JP2018196081A - Case for electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a case for an electronic device which is easy to stabilize a posture of the electronic device even when the electronic device is operated in a posture in which its operation surface is inclined.SOLUTION: Even when a user operates a smartphone 2 so as to be inclined and push an operation surface 2A of the smartphone 2 with fingers, a pressing force by the user's fingers is supported by a support portion 11, and falling of the support portion 11 is supported by a tension of an opening angle holding portion 12. Therefore, even if the user performs an operation of pushing the operation surface 2A with his or her fingers, an inclined posture of the smartphone 2 can be kept stable and the operation surface 2A can be easily operated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device case for mounting an electronic device such as a smartphone.

  This type of electronic device case is described, for example, in Patent Document 1 below. The case for electronic devices of Patent Document 1 covers a holding plate that detachably holds a portable information terminal that is an electronic device, a back cover to which the holding plate is attached, and an operation surface (front surface) of the portable information terminal. A surface cover that can be overlaid, and a continuous portion that connects one side of the back cover and the surface cover.

  The front cover and the rear cover are rotatable with respect to the continuous portion, for example, the front cover is rotated with respect to the rear cover so as to overlap the surface of the portable information terminal with the continuous portion as the center. Thus, the operation surface of the portable information terminal can be covered.

  The electronic device case is configured such that, for example, when the portable information terminal is placed on a desk, the operation surface that is a screen is inclined in order to view a movie or the like on the portable information terminal. Has been. For this reason, the one side part side of the back cover is rotatable with respect to the holding plate, and the back surface of the front cover (the surface covering the surface of the portable information terminal) is formed of microfiber fibers.

  According to this configuration, as shown in FIG. 5 of Patent Document 1, when the holding plate is rotated away from one side of the back cover and one side of the holding plate is placed on the back of the front cover, With the one side as a support for the holding plate, the portable information terminal is in a state where the operation surface is inclined by friction between the back surface of the front cover and the contact portion of the holding plate.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-215771

  When using the case for electronic devices described in Patent Document 1, the user uses the friction between the back surface of the front cover and the holding plate as a support for the holding plate on one side of the back cover, The video can be viewed after being tilted.

  However, when the user presses the operation surface of the portable information terminal with a finger to operate the portable information terminal, the contact portion between the back surface of the front cover and the holding plate is separated, and friction is exerted so that the inclination of the operation surface is maintained. become unable. Then, the portable information terminal is not stable and the operation surface is difficult to operate.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a case for an electronic device that can easily stabilize the posture of the electronic device even when the electronic device is operated with the operation surface inclined.

  An electronic device case according to the present invention includes a device holding portion that holds an electronic device having an operation surface, a back cover to which the device holding portion is attached, and a surface cover that can be stacked to cover the operation surface. A connecting portion that connects one side portions of the back cover and the front cover, and the front cover and the back cover are rotatable with respect to each other via the connecting portion, and A support part that supports the back cover by tilting with respect to the front cover in a state in which the front cover and the back cover are rotated to open and the back cover is inclined with respect to the front cover; An opening angle holding portion that holds an opening angle with the device holding portion by tension is provided.

  In the electronic device case of the present invention having the above-described configuration, in the state where the front cover and the rear cover are rotated to open through the connecting portion and the rear cover is inclined with respect to the front cover, The operation surface of the held electronic device is tilted together with the back cover, and the tilt angle of the device holding portion attached to the back cover is relative to the surface cover due to the support force of the support portion and the tension of the opening angle holding portion. Since it is held, the posture of the electronic device is stable even when the user performs an operation of pushing the operation surface with his / her finger.

  In the electronic device case of the present invention, the support portion is attached to the outer surface of the back cover, and the opening angle holding portion is disposed between the support portion and one side portion of the front cover. it can.

  In the electronic device case having the above configuration, the back cover is supported by the support force of the support portion attached to the outer surface of the back cover and the tension of the opening angle holding portion disposed between the support portion and one side portion of the front cover. The inclination angle of the attached device holding part is held with respect to the surface cover.

  In the electronic device case of the present invention, one side of the back cover is rotatable with respect to the device holding part, the one side of the back cover is the support part, and the opening angle holding part is The structure arrange | positioned between the said support part and the said apparatus holding | maintenance part is employable.

  The electronic device case having the above configuration is attached to the back cover by the support force of the support portion on one side of the back cover and the tension of the opening angle holding portion disposed between the support portion and the device holding portion. The inclination angle of the device holding part is held with respect to the surface cover.

  According to the electronic device case of the present invention, the posture of the electronic device can be easily stabilized even when the electronic device is operated with the operation surface inclined.

In the case for electronic devices concerning one embodiment of the present invention, it is a top view in the state where the surface cover was opened. It is a top view in the state where the same surface cover was closed. It is a bottom view of the state which closed the same surface cover. It is the expanded view of the same surface cover, a back cover, and a support part. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 1 in a state where the front cover is opened and flush with the rear cover. FIG. 6 is a bottom view showing a state where the surface cover is further opened from the state shown in FIG. 5. It is a use state figure of the state which uses the case for electronic devices by making the smart phone into a tilting posture. It is a use state figure of the state which concerns on other embodiment and is using the case for electronic devices by making a smart phone into an inclination posture.

  Hereinafter, an electronic device case according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, an electronic device case 1 has a touch panel type operation surface 2 </ b> A as a basic configuration, a device holding unit 3 that holds a smartphone 2 that is an example of an electronic device, and a device holding unit. 2, a back cover 4 integrally attached, a front cover 5 that can be overlaid so as to cover the operation surface 2 </ b> A as shown in FIG. 2, and a series connecting the back cover 4 and one side of the front cover 5. And a setting part 6.

  The back cover 4 and the front cover 5 have a size corresponding to the size of the smartphone 2 and are formed in a rectangular shape. The device holding unit 3 includes a rectangular plate-like portion 7 that is stacked on the surface side of the back cover 4 and a frame portion 8 that is integrally raised from four sides of the plate-like portion 7. In particular, the raised portions 9 arranged on both sides in the width direction, which are both sides in the short side direction, of the frame portion 8 overlap with both side portions in the width direction of the surface of the smartphone 2 (surface on the operation surface 2A side), It is configured to be elastically locked to both sides in the width direction.

  The connecting portion 6 is given flexibility so that the back cover 4 and the front cover 5 can be rotated relative to each other. In the present embodiment, in order to provide the flexibility, the continuous portion 6 is formed with notches 10 at a plurality of locations separated in the long side direction which is a direction orthogonal to the short side direction.

  The electronic device case 1 in the present embodiment further includes a support portion 11 and an opening angle holding portion 12. The support portion 11 is rotated with respect to the front cover 5 in a state where the front cover 5 and the rear cover 4 are rotated through the connecting portion 6 to open and the rear cover 4 is inclined with respect to the front cover 5. This is the part that supports the back cover 4. The opening angle holding part 12 is rotated so as to open the front cover 5 and the rear cover 4 via the connecting part 6, and the rear cover 4 is inclined with respect to the front cover 5 and inclined with respect to the front cover 5. In the state where the back cover 4 is supported by the support portion 11, the opening angle between the support portion 11 and the device holding portion 3 is held.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the support portion 11 and the opening angle holding portion 12 are integrally formed as a support portion 13. The support portion 13 is provided on the surface side of the front cover 5 and the back cover 4. The support portion 13 includes a main body portion 14 formed by sewing a front fabric and a back fabric. As shown in FIG. 4, the support portion 13 is formed in a rectangular shape that can be bent in the middle portion in the width direction, and passes to the middle portion in the surface width direction of the front cover 5 and the middle portion in the surface width direction of the back cover 4. The one long side portion 15 is sewn to the back cover 4 via the first sewing portion 16, and the other long side portion 17 is sewn to the front cover 5 via the second sewing portion 18. Has been.

  Of the support portion 13, a region in the middle in the width direction on the back cover 4 side is the support portion 11. The support portion 11 is formed in a rectangular shape, and is not flexible and has a predetermined hardness. For this purpose, in the support portion 11, as shown in FIG. 3, a hard plate 20 made of hard resin, for example, is internally fixed to the main body portion 14.

  A region in the middle in the width direction on the front cover 5 side of the support portion 13 is an opening angle holding portion 12. The opening angle holding part 12 is formed in a rectangular shape, and is flexible or flexible and poor in stretchability. That is, the opening angle holding portion 12 is formed of the front and back fabrics that constitute the main body portion 14. The boundary portion 21 of the support portion 11 and the opening angle holding portion 12 is configured to be easily bent.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the support unit 13 overlaps the back cover 4, the connecting unit 6, and the surface cover 5 in the covering state where the operation surface 2 </ b> A of the smartphone 2 is covered with the surface cover 5. When the front cover 5 starts to be rotated and opened through the continuous portion 6 from the covering state, the rear cover 4, the continuous portion 6, and the front cover 5 are separated from each other as shown in FIG. 5. That is, the support portion 11 of the support portion 13 is rotated so as to be inclined with respect to the back cover 4 around the second sewing portion 18, and the opening angle holding portion 12 as a whole is correspondingly inclined. The boundary portion 21 and the first sewing portion 16 are configured to be deformable so as to be bent.

  The electronic device case 1 having the above-described configuration has the smartphone 2 attached to the device holding unit 3, and the front cover 5 is rotated with respect to the back cover 4 via the connecting unit 6 to bring the operation surface 2 </ b> A of the smartphone 2 to the surface. If covered with the cover 5, it can be used to protect the operation surface 2A of the smartphone 2. Since the continuous portion 6 has the notch 10 and has low elasticity, the front cover 5 is not rotated by the elastic restoring force of the continuous portion 6, and therefore, the posture covering the operation surface 2 </ b> A is maintained.

  This case 1 for electronic devices can hold the smartphone 2 in an inclined posture in which the operation surface 2A is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane such as a desk. Here, a procedure for holding the smartphone 2 in an inclined posture and holding the inclined posture by the electronic device case 1 will be described. In addition, the inclination attitude | position of the smart phone 2 is an attitude | position from which the angle between the surface cover 5 and the smart phone 2 becomes an acute angle, as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 3 shows a covering state in which the operation surface 2A of the smartphone 2 is covered with the surface cover 5 as described above, and the operation surface of the smartphone 2 is rotated from the covering state by rotating the surface cover 5 as shown in FIG. The front cover 5 is opened so as to be separated from 2A.

  Then, in the support portion 13, the support portion 11 rotates around the second sewing portion 18, moves away from the back cover 4, and tilts with respect to the back cover 4. The opening angle holding part 12 bends based on the boundary part 21 and the first sewing part 16. When the front cover 5 is further opened, as shown in FIG. 6, the support portion 11 is further inclined with respect to the back cover 4 in the support portion 13, and the deflection amount of the opening angle holding portion 12 is further increased. However, the position of the bent portion of the opening angle holding part 12 moves from the boundary part 21 side to the first sewing part 16 side as the front cover 5 is opened (closer) to the rear cover 4 side.

  In this way, the front cover 5 is opened, the front cover 5 is rotated so as to be close to the rear cover 4, and the front cover 5 and the rear cover 4 (smart phone 2) are acute angles as shown in FIG. Is an inclined posture.

  In the inclined posture of the smartphone 2, the weight of the smartphone 2 works on the support portion 11 via the back cover 4. And the opening angle of the support part 11 and the back cover 4 is set between the boundary part 21 side end of the support part 11, and the surface cover 5, and the force which acts on the direction which tilts the support part 11 with the weight of the smart phone 2 is set. It is supported by the tension of the opening angle holding part 12. In addition, since the connection part 6 is rich in flexibility, in the inclination attitude | position of the smart phone 2, it bend | folds greatly at the edge part by the side of the back cover 4. FIG.

  As described above, even when the smartphone 2 is in an inclined posture and the user operates the operation surface 2A of the smartphone 2 with his / her finger, the pressing force by the user's finger is supported by the support unit 11 and the support unit 11. Is supported by the tension of the opening angle holding portion 12. For this reason, even if the user presses the operation surface 2A with his / her finger, the inclined posture of the smartphone 2 can be kept stable, and the operation surface 2A can be easily operated.

  The electronic device case 1 of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the support portion 11 can also be used as a part of the back cover 4 as in another embodiment shown in FIG. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, one side portion of the back cover 4 is rotatable with respect to the device holding portion 3 and is a support portion 11 having a predetermined hardness. The other side portion 25 of the back cover 4 is fixed to the plate-like portion 7 so as to cover the other side portion side of the device holding portion 3.

  The opening angle holding part 12 has flexibility and is arranged to pass between the support part 11 and the plate-like part 7 of the device holding part 3. One end side of the opening angle holding portion 12 is fixed to the support portion 11 by sewing, and the other end side is fixed to the back surface of the plate-like portion 7 of the device holding portion 3 by bonding. Further, the opening angle holding portion 12 is provided so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the electronic device case 1. Since other configurations are the same as those in the above embodiment, the same reference numerals are given to components having the same functions, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

  According to the electronic device case 1 having this configuration, the back cover 4 is rotated at the boundary portion between the support portion 11 and the other side portion 25 so as to bend the support portion 11 with respect to the other side portion 25. The smartphone 2 (device holding unit 3) is inclined with respect to the front cover 5.

  Then, even when the user operates the operation surface 2A of the smartphone 2 with his / her finger, the pressing force by the user's finger is supported by the support unit 11 and the force in the falling direction acting on the support unit 11 is 11 and the plate-like portion 7 of the device holding portion 3 are supported by the tension of the opening angle holding portion 12 passed between them. For this reason, the inclination attitude | position of the smart phone 2 can be stabilized and maintained.

  Like the above embodiment, the part used as the rotation center of the support part 11 exists in the apparatus holding | maintenance part 3 side, and it is the support part 11 side as a target part which attaches the one end side of the opening angle holding | maintenance part 12. The target portion to which the other end side of the opening angle holding portion 12 is attached may be the device holding portion 3 side or the front cover 5 side.

  In each said embodiment, the case where the support part 13 (support part 11 or opening angle holding | maintenance part 12) was provided so that the longitudinal direction of case 1 for electronic devices might be provided was illustrated. However, the support portion 13 (the support portion 11 or the opening angle holding portion 12) does not necessarily have to extend in the longitudinal direction of the electronic device case 1, and is disposed in the middle of the electronic device case 1 in the longitudinal direction, or electronic The device case 1 can also be arranged spaced apart in the longitudinal direction.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the notch 10 is formed in the connecting part 6 to make the connecting part 6 flexible. However, instead of forming the notch 10, it may be made of a flexible material. . The apparatus holding part 3 illustrated the structure provided with the plate-shaped part 7 and the frame part 8. FIG. However, the device holding unit may be configured to include only a frame portion, for example, or may be configured to be held and held at the four corners of the smartphone 2.

  In the above embodiment, the both ends or one end of the opening angle holding part 12 is fixed to the target portion by sewing. However, both the both end sides or one end side of the opening angle holding portion 12 can be fixed to the target portion by adhesion. In addition, in each said embodiment, the smart phone 2 was illustrated as an electronic device. However, the electronic device is not limited to the smartphone 2 as long as it has a plate shape and has an operation surface.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Case for electronic devices, 2 ... Smartphone, 2A ... Operation surface, 3 ... Equipment holding part, 4 ... Back cover, 5 ... Front cover, 6 ... Connection part, 7 ... Plate-shaped part, 8 ... Frame part, 11 ... support part, 12 ... opening angle holding part, 13 ... support part, 15 ... one side long side part, 17 ... other side long side part, 20 ... hard plate, 21 ... boundary part

Claims (3)

A device holding unit for holding an electronic device having an operation surface, a back cover to which the device holding unit is attached, a surface cover that can be stacked to cover the operation surface, and one side of the back cover and the surface cover With a connecting part that connects the parts,
The front cover and the rear cover are rotatable with respect to each other via the connecting portion,
The front cover and the rear cover are pivoted to open through the connecting portion, and the rear cover is inclined with respect to the front cover in a state where the rear cover is inclined with respect to the front cover. An electronic device case comprising: a support portion; and an opening angle holding portion that holds an opening angle between the support portion and the device holding portion by tension.   The electronic device case according to claim 1, wherein the support portion is attached to an outer surface of the back cover, and the opening angle holding portion is disposed between the support portion and one side portion of the surface cover.   One side portion side of the back cover is rotatable with respect to the device holding portion, one side portion side of the back cover is the support portion, and the opening angle holding portion includes the support portion and the device holding portion. The case for electronic devices of Claim 1 arrange | positioned between.

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