SLIDE STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20200137208A1
• Filed: 10/22/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: SI, Xinwei
• Granted Patent: US 11,128,743 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0237 Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0277 for a printed circuit board assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0086 portable, e.g. battery operated apparatus casings for switching devices H01H9/02
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/03 Covers

Abstract

A slide structure and an electronic device can affect a relative sliding movement between a first structure and a second structure of the electronic device. The slide structure includes a first cover and a second cover; a fixed member fixed to the second cover on a surface facing the first cover, where first receiving spaces are formed between the fixed member and the surface of the second cover and extend along a relative sliding direction of the electronic device; a fitting member including cover portions extending along the relative sliding direction, one part of the cover portions extending into the first receiving spaces and the other part fixed to the first cover on a surface facing the second cover, so that the fixed member is slidable along the second receiving spaces formed between the cover portions and the surface of the first cover.

Claims

1. A slide structure, configured to effect a relative sliding movement between a first structure and a second structure of an electronic device, comprising:

a first cover disposed between the first structure and the second structure and fitted together with the first structure;

a second cover disposed between the first structure and the second structure and fitted together with the second structure;

a fixed member fixed to the second cover on a surface thereof facing the first cover and forming a first receiving space with the surface of the second cover, the first receiving space extending in a sliding direction in which the first structure and the second structure slide relative to each other; and

a fitting member comprising a cover portion that extends in the sliding direction, with one part of the cover portion extending into the first receiving space and the other part of the cover portion fixed to the first cover on a surface thereof facing the second cover, so that the fixed member is slidable in a second receiving space formed between the cover portion and the surface of the first cover.

2. The slide structure according to claim 1, wherein

the fixed member comprises two side edges parallel to the sliding direction;

and

the first receiving space is formed between each of the side edges of the fixed member and the surface of the second cover, respectively.

3. The slide structure according to claim 2, wherein

the fixed member is in a sheet shape;

a surface of the fixed member away from the second cover is smooth; and

the fixed member is thinner at the two side edges than at other parts to form the first receiving space respectively.

4. The slide structure according to claim 2, wherein the fitting member comprises two cover portions mating with the two side edges.

5. The slide structure according to claim 4, wherein the fitting member further comprises a connection portion, and two ends of the connection portion are respectively connected with the two cover portions to form a U-shaped or H-shaped structure.

6. The slide structure according to claim 5, wherein the connection portion is engaged with the fixed member to stop the sliding movement when the first structure and the second structure slide from a closed state into an open state.

7. The slide structure according to claim 1, wherein

the cover portion is fixed to an edge of a preset recess in the first cover;

and

the cover portion is partially overlapped with the preset recess so that the second receiving space is formed between the cover portion and the preset recess.

19. A mobile phone comprising the slide structure according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone is the electronic device and further comprises:

the first structure and the second structure joined at the slide structure;

wherein

the slide structure comprises a first slide structure and a second slide structure;

a distance between the second slide structure and a top surface of the mobile phone is c1;

a distance between the first slide structure and a bottom surface of the electronic device is c2;

a gap between the first structure and the second structure at the top surface in a thickness direction of the mobile phone is c3;

a gap between the first structure and the second structure at the bottom surface is c4;

a gap between the first structure and the second structure at the first slide structure in the thickness direction is T1;

an increase in c3 is positively related to the distance c1;

a gap between the first structure and the second structure at the second slide structure in the thickness direction is T2; and

an increase in c4 is positively related to c2.

20. The mobile phone according to claim 19, wherein

the first slide structure and the second slide structure collectively affect gaps of the mobile phone at both the top and bottom surfaces;

c1 is no greater than a predefined distance threshold D1;

c2 is no greater than a predefined distance threshold D2;

such that the gaps of the mobile phone at both the top and bottom ends do not increase excessively, and c3 and c4 are both no greater than a predefined gap threshold d0;

the first slide structure and the second slide structure are no greater than a preset length away from edges on both left and right sides of the mobile phone, such that gaps of the mobile phone at the edges on both the left and right sides also meet predefined quality control requirements.

8. An electronic device, comprising:

a first structure;

a second structure;

a first slide structure disposed between the first structure and the second structure, where a distance between the first slide structure and a first end of the electronic device in a preset direction is no greater than a preset length, and a distance between the first slide structure and a second end of the electronic device in the preset direction is greater than the preset length;

a second slide structure disposed between the first structure and the second structure, where the second slide structure is between the first slide structure and the second end, and a distance between the second slide structure and the second end of the electronic device in the preset direction is no greater than the preset length;

wherein the second slide structure comprises;

a first cover fitted together with the first structure;

a second cover fitted together with the second structure;

a fixed member fixed to the second cover on a surface thereof facing the first cover and forming a first receiving space with the surface of the second cover, the first receiving space extending in a sliding direction in which the first structure and the second structure slide relative to each other;

a fitting member comprising a cover portion that extends in the sliding direction, with one part of the cover portion extending into the first receiving space and the other part of the cover portion fixed to the first cover on a surface thereof facing the second cover, so that the fixed member is slidable in a second receiving space formed between the cover portion and the surface of the first cover.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein gaps in a thickness direction between the first structure and the second structure at the first slide structure and the second slide structure respectively synergize with the preset length, so that gaps in the thickness direction between the first structure and the second structure at two end portions respectively in the preset direction is no greater than a preset value.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the electronic device comprises a mainboard area, a battery area, and an antenna area disposed sequentially in the preset direction, the first slide structure being disposed at the battery area and the second slide structure being disposed at the mainboard area.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein a first gap between the first structure and the second structure in a thickness direction at the mainboard area is smaller than a second gap between the first structure and the second structure in the thickness direction at the battery area, a thickness of the first slide structure is no greater than the second gap, and a thickness of the second slide structure is no greater than the first gap.

12. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the first slide structure comprises:

a fixed portion, fixed at its top to a bottom surface of the first structure, having a plate shape as a whole and formed with bends at both sides;

a slider, fixed at its bottom to a top surface of the second structure; and

slide rails, fixed to the bends on the inner sides thereof, so that the slider engages with the slide rails at both sides to effect a sliding movement.

13. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the fixed member comprises two side edges parallel to the sliding direction, and the first receiving space is formed between each of the side edges of the fixed member and the surface of the second cover, respectively.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the fixed member is in a sheet shape, is smooth on a surface away from the second cover, and is thinner at the two side edges than at other parts to form the first receiving space.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the fitting member comprises two cover portions mating with the two side edges.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the fitting member further comprises a connection portion, with two ends of the connection portion being respectively connected to the two cover portions to form a U-shaped or H-shaped structure.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein the connection portion is engaged with the fixed member to stop the sliding movement when the first structure and the second structure slide from a closed state into an open state.

18. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the cover portion is fixed to an edge of a preset recess in the first cover;

and the cover portion is partially overlapped with the preset recess so that the second receiving space is formed between the cover portion and the preset recess.