Patent Grant
10356905
The application claims priority to and benefits of Chinese Patent Application Serial No. 201710377937.4, filed with the State Intellectual Property Office of P. R. china on May 24, 2017, and Chinese Patent Application Serial No. 201720595689.6, filed with the State Intellectual Property Office of P. R. china on May 24, 2017, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a field of electronic apparatuses, and more particularly to a bracket for an electronic component, an electronic component assembly and a mobile terminal.
With the development of technologies, components internally integrated in a mobile terminal are increasing to realize various functions, and correspondingly, a space inside the mobile terminal becomes increasingly compact.
During assembling and disassembling the mobile terminal, the inventor found that an electronic component and a camera unit occupy a large interior space of the mobile terminal, which is adverse to arrangement of other components inside the mobile terminal.
The present disclosure provides a bracket for an electronic component, including:
a bearing part configured to bear an electronic component; and
two side walls oppositely arranged and disposed at the same side of the bearing part, the two side walls of the bracket being configured to be disposed on a mainboard and define together with the mainboard and the bearing part an accommodating space; the accommodating space being configured to at least partially accommodate a first flexible circuit board electrically connected to the electronic component, and the first flexible circuit board being electrically connected to the mainboard.
The present disclosure further provides the electronic component assembly, including the electronic component and the bracket for the electronic component; the bracket including the bearing part and the two side walls, the two side walls being oppositely arranged, the bearing part bearing the electronic component; the two side walls being disposed at the same side of the bearing part, the two side walls of the bracket being configured to be disposed on the mainboard and define together with the mainboard and the bearing part the accommodating space.
The present disclosure further provides the mobile terminal, including the mainboard and the electronic component assembly, the electronic component assembly including an electronic component and a bracket for an electronic component; the bracket including a bearing part and two side walls, the two side walls being oppositely arranged, the bearing part bearing the electronic component; the two side walls being disposed at the same side of the bearing part, the two side walls of the bracket being disposed to the mainboard, and the bearing part, the two side walls, and the mainboard defining the accommodating space, the accommodating space being configured to at least partially accommodate a first flexible circuit board electrically connected to the electronic component, and the first flexible circuit board being configured to be electrically connected to the mainboard.
To describe technical solutions in the present disclosure more clearly, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings required for the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below show some embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings based on these drawings without paying creative efforts.
Technical solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
A mobile terminal 100 according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be any apparatus having communication and storage functions, such as a tablet computer, a mobile phone, an electronic reader, a remote controller, a personal computer (PC), a notebook computer, an on-board apparatus, an internet television, a wearable apparatus, or other smart apparatuses having internet function.
Referring to
Specifically, the mainboard 2 is configured to bear various components and provide passages for the various components. For example, two components are electrically connected to each other through a copper wire on the mainboard 2. The electronic component assembly 1 is also electrically connected to the mainboard 2.
Specifically, the bearing part 111 includes a first surface 111a and a second surface 111b oppositely arranged. The electronic component 12 is fixed to the first surface 111a of the bearing part 111, the two side walls 112 are both disposed on the second surface 111b of the bearing part 111. The two side walls 112 of the bracket 11 are fixed to the mainboard 2, and the bracket and the mainboard 2 define the accommodating space 113 configured to accommodate the component.
It should be understood that the electronic component 12 is a light sensor. Certainly, in other embodiments, the electronic component 12 may also be other components, such as a distance sensor, a telephone receiver, etc.
By applying the bracket 11, an upper surface and a lower surface of the bearing part 111 of the bracket 11 can be provided with the electronic component 12 and other components (such as a second flexible circuit board 14 electrically connected to a camera unit), correspondingly, thereby improving space utilization.
In the present embodiment, referring to
It should be understood that an extending direction of the second sub-plate 1112 is defined as a length direction L1 of the bearing part 111.
Referring to
It should be understood that, the side wall 112 is in a strip shape, the two side walls 112 are vertically connected to the edges of the second surface 111b of the bearing part 111. The shape of the side walls 112 and the vertical coupling relation between the side walls 112 and the bearing part 111 enable the inner surface 11b of the bracket 11 to have a rectangular shape, and the rectangular space is large, such that more components or the component having a large area can be accommodated, thereby further improving the space utilization of the mobile terminal 100. Certainly, in other embodiments, the inner surface 11b of the bracket 11 may also be arched or V-shaped and etc.
It should be understood that the two side walls 112 are adhered to the mainboard 2 through a double sided adhesive tape. Certainly, in other embodiments, the two side walls 112 may also be connected to the mainboard 2 through a screw or snap.
Further, referring to
It should be understood that, the first end of the first flexible circuit board 13 is electrically connected to the electronic component 12, a portion of the first flexible circuit board 13 connected to the electronic component 12 is adhered to the first sub-plate 1111, the second end of the first flexible circuit board 13 extends towards the second sub-plate 1112, that is, the first flexible circuit board 13 is fixed to the second sub-plate 1112, and an excess part of the first flexible circuit board 13 in length compared with the second sub-plate 1112 is bent along the side edge of the second sub-plate 1112 and extends into the accommodating space 113, without occupying a space in the length direction L1 of the bearing part 111. The gradually tapering structure of the second sub-plate 1112 of the bearing part 111 enables the first flexible circuit board 13 to be bent and extend into the accommodating space 113, facilitating arrangements of the light sensor and the first flexible circuit board 13.
It should be understood that, the electronic component assembly 1 further includes an electric connector, and the electric connector is configured to be connected between the second end of the first flexible circuit board 13 away from the electronic component 12 and the mainboard 2 of the mobile terminal 100. Specifically, the second end of the first flexible circuit board 13 is connected to the electric connector, that is, the first flexible circuit board 13 is connected to the mainboard 2 through the electric connector, thereby ensuring good electrical coupling between the electronic component 12 and the mainboard 2, and facilitating a pluggable coupling between the first flexible circuit board 13 and the mainboard 2. Certainly, in other embodiments, the second end of the first flexible circuit board 13 away from the electronic component 12 may also be directly welded to the mainboard 2.
For further improvement, referring to
Specifically, the first position limiting structure 1113 is disposed to the first sub-plate 1111, the two strip-shaped protrusions 1113a both extend in the length direction L1 of the bearing part 111, a distance between the two strip-shaped protrusions 1113a is the same as a size of the portion of the first flexible circuit board connected with the electronic component 12, therefore the portion of the first flexible circuit board connected with the electronic component 12 can be better fixed to the first sub-plate 1111, improving the reliability of the electronic component assembly 1 and the mobile terminal 100.
For further improvement, referring to
Specifically, the limiting protrusion 1114 is a column-shaped protrusion, the limiting protrusion 1114 protrudes from the second sub-plate 1112, that is, the limiting protrusion 1114 is located outside the area occupied by the two strip-shaped protrusions 1113a, and the limiting protrusion 1114 is adjacent to an edge of the second sub-plate 1112. The limiting protrusion 1114 passes through the limiting hole of the first flexible circuit board 13, such that the first flexible circuit board 13 can be better fixed to the bearing part 111, improving the reliability of the electronic component assembly 1 and the mobile terminal 100. Certainly, in other embodiments, the limiting protrusion 1114 may also be a rectangular protrusion, or in a spherical shape and etc.
It should be understood that, referring to
Specifically, since the camera unit 15 and the electronic component 12 are generally disposed in the length direction L1 of the bearing part 111, by accommodating the second flexible circuit board 14 configured to be connected to the camera unit 15 in the accommodating space 113 of the bracket 11, a distance between the camera unit 15 and the electronic component 12 is reduced, a distance between the camera unit 15 and the electronic component 12 in the length direction L1 of the bearing part 111 is reduced, and the space of the electronic component assembly 1 and the mobile terminal 100 is saved.
It should be understood that, the mobile terminal 100 further includes the camera unit 15, and the camera unit 15 is electrically connected to the second flexible circuit board 14.
During the assembly of the mobile terminal 100, the two side walls 112 of the bracket 11 are adhered to the mainboard 2 so as to define the accommodating space 113 between the bracket 11 and the mainboard 2. The portion of the first flexible circuit board 13 connected with the electronic component 12 (the light sensor) is adhered to the first sub-plate 1111. The limiting protrusion 1114 of the second sub-plate 1112 passes through the limiting hole 13a of the first flexible circuit board 13. The portion of the first flexible circuit board 13 extending out of the second sub-plate 1112 is bent along the side edge of the second sub-plate 1112, extends into the accommodating space 113, and is electrically connected to the mainboard 2 through the electric connector, achieving the electric coupling between the electronic component 12 and the mainboard 2. A first end of the second flexible circuit board 14 is connected to the camera unit 15, and a second end of the second flexible circuit board 14 extends into the accommodating space 113 and is electrically connected to the mainboard 2, achieving the electric coupling between the camera unit 15 and the mainboard 2.
The bracket 11 provided by the present disclosure includes the bearing part 111 and the two side walls 112, the electronic component 12 can be fixed to the bearing part 111, and the two side walls 112 are disposed on a mounting plane, such as a surface of the mainboard 2, so that the components can be accommodated between the bearing part 111 and the mounting plane, that is, the components, such as the second flexible circuit board 14 electrically connected to the camera unit 15, can be disposed below the electronic component 12, thereby improving the space utilization.
In the electronic component assembly 1 and the mobile terminal 100 provided by the present disclosure, by applying the above electronic component assembly bracket 11, the upper surface and the lower surface of the bearing part 111 of the bracket 11 can be correspondingly provided with the electronic component 12 and other components (such as the second flexible circuit board 14 electrically connected to the camera unit 15), thereby improving the space utilization.
The above reveals preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, it should be noted that, it is also possible for those skilled in the art to further make some improvements and modifications without departing from the principle of the present disclosure, and these improvements and modifications are deemed to fall into the scope of the present disclosure.
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