JP4793228B2 - Terminal housing - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal casing, and more particularly, to a terminal casing including a pair of case portions respectively disposed on the front and back sides of a terminal.

  In recent years, portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, game machines, and portable audio players are rapidly spreading. Along with this, portable electronic devices have become smaller, lighter and thinner, and cost competition has intensified, so differentiation from other companies' products is an important matter in product development. In this context, there is a need to differentiate from other companies in terms of design and increase product value.

  Here, FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 show a case of a conventional mobile phone, and its configuration will be described. FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a conventional mobile phone, and FIG. 6 shows a front view and a side view thereof. FIG. 7 shows a cross-sectional view of the housing. Here, a foldable mobile phone configured by an upper housing 101 equipped with a display and a camera unit and a lower housing 102 equipped with an operation unit is taken as an example.

  As shown in the figure, a lower casing 102 of a conventional mobile phone is configured by attaching a front case 103 on the front side on which an operation unit is formed and a rear cover 104 on the back side to the side of the mobile phone. ing. Then, a part of the outer surface of the rear cover 104, specifically, a part of the lower half is cut away, and the battery is accommodated in the cut part, and the battery cover 105 is attached to this part to cover the cut part. It is configured as follows.

  At this time, the cut portion formed in the rear cover 104 is formed in a state in which the periphery is surrounded by the rear cover 104 as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 (portion indicated by reference numeral 141). Therefore, the rear cover 104 (reference numeral 141) is visible between the front case 103 and the battery cover 105, and many dividing lines are formed between the covers (cases) on the side surface. That is, in the conventional example shown in the figure, two dividing lines are formed such as a dividing line L101 between the front case 103 and the rear cover 104 and a dividing line L102 between the rear cover 104 and the battery cover 105. There was a problem that there were restrictions on the surface. In addition, this configuration may limit the thinning of the mobile phone. The housing having such a structure is also disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

JP 2001-119455 A

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a terminal casing that can improve the disadvantages of the above-described conventional example, in particular, improve the design and reduce the thickness.

Therefore, a terminal housing according to one embodiment of the present invention is
In the shape of this outer surface cut portion, a divided case portion divided into at least two or more forming the outer surface of the information processing terminal, an outer surface cut portion formed in at least one divided case portion and a part of the outer surface thereof being cut off A detachable cover portion correspondingly formed and covering the outer surface cut portion, and a terminal housing,
The outer surface excision part has an open part in which a part of the periphery of the outer surface excision part is not blocked by the divided case part in which the outer surface excision part is formed.
It is characterized by that.

  Then, the outer peripheral edge of the cover part is formed into a dividing line formed at the outer peripheral edge of another divided case part different from the divided case part in which the outer surface cut part is formed at the formation part of the open part of the outer surface cut part. It is characterized by being formed to reach up to.

  According to the above invention, first, the housing of the information processing terminal is mainly formed by the divided case part divided into two or more, for example, by the pair of divided case parts respectively divided on the front and back sides. Is formed. For example, in order to attach and detach the battery, the split case portion is formed with an outer surface cut-out portion that leads to the inside of the housing with a part of the outer surface cut off, and a cover portion that covers the outer surface cut-out portion can be attached and detached. Equipped. At this time, a part of the periphery of the outer surface cut portion is not blocked by the divided case portion where the outer surface cut portion is formed, and reaches the outer peripheral edge of the other divided case portion. Correspondingly, the outer peripheral edge of the cover portion covering the outer surface cut portion is also formed to reach the outer peripheral edge of the other divided case portion. Accordingly, the outer peripheral edge of the cover portion covering the outer surface cut portion is in direct contact with the other divided case portion, and there is a part of the divided case portion in which the outer surface cut portion is formed as in the conventional example. Can be suppressed. As a result, the number of dividing lines formed on the outer surface of the housing can be reduced, and the design can be improved.

  In the above configuration, the open portion of the outer surface cut portion and the dividing line are located on the side surface of the housing. Thereby, it can suppress that a dividing line appears on the front and back sides of a housing | casing, can reduce the number of the dividing lines in a side surface, and can aim at the further design improvement. In addition, the information processing terminal can be thinned. Further, the open portion of the outer surface excision part is formed on three sides around the outer surface excision part, which is substantially rectangular, and all three sides are located on the side surface of the housing, so that the dividing line of the entire side surface is formed. Therefore, the design can be further improved and the terminal can be made thinner.

  Moreover, the division | segmentation case part in which the outer surface cutting part was formed has the frame part covered with a cover part in the formation location of an outer surface cutting part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. The frame portion is engaged with another divided case portion different from the divided case portion where the outer surface cut portion is formed, and the cover portion is engaged with the frame portion.

  As a result, only the outer surface of the housing is cut off at the outer surface cut-out portion, and the frame portion that is a part of the split case portion is formed inside, thereby improving the rigidity of the housing. Can be planned. Further, since the cover part can be engaged and attached to the frame part, the structure for attaching the cover part can be facilitated and the strength at the time of attachment can be improved.

  Furthermore, another embodiment of the present invention is a terminal housing having a pair of split case portions that are respectively positioned on the front and back sides of the information processing terminal and that are engaged on the side surfaces of the information processing terminal. One of the parts is further divided into two parts so as to include each end part in the longitudinal direction of the divided case part, and one of the parts is formed as a detachable cover part. Even with such a configuration, as described above, the number of division lines formed on the outer surface of the housing can be reduced, and the design can be improved.

  Since the present invention is configured and functions as described above, according to this, the number of division lines that are formed by the divided cases or covers constituting the casing and appear on the surface of the casing can be suppressed. It has an unprecedented excellent effect that the design of the body and the electronic device using the body can be improved.

  The specific configuration of the present invention will be described in the following examples. In the following, a case used for a mobile phone will be described as an example. However, a case used for other electronic devices such as a personal computer, a PDA, a game machine, and a portable audio play may be used.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mobile phone according to the present embodiment, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are a side view and a front view of the mobile phone. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the housing.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the mobile phone according to the present embodiment includes an upper case 1 equipped with a display and a camera unit, and a lower case 2 equipped with an operation unit. A foldable mobile phone. And both the upper housing | casing 1 and the lower housing | casing 2 are formed in the substantially rectangular shape, and the thickness part is a side surface. The upper housing 1 is the same as the conventional configuration, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  The lower housing 2 of the mobile phone is configured by fitting a front case 3 covering the front surface side where the operation unit is formed and a rear cover 4 covering the back surface side, on the side surface of the mobile phone. That is, the outer shape of the lower housing 2 is mainly configured by a pair of divided case portions that are divided on the side surface into the front surface side and the back surface side. In addition, the rear cover 4 is formed with an outer surface cut portion 42 whose outer surface is cut in order to attach and detach a battery accommodated therein, and the battery cover 5 that covers the outer surface cut portion 42 is provided. Hereinafter, each configuration will be further described in detail.

  The front case 3 is a plate-like member formed in a substantially rectangular shape so as to cover the entire surface side of the lower housing 2. Specifically, as shown in the cross-sectional view along the line AA in FIG. 2 shown in FIG. 4, the outer peripheral edge of the front case 3 is bent at a substantially right angle, and the side wall portion 31 that forms the side surface of the lower housing 2 is formed. Is formed. That is, the front case 3 is surrounded by the side wall portion 31 and is formed in a concave shape having a predetermined depth. A number of holes (not shown) for exposing the operation buttons to the outside are formed in the surface portion of the front case 3.

  The rear cover 4 is a case that is disposed so that the front case 3 and the inner surface side face each other, is fitted and fixed to the front case 3, and covers the back side of the lower housing 2. However, the rear cover 4 is formed with an outer surface portion only on the upper side so as to cover only the upper half of the lower housing 2 (the connecting portion side with the upper housing 1). The outer surface portion of the upper half is substantially symmetric with the front case 3, and a side wall portion 41 that is bent substantially perpendicularly to the outer surface is formed around the outer peripheral portion of the front cover 3. A side surface of the lower housing 2 is formed in contact with the side wall portion 31 to be formed. In addition, the contact part of the side wall part 31 of the front cover 3 and the side wall part 41 of the rear cover 4 on the side surface is a dividing line L1 of the housing.

  And all the outer surface parts of the lower half of the rear cover 4 (the side opposite to the connecting portion side with the upper housing 1) are cut off. This outer surface cut portion (outer surface cut portion 42) is not closed by the rear cover 4 and the portion located on the side surface of the lower housing 2 is open compared to the conventional example. (Open part). That is, the side surface portion of the housing indicated by reference numeral 141 in FIGS. 6A and 7 described in the conventional example is not formed in this embodiment. In other words, the open portion around the outer cut portion 42 located on the side surface of the lower housing 2 reaches a later-described dividing line formed by the side wall portion 31 that is the outer peripheral edge of the front case 3. . As described above, in the mobile phone having the shape according to the present embodiment, the outer surface cut portion 42 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, one side of which is in contact with the rear cover 4, and the other three sides are open portions on the side surface of the housing. It has become.

  Further, the rear cover 4 is formed at a location where the outer surface cut portion 42 is formed, in the vicinity of both side surfaces of the lower housing 2 and toward the lower end direction (the end portion direction opposite to the upper housing 1) along the side surface. Two frame portions 43 extending in the direction are provided. In addition, the outer surface part exposed outside is not formed, and these frame parts 43 are formed one step lower than the outer surface part of the upper half of the rear cover 4. And these frame parts 43 are engaged with the front case 3, as shown in sectional drawing of FIG. Further, a key-shaped groove 44 (engagement portion) is formed on the side surface of the substantially central portion along the longitudinal direction of the frame portion 43, and a claw portion formed on the cover portion 5 described later is fitted. The

  And the battery cover 5 (cover part) which covers the said outer surface cutting part 42 is detachably equipped in the lower half of the said rear cover 4, ie, the formation location of the outer surface cutting part 42 mentioned above. The battery cover 5 has substantially the same shape as the outer surface portion of the rear cover 4 cut out by the outer surface cutting portion 42, and the rear cover 4 and the battery cover 5 are combined to form substantially the same shape as the front case 3 on the surface side. Thus, the entire outer surface on the back side can be covered.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the battery cover 5 is formed of a thin plate member having a U-shaped cross section in which a side wall portion 51 that forms the side surface of the housing is formed. The side wall 51 is formed at substantially the same height as the side wall 41 of the rear cover 4 formed in the upper half of the lower housing. Therefore, the side wall 51 that is the outer peripheral edge of the battery cover 5 is located on a dividing line formed by the side wall 31 that is the outer peripheral edge located in the lower half of the front cover 3 when attached. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a claw portion that fits into the groove portion 44 formed in the rear cover 4 is formed on the inner surface side of the side wall portion 51 of the battery cover 5, and is fixed to the rear cover 4. can do.

  In other words, the structure of the back-side casing formed by the rear cover 4 and the battery cover 5 described above is a case that is substantially the same shape as the above-described front case 3 and covers the back side that is engaged with the side face of the casing. Each of the end portions in the longitudinal direction is formed so as to be divided into two along the short side near the center thereof, one of which is the rear cover 4 and the other is the battery cover 5.

  With the configuration as described above, the side wall 51 of the battery cover 5 directly contacts the side wall 31 of the front case 3 at the lower half of the rear cover 4, that is, the side surface of the portion covered by the battery cover 5. Combine. That is, the outer peripheral edge located on the side surface side of the battery cover 5 is positioned substantially in contact with the outer peripheral edge of the front case 3, and only one dividing line as shown by reference numeral L2 is formed. And this division line L2 is located on the extension line of the division line L1 formed between the said rear cover 4 and the front case 3 formed in the upper half of the rear cover 4, and one division is carried out on the side as a whole. Only the line is formed. That is, as compared with the conventional example shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, a part of the rear cover 4 is not located between the front case 3 and the battery cover 5, and the number of division lines can be reduced. Therefore, the design can be improved and can be differentiated from other products, so that the number of products sold can be increased. In addition, the housing structure can be simplified at the side surface portion, and the mobile phone can be made thinner.

  Furthermore, although the outer surface portion 42 of the rear cover 4 has an outer surface portion removed, the frame portion 43 is formed inside, so that the rigidity of the housing can be improved. Since the battery cover 5 can be mounted by being engaged with 43, the mounting structure of the battery cover 5 can be simplified and the strength at the time of mounting can be improved.

  In addition, although the case where the dividing line is located on the side surface of the housing is illustrated above, the front case 3, the rear cover 4, and the like so that the dividing lines L <b> 1 and L <b> 2 described above are located on the other surface (for example, the back side). Each shape of the battery cover 5 may be formed.

  Moreover, although the case where the lower housing 2 described above is mainly configured by a pair of split cases such as the front case 3 on the front side and the rear cover 4 on the back side is illustrated, a plurality of split cases are further illustrated. The case may be configured by a battery cover 5 or other cover that is detachable.

  The housing according to the present invention can be used for mobile phones and other electronic devices, and has industrial applicability.

It is a perspective view of the mobile phone in the present invention. 2A is a side view of the mobile phone according to the present invention, and FIG. 2B is a front view thereof. It is a figure when the battery cover of the mobile telephone in this invention is removed, FIG. 3 (a) shows the side view, FIG.3 (b) shows the front view. It is the sectional view on the AA line of the mobile telephone shown to Fig.2 (a). It is a perspective view of the mobile telephone in a prior art example. FIG. 6A is a side view of a mobile phone according to a conventional example, and FIG. 6B is a front view thereof. It is sectional drawing of the mobile telephone in a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Upper housing | casing 2 Lower housing | casing 3 Front case 4 Rear cover 5 Battery cover 31 Side wall part (front case)
41 Side wall (rear cover)
42 External cut portion 43 Frame portion 44 Groove portion 51 Side wall portion (battery cover)
L1, L2 dividing line

Claims (5)

A division case portion divided into at least two or more forming the outer surface of the information processing terminal, an outer surface excision portion formed in at least one of the division case portions and a part of the outer surface thereof being excised, and the shape of the outer surface excision portion A detachable cover portion that is formed corresponding to and covers the outer surface excision portion,
The outer surface excision part has an open part in which a part of the periphery of the outer surface excision part is not blocked by the divided case part in which the outer surface excision part is formed,
The outer periphery of the cover part is divided at the outer periphery of another split case part different from the split case part in which the outer surface cut part is formed at the position where the open part of the outer surface cut part is formed. Forming to reach the line, the open portion of the outer surface cut portion and the dividing line are located on the side of the housing,
The split case portion in which the outer surface cut portion is formed has a frame portion that is covered by the cover portion at a formation position of the outer surface cut portion,
The frame portion has a groove portion that engages with the cover portion and engages with another divided case portion different from the divided case portion in which the outer surface cut portion is formed,
The cover part has a claw part fitted to the groove part of the frame part on the inner surface side of the side wall part covering the frame part.
A terminal housing characterized by that. The open part of the outer surface excision part is formed on the three sides around the outer surface excision part having a substantially rectangular shape, and all three sides of the open part are located on the side surface of the housing.
The terminal housing according to claim 1. The cover portion is a battery cover that covers a battery housed inside the housing.
The terminal casing according to claim 1, wherein the terminal casing is a terminal casing. The split case portion is formed in a pair of split case portions that are split into two located on the front and back sides of the information processing terminal.
The terminal housing according to claim 1, 2 or 3. An information processing apparatus comprising the terminal casing according to claim 1.

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