WO2021083037A1

WO2021083037A1 - Electronic device and charging cable

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Publication number: WO2021083037A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/123096
Authority: WO
Inventors: 赵恒伟
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2019-10-29
Filing date: 2020-10-23
Publication date: 2021-05-06
Also published as: CN110783737A

Abstract

An electronic device (100), comprising: a housing (110) and a charging interface (120) provided on the housing (110), wherein the charging interface (120) is configured to be ring-shaped; under a condition that a charging connector (210) of a charging cable (200) is inserted into the charging interface (120), a first terminal group (121) of the charging interface (120) is electrically connected to a second terminal group (211) of the charging connector (210), and in a process of rotation of the charging connector (210) with respect to the charging interface (120), the first terminal group (121) keeps electric connection with the second terminal group (211). Therefore, when the electronic device (100) performs planar rotation, the charging interface (120) of the electronic device (100) may rotate with respect to the charging connector (210) of the charging cable (200), and a cable portion of the charging cable (200) does not rotate together with the electronic device (100), thereby effectively avoiding the gripping interference of the cable portion of the charging cable (200) on the electronic device (100). The present invention further relates to the charging cable (200).

Description

Electronic equipment and charging cable

Cross-references to related applications

This application claims the priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 201911038284.2 filed in China on October 29, 2019, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to an electronic device and a charging cable.

Background technique

Currently, charging methods for electronic devices such as smart phones are divided into wired charging and wireless charging. Among them, wired charging generally involves inserting a charging connector of a charging cable into a charging interface of an electronic device to charge the electronic device.

However, because the outlet method of the charging interface is fixed relative to the electronic device, for example, the charging cable is fixed on the charging interface of the electronic device. When the electronic device rotates in a plane, the charging cable will affect the user's grip on the electronic device and cause the grip. Difficult question.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device and a charging cable, so as to solve the problem that the charging cable will affect the user's grip on the electronic device when the electronic device is rotated in a plane during the charging process of the existing electronic device. Difficult to grasp the problem.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention is implemented as follows:

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including: a housing and a charging interface arranged on the housing, the charging interface is arranged in a ring shape, and the charging connector of the charging cable is inserted into the In the case of a charging interface, the first terminal group of the charging interface is electrically connected to the second terminal group of the charging connector, and when the charging connector rotates relative to the charging interface, the first terminal group Maintain electrical connection with the second terminal group.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a charging cable, including: a charging connector arranged in a ring shape. When the charging connector is inserted into a charging interface of an electronic device, the second terminal group of the charging connector is connected to the charging connector of the electronic device. The first terminal group of the charging interface is electrically connected, and when the charging connector rotates relative to the charging interface, the second terminal group remains electrically connected to the first terminal group.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device includes: a housing and a charging interface provided on the housing, the charging interface is arranged in a ring shape, and the charging connector of the charging cable is inserted into the charging interface. The charging connector can rotate relative to the charging interface, and during the rotation, the first terminal group of the charging interface is electrically connected to the second terminal group of the charging connector. In this way, when the electronic device rotates in a plane, the charging interface of the electronic device can be rotated relative to the charging connector of the charging cable, and the cable part of the charging cable will not rotate with the electronic device, thereby effectively avoiding the cable of the charging cable. Partially interferes with the grip of electronic devices.

Description of the drawings

In order to explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the following will briefly introduce the drawings used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained from these drawings without creative labor.

FIG. 1 is one of the assembly diagrams of an electronic device and a charging cable provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging interface provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging connector provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a second schematic diagram of assembling an electronic device and a charging cable provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device 100, including: a housing 110 and a charging interface 120 provided on the housing 110. When the charging connector 210 of the cord 200 is inserted into the charging port 120, the first terminal group 121 of the charging port 120 is electrically connected to the second terminal group 211 of the charging connector 210, and when the charging connector 210 rotates relative to the charging port 120, The first terminal group 121 and the second terminal group 211 maintain electrical connection.

In this embodiment, the charging connector 210 can also be arranged in a ring shape, so that when the ring-shaped charging connector 210 is inserted into the ring-shaped charging interface 120, the charging connector 210 can be rotated relative to the charging interface 120, and it can be realized It rotates 360 degrees, and during the rotation, the first terminal group 121 of the charging interface 120 can maintain a stable electrical connection with the second terminal group 211 of the charging connector 210, thereby ensuring the stability of the charging process. In this way, when the electronic device 100 rotates in a plane, the charging interface 120 of the electronic device 100 can rotate relative to the charging connector 210 of the charging cable 200, and the cable part of the charging cable 200 will not rotate with the electronic device 100, thereby effectively This prevents the cable part of the charging cable from interfering with the grip of the electronic device.

Wherein, the charging interface 120 can be arranged on the back of the housing 110 so that the charging interface 120 can rotate relative to the charging connector 210.

Optionally, the first terminal group 121 includes a first power terminal 1211, a first data line terminal 1212, and a first ground terminal 1213, and the first power terminal 1211, the first data line terminal 1212, and the first ground terminal 1213 are all present The ring shape is arranged on the housing 110 from the inside to the outside.

In this embodiment, the signal power of the first power terminal 1211 is the largest and the voltage is relatively high. Therefore, the first power terminal 1211 is arranged on the innermost side to protect it from other signal terminals; and the signal of the first ground terminal 1213 It is less susceptible to interference and more reliable, so it is arranged on the outermost circle, and the first ground terminal 1213 can also shield and protect the inner circle signal.

Further, in order to avoid interference between two adjacent terminals, a first power terminal 1211, a first data line terminal 1212, and a first ground terminal 1213 may be provided between any two adjacent terminals. An insulating part 122. For example, a first insulating portion 122 is provided between the first power terminal 1211 and the first data line terminal 1212, and a first insulating portion 122 is also provided between the first data line terminal 1212 and the first ground terminal 1213; where When there are two or more first data line terminals 1212, the first insulating portion 122 is also provided between two adjacent first data line terminals 1212.

Wherein, the first insulating portion 122 can be arranged protruding from the first power terminal 1211, the first data line terminal 1212, and the first ground terminal 1213, so that the end of the charging interface 120 facing the user is the first insulating portion 122. The user directly touches the charging interface 120, and only touches the first insulating portion 122 of the charging interface 120, which will not cause disconnection and interference to the first terminal group 121, and the first terminal group 121 can be effectively protected.

Furthermore, the first insulating portion 122 may be configured as an elastic insulating portion, so that the first insulating portion 122 can also form a certain elastic holding force on the charging connector 210, and improving the stability of the connection between the charging interface 120 and the charging connector 210 .

Optionally, the electronic device 100 further includes a first magnet 130 provided corresponding to the charging interface 120, and the first magnet 130 is used for adsorption and alignment with the second magnet 220 on the charging connector 210, so that the charging interface 120 and the charging connector 210 are aligned with each other. quasi.

In this embodiment, the first magnet 130 can be built into the electronic device 100, and similarly, the second magnet 220 can also be built into the charging connector 210, so that when the charging connector 120 and the charging connector 210 are close, the magnetic poles of the opposite sex are attracted to each other. In principle, the automatic adsorption and alignment of the charging interface 120 and the charging connector 210 can be realized, and the signal communication between the charging interface 120 and the charging connector 210 can be realized. In this way, the magnetic poles of the opposite sex are attracted to realize the automatic adsorption and alignment of the charging interface 120 and the charging connector 210, which eliminates the need for the user to manually align the charging interface 120 and the charging connector 210, which effectively simplifies the user's charging operation.

Wherein, the first magnet 130 may be an electromagnet or a permanent magnet; in the same way, the second magnet 220 may be an electromagnet or a permanent magnet. As long as the adsorption and alignment function of the first magnet 130 and the second magnet 220 can be realized.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a charging cable 200, including: a charging connector 210 arranged in a ring shape, when the charging connector 210 is inserted into the charging interface 120 of the electronic device 100 , The second terminal group 211 of the charging connector 210 is electrically connected to the first terminal group 121 of the charging interface 120, and while the charging connector 210 is rotating relative to the charging interface 120, the second terminal group 211 and the first terminal group 121 remain electrically connected .

In this embodiment, the charging interface 120 can also be arranged in a ring shape, so that when the ring-shaped charging connector 210 is inserted into the ring-shaped charging interface 120, the charging connector 210 can be rotated relative to the charging interface 120, and it can be realized It rotates 360 degrees, and during the rotation, the first terminal group 121 of the charging interface 120 can maintain a stable electrical connection with the second terminal group 211 of the charging connector 210, thereby ensuring the stability of the charging process. In this way, when the electronic device 100 rotates in a plane, the charging interface 120 of the electronic device 100 can be rotated relative to the charging connector 210 of the charging cable 200, and the cable part of the charging cable 200 will not rotate with the electronic device 100, thereby effectively This prevents the cable part of the charging cable from interfering with the grip of the electronic device.

Optionally, the second terminal group 211 includes a second power terminal 2111, a second data line terminal 2112, and a second ground terminal 2113, and the second power terminal 2111, the second data line terminal 2112, and the second ground terminal 2113 are all present Ring-shaped and set from the inside to the outside.

In this embodiment, the signal power of the second power terminal 2111 is the largest and the voltage is higher. Therefore, the second power terminal 2111 is arranged on the innermost side to protect it from other signal terminals; and the signal of the second ground terminal 2113 It is less susceptible to interference and more reliable, so it is arranged on the outermost circle, and the second ground terminal 2113 can also shield and protect the inner circle signal.

Further, in order to avoid mutual interference between two adjacent terminals, a second power terminal 2111, the second data line terminal 2112, and the second ground terminal 2113 may be provided between any two adjacent terminals. Two insulation part 212. For example, a second insulating part 212 is provided between the second power terminal 2111 and the second data line terminal 2112, and a second insulating part 212 is also provided between the second data line terminal 2112 and the second ground terminal 2113; When there are two or more second data line terminals 2112, the second insulating portion 212 is also provided between two adjacent second data line terminals 2112.

Wherein, the second power terminal 2111, the second data line terminal 2112, and the second ground terminal 2113 can be arranged protruding from the second insulating portion 212, so that the charging connector 210 and the charging interface 120 are matched.

Furthermore, the second insulating portion 212 can also be configured as an elastic insulating portion, so that the second insulating portion 212 has a certain elastic pre-pressure, and the stability of the connection between the charging interface 120 and the charging connector 210 is improved.

Moreover, each terminal can lead out a wire that passes through the corresponding second insulator 212, and the wire can be bundled into the cable portion of the charging cable 200.

Optionally, a second magnet 220 is provided on the charging connector 210, and the second magnet 220 is used for suction and alignment with the first magnet 130 on the charging interface 120 to align the charging connector 210 and the charging interface 120.

In this embodiment, the second magnet 220 can be built into the charging connector 210. Similarly, the first magnet 130 can also be built into the electronic device 100. In this way, when the charging interface 120 and the charging connector 210 are close to each other, magnetic poles of opposite sex are used to attract each other. In principle, the automatic adsorption and alignment of the charging interface 120 and the charging connector 210 can be realized, and the signal communication between the charging interface 120 and the charging connector 210 can be realized. In this way, the magnetic poles of the opposite sex are attracted to realize the automatic adsorption and alignment of the charging interface 120 and the charging connector 210, which eliminates the need for the user to manually align the charging interface 120 and the charging connector 210, which effectively simplifies the user's charging operation.

The embodiments of the present invention are described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiments. The above-mentioned specific embodiments are only illustrative and not restrictive. Those of ordinary skill in the art are Under the enlightenment of the present invention, many forms can be made without departing from the purpose of the present invention and the scope of protection of the claims, all of which fall within the protection of the present invention.

Claims

An electronic device, comprising: a housing and a charging interface arranged on the housing, the charging interface is arranged in a ring shape, and when the charging connector of the charging cable is inserted into the charging interface, The first terminal group of the charging interface is electrically connected to the second terminal group of the charging connector, and when the charging connector rotates relative to the charging interface, the first terminal group is connected to the second terminal group. The group remains electrically connected.
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first terminal group includes a first power terminal, a first data line terminal, and a first ground terminal, the first power terminal, the first data line Both the terminal and the first ground terminal are ring-shaped and are arranged on the housing from the inside to the outside.
The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein a first power terminal, the first data line terminal, and the first ground terminal are provided between any two adjacent terminals. Insulation section.
4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the first insulating portion is arranged protruding from the first power terminal, the first data line terminal, and the first ground terminal.
The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the electronic device further comprises a first magnet provided corresponding to the charging interface, and the first magnet is used to connect to the charging connector. The second magnet is attracted and aligned to align the charging interface with the charging connector.
A charging cable, characterized by comprising: a charging connector arranged in a ring shape, when the charging connector is inserted into the charging interface of an electronic device, the second terminal group of the charging connector is connected to the first terminal of the charging interface. A terminal group is electrically connected, and when the charging connector rotates relative to the charging interface, the second terminal group is electrically connected to the first terminal group.
The charging cable according to claim 6, wherein the second terminal group includes a second power terminal, a second data line terminal, and a second ground terminal, the second power terminal, the second data line Both the terminal and the second ground terminal are ring-shaped and arranged from the inside to the outside.
The charging line according to claim 7, wherein a second power terminal, the second data line terminal, and the second ground terminal are provided between any two adjacent terminals. Insulation section.
The charging cable according to claim 8, wherein the second power terminal, the second data line terminal, and the second ground terminal are all protruding from the second insulating portion.
The charging cable according to any one of claims 6 to 9, characterized in that a second magnet is provided on the charging connector, and the second magnet is used to attract and pair with the first magnet on the charging interface. Position so that the charging connector and the charging interface are aligned.