Button structure and display device having button structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11239035-B2
Application number	US-201916495276-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2019
Priority date	May 25, 2018
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a button structure and a display device having the button structure. The button structure includes a housing, a function control substrate, a mechanical button and a remote control module. The housing has a reception space and a connection structure, is detachably connected to an electronic device through the connection structure, and has an installation surface to be docked to the electronic device, the installation surface is provided with a cable hole which communicates with the reception space, the electronic device is provided with a hole corresponding to the cable hole. The function control substrate is provided within the reception space and is connected with a cable, which extends into the electronic device via the cable hole and the hole and is connected to an electronic element inside the electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A button structure which is detachably installed to an electronic device, wherein the button structure comprises:
a housing having a reception space and a connection structure, the housing being detachably connected to the electronic device through the connection structure, the housing having an installation surface which is to be docked to the electronic device, the installation surface being provided with a cable hole which communicates with the reception space, the electronic device being provided with a hole corresponding to the cable hole;
a function control substrate provided within the reception space and connected with a cable, the cable extending into the electronic device via the cable hole and the hole and connected to an electronic element inside the electronic device;
a mechanical button provided on the function control substrate and exposed through a button hole provided in the housing; and
a remote control module provided on the function control substrate so as to receive a remote control signal.

2. The button structure according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises:
a first housing provided with a reception recess and provided with the connection structure; and
a second housing detachably buckled to the first housing, and sealing the reception recess to form the reception space.

3. The button structure according to claim 2 , wherein the first housing comprises:
a first part provided with the reception recess; and
a second part connected to the first part and provided with the connection structure, and when the first housing is connected to the electronic device through the connection structure, the second part being located inside the electronic device.

4. The button structure according to claim 2 , wherein the first housing and the second housing are connected through a snap assembly, the snap assembly comprises:
hooks provided on one of the first housing and the second housing; and
necks provided in the other of the first housing and the second housing, the necks and the hooks cooperating with each other.

5. The button structure according to claim 2 , wherein the first housing is provided with multiple positioning posts, the multiple positioning posts protrude from a recess bottom of the reception recess to a notch; the function control substrate is provided with multiple positioning holes, the multiple positioning holes respectively correspond to the multiple positioning posts, so that the multiple positioning posts are set in the multiple positioning holes to position the function control substrate within the reception recess.

6. The button structure according to claim 1 , wherein the housing has multiple sidewalls which surround a periphery of the installation surface, a surface of at least one sidewall of the multiple sidewalls has a shape which smoothly transitions to a surface of the electronic device.

7. The button structure according to claim 1 , wherein the connection structure is a screw lock hole, and the electronic device is provided with a screw hole corresponding to the screw lock hole, a fixed screw is commonly set in the screw lock hole and the screw hole, so that the housing is detachably connected to the electronic device.

8. The button structure according to claim 1 , wherein the remote control signal received by the remote control module includes at least one of an infrared signal, a BLUETOOTH signal or a WIFI signal.

9. A display device comprising a casing as well as a display element provided within the casing, wherein the display device further includes the button structure according to claim 1 ; wherein the housing is detachably connected to the casing through the connection structure, the casing is provided with the hole, the cable extends into the casing via the cable hole and the hole and is connected to the display element.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the display element includes a backboard; the connection structure extends into the interior of the casing and is detachably connected to the backboard.

11. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the housing comprises:
a first housing provided with a reception recess and provided with the connection structure; and
a second housing detachably buckled to the first housing, and sealing the reception recess to form the reception space.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the first housing comprises:
a first part provided with the reception recess; and
a second part connected to the first part and provided with the connection structure, and when the first housing is connected to the electronic device through the connection structure, the second part being located inside the electronic device.

13. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the first housing and the second housing are connected through a snap assembly, the snap assembly comprises:
hooks provided on one of the first housing and the second housing; and
necks provided in the other of the first housing and the second housing, the necks and the hooks cooperating with each other.

14. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the first housing is provided with multiple positioning posts, the multiple positioning posts protrude from a recess bottom of the reception recess to a notch; the function control substrate is provided with multiple positioning holes, the multiple positioning holes respectively correspond to the multiple positioning posts, so that the multiple positioning posts are set in the multiple positioning holes to position the function control substrate within the reception recess.

15. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the housing has multiple sidewalls which surround a periphery of the installation surface, a surface of at least one sidewall of the multiple sidewalls has a shape which smoothly transitions to a surface of the electronic device.

16. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the connection structure is a screw lock hole, and the electronic device is provided with a screw hole corresponding to the screw lock hole, a fixed screw is commonly set in the screw lock hole and the screw hole, so that the housing is detachably connected to the electronic device.

17. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the remote control signal received by the remote control module includes at least one of an infrared signal, a BLUETOOTH signal or a WIFI signal.

Assignees

• K Tronics Suzhou Tech Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Lei

Classifications

• H01H13/02 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• H01H2231/036

  Radio; TV · CPC title

• H01H9/02

  Bases, casings, or covers (accommodating more than one switch or a switch and another electrical component H02B1/26) · CPC title

• H01H2225/028

  perpendicular to base of keyboard · CPC title

• G08C23/04 Primary

  using light waves, e.g. infrared · CPC title