CN102157286A - Output and input system for electronic apparatus - Google Patents
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Disclosed is an electronic apparatus which comprises buttons, a display and a vibrator unit, and may comprises buttons including glass buttons, metallic buttons, buttons installed on a printed circuit board and buttons partially formed by an antenna structure. The sliding performance of the metallic buttons can be improved through button coatings, and a polymer layer can be inserted between a button plate and a housing structure. Glass buttons may have a lower side with composition ink layer formed thereon, and an elastomer member lowers the button pressing noises. Multiple parts of the buttons have the conductive characteristics for forming various parts of an antenna.
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The rights and interests that No. the 12/794633rd, No. the 61/325761st, the U.S. Provisional Patent Application that the application requires to submit on April 19th, 2010, No. the 12/794651st, the U.S. Patent application of submitting on June 4th, 2010 and the U.S. Patent application submitted on June 4th, 2010.
Because the model machine of the iPhone of Apple 4 is stolen from the engineer of Apple on March 25th, 2010, under the situation that does not have Apple to authorize, disclosed to the public too early so will disclose among the application with claimed invention.U.S.'s priority application as the application basis is not obviously being submitted to before the theft as yet.
Technical field
Present invention relates in general to electronic equipment and be used for electron device part.
Background technology
Electronic equipment such as cellular phone comprises numerous electric parts and mechanical part.What should pay close attention to is that the outward appearance of these parts needs durable, fashion, and shows good performance.Often need make compromise.For example, may be difficult to design the strong mechanical parts of outward appearance fashion.Even the time compact parts and under multiple operating environment the design of the good parts of performance also face the challenge.
Therefore, expectation can provide improved electronic equipment and be used for electron device part.
Summary of the invention
A kind of electronic equipment that comprises mechanical part and electronic unit can be provided.These parts can comprise such as the mechanical structure of mounting structure with such as integrated circuit, printed circuit board (PCB) be installed to the electric parts of the electric device of printed circuit board (PCB).Optics, connector, antenna, button and other structure all can be included in the electronic equipment.
Electronic equipment can have housing.Electronic unit and mechanical structure can be formed in this housing.In order to guarantee the fashion of electronic equipment, can adopt fashion material to form electron device part such as metal and plastics.Can realize compact size by adopting compact inside mounting structure.Can realize good electrical properties to handle multiple heat load and electric loading by design of electronic devices.
Can in electronic equipment, comprise button, for example, glass button, metal button, the button that is assembled into the button of printed circuit board (PCB) and partly forms by antenna structure.Can adopt the button coating to improve the sliding capability of metal to metal button.Can adopt flexible member to reduce the click of button.
Thereby can adopt vibrator units in response to Inbound Calls, calendar or other incident vibrate electrons equipment.Can adopt gradually thin counterweight (counterweight) to save the space.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram according to the exemplary electronic equipment of the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 A is the isometric front view according to the exemplary electronic equipment of the be provided with button of the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 B is the rear perspective view according to the exemplary electronic equipment of the be provided with button of the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 is the side cross-sectional view of traditional plastic honeycomb formula telephone button.
Fig. 4 is the stereogram that can be used on the glass press-button structure in the button according to the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 is the side cross-sectional view according to the exemplary button of the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 6 is the side cross-sectional view according to the exemplary button in the part that is installed in electronic equipment of the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 7 is the flow chart according to the included exemplary step of the formation button of the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 8 is the stereogram according to the exemplary electronic equipment of the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 9 is the cross-sectional end view according to the exemplary electronic equipment of the type as shown in Figure 8 of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 10 is the top internal view according to the electronic equipment of the embodiment of the invention.
How Figure 11 can use audio jack that the top view of inside of the electronic equipment of microphone is installed according to illustrating of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 12 is the sectional view of the conventional button in the cellular phone.
Figure 13 is the sectional view according to the button assembly in the electronic equipment of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 14 is the gradually stereogram of the exemplary electronic equipment vibrator of thin weight that has according to the embodiment of the invention, and wherein this gradually thin weight has trochoidal surface.
Figure 15 is the gradually stereogram of the exemplary electronic equipment vibrator of thin weight that the cylindrical part by different size forms that has according to the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 16 is the top view according to the exemplary electronic equipment vibrator with conical tapered weight of the embodiment of the invention, and how its gradually thin shape that shows this weight makes optional feature be installed near this vibrator.
Figure 17 is the gradually top view of the exemplary electronic equipment vibrator of thin weight that the cylindrical part by different size forms that has according to the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 18 is the end view that how vibrator can be installed between casting of electronic device structure and the audio jack that shows according to the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 19 is the stereogram according to the button of type shown in Figure 13 of the embodiment of the invention, and this button has outstanding button member by apparatus casing, and has the visual detector that is formed by the ink marks piece on the part that is positioned at button.
Figure 20 is that the button according to type shown in Figure 19 of the embodiment of the invention is moved to the stereogram of having hidden after this visual detector makes its sightless position at it.
Figure 21 is the sectional view according to the button of type shown in Figure 19 of the embodiment of the invention and 20, and it shows coating and can how to be set on the part of button member so that button member along the interior smooth of apparatus casing move.
Figure 22 is the sectional view according to the exemplary electronic equipment that comprises button of the embodiment of the invention, and described button has the button support component that comprises antenna structure.
Figure 23 is the stereogram according to the outer corner of the electronic equipment with button of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 24 is the end view according to the exemplary button assembly with integral type central authorities spring of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 25 A is the isometric front view according to the button panel with button member of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 25 B is the end view according to the button panel with button member of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 25 C is the rear perspective view according to the button panel with button member of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 26 is the stereogram according to the part of the casting of electronic device with integral type spring of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 27 is the stereogram of button panel of a part that has the casting of electronic device of integral type spring according to being attached to of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 28 is the stereogram according to the dome switch assembly of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 29 is the stereogram of the button panel of the part that is attached to casting of electronic device of four the sidepiece springs of employing according to the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 30 is the end view according to the button assembly with four sidepiece springs of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 31 is the stereogram that is attached to the button panel of band shape shell structure according to the employing clip of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 32 is the end view according to the button assembly with clip of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 33 has a side cross-sectional view such as the button assembly of the material layer of plastics according to the embodiment of the invention between shell structure and button panel.
Figure 34 is according to the bottom perspective view such as the material layer of plastics between shell structure and button panel of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 35 is the end view such as the material layer of plastics according to the embodiment of the invention, described material layer bending when button member is pushed by the user.
Figure 36 is the side cross-sectional view in the button panel how small lugs (nub) can be inserted into button assembly of showing according to the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 37 is the top perspective view that is inserted into the small lugs in the button panel according to the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 38 is the side cross-sectional view that is inserted into the small lugs in the button panel according to the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 39 is the side cross-sectional view according to the instrument of the small lugs in the be used to form button panel of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 40 is the side cross-sectional view according to the ring of the button member in the encirclement button assembly of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 41 is the bottom perspective view according to the ring of the encirclement button member of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 42 is the side cross-sectional view according to anti-roll the button assembly with coating of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 43 is the figure according to anti-roll of the coating that is attached to button member of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 44 is the end view according to the button assembly with bias spring of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 45 is the bottom view according to the button panel with bias spring of the embodiment of the invention.
Figure 46 is the end view according to the button assembly with bias spring of the embodiment of the invention, and described bias spring is compressed when the pressing button element.
Embodiment
Electronic equipment can be provided with mechanical part and electronic unit, for example optics, camera mount structure, shell and other ornamental member, printed circuit and supporting construction, heat management structure, button, vibrator and other mechanical structure and electric structure.
The electronic equipment that can be provided with these parts comprises desktop computer, computer monitor, (for example comprises the computer monitor of embedded computer, wireless computer card, wireless adapter, TV, set-top box, game console, router, portable electric appts, laptop computer, flat computer and such as the portable equipment of cellular phone and media player) and mini-plant (for example, watch equipment, suspension equipment, headphone and earplug equipment and other can wear and miniature equipment).Here describe sometimes as an example such as the portable set of cellular phone, media player and other hand-held electronic equipment.
Electronic equipment can be provided with the glass button.Material layer for composition of picture can be formed on the downside of glass button member.
Shell structure such as plate can be connected to housing sidewall.Port (port that for example, is used for audio jack and microphone) can be formed on housing sidewall.Audio jack can be installed to the shell plates of next-door neighbour's audio jack port.Microphone can be installed between audio jack and the housing sidewall.Can adopt support that vibrator is installed between a sidewall and the audio jack.
Button can have the button member of band projection, and this projection extends through the button openings in the sidewall.Supporting construction can be inserted between switch and the button member.Switch can have the part that extends through the opening in this supporting construction.Lubricant coating can be formed between button member and the housing sidewall.
The part of button can have the conductive features spare of a plurality of parts that form antenna.This conductive features spare can comprise conductive trace and the sheet metal insert that is formed directly on the plastic components.Utilize a kind of suitable configuration, the button support component can have metal trace and sheet metal insert.
Can provide mounting structure, in order to button assembly is attached to the inside of casting of electronic device.The integral type spring can be attached to enclosure interior.Button panel can have the opening that button member and spring can be inserted through, thereby passes housing attachment knob plate.
Button assembly can have the element that is inserted between housing and the button panel, for example silicone resin sheet.This material layer can reduce the undesirable motion and the click of button.
A kind of exemplary electronic equipment has been shown among Fig. 1, and this electronic equipment can be provided with mechanical features spare and electric characteristic spare to improve performance, outward appearance, robustness and size.As shown in Figure 1, equipment 10 can comprise storage and treatment circuit 12.Storage and treatment circuit 12 can comprise one or more dissimilar memory devices, for example hard disk drive storage devices, nonvolatile memory are (for example, flash memory or other read-only type electrically-programmable memory), volatile memory (for example, static state or dynamic random access memory) etc.Storage and treatment circuit 12 can be used to the operation of control appliance 10.Treatment circuit in the circuit 12 can be based on processor (for example, microprocessor, microcontroller, digital signal processor, dedicated processes circuit, management circuit, Voice ﹠ Video chip and other integrated circuit that is fit to).
Utilize a kind of suitable configuration, storage and treatment circuit 12 are used in operating software on the equipment 10, for example the Internet browser application, voice-over ip (VOIP) phone application, e-mail request, media playback application, operation system function, antenna and radio-circuit controlled function etc.Storage and treatment circuit 12 can be used to carry out suitable communication protocol.Can adopt the communication protocol of storage and treatment circuit 12 realizations to comprise Internet protocol, protocol of wireless local area network (for example, IEEE 802.11 agreements-be called sometimes Wi-Fi
), be used for other short-distance wireless communication link agreement (for example, Bluetooth protocol), be used to handle the agreement of cellular phone communication service etc.
Input-output equipment 14 can be used for allowing data being provided and allowing slave unit 10 to provide data to external equipment to equipment 10.The example that can be used on the input-output equipment 14 in the equipment 10 comprises display screen (for example, LCD or organic light emitting diode display), button, joystick such as touch-screen, presses wheel, roller, touch pad, key plate, keyboard, microphone, loud speaker and other are used for sonorific equipment, camera, transducer etc.The user can by through equipment 14 input commands or by through adopt wireless or accessory that the wire communication link is communicated by letter with equipment 10 to equipment 10 input commands, the operation that comes control appliance 10.The user that can adopt equipment 14 or be equipment 10 by accessory wireless or that wired connection is communicated by letter with equipment 10 transmits visual information or acoustic information.Equipment 10 can comprise and is used to form the FPDP connector of (for example, being used for attached external equipment such as computer, accessory etc.).
Electronic equipment utilizes button to control usually.Button is typically formed by metal or plastics.Metal is durable and can be used for forming glossiness button.Plastics can provide multiple color, and with low cost.
Based on consideration attractive in appearance, may wish that button has the outward appearance that is complementary with surrounding structure.For example, has the metal button that the equipment of metal shell can have coupling.
Some equipment have glass surface.For example, some cellular phones have glass displays.In this case, may wish to form the button that mates with the outward appearance of glass displays.Plastic button may not match with the outward appearance of the glass displays of hope, and is easy to by scratch.The metal button can provide the durability of improvement, but the outward appearance of usually comparing with plastic button with glass displays does not more match.
Therefore, hope can provide the electronic equipment with improved press-button structure.
Electronic equipment such as cellular phone can have display.This display can have the cover glass layer that is positioned on its outer surface.The extra play of realizing the capacitive electrode layer of capacitive touch sensors array such as pixel layer and being used to can be formed under the cover glass.
This cover glass can have one or more openings.For example, circular open can be formed in the cover glass of non-movable part of display.
Button such as the glass button can be installed in this circular open.Miscellaneous equipment kinetic energy is selected and realized to actuatable this button of user to carry out menu in the operating period of electronic equipment.
Button can have the glass button member such as dish type glass button member.This glass button member can be formed by clear glass (for example, Bao clear glass dish).Optionally groove can be formed in the upper surface of glass button member.
The glass button member can have the outer surface of arranging abreast with the exposed surface of the outside of equipment and cover glass.This glass elements can have the parallel plane downside towards the internal placement of electronic equipment.
Material layer for composition of picture can be formed on the downside of glass button member.For example, composition ink marks layer can be formed on the downside of glass button member.Another material layer such as the ink marks background layer can be formed on the composition ink marks illuvium.For example, composition ink marks layer can be a composition white ink marks layer.Background layer can have and the different color of composition ink marks layer, thereby makes that composition ink marks layer is visible by the glass button member to the user.For example, background layer can be a black ink marks layer.
The glass button member can be installed to underlying structure.This underlying structure can comprise the plastic base bottom.Adhesive linkage can be used for glass button layer is attached to the plastic base bottom.This adhesive linkage can be inserted between this ink marks background layer and this plastic base bottom.
The projection of plastic base bottom or other parts can be extended under the marginal portion of cover glass.The extension in the plastic-substrates can be born in the marginal portion of cover glass, thereby button is remained in the electronic equipment.
Dome switch or other switching mechanism can be couple to the glass button member.When in the opening of glass button member at cover glass during reciprocating motion, dome switch is activated.But the state of the treatment circuit sensing dome switch in the electronic equipment during operation.
According to an embodiment, a kind of button is provided, this button comprises the glass button member on the button member surface with outer surface and bottom and is positioned at least one material layer for composition of picture on this lower button element surface.
According to another embodiment, a kind of button is provided, wherein the glass button member is transparent, and wherein this material layer for composition of picture comprises ink marks.
According to another embodiment, a kind of button is provided, wherein at least one material layer for composition of picture comprises the second ink marks layer that is positioned at the first composition ink marks layer on the lower button element surface and covers this lower button element surface and cover this first composition ink marks layer.
According to another embodiment, a kind of button is provided, wherein the first composition ink marks layer has different colors with the second ink marks layer.
According to another embodiment, a kind of button is provided, wherein the first composition ink marks layer has first color, and wherein the second ink marks layer has second color, and wherein this first color is more of light color than second.
According to another embodiment, a kind of button is provided, wherein first color is a white, and wherein second color is a black.
According to another embodiment, a kind of button is provided, wherein the glass button member comprises transparent circular glass disc elements, and wherein at least one material layer for composition of picture comprises and is positioned at the first composition ink marks layer on the lower button element surface and covers the whole first composition ink marks layer basically and cover the second ink marks layer of lower button element surface.
According to another embodiment, a kind of button is provided, wherein the glass button member comprises the dish with Chamfer Edge, this button further comprises the dome switch that is attached to the glass button member.
According to another embodiment, a kind of button is provided, this button also comprises base members, wherein button member is attached to this base members by adhesive linkage.
According to another embodiment, a kind of button is provided, wherein at least one material layer for composition of picture comprises the first ink marks layer with different colours and the second ink marks layer that is inserted between button member and the adhesive linkage.
According to an embodiment, a kind of method that forms button is provided, this method comprises: form composition ink marks layer on the downside of transparent button element, wherein this composition ink marks layer has first color; And form the ink marks background layer that covers the whole downside of this transparent button element basically and cover this composition ink marks layer, wherein this ink marks background layer has second color different with first color.
According to another embodiment, a kind of method is provided, wherein first color is a white, and wherein the transparent button element comprises the clear glass dish, and wherein second color is a black, and this method further comprises button member is attached to base members.
According to another embodiment, a kind of method is provided, wherein base members comprises plastic components, and wherein button member is attached to base members and comprises and use bonding agent that button member is attached to plastic components.
According to another embodiment, a kind of method is provided, wherein use bonding agent that button member is attached to plastic components and be included between ink marks background layer and the plastic components and insert adhesive linkage.
According to an embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, this electronic equipment comprises housing; Be arranged in the display of housing, wherein this display comprises the glassy layer with opening; And be installed in glass button in the opening.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein display comprises touch-screen display, wherein the glass button comprises glass button member with downside and the composition ink marks layer that is formed on this downside.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein the glass button further comprises the ink marks background layer that covers this composition ink marks layer.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein button further comprises the dome switch that is couple to the glass button member.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein composition ink marks layer comprises the ink marks of first color, and wherein this ink marks background layer comprises the ink marks with second color different with first color.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein button comprises plastic substrate component, the glass button member utilizes adhesive linkage to be attached to this plastic substrate component.
According to these embodiment, these buttons can be used in the electronic equipment with Control-Menu function or other operation.The electronic equipment that these buttons are used to wherein can be a portable electric appts, for example is called as the laptop computer or the small portable computer type of super handy type sometimes.Portable electric appts also can be a little littler equipment.The example of less portable electric appts comprises that watch equipment, suspension equipment, headphone and earplug equipment and other can wear and miniature equipment.
If desired, the electronic equipment that is provided with button can be for example handheld wireless device (for example, cellular phone), the media player with wireless communication ability, handheld computer (being also referred to as personal digital assistant sometimes), remote controller, global positioning system (GPS) equipment and handheld games equipment.Electronic equipment also can be the mixing apparatus of the function of the multiple legacy equipment of combination.The example that mixes portable electric appts comprises: the cellular phone with media player function, game station with wireless communication ability, have the recreation and the cellular phone of e-mail function, and receive Email, support mobile calls, have the portable set that music player functionality and network enabled are browsed.These only are exemplary examples.
Fig. 2 A and 2B show the exemplary electronic equipment of the type that can be provided with button.The equipment 10 of Fig. 2 for example can be following hand-held electronic equipment, this hand-held electronic equipment (is for example supported 2G and/or 3G cellular phone and data function, GPS-capable and local radio communication function, IEEE802.11 and bluetooth), and the hand-hold type computing device functionality of support such as internet browsing, Email and calendar function, recreation, music player functionality etc.
Sometimes the housing 16 that also is known as shell can be formed by the material that is fit to arbitrarily, and these materials comprise plastics, glass, pottery, carbon fiber synthetic and other synthetic, metal, other material that is fit to, the perhaps combination of these materials.Equipment 10 can adopt unitary construction, and some or all of housing 16 can be formed by single piece of metal in this case.Housing 16 for example can be formed by piece plastic or metal, the rear surface of the sidewall of its overlay device 10 and overlay device 10.Frame element and other parts can be installed in this monomer-type housing.Utilize another exemplary arrangement, housing 16 can adopt the multiple structure that fits together to realize.For example, housing 16 can be formed by central frame 5612, and front panel 5616 and/or rear board 7632 are attached to this central frame 5612 (as an example).In some cases, front panel and/or rear board can comprise outer transparent layers (for example, cover glass).If desired, also can adopt other configuration.In one embodiment, panel is removable.For example, rear board can be removed from the remainder of housing, with the access of the inside that is provided to electronic equipment.In one embodiment, rear board is formed into respect to the remainder of housing in the make position of this equipment of encapsulation and provide between the open position of opening and slide.
Display such as display 7628 can be installed in the housing 16.Display 7628 can for example be installed on the front surface of equipment 10, as shown in Figure 2.Display 7628 can be LCD (LCD), Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, electronic ink display, plasma display or any other suitable display.The outmost surface of display 7628 can be formed by glassy layer 5616 (cover glass that is called display sometimes).Display 7628 also can have interior layer (for example, be used for providing the display 7628 with touch-sensing function the capacitive touch sensors array, be used to control the tft layer of the pixel of display, or the like).
In one embodiment, equipment 10 also can comprise one or more cameras.Camera can be by realizing in the housing that for example camera module is installed in equipment 10.(shown in Fig. 2 A) in one embodiment, equipment can comprise towards preceding camera 26.For example, after preceding camera can be installed in the front panel that covers display 1014.Alternatively or additionally (shown in Fig. 2 B), equipment can comprise towards after camera 28.Towards after camera can be installed in after the rear board 7632 that is positioned at equipment 10 in the equipment 10.In other configurations that are fit to, the housing of equipment 10 can be formed by plastics or metal shell, and transparent plastic or glass camera window structure wherein have been installed.In such configuration, camera module can be installed in after the window structure.
This equipment can comprise multiple I/O parts, for example comprises button, connector, jack, receiver, loud speaker etc.Button 5619 can be used as menu button.During operating equipment 10, but user's pressing button 5619 to navigate, is perhaps controlled other function between the picture that is shown on the display 7628.
The side cross-sectional view of the menu button of conventional cellular phone has been shown among Fig. 3.As shown in Figure 3, traditional button 5630 can have the transparent plastic top button member 5632 that is attached to black lower button element 5634.White ink marks 5638 can be formed on the dorsal part of element 5634.Along direction 5640 outside of cellular phone (that is, from) as seen opening 5636 in the button member 5634 can make white ink marks 5638.When direction 5640 is watched, opening 5636 is square.
This class button of the button 5619 of the equipment 10 that can be used for realizing being used for Fig. 2 has been shown among Fig. 4.As shown in Figure 4, button 5619 can be formed by the glass button member such as button member 5650.Button member 5650 can have the shape that circular contour or other be fit to (for example, rectangle etc.).Button member 5650 can have flat upper face, and for example surface 5644 wherein is formed with depression (recessed) the hole nest such as hole nest (dimple) 5646.Button member 5650 can have sidewall, and for example vertical sidewall 5642.Can be arranged on around the external margin of element 5650 such as the optional chamfering of chamfering 5648, to guarantee that the surface 5644 and the edge of the element 5650 of sidewall 5642 intersections can be too not lofty.Chamfering 5648 can be arranged to miter angle or in 30 degree other suitable angle to the 60 degree scopes with respect to vertical sidewall 5642.
As shown in Figure 5, button 5619 can have base members, and for example base members 5652, and wherein glass button member 5650 is attached to this base members 5652.Glass button member 5650 can have dish type (for example, disc).Base members 5652 can have the profile bigger than the profile of glass button member 5650.The core of base members 5652 can have the shape of circular, to hold the profile of glass button member 5650.The sidepiece of base members 5652 part can have projection, and this projection helps button 5619 is positioned in the equipment 10 gyrobearing of peg button 5619 (for example, by).
The downside of button member 5650 (plane surface 5662 of bottom) can have one or more material layer for composition of picture.For example, a plurality of composition ink marks coatings can be formed on the lower surface of button member 5650.The ink marks layer can form be closely adjacent to each other (that is, on the different piece of lower surface 5662) and/or one on another.
In the example of Fig. 5, two ink marks layers on the lower surface 5662 of button member 5650, have been formed with.The first ink marks layer 5656 can directly be formed on the lower surface 5662.The second ink marks layer 5658 can be used for covering a plurality of parts that do not covered by the first ink marks layer 5656 of this lower surface 5662, and can be used for covering ink marks layer 5656.The first ink marks layer 5656 can have pattern, for example square (promptly having the square of central opening), solid squares, other solid shape, circle or oval ring, letter or figure ennuple etc.The second ink marks layer 5658 can be the solid background layer that covers whole lower surface 5662 basically.
When a plurality of ink marks layers are formed on the button member 5650 in this way, can adopt different ink marks colors at each layer.For example, ink marks layer 5656 can be formed by white ink marks or other light colour ink marks, and ink marks layer 5658 can be formed by black ink marks or other dark colour ink marks.If desired, also can use other color combination.For example, the first ink marks layer 5656 can be black or can have other dark color maybe can have other light colour and the second ink marks layer 5658 can be a white.By using contrastive colours by this way, the pattern that is formed by the first ink marks layer 5656 is visible with respect to solid background layer 5658.
If desired, first patterned material 5656 and second patterned material 5658 can be formed by combination and other material that is fit to of metal, plastics, fiber, particle, paint, these materials.Use to the ink marks that is used to form the material layer for composition of picture on the downside of button member 5650 only is exemplary.
The sectional view of the button 5619 in the electronic equipment 10 of Fig. 2 has been shown among Fig. 6.As shown in Figure 6, base members 5652 can have the part 5664 of extending for 5666 times in the raised edges part of display cover glass 5621.Marginal portion 5666 hold buttons 5619, and prevent to drop out in button 5619 slave units 10.Part 5664 and part 5666 can be extended around the whole circular periphery of button member 5650, and the part that perhaps can only center on the button periphery forms.Can adopt asymmetrical shape at part 5664, and can adopt the asymmetrical shape that cooperates, to guarantee that button 5619 only can be placed in the equipment 10 with specific locate mode by the investing mechanism in the equipment 10.For example, substrate 5652 can have a narrow jut 5664 and a wide jut 5666.Corresponding construction (for example, structure 5668) in itself and the equipment 10 matches.
Dome switch or other switching mechanism such as switch 5672 can be couple to button 5619.Dome switch 5672 can be arranged on vertical direction, thereby or can be squeezed as shown in Figure 6 and make small lugs 5674 support downwardly against the surface 5676 in structure 5668.The conductive trace that can comprise the switch terminal that is formed for dome switch 5672 such as the flexible circuit of flexible circuit 5670.The inner surface of the dome diaphragm portion of dome switch 5672 can be coated with metal.When button member 5650 when direction 5654 is pushed downwards, dome switch 5672 is compressed between button member 5650 and internal unit structure 5668.This makes the metallic interior surface of dome switch form short circuit between the dome switch terminal, thus Closing Switch.Conductive trace in the flexible circuit 5670 can be transferred to switching signal the treatment circuit in the equipment 10.Treatment circuit can utilize conductive trace to come the state of monitoring switch.When the state that senses dome switch when treatment circuit changes, may take the action that is fit to.For example, different information can be presented on the screen 7628, and function can be opened or closed etc.
The exemplary step that comprises in the button that forms such as button 5619 has been shown among Fig. 7.
At step 5678 place, can on the lower surface of button member 5650, form the first composition ink marks layer (for example, the composition ink marks 5656 of Fig. 5).Can adopt the technology that is fit to arbitrarily to form the first ink marks layer.For example, this ink marks layer can be by bat printing, silk screen printing, drip spatter, splash, brushing wait and form.
At step 5680 place, can on the lower surface of button member 5650, form the second ink marks layer.For example, patterned layer or shelter background layer (for example, the layer 5658 among Fig. 5) and can be formed on the whole basically downside of button member 5650 comprises the first ink marks layer 5656 and the ink marks pattern of other previous deposit arbitrarily.
Ink marks layer 5656 and 5658 can be formed by the ink of different colours (shade), paint, plastics, metal or other material with different optical performance of different colours etc.
At step 5682 place, can adopt the optical alignment instrument to come visually button member 5650 to be aimed at basalis 5652.For example, can utilize digital camera to come the visual image of capture button element 5650 and basalis 5652.This visual image can utilize computer to handle or can check manually that button member 5650 utilizes the rotation of manual and/or automatic control and translation stage to adjust with respect to the angle and the translation location of basalis 5652 simultaneously.
One amount is aimed at, and just button member 5650 can be attached to basalis 5652, forms button 5619 (for example, by the part of utilizing assembling tool or mobile alignment tools these structures being pressed into together) to utilize pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.
At step 5686 place, as described, button member 5650, basalis 5652 and dome switch 5672 can be assembled in the equipment 10 about Fig. 6.
Electronic equipment such as cellular phone often comprises a plurality of parts, for example vibrator, switch, microphone and audio jack.Because size and performance limitations, it is challenging these parts being installed in the confined space of apparatus casing.If do not note, the performance that will be difficult in the apparatus casing of intended size, to use the material of wishing or level of hope is provided.In traditional equipment disposition, come structural member in the mode of any sacrifice in performance or to use than the mode of required more space sometimes.The traditional configuration of even now can be used for producing exercisable equipment, but the sacrifice equipment that can make that is to use these configurations to be done has relatively poor aesthetic feeling, non-optimal performance and unwanted equipment volume (bulk).
Therefore, the hope installation configuration that improved electronic equipment part can be provided and be used for these parts.
According to an embodiment, electronic equipment can have housing, and this housing has housing sidewall.Shell structure such as plate can be connected to housing sidewall.Port for example is used for the port of audio jack and microphone, can be formed in the housing sidewall.
Audio jack is installed to shell plates with can being close to the audio jack port.Microphone can be installed between audio jack and the housing sidewall.Bias structure such as the compression foam layer can be inserted between audio jack and the microphone, so that microphone is setovered with respect to housing sidewall near microphone ports.
Can adopt support that vibrator is installed between a sidewall and the audio jack.Vibrator can have along the gradually thin weight of its length direction.
Button can be formed on the button openings that is arranged in a housing sidewall.Button can have the button member of band projection, and this projection extends through the button openings in the sidewall.Supporting construction can be inserted between switch and the button member.Switch can have the part of the opening in the supporting construction of extending through.This part of switch can be received within the button member, thereby makes and can activate this switch by move this button member in button openings.Lubricant coating can be formed between button member and the housing sidewall.
According to an embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device comprises: the casting of electronic device structure with opening; Have the outstanding button member of passing through the projection of this opening, wherein this casting of electronic device structure has the first wall part and second wall part on the button member of being arranged on; And be inserted in lubricant coating between the button member and second wall part, wherein this first wall partly has the thickness littler than this second wall part.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein button member comprises metal, and wherein the casting of electronic device structure comprises metal electron apparatus casing wall, opening is formed and passes this wall.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device also comprises the visual detector that is positioned on the button member, wherein button member can move between the primary importance and the second place, wherein as seen this visual detector passes through opening in primary importance, and this visual detector is covered by this first wall part under the situation that does not contact the first wall part in the second place.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein this visual detector comprises the ink marks piece.
According to an embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, this electronic equipment comprise shell structure, be installed in the audio jack in the shell structure and be inserted in audio jack and shell structure between microphone.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein shell structure comprises the housing wall with microphone ports opening, this electronic equipment further comprises the compression foam layer that is inserted between microphone and the audio jack, and wherein this compression foam layer is setovered microphone at the microphone ports opening part towards housing wall.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, this electronic equipment also comprises the vibrator that is installed to audio jack.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, this electronic equipment also comprises at least one support, utilizes this support that vibrator is installed to audio jack.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein vibrator comprises gradually thin weight.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein vibrator comprises the axle that gradually thin weight is attached to, and wherein this axle has the tip, and wherein gradually ratio is located at the more close axle in the other parts place of axle in the surface of thin weight at this tip.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein gradually at least a portion of thin weight has trochoidal surface.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein gradually thin weight has a plurality of parts, and wherein each part has cylindrical surface, and this cylindrical surface has apart from the different radial distance of axle.
According to an embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device comprises: the vibrator motor that is used for vibrator; By the axle that is used for vibrator of this vibrator motor rotation, wherein this axle has rotation; And the weight that is used for vibrator, this weight is that rotation is asymmetrical and be tapered along rotation.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device also comprises a casting of electronic device structure and an element, makes vibrator motor be installed to the casting of electronic device structure by this element.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein the casting of electronic device structure comprises housing wall, and described element is attached to this housing wall, and described device also comprises the audio jack that described element is attached to.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device also comprises the microphone that is inserted between audio jack and the housing wall.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device also comprises the compression foam layer that is inserted between microphone and the audio jack, wherein this compression foam layer is setovered the microphone ports opening part of microphone in housing wall towards housing wall.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein said axle has the tip, and wherein gradually ratio is located at the more close axle in the other parts place of axle in the surface of thin weight at this tip.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein gradually at least a portion of thin weight has trochoidal surface.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein gradually thin weight has a plurality of parts, each part cylindrical surface wherein, this cylindrical surface has apart from the different radial distance of axle.
According to an embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device comprises: the casting of electronic device wall with opening; Has the outstanding button member of passing through the projection of opening; Switch by this button member actuating; And the supporting construction that is installed to of described switch, wherein supporting construction is inserted between switch and the button member.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein supporting construction has opening, and the switch part that has the opening in the supporting construction of extending through and activated by button member wherein.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein supporting construction comprises the support that is connected to housing wall.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device also comprises flexible print circuit, wherein this flexible print circuit is inserted between switch and the support.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein button member and housing sidewall are formed by metal, and wherein this device further comprises the lubricant coating that is inserted between button member and the housing sidewall.
According to these embodiment, electronic equipment comprises numerous parts.The examples of members that is included in the electronic equipment comprises button, audio jack, vibrator and microphone.Button is as user input device.Can utilize the example of the function that button controls to comprise power supply function, be used for jingle bell/vibrator setting, volume setting, menu button operation of cellular phone etc.Audio jack can be used for receiving the matching plug from outside appurtenances.For example, audio jack can have the cylinder open of admitting the audio jack on the headphone.Vibrator is used in tactile feedback is provided on the touch-screen, has incoming call honeycomb telephone call, indication to have alarm etc. to remind the user.Microphone can be used for collecting the audio frequency input.For example, microphone can be used for recording voice memorandum (memo) or catches other audio clips, with background noise information gathering in electronic equipment with noise elimination function, monitoring the sound of user during conversing, or the like.
Suchlike parts can be used in cellular phone and other electronic equipment.For example, suchlike parts can be used to electronic equipment, for example camera, handheld computer, flat computer, be integrated in computer, laptop computer, set-top box, game station, watch equipment, suspension equipment in the computer monitor housing, or the like.Utilize a kind of suitable configuration, parts can be the parts such as the electronic equipment of the relative compact of portable electric appts.
An embodiment of equipment 10 has been shown among Fig. 8.As shown in Figure 8, portable electric appts 10 can comprise the apparatus casing such as apparatus casing 5812.Display 5814 can be installed to the front of housing 5812.
Can the opening that be arranged in cover glass layer 5616 be set at button 5619 and speaker port 5818.Can be arranged in the opening of housing sidewall 5812 at settings such as microphone, loud speaker, input and output connectors.As shown in Figure 8, for example, housing 5812 can have circular open that forms audio jack port 5820 and the opening (for example, opening 5822) that forms microphone ports.
Button in the equipment 10 can be to promote button, diverter switch, instantaneous sliding button, rocker switch or the button of other suitable type arbitrarily.As an example, button 5619 and 5824 can be instantaneous promotion button.For example, button 5826 can be the two-position button that switches along direction 5828.In first position in two position, button 5826 can be closed.In second position in two position, button 5826 is openable.If desired, such button can have three or more positions, perhaps can utilize instant shut-in design to realize.For example, button 5834 can be a rocker switch.But the lip-deep part 58P1 of user's pressing button 5834 or part 58P2.When user's pressing part 58P1, button 5834 centers on axis 5832 along direction 5830A and rotates and activate first switch.When user's pressing part 58P2, button 5834 is 5832 rotations and actuating second switch along direction 5830B around axis.If desired, button 5834 can be instantaneous button (that is, being spring loaded to turn back to the button of its nominal position under the situation that does not have the user to import).
The function that is fit to all can be controlled by the button of equipment 10 arbitrarily.For example, button 5619 can be used as menu button.Button 5824 can be used as power supply (dormancy) button.Button 5826 can be used as cellular phone bell mode button (for example, switching) between vibration mode and bell mode.Button 5834 can be used for adjusting ringing volume and speaker volume setting.If desired, can also use other configuration.It only is example that these exemplary buttons distribute.
Fig. 9 shows the side cross-sectional view of the equipment 10 among Fig. 8.As shown in Figure 9, housing 5812 can comprise side wall construction, for example housing sidewall structure 5812A and 5812B.For example, housing 5812 can have upper portion side wall, lower sides, left side wall and right side wall (that is four peripheral side wall that are associated with four edges along the circumferential stretching, extension of rectangle housing).In such configuration, housing sidewall can be formed by the banded peripheral element of enclosing equipment 10.Housing sidewall structure 5812A can be corresponding to the left-hand side sidewall, and housing sidewall structure 5812B can be corresponding to the right-hand side sidewall.The casing member 5812C that can utilize plate or other articulated structure to realize can be used for connecting and supporting side walls structure 5812A and 5812B.Plate 5812C can be formed by the flat metal element that has welding or otherwise be attached to left hand edge and the welding of left side wall 5812A or otherwise be attached to right side wall 5812B.One or more structures such as plate 5812C can be arranged in equipment 10.
As shown in Figure 9, it is occupied that the front surface of equipment 10 can be shown device 5814.Display 5814 can utilize touch-screen display or other display that is fit to form.Display 5814 can utilize support, plastic frame element or other attachment means that is fit to be installed to housing 5812.The rear surface of equipment 10 can be occupied by shell layer 5812D.Layer 5812D can being combined to form by metal, glass, pottery, compound, plastics, other material or these materials.For example, layer 5812D can be formed by flat glassy layer.If desired, layer 5812D can be formed by the part of display (cover glass towards the back display that for example, is used for the display 5814 on the front surface of ancillary equipment 10).Also can use wherein passive (passive) configuration by a slice plastics or glass cambium layer 5812D.Layer 5812D can be formed by the individual member bed of material of the sidewall that is attached to housing 5812, perhaps can form the integral part (for example, as housing sidewall wherein by the integral housing that forms with layer 5812D identical materials sheet) of housing 5812.
Can be installed to printed circuit board (PCB) such as the parts of parts 5836 such as printed circuit board (PCB) 5838.Printed circuit board (PCB) 5838 can be installed to shell structure 5812D, as shown in Figure 9, perhaps can use other configuration that is fit to be installed in the housing of equipment 10.Two printed circuit board (PCB)s 5835 are arranged in the example of Fig. 9.This only is exemplary.The parts 5836 that can use the printed circuit board (PCB) 5838 that is fit to quantity arbitrarily will be fit to quantity arbitrarily are installed in the equipment 10.Printed circuit board (PCB) 5838 can be by the printed circuit board substrate (for example, the rigid substrates of epoxy or glass fibre filled epoxy), flexible print circuit (for example, the flexible circuit that is formed by the thin polymeric layers such as polyimide piece) or other substrate that is fit to form.
Inside top (front) view of equipment 10 has been shown among Figure 10.As shown in figure 10, equipment 10 can have audio jack, and for example audio jack 5840.Audio jack 5840 can utilize screw 5842 or other retention mechanism (for example, bonding agent, pad, scolder etc.) to be attached to casing member 5812C.Audio jack 5842 can comprise circular cylindrical cavity, and for example cavity 5848.Cavity 5848 can have with housing 5812 in the circular open aimed at of circular open (that is, forming the opening that is arranged in housing 5812 of the audio jack port 5820 among Fig. 8).The housing of audio jack 5842 can be formed by plastics, metal or other material that is fit to.
Utilize the configuration of type shown in Figure 10, the housing of audio jack 5840 is used for microphone 5846 is installed to equipment 10.If desired, also can adopt audio jack 5840 other parts to be installed in the equipment 10 (for example, loudspeaker module, additional microphone module, input and output connector, circuit unit, transducer, battery, or the like).Using audio jack 5840 that microphone 5846 is installed only is an example.
Illustrate in greater detail among Figure 11 and how can utilize audio jack 5840 that the view of microphone 5846 is installed.As shown in figure 11, can utilize compression foam layer 5844 to make microphone 5846 with respect to housing 5812 biasings.Froth bed 5860 can be inserted between microphone 5846 and the housing 5812, to provide sealing between microphone 5846 and housing 5812.Microphone 5846 can have the printed circuit board (PCB) that is associated, and for example printed circuit board (PCB) 5862.Circuit on the printed circuit board (PCB) 5862 can be used for handling microphone signal.Communication path (for example, the bus that is formed by the conductive trace on the flexible print circuit (" flexible circuit ") 5858) can be used for signal is transferred to from microphone 5846 and is positioned at a circuit (Fig. 9) on the printed circuit board (PCB) 5838.Adhesive linkage 5856 can be used for housing, foam 5844 and the audio jack 5840 of attached housing 5812, foam 5860, flexible circuit 5858, printed circuit board (PCB) 5862, microphone 5846.
The side cross-sectional view of the conventional button in the cellular phone has been shown among Figure 12.As shown in figure 12, button 5884 has button member 5866.Button member 5866 is formed by metal, and outstanding by the opening 5886 in the plastic casing sidewall 5864.Switch 5874 has projection 5878.Projection 5878 is received within the recess 5882 of button member 5866.The user can be along ground, direction 5868 front and back movable button element 5866, to open or close switch 5882.When user's movable button element 5866, switch element 5866 engage switch projection 5882 and actuation switchs 5874.
Utilize hot 5872 switch 5874 is installed to support 5870.Flexible circuit 5888 has the trace of the switch terminal that is electrically connected to switch 5874.Support 5870 is connected to housing 5864, thereby makes support 5870 can not move in the operating process of switch 5874.Support extension 5876 helps prevent button member 5866 exceedingly to push with respect to switch 5874.However, user's included activity meeting in action button 5884 applies inside power on element 5866, and element 5866 can undesirably load and damage potentially switch 5882.
The sectional view such as the button of button 5826 of the equipment 10 of Fig. 8 has been shown among Figure 13.As shown in figure 13, button 5826 can have button member, and for example button member 5890.Button member 5890 can have the jut of the opening 58100 that extends through in the housing wall 5812, and for example part 5891.Button member 5890 can have admits corresponding projection switch element () recess for example, switch element 58104, for example recess 58102.When button member 5890 was mobile along ground, direction 58112 front and back, switch element 58104 moved along direction 58112 front and back too, thus actuation switch 58106.
Supporting construction such as support 58114 can be inserted between the main body and button member 5890 of switch 58106.Switch 58106 can utilize the heat stake 58108 that is positioned on the switch 58106 and be installed to support 58114.Utilize this configuration, button member 5890 is pushed along the outmost surface 58120 that will make the inner surface 58118 of button member 5890 be resisted against support 58114 to internal pressure of direction 58116, but can loaded switches 58106.
Support 58114 can utilize part 58134, utilize the supporting structure of other shape or utilize intermediate structure (that is, be connected between support 58114 and the housing 5812 structure) to be connected to housing 5812.Support 58114 can be formed by metal, and can utilize pad to be attached to housing 5812.If desired, also can adopt other mechanism to come attachment leg 58114 and housing 5812, for example scolder, screw or other securing member, bonding agent etc.
Owing to surperficial 58118 abutment surfaces 58120 support; so when user's action button element 5890, the existence of the support 58114 of proximate buttons element 5890 can help the remainder of protection switch element 58104 and 58106 not to be subjected to undesirable internal force along direction 58116.Switch 58106 can be electrically connected to the trace in the flexible circuit 58122.The other end that flexible circuit 58122 can have an end that is electrically connected to switch 58106 and be electrically connected to a printed circuit board (PCB) 5838 (as an example).In order to hold projection switch element 58104 along the moving of direction 58112, flexible circuit 58122 can have opening 58124, and support 58114 can have opening 58126.
Wish that equipment 10 can have vibrator function instead.When receiving the incoming call honeycomb telephone call, when triggering alarm, as the part of the tactile feedback configuration of touch-screen etc., can adopt vibrator to vibrate housing 5812 and equipment 10.
Exemplary vibrator in the equipment that can be used on 10 has been shown among Figure 14.As shown in figure 14, vibrator 58146 can have main body, and for example main body 58136.Weight 58138 can be installed to axle 58140.Weight 58138 can be formed by metal or other material that is fit to.Main body 58136 can comprise motor, thereby its rotating shaft 58140 also makes weight 58138 rotate along direction 58144 around the rotation 58142 of axle 58140.The weight of weight 58138 asymmetricly distributes around axle 58140 and rotation 58142, thereby makes that vibrator motor housing 58136 and vibrator 58146 are installed in the hull vibration of equipment 10 wherein when weight 58138 rotates.
If desired, weight 58138 can have segmentation structure as shown in figure 15.Utilize this configuration, being tapered in the weight is by (for example adopt bigger weight structure near electric machine casing 58136, weight structure 58138A) and at the place, tip of axle 58140 adopt less weight structure (for example, weight structure 58138B) to realize.In this example, gradually thin weight 58136 is formed by two semicylinders.If desired, also can use the more most cylinders (for example, three or more) of different size or other to rotate asymmetrical weight structure.
The top view of the exemplary gradually thin weight configuration that can be used for vibrator 58146 has been shown among Figure 16 and 17.As shown in figure 16, gradually thin weight 58138 has than the bigger size in exposed tip place near axle 58140 near motor 58136 places.Given radial distance (for example, radius R 1) in distance axis 58140 is located, and the part of weight 58138 appears at an A place (near motor), but does not appear at a B place (near the tip of axle 58140).This makes and parts 5836 can be installed near in the radius of the axle 58140 at the tip of axle 58140 (that is some C place).Similarly, the configuration of the two radius weights among Figure 17 makes parts 5836 can be installed near in the radius R 1 of the axle 58140 at the tip of axle 58140 (that is some C place).
Figure 18 shows vibrator 58146 and can how to be installed on the element such as support 58150.Support 58150 can utilize screw 58148 to be installed to housing 5812.Support 58150 can utilize screw 58154 to be installed to audio jack 5840.Housing 5812 can have in order to admit threaded sleeve or other parts of screw 148, and for example parts 58156.Parts 58156 can form a body component of housing 5812, perhaps can be formed by the support that is attached to housing 5812 or other structure.Audio jack 5840 can have the screwed hole that is used to admit screw 58154 screw threads.If desired, support 58150 and vibrator 58146 can utilize other attachment means (for example, pad, scolder, bonding agent, other securing member, support, clip, spring, foam, pressing part etc.) to be installed to shell structure 5812 and audio jack 5840.The use of these securing members (for example, screw 58148 and 58154) only is exemplary.As by connect shown in 58152 like that, vibrator 58146 can utilize pad, scolder, bonding agent, screw or other securing member, clip, spring, foam, pressing part etc. to be connected to support 58150.
The stereogram of the button of the type as shown in figure 13 in the sidewall that is formed on housing 5812 has been shown among Figure 19.As shown in figure 19, housing 5812 can have opening, and this opening makes the button member 5890 of button 5826 to move up and down along direction 58160 and 58162.Visual detector such as coloured ink marks piece 58158 can be set on the button member surface 58130.When button member 5890 when direction 58160 moves, indicating device piece 58158 is visible, and can be in sight by opening 58100.When button member 5890 when direction 58162 moves, indicating device piece 58158 is hidden invisible, as shown in figure 20.
Shown in the side cross-sectional view of Figure 21, the part of the jut of the most close button member 5890 of housing 5812 (that is, part 58166) can have thickness T 2, and housing 5812 has thickness T 1 away from the part of the jut of button member 5890.The thickness of thickness T 1 and lubricant coating 58128 combines can be greater than thickness T 2, thereby makes this housing parts 58166 to depart from from the surface 58130 of button member 5890.This has guaranteed that ink marks layer 58158 will be positioned at the distance D place under the inner surface 58132B of housing 5812, thereby guarantees that ink marks 58160 can be by lower surface 58132B institute's scratch or otherwise damage.Distance D can be for example 0.05mm, 0.1mm, greater than 0.1mm etc.Lubricant coating 58128 can be formed by lubricious material (for example, polytetrafluoroethylene or other fluoro carbon materials, graphite, grease, poly-inferior peace fat etc.).Coating 58128 can help to guarantee that the surface 58130 of button member 5890 (for example, metal button member) and the surperficial 58132A of shell structure 5812 (for example, metal-back body wall) have low amount of friction.This makes the user need not just energy actuation button 5826 of excessive power.
Can adopt the technology that is fit to arbitrarily to form coating such as coating 58128.For example, can utilize physical vapor deposition, powder coating (for example, using heat treated), bat printing, silk screen printing, ink jet printing, splash, impregnating to come deposit coating 58128.Plastic coating can utilize injection moulding or compression moulding (for example, by centering on metal button or casing member insert molding one plastic coating surface etc.) to be arranged on the hardware (for example, the part of metal button member or metal shell).These technology or other technology are used in and form coating 58128 between button member 5890 and the shell structure 5812.
May be difficult to design the antenna that shows satisfactory performance in the confined space that can be suitable for again simultaneously such as the portable electric appts of cellular phone.
Wish to be provided for the improved antenna structure of electronic equipment.
The conductive features spare that structure in the electronic equipment (for example, the equipment among Fig. 1 10) (for example, a plurality of parts of button) can have the part that is used to form antenna.These conductive features spares can comprise conductive trace and the sheet metal insert that is formed directly on the plastic components.Utilize a kind of suitable configuration, the button support component can have metal trace and sheet metal insert.Dome switch can be installed on the button support component.When the button member in the button was pressed, the inner surface of button can push dome switch.
According to an embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device comprises: the button support component, this button support component has a surface, and this surface has at least some laser active parts; And be formed directly into this lip-deep conductive antenna traces.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device also comprises the housing sidewall that is electrically connected to this conductive antenna traces.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device also comprises the spring that this conductive antenna traces is electrically connected to housing sidewall.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device also comprises the conductive antenna structure that is formed by sheet metal that is positioned on the button support component.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device also comprises the dome switch that is installed on the button support component.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device also comprises the button member that supports against this dome switch.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device also comprises the conducting shell structure that is electrically connected to conductive antenna traces, wherein conducting shell structure has opening, and wherein button member reciprocating motion in this opening.
According to these embodiment, can be provided with electric wire such as the electronic equipment of the equipment among Fig. 1 10.This antenna can be paster antenna, planar inverted F-antenna, inverted-F antenna, loop antenna, unipole antenna, dipole antenna, helical antenna or other suitable antenna arbitrarily.The current-carrying part of antenna (antenna conductor) can be by bonding jumper, composition metalwork (for example, the composition sheet metal), electric wire, other conductive structure of being positioned at trace on rigidity and the flexible printed circuit board, being formed on the metal on the dielectric support thing (for example, plastic support thing) or carrying the radio-frequency antenna signal form.
If desired, can pass through at least some parts in these conductive structures of formation on such as the plastic supporting structure of button supporter and shelf space.
The exemplary electronic equipment (for example, the equipment among Fig. 1 10) that comprises the button with antenna trace has been shown among Figure 22.As shown in figure 22, button 7210 can have the button member such as button member 7214.Button member 7214 can be installed in the opening 7224 of shell structure 7222.Shell structure 7222 can be the metal shell sidewall.If desired, metal shell sidewall 7222 can form the part (that is, metal shell sidewall 7222 can be antenna conductor) of antenna.
The antenna conductor that is used for the antenna of electronic equipment also can be formed by the hardware that is positioned at such as on the supporting construction of button supporter 7240.For example, metal structure 7238 and metal structure 7232 can be by 7240 antenna supported conductors of button supporter.Because button supporter 7240 is used as the supporter of the dome switch 7220 in the button 7210, and be used as supporter simultaneously, therefore preserved the space such as the antenna conductor of conductor 7232 and 7238.
In the process of action button 7210, button member 7214 can inwardly be pushed, thereby makes inner button element surface 7216 press the tip 7218 of dome switch 7220.This pushes also electrically closed circle top switch 7220.Dome switch 7220 can be installed on the flexible print circuit (" flexible circuit ") that is supported on the button supporter 7240.
The pattern of antenna conductor 7232 (and, if desired, the pattern of antenna conductor 7238) can utilize the plastic components that is used for supporter 7240 to form, it has the part that is optionally activated by being exposed to laser.The plastics that are used for supporter 7240 can be thermoplasticss for example, and it has the light activated organic metal additive to the certain wavelength that is produced by laser.By only in hope has the zone of conductive antenna structure, plastics being exposed to laser, the antenna conductor pattern can be placed on the plastics of supporting construction 7240.Partly be exposed to laser with after activating these parts in the hope with plastics, these plastics can be coated with suitable conductor, for example copper.During electroplating operations, the laser active of plastics partially absorbs electroplates conductor (for example, copper), thereby directly forms conductive antenna traces 7232 on plastic support elements 7240.Wherein laser these technology of being used on the plastic support thing plated pattern that stamp wishes also are called the direct moulding of laser (LDS) technology sometimes.
Usually, the conductive antenna structure such as structure 7238 and 7232 can be formed on the supporting construction that is fit to arbitrarily.Wherein conductive antenna structure before only is exemplary by the formed example of coating plastic button supporting construction with metal pattern (for example, by electroplating).
Figure 23 shows the stereogram that button 7210 and button member 7214 can be how form along the side (that is, in the opening of housing sidewall 7222) of electronic equipment.
Electronic equipment such as portable electric appts has button usually.But button slave unit housing is outstanding.The user can operate this button by pressing button.
Sometimes, wish the part of coming the forming device housing by metal.Yet, it must be noted that, guarantee that the metal that button is mounted thereon is enough firm, to bear from the reusable wearing and tearing of button.Inappropriate button is installed configuration can in use cause the damage equipment housing.
Therefore, hope can provide a kind of improved mode that press-button structure is installed on the casting of electronic device.
This can realize by the electronic equipment with button of being pushed by the user is provided.This electronic equipment can be portable or hand-held electronic equipment.This electronic equipment can have the housing parts that is made of metal.This electronic equipment for example can have the metal shell part that forms around the band of this equipment.
Can be provided for button assembly is attached to the mounting structure of casting of electronic device inside.The integral type spring can be attached to the inside of housing.Button panel can have the opening that button member and spring can be inserted through, thereby passes this housing attachment knob plate.Housing can have opening, and button member is projected into outside by this opening.
Spring can be given prominence to by the hole in the button panel between two button member.Button panel can have the slit that is positioned at this hole either side, with the stress in the release-push plate when button member is pushed by the user.
One or more springs can be set at the inside of housing, are used for the promptly sidepiece of this button panel.For example, housing parts can have two, four or six springs, and when button panel was installed in position against the inside of the part of housing, they firmly grasped the sidepiece of button panel.
Casting of electronic device can have the mounting structure such as clip, and it is welded to housing and button panel is remained on the position in the depression in the housing.But the position of this button panel perk under the clip.
The dome switch assembly can be attached to housing, thereby makes each button member by being pressed on the dome switch.Housing can have spiral sleeve, and it is used for attached dome switch assembly.The spring that is used for button panel is attached to housing can have spiral sleeve, and it is used for the dome switch assembly is attached to housing.
According to an embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, this electronic equipment comprises: the button panel with at least one button member; Shell structure with at least one opening, button member is outstanding passes through described opening to be activated by the user; And at least one spring that button panel is attached to housing.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein button panel has at least one opening, and its medi-spring is suitable for passing the opening in the button panel.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, its medi-spring has a sheet (leave) that button panel is resisted against housing parts and keeps.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, its medi-spring comprises the screwed hole that forms spiral sleeve.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, this electronic equipment also comprises the dome switch assembly that is attached to spiral sleeve.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein button panel has two slits on the opposite side that is positioned at opening.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, its medi-spring comprises in a plurality of springs, wherein button panel has sidepiece, and wherein a plurality of spring presses the sidepiece of button panel.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein a plurality of springs comprise at least four springs.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein shell structure comprises the metal shell structure.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein electronic equipment has four sidepieces, and wherein shell structure comprises the metal tape that surrounds four sidepieces.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, this electronic equipment also comprises having at least one dome switch assembly by the dome switch that moves this button member and control.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, wherein at least one button member comprises two button member, wherein the dome switch assembly comprises two dome switch, wherein shell structure has at least one spiral sleeve, and wherein the dome switch assembly is attached to spiral sleeve, thereby makes in two dome switch of each control in two button member corresponding one.
According to an embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device comprises: the casting of electronic device structure, this casting of electronic device structure has first opening and second opening; Outstanding first button member and second button member by first and second openings; The button panel that first and second button member are attached to, wherein button panel has opening; And spring, this spring is installed to the casting of electronic device structure, and passes opening in the button panel so that button panel is remained in the casting of electronic device structure.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein button panel has at least one slit.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein button panel has first slit and second slit on the opposite side portion of the opening that is arranged in button panel.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, its medi-spring comprises screwed hole, and wherein this device further comprises the dome switch assembly with first dome switch and second dome switch, and wherein the utilization of dome switch assembly is screwed into the screw in this screwed hole and is attached to spring.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein the casting of electronic device structure comprises the metal tape of four sidepieces that surround electronic equipment basically.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, its medi-spring is soldered to the casting of electronic device structure, and wherein button panel has a plurality of slits.
According to an embodiment, a kind of device is provided, this device also comprises: the casting of electronic device structure, this casting of electronic device structure has at least one opening; Reciprocating at least one button member in opening; The button panel that button member is attached to; And spring, this spring is attached to metal electron apparatus casing structure, and button panel is remained to the casting of electronic device structure.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device is provided, wherein button panel has opening, its medi-spring passes this opening in the button panel, wherein the casting of electronic device structure comprises at least a portion of metal tape, wherein button panel comprises a pair of slit, and its medi-spring is soldered to this casting of electronic device structure, and its medi-spring has button panel is resisted against the sheet that the casting of electronic device structure remains on the appropriate location.
According to these embodiment, be provided for button assembly is installed to the structure of casting of electronic device.
In the example of Fig. 2 A, the top left part that button 7626 is shown in housing 5612 flocks together.Usually, button 7626 can be arranged on any position in the housing 5612, and does not need to flock together.If desired, button can be arranged on (for example, button 5619) on the front surface 7612, or is arranged on (for example, referring to Fig. 2 B) on the rear surface 7632.
Button such as the button 7626 of Fig. 2 A can be formed by the button assembly that is installed in equipment 10 inside.Press-button structure on the button assembly can be given prominence to by the opening in the housing of equipment 10.
The exemplary button assembly that can be used for such as the button of the button among Fig. 2 A 7626 has been shown among Figure 24.In the example of Figure 24, button assembly 7648 is shown as and is installed to shell structure 5612 (for example, metal tape).Housing parts 5612 can have such as the outer surface on outer (outside) surface 7641 and such as the inner surface on interior (inside) surface 7643.Button assembly 7648 can be installed to the inner surface 7643 of housing parts 5612, thereby makes that button member 7650 is outstanding by the opening 7652 in the housing parts 5612.Button member 7650 can be the promotion button member that can be pushed from the outside of housing parts 5612 by the user.When user's actuation button element, reciprocating motion in the respective openings of button member in housing.Button member 7650 can be by making such as the material of metal, glass, pottery, composite material or plastics (as an example).
In the example in Figure 24, two button member 7650 are shown having corresponding dome switch 7646.Usually, the button panel such as button panel 7634 can have the button member 7650 that is fit to quantity arbitrarily.For example, button panel 7634 can have one, three, four, five or more a plurality of button member 7650.Dome switch assembly 7651 can have the dome switch 7646 of respective numbers.Button panel 7634 can be attached to more than a spring 7636.For example, if button panel 7634 has three button member 7650, button panel 7634 can have two springs 7636 so, and wherein each spring is set between two button member 7650.Button panel 7634 has in the configuration of two button member 7650 therein, and spring 7636 can be arranged on the place, centre position, and corresponding to the opening such as opening 7640, it is arranged on the centre of button panel 7634.If button panel 7634 has the button member 7650 more than two, spring 7636 can be arranged between 7650 pairs of the corresponding button elements, thereby makes a button member be arranged on the either side of each spring 7636.Housing parts 5612 can have the spiral sleeve that is fit to quantity arbitrarily, is used to be attached to dome switch assembly 7651.
The top perspective view of button panel 7634 has been shown in Figure 25 A.Button panel 7634 can have the outstanding button member 7650 of the top surface such as top surface 7657 (or outer surface) from button panel 7634.Button member 7650 can form the integral part of button panel 7634, perhaps can be the independent structure that is attached to button panel 7634.Button member 7650 can utilize pad, bonding agent, securing member, pressing technology etc. to be attached to button panel 7634.If desired, button panel 7634 can have the opening that button member 7650 is inserted through.Button member 7650 can be fixed to button panel 7634, and perhaps if desired, button member 7650 can be slided by the opening in the button panel 7634 when being pushed by the user.
Figure 25 B is the end view of button panel 7634.In the example of Figure 25 B, button member 7650 has been inserted through the opening 7662 of button panel 7634.Button member 7650 is outstanding from the top surface 7657 of button panel 7634.Button member 7650 can have the substrate substrate wideer than the opening in the button panel 7,634 7662, and for example the substrate substrate 7660.Yet such configuration only is exemplary.If desired, button member can have the substrate in the basal surface 7653 that is inserted into button panel 7634, thereby makes substrate 7660 flush with inner surface 7653.Button member 7650 also can have the wide substrate 7660 of ratio open not 7662.If desired, button member 7650 can directly be installed on the top surface 7657 of button panel 7634 (that is the configuration mode that, does not have any corresponding opening 7662 with button panel 7634 wherein).
Figure 25 C is the bottom perspective view of button panel 7634.In the il-lustrative example of Figure 25 C, the opening 7662 of button member 7650 on the basal surface 7653 that is arranged in button panel 7634 as seen.If desired, button member 7650 can directly be installed to the top surface 7657 of button panel 7634, thereby makes button member 7650 invisible on the basal surface 7653 of button panel 7634.
Figure 26 is the stereogram that is positioned near the housing parts 5612 the spring 7636.As shown in figure 26, spring 7636 can be formed on the inner surface 7643 of housing parts 5612.Spring 7636 can have a sheet, for example props up sheet 7664.It can be flexible propping up sheet 7664, and can be used for button panel 7634 is remained to housing parts 5612.Spring 7636 can have a sheet 7664 that is fit to quantity arbitrarily.In the example of Figure 27, spring 7636 has four sheets 7664.Spring 7636 can have and optionally is attached to button support 7644 or other wishes the spiral sleeve 7666 of parts.Housing parts 5612 can have the spiral sleeve 7642 (for example, referring to Figure 24) that is attached to button support 7644 on button panel 7634 either sides.Opening 7652 receivability button member in the housing parts 5612, for example button member 7650 (for example, referring to Figure 24).
Figure 27 is the stereogram that is attached to the button panel 7634 of housing parts 5612.Button panel 7634 can be pressed against on the spring 7636.Sheet 7664 on the spring 7636 is flexible when the hole of passing on the button panel 7,634 7640 (for example, referring to Figure 25 A to 25C).After the hole 7640 on passing button panel 7634, but sheet 7664 returning quickly, thus button panel 7634 is fixed to housing parts 5612.Button member 7650 on the button panel 7634 can be passed the hole 7652 (for example, referring to Figure 26) on the housing parts 5612.When any button member 7650 was pushed by the user, slit 7638 can make button panel 7634 bendings.Spiral sleeve 7642 and spiral sleeve 7666 can be used for attachment leg 7644 (for example, referring to Figure 24).Spiral sleeve 7666 can be the part of spring 7636.Spiral sleeve 7642 can be placed on the either side of button panel 7634.If desired, spiral sleeve 7642 and 7666 can be used for attached additional parts.
Figure 28 is the stereogram of dome switch assembly 7651.Dome switch assembly 7651 can have supporting construction, and for example the button support 7644.Dome switch 7646 can adopt the tightening technology that bonding agent or other be fit to and be attached to button support 7644.Button support 7644 can have screwed hole 7668 and 7669, and they are used for support 7644 is attached to spiral sleeve 7642 and 7666 (for example, referring to Figure 24) on the housing parts 5612.
The stereogram how button panel 7634 can be attached to another il-lustrative example of housing parts 5612 has been shown among Figure 29.Housing parts 5612 can have one or more springs 7670.Although four springs 7670 have been shown in the example of Figure 29, generally speaking, housing parts 5612 can have the spring 7670 that is fit to quantity arbitrarily.For example, housing parts 5612 can have two or six springs.Spring 7670 can be welded to housing parts 5612, and therefore is called the integral type spring sometimes.Button panel 7634 can be against the inner surface 7643 of housing parts 5612 and is pressed and puts in place, between spring 7670.For example, button panel 7634 can be pressed along the direction of arrow 7672 (that is, entering housing parts 5612 straight).When button panel 7634 was positioned at position against housing parts 5612, spring 7670 will be against the edge (for example, the edge 7671) of button panel 7634 and is pressed.Button member 7650 can be given prominence to by the hole in the housing parts 5612.Spiral sleeve 7666 can be welded to housing parts 5612, and can be suitable for passing the hole in the button panel 7634.The dome switch assembly of type described in Figure 28 can be attached to the spiral sleeve 7666 of housing 5612.Spiral sleeve (for example, spiral sleeve 7642) can be arranged on the either side of button panel 7634, and can be used for the dome switch assembly is attached to housing 5612.
Figure 30 is the end view at the button assembly with spring 7,670 7648 shown in Figure 29.As shown in figure 30, housing parts 5612 can have opening, and for example opening 7652.Housing parts 5612 can have spring, and for example spring 7670.Button panel 7634 can have the button member that is suitable for passing the opening 7652 in the housing parts 5612, and for example button member 7650.Button panel 7634 can be installed in the recess 7674 of housing 5612.Spring 7670 is attached to housing parts 5612, and button support 7644 can be kept putting in place.For button panel 7634 is inserted into against the position of housing 5612, button panel 7634 can be pressed along direction 7672 inner surface 7643 of housing 5612 (that is, towards).The button support 7644 of dome switch assembly 7651 and dome switch 7646 can be suitable for the downside 7653 against button panel 7634.Housing parts 5612 can have the spiral sleeve that the button support 7644 of dome switch assembly 7651 and other parts is attached to housing parts 5612, and for example spiral sleeve 7666.
Another il-lustrative example how button panel 7634 can be attached to housing parts 5612 has been shown among Figure 31.Button panel 7634 among Figure 31 has button member 7650, and it is suitable for passing the respective openings (as the opening among Figure 32 7652) in the housing parts 5612.Housing parts 5612 can have outstanding spiral sleeve 7666 by the corresponding opening in the button panel 7634.Spiral sleeve such as spiral sleeve 7666 and spiral sleeve 7642 can be used for attached dome switch assembly, for example the dome switch assembly 7651 among Figure 32.Housing parts 5612 can have clip, and for example clip 7676.Clip 7676 can be formed by elastic metallic or other material that is fit to.Clip 7676 can be soldered to metal tape 5612 or other shell structure.Clip 7676 can be used for button panel 7634 is attached to metal tape 5612.Clip 7676 enough rigidity so that plate 7634 is kept putting in place.But button panel 7634 perks put in place.For example, button panel 7634 can be along the direction perk of arrow 7678, with sliding button plate 7634 under clip 7676.Housing parts 5612 can have the clip 7676 that is fit to quantity arbitrarily.
Figure 32 is the end view that has such as the button assembly 7648 of the clip of clip 7676.Housing parts 5612 can have opening, and for example opening 7652.Button panel 7634 can have button member, and for example button member 7650.Button member 7650 can be suitable for passing the opening 7652 in the housing parts 5612.Button panel 7634 can abut against the inner surface 7643 of housing parts 5612 and perk puts in place.Button panel 7634 can be arranged in the recess 7674 of housing 5612.In the assembling process of equipment 10, button panel 7634 can be along the direction perk of arrow 7678, with sliding button plate 7634 under clip 7676.Clip 7676 sufficiently rigidity with holding plate 7634.
If desired, the use that can be combined of the button installation structure of type shown in Figure 27,29 and 31.For example, housing parts 5612 can have outstanding by the spring (for example, the spring among Figure 27 7636) of the opening in the button panel 7634 and the spring (for example, the spring among Figure 29 7670) of firmly grasping the edge of button panel 7634.
Electronic equipment such as portable electric appts has button usually.But button slave unit housing is outstanding.The user can operate this button by pressing button.
Sometimes wish to come the some parts of forming device housing by metal.Metal shell can have improved structure or aesthetic characteristic.Button also can be formed by metal.
Button assembly has undesirable friction sometimes or moves.Friction between the parts can cause undesirable wearing and tearing.The button member that is loosely remained in the button assembly can have undesirable motion, and click can take place.The button member of click clatter can allow the user feel not well, and can produce undesirable noise.When housing and button were formed by the material such as metal, these undesirable frictions and click can increase.
Therefore, hope can provide the method that reduces unwanted friction and undesirable motion in the electronic equipment button assembly.
This can realize by the electronic equipment (for example, the equipment 10 among Fig. 1,2A and the 2B) with button of being pushed by the user is provided.This electronic equipment can have the housing parts that is made of metal.For example, this electronic equipment can have the metal shell part, and it forms the band around this equipment.The button member (button panel) of the button member peace of projection can be formed by metal.
Button assembly can have the element that is inserted between housing and the button panel, for example silicone resin sheet.This material layer can reduce the undesirable motion and the click of button.This material layer also can reduce the wearing and tearing that cause because metal to metal contacts on button.
Button assembly can have button panel, and this button panel has the small lugs that the hole in the button panel is passed in insertion.This small lugs can be the silicones small lugs, and can give prominence on every side of button panel.Small lugs can reduce the motion of button panel with respect to apparatus casing.
Button member can have the ring around the substrate of button member, for example the silicones ring.When button member was actuated by the user, this ring can reduce the friction and wear between button member and the apparatus casing.If desired, this ring can be the coating that is positioned on the button member.
Anti-roll can be attached to button member, with the motion of bootable button member when button member is pushed by the user.This anti-roll can be coated, to reduce the friction and wear between anti-roll and the apparatus casing.
Spring can be attached to the button panel with button member.This spring can press the button support with dome switch.This spring can reduce undesirable motion of button member.When button member was pushed by the user, spring can be compressed, and the motion of bootable this button member.
According to an embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, this electronic equipment button assembly comprises: the metal shell structure with opening; Be arranged in the button member of the opening of shell structure; Be formed on the button panel on the button member; And be inserted in polymeric layer between button panel and the shell structure.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, wherein polymeric layer utilizes bonding agent to be attached to button panel and is attached to the metal shell structure.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, wherein polymeric layer comprises silicone layer.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, wherein polymeric layer bending when button member is pressed, and wherein button member and button panel are formed by metal.
According to an embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, this electronic equipment button assembly comprises: the metal shell structure with at least one opening; At least one button member corresponding at least one opening in the shell structure; Be attached to the button panel of button member; And be inserted in polymer small lugs in the button panel, its contacting metal shell structure, and prevent button panel contacting metal shell structure.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, wherein at least one button member comprises two button member, wherein at least one opening in the metal shell structure comprises two openings, and wherein is inserted into polymer small lugs in the button panel and comprises and be inserted in the polymer small lugs between two button member in the button panel.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, wherein the polymer small lugs comprises four or more a plurality of polymer small lugs.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, wherein the polymer small lugs comprises the silicones small lugs.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, wherein the polymer small lugs is the polymer small lugs that pressing mold forms.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, this electronic equipment button assembly also comprises the ring around button member, wherein this ring is inserted between button member and the metal shell structure, and wherein button member comprises the metal button member.
According to an embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, this electronic equipment button assembly comprises: the metal shell structure with opening; Be installed in the interior metal button member of opening of shell structure; And the ring that centers on the metal button member, wherein this ring is inserted between metal button member and the metal shell structure.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, wherein this ring comprises elastomeric ring.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, wherein this ring comprises the coating that is positioned on the metal button member.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, wherein the metal button member has recess, and wherein this ring is installed in the recess of metal button member.
According to an embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, this electronic equipment button assembly comprises: the casting of electronic device structure with opening; Be positioned at the button member of the opening of shell structure; And be attached to anti-roll of button member, wherein anti-roll has coating.
According to another embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment button assembly is provided, its floating coat comprises polymer coating, wherein electronic equipment comprises portable equipment, and wherein the casting of electronic device structure comprises the metal sidewall element.
According to an embodiment, a kind of portable electric appts button assembly is provided, this portable electric appts button assembly comprises: the portable electric appts shell structure with opening; Reciprocating button member in the opening in this portable electric appts shell structure; Be attached to the button panel structure of button member; The button support component; And the dome switch that is installed to the button supporting bracket, wherein the button panel structure has at least one spring that presses the button support component.
According to another embodiment, a kind of portable electric appts button assembly is provided, wherein at least one spring is included in two springs of contact button support component on the either side of dome switch.
According to another embodiment, a kind of portable electric appts button assembly is provided, wherein the portable electric appts shell structure comprises the metal-back body wall, and its medi-spring is configured to when button member is pushed by the user and compresses.
According to another embodiment, a kind of portable electric appts button assembly is provided, wherein the portable electric appts shell structure is formed by metal, and wherein the button panel structure is formed by metal.
In the example of Fig. 2 A, button 7626 is shown in the top left part of housing 5612 and flocks together.Usually, button 7626 can be arranged in the housing 5612 Anywhere, and does not need to flock together.Button such as the button among Fig. 2 A 7626 can be formed by the button assembly in the inside that is installed in equipment 10.Press-button structure on the button assembly can be given prominence to by the opening in the shell of equipment 10.
The exemplary button assembly that can be used for such as the button of the button among Fig. 2 A 7626 has been shown among Figure 33.In the example of Figure 33, button assembly 7848 is shown as and is installed to shell structure 5612 (for example, metal tape).Housing parts 5612 can have such as the outer surface on outer (outside) surface 7841 with such as the inner surface on interior (inside) surface 7843.Button assembly 7848 can be installed to the inner surface 7843 of housing parts 5612, thereby makes that button member 7850 is outstanding by the opening 7852 in the housing parts 5612.Button member 7850 can be the promotion button member of being pushed from the outside of housing parts 5612 by the user.When user's actuation button element, reciprocating motion in the respective openings 7852 of button member in housing.Button member 7850 can be by making such as the material of metal, glass, pottery, composite material or plastics (as an example).
Material layer such as layer 7870 can be inserted between shell structure 5612 and the button panel 7834.Layer 7870 can be made by polymer or plastics (for example, silicones or other material).Layer 7870 can be flat, and can be called flat element or plate sometimes.Layer 7870 can utilize the inner surface 7843 that is attached to shell structure 16 such as the bonding agent of bonding agent 7872.Layer 7870 can utilize the end face that is attached to button panel 7834 such as the bonding agent of bonding agent 7872.Layer 7870 can reduce the undesirable wearing and tearing from the metal to metal contact.Layer 7870 can be used for minimizing undesirable motion, for example can cause the transverse movement of click.Especially, layer 7870 can reduce button member 7850 and button panel 7834 in the side of the flat outer surface that is parallel to shell structure 5612 to the undesirable motion on side direction 7882 and 7884.Layer 7870 also can help to make button panel 7834 to fix against shell structure 5612.Can use bonding agent 7872 along the surface of layer 7870.Bonding agent 7872 can not be used in the zone of proximate buttons element 7850 (for example, zone 7871), thereby makes when button member 7850 is pushed by the user, and layers 7870 flexible.
Figure 34 is the stereogram of shell structure 5612 and layer 7870.Layer 7870 can be attached to the inner surface 7843 of shell structure 5612.Button member 7850 (for example, referring to Figure 33) can be inserted through the opening in layer 7870 and the shell structure 5612.Button panel 7834 can be attached to button member 7850.Button panel 7834 can utilize and be attached to layer 7870 such as the bonding agent of bonding agent 7872.Spiral sleeve such as spiral sleeve 7842 can be attached to shell structure 5612, and can be used for attached structure such as dome assembly 7851 (for example, referring to Figure 33).In the example of Figure 34, two buttons are inserted through layer 7870.Usually, the button of any amount can be inserted through each layer 7870.
Shown in the example of Figure 35, when button member 7850 was pushed by the user, layer 7870 can be crooked.In the example of Figure 35, layer 7870 utilizes bonding agent 7872 and is attached to shell structure 5612.The zone that also exists some not have bonding agent 7872 is as the zone 7871 of next-door neighbour's button member 7850.When button member 7850 is pushed by the user (along by the indicated direction of arrow 7876), the part that is attached to button panel 7834 by bonding agent 7872 of layer 7870 can be moved along direction 7876 with button panel 7834 and button member 7850.The motion of layer 7870 can help along direction 7876 call-on button elements 7850.The motion of layer 7870 also can be used as movement-damper, is used for the motion of damping button member 7850.When button member 7850 turned back to its home position, layer 7870 available buffer button panel 7834 were with respect to the impact of shell structure 5612.When button member 7850 is pushed by the user, shown in the example of Figure 35 like that, button member 7850 can be called and be in depressing position, pressing position, actuated position or to upper/lower positions.When button member 7850 is not pushed by the user, shown in the example of Figure 33 like that, button member 7850 can be called and be in not pressing position, unactuated position, initial position or position upwards.
Figure 36 shows the have small lugs example of button panel of (for example, small lugs 7878).Small lugs 7878 can be formed by silicones or other material that is fit to.Small lugs 7878 can be inserted through the hole 7880 in the button panel 7834, and can give prominence on the either side of button panel 7834.In Figure 36, two button member 7850 are attached to button panel 7834 (for example, forming the rocker switch that plate 7834 wherein pivots around pivotal axis 7881).Usually, the button member 7850 of suitable quantity all can be attached to button panel 7834 arbitrarily.The opening 7852 of button member 7850 from shell structure 5612 is outstanding.Small lugs 7878 can contact the inner surface 7843 of shell structure 5612.Small lugs 7878 can reduce the side allocinesi of button member 7850 in opening 7852.For example, small lugs 7878 can reduce button member 7850 and button panel 7834 along side moving to side direction 7882 and 7884.Small lugs can prevent metal to metal contact, for example contacting between button panel 7834 and the shell structure 5612 in zone 7879.
The top perspective view that has such as the button panel 7834 of the elastomer element of small lugs 7878 has been shown among Figure 37.In the example of Figure 37, six small lugs 7878 become column-row arrangement between button member 7850.Usually, can use the small lugs 7878 that is fit to quantity arbitrarily.For example, button panel 7834 can have two or more small lugs, four or more a plurality of small lugs, six or more a plurality of small lugs etc.Small lugs 7878 can be arranged to array or other configuration.
Figure 38 is the side cross-sectional view that has two button panels 7834 of a button member 7850 separately.Button panel 7834 can have the small lugs 7878 that is inserted in the hole 7880.Button member 7850 can be given prominence to by the opening in the shell structure 5,612 7852.Small lugs 7878 can be against the inner surface 7843 of shell structure 5612.In the example of Figure 38, small lugs 7878 is shown as on the either side that is arranged in each button member 7850.Usually, small lugs 7878 can be arranged as the configuration that is fit to arbitrarily.
Figure 40 is the side cross-sectional view of button member 7850 that is inserted through the opening 7852 of shell structure 5612.Ring such as ring 7886 can surround button member 7850.Ring 7886 can be formed by the elastomeric material such as plastics or silicones.Ring 7886 can be used as liner, is used for preventing that button member 7850 from directly contacting shell structure 5612 when button member 7850 during in opening 7852 reciprocating motions.Ring 7886 can be similar to " the O shape ring " that launches on button member 7850.Ring 7886 can form by deposit one coating (for example, plastic coating or other coating) softer than metal on button member 7850.If desired, button member 7850 can have depressed part, for example is absorbed in portion (inset) 7891, with receiving ring 7886.Button member 7850 can be attached to button panel 7834.Button member 7850 can be welded to button panel 7834 at point 7888 places.In the example of Figure 40, button panel 7834 is shown as has opening 7890.Yet this only is exemplary.Ring 7886 can be used as anti-click clatter ring.Ring 7886 can reduce the click of button member 7850 by the collision that prevents metal to metal in the motion process of equipment 10.Ring 7886 noises that also can reduce from the click clatter of button member 7850.Ring 7886 can help to realize environmental sealing around button member 7850.Figure 41 is the bottom perspective view with button member 7850 of ring 7886.
If desired, button can have corresponding anti-roll.Shown in the example of Figure 42, anti-roll 7892 can be attached to button member 7850.When button member 7850 was pushed by the user, anti-roll 7892 can prevent button member 7850 perks.Button member 7850 can be attached to button panel 7834.Button member 7850 can be along axis 78101 reciprocating motions in the opening 7852 of shell structure 5612.Button panel 7834 can press the dome switch 7846 that is installed on the button support 7844.Can pivot around pivot 78102 for anti-roll 7892, and can reciprocating motion in such as the groove of groove 78104 between shell structure 5612 and button support 7844.When the user when being pressed on the button member 7850 (that is) along direction 78100, anti-roll 7892 can pivot widdershins around pivot 78102, and in groove 78104 along direction 7898 slips.The motion of anti-roll 7892 bootable button member 7850, but and help button element 7850 press dome switch 7846 equably.
Can form by metal for anti-roll 7892.Shell structure 5612 and button support 7844 also can be formed by metal.If desired, can have core 7896 and the lubricant coating 7894 that forms by metal for anti-roll 7892.Coating 7894 can be polymer or plastic material (for example, silicones), the friction (for example, in groove 78104) between its anti-roll 7892 of reduction, housing 5612 and the support 7844.Can adopt technology that coating 7894 is applied to bar 7892 such as dip-coating, bat printing, spraying, electrostatic spraying, powder coated, splash or thermal contraction.Also can form for anti-roll 7892 by coated wire.
Figure 43 is the figure as button member 7850 when the direction 78100 of Figure 42 is observed and anti-roll 7892.Anti-roll 7892 can be for having the cardinal principle U-shaped shape of three sidepieces.Can have the tip 78108 in the opening 78106 of button member of being inserted into 7850 for anti-roll 7892.Bar tip 78108 in the opening 78106 can form pin-and-hole (pin-in-hole) contact or " outer volume (revolute) contact ".Bar 7892 can have the coating that is positioned on the core 7896, and for example coating 7894.Core 7896 can be formed by metal.Coating 7894 can be formed by polymer, to prevent undesirable metal to metal friction when bar tip 78108 pivots in opening 78106.
If desired, can be used for minimizing click in the button assembly such as the spring of bias spring.Figure 44 is the end view with button assembly of bias spring 78110.Button member 7850 can be attached to button panel 7834.Button member 7850 can be inserted through the opening in the shell structure 5612, and for example opening 7852.Button member 7850 and button panel 7834 can press the dome switch 7846 on the button support 7844.If desired, button support 7844 can have the flexible circuit that can be used for the dome switch electronic device, and for example flexible circuit 78114.Spring such as spring 78110 can be attached to button panel 7834.Spring 78110 can be welded to button panel 7834 in 78112 places in the position.Spring 78110 can be known as bias spring or clip.Spring 78110 can be with button panel 7834 with respect to 7844 biasings of button support.If support 7844 has the flexible circuit such as flexible circuit 78114, spring 78110 can lean on or be in close proximity to flexible circuit 78114.Spring 78110 can help to reduce the click in the button assembly 7848.Spring 78110 also can help button panel 7834 is fixed against shell structure 5612.When in the opening 7852 of spring 78110 in shell structure 5612 during reciprocating motion, the also bootable button member 7850 of spring 78110.
Figure 45 is the bottom view of the button panel 7834 of Figure 44.Button panel 7834 can have the spring 78110 on the either side of button member of being arranged on 7850.Spring 78110 can be pushed on the button support 7844 that is positioned on dome switch 7846 either sides (for example, referring to Figure 44).
When button member 7850 was pushed by the user, spring 78110 can compression, shown in the example of Figure 46.In Figure 46, button member 7850 is pushed along the direction of arrow 78116 by the user.Therefore button member 7850 is positioned at depressing position.Spring 78110 can help call-on button element 7850, thereby makes button member 7850 just in time by being pressed on the dome switch 7846.
The description of front only illustration principle of the present invention, under the prerequisite that does not depart from the scope of the present invention with spirit, those skilled in the art can also carry out diversified improvement.
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1. button, this button comprises:
The glass button member, it has outer surface and lower button element surface; And
At least one material layer for composition of picture, it is positioned on the described lower button element surface.
2. button according to claim 1, wherein, described at least one material layer for composition of picture comprises:
The first composition ink marks layer, it is positioned on the described lower button element surface; And
The second ink marks layer, it covers described lower button element surface, and covers the described first composition ink marks layer.
3. button according to claim 2, wherein, the described first composition ink marks layer has first color, and the described second ink marks layer has second color, and described first color is more of light color than described second.
4. button according to claim 3, wherein, described first color is a white, and described second color is a black.
5. button according to claim 1, wherein, described glass button member comprises transparent circular glass disc elements, and described at least one material layer for composition of picture comprises the first composition ink marks layer and the second ink marks layer, the described first composition ink marks layer is positioned on the described lower button element surface, and the described second ink marks layer covers the whole described first composition ink marks layer basically and covers described lower button element surface.
6. device, this device comprises:
The button support component, this button support component has a surface, and this surface has at least some laser active parts; And
Be formed directly into described lip-deep conductive antenna traces.
7. device according to claim 6, this device also comprise the dome switch that is installed on the described button support component.
8. device according to claim 7, this device also comprise the button member that supports against described dome switch.
9. device according to claim 8, this device also comprises the conducting shell structure that is electrically connected to described conductive antenna traces, wherein said conducting shell structure has opening, and the reciprocating motion in this opening of described button member.
10. electronic equipment, this electronic equipment comprises:
Button panel, it has at least one button member;
Shell structure, it has at least one opening, and described button member is outstanding passes through described opening to be activated by the user; And
At least one spring is in order to be attached to described shell structure with described button panel.
11. electronic equipment according to claim 10, wherein, described button panel has at least one opening, and described spring is suitable for passing the opening in the described button panel.
12. electronic equipment according to claim 11, wherein, described spring comprises the screwed hole that forms spiral sleeve.
13. electronic equipment according to claim 12, this electronic equipment also comprise the dome switch assembly that is attached to described spiral sleeve.
14. electronic equipment according to claim 11, wherein, described button panel has two slits on the opposite side that is positioned at described opening.
15. electronic equipment according to claim 10, wherein, described spring comprises in a plurality of springs, and described button panel has sidepiece, and described a plurality of spring presses the sidepiece of described button panel.
16. an electronic equipment button assembly, this electronic equipment button assembly comprises:
The metal shell structure, it has opening;
Button member, it is arranged in the opening of described shell structure;
Button panel, it is formed on the described button member; And
Polymeric layer, it is inserted between described button panel and the described shell structure.
17. electronic equipment button assembly according to claim 16, wherein, described polymeric layer utilizes bonding agent to be attached to described button panel and is attached to described metal shell structure.
18. electronic equipment button assembly according to claim 16, wherein, described polymeric layer comprises silicone layer.
19. electronic equipment button assembly according to claim 16, wherein, described polymeric layer bending when described button member is pressed, and described button member and described button panel are formed by metal.
20. a device, this device comprises:
The casting of electronic device structure, it has opening;
Button member, it has outstanding projection by described opening, and wherein, described casting of electronic device structure has the first wall part and second wall part that is arranged on the described button member; And
Lubricant coating, it is inserted between described button member and described second wall part, and wherein, described first wall partly has than the littler thickness of described second wall part.
21. device according to claim 20, wherein, described button member comprises metal, and described casting of electronic device structure comprises metal electron apparatus casing wall, and described opening is formed and passes this metal electron apparatus casing wall.
22. device according to claim 21, this device also comprises the visual detector that is positioned on the described button member, wherein, described button member can move between the primary importance and the second place, and do not contacting at visual detector described in the described second place under the situation of described first wall part and covered wherein by described opening as seen, by described first wall part at visual detector described in the described primary importance.
23. device according to claim 20, wherein, described visual detector comprises the ink marks piece.
24. an electronic equipment, this electronic equipment comprises:
Shell structure;
Audio jack, it is installed in the described shell structure; And
Microphone, it is inserted between described audio jack and the described shell structure.
25. electronic equipment according to claim 24, wherein, described shell structure comprises the housing wall with microphone ports opening, described electronic equipment also comprises the compression foam layer that is inserted between described microphone and the described audio jack, wherein, described compression foam layer is setovered described microphone at described microphone ports opening part towards described housing wall.
26. electronic equipment according to claim 25, this electronic equipment also comprises the vibrator that is installed to described audio jack.
27. electronic equipment according to claim 26, wherein, described vibrator comprises gradually thin weight.
28. electronic equipment according to claim 27, wherein, described vibrator comprises the axle that described gradually thin weight is attached to, and wherein this axle has the tip, the surface of described gradually thin weight at this place, tip than at more close this axle in described other parts place.
29. electronic equipment according to claim 28, wherein, described gradually thin weight has a plurality of parts, and wherein each part has cylindrical surface, and this cylindrical surface has apart from the different radial distance of described axle.
30. a device, this device comprises:
The vibrator motor that is used for vibrator;
By the axle that is used for vibrator of described vibrator motor rotation, wherein, described axle has rotation; And
The weight that is used for vibrator, this weight are that rotation is asymmetrical and be tapered along described rotation.
31. device according to claim 30, this device also comprises:
The casting of electronic device structure; And
One element utilizes this element to make described vibrator motor be installed to described casting of electronic device structure.
32. device according to claim 31, wherein, described casting of electronic device structure comprises housing wall, and described element is attached to this housing wall, and described device also comprises: the audio jack that described element was attached to.
33. device according to claim 32, this device also comprises: be inserted in the microphone between described audio jack and the described housing wall.
34. device according to claim 33, this device also comprises: be inserted in the compression foam layer between described microphone and the described audio jack, wherein, described compression foam layer is setovered the microphone ports opening part of described microphone in described housing wall towards described housing wall.
35. device according to claim 30, wherein, described axle has the tip, and wherein ratio is located at more close this axle in the other parts place of described axle in the surface of gradually thin weight at this tip.
36. device according to claim 35, wherein, described gradually at least a portion of thin weight has trochoidal surface.
37. a device, this device comprises:
The casting of electronic device wall, it has opening;
Button member, it has outstanding projection by described opening;
Switch, it is activated by described button member; And
Supporting construction, described switch is installed to this supporting construction, and wherein, this supporting construction is inserted between described switch and the described button member.
38. according to the described device of claim 37, wherein, described supporting construction has opening, and described switch has opening that extends through in the described supporting construction and the part that is activated by described button member.
39. according to the described device of claim 38, wherein, described supporting construction comprises the support that is connected to described housing wall.
40. according to the described device of claim 39, this device also comprises flexible print circuit, wherein this flexible print circuit is inserted between described switch and the described support.
41. according to the described device of claim 40, wherein, described button member and described housing sidewall are formed by metal, and described device also comprises the lubricant coating that is inserted between described button member and the described housing sidewall.
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