WO2021083124A1

WO2021083124A1 - Electronic device

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Publication number: WO2021083124A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/123907
Authority: WO
Inventors: 张克成; 朱华胜; 成东村; 赵红超; 黄凯; 曹飞
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2019-10-29
Filing date: 2020-10-27
Publication date: 2021-05-06
Also published as: CN110768689B; CN110768689A

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device, comprising: a housing (100); a mounting space (140) being provided in the housing (100), a mounting hole (110) being provided in the surface of the housing (100), and the mounting hole (110) being communicated with the mounting space (140); and an electrical connector (200), the electrical connector (200) being hinged to the mounting space (140) by means of a hinge shaft (500), and the electrical connector (200) being provided with a card mount (300). The electrical connector (200) can rotate between a retracted position and an extended position with respect to the mounting hole (110) by means of the hinge shaft (500), when the electrical connector (200) is in the retracted position, a card insertion and removal hole (210) of the card mount (300) is blocked by the housing (100), and when the electrical connector (200) is in the extended position, the card insertion and removal hole (210) is exposed to the external environment.

Description

Electronic equipment

Cross-references to related applications

This application claims the priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 201911036962.1 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 technical field of communication equipment, and in particular to an electronic device.

Background technique

Electronic devices such as smart phones and tablet computers can be inserted into cards such as Subscriber Identification Module (SIM), memory cards, etc., so that the electronic device can realize its communication, storage and other functions. With the continuous improvement of the compactness of electronic devices, more and more electronic devices install SIM cards and memory cards through card trays.

At present, a card tray installation hole is provided on the middle frame of the electronic device, and the user can directly place the card on the card tray, and then insert the card tray into the card tray installation hole. However, opening the card tray mounting hole in the middle frame of the electronic device will result in poor appearance of the electronic device.

Summary of the invention

The invention discloses an electronic device to solve the problem of poor appearance integrity of the electronic device.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

An electronic device including:

A housing, an installation space is provided in the housing, and a mounting hole is provided on the surface of the housing, and the mounting hole communicates with the installation space;

An electrical connector, the electrical connector is hinged to the installation space through a hinge shaft, and the electrical connector is provided with a card seat;

The electrical connector can be rotated between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the mounting hole through the hinge shaft. When the electrical connector is in the retracted position, the card insertion and removal hole of the card socket It is shielded by the housing; when the electrical connector is in the extended position, the card insertion hole is exposed to the external environment.

The technical scheme adopted by the present invention can achieve the following beneficial effects:

In the electronic device disclosed in the present invention, the card holder is provided on the electrical connector, and the electrical connector can rotate relative to the housing. When the electrical connector is in the retracted position relative to the mounting hole, the card insertion and removal hole is covered by the housing. When the electrical connector is in the extended position relative to the mounting hole, the card insertion and removal hole is exposed to the external environment, and the user can perform card insertion or removal operations when the electrical connector is in the extended position relative to the mounting hole. . After this arrangement, there is no need to open a card tray hole on the exterior surface of the casing, so that the appearance integrity of the electronic device is improved accordingly.

Description of the drawings

The drawings described here are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention and constitute a part of the present invention. The exemplary embodiments of the present invention and the description thereof are used to explain the present invention, and do not constitute an improper limitation of the present invention. In the attached picture:

1 is a schematic diagram of a part of the structure of an electronic device disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention when the electrical connector is in a retracted position;

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the structure shown in Figure 1;

3 is a schematic diagram of a part of the structure of the electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention when the electrical connector is in an extended position;

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the structure shown in Figure 3;

5 and 6 are schematic diagrams of part of the structure of the electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference signs:

100-shell, 110-mounting hole, 120-second surface, 130-bottom end surface, 140-installation space, 200-electric connector, 210-insertion and removal card hole, 220-first surface, 240-bracket, 250 -Electrical connection terminal, 300- card holder, 400- base, 500- hinge shaft, 600- display screen, 700- screw, 800- card.

Detailed ways

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely in conjunction with specific embodiments of the present invention and the corresponding drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. 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.

The technical solutions disclosed in the various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, an embodiment of the present invention discloses an electronic device, which includes a housing 100, an electrical connector 200 and a display screen 600, and the display screen 600 may be disposed on the housing 100.

The housing 100 can be used as an installation basis for the components included in the electronic device. The housing 100 is provided with an installation space 140 and the surface of the housing 100 is provided with an installation hole 110, and the installation hole 110 communicates with the installation space 140. The electrical connector 200 is connected to the housing 100, and the electrical connector 200 can be connected to a data cable, a charging cable and other devices, so as to realize functions such as charging the electronic device and data transmission between the electronic device and other devices. The electrical connector 200 is provided with a card holder 300, and the card holder 300 has a card insertion hole 210. Cards 800 such as user identification cards and memory cards can enter the card holder 300 through the card insertion hole 210 and connect with the card holder 300. 300 fits, and can be taken out through the card insertion hole 210 at the same time. The electrical connector 200 is located at the mounting hole 110, so the shape of the mounting hole 110 can be designed according to the shape of the electrical connector 200, so that the gap between the two is relatively uniform and kept within a small range.

The above-mentioned housing 100 may be made of materials such as metal, plastic, ceramic, or glass, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Specifically, the electrical connector 200 can be hinged to the installation space 140 through the hinge shaft 500, so the electrical connector 200 can rotate between the retracted position and the extended position relative to the mounting hole 110 through the hinge shaft 500. When the electrical connector 200 is in the retracted position, the card insertion and removal hole 210 of the card holder 300 is blocked by the housing 100. At this time, the card insertion and removal hole 210 is not visible from the appearance of the electronic device; the electrical connector 200 is in the extended position When the card insertion and removal hole 210 is exposed to the external environment, the user can perform card insertion or removal operations. After this arrangement, there is no need to open a tray hole on the exterior surface of the housing 100, so that the overall appearance of the electronic device is improved accordingly. Especially when the shell 100 is made of glass, since openings on the glass are prone to cracks and other problems, this solution can also improve the yield of the shell 100 when processing the shell 100.

In addition, when there is no need to use the card insertion hole 210, the card insertion hole 210 can be blocked by the housing 100, so that impurities, liquids, etc. in the external environment cannot easily enter the card insertion hole 210, thereby preventing these impurities from obstructing the card 800 and the card holder 300 are reliably matched. Therefore, this structure can also ensure the reliability of the card holder 300 and the card 800 when it is matched.

The above-mentioned electrical connector 200 may be provided with a plurality of electrical connection terminals 250, the plurality of electrical connection terminals 250 are arranged at intervals along the first direction, the card insertion and removal holes 210 can be arranged as strip holes, and the extending direction of the card insertion and removal holes 210 Parallel to the first direction. Since the electrical connection terminals 250 are arranged at intervals along the first direction, the first direction can be used as the length direction of the electrical connector 200. If the extension direction of the card insertion hole 210 is not parallel to the first direction, electrical connections will be caused. The size of the connector 200 in other directions is also relatively large, so as to facilitate the insertion and removal of the card hole 210, which causes the size of the entire electrical connector 200 to be too large. When the card insertion and removal hole 210 extends in a direction parallel to the first direction, the length direction of the electrical connector 200 can be fully utilized to design the insertion and removal card hole 210, so that the size of the card insertion and removal hole 210 meets the requirements of card insertion and removal. At the same time, the size of the electrical connector 200 in other directions will not be increased, thereby reducing the size of the entire electrical connector 200, thereby improving the appearance of the electronic device and facilitating the layout of other components.

The extension direction of the hinge shaft 500 can be flexibly set. For example, the extension direction of the hinge shaft 500 can be perpendicular to the above-mentioned first direction. When the electrical connector 200 rotates through the hinge shaft 500, one end of the card insertion hole 210 is first exposed to the external environment. As the electrical connector 200 continues to rotate, the remaining part of the card insertion hole 210 is gradually exposed to the external environment. As a result, the electrical connector 200 needs to go through a relatively large rotation stroke to ensure that the card insertion and removal hole 210 is exposed to the external environment, resulting in a long time-consuming operation of the electrical connector 200 and poor user experience. To this end, further, the extending direction of the hinge shaft 500 may be parallel to the first direction. When the electrical connector 200 is rotated by the hinge shaft 500, the card insertion and removal hole 210 can quickly be exposed to the external environment as a whole, thereby shortening the time for rotating the electrical connector 200 and improving the user experience.

In an alternative embodiment, when the electrical connector 200 is in the extended position, a part of the electrical connector 200 is located in the mounting hole 110 and the other part is located outside the mounting hole 110. In other words, when the electrical connector 200 is in the extended position, a part of the electrical connector 200 protrudes relative to the outer surface of the housing 100, and the other part is recessed relative to the outer surface of the housing 100. After adopting this solution, when the electrical connector 200 rotates through the hinge shaft 500, a part of the electrical connector 200 protrudes relative to the housing 100, and the other part is recessed relative to the housing 100, so the entire electrical connector 200 There is almost no interference with the housing 100 during rotation, so the electrical connector 200 rotates more smoothly, and the structural integrity of the housing 100 and the electrical connector 200 is easier to ensure.

Further, the electrical connector 200 has a first surface 220 facing the outside of the electronic device, the first surface 220 is provided with a pressing portion, and the hinge shaft 500 is located between the pressing portion and the card insertion hole 210. The pressing part here can be pressed by the user. When the user needs to use the card insertion and removal hole 210, the user can press the pressing part to make the electrical connector 200 rotate about the hinge shaft 500, and then the insertion and removal card hole 210 can be exposed to the external environment. In order to facilitate the user to implement the operation of inserting or removing the card. This solution does not require an additional structure to realize the rotation of the electrical connector 200, so the structure of the electronic device is simpler. In addition, because the hinge shaft 500 is located between the pressing portion and the card insertion hole 210, the hinge shaft 500 and the electrical connector 200 are more compactly distributed, so as to facilitate the stacking of components in the electronic device.

Furthermore, in order to facilitate the user to find the above-mentioned pressing part more quickly, a mark may be provided on the pressing part, and the mark may specifically be a protruding structure, a groove structure, etc. having a prompting meaning.

As mentioned above, the electrical connector 200 has a first surface 220 facing the outside of the electronic device. In another optional embodiment, when the electrical connector 200 is in the extended position, the first surface 220 is located outside the mounting hole 110 . That is to say, when the electrical connector 200 rotates relative to the housing 100, the rotation direction of each part of the entire electrical connector 200 is the same. In this embodiment, the hinge shaft 500 may be arranged on one side of the mounting hole 110, Thereby, the electrical connector 200 can extend or retract with respect to the housing 100 as a whole. When the electrical connector 200 is in the extended position, there is basically no part of the electrical connector 200 that is recessed relative to the outer surface of the housing 100. Therefore, impurities in the external environment are not easy to collect in the formation of the electrical connector 200 and the housing 100. In the recessed area, it is possible to prevent the accumulation of these impurities from causing the electrical connector 200 to become jammed or even unable to rotate when rotating, thereby optimizing the smoothness of the electrical connector 200 when rotating, and preventing these impurities from passing through the electrical connector 200 and the shell. The gap between the bodies 100 enters the electronic device and affects the reliability of the electronic device.

In order to facilitate the rotation of the electrical connector 200 relative to the housing 100, in a further embodiment, the electronic device may further include a driving component disposed in the housing 100, and the driving component is connected to the electrical connector 200 to The electrical connector 200 is driven to rotate around the hinge shaft 500. The driving component here may specifically include a structure such as a driving motor, which can drive the electrical connector 200 to rotate after outputting a driving force. Specifically, the electrical connector 200 may be fixedly connected with the hinge shaft 500, and the hinge shaft 500 may rotate relative to the housing 100. At this time, the driving component may be directly connected with the hinge shaft 500, so as to drive the electrical connector 200 to rotate through the hinge shaft 500; Alternatively, the hinge shaft 500 is fixedly connected to the housing 100, the electrical connector 200 can rotate relative to the hinge shaft 500, and the driving component can be directly connected with the electrical connector 200 to directly drive the electrical connector 200 to rotate. Since the driving component can accept the control instructions issued by the electronic device, the driving component can automatically realize the rotation of the electrical connector 200 without requiring the user to manually drive the electrical connector 200. Therefore, this solution can drive the electrical connector 200 to rotate more accurately. Thereby improving the user experience.

It should be noted that when the electrical connector 200 is in the extended position, a part of the electrical connector 200 is located in the mounting hole 110 and the other part is located outside the mounting hole 110, or when the electrical connector 200 is in the extended position In the solution where the first surface 220 is located outside the mounting hole 110, the above-mentioned driving components can be applied to drive the electrical connector 200 to rotate more accurately.

The housing 100 has a second side 120 facing away from the display screen 600 of the electronic device. When the electrical connector 200 is in the retracted position, the first side 220 of the electrical connector 200 and the second side 120 may be flush, or the first side 220 is convex relative to the second surface 120 or the first surface 220 is concave relative to the second surface 120. When the first surface 220 protrudes relative to the second surface 120, or the first surface 220 is recessed relative to the second surface 120, impurities are likely to accumulate at the joint between the electrical connector 200 and the housing 100, causing the electrical connector 200 to face each other. When the housing 100 rotates, it is prone to jamming or even jamming. At the same time, it also increases the risk of impurities entering the inside of the electronic device. In addition, it also brings a sense of abruptness. When the electrical connector 200 is in the retracted position, if the first surface 220 is flush with the second surface 120, the joint between the electrical connector 200 and the housing 100 is not easy to accumulate impurities, and at the same time, it is not easy to feel abrupt.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the housing 100 has a side surface. When the housing 100 includes a frame, the side surface specifically refers to the surface of the frame. As shown in FIG. 5, the side surface may include a bottom end surface 130. When the electrical connector 200 is in the extended position, the orientation of the insertion and removal hole 210 may be the same as the orientation of the bottom end surface 130. When the user holds the electronic device, the bottom end 130 faces downwards. When the electrical connector 200 is in the extended position, the card insertion hole 210 also faces downwards. The user can more easily observe the card insertion hole 210, and this orientation It is also more convenient for the user to apply force, so that it is more convenient for the user to perform the operation of inserting or removing the card.

The above-mentioned electrical connector 200 can be connected to other devices (such as data lines, charging cables, etc.) in a plug-in manner, but this connection method requires the user to spend a long time aligning the electrical connector 200 with the electrical connector 200. The connected devices make the connection operation time-consuming. To this end, the electrical connector 200 may be configured as a magnetic connector. The magnetic connector may include a bracket 240 and an electrical connection terminal 250 provided on the bracket 240. The electrical connection terminal 250 here may specifically include a magnetic attraction portion. And the terminal part, the bracket 240 is provided with the above-mentioned card holder 300. When the electrical connector 200 needs to be connected with other devices, the electrical connector 200 and the device will be attracted together by magnetic force, so that the connection between the electrical connector 200 and the device can be realized more quickly and accurately.

When the above-mentioned electrical connector 200 is used, the bracket 240 can be made of plastic material. When the electrical connector 200 is in the retracted position, the gap between the bracket 240 and the housing 100 can be smaller, thereby improving the tightness of the electronic device. , While further improving the overall appearance of electronic equipment. At this time, the bracket 240, the electrical connection terminal 250, and the holder 300 can be formed by integral injection molding, thereby optimizing the structural integrity of the electrical connector 200 and the holder 300, so that the structural strength of the electrical connector 200 and the holder 300 is further improved. Promote. The electronic device may further include a base 400. After the aforementioned components are integrally formed, they can be installed on the base 400. The base 400 is then connected to the housing 100 by a screw 700. This connection method is more convenient for the electrical connector 200 and the card holder. 300 follow-up repairs.

The electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention may be a smart phone, a tablet computer, an e-book reader, or a wearable device. Of course, the electronic device may also be other devices, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

The above embodiments of the present invention focus on the differences between the various embodiments. As long as the different optimization features between the various embodiments are not contradictory, they can be combined to form a better embodiment. Considering the conciseness of the text, here is No longer.

The foregoing descriptions are merely embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. For those skilled in the art, the present invention can have various modifications and changes. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

An electronic device, characterized in that it comprises:

A housing (100), a mounting space (140) is provided in the housing (100), and a mounting hole (110) is provided on the surface of the housing (100), and the mounting hole (110) is connected to the The installation space (140) is connected;

An electrical connector (200), the electrical connector (200) is hinged to the installation space (140) via a hinge shaft (500), and the electrical connector (200) is provided with a card seat (300);

The electrical connector (200) can be rotated between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the mounting hole (110) through the hinge shaft (500), and the electrical connector (200) is in the retracted position. Position, the insertion and removal hole (210) of the card socket (300) is blocked by the housing (100); when the electrical connector (200) is in the extended position, the insertion and removal hole (210) Exposed to the external environment.
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electrical connector (200) is provided with a plurality of electrical connection terminals (250), and the plurality of electrical connection terminals (250) are arranged at intervals along a first direction The card insertion and removal hole (210) is a strip hole, and the extending direction of the card insertion and removal hole (210) is parallel to the first direction.
The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the extension direction of the hinge shaft (500) is parallel to the first direction.
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the electrical connector (200) is in the extended position, a part of the electrical connector (200) is located in the mounting hole (110), The other part is located outside the mounting hole (110).
The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the electrical connector (200) has a first surface (220) facing the outside of the electronic device, and the first surface (220) is provided with a pressing portion, The hinge shaft (500) is located between the pressing portion and the card insertion hole (210).
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electrical connector (200) has a first surface (220) facing the outside of the electronic device, and the electrical connector (200) is in the extended position. In the position, the first surface (220) is located outside the mounting hole (110).
The electronic device according to claim 6, characterized in that it further comprises a driving part, the driving part is arranged in the housing (100), and the driving part is connected with the electrical connector (200) to The electrical connector (200) is driven to rotate around the hinge shaft (500).
The electronic device according to claim 6, characterized in that the housing (100) has a second side (120) facing away from the display screen (600) of the electronic device, and the electrical connector (200) is located at In the retracted position, the first surface (220) is flush with the second surface (120).
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the side surface of the housing (100) includes a bottom end surface (130), and when the electrical connector (200) is in the extended position, the insertion and removal The orientation of the hole (210) is the same as the orientation of the bottom end surface (130).
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electrical connector (200) is a magnetic connector, and the magnetic connector includes a bracket (240) and a bracket (240) disposed on the bracket (240). The terminal (250) is electrically connected, and the bracket (240) is provided with the holder (300).