CN100383417C

CN100383417C - Side rotation type electronic apparatus pivot device

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Publication number: CN100383417C
Application number: CNB2005101185364A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 曾昭宪; 陈俊贤
Original assignee: E Ten Information Systems Co Ltd
Current assignee: E Ten Information Systems Co Ltd
Priority date: 2005-10-27
Filing date: 2005-10-27
Publication date: 2008-04-23
Anticipated expiration: 2025-10-27
Also published as: CN1752468A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a side rotation type electronic apparatus pivot device which comprises a first pivot joint component, a second pivot joint component and two conducting ring groups, wherein the first pivot joint component is mainly pivoted on the second pivot joint component, and the first pivot joint component corresponding to the second pivot joint component rotates at an unlimited angle; the two conducting ring groups which are composed of a plurality of conducting rings are respectively assembled between adjacent surfaces between the first pivot joint component and the second pivot joint component; one of the conducting ring groups relative to the face of the other conducting ring group is provided with a plurality of conducting elastic pieces, so that a connecting signal circuit which is arranged outside the first pivot joint component and a connecting signal circuit which is arranged outside the second pivot joint component form an electric closed circuit respectively by the two conducting ring groups and the conducting elastic pieces.

Description

The pivot device of the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin

Technical field

The invention relates to the pivot device of the rotatable electronic equipment of a kind of sidespin, refer in particular to and a kind ofly have the electroconductive elastic sheet that is provided with on complex conduction ring and the conductive hoop, splicing ear and constitute electrically connect between upper and lower pin connected assembly, and can make between upper and lower pin connected assembly relative rotation angle unrestricted and do not influence conduction and signal transfer functions.

Background technique

Have at present electronic products such as the mobile phone of rotatable loam cake and intelligent mobile phone on the market, be subjected to the favor of society gradually, this is owing to be subjected to the progress of recent communication industry on video-audio science and technology, and digital photography function is subjected to liking of Consumer gradually, feasible carried type electronic product with digital photography function and multimedia video communication function, being commonly popular likes and uses, and operate the camera function of these digital cameras for the ease of the user, and view and admire multimedia audio and video information, electronic products such as present mobile phone and intelligent mobile phone, except display screen and operation interface are arranged at respectively loam cake and lower cover, and not only be merely to articulate in the folding mode to form between loam cake and the lower cover, other has the rotatable electronic equipment of a kind of sidespin, its loam cake can correspond to the rotation that lower cover is done 90 degree or 180 degree, the feasible display screen that is arranged at loam cake, mode that can be vertical or horizontal is towards user's direction and the shower, so that display screen can show the information of output according to needing on the operating function in preferable mode.

Because the signal transmission between its loam cake of existing electronic equipment and lower cover, be still and relying on signal line directly to be linked on the inner set circuit board of loam cake and lower cover, therefore for electronic product commonly used, can therefore be subjected to the restriction of signal line between loam cake and the lower cover, spend to the rotation of angle between 90 degree or 180 degree and only can do 0, and greater than the rotation of above-mentioned angle, the situation that tends to cause excessively reversing of signal line and produce fracture or damage, thereby cause being inconvenient in the use to reach on function development and limited to.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, purpose of the present invention, at the pivot device that the rotatable electronic equipment of a kind of sidespin is provided, it is last, provide the complex conduction ring between following pin connected assembly, the assembly of electroconductive elastic sheet and splicing ear, on providing, signal electrically connect between the signal line that following pin joint seat external body connects, make the last pin connected assembly of electronic equipment reach the restriction that can not be subjected to rotation angle when pin connected assembly rotates mutually down, and on, the outside signal line that is connected can not be subjected to the influence of rotation angle and produces fracture and damage between following pin connected assembly, and the mutual transmission of signal between the loam cake of the electronic equipment of combination and base respectively of two pin connected assemblies still can be provided.So, the pivot device of the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin of the present invention, comprise: one first pin connected assembly, has one first rotary part, this first rotary part is that definition has plural number to be concentrically ringed annular groove jointly, and the bottom of this at least one annular groove is equipped with the lower surface of a through hole through this first rotary part respectively; One second pin connected assembly has one and is mounted on second rotary part of this first rotary part, and this first pin connected assembly is articulated on second pin connected assembly, and can corresponding second pin connected assembly and do the rotation of an angle; This second rotary part is that definition has plural number to be concentrically ringed annular groove jointly, and the bottom of this at least one annular groove is equipped with the lower surface of a through hole through this second rotary part respectively; And two conductive hoop group, it is the conductive hoop that has the concentric and different path length of plural number respectively, and be mounted on respectively in the annular groove of this first rotary part and second rotary part, and be respectively equipped with a splicing ear on this each conductive hoop and the contacted surface of annular groove, and can be arranged in respectively this through hole and the protruding respectively outer surface that is exposed to this first pin connected assembly and second pin connected assembly; In addition in a conductive hoop group wherein at the electroconductive elastic sheet that is provided with plural flexibility with respect to the complex conduction ring surface upper punch of another conductive hoop group, and contact with the complex conduction ring surface of corresponding this another conductive hoop group respectively, by to use as the electric connection between two conductive hoop groups.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the schematic appearance of pivot device preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the decomposing schematic representation of pivot device preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the enlarged diagram of electroconductive elastic sheet among Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is the generalized section of pivot device preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the section enlarged diagram of electroconductive elastic sheet among Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is the usage operation schematic representation of pivot device preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is the generalized section that preferred embodiment pivot device of the present invention is mounted on a portable electronic product inside.

[graphic primary clustering conventional letter explanation]

1 ... pin connected assembly 11 ... first rotary part

12 ... annular groove 13 ... through hole

14 ... protruding wall 15 ... trip

16 ... fixed plate 2 ... pin connected assembly

21 ... second rotary part 22 ... annular groove

23 ... through hole 24 ... caulking groove

25 ...

fixed plate

3,4 ... the conductive hoop group

31,41 ...

conductive hoop

32,42 ... splicing ear

5 ... electroconductive elastic sheet 51 ... contacting part

52 ... supporting portion 6 ... display screen

61 ... signal line 7 ... circuit board

71 ... signal line 8 ... electronic product

81 ... loam cake 82 ... base

Embodiment

Technology contents of the present invention and effect will describe in detail in the graphic preferred embodiment of following cooperation describes in detail.

Shown in Fig. 1 to 5, the transmit device preferred embodiment of the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin of the present invention mainly comprises one first pin connected assembly 1, one second pin connected assembly 2, two

conductive hoop group

3,4 and complex conduction shell fragments 5.First pin connected assembly 1 of pivot device of the present invention mainly has one and is discoidal first rotary part 11, first rotary part, 11 inner surfaces are formed with plural number and are concentrically ringed annular groove 12 jointly, and the bottom of each annular groove 12 is equipped with the outer surface of a through hole 13 through this first rotary part 11 respectively; And be wound with a protruding wall 14 in first rotary part, 11 periphery rings, and have plural trip 15 at the inner peripheral surface place of this protruding wall 14; Side peripheral region at first rotary part 11 is outward extended with a fixed plate 16 in addition.

Second pin connected assembly 2 has second a rounded rotary part 21, second rotary part, 21 upper surface places are formed with plural number respectively and are concentrically ringed annular groove 22 jointly, and the bottom of each annular groove 22 is equipped with the lower surface of a through hole 23 through this second rotary part 21 respectively; The outer side peripheral region of second rotary part 21 then inwardly is equipped with a caulking groove 24 again, when being mounted on this corresponding second rotary part 21 surperficial for this first rotary part 11, but being buckles, this trip 15 is positioned this caulking groove 24 inside, and this first pin connected assembly 1 is articulated on second pin connected assembly 2, and can corresponding second pin connected assembly 2 and do the rotation of an angle; Side peripheral region at second rotary part 21 is outward extended with a fixed plate 25 in addition.

Two conductive hoop groups 3, the 4th, have respectively the plural number concentric and different path length

conductive hoop

31,41, and be mounted on the annular groove 12 of first rotary part 11 and second rotary part 21 respectively, in 22, in addition the surface of each conductive hoop 41 of establishing 21 groups of second rotary parts (being intended for the surface of each conductive hoop 31 that 11 groups of this first rotary parts establish) dashed respectively and established electroconductive elastic sheet 5 (see figure 3)s that a perk is the flexibility of " ㄟ " word shape, each electroconductive elastic sheet 5 comprises a contacting part 51 and a supporting portion 52, this supporting portion 52 is to form an angle by the surface extension of conductive hoop 41 and with this surface, and its angle is less than 90 degree; And extend to form this contacting part 51 away from the end on conductive hoop 41 surfaces by this supporting portion 52, and each contacting part 51 can be respectively contacts with each conductive hoop 31 surface of corresponding first rotary part 11, therefore, when first

rotary part

11 and 21 combinations of second rotary part, the contacting part 51 of this electroconductive elastic sheet 5 can be conflicted with the corresponding 11 groups of conductive hoop of establishing 31 elasticity of first rotary part, that is flexible flexible with respect to having between two conductive hoops, 31 corresponding surfaces, by with electric connection (see figure 5) as 3,4 of two conductive hoop groups; Wherein this electroconductive elastic sheet 5 is in other alternate embodiment, can also stand-alone assembly and see through the surface that solid welding or other means of fixation are arranged at conductive hoop 41.

Change in the example in other, electroconductive elastic sheet 5 also can be steel ball or other suitable electric conductor is replaced, and

conductive hoop

31,41 also can be permanently secured to corresponding

annular groove

12,22 by metal sputtering or other suitable physical chemistry processing procedure, is movable being arranged in the

annular groove

12,22 but not be defined in this example.

In addition, be respectively equipped with a

splicing ear

32,42 on each

conductive hoop

31,41 and annular groove 12, the 22 contacted surfaces, each

splicing ear

32,42 also can be arranged in each through

hole

13,23 and the protruding respectively outer surface that is exposed to first rotary part 11 separately.

See also shown in Figure 6, the present invention makes first pin connected assembly 1 can correspond to second pin connected assembly 2 to carry out rotation greater than the above any angle of 360 degree, it mainly is to rely on the two conductive hoop groups 3 that are arranged between first pin connected assembly 1 and second pin connected assembly, 2 adjacently situated surfaces, 4 and each electroconductive elastic sheet 5, the external signal circuit 61 (being shown in Fig. 7) that the feasible splicing ear 32 that is positioned at first pin connected assembly 1 is connected, and the external signal circuit 71 (being shown in Fig. 7) that connected of the splicing ear 42 that is positioned at second pin connected assembly 2, can be respectively via two

conductive hoop groups

3,4 and electroconductive elastic sheet 5 and constitute electrical path.

As shown in Figure 7, what it noted,

aforesaid signal line

61,71 as be the winding displacement of more than one line stamen, then every single line stamen only with

single splicing ear

32,42 persons of being connected, and the material of aforesaid

conductive hoop

31,41 is a metal conductive materials, therefore, and the electroconductive elastic sheet 5 of the flexibility between two corresponding

conductive hoop groups

3,4, can closely contact more mutually with two

conductive hoop groups

3,4, and guarantee to reach between the two

conductive hoop groups

3,4 electrical conducting; Moreover, for avoiding the

conductive hoop group

3,4 and first pin connected

assembly

1 and 2 situations that are short-circuited of second pin connected assembly, so described in the present embodiment first rotary part, 11, the first rotary parts 11 must be made with dielectric material, electrically conduct to avoid producing with two

conductive hoop groups

3,4.

Please consult shown in Figure 7 again, pivot device 1 of the present invention mainly is can provide with the body of a portable electronic product 8 to fix, wherein this portable electronic product 8 mainly is meant on the electronic products such as mobile phone with a pair of loam cake that can articulate mutually 81 and base 82 structures or personal digital aid (PDA), it mainly can be fixed in the loam cake 81 of aforementioned electronic product 8 on first pin connected assembly 1, and base 82 is fixed on second pin connected assembly 2, wherein loam cake 81 and base 82 all can be individually fixed in the fixed plate 16 that is extended on first pin connected assembly 1 and second pin connected assembly 2 by or alternate manner solid by spiral shell, on 25, so can reach and make loam cake 81 correspond to base 82 to do the above rotation of 360 degree, to promote its in the use convenience and functional.

Moreover, connect the opposed surface of establishing in this loam cake 81 and first pin connected assembly 1 display screen 6 can be set, have signal line 61 in this display screen 6 and can be directly be connected with the protruding splicing ear 32 that is exposed to the complex conduction ring 31 that first rotary part 11 assembles; Then be provided with circuit board 7 in the base 82, circuit board 7 has signal line 71 and can be directly be connected with the protruding splicing ear 42 that is exposed to the complex conduction ring 41 that second rotary part 21 assembles, so can reach and make the set signal line 61 of loam cake 81 and base 82 inside, 71 can rely on by these

conductive hoop groups

3,4 and complex conduction shell fragment 5 and be an electric connection, carry out the mutual transmission of signal data, and be unlikely because the technology commonly used is by by signal line 61 in the past, 71 are directly connected between loam cake 81 and the base 82, and cause loam cake 81 to correspond to base 82 when rotating, have the restriction of certain angle of swing, to avoid causing

signal line

61,71 have the situation of damage to take place; Therefore, by utilization by pivot device of the present invention, can avoid the generation of said circumstances, use the rate of fault that operational mistake produced so that reduce electronic product, relatively also can promote electronic product in the use convenience and the application on the function.

But the above, it only is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, be not to be used for limiting scope of the invention process, the equalization of doing according to the described shape of the present patent application claim, structure, feature and spirit changes and modifies such as, all should be included in the claim of the present invention.

Claims

1. the pivot device of the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin is characterized in that, comprising:

One first pin connected assembly has one first rotary part, and this first rotary part definition has plural number to be concentrically ringed annular groove jointly, and the bottom of the annular groove of this first pin connected assembly is equipped with the lower surface of a through hole through this first rotary part respectively;

One second pin connected assembly has one and is mounted on second rotary part of this first rotary part, and this first pin connected assembly is articulated on second pin connected assembly, and can corresponding second pin connected assembly and rotate; This second rotary part definition has plural number to be concentrically ringed annular groove jointly, and the bottom of the annular groove of this second pin connected assembly is equipped with the lower surface of a through hole through this second rotary part respectively;

Two conductive hoop groups, the conductive hoop that has the concentric and different path length of plural number respectively, and be mounted on respectively in the annular groove of this first rotary part and second rotary part, and the annular groove of the annular groove of this conductive hoop and this first pin connected assembly and second pin connected assembly is respectively equipped with a splicing ear on the contacted surface, and is arranged in the through hole of the through hole of this first pin connected assembly and second pin connected assembly respectively and the protruding respectively outer surface that is exposed to this first pin connected assembly and second pin connected assembly;

The electroconductive elastic sheet of plural number flexibility, be located between the conductive hoop of the conductive hoop of this first rotary part and corresponding this second rotary part, and this electroconductive elastic sheet contacts with the conductive hoop of this first pin connected assembly and the corresponding surface of conductive hoop of second pin connected assembly, so that form electric connection for this two conductive hoops group.

2. the pivot device of the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the side peripheral region of this second rotary part then inwardly is equipped with a caulking groove, and be wound with a protruding wall in this first rotary part periphery ring, and has plural trip at the inner peripheral surface place of this protruding wall, make when this first rotary part is mounted on this corresponding second rotary part surperficial, be positioned this caulking groove inside but this trip is a buckle.

3. the pivot device of the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this electroconductive elastic sheet is " ㄟ " word shape, comprise a contacting part and a supporting portion, this supporting portion is to form an angle by the surface extension of the conductive hoop of this second pin connected assembly and with this surface, and its angle is less than 90 degree; And do not extend a contacting part again with the end that the conductive hoop of this second pin connected assembly surface is connected by this supporting portion, and each contacting part can be respectively contacts with each conductive hoop surface of corresponding first rotary part.

4. the pivot device of the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the side peripheral region of this second rotary part is outward extended with a fixed plate, fixes in order to provide with the body of an electronic equipment.

5. the pivot device of the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the side peripheral region of this first rotary part is outward extended with a fixed plate, fixes in order to provide with the body of an electronic equipment.

6. rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin with pivot device, the body of the rotatable electronic equipment of this sidespin has a pair of loam cake that can articulate mutually and base, it is characterized in that, and this pivot device includes:

One first pin connected assembly, be fixed on this and cover, and having one first rotary part, this first rotary part definition has plural number to be concentrically ringed annular groove jointly, and the bottom of at least one annular groove of this first pin connected assembly is equipped with the lower surface of a through hole through this first rotary part respectively;

One second pin connected assembly is fixed on this base, and has one and be mounted on second rotary part of this first rotary part, and this first pin connected assembly is articulated on second pin connected assembly, and corresponding second pin connected assembly and do the rotation of an angle; This second rotary part definition has plural number to be concentrically ringed annular groove jointly, and the bottom of at least one annular groove of this second pin connected assembly is equipped with the lower surface of a through hole through this second rotary part respectively; And

Two conductive hoop groups, the conductive hoop that has the concentric and different path length of plural number respectively, and be mounted on respectively in the annular groove of this first rotary part and second rotary part, and the annular groove of the annular groove of this conductive hoop and this first pin connected assembly and second pin connected assembly is respectively equipped with a splicing ear on the contacted surface, and is arranged in the through hole of the through hole of this first pin connected assembly and second pin connected assembly respectively and the protruding respectively outer surface that is exposed to this first pin connected assembly and second pin connected assembly; The electroconductive elastic sheet that on complex conduction ring surface, has plural flexibility in a conductive hoop group wherein in addition with respect to another conductive hoop group, and this electroconductive elastic sheet contacts with the complex conduction ring surface of corresponding this another conductive hoop group respectively, so that use as the electric connection between two conductive hoop groups.

7. the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin with pivot device as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, the side peripheral region of this second rotary part then inwardly is equipped with a caulking groove, and be wound with a protruding wall in this first rotary part periphery ring, and has plural trip at the inner peripheral surface place of this protruding wall, make when this first rotary part is mounted on this corresponding second rotary part surperficial, be positioned this caulking groove inside but this trip is a buckle.

8. the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin with pivot device as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, this electroconductive elastic sheet is to be " ㄟ " word shape, comprise a contacting part and a supporting portion, this supporting portion is extended by the surface of the conductive hoop of this second pin connected assembly and is formed an angle with this surface, and its angle is less than 90 degree; And do not extend a contacting part again with the end that the conductive hoop of this second pin connected assembly surface is connected by this supporting portion, and each contacting part contacts with each conductive hoop surface of corresponding first rotary part respectively.

9. the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin with pivot device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that the side peripheral region of this first rotary part is outward extended with a fixed plate, is to fix in order to provide with the loam cake of electronic equipment.

10. the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin with pivot device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that the side peripheral region of this second rotary part is outward extended with a fixed plate, is to fix in order to provide with the lower cover of electronic equipment.

11. the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin with pivot device as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, this loam cake and first pin connected assembly connect the opposed surface of establishing a display screen are set, and have the splicing ear that signal line directly is linked to the complex conduction ring that this first rotary part assembles in this display screen.

12. the rotatable electronic equipment of sidespin with pivot device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, a circuit board is set in this base, this circuit board has the splicing ear that signal line directly is linked to the complex conduction ring that this second rotary part assembles.

13. a pivot device for being arranged at the rotatable electronic equipment of a sidespin, is characterized in that this pivot device comprises:

One first pin connected assembly, definition has plural number to be concentrically ringed annular groove jointly;

One second pin connected assembly, can the mode of relatively rotating being articulated in this first pin connected assembly, this second pin connected assembly definition has plural number to be concentrically ringed annular groove jointly;

Two conductive hoop groups, the conductive hoop and the plural splicing ear that have the concentric and different path length of plural number respectively, respectively this conductive hoop is mounted on respectively in the annular groove of this first pin connected assembly and second pin connected assembly, and respectively this splicing ear also is embedded at the annular groove inside of this first pin connected assembly and second pin connected assembly simultaneously respectively, and respectively this splicing ear has two ends and connects with corresponding respectively this conductive hoop and the corresponding line of this electronic equipment respectively;

The complex conduction body, be located between the conductive hoop of the conductive hoop of this first pin connected assembly and this second pin connected assembly correspondence, and contact with the conductive hoop of this first pin connected assembly and the corresponding surface of conductive hoop of this second pin connected assembly respectively, electrically connect for forming between this two conductive hoops group.

14. pivot device as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, this electric conductor is for to have flexible electroconductive elastic sheet with respect to the conductive hoop of this first pin connected assembly and the conductive hoop correspondence table mask of this second pin connected assembly.

15. pivot device as claimed in claim 13, it is characterized in that the conductive hoop of described respectively this first pin connected assembly and the conductive hoop of this second pin connected assembly are to be movably set in respectively in the annular groove of the annular groove of corresponding respectively this first pin connected assembly and second pin connected assembly.