Terminal equipment

Abstract

This invention discloses a terminal device comprising a housing, a flip module, a first driving unit, and a second driving unit. The housing includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to or located beside the first surface. A receiving groove is recessed into the second surface of the housing, and the periphery of the receiving groove is closed. A movable seat is disposed within the receiving groove. The first driving unit drives the movable seat to move between a first position near the bottom wall of the receiving groove and a second position away from the bottom wall of the receiving groove. The flip module includes a rotating end and a free end opposite to the rotating end. The rotating end is rotatably connected to the movable seat. The second driving unit drives the flip module to rotate relative to the movable seat. This invention prevents interference between the flip module and the housing during rotation, eliminates the need for notches in the housing, improves the strength of the terminal device, and facilitates the deployment of signal antennas.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of electronic technology, and in particular to a terminal device. Background Art

[0002] With the continuous advancement of science and technology, terminal devices are required to have a display screen with a sufficiently large area while controlling its overall size as much as possible. For example, in order to obtain a larger screen-to-body ratio for mobile phones that people use frequently, the middle position of the top of the mobile phone screen is usually recessed to facilitate the installation of the front camera, light sensor, etc. of the mobile phone. This is commonly known as the "notch screen". Although it can increase the flat ratio of the mobile phone, due to the opening of a recess on the mobile phone screen, the mobile phone screen display has certain defects, and the full-screen design of the mobile phone is not achieved. In order to solve the defects of the "notch screen", some existing mobile phones place the rear camera, light sensor, etc. on a flip module that can be rotated forward, and a groove is provided on the back of the mobile phone for accommodating the front camera when not in use. The flip module is included so that the camera can be used as a rear camera, and when used as a rear camera, the flip module is completely housed in the groove and does not protrude from the surface of the back shell of the mobile phone, which can avoid the camera occupying the installation space of the screen; however, in order to enable the camera to flip 180° to a state horizontal with the mobile phone screen, it is necessary to extend the top of the groove to the top of the mobile phone frame and form a notch at the top of the frame to avoid interference between the flip module and the frame, which will affect the strength of the top of the mobile phone, especially for some models that place the signal antenna at the top of the frame. The above structure must disconnect the signal antenna at the notch of the frame, or consider placing the signal antenna in other positions of the mobile phone, which affects the layout of internal components of the mobile phone and, more importantly, reduces the ability of the mobile phone to receive signals. Summary of the invention

[0003] In view of the deficiencies in the prior art, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a terminal device, which can realize the front-facing camera by flipping the rear camera forward, and has a notch that can reduce the strength of the damage and affect the antenna setting.

[0004] To achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solution:

[0005] A terminal device includes a shell, a flip module, a first drive unit, and a second drive unit; the shell includes a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite to the first surface or located on the side of the first surface, and a storage groove is formed on the second surface of the shell in a recessed manner toward the inside of the shell, and the periphery of the storage groove is closed; a movable seat is arranged in the storage groove, and the first drive unit is used to drive the movable seat to move between a first position close to the bottom wall of the storage groove and a second position away from the bottom wall of the storage groove; the flip module includes a rotating end and a free end opposite to the rotating end, the rotating end is rotatably connected to the movable seat, and the second drive unit is used to drive the flip module to rotate relative to the movable seat.

[0006] Preferably, the movable seat includes a pivot, one end of which is provided with an axle head, the rotating end of the flip module is provided with an axle hole matching the axle head, and the axle head is inserted into the axle hole to rotatably connect the rotating end to the pivot.

[0007] Preferably, the end surface of the other end of the pivot is provided with a mounting hole recessed toward one end of the shaft head, and the second driving unit is a driving motor. The body of the driving motor is placed in the mounting hole and fixedly matched with the pivot, and the rotating shaft of the driving motor passes through the other end of the pivot and is synchronously connected to the rotating end of the flip module.

[0008] Preferably, the cross-section of the rotating shaft of the driving motor is square or triangular, and the rotating end of the flip module is provided with a connecting hole for inserting the rotating shaft of the driving motor, and the cross-sectional shape of the connecting hole matches the rotating shaft of the driving motor.

[0009] Preferably, the pivot is provided with a through hole extending from the end surface of the shaft head to the mounting hole.

[0010] Preferably, a mounting seat located in the receiving groove is fixed on the shell, the movable seat is movably connected to the mounting seat, and a guide mechanism is provided between the movable seat and the mounting seat, and the guide mechanism is used to guide the movable seat to move between the first position and the second position.

[0011] Preferably, the first driving unit is a motor whose body is fixed on a movable seat, the motor has an external thread on its shaft, the mounting seat has a matching hole for inserting the power supply motor's shaft, and the inner wall of the matching hole has an internal thread that engages with the external thread.

[0012] Preferably, the movable seat is provided with a hollow mounting column extending toward the mounting seat, the motor body is fixed inside the mounting column and the rotating shaft is placed outside the mounting column, and the movable seat is provided with a channel extending from the inside of the mounting column to the outer surface of the movable seat.

[0013] Preferably, the guide mechanism comprises a guide column whose extension direction is consistent with the movement direction of the movable seat, and a guide sleeve slidably mounted on the outside of the guide column, wherein one of the guide sleeve and the guide column is arranged on the mounting seat, and the other is arranged on the movable seat.

[0014] Preferably, the first driving unit is a linear motor, and one of the body and the telescopic rod of the linear motor is connected to the mounting seat, and the other is connected to the movable seat.

[0015] Preferably, the rotating end of the flip module is provided with an avoidance groove for avoiding the movable seat and the mounting seat.

[0016] The beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0017] Compared with the prior art, the terminal device of the present invention sets the rotation axis of the flip module on a movable seat. The rotation axis of the flip module is displaced away from the bottom wall of the storage groove along with the movable seat, so that there is no interference with the shell when the flip module rotates. There is no need to open a notch on the shell, which improves the strength of the terminal device and is conducive to the layout of the signal antenna. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 2 It is the installation schematic diagram of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 3 for Figure 1 AA section view;

[0021] Figure 4 The figure is a schematic diagram of a usage state of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] Below, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments, the present invention is further described:

[0023] like Figure 1 , 23 shows a terminal device of the present invention, which is a mobile phone, comprising a housing 100, a flip module 20, a first drive unit and a second drive unit, wherein the housing 100 comprises a front side 110 and a back side 120 arranged opposite to the front side, the front side 110 is used to install a screen, a storage groove 121 is provided on the back side 120 near the top of the housing 100, the storage groove 121 is a structure with four sides closed, the four sides of the storage groove 121 are separated from the four sides of the back side 120 by a certain distance, that is, the storage groove 121 does not extend to any side of the four sides of the housing 100 to form a gap, a movable seat 30 is provided in the storage groove 121, the movable seat 30 and the housing 100 can be movably matched, in the above-mentioned first drive unit Driven by, the movable seat 30 can be moved between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the movable seat 30 is close to the bottom wall of the storage groove 121, and in the second position, the movable seat 30 is away from the bottom wall of the storage groove 121, that is, when the movable seat 30 moves from the first position to the second position, it undergoes a displacement in a direction perpendicular to the back side 120 toward the bottom wall of the storage groove 121. In other words, the above-mentioned first driving unit can drive the movable seat 30 to move in a direction perpendicular to the back side 120, or it can move along a straight line at a certain angle to the back side 120, or the first driving unit drives the movable seat 30 to move along other curves, so that the movable seat 30 produces a displacement change in the direction perpendicular to the back side 120. The flip module 20 includes a rotating end 21 close to the top of the shell 100, and a free end 22 opposite to the rotating end 21, wherein the rotating end 21 is rotatably mounted on the movable seat 30, and driven by the above-mentioned second driving unit, the flip module 20 can rotate relative to the movable seat 30, so that the flip module 20 can be accommodated in the storage groove 121, or outward to a state of being detached from the storage groove 121. Specifically, the second driving unit can drive the flip module 20 to flip outward 180°, so that the flip module 20 is parallel to the back side 120.

[0024] See also Figure 1 and Figure 4For a mobile phone, the camera is placed on the flip module 20. When used as a rear camera, the flip module 20 is placed in the storage groove 121, and the above-mentioned movable seat 30 is located in the first position. At this time, the flip module 20 is completely placed in the storage groove 121; when the camera needs to be used as a front camera, the first driving unit is first used to move the movable seat 30 to the second position. At this time, the flip module 20 first moves a certain distance toward the outside of the storage groove 121 along with the movable seat 30, that is, the axis of relative rotation between the flip module 20 and the movable seat 30 moves a certain distance outward. Based on this, when the second driving unit drives the flip module 20 to rotate, it can effectively avoid the interference between the rotating end 21 of the flip module 20 and the shell (specifically, the position on the shell located at the storage groove and the top edge of the shell). In this way, since the rotation angle of the flip module 20 is not limited, it can be rotated 180° under the drive of the second driving unit to keep parallel with the back 120. The camera installed on the flip module 20 is facing the front side of the mobile phone and can be used as a front camera.

[0025] The rotation of the above-mentioned flip module 20 and the movable seat 30 is achieved through an axis structure. For example, the movable seat 30 includes a pivot 31, which is arranged on a side of the movable seat 30 away from the bottom wall of the storage groove 121. An axis head 32 is arranged at one end of the pivot 31. Correspondingly, an axis hole matching the axis head 32 is arranged on the rotating end 21 of the flip module 20. The axis head 32 is connected to the axis hole, and the rotating end 21 is rotatably installed on the movable seat 30; of course, the axis head 32 can also be arranged on the flip module 20, and a corresponding axis hole can be arranged on the movable seat 30. The above-mentioned second driving unit of the present invention is a driving motor 50. The above-mentioned pivot 31 is arranged on the movable seat 30, which will facilitate the installation of the driving motor 50. More importantly, it can save the internal space of the mobile phone. Specifically, an end surface of the above-mentioned pivot 31 away from the shaft head 32 is recessed toward the end facing the shaft head 32 to form a mounting hole 36. The body part of the driving motor 50 is inserted into the mounting hole 36 from the outside to the inside to fix the driving motor 50 inside the pivot 31. At the same time, the rotating shaft 51 of the driving motor 50 passes through the pivot 31 and is exposed on the end surface of the pivot 31 away from the shaft head 32. The rotating shaft 51 is synchronously connected to the rotating end 21 of the flip module 20. The driving motor 50 can be used to drive the flip module 20 to rotate. In the above structure, the driving motor 50 is built into the inside of the pivot 31 arranged on the movable seat 30, which reduces the space occupied. In order to further achieve the synchronous connection between the rotating shaft 51 of the driving motor 50 and the flip module 20, the present invention sets the cross section of the rotating shaft 51 to be square, and a connecting hole 24 is provided on the flip module 20. The cross section of the connecting hole 24 is formed to be the same as the interface shape of the rotating shaft 51. When installing, the rotating shaft 51 can be matched and inserted into the connecting hole 24. The cross-sectional area of ​​the rotating shaft 51 and the connecting hole 24 can also be a triangle or other non-rotating body structure. In short, after the two are plugged in, they can avoid relative rotation. Of course, it is also possible to set a hole with a square cross section on the rotating shaft 51 and set a convex column with a consistent cross-sectional shape and inserted into the hole on the flip module 20. Of course, it should be noted that in order to achieve the purpose of driving the flip module 20 to rotate, the driving motor 50 can also be set inside the flip module.

[0026] In the above scheme, a through hole 33 can also be opened on the pivot 31, and the through hole 33 extends from the end face of the shaft head 32 to the mounting hole 36. The through hole 33 forms a hollow structure of the pivot 31. The mounting hole 26 can be used to introduce the data cable from one end of the pivot 31 into the mounting hole 36, that is, the data cable is led out from the inside of the mobile phone and then connected to the wiring terminal of the drive motor 50 through the through hole 33, so as to control the drive motor 50 and supply power to the drive motor 50.

[0027] In order to facilitate the installation of the movable seat 30, a mounting seat 40 located in the receiving groove 121 is fixed to the shell 100, and the movable seat 30 can be movably connected to the mounting seat 40. A guide column 35 is provided on the pivot 31 of the movable seat 30 to protrude toward the bottom wall close to the receiving groove 121, and a guide sleeve 43 is correspondingly provided on the mounting seat 40. The guide column 35 is connected to the guide sleeve 43, and the two are slidably matched so that the movable seat 30 has the freedom to move relative to the mounting seat 40 only in the extension direction of the guide column 35. The guide mechanism composed of the guide column 35 and the guide sleeve 43 is used to guide the movable seat to move between the first position and the second position; of course, the guide column 35 can also be set on the mounting seat 40, and the guide sleeve 43 can be set on the movable seat 30; in addition, the guiding mechanism is not limited to the above-mentioned guide column and guide sleeve, it can also be other structures, for example, a guide groove can be opened on the side wall of the receiving groove 121, and an insert embedded in the guide groove can be set on the movable seat 30.

[0028] The first driving unit may be a linear motor, the body of the linear motor may be fixed on the mounting seat 40, the telescopic rod may be fixed on the movable seat 30, or the body of the linear motor may be fixed on the movable seat 30, and the telescopic rod may be fixed on the mounting seat 40. Of course, in the preferred embodiment, the first driving unit of the present invention is a motor 60, the body of the motor 60 is fixed on the movable seat 30, the rotation axis of the motor 60 is consistent with the moving direction of the movable seat 30, an external thread 611 is provided on the rotating shaft 61 of the motor 60, a column 41 is provided on the mounting seat, a matching hole is provided on the column 41, the matching hole is for the rotating shaft 61 to penetrate, and an internal thread 411 is provided on the inner wall of the matching hole, after the rotating shaft 61 penetrates the matching hole, the external thread 611 thereon engages with the internal thread 411, so that when the motor 60 rotates, the internal thread 411 and the external thread 611 that cooperate with each other interact with each other, and cooperate with the above-mentioned guide mechanism to enable the movable seat 30 to move away from or close to the mounting seat 40. In addition, a hollow mounting column 34 is provided on the pivot 31 of the above-mentioned movable seat 30, protruding in the direction close to the storage groove 121, that is, the mounting column 34 extends toward the mounting seat 40, and the body of the motor 60 is embedded and fixed in the mounting column 34, and the rotating shaft 61 is exposed on the mounting column 34. In this way, in order to avoid the space of the motor 60, a channel can be provided on the movable seat 30, and the channel extends from the inside of the mounting column 34 to the surface of the movable seat 30. After the data cable is led out from the inside of the mobile phone, it is connected to the terminal of the motor 60 through the channel. Of course, in order to simplify the structure, the channel can be a data cable connection structure utilizing the above-mentioned drive motor 50. Specifically, the hole inside the mounting column 34 can be connected to the above-mentioned through hole 33, so that the data cable can be introduced into the inside of the mounting column 34 through the through hole 33 to connect the terminal of the motor 60, so as to power the motor 60 and control the motor 60 at the same time.

[0029] In other embodiments, the present invention provides an avoidance groove 23 at the rotating end 21 of the flip module 20, and the avoidance groove 23 is used to avoid the movable seat 30 and the mounting seat 40. Specifically, when the flip module 20 is completely received in the receiving groove 121, the movable seat 30 and the mounting seat 40 are both placed in the avoidance groove 23.

[0030] It should also be noted that the above-mentioned flip module 20 can not only be installed on the back side 120 of the mobile phone, it can also be installed on the side 130 of the mobile phone. When it is located on the side 130, in short, the front side 110 of the mobile phone for installing the screen is regarded as the first side, and the side where the flip module 20 is set is regarded as the second side. The second side can be the back side 120 or the side 130 located on the side of the front side 110. When the flip module 20 is placed on the side 130, it is the same as the above-mentioned structure located on the back side 120, and no repeated description is made here. The above-mentioned structure of the present invention can be used not only for mobile phones, but also for other terminal devices.

[0031] The terminal device of the present invention sets the rotation axis of the flip module on a movable seat. The rotation axis of the flip module is displaced away from the bottom wall of the storage groove along with the movable seat, so that there is no interference with the shell when the flip module rotates. There is no need to open a gap in the shell, which improves the strength of the terminal device and is conducive to the layout of the signal antenna.

[0032] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is a further detailed description of the present invention in combination with a specific preferred embodiment, and the specific implementation of the present invention cannot be considered to be limited to these descriptions. Any modification, equivalent substitution and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A terminal device, characterized in that: It includes a shell, a flip module, a first drive unit, and a second drive unit; the shell includes a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite to the first surface or located on the side of the first surface, a receiving groove is formed on the second surface of the shell and is recessed toward the inside of the shell, and the periphery of the receiving groove is closed; a movable seat is arranged in the receiving groove, and the first drive unit is used to drive the movable seat to move between a first position close to the bottom wall of the receiving groove and a second position away from the bottom wall of the receiving groove; the flip module includes a rotating end and a free end opposite to the rotating end, the rotating end is rotatably connected to the movable seat, and the second drive unit is used to drive the flip module to rotate relative to the movable seat; Wherein, the camera is placed on the flip module; The movable seat includes a pivot, one end of which is provided with an axle head, the rotating end of the flip module is provided with an axle hole matching the axle head, and the axle head is inserted into the axle hole to rotatably connect the rotating end to the pivot; A mounting seat located in the receiving groove is fixed on the housing, the movable seat is movably connected to the mounting seat, a guide mechanism is provided between the movable seat and the mounting seat, and the guide mechanism is used to guide the movable seat to move between the first position and the second position; The first driving unit is a motor whose body is fixed on a movable seat. The motor's shaft is provided with an external thread. The mounting seat is provided with a matching hole for inserting the power supply motor's shaft. The inner wall of the matching hole is provided with an internal thread that engages with the external thread.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The end face of the other end of the pivot is provided with a mounting hole recessed toward one end of the shaft head. The second driving unit is a driving motor. The body of the driving motor is placed in the mounting hole and fixedly matched with the pivot. The rotating shaft of the driving motor passes through the other end of the pivot and is synchronously connected to the rotating end of the flip module.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The cross section of the rotating shaft of the driving motor is square or triangular, and the rotating end of the flip module is provided with a connecting hole for inserting the rotating shaft of the driving motor, and the cross section shape of the connecting hole matches the rotating shaft of the driving motor.

4. The terminal device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The pivot is provided with a through hole extending from the end surface of the shaft head to the mounting hole.

5. The terminal device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The movable seat is provided with a hollow mounting column extending toward the mounting seat, the motor body is fixed inside the mounting column and the rotating shaft is placed outside the mounting column, and the movable seat is provided with a channel extending from the inside of the mounting column to the outer surface of the movable seat.

6. The terminal device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The guide mechanism comprises a guide column whose extension direction is consistent with the movement direction of the movable seat, and a guide sleeve slidably sleeved outside the guide column, wherein one of the guide sleeve and the guide column is arranged on the mounting seat, and the other is arranged on the movable seat.

7. The terminal device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first driving unit is a linear motor, one of the body and the telescopic rod of the linear motor is connected to the mounting seat, and the other is connected to the movable seat.

8. The terminal device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating end of the flip module is provided with an avoidance groove for avoiding the movable seat and the mounting seat.

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