TWM639478U - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing, a lens module, a cover component and a pushing component. The lens module is disposed in the housing and includes a lens. The cover component is movably disposed between the lens module and the housing. The pushing component is fixed to the cover component and partially exposed from the housing. The pushing component is configured to be driven by an external force to move the cover component between an exposing position for exposing the lens module and a covering position for covering the lens module.

Description

electronic device

The disclosure relates to an electronic device.

With the development of the electronic device industry, portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, and notebook computers are becoming more and more popular. In order to meet consumers' pursuit of product functions, they also have music playback, games, video calls and shooting There are more and more electronic products with other functions.

However, the traditional switch structure for turning on or off the lens module requires many parts, the structure is relatively complicated, and the product assembly cost is also high. Moreover, more parts are prone to risks such as missing, wrong, and crooked stickers during assembly by on-site personnel. Therefore, there is still much room for improvement in the switch structure of the current lens module.

The disclosure provides an electronic device, the assembly parts of which are relatively simplified, and the assembly process is relatively simple, so that the assembly cost of the electronic device can be reduced and the assembly yield of the electronic device can be improved.

An electronic device disclosed in the present disclosure includes a housing, a lens module, a shield and a pusher. The lens module is arranged in the casing and includes a lens. The shielding part is movably arranged between the lens module and the casing. The pusher is fastened on the shielding part and partly exposed from the casing. The pusher is adapted to drive the shielding part to move between an exposed position for exposing the lens and a shielding position for shielding the lens by an external force.

Based on the above, the electronic device of the present disclosure utilizes the structural cooperation between the shield and the pusher, so that the pusher and the shield can move relative to the casing together to expose or shield the lens. With such a configuration, the user can turn on or off the switching lens by pushing the push piece. Therefore, the present disclosure only uses two components of the shielding part and the pushing part to achieve the switching effect of the lens, which greatly simplifies the number of parts and assembly complexity of the electronic device, and can reduce the assembly cost.

The aforementioned and other technical contents, features and effects of the present disclosure will be clearly presented in the following detailed descriptions of the embodiments with reference to the drawings. The directional terms mentioned in the following embodiments, such as "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", etc., are only referring to the directions of the attached drawings. Accordingly, the directional terms used are for illustration, not for limitation of the present disclosure. Also, in the following embodiments, the same or similar components will be given the same or similar symbols.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. FIG. 2 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a shielding element of an electronic device at an exposed position according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , in some embodiments, the electronic device 100 includes a casing 110 , a lens module 120 , a shield 130 and a pusher 140 . In this embodiment, the electronic device 100 may include an electronic device having a lens module 120 such as a notebook computer, a tablet computer, or a smart phone. In this embodiment, the electronic device 100 is a notebook computer, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, the electronic device 100 may include a first body 150 having a housing 110 , wherein the first body 150 may include a screen. In one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may further include a second body (not shown) pivotally connected to the first body 150 so that the first body 150 can be opened and closed relative to the second body. In this embodiment, the lens module 120 can be disposed above the screen of the first body 150 , but the present disclosure does not limit the position of the lens module 120 . The shielding member 130 is disposed in the casing 110 and is movably disposed between the lens module 120 and the casing 110 . The pushing member 140 is fastened to the shielding member 130 and at least partially exposed to the casing 110 .

As shown in FIG. 2 , the lens module 120 is disposed in the casing 110 and includes a lens 122 . In this embodiment, the casing 110 includes an opening 112 located directly above the lens 122 to expose the lens 122 . That is to say, the opening 112 of the casing 110 is aligned with the lens 122. Specifically, the opening 112 overlaps the lens 122 in the direction of orthographic projection (the direction of the upper view), so as to expose the lower lens through the opening 112 of the casing 110 122.

FIG. 3 is a schematic bottom view of partial components of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a shielding element of an electronic device at an exposed position according to an embodiment of the disclosure. It should be noted here that FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the shielding member 130 and the pushing member 140 in the electronic device 100 after assembly, that is, in the orientation shown in FIG. 2 , the viewing angle viewed from the bottom of FIG. 2 to the top . Moreover, in FIG. 3 , the casing 110 located between the shielding member 130 and the pushing member 140 is omitted to show the assembly relationship between the shielding member 130 and the pushing member 140 more clearly. Please refer to FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 at the same time, the housing 110 is located between the shielding member 130 and the pushing member 140 , and the shielding member 130 and the pushing member 140 are adapted to move relative to the housing 110 together.

5 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a shielding element of an electronic device at a shielding position according to an embodiment of the disclosure. FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a shielding element of an electronic device in a shielding position according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Please refer to FIGS. 2 to 6 at the same time. In some embodiments, the pusher 140 is adapted to be driven by an external force, thereby driving the shielding member 130 to move to the exposed position as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 and as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 . between the masked locations shown. When the shielding member 130 is at the exposed position, the shielding member 130 exposes the lens 122 so as to facilitate the user to operate the lens 122 . When the shielding member 130 moves to the shielding position along the pushing direction D1 , the shielding member 130 shields the lens 122 so as to close the lens 122 . The shield 130 includes a lens opening 132 corresponding to the lens 122 of the lens module 120 . When the shield 130 is in the exposed position as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 , the lens opening 132 is aligned with the lens 122, that is to say, the lens opening 132 overlaps with the lens 122 in the direction of the orthographic projection (the direction of the upper view), The lower lens 122 is exposed through the lens opening 132 . When the shielding member 130 is in the shielding position as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lens opening 132 is misplaced on the lens 122, that is to say, the lens opening 132 does not overlap the lens 122 in the direction of the orthographic projection (the direction of the upper view). , thus the lens 122 below is blocked by the shielding member 130 .

In some embodiments, the shielding member 130 includes a positioning hole 136 as shown in FIG. 3 , the pushing member 140 includes a push button 142 and a positioning post 144, and the push button 142 is located above the housing 110 as shown in FIG. 2 , that is, From the appearance, the push button 142 is exposed from the housing 110 so that the user can drive the shield 130 to move between the exposure position and the shielding position by pushing the push button 142 . The positioning post 144 passes through the housing 110 and the positioning hole 136 of the shielding member 130 and is fixed in the positioning hole 136 . In this embodiment, after the positioning post 144 passes through the housing 110 and the positioning hole 136 of the shielding member 130, the positioning post 144 of the pushing member 140 can be fixed on the positioning hole 136 of the shielding member 130 by means such as welding, The shielding part 130 can be moved together by being driven by the pushing part 140 .

In some embodiments, the housing 110 may further include a slot 116, and the positioning post 144 passes through the slot 116 of the housing 110 and the positioning hole 136 of the shielding member 130, and the positioning post 144 of the pushing member 140 is connected by means such as welding. 144 is fixed on the positioning hole 136 of the shielding member 130 . In this way, when the user applies an external force to the push button 142 to push the push member 140, the positioning post 144 of the push member 140 can move in the slot 116 relative to the housing 110, and at the same time drive the shielding member 130 along the slot. 116 moves between an exposed position as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 and a shielded position as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 . In some embodiments, the housing 110 may further include a push button groove 114 , and the push button 142 is movably located in the push button groove 114 . In this embodiment, the size of the push button groove 114 is larger than that of the push button 142 so that the push button 142 can move in the push button groove 114 . And, the top surface of the push button 142 can be higher than the top surface of the housing 110 around the push button groove 114 as shown in FIG. It is convenient to push the push button 142 with fingers.

2 and 3, in some embodiments, the shield 130 may further include a grounding spring 138, which abuts against the housing 124 of the lens module 120 to ground the shield 130, making it comply with electromagnetic compatibility (Electromagnetic Compatibility, EMC) specifications. In this embodiment, the material of the shielding member 130 may include conductive materials such as metal, and the grounding elastic sheet 138 may be a metal elastic sheet integrally formed with the shielding member 130, so as to bear and abut against the housing of the lens module 120 by its elasticity. 124, in order to achieve the effect of grounding. In one embodiment, the housing 124 of the lens module 120 may be electrically connected to a ground terminal on its circuit board, so that the housing 124 of the lens module 120 is grounded.

In addition, in some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may further include a damping element 134 , which may be disposed at least on the surface where the grounding elastic piece 138 contacts the lens module 120 . In other words, the damping element 134 can be disposed on the ground elastic piece 138 and be in contact with the casing 124 of the lens module 120 . In this embodiment, the damping element 134 can be sleeved on the contact end of the grounding elastic piece 138 , so that the grounding elastic piece 138 is in contact with the housing 124 of the lens module 120 through the damping element 134 . In this way, when the shielding member 130 moves, the damping member 134 moves relative to the housing 124 of the lens module 120 along with the grounding elastic piece 138, and the damping member 134 can provide friction and damping effects for this relative movement, so as to enhance the user’s push The feel when the button 142 is pushed. In this embodiment, the material of the damping element 134 may include rubber or conductive foam.

To sum up, the electronic device of the present disclosure utilizes the structural cooperation between the shield and the pusher, so that the pusher and the shield can move relative to the casing together to expose or shield the lens. With such a configuration, the user can turn on or off the switching lens by pushing the push piece. Therefore, the present disclosure only uses two components of the shielding part and the pushing part to achieve the switching effect of the lens, which greatly simplifies the number of parts and assembly complexity of the electronic device, and can reduce the assembly cost.

In addition, the shielding part may further include a grounding spring, which abuts against the housing of the lens module to ground the shielding part, so that the electronic device complies with electromagnetic compatibility specifications. Moreover, the electronic device may further include a damping element, which may be disposed at least on the contact surface of the grounding elastic piece and the lens module, so that the grounding elastic piece contacts the housing of the lens module through the damping element. In this way, when the shielding member moves, the damping member moves relative to the housing of the lens module along with the grounding elastic piece, and the damping member can provide friction and damping effects for the relative movement, so as to improve the user's hand feeling when pushing the push button.

100: Electronic device 110: shell 112: opening 114: push button groove 116: slide rail 120: Lens module 122: Lens 124: shell 130: cover piece 132: Lens opening 134: Damping piece 136: positioning hole 138: Ground shrapnel 140: Pusher 142: push button 144: positioning column 150: The first body D1: push direction

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. FIG. 2 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a shielding element of an electronic device at an exposed position according to an embodiment of the disclosure. FIG. 3 is a schematic bottom view of partial components of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a shielding element of an electronic device at an exposed position according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 5 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a shielding element of an electronic device at a shielding position according to an embodiment of the disclosure. FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a shielding element of an electronic device in a shielding position according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

100: Electronic device

110: shell

112: opening

114: push button groove

116: slide rail

120: Lens module

122: Lens

124: shell

130: cover piece

132: Lens opening

134: Damping piece

138: Ground shrapnel

140: Pusher

142: push button

D1: push direction

Claims (10)

An electronic device comprising: a shell; A lens module is arranged in the casing and includes a lens; a shield, movably disposed between the lens module and the casing; and A pusher, fastened to the shielding member and partially exposed to the housing, the pusher is adapted to be driven by an external force to drive the shielding member to move between an exposed position exposing the lens and a shielding position shielding the lens . The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shielding member further includes a grounding elastic piece abutting against a housing of the lens module for grounding. The electronic device according to claim 2 further includes a damping element disposed on a surface of the grounding elastic piece abutting against the lens module. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the material of the damping element includes a rubber or a conductive foam. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shielding element includes a lens opening. In the electronic device according to claim 5, when the shielding member is at the exposed position, the lens opening is aligned with the lens. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein when the shielding member is at the shielding position, the lens opening is mislocated to the lens. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the shielding member includes a positioning hole, the pushing member includes a push button and a positioning post, the push button is exposed from the housing, and the positioning post passes through the housing and the positioning post The positioning hole of the shielding part is fixed in the positioning hole. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the casing further includes a through slot, and the positioning post passes through the through slot to move between the exposure position and the shielding position. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the casing further includes a push button groove, and the push button is movably located in the push button groove.

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