JPH059829Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] This invention relates to flat electronic devices such as flat-screen radios.

[Background of the invention] In recent years, there has been a demand for thinner stereo type thin radios that are used by detachably connecting stereo earphones (headphones). However, conventional stereo earphone plugs generally have a round bar-shaped jack with a diameter of about 3.5 mm, so it is not possible to make the overall thickness of the device thinner than this.
This was an impediment to thinning.

For this reason, conventional devices have been developed in which the peripheral part of the plug on the main body of the device where the jack is connected is thicker, and the other parts are thinner to about 2 mm. The bulge around the plug connection area makes it inconvenient to carry, and if the plug protrudes, it tends to fall off, and it also spoils the overall appearance of the device.
There were some drawbacks, such as an undesirable design.

[Purpose of invention]

This idea was developed against the background of the above-mentioned circumstances.Even when the plug is connected, the entire device can be made uniformly thin, there are no protruding parts, it is convenient to carry, the plug does not easily fall off, and This provides a planar electronic device with an excellent design.

[Means to achieve the purpose]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, this invention consists of a flat electronic device body in which a circuit board is placed between an upper panel and a lower panel, which are the outer surfaces of the electronic device, and an edge of one panel of the electronic device body. A plug storage recess and a cord insertion notch recess formed by cutting out the vicinity of the plug storage recess, a connection piece insertion hole formed on the inner wall of the plug storage recess, a flat plug body, and a plug body on one side of the plug body. It consists of an ultra-thin plate-shaped connecting piece whose plate surface is parallel to the flat plate-shaped surface of the plug body provided and has electrical conductivity, and a connecting cord,
The contact piece is inserted into the contact piece insertion hole of the device main body, the plug body is fitted into the plug insertion recess of the electronic device main body, and the connection cord is inserted through the cord insertion notch recess. and a thin plug, and when the thin plug is connected to the electronic device main body, the outer surface of the plug main body constitutes the outer surface of the plug storage recess, and the electronic device can be connected to the electronic device without the plug main body protruding from the electronic device main body. The entire structure is flat and flush.

[Effect]

According to this invention, the connection piece of the thin plug is inserted from the plug storage recess provided in the electronic device body into the connection piece insertion hole in the plug storage recess, and
When the plug body of the thin plug is fitted into the plug storage recess and the thin plug is connected to the electronic device body, the outer surface of the plug body forms the outer surface of the plug storage recess, and the entire electronic device forms a flat surface. Then,
The thin plug does not protrude from the electronic device body.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which this invention is applied to a thin radio will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

1 and 2 show a thin radio and a thin plug, FIG. 1 is an external perspective view with the thin plug removed, and FIG. 2 is an external perspective view with the thin plug attached. In the figure, 1 is the radio body, and 2 is a thin plug. The overall thickness of the radio body 1 is approximately 2 mm.
It has a fairly thin flat plate shape and has a radio function inside. That is, as shown in FIG. 3a, in the radio body 1, an insulating chassis 5 is disposed between an upper panel 3 and a lower panel 4, and a circuit board 6 is provided within this chassis 5. As shown in FIG. 1, a volume switch 7 for adjusting the volume and a tuning switch 8 for selecting the reception frequency are provided on the back side wall of the radio body 1. Each switch 7, 8 is made of a disc thinner than the radio main body 1, and is rotatably mounted inside the radio main body 1, with a part protruding outside, and this protruding part is rotated. This allows volume adjustment and reception frequency selection.

In addition, near the front end of the radio body 1,
A plug storage recess 10 is provided by cutting out the upper panel 3. This plug storage recess 10
There are two connection piece insertion holes 11, 1 on the inner wall on the back side.
1 is formed. These connection piece insertion holes 1
1 and 11, connection terminals 12 each having a chassis 5 are disposed therein, as shown in FIG. 3a. The connecting terminal 12 has a middle portion bent into a mountain shape, and a lead wire 13
It is connected to the circuit board 6 via. Note that a cutout recess 14 for inserting a cord is formed between the plug storage recess 10 and the front side wall of the radio main body 1.

On the other hand, the thin plug 2 consists of a plug body 15 and two connecting pieces 16, 16, and is connected to an earphone (not shown) via a connecting cord 17. The plug body 15 is located in the plug storage recess 10 of the radio body 1.
It is formed into a small flat plate shape that is thinner than the thickness of the radio main body 1. The connecting pieces 16, 16 are inserted into the connecting piece insertion holes 11, 11 provided on the inner wall of the plug storage recess 10, and are made of thin metal plates with an extremely thin thickness (approximately 0.5 mm) and are elastic. Deformation (bending deformation) is now possible. In addition, the connecting pieces 16, 16 have their plate surfaces (flat surfaces) as the upper and lower surfaces (flat plate surfaces) of the plug body 15.
The plug body 15 is provided on one side of the plug body 15 so as to be parallel to the plug body 15.

The connection cord 17 is attached to the center of the front wall of the plug body 15.
When plug 5 is fitted into plug receiving recess 10 , plug 5 is inserted into notched recess 14 and led out to the outside of radio body 1 .

Next, a method of attaching the thin plug 2 to the radio body 1 will be described with reference to Fig. 3. Fig. 3a shows the state in which the thin plug 2 has been removed. In this state, as shown in Fig. 3b, the connection piece 16 is inserted into the connection piece insertion hole 1 from the plug storage recess 10 side.
Then, the connection piece 16 is inserted into the connection piece insertion hole 11 while being bent.
As shown in FIG. 3C, the plug body 15 is fitted into the plug receiving recess 10. Then, the connection piece 16 passes through the connection piece insertion hole 11 and contacts the connection terminal 12 therein.
The plug body 1 contacts the mountain-shaped portion of the plug body 1 and is electrically connected to the circuit board 12.
When the plug body 15 is fitted into the plug storage recess 10, the upper surface (outer surface) of the plug body 15 forms the upper surface (outer surface) of the plug storage recess 10 and is flush with the upper surface of the radio body 1, making the entire thin radio flat.
4 and is led out to the outside of the radio body 1 through the notched recess 14.
The entire thin radio becomes flat. To remove the thin plug 2, simply pull the connection cord 17 upward. Then, the plug body 15 is pulled out from the plug storage recess 10, and
The connection piece 16 is pulled out from the connection piece insertion hole 11 .

In this way, in this thin radio, the connecting pieces 16, 16 of the thin plug 2 are inserted into the connecting piece insertion hole 11 of the plug housing recess 10, the plug body 15 is fitted into the plug housing recess 10, and the radio body 1 is inserted into the connecting piece insertion hole 11 of the plug housing recess 10. When the thin plug 2 is electrically connected to the
5 constitutes the outer surface of the plug storage recess 10,
The entire thin radio has a flat surface, and the plug and its connection area do not bulge out like in conventional models, making it convenient to carry.Also, the thin plug 2 does not protrude from the radio body 1, making it thin. The plug 2 becomes difficult to fall off, and an excellent design can be obtained.

In addition, in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the case where it is used as an earphone plug in a thin radio is explained, but this invention is not limited to this in any way, and may be used as a plug other than earphones. , it can be widely applied to thin electronic devices other than thin radios.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to this invention, a plug storage recess is provided in the main body of the electronic device, and a connection piece insertion hole is provided on the inner wall of this plug storage recess, so that the connection piece of the thin plug is inserted into the connection piece insertion hole. When the plug body of the thin plug is inserted into the plug storage recess and the thin plug is connected to the electronic device body, the outer surface of the plug body forms the outer surface of the plug storage recess, and the entire electronic device becomes a surface. It has a single flat shape, and the plug and its connection area do not bulge out like in the past, making it convenient to carry.Also, since the thin plug does not protrude from the electronic device body, it is less likely to fall off. , you can get something that is excellent in terms of design.

Therefore, even if a plug is attached to a card-type electronic device, for example, the thickness will not increase and the overall card shape can be maintained, making it extremely convenient to carry as it can be inserted between books or the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of this invention, in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the appearance of a thin radio with the thin plug removed, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the appearance of the thin radio with the thin plug attached, Figures 3a to 3c are sectional views of main parts of the radio main body, showing a state in which a thin plug is attached. 1...Radio body, 2...Thin plug, 3...
Upper panel, 4... Lower panel, 5... Chassis, 6
...Circuit board, 7...Volume switch, 8...
... Tuning switch, 10 ... Plug storage recess, 11 ... Connection piece insertion hole, 12 ... Connection terminal,
15... Plug body, 16... Connection piece, 17...
connection code.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A planar electronic device body in which a circuit board is placed between an upper panel and a lower panel, which are the outer surfaces of the electronic device, and a notch near the end of one of the panels of the electronic device body. a plug storage recess and a cord insertion notch recess formed in the plug storage recess; a fitting piece insertion hole formed in the inner wall of the plug storage recess; a flat plug body; It consists of an ultra-thin plate-like contact piece whose flat plate-like surface and the plate surface of the plug body are parallel and have electrical conductivity, and a connection cord, and when the contact piece is inserted into the contact piece insertion hole of the device main body, The plug body is fitted into the plug insertion recess of the electronic device main body, and the connection cord includes a thin plug inserted through the cord insertion notch recess, and the thin plug is connected to the electronic device main body. A planar electronic device, wherein the outer surface of the plug body constitutes the outer surface of the plug storage recess, and the plug body does not protrude from the electronic device body, so that the entire electronic device has a flat surface.