This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 112121721, filed on Jun. 9, 2023. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The disclosure relates to a button assembly, and particularly relates to a button assembly and an electronic device using the same.
Along with development of science and technology and improvement of health awareness, most wearable electronic devices integrate a measurement function of physiological signals, such as heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen concentration or electrocardiogram (ECG) and other measurement functions. Taking a wearable electronic device integrated with an ECG measurement function as an example, an electrode located on a device body (such as a casing) may serve as a first electrode to contact a hand of a user, and a finger of the user may contact and press a metal button located on a side edge of the device body to serve as a second electrode to perform ECG measurements. In detail, the metal button is disposed through the device body. If the device body is a metal casing, the pressed metal button may be in contact with the metal casing due to deflection or shaking, resulting in a short circuit, which not only causes poor reliability of the ECG measurement, but also affects an operating feel of the user.
The disclosure is directed to a button assembly and an electronic device using the same, which not only helps to improve reliability, but also has a better operating feel.
The disclosure provides a button assembly adapted to be installed at a conductive casing. Two opposite sides of the conductive casing respectively have a first opening and a second opening, and the first opening is communicated with the second opening. The button assembly includes a conductive button, a first insulating sleeve, and a second insulating sleeve. The conductive button includes a button part arranged outside the conductive casing and a shaft part connected to the button part. The button part corresponds to the first opening, and the shaft part passes through the second opening from the first opening. The first insulating sleeve includes a first shaft hole and a first lateral slit communicated with the first shaft hole. The first insulating sleeve is sleeved on the shaft part through the first shaft hole and located at the first opening. The second insulating sleeve includes a second shaft hole and a second lateral slit communicated with the second shaft hole. The second insulating sleeve is sleeved on the shaft part through the second shaft hole and located at the second opening.
The disclosure provides an electronic device including a conductive casing, a button assembly, a circuit board and a conductive elastic piece. Two opposite sides of the conductive casing have a first opening and a second opening respectively, and the first opening is communicated with the second opening. The button assembly is installed at the conductive casing, and includes a conductive button, a first insulating sleeve, and a second insulating sleeve. The conductive button includes a button part and a shaft part connected to the button part. The button part corresponds to the first opening, and the shaft part passes through the second opening from the first opening. The first insulating sleeve includes a first shaft hole and a first lateral slit communicated with the first shaft hole. The first insulating sleeve is sleeved on the shaft part through the first shaft hole and located at the first opening. The second insulating sleeve includes a second shaft hole and a second lateral slit communicated with the second shaft hole. The second insulating sleeve is sleeved on the shaft part through the second shaft hole and located at the second opening. The circuit board is disposed in the conductive casing and corresponding to the second opening. The conductive elastic piece is disposed between the second insulating sleeve and the circuit board. The shaft part extends toward the circuit board, and the conductive elastic piece electrically contacts the shaft part and the circuit board.
Based on the above description, in the button assembly and electronic device of the disclosure, the conductive button and the conductive casing are separated by two insulating sleeves, which prevents the pressed conductive button from contacting the conductive casing to cause a short circuit, thus helping to improve operational reliability. On the other hand, since both insulating sleeves have lateral slits, during a process of installing the insulating sleeves on the shaft part of the conductive button, the lateral slits may expand inner diameters of the shaft holes to match an outer diameter of the shaft part. Therefore, the insulating sleeves may be installed and tightly fitted on the shaft part without leaving a gap between the shaft hole and the shaft part, which prevents the conductive button from shaking due to the gap between the shaft hole and the shaft part during operation, and provides a better operating experience to the user.
To make the aforementioned more comprehensible, several embodiments accompanied with drawings are described in detail as follows.
The circuit board 12 is fixed in the conductive casing 11, where the conductive elastic piece 13 is disposed in the conductive casing 11 and is located on a side of the circuit board 12 facing the button assembly 100. Namely, the conductive elastic piece 13 is disposed between the button assembly 100 and the circuit board 12.
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In the embodiment, the conductive button 110 includes a button part 111 provided outside the conductive casing 11 and a shaft part 112 connected to the button part 111, and the button part 111 corresponds to the first opening 11a. The shaft part 112 passes through the second opening 11a′ from the first opening 11a and extends toward the circuit board 12. An end of the shaft part 112 electrically contacts one side of the conductive elastic piece 13, and the other side of the conductive elastic piece 13 electrically contacts the circuit board 12. A finger of a user may contact and press the button part 111 to perform electrocardiogram measurement or other physiological signal measurement. For example, the button part 111 and the shaft part 112 may be an integrally formed structure, or may be a structure formed by assembling two components.
On the other hand, the first insulating sleeve 120 and the second insulating sleeve 130 are sleeved on the shaft part 112 and are respectively located at the first opening 11a and the second opening 11a′, and may separate the shaft part 112 and the conductive casing 11 to prevent the conductive button 110 from contacting the conductive casing 11 to cause a short circuit, so as to improve operational reliability.
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In detail, the first insulating sleeve 120 has a first shaft hole 121 for the shaft part 112 to pass through, and the first insulating sleeve 120 is sleeved on the shaft part 112 through the first shaft hole 121. Similarly, the second insulating sleeve 130 has a second shaft hole 131 for the shaft part 112 to pass through, and the second insulating sleeve 130 is sleeved on the shaft part 112 through the second shaft hole 131. There are gaps between an outer wall surface 122 of the first insulating sleeve 120 and an inner wall surface 11b of the first opening 11a, and between an outer wall surface 132 of the second insulating sleeve 130 and an inner wall surface 11b′ of the second opening 11a′ respectively, and an inner wall surface 121a of the first shaft hole 121 and an inner wall surface 131a of the second shaft hole 131 are both in close contact with the outer wall surface 113 of the shaft part 112.
When the user's finger presses the button part 111, the shaft part 112, the first insulating sleeve 120 and the second insulating sleeve 130 synchronously slide toward the circuit board 12 to ensure electrical isolation between the shaft part 112 and the conductive casing 11. On the other hand, a sliding gap is only reserved between the outer wall surface 122 of the first insulating sleeve 120 and the inner wall surface 11b of the first opening 11a and between the outer wall surface 132 of the second insulating sleeve 130 and the inner wall surface 11b′ of the second opening 11a′, so that a shaking degree generated when pressing the conductive button 110 may be greatly reduced to provide the user with better operating feel.
Before the first insulating sleeve 120 and the second insulating sleeve 130 are sleeved on the shaft part 112, an inner diameter of the first shaft hole 121 and an inner diameter of the second shaft hole 131 may be smaller than an outer diameter of the shaft part 112. After the first insulating sleeve 120 and the second insulating sleeve 130 are sleeved on the shaft part 112, the inner diameter of the first shaft hole 121 and the inner diameter of the second shaft hole 131 may be equal to the outer diameter of the shaft part 112, and the first insulating sleeve 120 and the second insulating sleeve 130 are retained on the shaft part 112 by an elastic restoring force. Namely, after the first insulating sleeve 120 and the second insulating sleeve 130 are sleeved on the shaft part 112, the inner diameter of the first shaft hole 121 and the inner diameter of the second shaft hole 131 change from small to large.
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In addition, the second insulating sleeve 130 includes a second seat part 134 abutting an inner surface 11d of the conductive casing 11 and a second sleeve part 135 connected to the second seat part 134, and the second sleeve part 135 is inserted into the second opening 11a′. An outer diameter D11 of the second seat part 134 is larger than an outer diameter D21 of the second sleeve part 135 and an inner diameter D31 of the second opening 11a′, and the outer diameter D21 of the second sleeve part 135 is smaller than the inner diameter D31 of the second opening 11a′. The second seat part 134 may separate the shaft part 112 from the inner surface 11d of the conductive casing 11 to prevent the conductive button 110 from contacting the conductive casing 11 to cause a short circuit.
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The second insulating sleeve 130 further has a third surface 136 facing the first insulating sleeve 120 and a fourth surface 137 opposite to the third surface 136, and the outer wall surface 132 is located between the third surface 136 and the fourth surface 137. The third surface 136 is a surface of the second sleeve part 135 facing the first insulating sleeve 120, and the fourth surface 137 is a surface of the second seat part 134 facing the circuit board 12. In addition, the outer wall surface 132 is an outer peripheral surface of the second seat part 134 and the second sleeve part 135. The second shaft hole 131 penetrates through the third surface 136 and the fourth surface 137 in the axial direction AX. The second lateral slit 133 penetrates through the outer wall surface 132 and the inner wall surface 131a of the second shaft hole 131, and extends from the third surface 136 to the fourth surface 137. For example, a section of the second lateral slit 133 on the second sleeve part 135 is perpendicular to the third surface 136.
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On the other hand, the shaft part 112 has a positioning groove 115 located outside the second opening 11a′ and located in the conductive casing 11, and the button assembly 100 further includes a positioning member 150 clamped in the positioning groove 115. The second insulating sleeve 130 is located between the first insulating sleeve 120 and the positioning member 150, and located between the waterproof rings 140 and the positioning member 150. The positioning member 150 abuts against the second insulating sleeve 130, and the second insulating sleeve 130 is positioned between the waterproof rings 140 and the positioning member 150. For example, the positioning groove 115 may be an annular positioning groove, and the positioning member 150 may be an E-type buckle or a C-type buckle. It should be noted that since the positioning member 150 is often made of a conductive material such as metal, the second seat part 134 of the second insulating sleeve 130 may isolate the positioning member 150 from the inner surface 11d of the conductive casing 11, thereby preventing the positioning member 150 from contacting the conductive casing 11 to cause a short circuit.
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In the embodiment, a first insulating sleeve 120a is adapted to rotatably sleeve the shaft part 112, where a first seat part 124a is located in a button part 111a, and has two recesses 128 opposite to each other. In addition, the button part 111a has two position-limiting protrusions 116 opposite to each other and two position-limiting grooves 117 located on the two position-limiting protrusions 116, where the two position-limiting grooves 117 face each other.
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In the embodiment, a button part 111b and a shaft part 112b are fixed to each other through screwing, and a first insulating sleeve 120b is fixed between the button part 111b and the positioning protrusion 114. On the other hand, the first insulating sleeve 120b is a hollow cylinder with the first lateral slit 123, and the first lateral slit 123 is perpendicular to the first surface 126 and the second surface 127.
In summary, in the button assembly and electronic device of the disclosure, the conductive button and the conductive casing are separated by two insulating sleeves, which prevents the pressed conductive button from contacting the conductive casing to cause a short circuit, thus helping to improve operational reliability. On the other hand, since both insulating sleeves have lateral slits, during a process of installing the insulating sleeves on the shaft part of the conductive button, the lateral slits may expand inner diameters of the shaft holes to match an outer diameter of the shaft part. Therefore, the insulating sleeves may be installed and tightly fitted on the shaft part without leaving a gap between the shaft hole and the shaft part, which prevents the conductive button from shaking due to the gap between the shaft hole and the shaft part during operation, and provides a better operating experience to the user. In addition, a sliding gap is only reserved between the outer wall surface of each insulating sleeve and the inner wall surface of the opening of the conductive casing, so that a degree of shaking when pressing the conductive button may be greatly reduced to provide users with an excellent operating feel.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the disclosed embodiments without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure covers modifications and variations provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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112121721 | Jun 2023 | TW | national |