CN216562864U - Key structure, terminal protective sleeve and terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a button structure, terminal protective sheath and terminal equipment, the button structure is used for setting up on the shell and drives the moving part of shell in and removes, the button structure includes that the drive key and the spacing frame of installing on the shell slidable, wherein, spacing frame has relative first surface and second surface, be provided with the bulge with the drive key-type connection on the first surface, the second is provided with the spacing portion that is used for being connected with the moving part on the surface, so that the drive key drives the moving part through spacing frame and removes. When the key structure is assembled, the driving key is assembled on the shell; then the protruding part of the limiting frame is fixedly connected with the driving key, and the limiting part is connected with the moving part, so that the assembly of the key structure is completed. The movable part is driven to move by the limiting frame when the user operates the driving key, the key structure can stably, simply and effectively realize the function of the movable part, the key structure has convenient operability, and the key structure is easy to realize and can ensure the reliability of assembly and the integrity of products.

Description

Key structure, terminal protective sleeve and terminal equipment

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of terminal equipment, in particular to a key structure, a terminal protective sleeve and terminal equipment.

Background

The mobile key structure on the terminal equipment, such as an on-off key of a sound box, an on-off key of a mobile phone display screen and a mute on-off key, can realize the unlocking or locking of the display screen and the mute function; or the shoulder key of the game mobile phone uses the entity to dial the key to complete specific operation, thereby bringing excellent control hand feeling for the consumer and improving the game experience of the user. Correspondingly, the protective sheath with supporting use in terminal also can design to stir the structure and realize that the terminal stirs the function of key, and the button structure that provides and the stirring structure of protective sheath are difficult for the equipment and have the risk of dropping among the correlation technique, influence assembly efficiency and final user experience.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

To overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides a key structure, a terminal protection cover and a terminal device.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a key structure is provided, configured to be disposed on a housing and drive a moving member in the housing to move, the key structure includes a driving key slidably mounted on the housing, and a limiting frame, where the limiting frame has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, the first surface is provided with a protruding portion connected to the driving key, and the second surface is provided with a limiting portion connected to the moving member, so that the driving key drives the moving member to move through the limiting frame.

Optionally, the driving key includes an operating portion and a connecting portion, the connecting portion has a receiving groove matched with the shape of the protruding portion, and an adhesive layer is disposed between an inner wall of the receiving groove and the protruding portion.

Optionally, the protruding portion is a plurality of protruding portions arranged at intervals along the sliding direction of the driving key, and the adhesive layer is provided at least between a top surface of the protruding portion and an inner wall of the accommodating groove.

Optionally, a sliding groove for accommodating the driving key is formed in the housing, a guide hole is formed in the sliding groove, the connecting portion penetrates through the guide hole to be connected with the limiting frame, and the operating portion is provided with a butt surface attached to the bottom of the sliding groove.

Optionally, in the sliding direction of the driving key, the size of the guide hole is larger than that of the limiting frame; in the direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the driving key, the size of the limiting frame is larger than that of the guide hole.

Optionally, the limiting portion has a limiting space matched with the outer contour shape of the moving member, so as to accommodate the moving member in the limiting space.

Optionally, the position-limiting part includes a plurality of legs protruding from the second surface, and the legs are spaced apart and jointly enclose the position-limiting space.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal protection cover is provided, which includes the above-mentioned key structure, and the moving part is a toggle key of the terminal.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal device, including the above-mentioned key structure; or, the terminal equipment comprises a terminal and a protective sleeve arranged on the terminal in a sleeved mode, and the protective sleeve is the terminal protective sleeve.

Optionally, the terminal device is provided with at least one moving part, and the housing is provided with at least one set of the driving key and the limiting frame, and corresponds to the position of the at least one moving part.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: when the key structure provided by the disclosure is assembled, the driving key is assembled on the shell; then the protruding part of the limiting frame is fixedly connected with the driving key, and the limiting part is connected with the moving part, so that the assembly of the key structure is completed. The movable part is driven to move by the limiting frame when the driving key is operated by a user, the function of the key structure is realized, the function of different keys can be stably, simply and effectively realized by the design of the key structure, the key structure is convenient and fast to operate, and the reliability of assembly and the integrity of a final product can be guaranteed.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a key structure shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of one key structure shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Description of the reference numerals

11-shell, 111-sliding groove, 112-guiding hole, 12-driving key, 121-operating part, 122-connecting part, 123-accommodating groove, 13-limiting frame, 131-first surface, 132-second surface, 133-limiting part, 1330-supporting foot, 134-protruding part and 2-moving part.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, use of directional words such as "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom" generally refer to the directions as viewed in the figures of the drawings provided for exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, and "inner" and "outer" refer to the inner and outer of the respective component profiles. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, as used in this disclosure, are intended to distinguish one element from another, and not necessarily for order or importance. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated.

As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the present disclosure provides a key structure, which can be used to be disposed on a housing 11 and drive a movable element 2 in the housing 11 to move, and the key structure includes a driving key 12 slidably mounted on the housing 11, and a limiting frame 13, wherein the limiting frame 13 has a first surface 131 and a second surface 132 opposite to each other, the first surface 131 is provided with a protruding portion 134 connected to the driving key 12, and the second surface 132 is provided with a limiting portion 133 connected to the movable element 2, so that the driving key 12 drives the movable element 2 to move through the limiting frame 13. It should be noted that the key structure herein may be a movable key on various terminals, such as an on-off key of a display screen on a mobile phone, a mute key, a shoulder key of a game mobile phone, an on-off key of a sound device, an on-off key of a household appliance, and the like, and accordingly, the housing 11 herein is a housing of a terminal device provided with the key structure, and the moving part 2 is a movable electronic device for implementing different functions, and may be connected to a circuit board of a terminal, and when located at different positions, implement locking or unlocking functions, respectively.

Through the technical scheme, when the key structure provided by the disclosure is assembled, the driving key 12 is assembled on the shell 11; then, the protruding portion 134 of the limiting frame 13 is fixedly connected with the driving key 12, and the limiting portion is connected with the movable member 2, thereby completing the assembly of the key structure. The movable part 2 is driven to move by the limiting frame 13 when the driving key 12 is operated by a user, the function of the key structure is realized, the function of different keys can be stably, simply and effectively realized by the design of the key structure, the key structure has convenient operability, and the reliability of assembly and the integrity of a final product can be easily realized and ensured.

The protrusion 134 may be directly connected to the bottom surface of the driving key 12, and in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 2, the driving key 12 includes an operating portion 121 and a connecting portion 122, as shown in fig. 1, the connecting portion 122 has a receiving groove 123 matching with the shape of the protrusion 134, and an adhesive layer is disposed between the inner wall of the receiving groove 123 and the protrusion 134. After installing drive key 12 in shell 11, can be on the surface of bulge 134 and coating some glue in holding tank 123, insert bulge 134 in holding tank 123, alright realize drive key 12 and spacing 13's connection, can guarantee both joint strength, and be difficult for droing. Except the mode that adopts the point to glue, can also adopt modes such as pasting double faced adhesive tape, joint to fix between bulge 134 and the holding tank 123 to guarantee can not drop between the two, improve the reliability of connecting.

The shape and number of the protruding portions 134 are not limited in this disclosure, and in the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 2, the protruding portions 134 may be a plurality of protruding portions 134 arranged at intervals along the sliding direction of the driving key 12, for example, three, strip-shaped protruding portions 134 may be provided, specifically, the protruding portions may be designed according to the size of the limiting frame 13, an adhesive layer may be provided at least between the top surface of the protruding portion 134 and the inner wall of the receiving groove 123, and on the premise of ensuring the connection strength with the driving key 12, the weight of the limiting frame 13 is reduced as much as possible, so as to meet the design principle of light weight. In addition, the protruding portion 134, the stopper frame 13, and the stopper portion 133 may be an integral structure, and the operation portion 121 and the connection portion 122 may be an integral structure.

The manner in which the actuator key 12 is slidably mounted in the housing 11 can be varied. In the present disclosure, the housing 11 is provided with a sliding groove 111 for accommodating the driving key 12, a guide hole 112 is formed in the sliding groove 111, the connecting portion 122 passes through the guide hole 112 to be connected to the stopper 13, and the operating portion 121 has an abutting surface abutting against the groove bottom of the sliding groove 111. In the present disclosure, the operation part 121 may have the same shape as the sliding groove 111, the operation part 121 may be located inside the sliding groove 111, and may not protrude too much from the sliding groove 111, affecting the overall appearance of the terminal, and the surface of the operation part 121 is patterned to increase friction. The connecting portion 122 and the protruding portion 134 are located in the guide hole 112, the bottom surface of the operating portion 121 is attached to the groove bottom of the sliding groove 111, and the top surface of the limiting frame 13 is attached to the inner wall of the housing 11, so that the compactness of the whole in the up-down direction of the drawing is realized, and the back-and-forth movement along the sliding direction along the groove bottom can be ensured.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the guide hole 112 may be a long hole, and in order to ensure the sliding stroke of the position limiting frame 13, the size of the guide hole 112 is larger than that of the position limiting frame 13 in the sliding direction (the direction indicated by the arrow in fig. 1) of the driving key 12, and at the same time, in order to fix the position limiting frame 13 and prevent the position limiting frame 13 from being removed from the guide hole 112, the size of the position limiting frame 13 is larger than that of the guide hole 112 in the direction perpendicular to the sliding direction (i.e., the direction of the paper surface shown in the figure).

The connection between the position-limiting portion 133 and the movable member 2 may be in various forms, such as any detachable connection, for example, snap connection, or plug connection. In the present disclosure, the stopper portion 133 may have a stopper space that matches the outer shape of the movable member 2 to accommodate the movable member 2 in the stopper space. For example, the outline of the moving member 2 is cylindrical, the limiting portion 133 may be an annular structure protruding from the second surface 132, and has a limiting space for accommodating the cylindrical moving member, when the key structure is installed, the limiting space is aligned with the moving member 2, the driving key 12 drives the moving member 2 to move through the limiting frame 13, and when the key structure is detached, the moving member 2 can also exit from the limiting space, so that the operation is simple and convenient. In other embodiments, the outer contour of the movable element 2 may also be a square, an oval, a polygonal structure, etc., and the limiting space of the limiting portion 133 and the positions of the plurality of support legs, which will be described below, may be designed and arranged according to the shape of the movable element 2, which falls within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

The position-limiting portion 133 may be an integral structure, and in other embodiments, the position-limiting portion 133 may include a plurality of supporting legs 1330 protruding from the second surface 132, the supporting legs 1330 being spaced apart from each other and enclosing the position-limiting space, so that when the key structure is not installed in place, several of the supporting legs 1330 may be slightly adjusted to allow the movable member 2 to be located in the position-limiting space.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the limiting portion 133 includes two supporting legs 1330 oppositely disposed along the sliding direction of the driving key 12, and the two supporting legs 1330 together form a limiting space for inserting the movable member 2. Like this, in the direction of sliding, stabilizer blade 1330 is used in the side of moving part 2, can drive moving part 2 motion to can dismantle moving part 2 in the direction that does not set up the stabilizer blade, relatively easier some realizes the quick dismantlement of button structure.

According to the second aspect of this disclosed embodiment, still provide a terminal protective sheath, including the button structure that the above introduced, the terminal here can be electronic equipment such as cell-phone, flat board, intelligent wrist-watch, and this button structure can be installed on the lateral wall of protective sheath for stir the key and remove on the drive terminal, in order to realize stirring the function of key. Thus, when the terminal is protected by the protective sleeve, the user can drive the toggle key to move when operating the driving key 12 through the toggle key connection between the limiting part 133 and the terminal. The terminal protective sleeve has all the advantages of the key structure introduced above, and repeated description is omitted here.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device is provided, which may include the above-mentioned key structure, that is, the terminal device may be a mobile phone, a sound device, a household appliance, and the like, and the key structure may be an on/off key of a display screen of the mobile phone, a mute on/off key, a shoulder key of a game mobile phone, an on/off key of the sound device, and the like; or the terminal device comprises a terminal and a protective sleeve sleeved on the terminal, the protective sleeve can be the terminal protective sleeve introduced above, the protective sleeve can be sold separately, or can be sold and used together with the terminal, the terminal device has all the beneficial effects of the terminal protective sleeve, and redundant description is not repeated here.

In the present disclosure, the terminal device may be provided with at least one moving part 2, for example, a mute key, or, for example, a game handset, when the handset is held in a horizontal direction, the terminal device is provided with two shoulder keys as if a real game handle is held, so as to enhance the game experience of the user, and correspondingly, the protective cover introduced above is provided with at least one set of driving key 12 and limiting frame 13, and corresponds to the position of the at least one moving part 2, so as to respectively implement the functions of the plurality of moving parts 2 on the terminal.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements that have been described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. The key structure is used for being arranged on a shell (11) and driving a moving part (2) in the shell (11) to move and is characterized by comprising a driving key (12) and a limiting frame (13), wherein the driving key (12) is slidably arranged on the shell (11), the limiting frame (13) is provided with a first surface (131) and a second surface (132) which are opposite to each other, a protruding part (134) connected with the driving key (12) is arranged on the first surface (131), and a limiting part (133) used for being connected with the moving part (2) is arranged on the second surface (132), so that the driving key (12) drives the moving part (2) to move through the limiting frame (13).

2. The key structure according to claim 1, wherein the driving key (12) comprises an operating portion (121) and a connecting portion (122), the connecting portion (122) has a receiving groove (123) matching the shape of the protrusion (134), and an adhesive layer is provided between an inner wall of the receiving groove (123) and the protrusion (134).

3. The key structure according to claim 2, wherein the protruding portion (134) is a plurality of protrusions arranged at intervals in the sliding direction of the drive key (12), and the adhesive layer is provided at least between the top surface of the protruding portion (134) and the inner wall of the receiving groove (123).

4. The key structure according to claim 2, wherein the housing (11) is provided with a sliding groove (111) for accommodating the driving key (12), a guide hole (112) is formed in the sliding groove (111), the connecting portion (122) passes through the guide hole (112) and is connected with the limiting frame (13), and the operating portion (121) has an abutting surface which is abutted against a groove bottom of the sliding groove (111).

5. The key structure according to claim 4, characterized in that the size of the guide hole (112) is larger than the size of the stopper frame (13) in the sliding direction of the drive key (12);

in the direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the drive key (12), the size of the limiting frame (13) is larger than that of the guide hole (112).

6. The key structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the stopper portion (133) has a stopper space that matches the outer shape of the movable member (2) to receive the movable member (2) in the stopper space.

7. The key structure of claim 6, wherein the position-limiting portion (133) comprises a plurality of supporting legs (1330) protruding from the second surface (132), the supporting legs (1330) being spaced apart and enclosing the position-limiting space.

8. A terminal protective cover, characterized in that it comprises a key structure according to any one of claims 1 to 7, said mobile element (2) being a toggle key on the terminal.

9. A terminal device, characterized by comprising the key structure of any one of claims 1 to 7;

or, the terminal device includes a terminal and a protective cover covering the terminal, and the protective cover is the terminal protective cover of claim 8.

10. A terminal device according to claim 9, characterized in that at least one of said movable members (2) is provided on said terminal device, and said housing (11) is provided with at least one set of said driving key (12) and a limiting frame (13) and corresponds to the position of at least one of said movable members (2).

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