CN101729615B - Portable terminal - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a portable terminal. The terminal comprises a first shell, a second shell and a rotating module, wherein the second shell is connected with the first shell and can rotate relative to the first shell and longitudinally move, and the rotating module is arranged between the first shell and the second shell and used for connecting the first shell to the second shell so that the first shell and the second shell rotate relatively and move longitudinally. The shells of the portable terminal can rotate and move under the action of the rotating module, so the comfort level for display and operation is not influenced even if the shells switch to a proper posture in application; and the user experience is improved at the same time.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of portable terminal, more specifically, relate to a kind of rotatable and mobile portable terminal.
Background technology
The difference of portable terminal based on its outward appearance can be divided into all kinds.For example, portable terminal can be divided into board-type, flip-type and folded form.
Board-type portable terminal has single housing, and data input/output device, transmitter and receiver are arranged on this housing.Because the keypad as data input/output device always exposes, therefore easily break down.
Flip-type portable terminal comprises main body, renovates panel, and this is renovated to bread and be connected to the hinge module of main body.Data input/output device, transmitter and receiver are installed in the main body of flip-type portable terminal.In flip-type portable terminal, renovate panel and can cover the keypad as data input/output device, thereby prevent that keypad from breaking down.
Collapsible mobile terminal comprises main body, folders, and folders is connected to the hinge module of main body.Can open and close thereby this folders rotates.Under the state of folders and main body close contact, portable terminal is set in communication standby mode, thus the fault of preventing.Above-mentioned various types of portable terminal is readily appreciated that for persons having ordinary knowledge in the art.
The portable terminal lightweight, thin, size is little and viewing area area is large is more and more subject to user's welcome, along with the diversification of mobile telecommunication service, portable terminal has been developed as multimedia device, but, it does not depart from the portable terminal of traditional type, for example flip-type, folded form, so the type of portable terminal not yet meets user's multiple demands.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the invention provides a kind of portable terminal, even if switch to suitable posture with applying corresponding, also can not affect the comfort level that shows and operate.
For achieving the above object, the invention provides a kind of portable terminal with rotating module, this terminal comprises: the first housing; Be connected to the second housing that the first housing can rotate and vertically move relative to the first housing simultaneously; Be placed between the first and second housings, for the first housing is connected to the second housing, the rotating module that makes the first housing and the second housing relatively rotate and vertically move.
Rotating module comprises axis body; Be installed in the limit body of axis body both ends of the surface; One end is connected to the first housing, and the other end is arranged on axis body and first rotor that can rotate around axis body; One end is connected to the second housing, and the other end is arranged on axis body and second rotor that can rotate around axis body; Wherein, the first rotor is provided with the mobile guiding position that guiding the second rotor moves in the axial direction.
Portable terminal according to the present invention at least has the following advantages: rotate and mobile in the axial direction two kinds of different motion modes because the housing of portable terminal has around axis body, therefore user can more rearrange to according to concrete service condition the housing of top, facilitate user to carry out note transmission, telephonic communication, Entertainment etc., ensure the comfort level of user's operation, increased again user's experience.Temporary inactive housing is placed in to below simultaneously and can protects on this housing the not fragile or wearing and tearing of device.
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Fig. 1 is the perspective view that the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the invention with rotating module is shown;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view illustrating for the rotating module of the portable terminal shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the decomposition explosion figure that the rotating module shown in Fig. 2 is shown;
Fig. 4 A illustrates the perspective view of rotating module shown in Fig. 2, and wherein the second rotor of rotating module moves in the axial direction;
Fig. 4 B to Fig. 4 C illustrates the perspective view of rotating module shown in Fig. 2, and wherein the second rotor of rotating module rotates around axis body;
Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 D shows the first housing of portable terminal shown in Fig. 1 and the state diagram of the second housing relative motion.
Realization, functional characteristics and the advantage of object of the present invention, in connection with embodiment, are described further with reference to accompanying drawing.
Embodiment
Describe embodiments of the invention below in detail, the example of described embodiment is shown in the drawings, wherein same or similar label represents same or similar element from start to finish, or same or similar label represents to have the element of identical or similar functions from start to finish.Be exemplary below by the embodiment being described with reference to the drawings, only for explaining the present invention, and can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
It should be noted that, the descriptions such as the term " first, second " in the present invention describes, are only used to facilitate description of the invention, and can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
In the specific embodiment of the present invention, disclose a kind of portable terminal, it is applicable to any portable product.This portable terminal has rotating module, makes the housing of terminal under the effect of rotating module, to rotate and to move in the axial direction around axis body, facilitates user according to cosily operating terminal of concrete service condition.Those skilled in the art, in the time that enforcement is of the present invention, also can carry out adaptability revision to structure according to applied electronic product.
In this manual; to describe as example using mobile phone; but those of ordinary skill obviously knows can be personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld device by this portable terminal; particularly at the portable terminal of the communications field; the description of following specific embodiment is for exemplary purposes thus, and can not think the restriction to protection scope of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 1 to Figure 3, mobile phone 10 comprises the first housing 100, the second housings 200 and rotating module 300.The first housing 100 surfaces are provided with display unit 110 and are positioned on keyboard unit 120, the second housing 200 surfaces of display unit 110 belows and are provided with a larger display screen 210, and this larger-size display screen 210 can be touch display screen certainly.On the first housing or the second housing, can also arrange but be not limited to receiver, function key etc.The first housing 100 and the second housing 200 interconnect by rotating module 300, thereby the second housing 200 can rotate and vertically move to have arranged the surface of the first housing 100 of display unit 110, keyboard unit 120 above open and close, and the first housing 100 is furnished with above open and close in the same manner described above compared with the surface of the second housing 200 of large display screen 210.
Rotating module 300 comprises limit body 310, the first rotor 320, the second rotor 330 and axis body 350, they are placed between the first housing 100 and the second housing 200, and it is mobile with longitudinally upper (being in the axial direction of axis body) to carry out relative rotation that the first housing 100 is connected to the second housing 200.This rotating module makes the housing of terminal to rotate and to move in the axial direction around axis body, facilitates user according to cosily operating terminal of concrete service condition.
With reference to Fig. 3, limit body 310 has and comprises that a limit body 311 and another limit body 312, axis body 350 comprise two flat end face (not shown)s, and limit body 311,312 is arranged in the both ends of the surface of axis body 350.Axis body 350 can be entity structure, can be also in the middle of the axis part structure that is hollow, employing can alleviate the weight of whole rotating module can reach the above-mentioned hollow structure of design intensity time.One in limit body 311,312 can be fixedly connected with axis body 350, welding, hot melt etc. that such as those skilled in the art commonly use; Also dismountable connected mode can be adopted, the assembling of the each parts of rotary axis module can be facilitated like this, for example, as shown in Figure 3, be furnished with screw hole 3110 on limit body 311, screw 3111 is through screw hole 3110, be tightened in axis body 311, thereby limit body 311 is connected on axis body 350.Now, limit body 311 can be metallic gasket, can certainly adopt other mode that limit body and axis body 350 are carried out detachable fixing.Two limit bodies 311,312 can all be fixedly connected with or removably be connected with axis body 350.Those skilled in the art are also appreciated that, in the time that axis body 350 has the end face of a larger cross-section, the end face of this larger cross-section can serve as a limit body simultaneously, simplify the installation procedure of rotating module 300.
The first rotor 320 is formed on the axial direction of axis body 350, and can rotate around axis body 350.The first rotor 320 comprises the first fixed part 321, the first connecting portion 322 and the first rotating part 323.The first fixed part 321 and the first housing 100 fit together, wherein the first fixed part 321 surface is in the face of the support surface 140 of the first housing 100, and another surface is in the face of rotating module 300, the first fixed part 321 is provided with orifice plate (not shown), and screw (not shown) is connected to rotating module 300 on the first housing 100 through orifice plate.Therefore, the first rotor 320 and the first housing 100 are assembled, and make the first housing 100 can be with the motion campaign of the first rotor 320.The first fixed part 321 has certain thickness and width in the face of a surface of rotating module extends to form the first connecting portion 322, the first connecting portions 322, to ensure enough intensity for connecting the first housing 100 and rotating module 300.In the present embodiment, the first connecting portion 322 is approximately a cuboid.The opposite side of the first connecting portion 322 is connected with the first rotating part 323.The first rotating part 323 is an incomplete annular, is sleeved on axis body 350.The inside radius of annular is slightly larger than the radius of axis body 350, thereby ensures that the first rotor 323 can freely rotate around axis body 350, has again good rotation feel simultaneously.On the first rotating part 323, along offering opening in the axial direction of axis body 350, this opening forms mobile guiding position 3230, thus in the time that the second rotor 330 moves axially along axis body 350 for the second rotor 330 provides path.The side of mobile guiding 3230 is the first rotating part 323 sidewall cross section in the axial direction, can adopt horizontal plane, can have different shapes, for example, and water wave shape etc.In the present embodiment, mobile guiding position 3230 is for being arranged on the position of the first rotating part 323 in the face of the first connecting portion 322, and certainly mobile guiding position 3230 can be arranged on the first rotating part 323 and form position at any angle with the first connecting portion.
The second rotor 330 is formed on the axial direction of axis body 350, and can rotate around axis body 350.The second rotor 330 comprises the second fixed part 331, the second connecting portion 332 and the second rotating part 333.The second fixed part 331 and the second housing 200 fit together, wherein the second fixed part 332 surface is in the face of the support surface (not shown) of the second housing 1200, and another surface is in the face of rotating module 300, the second fixed part 331 is provided with orifice plate (not shown), and screw (not shown) is connected to rotating module 300 on the second housing 200 through orifice plate.Therefore, the second rotor 330 and the second housing 200 are assembled, and make the second housing 200 can be with the motion campaign of the second rotor 330.The second fixed part 331 has certain thickness and width in the face of a surface of rotating module extends to form the second connecting portion 332, the second connecting portions 332, to ensure enough intensity for connecting the second housing 200 and rotating module 300.The second connecting portion 332 has the shape suitable with mobile guiding position 3230, and this connecting portion 332 can stretch out from the opening of the first rotating part 323, from mobile guiding position 3230, stretches out, and guides the guiding of position to move in the axial direction by movement.In the present embodiment, the second connecting portion 332 ends also have the guide surface that tilts to have certain angle, make the second connecting portion mobile more convenient in mobile guiding position.The opposite side of the second connecting portion 332 is connected with the second rotating part 333.The second rotating part 333 is an annular, is sleeved on axis body 350.This annular outer radius is slightly less than the inside radius of the first rotating part 313 annulars, thereby the second rotor 330 can be moved on axially well along axis body 350.
First, second rotor 320,330 in rotating module 300 can adopt the material such as aluminium alloy, kirsite by extrusion process system, and material specifically can aluminium alloy (ADC12) or kirsite (Z3).
Rotating module 300 can further comprise that wedging ring is contained in the elastomer on axis body 350.Elastomeric one end contacts with limit body, and the elastomeric other end contacts with surface relative with limit body on the first rotor or the second rotor.In rotating module 300, install elastomer, can make first, second rotor 320,330 be arranged in better on axis body 350, and provide and preferably use feel.
As shown in Figure 3, in the present embodiment, elastomer is two springs 341,342.One spring 341 is compressed to be arranged between a limit body 311 and the first rotor 320, and another spring 342 is compressed to be arranged between another limit body 312 and the second rotor 330.Due to above-mentioned two spring assemblings on axis body 350 all precompressed certain length, so in the time that whole rotating module 300 assembles, two springs produce pretightning force, result two limit bodies 311,312 and first, second rotor 320,330 are stressed, thereby first, second rotor 320,330 can be arranged between axis body and limit body well.Certainly on axis body 350, only an elastomer of compression suit is also fine, as long as can ensure that first, second rotor 320,330 can arrange well.For example, compression arrangement one spring between limit body 311 first rotors 320, an end face of spring contacts with limit body 311, and other end contacts with surface relative with limit body 311 on the first rotor 320.
See also Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C, and Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 D, suppose that the second housing 200 of mobile phone 10 is placed in the top of the first housing 100, i.e. mobile guiding position 3230 and the second connecting portion 332 dislocation are arranged.Because the second housing 200 has a larger display screen 210, when the top that the second housing 200 is placed in the first housing 100 can facilitate user to watch video or the multimedia operations such as play.If when user habit utilizes finger-impu system to send note, the first housing 100 of the unit 110 that just need to have and keyboard unit 120 is placed in the top of the second housing 200.Need to adjust the position between the first housing 100 and the second housing 200.User applies thrust F1 to the second housing 200 (going out as shown in Figure 5A), the the second rotation section body 330 being connected with the second housing 200 rotates clockwise around axis body 350, when the second connecting portion 332 of the second rotor 330 turns to (going out as shown in Figure 4 A) when relative with mobile guiding position, user applies pressure F2 to the second housing 200 (going out as shown in Figure 5 B) again, the second connecting portion 332 is moved upward along the axle of axis body, go out the opposite side (going out as shown in Figure 4 B) of mobile guiding position from a lateral movement of mobile guiding position, user applies thrust F3 to the second housing 200 (going out as shown in Figure 5 C) again, make the second housing 200 continue to rotate clockwise around axis body 350, but now the second housing 200 is changed to the lower position (going out as shown in Figure 5 D) that is positioned at the first housing 100 by the top position at the first housing 100 before, and can freely rotate relative to the first housing 100, the first housing 100 of the unit 110 having and keyboard unit 120 is placed in the top of the second housing 200, facilitate user to carry out short message editing, telephone communication etc.
If when the uncomfortable two housings of user is stacked certainly, in the time exerting pressure F2, note firmly size, can make the second connecting portion 332 along the axially upper opposite side that not exclusively goes out mobile guiding position from a side shifting of mobile guiding position of axis body, such the second connecting portion 332 slewing areas are limited, thereby can make first, second housing 320,330 position in rotation direction relatively fixing.
The foregoing is only the preferred embodiments of the present invention; not thereby limit the scope of the claims of the present invention; every equivalent structure or conversion of equivalent flow process that utilizes specification of the present invention and accompanying drawing content to do; or be directly or indirectly used in other relevant technical fields, be all in like manner included in scope of patent protection of the present invention.
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1. a portable terminal, this terminal comprises:
The first housing;
Be connected to the second housing that the first housing can rotate and vertically move relative to the first housing simultaneously;
Be placed between the first and second housings, for the first housing is connected to the second housing, the rotating module that makes the first housing and the second housing relatively rotate and vertically move; Described rotating module comprises:
Axis body; Be installed in the limit body of axis body both ends of the surface;
One end is connected to the first housing, and the other end is arranged on axis body and first rotor that can rotate around axis body;
One end is connected to the second housing, and the other end is arranged on axis body and second rotor that can rotate around axis body;
Wherein, the first rotor is provided with the mobile guiding position that guiding the second rotor moves in the axial direction;
Described vertically moving moves up for the axle along axis body;
Described the first rotor comprises the first fixed part of fixing the first housing; The first connecting portion that the first fixed part extends to form; One end is connected with the first connecting portion, and the other end is sleeved on the first rotating part on axis body;
Described the second rotor comprises the second fixed part of fixing the second housing; The second connecting portion that the second fixed part extends to form; One end is connected with the second connecting portion, and the other end is sleeved on axis body and movable the second rotating part that is placed in the first rotating part;
Described mobile guiding position is the opening of being located at the first rotating part side, and the second connecting portion can stretch out from this opening, and moves axially along opening.
2. portable terminal according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described rotating module also comprises that compression is arranged on the elastomer on axis body, elastomeric one end contacts with limit body, and the elastomeric other end contacts with surface relative with limit body on the first rotor and/or the second rotor.
3. portable terminal according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, described elastomer comprises the first elastomer and the second elastomer, and the first elastomer is arranged between the first rotor and a limit body, and the second elastomer is arranged between the second rotor and another limit body.
4. portable terminal according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described the first fixed part is provided with orifice plate, and screw is connected to the first housing through described orifice plate by the first rotor; Described the second fixed part is provided with orifice plate, and screw is connected to the second housing through described orifice plate by the second rotor.
5. portable terminal according to claim 2, is characterized in that, described elastomer is spring.
6. portable terminal according to claim 4, is characterized in that, described axis body is hollow structure.
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