CN103682812B - Card accommodation pallet, card contained structure and utilize the electronic equipment of card contained structure - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a card accommodating tray, a card accommodating structure, and an electronic device using the card accommodating structure, from which a card holding tray can be easily removed from a case. In the card receiving tray (20) that can be accessed through the opening of the housing of the electronic device, there is provided: a card holding part (21) that holds the card (60) and can be accommodated in the housing through the opening; pull out the handle part (22) of the card holding part (21) accommodated in the shell; The moving mechanism (22a, 23) for moving between the protruding positions, the handle part (22) can move between the storage position and the protruding position by using its own weight.

Description

Tray for card storage, card storage structure, and electronic device utilizing card storage structure

technical field

The present invention relates to a card storage tray, a card storage structure, and electronic equipment using the card storage structure.

Background technique

Conventionally, in electronic devices such as mobile phones, electronic devices equipped with tray-type card connectors for attaching and detaching memory cards by external operations are common (for example, refer to Patent Document 1). In such a card connector, a cover is provided on the opening to prevent dust and the like from entering the connector through the opening through which the memory card is inserted or removed from the outside of the housing of the electronic device, or to improve appearance.

In recent years, since electronic devices are used in a wide range of environments, it is desired to obtain waterproofness from the cover. Among such caps, a structure in which waterproofness is maintained by an O-ring has been developed (for example, refer to Patent Document 2). According to this cap, both high waterproofness and high durability can be achieved by using the O-ring.

prior art literature

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-216082

Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2011-244247

However, in conventional waterproof covers for electronic equipment, it is difficult to downsize using a waterproof structure such as an O-ring. Especially in the thickness direction of the cover, it is necessary to secure a certain length. Therefore, since the opening is also elongated in the thickness direction, the connector is arranged on the inner side of the housing.

In this case, even if the user removes the cover and hooks his fingertips on the tray with the connector tray housed in the innermost part, it is difficult for the fingertips to reach the tray because the tray is located on the inner side. This makes it difficult for the user to hook fingers or fingertips on the tray, and there is a problem that it may be difficult or impossible to eject the tray depending on the situation.

In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable to increase the opening area of the opening to facilitate insertion of fingertips, but this would lead to an increase in the size of the entire casing.

Contents of the invention

The present invention was made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card accommodating tray, a card accommodating structure, and an electronic device using the card accommodating structure that can easily remove the card holding tray from a case.

In order to achieve the above object, the card storage tray of the present invention is a card storage tray that can be taken in and out through the opening of the housing of the electronic device, and is characterized in that it has a card that can be accommodated in the housing through the opening. the card holding part in the above-mentioned opening; pull out the handle part of the above-mentioned card holding part accommodated in the above-mentioned housing from the above-mentioned opening part; The moving mechanism for moving between the protruding positions enables the handle portion 22 to move between the storage position and the protruding position by its own weight.

In addition, the card accommodating structure of the present invention is characterized in that it includes: a card accommodating tray capable of being accommodated in the case of the electronic device through the opening of the case of the electronic device; and a cover capable of closing the opening of the case of the electronic device. .

According to this structure of the present invention, when taking out the tray from the inside of the case, after the cover is removed from the opening, by properly tilting the device including the tray and the case, the handle can be lifted from the opening with the cover by its own weight. Since the user moves to the outside of the case, or to the inside of the opening and near the opening, the user can hook a fingertip or nail on the handle. Thereby, the tray and the card can be easily taken out from the case, compared with the conventional case where fingertips and nails cannot reach the tray.

Moreover, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the electronic device of the present invention is characterized in that it is configured to have the above-mentioned card accommodating structure. According to this structure, in the electronic equipment equipped with the above-mentioned card accommodating structure, when taking out a card such as a memory card or an IC card mounted on the electronic equipment, the user can hook the fingertips or nails on the handle portion, and can easily Carefully remove the tray and card from the case.

The effects of the present invention are as follows.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a card accommodating tray, a card accommodating structure, and an electronic device using the card accommodating structure that can easily remove the card accommodating tray holding a card from a case.

Description of drawings

1 is a perspective view showing a card storage tray according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein (a) shows a state where a handle is at a protruding position, and (b) shows a state where the handle is at a storage position.

2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a cover of the card housing structure according to the embodiment of the present invention is closed.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state viewed in the direction of line II-II in Fig. 2 .

4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the handle portion of the card storage tray is located at a protruding position and protrudes from the opening of the housing when the card storage tray is taken out from the card storage structure according to the embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the card storage tray is pulled out from the card storage structure according to the embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view showing the card housing structure according to the embodiment of the present invention, (a) showing the state before the tray is inserted into the opening of the housing, (b) showing the state of inserting the card holding portion of the tray into the opening, (c ) shows the state in which the tray is inserted into the innermost part of the connector while pressing the handle, and (d) shows the state in which the cover is closed.

7 is a cross-sectional view showing the card housing structure according to the embodiment of the present invention, (a) showing a state where the cover is closed, (b) showing a state where the cover is removed from the opening, and (c) showing a state where the cover is removed from the opening And the state where the mobile phone is tilted, (d) shows the state where the tray starts to be pulled out.

8 is a perspective view of a tray according to a second embodiment of the present invention, wherein (a) shows a state where the handle is located at a stored position, and (b) shows a state where the handle is located at a protruding position.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the card storage structure according to the second embodiment of the present invention, (a) shows the state where the tray is inserted into the innermost part of the connector, and the handle is located at the storage position, and (b) shows the start of pulling out from the connector The tray is in a state where the handle is in the protruding position.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a tray according to a third embodiment of the present invention, showing a state where a handle portion is located at a protruding position.

In the picture:

1—card accommodation structure, 10—shell, 11—opening portion, 20—tray, 21—card holding portion, 22—handle portion, 22a—guiding hole (moving mechanism), 22b—locking hole, 23—guiding shaft ( Moving mechanism), 24—notch, 30—cover, 50—connector, 60—card, 72—handle, 72b—locking portion, 75—axis (moving mechanism), 76—handle holding portion.

detailed description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a case will be described in which the card storage structure for housing the card storage tray according to the present invention is mounted on a mobile phone which is a portable electronic device.

First, structures of a card storage tray (hereinafter simply referred to as “tray”) 20 , a card storage structure 1 , and a portable electronic device using the card storage structure according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 .

As shown in FIG. 1 , the tray 20 includes a card holding portion 21 and a handle portion 22 . The card holding unit 21 holds, for example, a memory card such as a micro SD card and an IC card such as a SIM card (hereinafter collectively referred to as a card 60 ).

The casing 10 also serves as a casing of a mobile phone, which is an example of a portable electronic device. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 , the housing 10 has an opening 11 through which the tray 20 is inserted, and the tray 20 can be accommodated in the housing 10 through the opening 11 .

As shown in FIG. 2 , when the tray 20 is housed in the housing 10 , the handle portion 22 is used to pull the tray 20 out of the opening 11 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 .

1 (a) and FIG. 1 (b) described in detail, the handle portion 22 is formed to be accommodated in the size of the cutout portion 24, the cutout portion 24 is formed in the portion of the holding portion 21 that does not accommodate the card, and is provided with the tray 20. The entry and exit direction A serves as the guide hole 22a in the longitudinal direction. The notch portion 24 has a pair of opposing side surfaces and a bottom surface connecting these side surfaces. In addition, a guide shaft 23 that passes through the guide hole 22a is provided on the front end side of the card holding portion 21 in the pull-out direction, with the width direction being the longitudinal direction. The handle part 22 is held on the guide shaft 23, and can move in the direction A in and out when the guide shaft 23 moves relatively along the guide hole 22a. The guide hole 22a and the guide shaft 23 constitute a movement mechanism. Here, the frictional force between the guide shaft 23 and the guide hole 22a is set to be sufficiently small, and the handle portion 22 can be moved by the own weight of the handle portion 22 by tilting the mobile phone.

As a result, the handle portion 22 can be in the state where it is most pulled out from the notch portion 23 as shown in FIG. 1( b ), the state of being most pushed into the notch 24 , that is, the storage position that is the state closest to the card holding portion can be moved to change the relative position with respect to the card holding portion 21 .

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , the cover 30 can close the opening 11 for waterproofing and dustproofing after the card holder 21 is accommodated in the housing 10 . In the present embodiment, the cover 30 can be attached and detached in the direction A in and out with respect to the opening 11 . The opening and closing method of the cover 30 is not limited to being detachable in the in/out direction A, and may be detachable by sliding in a width direction perpendicular to the in/out direction A, for example.

When the mobile phone is tilted to move the handle 22 to the protruding position, as shown in FIG. From this state, when the mobile phone is tilted in order to move the handle portion 22 in the direction of the storing position, or when the handle portion 22 is pushed into the card holding portion 21, the handle portion 22 moves in the direction of the storing position, finally as shown in FIG. 1(b) to reach the storage position.

Afterwards, as shown in FIG. 3 , when the opening 11 is closed by the cover 30 , even if the mobile phone is tilted to move the handle 22 toward the protruding position, the handle 22 will not move to the protruding position due to its own weight. In addition, the fitting structure between the cover 30 and the housing 10 may be any structure as long as it can suppress the movement to the protruding position due to the weight of the handle portion 22. .

As shown in FIG. 1 , a locking hole 22 b is provided at the front end portion of the handle portion 22 in the pull-out direction. The tray 20 can be pulled out from the case 10 by hooking a fingertip on the locking hole 22b.

The connector 50 includes a case 51 , a connector electrode 52 , a tray sensor 53 , and a shield 54 .

The housing 51 can accommodate and hold the tray 20, and is fixed to the base plate 70 of the mobile phone.

The connector electrodes 52 electrically connect the terminals 61 of the card 60 held on the tray 20 and the terminals formed on the substrate 70 .

The tray sensor 53 is formed of a switch which is turned on when the front end of the tray 20 abuts against the tray 20 when the tray 20 is fully inserted into the casing 51 . Insertion of the tray 20 can be detected by electrically detecting the short circuit of the tray sensor 53 .

The shield cover 54 is provided to cover the housing 51 in such a manner that the tray 20 is housed in the housing 51 .

Next, the operation will be described.

First, the operation of attaching the card 60 to the mobile phone will be described.

As shown in FIG. 6( a ), first, the user brings the tray 20 closer to the opening 11 of the housing 10 of the card storage structure 1 . In Fig. 6(a), regarding the position of the handle part 22, for convenience, it shows a state in a protruding position away from the card holding part 21, but in terms of structure, it is not limited to this state, and the handle part 22 can be located in a protruding position. Anywhere between the location and the favorite location.

Next, in FIG. 6( b ), the user inserts the tray 20 into the opening 11 from the front end in the insertion direction. In this case, it is assumed that the user inserts the tray 20 by pressing the front end portion of the handle portion 22 , so in FIG. 6( b ), it is described that the handle portion 22 is located at the storage position.

In FIG. 6( c ), the user pushes the tray 20 inside and installs it on the connector 50 . In this case, the user pushes the tray 20 into the innermost portion by pushing the handle portion 22 from the opening portion 11 with fingertips. Therefore, the handle part 22 is located in a storage position similarly to FIG.6(b).

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6( d ), the user closes the opening 11 with the cap 30 . As a result, the mobile phone is in a normal use state with the card 60 installed.

Here, the cover 30 is installed after the tray 20 is pushed into the innermost part, but the installation sequence is not limited thereto. For example, the tray 20 can be pushed into the innermost part of the connector 50 by pushing the tray 20 in front of the innermost part of the connector 50, installing the cover 30, and pushing the cover 30 in.

Next, the operation of taking out the card 60 from the mobile phone will be described. As shown in FIG. 7( a ), when the card 60 is mounted on the mobile phone, the tray 20 holding the card 60 is positioned at the innermost part of the connector 50 and the cover 30 is closed. At this time, the handle portion 22 is located at the stowed position.

As shown in FIG. 7( b ), even if the user removes the cover 30 from the opening 11 , the handle 22 does not move because gravity in the direction A of entry and exit does not act on the handle 22 while the mobile phone is held horizontally. , still in Favorites. In addition, at this time, the card holding portion 21 is not pulled out from the connector 50 .

As shown in FIG. 7( c ), when the user detaches the cover 30 from the opening 11 and then tilts the mobile phone so that the opening 11 faces downward, gravity in the direction A acts on the mobile phone. On the handle part 22 , the handle part 22 is moved to the protruding position by its gravity, that is, the own weight of the handle part 22 , and the end of the handle part 22 protrudes from the opening part 11 . The user can easily pull the handle part 22 out of the opening part 11 by hooking a fingertip on the locking hole 22 b formed at the front end part of the handle part 22 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 7( d ), the user hooks the fingertip on the locking hole 22 b of the handle 22 and pulls the handle 22 outward from the opening 11 . As a result, the card holding portion 21 is pulled out from the connector 50 . After that, finally, the user can pull out the entire tray 20 from the opening 11 to remove the card 60 from the tray 20 and return to the state shown in FIG. 6( a ).

As described above, according to the card accommodating structure 1 of the present embodiment, the user can easily hook a fingertip or a nail to the locking hole 22b of the handle portion 22 . Thereby, the tray 20 and the card 60 can be easily taken out from the case 10 compared with the conventional case where fingertips and nails cannot reach the tray.

In this way, since the handle portion 22 can be moved to the protruding position for easy removal of the tray 20 only by removing the cover 30 and tilting the mobile phone appropriately, there is no need to additionally provide a mechanism for moving the handle portion 22 and the tray 20.

In the above-mentioned card storage structure 1 of this embodiment, the case where the handle part 22 moves in the linear direction along the insertion/extraction direction A with respect to the card storage part 21 was demonstrated. However, the card housing structure of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various types of movement other than linear movement can be included as the movement method of the handle portion 22 . For example, one end of the handle part 22 can be arranged to rotate in the plane centering on an axis perpendicular to the plane containing the card holding part 21, and the handle part 22 can rotate around the axis and move away from the card holding part 21. move. Hereinafter, a tray according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9 .

As shown in FIG. 8 , the tray of this embodiment has a handle portion 72 . The handle portion 72 is made of a rectangular plate, one end is rotatably held on the handle holding portion 76 fixed on the card holding portion 21, and the other end has a fingernail that can be hooked on the user's fingertip when pulling out the tray. The locking part 72b.

To describe in detail, the handle holding portion 76 includes an upper plate 76a and a lower plate 76b formed by bending plates, and the handle portion 72 is disposed between the upper plate 76a and the lower plate 76b. The shaft 75 of the movement mechanism passes through the upper plate 76a, the lower plate 76b, and the handle portion 72, and the handle portion 72 is rotatable around the shaft 75. Both ends of the shaft 75 are formed to have a larger diameter than the shaft core so that the shaft 75 is prevented from coming off from the through holes formed in the upper plate 76a and the lower plate 76b.

The frictional force between the handle portion 72 and the shaft 75 is set to be sufficiently small, and by properly inclining the mobile phone, the handle portion 72 can be placed in the storage position shown in FIG. (b) Free rotation between the protruding positions shown. When the handle portion 72 is rotated, the locking portion 72b of the handle portion 72 can be displaced along the in/out direction A between a position farthest from the card holding portion 21 and a position closest to the card holding portion 21 .

The operation of taking out the tray according to the second embodiment of the present invention from the housing 51 of the connector provided on, for example, the casing of a mobile phone will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9 .

When the tray according to this embodiment is accommodated in a connector housing 51 of a housing (not shown), for example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , the opening 11 of the housing 10 is closed by the cover 30 . In this state, since the cover 30 presses the locking part 72b of the handle part 72, even if the user tilts the mobile phone, the handle part 72 will not rotate, and as shown in FIG. The fixed portion 72b is held at a stored position closest to the card holding portion 21 .

After the user detaches the cover 30 from the opening 11, when the mobile phone is tilted so that the opening 11 faces downward, since the gravitational force in the direction A acts on the handle portion 72, the gravitational force is utilized. , namely the own weight of the handle part 72, as shown in FIG. 8(b), the handle part 72 moves to the protruding position. Although not shown, in this state, the end portion of the handle portion 72 protrudes from the opening portion 11 from which the cover 30 has been removed. In this state, when the user hooks the fingernail on the locking hole 72b formed at the front end of the handle 72 and pulls the handle 72, as shown in FIG. Pull out the tray.

Thus, according to this embodiment, since the handle portion 72 is rotated only by detaching the cover and properly tilting the mobile phone, and the locking portion 72b of the handle portion 72 protrudes from the opening, the user hooks the fingernail on the protruding portion. The handle part 72 can be easily pulled out from the opening part of the locking part 72b. In addition, regardless of the structure of the cover, the tray of this embodiment can be used on any connector.

Fig. 10 shows a tray according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In addition, since the pallet of this embodiment improved a part of the pallet of 2nd Embodiment, and a basic structure is the same as 2nd Embodiment, the same code|symbol is used.

The specific improvement of the tray of this embodiment is that, compared with the tray of the second embodiment of the present invention, the handle portion 72 and the handle holding portion 76 are miniaturized, and the shaft 75 of the handle portion 72 and the handle holding portion 76 is The position moves to the left in the width direction of the tray 20 . In this way, the movable range d2 along the in/out direction A accompanying the movement of the handle portion 72 between the stowed position and the protruding position can be adjusted in the in/out direction A more than the handle portion 72 and the handle holding portion 76 in the state where the handle portion 72 is located in the stowed position. The dimension d1 is large. That is, by making the dimension d1 of the handle portion 72 and the handle holding portion 76 in the direction A small, the size of the tray 20 can be reduced, and the movement range dimension d2 of the handle portion 72 in the direction A can be sufficiently increased.

Compared with the cases of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, this embodiment is suitable for the case where the distance between the connector 50 and the opening 11 has to be increased, that is, the connector 50 has to be arranged at a position relative to the opening. The case of deeper positions.

In the above-mentioned card storage structure 1 of this embodiment, the case where the card storage structure 1 is attached to a mobile phone is demonstrated. However, the card accommodating structure of the present invention is not limited thereto, and can be mounted, for example, on a portable electronic device using a card such as a game machine, or on a portable card case for carrying a memory card. In this case, there is no need to provide a connector electrically connected to the card on the portable card case.

As described above, the card storage tray, the card storage structure and the portable electronic device utilizing the card storage structure of the present invention have the effect that the tray holding the card can be easily taken out from the casing. It is effective for a portable electronic device having a card accommodating structure.

Claims (4)

1. a card accommodation pallet, its peristome by the shell of electronic equipment and coming in and going out, this card accommodation pallet has:

Keep card and the card maintaining part be contained in by above-mentioned peristome in above-mentioned shell;

Be provided separately with above-mentioned card maintaining part and pull out the handle portion of the above-mentioned card maintaining part be contained in above-mentioned shell from above-mentioned peristome; And

Above-mentioned handle portion can be made closest to the favorite places of card maintaining part and the travel mechanism from movement between card maintaining part extrusion position farthest,

Above-mentioned handle portion can utilize it to move from focusing between favorite places and extrusion position,

The feature of this card accommodation pallet is,

Above-mentioned travel mechanism possesses and is formed in pilot hole on above-mentioned handle portion and through above-mentioned pilot hole and both ends are fixed on the axis of guide in above-mentioned card maintaining part, by the above-mentioned axis of guide along above-mentioned pilot hole relative movement, above-mentioned handle portion can move between favorite places and extrusion position.

2. card accommodation pallet according to claim 1, is characterized in that,

Above-mentioned handle portion can utilize above-mentioned travel mechanism to move along the discrepancy direction of above-mentioned card accommodation pallet in the peristome of above-mentioned shell.

3. a card contained structure, is characterized in that,

Possess: card accommodation pallet, this card accommodation pallet is the card accommodation pallet described in any one of claim 1 ~ 2, can be held in the housing of the electronics device by the peristome of the shell of electronic equipment; And lid, this lid can close the peristome of the shell of above-mentioned electronic equipment.

4. a portable electric appts, is characterized in that,

There is card contained structure according to claim 3.