JP2010056447A - Electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure for preventing waterdrops falling on an upper surface (top board) of a casing from an upper portion and moisture accumulated on the upper surface from penetrating the inside of the equipment casing in electronic equipment having the casing. <P>SOLUTION: In the electronic equipment having a casing, a water conducting means for conducting water on an upper surface to a right surface and/or a left surface for discharging is provided on an upper surface of the casing, and the water conducting means includes at least one of a raceway for conducting water from the surface by a recessed groove and an impervious body for interrupting the flow of water for conduction by a linear projection projecting from the surface. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device having a casing for in-vehicle use, marine use, aircraft use, and the like, and more specifically, water droplets falling on the upper surface (top plate) of the device casing or the upper surface from above. The present invention relates to an electronic device having a structure for preventing accumulated water from entering a housing.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a car audio device 60 as an example of a conventional electronic device, FIG. 6 (1) is an external perspective view of the car audio device 60, and FIG. 6 (2) is the car audio device 60. It is explanatory drawing seen from the side about the condition which has arrange | positioned in the predetermined position of the attachment member T under the air conditioner apparatus 11 in a vehicle.
In the car audio device 60 here, heat is released from the members inside the housing, and the heat escapes from the upper surface C by air convection, so the upper surface is provided with a number of heat radiation holes h.

Conventional car audio devices are often mounted with the rear slightly tilted downward due to the structure of the vehicle on which they are mounted. This is also the case with the car audio device 60 of FIG. With an inclination angle α.
Further, since the air conditioner device 11 is disposed above the car audio device 60, the water due to the water droplets 12 from the air conditioner duct 11a flows down to the upper surface C of the car audio device 60, and a number of heat radiation holes on the upper surface C are obtained. Moisture enters the interior of the car audio device 60 via h.

In the car audio device 60, main electronic parts are gathered and installed especially in the rear, and the car audio device 60 has been greatly damaged by water droplets flowing down from the air conditioner duct 11a.
In addition, covering a large number of heat radiation holes h provided on the upper surface of the device housing in order to prevent damage due to the ingress of moisture is problematic from the viewpoint of heat radiation.

Examples of conventional patent documents related to the technical field of the present invention include the following.
JP-A-8-178364 JP-A-9-77189

Patent Document 1 is a patent publication of “Outdoor unit of air conditioner”, and “A front guide portion 15 of the top plate 3 is provided with a water guide groove 16 along its front end face 20 and the front end portion 15 is bent downward. The insertion portion 19 provided on the upper end side of the front end portion 18 of the side plate 7 is disposed inside the bent portion 17 provided to guide water droplets flowing forward from the top plate 3 to both sides and into the casing. There is a description of "preventing the intrusion of".
However, the groove structure as in Patent Document 1 is not guided to both sides when the product has an inclination in the direction perpendicular to the groove, and the water droplets flowing into the groove overflow and flow backward as it is. There is a problem that.

Patent document 2 is a patent publication of “container”. “An inclined plate 6 is provided on the inner surface of the top plate 7 that is slightly lower on the other side than the other side, and the inclined plate 6 has a direction from one side to the other side. There is a description that “a plurality of water drop fall prevention grooves 8 are formed so that the generated condensation does not become water drops and fall on the luggage, thereby preventing rusting of the luggage”.
However, the structure as in Patent Document 1 requires parts in addition to the top plate, leading to an increase in cost, and has problems such as narrowing the internal space and poor heat dissipation.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and in an electronic device having a housing, water droplets falling on the upper surface (top plate) of the housing from the upper side or moisture accumulated on the upper surface. In order to provide a structure that prevents the intrusion into the equipment casing, the moisture intrusion prevention structure does not lead to cost increase, the internal space is not narrowed, and the heat dissipation is not deteriorated. Another object of the present invention is to provide a structure that can be easily implemented.

(1) In an electronic device having a housing,
On the upper surface of the housing, water guiding means is provided for guiding and discharging water on the upper surface to the right side surface and / or the left side surface,
The water guiding means includes at least one of a water guiding path that guides water by a concave groove recessed from the surface, or a water shielding body that guides by blocking a flow of water by a linear protrusion protruding from the surface.
The electronic device of the present invention can be applied not only to an electronic device for a vehicle but also to an electronic device for a ship, an aircraft and the like.

(2) In the electronic device of (1),
In a state where the housing is attached at a predetermined position, the upper surface is configured to have a downward slope from the front end portion toward the rear end portion.
(3) In the electronic device of (1) or (2),
The water conduit or the water shielding body has a V shape when viewed from above, and the V portion has a shape toward the front end portion of the upper surface.
(4) In the electronic device of (1) or (2),
The water conduit or the impervious body is linear or curved when viewed from above, and is “a configuration from the front right side to the left side on the rear side” or “a front side left side to the rear side right side. It consists of one of "the structure which goes to".
(5) In the electronic devices of (1) to (4),
Following the flow of water on the upper surface by the water guide channel or the water shielding body, a guide channel for drainage is formed on the right side surface or the left side surface.
(6) In the electronic device of (1) to (5),
Electronic components are arranged inside the rear surface of the housing,
In order to protect the electronic component from moisture, a rear end portion of the upper surface of the housing is extended to provide an eaves-like protruding portion.

  The electronic device according to the present invention is provided with a water conduit or a water shielding body as a water guiding means on the upper surface or side surface of the device housing to guide water, and drain the moisture to the side of the housing. It is possible to efficiently avoid damage such as short-circuiting and destruction of electronic components.

Next, an embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a car audio device as an electronic device according to the present invention. FIG. 1 (1) is an external perspective view of the car audio device 10, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing seen from the side surface direction.

The car audio device 10 has a front surface, a rear surface B, an upper surface C, a lower surface D, a right side surface E, and a left side surface F, and includes a thin and wide rectangular solid housing. Yes. The “upper surface C and lower surface D” and “right side surface E and left side surface F” each have the same rectangular shape, and a rectangular front surface A and rear surface B are combined, and each side and its end are unified. It is formed as a three-dimensional box.
In this car audio device 10, an escutcheon member 24 is attached to the front surface, and the front surface A has a larger rectangle than the rear surface B. Therefore, the ends of the four sides of the front surface A protrude to the periphery. The power IC 22 is assembled on the inner side of the center of the rear surface B, and this is a portion that is damaged when water enters.

The car audio device 10 is mounted on the mounting portion T with the rear surface slightly tilted downward due to the structure of the mounted vehicle, and the car audio device 10 of FIG. Has an inclination angle θ, and the upper surface C is configured to have a downward slope from the front end portion toward the rear end portion.
In addition, an air conditioner device 11 is disposed above the car audio device 10, and moisture from the water droplets 12 from the air conditioner duct 11 a flows down to the upper surface C of the car audio device 10. It is necessary to prevent water from entering the power IC 22 inside the center of the rear surface B at a minimum.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1 (1), the upper surface C of the car audio device 10 is guided so that the water on the upper surface C does not flow from the upper front surface c1 near the front surface A to the upper rear surface c2 near the rear surface B. As a water guiding means, a water guiding path 25 (water guiding path) is provided.
The water guide channel 25 is composed of a concave groove that opens upward as in the section aa, and has a V-shape when viewed from above, and the central portion of the V-shape is formed toward the front end of the upper surface. .

  Since the upper surface C of the car audio device 10 is inclined from the front to the rear as shown in FIG. 1 (2), the moisture on the upper front surface c1 flows closer to the rear surface B, and the water guide channel 25 having a concave groove. It flows to the rear surface B through the V-shaped water conduit 25 and is guided to the water channel end x1 on the right side E and / or the water channel end x2 side on the left side F and discharged.

Since the V-shaped water guide path 25 is disposed, water hardly enters the power IC 22 inside the center of the rear surface B of the car audio device 10, so that heat is released to release heat from the power IC 22. Holes can be provided in the upper surface C and rear surface B near the power IC 22. However, in FIG. 1, the description of the heat radiating holes is omitted.
In FIGS. 1 (1) and 2 (2), when the car audio device 10 is mounted, the mounting portion T is tilted in the first place. Therefore, the housing 21 is also tilted and placed so that the upper surface C has an angle θ. Has been.

  When the mounting portion T for mounting the car audio device 10 in FIG. 1 (1) is not inclined at all, the casing 21 of the car audio device 10 is mounted in the horizontal direction and the upper surface C is also directed in the horizontal direction. However, in this case as well, the moisture on the upper front surface c1 of FIG. 1 (1) flows in three directions: “right side E—water conduit 25—left side F”. Moisture is appropriately discharged to the outside, and the effect of providing the “water conduit 25” is great.

  Furthermore, as a measure for inclining the upper surface of the casing 21 of the car audio device 10 when the mounting portion T is not inclined at all, as shown in FIG. For the members of E and left side F, a difference is made between the front end dimension m1 and the rear end dimension m2 perpendicular to the lower surface D so that the front end dimension m1 is larger than the rear end dimension m2. By disposing the upper surface C on this member, the upper surface C can be inclined by the angle θ1 from the vertical direction.

  The car audio device 20 shown in FIG. 2 includes water guiding means on the upper surface C of the casing 21 so that the water on the upper surface C does not flow from the upper front surface c1 near the front surface A to the upper rear surface c2 near the rear surface B. 1 is the same as that in FIG. 1, but the water guiding means includes a water shielding body 26 that protrudes from the surface of the upper surface C and is formed in a linear shape (band) that is continuous in a linear shape. The water shielding body 26 has a convex cross section as shown by a cross section bb and is continuous in a V character shape from the right side E to the left side F, thereby blocking the flow of water.

When the upper surface C of the housing 21 is inclined, the moisture on the upper front surface c1 in FIG. 2 flows from the front to the rear of the housing 21 from the front to the rear, and when it reaches the water shield 26, the flow is blocked. , Flows in the direction of both sides of the right side surface E or the left side surface F ", so that it flows like the downward flow e1 and is appropriately discharged to the outside.
Further, even when the upper surface C of the housing 21 is not inclined at all, the moisture on the upper front surface c1 accumulates in three directions: “right side E—water shield 26—left side F”. Since it flows, “There is no problem because moisture is discharged to the outside through the right side E and the left side F”.

3, the electronic member 22a is built in the center of the rear surface B, and the electronic member 22b is also built in the right side E. And as a water conveyance means, the concave groove-shaped V character-shaped water conduit 27 depressed from the surface of the upper surface C, and the concave groove-shaped water conduit 27 a connected to the right side E and the left side F up and down are provided. 27b.
Here, the water guiding means of the car audio device 30 is configured as “a water guiding path 27 on the upper surface C, a water guiding path 27a on the right side E” and a water guiding path 27b on the left side F, all of which are concave grooves recessed from the surface. However, instead of this, it is of course possible to use a “linear convex water shielding body that protrudes from the surface and blocks the flow of water”.

  The car audio device 40 of FIG. 4 has electronic members 22c and 22d built in the rear surface B from the center to the left. As a water guide means, a straight water guide path 28 is provided from the right side E on the front surface side of the upper surface C to the left side surface F on the rear surface side of the upper surface C. The linear water guide path 28 is composed of a concave groove recessed from the surface, but instead of this, a “linear convex water shielding body protruding from the surface and blocking the flow of water” may be used. Is possible.

The car audio device 50 shown in FIG. 5 has a built-in electronic member 22e in the center of the rear surface B, and the upper surface C is provided with water guiding means in the shape of a “he”. This water guide means may be configured as a water guide channel formed by a concave groove recessed from the surface, or may be configured as a linear convex water shield that protrudes from the surface in a convex shape and blocks the flow of water.
In order to guide the water here, the water channel or the linear water shield does not reach the upper side (upper edge) of the right side E and the left side F, but guides the water of the upper surface C to guide the water, The effect of draining to the right side E and the left side F is sufficiently obtained.

  Further, in the car audio device 50 of FIG. 5, in order to protect the electronic member 22e from moisture, an end portion of the rear surface c2 of the upper surface C of the housing 21 is extended to provide an eave-like protruding portion C3. . Thereby, even if water flows to the rear end portion of the rear surface B, the water drops downward from the end portion of the eaves-like protruding portion C3. 22e can be protected from damage caused by flooding.

As described above, the water guide means used in the electronic device of the present invention is a water guide channel that guides water by the concave groove recessed from the surface, or a water shield body that guides the water flow by the linear convex portion protruding from the surface, Any of the above can be included.
As a result, it is possible to provide a water guide with a concave groove structure or a water shield with a convex bulge structure on the upper surface (top plate) or side surface of the device so as to avoid parts that want to prevent water droplets.
1 and 2, the groove is formed in a V shape centered on the center of the product. However, as shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. The position to be done can be anywhere, and the direction can be designed accordingly.
Furthermore, the water channel of the ditch | groove for inducing water and the water shield of the linear body of a convex cross section may be interrupted on the way, and does not need to reach | attain an edge part or a collar part.

As described above, the electronic device according to the present invention is provided with a water conduit or a water shielding body on the upper surface or side surface of the housing, and drains moisture on the upper surface of the housing to the side, thereby Can effectively avoid damage (short circuit, destruction).
Further, by avoiding damage to the electronic components inside the casing as described above, it is possible to avoid the destruction of the automobile and the accidents associated therewith.
And in the electronic device according to the present invention, water droplets are avoided by the water channel and the water shielding body on the upper surface of the housing. The water channel and the water shielding body are formed on the upper surface of the housing, and other parts are provided for waterproofing. It's very economical and easy to use.
Furthermore, the water conduit and the water shielding body on the upper surface of the casing of the electronic device according to the present invention are very easy to manufacture, the number of parts does not increase, there is no change in the assembly process, and there is no burden on the operator. There is no increase in cost.

1 is an external perspective view showing a car audio device 10 as a first embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention, and an explanatory view seen from the side. FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing a car audio device 20 as a second embodiment of the electronic device according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is an external perspective view showing a car audio device 30 as a third embodiment of the electronic device according to the present invention. FIG. 7 is an external perspective view showing a car audio device 40 as a fourth embodiment of the electronic device according to the present invention. FIG. 10 is an external perspective view showing a car audio device 50 as a fifth embodiment of the electronic device according to the present invention. It is the external appearance perspective view which shows the car audio apparatus 60 as an example of the conventional electronic device, and explanatory drawing seen from the side.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Car audio equipment A Front surface B Rear surface C Upper surface c1 Upper front surface c2 Upper rear surface D Lower surface E Right side surface F Left side surface 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Water guideway or water shield 11a Air conditioner duct 12 Water drop 22 Power IC22
T Car audio equipment attachment

Claims (6)

In an electronic device having a housing,
On the upper surface of the housing, water guiding means is provided for guiding and discharging water on the upper surface to the right side surface and / or the left side surface,
The water guiding means is composed of at least one of a water guiding path that guides water by a concave groove recessed from the surface, or a water shielding body that guides by blocking a flow of water by a linear protrusion protruding from the surface. An electronic device characterized by that. The electronic device according to claim 1,
An electronic apparatus, wherein the upper surface is configured to have a downward slope from the front end portion toward the rear end portion in a state where the housing is attached at a predetermined position. The electronic device according to claim 1 or 2,
The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the water conduit or the water shielding body has a V shape when viewed from above, and a center portion thereof is directed to a front end portion of the upper surface. The electronic device according to claim 1 or 2,
The water conduit or the impervious body is linear or curved when viewed from above, and is “a configuration from the front right side to the left side on the rear side” or “a front side left side to the rear side right side. An electronic device comprising any one of “toward the configuration”. In the electronic device in any one of Claims 1-4,
An electronic device, wherein a guide channel for drainage is formed on a right side surface or a left side surface following a flow of water on an upper surface by the water guide channel or the water shielding body. In the electronic device in any one of Claims 1-5,
Electronic components are arranged inside the rear surface of the housing,
In order to protect the electronic component from moisture, the rear end of the upper surface of the housing is extended to provide an eaves-like protruding portion.

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