherein:

The blocking member and the rear case are integrally formed.
The housing assembly of claim 2 wherein:

The opposite side walls of the mounting groove are provided with mounting holes, and two ends of the blocking member are respectively inserted into the mounting holes to fix the blocking member on the mounting groove.
The housing assembly of claim 4 wherein:

The blocking member includes a main body portion and an elastic member, the main body portion is provided with an accommodation space, the elastic assembly is received in the accommodation space, and the elastic assembly is elastically protruded from the main body portion to be inserted into the installation hole .
The housing assembly of claim 5 wherein:

The elastic assembly includes a spring and a telescopic head coupled to the spring, the spring holding the expansion head such that the telescopic head can protrude from the receiving space and be inserted into the mounting hole.
The housing assembly of claim 6 wherein:

The telescopic head is made of a soft material.
The housing assembly of claim 5 wherein:

The body portion includes a first body portion and a second body portion, the first body portion and the second body portion being detachably coupled.
The housing assembly of claim 8 wherein:

The first body portion is provided with a first thread toward a side of the second body portion, and the second body portion is provided with a second thread toward a side of the first body portion, the first thread and the first thread The second threads are kneaded with each other to detachably connect the first body portion and the second body portion.
The housing assembly of claim 2 wherein:

One end of the hand strap is provided with a first bonding portion, and the other end of the hand strap is provided with a second bonding portion, and the first bonding portion and the second bonding portion cooperate with each other to make The hand strap is detachably connected end to end.
A mobile terminal, comprising:

a rear case with a mounting slot;

a blocking member is installed in the mounting groove, and two ends of the blocking member are respectively connected to sidewalls of the mounting slot, and a mounting gap is formed between the blocking slot and the mounting slot;

A hand strap is passed through the mounting gap and wrapped around the blocking member to connect the hand strap to the rear housing.
The mobile terminal of claim 11 wherein:

The blocking member and the rear case are integrally formed.
The mobile terminal of claim 11 wherein:

The opposite side walls of the mounting groove are provided with mounting holes, and two ends of the blocking member are respectively inserted into the mounting holes to fix the blocking member on the mounting groove.
A mobile terminal according to claim 13, wherein

The blocking member includes a main body portion and an elastic member, the main body portion is provided with an accommodation space, the elastic assembly is received in the accommodation space, and the elastic assembly is elastically protruded from the main body portion to be inserted into the installation hole .
The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein

The elastic assembly includes a spring and a telescopic head coupled to the spring, the spring holding the telescopic head such that the telescopic head can protrude from the receiving space and be inserted into the mounting hole.
The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein

The telescopic head is made of a soft material.
The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein

The body portion includes a first body portion and a second body portion, the first body portion and the second body portion being detachably coupled.
The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein

The first body portion is provided with a first thread toward a side of the second body portion, and the second body portion is provided with a second thread toward a side of the first body portion, the first thread and the first thread The second threads are kneaded with each other to detachably connect the first body portion and the second body portion.
The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein

The telescopic head includes a protruding portion and a latching portion, and one end of the protruding portion is elastically protrudeable from the main body portion, and the other end is connected to the latching portion, and the latching portion is connected to the spring and can be abutted Connected to the body portion.
The mobile terminal of claim 11 wherein:

One end of the hand strap is provided with a first bonding portion, and the other end of the hand strap is provided with a second bonding portion, and the first bonding portion and the second bonding portion cooperate with each other to make The hand strap is detachably connected end to end.