Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12530085-B2
Application number	US-202418986564-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2024
Priority date	Jun 24, 2024
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

The present application provides an electronic device, including a housing provided with a hole and a virtual button structure provided within the housing. A pressing member of the virtual button structure is accommodated within the housing and partially exposed out of the housing through the hole. The virtual button structure further includes a sensor, a spacer, a substrate, and a piezoelectric sheet stacked within the housing. The sensor is connected to the pressing member, the substrate is provided on a side of the sensor and forms a vibration gap with the sensor, and the spacer is provided within the vibration gap. The piezoelectric sheet is provided on a side of the substrate and configured to generate a vibration and transmit the vibration to the pressing member. The present application can improve the effect of button triggering feedback, realize the localized vibration of the buttons, and enhance the user's experience.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising: a housing provided with a hole; and a virtual button structure provided within the housing, wherein a pressing member of the virtual button structure is accommodated within the housing and partially exposed out of the housing through the hole; the virtual button structure further comprises a sensor, a spacer, a substrate, and a piezoelectric sheet stacked within the housing; the sensor is connected to the pressing member and configured to detect a pressing state of the pressing member; the substrate is provided on a side of the sensor back away from the pressing member and forms a vibration gap with the sensor; the spacer is provided within the vibration gap, and opposite sides of the spacer are connected to the sensor and the substrate, respectively; the piezoelectric sheet is provided on a side of the substrate back away from the spacer, and the piezoelectric sheet is configured to generate a vibration according to the pressing state of the pressing member and transmit the vibration to the pressing member; wherein the virtual button structure further comprises a support sheet provided between the sensor and the spacer, which is configured to support the pressing member and the sensor; wherein the virtual button structure further comprises a first stopper and a second stopper, which are provided within the vibration gap and fixed to the support sheet and/or the sensor; the first stopper and the second stopper are provided spaced apart from the spacer and provided on opposite sides of the spacer, respectively; and wherein the support sheet is of rectangular structure, and the first stopper and the second stopper are provided on opposite sides of the spacer along a long-axis direction of the support sheet; an end of the first stopper away from the spacer is flush with an end portion of the support sheet, and an end of the second stopper away from the spacer is flush with the other end portion of the support sheet.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the support sheet is a metal support sheet, and a thickness of the support sheet is 0.1-1 mm.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first stopper and the second stopper are both made of metal or polymer, and a thickness of the first stopper and a thickness of the second stopper are both less than a thickness of the spacer.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the thickness of the first stopper and the thickness of the second stopper are 0.05-0.3 mm, and the thickness of the spacer is 0.1-0.5 mm.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein opposite ends of the substrate are provided with through-holes, and the housing is provided with fixing holes at positions corresponding to the through-holes; the electronic device further comprises a fixing member, which is sequentially arranged through the through-holes and the fixing holes to fix the substrate in an interior of the housing.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the piezoelectric sheet comprises a plurality of piezoelectric ceramic sheets stacked along a pressing direction, and the piezoelectric ceramic sheet has a number of layers ranging from 3 to 20.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the pressing member comprises a connecting portion accommodated in the housing and connected to the sensor and a pressing portion partially exposed out of the housing through the hole; an outer edge dimension of the pressing portion is smaller than an inner edge dimension of the hole, and an outer edge dimension of the connecting portion is larger than an inner edge dimension of the hole.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein projections of the pressing member, the sensor, and the support sheet on the substrate along a pressing direction overlap each other.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a projection of the substrate on the piezoelectric sheet along a pressing direction overlaps an outer edge of the piezoelectric sheet.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a metal substrate and a thickness of the substrate is 0.05-0.5 mm.

Assignees

• Aac Microtech Changzhou Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Changliang
• Lu Dong
• Wang Chao
• Zhang Yulei

Classifications

• G06F3/0202

  Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device · CPC title

• H10N30/2041

  Beam type · CPC title

• G06F3/016 Primary

  Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user · CPC title