CN102121497A

CN102121497A - Electronic device and hinge structure thereof

Info

Publication number: CN102121497A
Application number: CN 201010002085
Authority: CN
Inventors: 叶英豪; 郑英彦; 廖宇靖
Original assignee: High Tech Computer Corp
Current assignee: HTC Corp
Priority date: 2010-01-07
Filing date: 2010-01-07
Publication date: 2011-07-13
Anticipated expiration: 2030-01-07
Also published as: CN102121497B

Abstract

The invention discloses an electronic device and a hinge structure thereof. The electronic device comprises a first main body and a second main body, wherein the first main body reciprocates between a first position and a second position via a third position relative to the second main body. The hinge structure comprises a first element and a second element, wherein the first element is connected with the first main body and is provided with a first magnetic pole; the second element is coupled with the first element, is connected with the second main body and can receive applied force to move relative to the first element; when the first main body is in the first position or the second position, the first element is far away from the second element; and when the first main body moves to the third position, the first element approaches the second element and repulsive force is generated between the first magnetic pole and a second magnetic pole and is used for pushing the first main body from the third position to the first position or the second position.

Description

Electronic equipment and hinge structure thereof

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of electronic equipment and hinge structure thereof, particularly relate to a kind of hinge structure, can make electronic equipment utilize magnetic force to carry out the action of semi-automatic folding with magnetic force.

Background technique

The employed slide hinge of general cover-slide-type handset is made up of spring, the loam cake of cover-slide-type handset and main body are under user's promotion, utilize the elasticity of slide hinge medi-spring, can make an automanual opening state or the closed state of moving to of loam cake and main body.

Yet, though spring has better elastic, also cause elastic fatique owing to using repeatedly easily, cause loam cake and main body after folding repeatedly, can't semi-automatic unlatching or closure, very convenient during use.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of electronic equipment and hinge structure thereof, to address the above problem.

The object of the present invention is achieved like this, and a kind of hinge structure promptly is provided, and comprises one first element and one second element.First element has one first magnetic pole, second element couples first element and can receive an application of force and move with respect to first element, second element has one second magnetic pole, wherein be subjected to the application of force and move and during when second element near first element, produce the repulsion opposing application of force between first magnetic pole and second magnetic pole, so that first element and second element push away mutually.

The present invention also provides a kind of electronic equipment, comprise one first main body, one second main body and a hinge structure, first main body can be with respect to second main body, via one the 3rd position, move back and forth between a primary importance and the second place, hinge structure comprises one first element and one second element, first element is connected with first main body, and has one first magnetic pole, second element couples this first element, and can receive an application of force and move with respect to first element, second element is connected with second main body, and have one second magnetic pole, wherein when first main body was positioned at the primary importance or the second place, first element was away from second element, when first main body moves to the 3rd position, first element is near second element, and produces a repulsion between first magnetic pole and second magnetic pole to promote first element with second element pushes away it mutually, is used for first main body is pushed away the past primary importance or the second place by the 3rd position.

For above-mentioned and other purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, cited below particularly one concrete preferred embodiment, and cooperate appended accompanying drawing to elaborate.

Description of drawings

Figure 1A-Fig. 1 C shows the schematic representation of electronic equipment folding start of the present invention;

Fig. 2 A is the hinge structure schematic representation in the electronic equipment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 B is along the section enlarged diagram of A-A ' tangent line among Fig. 2 A;

Fig. 3 A is the hinge structure schematic representation in the electronic equipment of the present invention; And

Fig. 3 B is along the section enlarged diagram of B-B ' tangent line among Fig. 3 A.

The primary component symbol description

10 electronic equipments

100 first main bodys

200 second main bodys

210 input buttons

300 hinge structures

310 first elements

311 first fixing parts

312 first magnetic portions

312M first magnetic pole

The 312R receiving groove

313 first guiding elements

320 second elements

321 second fixing parts

322 second magnetic portions

322M second magnetic pole

323 second guiding elements

D, D ' direction

G first guide portion

G ' second guide portion

H, H ' fixed hole

L first limitation part

L second limitation part

Embodiment

Referring to Figure 1A to Fig. 1 C, electronic equipment 10 of the present invention is a portable communication device (cover-slide-type handset), comprise one first main body 100, one second main body 200 and a hinge structure 300, wherein first main body 100 is the loam cake of cover-slide-type handset, comprise a display screen on it, it should be noted, be the clear relation that shows between first main body 100, second main body 200 and the hinge 300, omit illustrating of display screen in the accompanying drawing, second main body 200 is the main body of cover-slide-type handset, has input button 210 on it.Detailed explanation, first main body 100 can be with respect to second main body 200, via one the 3rd position (shown in Figure 1B), move back and forth between a primary importance (shown in Figure 1A) and the second place (shown in Fig. 1 C), to carry out the opening and closing movement of electronic equipment 10.

It should be noted that utilize portable communication device to do explanation for example in the present embodiment, but be not limited thereto, electronic equipment of the present invention also can be the electronic equipment of PDA Personal Digital Assistant, portable computer or other sliding cover types.

Hinge structure 300 is arranged between first main body 100 and second main body 200, and an end of hinge structure 300 is fixed on first main body 100, the other end then is fixed on second main body 200, when first main body 100 and the mutual folding of second main body, hinge structure 300 provides a strength to make first main body 100 and second main body 200 slide into an opening state or a closed state automatically.

Referring to Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B, hinge structure 300 comprises one first element 310 and one second element 320.First element 310 comprises one first fixing part 311, one first magnetic portion 312 and one first guiding element 313.First fixing part 311 has a fixed hole H, first element 310 rotatably is connected with first main body 100 by the fixed hole H on first fixing part 311, the first magnetic portion 312 is arranged on first fixing part 311, and have a receiving groove 312R and one first a magnetic pole 312M (as shown in Fig. 2 B), and the first magnetic pole 312M is distributed in the bottom of receiving groove 312R, first guiding element 313 comprises one first guide portion G and one first limitation part L, the first guide portion G is arranged on first fixing part 311 of first element 310, and with second fixing part, 321 butts of second element 320, the first limitation part L is the overhead kick shape, is arranged at the end of guide portion G.

Second element 320 comprises one second fixing part 321, one second magnetic portion 322 and one second guiding element 323, second fixing part 321 has a fixed hole H ', second element 320 rotatably is connected with second main body 200 by the fixed hole H ' of second fixing part 321, the second magnetic portion 322 is arranged on second fixing part 321, and has one second a magnetic pole 322M (as shown in Fig. 2 B), and the second magnetic pole 322M is distributed in an end of the second magnetic portion 322, second guiding element 323 comprises one second guide portion G ' and one second limitation part L ', the second guide portion G ' is arranged on second fixing part 321 of second element 320, and with first fixing part, 311 butts of first element 310, the second limitation part L ' is the overhead kick shape, is arranged at the end of guide portion G '.

It should be noted that the first magnetic pole 312M and the second magnetic pole 322M have same pole, just the first magnetic pole 312M and the second magnetic pole 322M can be all the S utmost point, or are all the N utmost point.

Referring to Fig. 2 A and Fig. 3 A, second element 320 couples first element 310, and can receive an application of force and move with respect to first element 310, and when second element 320 is subjected to this application of force and moves and during near first element 310 (as shown in Figure 3A) or mutually away from (shown in Fig. 2 A), the second magnetic portion 322 can move back and forth in the receiving groove 312R of the first magnetic portion 312, and the second magnetic pole 322M is then corresponding to the first magnetic pole 312M, referring to Fig. 2 B and Fig. 3 B, when the end of the second magnetic portion 322 is subjected to this application of force and moves and during near the bottom of the first magnetic portion 312 (shown in Fig. 3 B), principle based on homopolar-repulsion, can produce a repulsion between the first magnetic pole 312M and the second magnetic pole 322M and will push (shown in Fig. 2 B) each other open, be used to make first element 310 and second element 320 to push away each other.

Person more, when first element 310 and second element 320 mutually near (as shown in Figure 3A) or when pushing away (shown in Fig. 2 A) mutually, first element 310 moves along the guide portion G ' of second guiding element 323, and second element 320 moves along the guide portion G of first guiding element 313, and when second element 320 and first element 310 push away mutually to one apart from the time, second element 320 can be replaced the limitation part L of first guiding element 313, and first element 310 can be replaced the limitation part L ' of second guiding element 323, and the element 310 of winning can not broken away from second element 320.

Refer again to Figure 1A to Fig. 1 C, Fig. 2 A and Fig. 3 A, shown in Figure 1A, first main body 100 and second main body 200 present closed state, and this moment, first main body 100 was positioned at primary importance, and first element 310 in the hinge structure 300 is relatively away from second element 320 (shown in Fig. 2 A); Shown in Figure 1B, when user's desire with first main body 100 during with the 200 relative unlatchings of second main body, the user can apply a strength towards a direction D to first main body 100, make first element 310 move to the 3rd position, and then drive first element 310 near second element 320, just make the first magnetic pole 312M produce a repulsion (shown in Fig. 3 A, Fig. 3 B) near the second magnetic pole 322M; Shown in Fig. 1 C, this repulsion will promote first element 310 and second element 320 makes it push away (shown in Fig. 2 A) mutually, and take advantage of a situation first main body 100 is slid into the second place, just make first main body 100 and second main body 200 present opening state (shown in Fig. 1 C).

In like manner, when first main body 100 and second main body 200 present opening state, this moment, first main body 100 was positioned at the second place (shown in Fig. 1 C), if user's desire is relative closed with second main body 200 with first main body 100, the user can apply a strength towards the opposite direction D ' of direction D to first main body 100, make first element 310 move to the 3rd position (shown in Figure 1B), and then drive first element 310 near second element 320, just make the first magnetic pole 312M produce a repulsion near the second magnetic pole 322M, this repulsion will promote first element 310 and second element 320 pushes away it mutually, can take advantage of a situation slides into primary importance (shown in Figure 1A) with first main body 100, just makes first main body 100 and second main body 200 present opening state.

Electronic equipment 10 of the present invention utilizes the hinge structure 300 with magnetic force to help loam cake and main body is carried out automanual opening and closing movement, except saving part, lower the assembling tolerance, in addition, because the motion mode of hinge structure 300 is not that the elastic element (as: spring) that utilizes mechanical property is reached, the situation that does not therefore have mechanical fatigue takes place.Moreover hinge structure 300 of the present invention utilizes magnetic properties, also can reduce the frictional loss of element between relative movement, and then effectively increases the working life of hinge structure 300.

Though disclosed the present invention in conjunction with above preferred embodiment; yet it is not in order to limit the present invention; anyly be familiar with this operator; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; can do a little change and retouching, thus protection scope of the present invention should with enclose claim was defined is as the criterion.

Claims

1. hinge structure comprises:

First element has first magnetic pole; And

Second element couples this first element, and can receive an application of force and move with respect to this first element, and this second element has second magnetic pole;

Wherein be subjected to this application of force and move and during near this first element, produce a repulsion between this first magnetic pole and this second magnetic pole and resist this application of force, when this second element so that this first element and this second element push away mutually.

2. hinge structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein this first magnetic pole and this second magnetic pole are all the N utmost point or are all the S utmost point.

3. hinge structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein this first element comprises first fixing part and the first magnetic portion, and this first magnetic portion is arranged on this first fixing part, and has this first magnetic pole, and this second element comprises second fixing part and the second magnetic portion, and this second magnetic portion is arranged on this second fixing part, and has this second magnetic pole.

4. hinge structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein this first magnetic portion has receiving groove, when this first element and this second element mutually near or when pushing away mutually, this second magnetic portion moves back and forth in this receiving groove.

5. hinge structure as claimed in claim 4, wherein this first magnetic pole is distributed in a bottom of this receiving groove, and this second magnetic pole is distributed in an end of this second magnetic portion; And when this end when this bottom, produced this repulsion between this first magnetic pole and this second magnetic pole.

6. hinge structure as claimed in claim 1 also comprises first guiding element, and this first guiding element has:

First guide portion is arranged on this first element, and with this second element butt; And

First limitation part is arranged at the end of this first guide portion;

Wherein when this second element moved with respect to this first element, this second element moved along this first guide portion, and when this second element and this first element push away mutually to one apart from the time, this second element is replaced this first limitation part.

7. hinge structure as claimed in claim 6 also comprises second guiding element, and this second guiding element has:

Second guide portion is arranged on this second element, and with this first element butt; And

Second limitation part is arranged at the end of this second guide portion;

Wherein when this second element moved with respect to this first element, this first element moved along this second guide portion, and when this second element and this first element push away mutually to one apart from the time, this first element is replaced this second limitation part.

8. electronic equipment comprises:

First main body and second main body, wherein this first main body can via the 3rd position, move back and forth between the primary importance and the second place with respect to this second main body; And

Hinge structure comprises:

First element is connected with this first main body, and has first magnetic pole; And

Second element couples this first element, and can receive an application of force and move with respect to this first element, and this second element is connected with this second main body, and has second magnetic pole;

Wherein when this first main body is positioned at this primary importance or this second place, this first element is away from this second element, when this first main body moves to the 3rd position, this first element is near this second element, and produce a repulsion between this first magnetic pole and this second magnetic pole to promote this first element, be used for this first main body is pushed away past this primary importance or this second place by the 3rd position with this second element pushes away it mutually.

9. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 8, wherein this first magnetic pole and this second magnetic pole are all the N utmost point or are all the S utmost point.

10. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 8, wherein this first element comprises first fixing part and the first magnetic portion, and this first magnetic portion is arranged on this first fixing part, and has this first magnetic pole, and this second element comprises second fixing part and the second magnetic portion, and this second magnetic portion is arranged on this second fixing part, and has this second magnetic pole.

11. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein this first magnetic portion has receiving groove, when this first element and this second element mutually near or when pushing away mutually, this second magnetic portion moves back and forth in this receiving groove.

12. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 11, wherein this first magnetic pole is distributed in a bottom of this receiving groove, and this second magnetic pole is distributed in an end of this second magnetic portion; And when this end when this bottom, produced this repulsion between this first magnetic pole and this second magnetic pole.

13. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein this first fixing part has first fixed hole, and this first fixing part rotatably is connected with this first main body by this first fixed hole; And this second fixing part has second fixed hole, and this second fixing part rotatably is connected with this second main body by this second fixed hole.

14. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 8, wherein this hinge structure also comprises first guiding element, and this first guiding element has:

First limitation part is arranged at the end of this first guide portion;

Wherein when this second element moved with respect to this first element, this second element moved along this first guide portion, when this second element and this first element push away mutually to one apart from the time, this second element is replaced this first limitation part.

15. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 14 also comprises second guiding element, this second guiding element has:

Second limitation part is arranged at the end of this second guide portion;

Wherein when this second element moved with respect to this first element, this first element moved along this second guide portion, when this second element and this first element push away mutually to one apart from the time, this first element is replaced this second limitation part.