CN112953582B

CN112953582B - Electronic equipment

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Publication number: CN112953582B
Application number: CN202110127850.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张云
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-29
Filing date: 2021-01-29
Publication date: 2023-07-25
Anticipated expiration: 2041-01-29
Also published as: CN112953582A

Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic equipment comprises a card holder and a shell, wherein an opening is formed in the shell, and the card holder extends into the shell through the opening; the electronic equipment further comprises a locking assembly arranged in the shell, and a locking rod is arranged on the clamping support; one end of the lock rod can extend into the lock assembly, the lock assembly can be switched between a locking state and an unlocking state, and in the locking state, the lock assembly locks the lock rod to limit the movement of the lock rod; in the unlocked state, the locking assembly unlocks the locking bar to allow the locking bar to move. The scheme provided by the embodiment of the application at least can solve the problem that the existing electronic equipment card support transmission relation is complex.

Description

Electronic equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electronic products, in particular to electronic equipment.

Background

In the prior art, an electronic device generally needs a card holder to set a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module ) card, the card holder is generally fixed in the electronic device through a fixing structure, when the card holder needs to be taken out, a lever mechanism needs to be pushed by a card holder ejector pin to drive so as to push out the card holder, and the fixing structure comprising the lever has a complex transmission relation.

Disclosure of Invention

The application relates to an electronic device, which solves the problem that the prior electronic device has a complex clamping and supporting fixing structure.

In order to solve the technical problems, the application is realized as follows:

the embodiment of the application provides electronic equipment, which comprises:

the device comprises a card support and a shell, wherein an opening is formed in the shell, and the card support extends into the shell through the opening;

the electronic equipment further comprises a locking assembly arranged in the shell, and a locking rod is arranged on the clamping support;

one end of the lock rod can extend into the lock assembly, the lock assembly can be switched between a locking state and an unlocking state, and in the locking state, the lock assembly locks the lock rod to limit the movement of the lock rod; in the unlocked state, the locking assembly unlocks the locking bar to allow the locking bar to move.

In this embodiment of the application, through setting up the locking lever on the card holds in the palm, set up locking device in electronic equipment's casing, like this, hold in the palm when the card under the circumstances of setting up in the casing, can make locking device is in locking state, under this state, because locking component restriction locking lever removes to realized the locking to the relative position between casing and the card holds in the palm, the structure of this embodiment of the application is comparatively simple, has reduced the complexity of the transmission relation that the fixed card held in the palm.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a locking device in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is one of the schematic structural views of the locking device according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a second schematic view of the locking device according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a third schematic view of the locking device according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a locking device in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is one of schematic structural diagrams of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a second schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged, as appropriate, such that embodiments of the present application may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the objects identified by "first," "second," etc. are generally of a type and not limited to the number of objects, e.g., the first object may be one or more. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/", generally means that the associated object is an "or" relationship.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the application is described in detail below through specific embodiments and application scenes thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.

An electronic device is provided.

As shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment, the electronic device includes a housing 100 and a card holder 200.

It should be understood that the electronic device in this embodiment may include, but is not limited to, an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and a smart watch, and the card holder 200 may be used for assisting in installing an identification card such as a SIM card, and may also be used for installing a memory card, which is not limited herein.

The housing 100 in this embodiment may be a unitary structure or may be composed of multiple parts. For example, as shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment, the housing 100 is formed by a middle frame 101 and a back plate 102, a display module is disposed on one side of the housing 100, and a circuit board (not identified), a battery (not identified), a camera (not identified) and other elements are disposed in the housing 100, which are not further limited and described herein.

With continued reference to fig. 1, the housing 100 is provided with an opening 103, and the card holder 200 can extend into the housing 100 through the opening 103, so that the SIM card mounted on the card holder 200 is disposed at a designated position of the electronic device.

As shown in fig. 1, the electronic device in this embodiment further includes a locking assembly 300 disposed in the housing 100, and the latch 200 is provided with a latch 201, where the latch 201 is matched with the locking assembly 300.

Specifically, one end of the lock lever 201 may extend into the lock assembly 300, and the lock assembly 300 may be switched between a locked state in which the lock assembly 300 locks the lock lever 201 to restrict movement of the lock lever 201; in the unlocked state, the locking assembly 300 unlocks the locking lever 201 to allow the locking lever 201 to move.

The operating states of the locking assembly 300 include at least two states, namely a locked state and an unlocked state.

With the locking assembly 300 in the locked state, the locking assembly 300 can lock the lock lever 201, thereby restricting movement of the lock lever 201. Since the lock lever 201 is fixed to the holder 200, the relative positions of the housing 100 and the holder 200 are locked.

In the case that the locking assembly 300 is in the unlocked state, the lock lever 201 may be separated from the locking assembly 300, i.e., the lock of the position of the lock lever 201 is released, at this time, the card holder 200 may be relatively moved with respect to the housing 100, so that the position of the card holder 200 may be adjusted, so as to replace or adjust the SIM card or the memory card carried by the card holder 200, etc.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, a limiting portion 2011 is disposed at an end of the lock lever 201 away from the card holder 200.

With continued reference to fig. 2, the locking assembly 300 includes a housing, a retainer 302, a lock body 303, and an elastic member 304.

Specifically, a housing cavity is formed in the housing, and a first opening 3013 is formed on a side of the housing cavity facing the card holder 200, in this embodiment, the housing specifically includes a housing body 3011 and a cover plate 3012 disposed on a side of the housing body 3011, the housing body 3011 and the cover plate 3012 enclose the housing cavity, the first opening 3013 is formed in the cover plate 3012, and obviously, in other embodiments, the structure of the housing can be adjusted accordingly, for example, the first opening 3013 is directly formed in the housing body 3011, which is not further limited herein.

The lock lever 201 extends into the housing from the first opening 3013, the lock body 303 is disposed in the accommodation chamber, the lock body 303 is movable in a direction toward the first opening 3013, the stopper 302 is disposed in the accommodation chamber, and the stopper 302 is located on a side of the lock body 303 away from the first opening 3013.

The limiting piece 302 and the limiting part 2011 can be matched, the elastic piece 304 is arranged in the accommodating cavity, the elastic piece 304 is located on one side, adjacent to the first opening 3013, of the lock body 303, two ends of the elastic piece 304 are respectively abutted against the inner wall of the accommodating cavity and the lock body 303, and the elastic piece 304 drives the lock body 303 to move towards the limiting piece 302, so that the limiting piece 302 is matched with the limiting part 2011 and locks the lock rod 201.

In a specific embodiment, the elastic member 304 may be a spring, and the elastic member 304 may be in an elastic compression state all the time, so that two ends of the elastic member 304 respectively abut against the inner wall of the accommodating cavity and the lock body 303, and in this embodiment, two ends of the elastic member 304 respectively abut against the cover plate 3012 and the lock body 303.

The elastic member 304 may be arranged in the direction of movement of the lock lever 201 within the housing, i.e. the elastic member 304 may be compressed or stretched in the direction of movement. One end of the elastic piece 304, which is abutted against the shell, can be abutted against the shell, and can also be fixedly connected with the inside of the shell; accordingly, one end of the elastic member 304, which is abutted against the lock body 303, may be abutted against the lock body 303, or may be fixedly connected with the lock body 303.

Referring to fig. 3 to 4, the process of locking the locking assembly 300 may be summarized as that when the lock lever 201 extends into the housing along the first opening 3013, that is, extends into the housing along the arrow direction in the drawing, and the limiting portion 2011 of the lock lever 201 moves to the limiting position of the limiting portion 2011, the limiting portion 302 is in limiting fit with the limiting portion 2011, at this time, under the elastic force of the elastic member 304, the lock body 303 abuts against the limiting portion 302, so as to limit the limiting portion 302 between the lock body 303 and the housing, and because the limiting portion 302 is in limiting fit with the limiting portion 2011, the position of the lock lever 201 is locked, so that the relative position of the card holder 200 and the housing 100 remains unchanged.

Referring to fig. 4 to 6, the process of unlocking the locking assembly 300 may be summarized as controlling the lock body 303 to move towards the direction approaching the first opening 3013 against the elastic force of the elastic member 304, so that the lock body 303 can be separated from the limiting member 302, thereby releasing the position of the limiting member 302 from being limited, at this time, the limiting member 302 also releases the locking of the locking rod 201, and at this time, the locking rod 201 can move relative to the locking assembly 300, so that the card holder 200 can move relative to the housing 100.

In practice, the limit state between the lock body 303 and the limit member 302 can be changed by the electric control or external force, so as to switch the locking assembly 300 between the locked state and the unlocked state.

In this way, by changing the limit state between the lock body 303 and the limit member 302, the engagement state between the limit member 302 and the limit portion 2011 of the lock lever 201 can be changed, thereby realizing the control of the switching of the lock assembly 300 between the locked state and the unlocked state.

In some embodiments, the lock body 303 is a magnetic material, and the elastic member 304 drives the lock body 303 to lock the lock lever 201, where the stopper 302 is disengaged from the stopper 2011 to unlock the lock lever 201 when the lock body 303 moves toward the first opening 3013 based on magnetic force.

The magnetic material may be a ferromagnetic metal, for example, iron alloy, iron, cobalt, nickel, or the like.

Specifically, when the locking assembly 300 needs to be switched from the locked state shown in fig. 4 to the unlocked state shown in fig. 6, as shown in fig. 5, a strong magnet 400 may be placed outside the electronic device, and under the action of the magnetic force of the strong magnet 400, the lock body 303 moves toward the first end of the housing against the resistance of the elastic member 304, that is, in the direction indicated by the arrow in fig. 6, so that the lock body 303 is separated from the limiting member 302, thereby releasing the limitation of the limiting member 302 and further releasing the locking of the lock lever 201.

In this embodiment, the locking state of the locking assembly 300 is controlled by using a magnetic force, so that the card holder 200 is conveniently removed from the housing 100.

In some embodiments, an electromagnet may be disposed between the first end of the housing and the receptacle 200, and when the electromagnet is energized, an attractive force may be generated between the electromagnet and the lock 303, so that the lock 303 may be disengaged from the stopper 302 under the magnetic force of the electromagnet.

In some embodiments, the limiting member 302 includes a ball, and the limiting portion 2011 is a limiting groove provided on an outer peripheral surface of the lock lever 201, and in the locked state, the ball is fitted in the limiting groove.

Specifically, during the locking process of the locking assembly 300, the locking rod 201 extends into the housing along the first opening 3013, the balls are gradually embedded into the limiting grooves, when the balls move into the limiting grooves and are abutted against the locking rod 201, the locking body 303 is limited in the space formed by the housing, the locking body 303 and the limiting grooves, the inner wall of the housing has an inward acting force on the limiting member 302, the direction indicated by the arrow in fig. 4 is a force-bearing schematic diagram of the limiting member 302 in this state, the balls lock the locking rod 201, the locking rod 201 stops moving, and the locking assembly 300 is locked, at this time, at least part of the balls are located outside the limiting grooves.

During the unlocking of the locking assembly 300, the lock body 303 is separated from the limiting member 302, at this time, the limiting member 302 has a degree of freedom to move toward the first opening 3013, and at the same time, the lock lever 201 can also move outward along the first opening 3013, so that the locking assembly 300 is unlocked.

In this embodiment, the locking assembly 300 is switched between the locked state and the unlocked state by the engagement of the balls with the limit grooves.

In some of these embodiments, an inner face wall of the receiving cavity at an end remote from the first opening 3013 is formed as an arcuate face 3014, the arcuate face 3014 extending inwardly in a direction away from the first opening 3013.

Referring to fig. 6, an inner surface wall of one end of the accommodating cavity far away from the first opening 3013 is formed into an arc-shaped surface 3014, and balls gradually move near the middle of the accommodating cavity while moving along the arc-shaped surface 3014 back to the first opening 3013 in the locking process of the locking assembly 300, so that the balls are gradually embedded into the limiting grooves.

Accordingly, in the unlocking process of the locking assembly 300, the balls gradually move away from the middle of the accommodating cavity while moving towards the first opening 3013 along the arc-shaped surface 3014, so that the balls are separated from the limiting grooves, and unlocking of the locking rod 201 is achieved.

In this embodiment, by providing the arc-shaped surface 3014 on the inner wall of the accommodating cavity, the arc-shaped surface 3014 may be matched with the balls, so as to realize switching between different limiting states between the limiting member 302 and the limiting portion 2011.

In some of these embodiments, the inner wall of the receiving chamber is provided with a guide groove extending inwardly in a direction away from the first opening 3013, in which the balls are rollably mounted.

Specifically, from the first end to the second end of the housing, the bottom of the guide groove gradually approaches the middle of the accommodating cavity, so that when the ball moves along the guide groove to the second end, the ball moves near the middle of the housing, and the ball is embedded into the limit groove; accordingly, when the balls move along the guide grooves toward the first end, the balls will move away from the middle of the housing, thereby effecting disengagement of the balls from the grooves.

In this embodiment, the guide groove is disposed on the inner wall of the accommodating cavity, so that the guide groove can be matched with the ball, so as to realize the switching between different limiting states between the limiting member 302 and the limiting portion 2011.

In some embodiments, the balls are plural, the guide grooves are plural corresponding to the plural balls one by one, and the plural guide grooves are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the accommodating cavity.

In this embodiment, by providing at least two balls, when the locking assembly 300 is in the locked state, the at least two balls are respectively inserted into the limit grooves, so that the stability of locking the lock lever 201 can be further improved.

In some embodiments, the elastic member 304 is a spring, the spring is compressed between the lock body 303 and the inner wall of the accommodating cavity, a through hole is formed in the lock body 303, in the locked state, the lock rod 201 penetrates through the through hole, and the spring is sleeved on the lock rod 201.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3, during the locking process of the locking assembly 300, the locking rod 201 passes through the through hole in the middle of the spring and the through hole in the middle of the lock body 303, respectively, to be inserted into the limit part 2011, thereby implementing the locking process of the locking assembly 300.

In some embodiments, the electronic device further includes an ejecting elastic member 202, where the ejecting elastic member 202 may be a spring or a resilient member such as a spring plate, and one end of the ejecting elastic member 202 is fixed to the card holder 200, and in the locked state, the ejecting elastic member 202 is compressed along the extending direction of the lock lever 201, so that when the lock assembly 300 releases the lock of the lock lever 201, the ejecting elastic member 202, which is originally in the compressed state, returns to the original state, thereby providing an elastic force for moving the card holder 200 in a direction away from the housing 100, and facilitating the removal of the card holder 200.

In some embodiments, the outer wall of the housing is provided with a connecting plate 305 extending towards the outside, the connecting plate 305 is provided with a first connecting position, and the housing 100 includes a first connecting member, and the first connecting position is fixedly connected with the first connecting member.

It should be appreciated that the locking assembly 300 is secured to the housing 100 by the web 305, and thus, the direction of extension of the web 305 may be adjusted as desired.

In some embodiments, the first connection member may be a screw provided on the housing 100, where the first connection position is a screw hole provided on the connection plate, and the target device is mounted on the housing 100 through the first connection member, and the target device is another connection member except the locking assembly 300, so that the housing can share the connection member of the target device when the housing is fixedly connected with the housing 100, so as to achieve connection between the housing of the locking assembly 300 and the housing 100.

In this embodiment, when the housing is mounted to the casing 100, the housing and other components in the casing 100 share the first connector, so that the addition of screws to the electronic device due to the mounting of the housing is avoided, and the internal space of the electronic device is saved.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, in this embodiment, the electronic device is a mobile phone, and the card holder 200 is used for assisting in installing a SIM card for example.

As shown in fig. 7, in the implementation, the locking unit 300 locks the card holder provided with the lock lever 201 at a predetermined position. With continued reference to fig. 8, when it is necessary to install, remove or replace the SIM card, the locking state of the locking assembly 300 is released by the ferromagnetic body 400, and the card holder is further removed.

Compared with the prior art, the card support in the electronic equipment of the embodiment can cancel the thimble opening, so that the integration of the whole machine is improved, meanwhile, the problem of large ejection force of the card support can be improved, and the user experience is improved.

In addition, in the prior art, the user may not be able to carry the card pin anytime and anywhere, and therefore, it may be necessary to take the holder with a toothpick or other article, which may cause such foreign matters to break into the holes of the card holder, thereby helping to reduce the possibility of blocking the holes of the card holder.

In this embodiment, the clip and the locking assembly 300 thereof abandon the manner that the lever ejection structure of the existing clip is welded on the PCB, and the replaced latch structure is simple to disassemble, so that maintainability can be effectively improved.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order depending on the functions involved, e.g., the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are also within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. The electronic equipment is characterized by comprising a card holder and a shell, wherein an opening is formed in the shell, and the card holder extends into the shell through the opening;

one end of the lock rod can extend into the lock assembly, the lock assembly can be switched between a locking state and an unlocking state, and in the locking state, the lock assembly locks the lock rod to limit the movement of the lock rod; in the unlocked state, the locking assembly unlocks the locking bar to allow the locking bar to move;

the locking assembly comprises a shell, a lock body, an elastic piece and a limiting piece, wherein the limiting piece comprises a ball, a containing cavity is formed in the shell, and one side of the containing cavity, which faces the clamping support, is provided with a first opening;

the inner wall of the accommodating cavity is provided with a guide groove, the guide groove extends inwards in the direction away from the first opening, and the ball is rollably arranged in the guide groove;

the number of the balls is multiple, the guide grooves are in one-to-one correspondence with the balls, and the guide grooves are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the accommodating cavity;

the bottom of the guide groove is gradually close to the middle of the accommodating cavity.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a limit portion is provided at an end of the lock lever remote from the card holder;

the lock rod extends into the shell from the first opening;

the lock body is arranged in the accommodating cavity and can move in the direction towards the first opening;

the limiting piece is arranged in the accommodating cavity, is positioned on one side of the lock body far away from the first opening, and can be matched with the limiting part;

the elastic piece is arranged in the accommodating cavity, the elastic piece is positioned on one side, adjacent to the first opening, of the lock body, two ends of the elastic piece are respectively stopped against the inner wall of the accommodating cavity and the lock body, and the elastic piece drives the lock body to move towards the limiting piece, so that the limiting piece is matched with the limiting part and locks the lock rod.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the lock body is a magnetic material member, the elastic member normally drives the lock body to lock the lock lever, and the stopper is disengaged from the stopper to unlock the lock lever when the lock body moves toward the first opening based on a magnetic force.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the stopper portion is a stopper groove provided on an outer peripheral surface of the lock lever, and the ball is fitted in the stopper groove in the locked state.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein an inner face wall of the receiving cavity at an end remote from the first opening is formed as an arcuate face that extends inwardly in a direction away from the first opening.

6. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the elastic member is a spring, the spring is compressed between the lock body and an inner wall of the accommodating cavity, a through hole is formed in the lock body, the lock rod penetrates through the through hole in the locked state, and the spring is sleeved on the lock rod.

7. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the outer wall of the housing is provided with a connecting plate extending towards the outside, the connecting plate is provided with a first connecting position, and the housing comprises a first connecting member, and the first connecting position is connected with the first connecting member.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising an ejection elastic member, one end of the ejection elastic member being fixed to the card holder, and in the locked state, the ejection elastic member being compressed in an extending direction of the lock lever.