CN101098602A - Display screen rotation mechanism - Google Patents

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CN101098602A
CN101098602A CNA2006100959945A CN200610095994A CN101098602A CN 101098602 A CN101098602 A CN 101098602A CN A2006100959945 A CNA2006100959945 A CN A2006100959945A CN 200610095994 A CN200610095994 A CN 200610095994A CN 101098602 A CN101098602 A CN 101098602A
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夏小松
辛志峰
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The invention provides a display screen rotor, via which display screen can freely rotor in 360 degrees and stop at any angle in 360 degrees. The rotor is arranged between a display screen and a base of electric product, via which the display screen can turnover relative to the base. The rotor comprises a first support fixed on the display screen along a first axis, a second support fixed on the base along a second axis parallel with the first axis, and rotors respectively and axially connected with the first and second supports, to rotor around the first axis and/pr second axis. The rotor can further comprise a gear mesh device which comprises a first gear fixed on the display screen along the first axis, and a second gear fixed on the base along the second axis, while the first and second gears are rotated in mesh, when the display screen turnovers relative to the display screen.

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Display screen rotation mechanism
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of display screen rotation mechanism of electronic product, particularly the display screen of notebook computer, cell phone type electronic product and the rotating mechanism between the base.
Background technology
Traditional notebook computer is all only realized folding by the single hop axle basically, and display screen can only be realized 0 °~180 ° rotation.Because the existence of self physical size and the design limit of rotating shaft thereof, this less flip angle has significant limitation on occupation mode.
Can realize that at present common notebook computer all is to rely on one group of built-up shaft that is fixed in the middle of the notebook computer to realize to the transformation of tablet PC (panel computer), this built-up shaft is can make axle that the notebook computer display screen does 180 ° of rotations and one group make display screen do spool combining of 360 ° of rotations in same horizontal plane by one group.The shortcoming of this scheme is that entire display screen is to be supported by a rotating shaft that is used for 360 ° of rotations of centre, owing to have only the existence of single rotating shaft, makes the rotation rotation tool of entire display screen stable inadequately.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of display screen rotation mechanism, can make display screen stably realize the free folding rotation of 360 degree.
Rotating mechanism of the present invention is located between the display screen and base of electronic product so that display screen relatively base overturn, wherein rotating mechanism comprises: first strutting piece is axially fixed at display screen along first; Second strutting piece is axially fixed at base along being parallel to first axial second; And rotating part, be connected in first strutting piece and second strutting piece respectively pivotly, with axially and/or the second axially rotation along first.
This rotating mechanism also comprises gear engagement mechanism, and gear engagement mechanism comprises: first gear is axially fixed at display screen along first; With second gear, be axially fixed at base along second, wherein, and in the process of the relative base upset of display screen, the rotation that is meshing with each other of first gear and second gear.
Adopt rotating mechanism of the present invention, can realize the associated electrical product for example the notebook computer display screen from 0 ° to 360 ° stabilized free folding, and can make arbitrarily angled stop of lcd screen in 360 degree scopes, the inherent characteristic of while combination gear, the rotary motion trace of display screen is adjusted in the rotation of dependence gear, also the torsion characteristic that has in conjunction with rotating shaft self realizes the needed moment of torsion of supporting display screen, thereby it is used under various environment neatly.
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Fig. 1 is the perspective exploded view of first embodiment of rotating mechanism of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the enlarged diagram of the part of the rotating shaft among first embodiment of rotating mechanism of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the enlarged diagram of the gear parts among first embodiment of rotating mechanism of the present invention.
Fig. 4~Fig. 7 be respectively the notebook computer of first embodiment of the invention closure, open, opening angle uses the mode state schematic diagram greater than 270 ° and tablet.
Fig. 8 is the cabling schematic diagram of first embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 9 is the rotating shaft part schematic diagram of second embodiment of rotating mechanism of the present invention.
Figure 10 is the notebook computer installation diagram that has locking mechanism and the cabling schematic diagram of second embodiment of the invention.
Figure 11 is the notebook computer closure state schematic diagram that has locking mechanism of second embodiment of the invention.
Figure 12 is the notebook computer closure state schematic diagram of the not with locking mechanism of second embodiment of the invention.
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Describe technical scheme of the present invention in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and concrete execution mode thereof.
With reference to Fig. 1, notebook computer comprises display screen 1 and base 5.Between display screen 1 and base 5, be provided with U type rotating shaft 2-2 (being equivalent to rotating part), it can be around first axis direction and the upset of second axis direction, U type rotating shaft 2-2 one end is connected in first pivotly and supports on the external member 2-1, and the other end is connected in second pivotly and supports on the external member 2-3; First supports external member 2-1 is fixed on the display screen 1 of computer, and second supports external member 2-3 is fixed on the base 5 of computer.Cog 3-1 and first axle center in the pitch wheel mechanism are fixed on the display screen 1 of notebook with one heart, the lower gear 3-2 and second axle center are fixed on the base 5 of notebook computer with one heart, thereby make the display screen 1 of notebook computer can realize stably rotating with respect to base 5.Wire rod box 4 is used to hold wire rod.Wherein U type rotating shaft 2-2 and first supports external member 2-1 and second and supports being connected of external member 2-3 and adopt tight fit, can lean on its each other the torsion that produces of frictional force come supporting display screen 1; Can fill senior thick liquid lubriation material between the die cavity of this U type rotating shaft 2-2 and the first support external member 2-1 and the second support external member 2-3 simultaneously, therefore can guarantee to rotate smooth and easy flexible.
Gears engaged part and rotating shaft structure partly in the rotating mechanism of first embodiment of the invention can more obviously be shown with reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.Fig. 4-Fig. 7 is the various view of the notebook computer of first embodiment of the invention.We can find out 0 ° to 360 ° free folding adopting the present invention can successfully realize notebook computer significantly from figure.
With reference to Fig. 8, the wire rod 7 of walking out from notebook display screen 1 passes by the 3-1 endoporus that cogs, and pierces into then in the lower gear 3-2, thereby enters in the base 5 of notebook.Wire rod box 4 is used for the protected data line.
Above-mentioned first embodiment is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to said structure.Wherein, the gear mechanism in the present embodiment can be an independent mechanism, also can adopt at first outer surface that supports the external member 2-1 and the second support external member 2-3 and process the function that intermeshing tooth is realized gear mechanism.First supports external member 2-1 and second supports external member 2-3 and can be parts independently, adopts certain connected mode to be individually fixed in display screen 1 and base 5, also can be for directly integrally formed with display screen 1 and base 5 respectively.The first support external member and second supports external member and is respectively two in the present embodiment, and gear mechanism also is two, and this quantity is not limited thereto, and also can adopt a plurality of support external members, perhaps adopts a gear engagement mechanism to realize the present invention.
Present embodiment is exactly the application by pivot structure and gear structure, the torsion that utilizes rotating shaft to produce comes supporting display screen, utilize gear structure to come the rotary motion trace of control display screen, successfully realize 0 °~360 ° stable free folding of notebook computer display screen, the function of traditional notebook computer and panel computer is combined.Can rely on simultaneously the centre-to-centre spacing of regulating rotating shaft to overcome the thickness of notebook self.It is compared with traditional notebook computer, and is more flexible on its occupation mode, rotates more steadily, and especially it has the function of panel computer simultaneously, makes it under the situation that does not have desk to support, and still can be convenient to use.
Describe the second embodiment of the present invention in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
Fig. 9 is the schematic diagram of the rotating shaft part of second embodiment of rotating mechanism of the present invention.As can be seen from the figure, fixture 5-1 and fixture 5-2 link together by rotating shaft 5-6 and rotating shaft 5-7 and rotating part 5-3; Fixture 5-1 and fixture 5-2 are fixed on the display screen.Because the existence of rotating part 5-3,5-6 and rotating shaft 5-7 do 0 ° to 180 ° rotation around the shaft can to make display screen.Similarly, fixture 5-4 and fixture 5-5 link together by rotating shaft 5-8 and rotating shaft 5-9 and rotating part 5-3; Fixture 5-4 and fixture 5-5 are fixed on the base.Because the existence of rotating part 5-3,5-8 and rotating shaft 5-9 do 180 ° to 360 ° rotation around the shaft can to make display screen.In this process rotating part 5-3 also around the shaft 5-8 and rotating shaft 5-9 done 90 ° to 270 ° rotation, thereby realized 0 ° to 360 ° rotation of notebook computer.
With reference to Figure 10, walk around the base 5 that rotating part 5-3 directly enters notebook from the wire rod 7 that the display screen of notebook computer is walked out.Wire rod box 4 is used for protecting wire rod (being shown in Figure 11).Rotating mechanism among Figure 11 is provided with two locking mechanisms 3, when remembering this use as conventional pen, adopts this locking mechanism 3 to lock, and just 5-6 and rotating shaft 5-7 do 0 ° to 180 ° rotation to the display screen of notebook computer around the shaft like this.When needs are realized the rotation of wide-angle more or tablet function, discharge locking mechanism, promptly can realize 360 ° of rotations of entire display screen this moment.Figure 12 shows that the closure state schematic diagram of notebook computer of the not with locking mechanism of second embodiment of the invention.
By fixture 5-1,5-2,5-4 and 5-5 are fixed on display screen and the base respectively for rotating shaft 5-6 in the present embodiment, 5-7,5-8 and 5-9, and above-mentioned rotating shaft also can be integrally formed respectively with the display screen and the base of notebook computer.
Though only adopted two groups of rotating mechanisms to realize the present invention in the embodiments of the invention, the present invention is not limited thereto, also can adopt many group rotating mechanisms, it realizes that principle is the same.Simultaneously embodiments of the invention are to be the description that example is carried out with the notebook, rotate the electronic product that requires but mechanism of the present invention is applicable to any suitable display screen that has, mobile phone for example, digital camera, personal digital assistant, MP4, control electronics or the like.

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1. a rotating mechanism is located between the display screen and base of electronic product so that display screen relatively base overturn, it is characterized in that described rotating mechanism comprises:
First strutting piece is axially fixed at display screen along first; Second strutting piece is axially fixed at base along being parallel to first axial second; And rotating part, be connected in described first strutting piece and described second strutting piece respectively pivotly, with along described first axial and/or described second axially the rotation.
2. rotating mechanism according to claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises gear engagement mechanism, and described gear engagement mechanism comprises: first gear is axially fixed at display screen along described first; With second gear, be axially fixed at base along described second, wherein, and in the process of the relative base upset of display screen, the rotation that is meshing with each other of described first gear and described second gear.
3. rotating mechanism according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, described first strutting piece is connected with described rotating part tight fit respectively with described second strutting piece.
4. rotating mechanism according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, described first and second strutting pieces all are at least 2.
5. rotating mechanism according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, described first gear and second gear all are at least 2.
6. rotating mechanism according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that described rotating mechanism also comprises locking mechanism, and when described locking mechanism was in the lock state, display screen is 0 ° to 180 ° of base rotation relatively only; When locking mechanism was in unlock state, display screen base relatively rotated 0 ° to 360 °.
7. rotating mechanism according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, described electronic product is notebook computer or handheld device.
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