JP4558698B2 - Portable terminal - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, and more particularly to an identification card holding structure.

Conventionally, SIM (Subscriber Identification Mo
dule: subscriber identification module) As shown in FIG. In the following description, the mounting direction of the identification card is the front. In FIG. 8, a card mounting recess 42 is provided on the inner surface of the case 41 of the mobile phone. A card connector 43 is also provided. The card connector 43 is provided with two rows of contact portions 44 and 45 on the front and rear sides, and a substantially intermediate portion between the two rows is identified by an identification card (hereinafter referred to as “card”)
A pair of holding portions 46 for holding 51 from the left and right are provided. The holding part 46 is formed by bending a metal plate and fixing one end thereof to the left and right ends of the card connector 43, and holds the mounted card 51 by its elasticity.

In the schematic configuration described above, when the card 51 is mounted, the front end of the card 51 is aligned with the position of the rear end of the holding portion 46, and the inner wall surface of the front end 42a of the card mounting recess 42 passes through the lower side of the holding portion 46 Slide forward until it touches. Accordingly, the slide amount of the card 51 has a length indicated by L in the drawing. The inner wall surface of the rear end 42b of the card mounting recess 42 functions as a stopper that prevents the card 51 after mounting from being pulled out.
Examples of the related art related to this are as follows.
WO9813784 WO9825424

However, the card holding structure has a problem that the card slide amount is long. Further, since the inner wall surface of the rear end of the card mounting recess is used as a stopper, it is necessary to lift and flex the rear end side of the card upward when taking out the card. Therefore, there is a problem that mechanical stress is applied to the card.

The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card holding structure with a reduced amount of card slide. The present invention also provides:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a card holding structure that can be taken out without bending the card and a portable terminal having the card holding structure.

A portable terminal according to the present invention is provided in a case, an opening for attaching a battery provided in the case, a card mounting recess provided in the opening, and the card mounting recess. A card connector for sliding and mounting, a card holding portion provided at the front portion of the card connector in the sliding direction of the card, and a stopper made of an elastic piece provided on the bottom surface of the card mounting recess, The card has a leading end positioned near the rear end of the card holding unit, and the card is not held by the card holding unit, and the card moves the stopper toward the bottom surface of the card mounting recess. When the stopper is leveled, the card is slid along the sliding direction so that the tip is Through the bottom of the de-holder, together with the card is held in the card holding portion, the stopper is intended to hold the end face opposite to the sliding direction of the card.

With this configuration, after placing the card horizontally on the bottom of the card mounting recess,
Card and hold it with the card holder and stopper, without bending the card
The card can be mounted without applying mechanical stress to the card.

The present invention holds the front part of the card by the card holding part provided at the front part in the sliding direction of the card, and holds the rear part of the card by the inner wall surface of the cover of the case of the portable terminal.
There is provided a portable terminal having e Bei the card holding structure having an excellent effect of the size of the secure holding a card mounting portion of the card is possible.

In addition, the present invention has a card mounting portion recessed in the inner surface of the case of the mobile terminal,
By one end to the bottom surface of the card mounting portion is provided with a case-side stopper formed of an elastic piece of the fixed rectangular, Bei card holding structure having an excellent effect that can be extracted without bending the card A portable terminal is provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. This figure shows the back side case 1 of the mobile phone. The back case 1 is formed with an opening 2 for attaching a cover and battery from substantially the center to the lower edge. A card mounting recess 3 for mounting a card is provided in the opening 2. The card mounting recess 3 is recessed in a substantially rectangular shape on the inner surface of the back side case 1 so that the card can be mounted in a direction (right to left in the figure) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the back side case 1. ing. A through hole 4 is formed from the center of the card mounting recess 3 in the card mounting direction to the front (left side in the figure), and the card connector 6 is fixed to the printed circuit board 5 exposed therefrom. Further, a case-side stopper 7 is provided at the rear portion (right side in the figure) of the card mounting recess 3 to prevent the mounted card from coming off.

2 is an enlarged view of a main part in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a state where a cover and battery are attached to FIG. 4 is a perspective view seen from the back surface (lower side in the figure) of FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the card connector 6 includes two sets of contact piece members 9 and 10 disposed on the front and rear of the plate-like base, and a pair of holding portions 13. The base has a substantially rectangular planar shape, and the front edge side in the card mounting direction is formed wide.

A set of three contact piece members 9 arranged at the rear part in the card mounting direction is made of a thin metal piece, and at the rear end thereof is a joint part 14 to be soldered to the printed circuit board 5 of the mobile phone body.
And a contact portion 11 that comes into contact with the contact of the card. The contact piece member 9 advances straight from the end surface (rear end surface) on the card mounting side of the base toward the inside of the base. Then, a cross section opened in the base corresponding to the contact portion 11 is exposed from the wall surface of the rectangular through hole 16. Furthermore, it curves upward from a substantially central portion in the through hole 16 to be higher than the surface (upper surface) of the base, and after forming a peak, it curves downward to the end. That is, the contact portion 11 is curved in a mountain shape and has a terminal end in the card mounting direction.

Further, the set of three contact piece members 10 arranged at the front part in the card mounting direction is made of a thin metal piece, and a joint part 15 to be soldered to the printed circuit board 5 of the mobile phone body is provided at the front end. The other end is provided with a contact portion 12 that contacts the contact of the card. The contact member 10 extends from the end surface (front end surface) opposite to the card mounting side of the base to the inside of the base, and the cross-section vacated in the base corresponding to the contact portion 12 is left before the through hole 17 having a rectangular shape. Turn to. Then, it goes straight in parallel to the through-hole 17, and after passing through the through-hole 17, the direction is reversed and exposed from the rear side wall surface of the through-hole 17. Furthermore, it curves upward in the through-hole 17 and becomes higher than the surface (upper surface) of the base, and after forming a peak, it curves downward to the end. That is, the contact portion 12 is also curved in a mountain shape and has a terminal end in the card mounting direction.

A pair of holding portions 13 are attached to the wide portion of the base. Holding part 13
Is a plate in which a metal plate is bent and one end thereof is fixed to a wide part of the base, and the elasticity of the metal plate holds both sides of the front edge portion of the mounted card.

The case-side stopper 7 is formed of a substantially rectangular elastic piece, the rear end 7b is fixed to the bottom surface of the card mounting recess 3, and extends slightly obliquely upward from the rear end 7b toward the front end 7c. A notch 7a is formed around the case side stopper 7 excluding the rear end. The case-side stopper 7 is preferably formed integrally with the bottom surface of the card mounting recess 3.

A battery-side stopper 21 and a pressure contact portion 22 are provided on the back surface of the cover / battery 8 (lower side in FIG. 3). As shown in FIG. 4, the battery-side stopper 21 has a substantially square planar shape, and the cover-and-battery 8 is disposed so as to face the position immediately to the right of the case-side stopper 7 on the bottom surface of the card mounting recess 3. Projected on the back. Further, the pressure contact portion 22 has a substantially rectangular planar shape, and protrudes from the back surface of the cover / battery 8 so as to face the contact portion 11 of the card connector 6.

Next, a card attaching / detaching operation in the mobile phone configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state in which card insertion is started, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a card installation completion state, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a card installation completion state.

First, as shown in FIG. 5, the front end 31a of the card 31 is aligned with the vicinity of the rear end of the holding portion 13, and the rear portion of the card 31 resists the elasticity of the case side stopper 7 and Press in the direction. The case-side stopper 7 is pushed by the lower surface of the card 31 and bends downward about the rear end 7b to become horizontal. Next, the card 31 is slid in the left direction in the figure. At this time, both side ends of the card 31 are guided by the side wall surface of the card mounting recess 3. 6 and 7, the tip 31a of the card 31 passes under the holding portion 13 and stops at a predetermined position. When the front end 31a of the card 31 stops at a predetermined position, the rear end 31b comes to be positioned in front of the front end 7c of the case side stopper 7, so that the case side stopper 7 is centered on the rear end 7b by its elasticity. Bend upward. Therefore, both sides of the front portion of the card 31 are held by the holding portion 13, and as a result, a good contact state between the contact portion 12 of the card connector 6 and the contact portion (not shown) of the card 31 is maintained. Further, the case-side stopper 7 prevents the card 31 from being pulled backward. Furthermore, from this state, the cover / battery 8 is attached, and the position of the card 31 above the contact portion 11 is pressed by the pressure contact portion 22, and the contact portion
A good contact state between 11 and the contact portion (not shown) of the card 31 is maintained. Further, the battery side stopper 21 also prevents the card 31 from being pulled backward.

On the contrary, when taking out the card 31, the case side stopper 7 is pressed downward and bent until it becomes horizontal, and then the card 31 is slid backward. When the card 31 returns to the position shown in FIG. 5, the rear portion of the card 31 is lifted from the bottom surface of the card mounting recess 3 by the elasticity of the case-side stopper 7, so that it can be easily taken out.

Thus, in this embodiment, since the holding portion 13 is disposed at the front portion of the card connector, the card slide is compared with the conventional example in which the holding portion is disposed at the center portion of the card connector. Since the amount is shortened, the card mounting portion can be miniaturized. And the fall of the holding force with respect to the card | curd rear part by having arrange | positioned the holding | maintenance part to the front part is solved by providing the press-contact part 22. FIG. Further, by providing a stopper 7 made of an elastic piece having one end fixed to the bottom surface of the card mounting recess 3, the card can be taken out without being bent.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, For example, following (1)
, (2) can be modified.

(1) The case-side stopper 7 is arranged in a state where it is rotated 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise. Thus, when the card 31 is removed, the rear end 31b of the card 31 is
It is possible to avoid a situation in which it is accidentally inserted into the lower side of the case side stopper 7.

(2) Since the card 31 has a notch 31c formed at one corner, for example, FIG.
By configuring the battery-side stopper to face the region 23 surrounded by the broken line, it is possible to avoid a situation where the front and back of the card 31 or the front and back of the card 31 are erroneously attached.

The figure for demonstrating the mobile telephone of embodiment of this invention, FIG. 1 is an enlarged view of a main part in FIG. FIG. 1 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a state where a cover and a battery are attached, A perspective view from the back of FIG. A plan view showing a state of starting the card installation, A plan view showing the card installation completion state, Sectional drawing which shows the completion | finish state of card | curd installation, It is a figure for demonstrating the conventional identification card holding structure.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Back side case 3 Card mounting recessed part 6 Card connector 7 Case side stopper 8 Cover and battery
11, 12 Contact part
13 Holding part
21 Battery side stopper
22 Pressure weld
31 cards

Claims (5)

Case and
An opening for attaching a battery provided in the case;
A card mounting recess provided in the opening;
A card connector provided in the recess for mounting the card, for mounting the card by sliding;
A card holder provided at the front of the card connector in the card sliding direction;
A stopper made of an elastic piece provided on the bottom surface of the card mounting recess,
When the leading end of the card is aligned near the rear end of the card holding portion and the card is not held by the card holding portion, the card presses the stopper toward the bottom surface of the card mounting recess. ,
When the stopper is leveled, the card is slid along the sliding direction so that the tip passes under the card holding part and the card is held by the card holding part. , mobile terminal the stopper holds the end face opposite to the sliding direction of the card. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,
When the stopper is pressed and leveled, the card is slid in the direction opposite to the sliding direction, and the tip passes under the card holding part and is separated from the rear end part of the card holding part. A portable terminal in which a stopper lifts the card by elasticity. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
The card connector is a portable terminal having a pair of contact portions for making electrical contact with the card before and after the card in the sliding direction. The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A portable terminal that guides a sliding operation of the card by a side wall surface of the recess for mounting the card. The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein
The mobile terminal is an identification card.

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