All-in-one smart tablet PC and the assembly method thereof

• US 9,983,626 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2014
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangzhou Shirui Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Guangzhou Shirui Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cao, Jianhui, Deng, Fangguang, Zhang, Zongtao, Hou, Minxiang, Wu, Yingjie
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hoa C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Augustin, Christopher L
• Application Number:
  US14/888,331
• Publication Number:
  US 20160109907A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,279 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133314 Back frames
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133328 Segmented frames
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/042 by opto-electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0421 by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen

Abstract

An all-in-one smart tablet PC and the assembly method thereof are disclosed. The all-in-one smart tablet PC includes: a screen, a glass, an infrared touch module, a rear shell and a plurality of screen supports; each of the screen supports is provided with a groove, with the glass inserted into the groove and matching the groove; each of the screen supports is further provided with a slot, with the infrared touch module positioned into the slot and matching the slot; a supporting tab is provided on a side of the screen support, and a screen frame is formed by the supporting tabs of the screen supports joined together end to end; the screen is installed within the screen frame and the rear shell is installed onto the back of the screen. By the technical solution of the present disclosure, the quality and the qualified rate of the product are improved; meanwhile, no positioning blocks are used during the whole assembly process, which saves cost and improves the assembly efficiency, and is able to meet the requirements for large-scale and modular production.

Claims

1. An all-in-one smart tablet PC, comprising:

a screen, a glass, an infrared touch module, a rear shell and a plurality of screen supports;

wherein each of the screen supports is provided with a groove, the glass is inserted into the groove and matching the groove;

each of the screen supports is further provided with a slot, the infrared touch module is positioned into the slot and matching the slot;

a supporting tab is provided on a side of each of the screen supports, the supporting tabs of the screen supports are connected together end to end to form a screen frame;

the screen is installed within the screen frame; and

the rear shell is installed onto the back of the screen, wherein the screen comprises a liquid crystal (LC) glass, a screen back plate and a middle frame, the middle frame being located between the LC glass and the screen back plate, the screen back plate being attached to the back of the middle frame, the LC glass being installed onto the front of the middle frame, and the screen back plate is attached to the supporting tab, wherein a side of the screen back plate is provided with a first threaded hole, the supporting tab is provided with a second threaded hole, and the screen back plate is attached to the supporting tab by a screw passing through the second threaded hole and the first threaded hole.

2. The all-in-one smart tablet PC of claim 1, wherein the all-in-one smart tablet PC further comprises corner covers installed between adjacent screen supports.

3. The all-in-one smart tablet PC of claim 2, wherein the all-in-one smart tablet PC further comprises corner cover seats;

each of the screen supports is provided with recesses on both sides thereof, the corner covers and the corner cover seats are respectively provided with protrusions for matching the recesses;

the corner cover seats are installed between adjacent screen supports, and the corner covers are installed onto the corner cover seats.

4. The all-in-one smart tablet PC of claim 2, wherein the screen supports comprise a first screen support and a second screen support;

the first screen support is provided on both ends with corner cover seats, the second screen support is provided on both ends with recesses, and the corner cover seats are provided on one end with protrusions matching the recesses;

the corner covers are installed onto the corner cover seats.

5. The all-in-one smart tablet PC of claim 1, wherein the slot is provided with fitting recesses, the infrared touch module is provided on both sides with fitting edges for fit into the fitting recesses.

6. The all-in-one smart tablet PC of claim 1, wherein the middle frame is provide with a second fitting opening or buckle, and the screen back plate is provided with a buckle or fitting opening that match the second fitting opening or buckle of the middle frame.

7. The all-in-one smart tablet PC of claim 1, wherein the all-in-one smart tablet PC further comprises an infrared filter tape covering the slot.

8. The all-in-one smart tablet PC of claim 1, wherein the screen supports are made of aluminum profile.

9. The all-in-one smart tablet PC of claim 5, wherein the slot walls on both sides of the slot comprise:

a first slot wall and a second slot wall, the groove walls on both sides of the groove, comprise a first groove wall and a second groove wall;

the upper portion of the first slot wall is overlapped with the second groove wall, and the supporting tab is provided on the first groove wall;

the upper end of the second slot wall is provided with a first inclined portion extending toward the first slot wall along the second slot wall;

the first inclined portion is provided with a first fitting recess, and the bottom of the slot is provided with a second fitting recess corresponding to the first fitting recess.

10. The all-in-one smart tablet PC of claim 9, wherein the upper end of the second slot wall is provided with a second inclined portion forming a gap therebetween with the first inclined portion;

the first slot wall is provided with an indent corresponding to the gap.

11. The all-in-one smart tablet PC of claim 10, wherein the screen support further comprises a cover plate, with both sides of the cover plate fitted respectively into the gap and the indent.

12. The all-in-one smart tablet PC of claim 11, wherein the cover plate is transparent or semi-transparent.

13. The all-in-one smart tablet PC of claim 9, wherein the screen support is provided with a recess located below the groove and on one side of the first slot wall.