CN103573799B - Folding electronic device - Google Patents

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CN103573799B
CN103573799B CN201310322692.7A CN201310322692A CN103573799B CN 103573799 B CN103573799 B CN 103573799B CN 201310322692 A CN201310322692 A CN 201310322692A CN 103573799 B CN103573799 B CN 103573799B
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曹容维
黄玮旻
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A folding electronic device comprises a first component, a first rotating mechanism, a connecting element and a second component, wherein the first component is provided with a first side and a second side. The first rotating mechanism is arranged on the first part, the connecting element is arranged on the first rotating mechanism, and the second part is pivoted with the connecting element. When the second component is located on the first side or the second side of the first component, the connecting element or the second component abuts against the first side or the second side.

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Folding-type electronic device
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to a kind of electronic equipment, espespecially a kind of folding-type electronic device.
Background technique
Current Touch Screen is popularized gradually, and user has been accustomed to the mode operating electronic devices utilizing touch-control.Therefore, in known technology, by changing the screen of notebook computer into function that touch screen provides touch-control, and making screen can be inverted to the dorsal part of the main frame of computer, to facilitate user, touch-control being carried out to screen.
But screen turning cannot be gone to the dorsal part of main frame by the rotating shaft (hinge) of traditional notebook computer.Therefore in known technology, a pair shaft type rotating shaft is utilized to be arranged in notebook computer, to allow the turning dorsal part to main frame of screen.But the complex structure of aforementioned double-axle type rotary axle, adds cost of production, and the process that screen turning goes to main frame dorsal part is not very smooth and easy, causes the difficulty in use.
Summary of the invention
In order to solve the defect of above-mentioned known technology, object of the present invention is for providing a kind of folding-type electronic device, and it has the simple rotating machinery of structure, and can increase the smooth degree that screen turning goes to main frame dorsal part.
To achieve the above object, the invention provides a kind of folding-type electronic device, comprise a first component, one first rotating machinery, a connecting element, one second rotating machinery and a second component.First component is a main frame, and second component is a screen.First rotating machinery is arranged at first component, and comprises one first rotating shaft.Connecting element comprises one first joint and one second joint.First joint is arranged at the first rotating shaft.Second joint is arranged at the first joint.Second rotating machinery comprises the second rotating shaft that is arranged at the second joint.Second component is arranged at the second rotating machinery, and is rotating relative to first component.When second component tilts relative to first component, and when being positioned at a primary importance of the front side of first component, second joint or second component are against first component, and when second component tilts relative to first component, and when being positioned at a second place of the rear side of first component, the second joint or second component are against first component.
In another embodiment of the present invention, aforementioned first rotating machinery is a C shape track, and connecting element has a shrinkage pool, and aforementioned C shape track is placed in shrinkage pool, and connecting element can be slided along C shape track.When second component is a closed state relative to first component, connecting element is positioned at the primary importance on C shape track, and second component is positioned at the first side and almost parallel with first component, when connecting element slides into a second place by primary importance along C shape track, and second component is when rotating relative to this connecting element, second component is positioned at the second side and is roughly parallel to first component.
In sum, the rotating machinery of folding-type electronic device of the present invention and the structure of connecting element simply, can reduce and produce life originally.In addition, when being tilted relative to first component by second component, connecting element or second component are against the first side, can be greater than the torsion between second component and the second joint by the torsion setting between first component and the first joint, turn to the first side of first component and the smooth degree of the second side to increase second component.
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Fig. 1 represents the folding-type electronic device stereogram of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the stereogram of the first rotating machinery of the present invention, connecting element and the second rotating machinery.
Fig. 3 is the exploded view of the first rotating machinery of the present invention, connecting element and the second rotating machinery.
Fig. 4 is the sectional view of the first rotating machinery of the present invention, connecting element and the second rotating machinery.
Fig. 5 is the sectional view at another visual angle of the first rotating machinery of the present invention, connecting element and the second rotating machinery.
Fig. 6 ~ 9 are the action schematic diagram of the folding-type electronic device of one embodiment of the invention.
Figure 10 A ~ 10C is the action schematic diagram of the folding-type electronic device of another embodiment of the present invention
Wherein, description of reference numerals is as follows:
1 folding-type electronic device 10 first component
11 first side, sides 12 second
20 second component 21 touch panels
30 first rotating machinery 31 first fixed elements
32 first rotating shaft 40 connecting element
41 first joint 42 second joints
50 second rotating machinery 51 second fixed elements
52 second rotating shaft 53 torsion assemblies
531 nut 532 ring-type shell fragments
533 ring plate 533,AX1 first axle center
AX2 second axle center h1 first bores a hole
H2 second bores a hole h3 axis hole
R1, R2, R3, R4 diameter
W1 total thickness S1 first arc surface
S2 second arc surface P1 plane
Embodiment
Fig. 1 is the stereogram of folding-type electronic device 1 of the present invention.Folding-type electronic device 1 can be a notebook computer.Folding-type electronic device 1 comprises first component 10, second component 20,1 first rotating machinery 30, connecting element 40 and one second rotating machinery 50.
First component 10 can be a main frame, and it can comprise the various electronic components such as keyboard, touch pad, Touch Screen, central processing unit (CPU), internal memory, mainboard.Second component 20 can be a screen, and aforesaid screen can be a Touch Screen.First rotating machinery 30 is arranged between first component 10 and connecting element 40, and the second rotating machinery 50 is arranged between second component 20 and connecting element 40.Second component 20 can rotate relative to first component 10 by the first rotating machinery 30, connecting element 40 and the second rotating machinery 50.
Fig. 2 is the stereogram of the first rotating machinery 30 of the present invention, connecting element 40 and the second rotating machinery 50, Fig. 3 is the exploded view of the first rotating machinery 30 of the present invention, connecting element 40 and the second rotating machinery 50, Fig. 4 is the sectional view of the first rotating machinery 30 of the present invention, connecting element 40 and the second rotating machinery 50, and Fig. 5 is the sectional view at another visual angle of the first rotating machinery 30 of the present invention, connecting element 40 and the second rotating machinery 50.First rotating machinery 30 comprises one first fixed element 31 and one first rotating shaft 32.First fixed element 31 can be fixed on first component 10.First fixed element 31 can be a loop configuration, and is socketed and is articulated in the first rotating shaft 32, therefore can produce a torsion between the first fixed element 31 and the first rotating shaft 32.
First rotating shaft 32 has one first axle center AX1(as shown in Figure 4).First rotating shaft 32 extends along the first axle center AX1 and rotates around the first axle center AX1.Connecting element 40 is fixed in first rotating shaft 32.
Connecting element 40 is a platy structure, comprises one first joint 41 and one second joint 42.First joint 41 and the second joint 42 can be loop configuration, and can be one of the forming.Second joint 42 has an axis hole h3.
The first joint 41 is fixed in first rotating shaft 32, first joint 41 has one first perforation h1, first rotating shaft 32 has one second perforation h2, and the first perforation h1 and second h2 that bore a hole is interconnected, and the first axle center AX1 passes through first h1 and second that bores a hole bores a hole the center of h2.Can cost of material be saved by aforesaid first perforation h1 and second perforation h2, and the attractive in appearance of folding-type electronic device 1 can be increased.
Second rotating machinery 50 comprises one second fixed element 51,1 second rotating shaft 52 and a torsion assembly 53.Second fixed element 51 is fixed on second component 20.
The second fixed element 51 is fixed in second rotating shaft 52.Second rotating shaft 52 has one second axle center AX2.Second rotating shaft 52 extends along the second axle center AX2 and rotates around the second axle center AX2.Second rotating shaft 52 passes axis hole h3 to be articulated in the second joint 42.
Aforesaid second rotating shaft 52 is by the center of axis hole h3, and the first axle center AX1 is parallel to the second axle center AX2, and connecting element 40 is perpendicular to the first axle center AX1 and the second axle center AX2.
Torsion assembly 53 is placed in the second rotating shaft 52, and is connected to the second joint 42.Torsion assembly 53 is in order to provide the torsion between the second rotating shaft 52 and the second joint 42.In the present embodiment, torsion assembly 53 can comprise a nut 531, multiple ring-type shell fragment 532 and multiple ring plate 533.Nut 531 is arranged at one end of the second rotating shaft 52, and ring-type shell fragment 532 and ring plate 533 are staggered in the second rotating shaft 52, and between nut 531 and the second joint 42.
As shown in Fig. 4 to Fig. 5, the diameter R1 of the first rotating shaft 32 is greater than the diameter R2 of the second rotating shaft 52, can be and be greater than 1.5 times or be greater than twice in the present embodiment.The diameter R3 of the first joint 41 is greater than the total thickness W1 of first component 10 and second component 20, and the diameter R3 of the first joint 41 is greater than the diameter R4 of the second joint 42, can be and be greater than twice or three times in the present embodiment.Diameter R1, R2, R3, R4 are defined as the diameter perpendicular to the first axle center AX1 or the second axle center AX2.
In addition, first joint 41 has the first arc surface S1 that is the center of circle with the first axle center AX1, second joint 42 has the second arc surface S2 that is the center of circle with the second axle center AX2, and the curvature of the second arc surface S2 is greater than the curvature of the first arc surface S1, can be in the present embodiment and be greater than 1.5 times or be greater than twice.By aforesaid structure, the turning front side to first component 10 of second component 20 and rear side.
As shown in Figure 5, first component 10 has one first side 11 and one second side 12, and when second component 20 is covered on first component 10, the second rotating shaft 52 is positioned at the top of first component 10, and the second joint 42 of connecting element 40 is against the first side 11.In the present embodiment, the torsion between first component 10 and the first joint 41 of connecting element 40 can be greater than the torsion between second component 20 and the second joint 42 of connecting element 40.Therefore user can rotate second component 20 in connecting element 40 does not rotate relative to first component 10 when, as shown in Figure 6, to increase smooth degree when second component rotates.
As shown in Figure 6, second component 20 tilts relative to first component 10, and second component 20 is positioned at the first side 11.Folding-type electronic device 1 by the second joint 42 of connecting element 40 and/or one end of second component 20 against the first side 11, do not need torsion between connecting element 40 and first component 10 to maintain inclination to make second component 20, can not need excessive torsion between first component 10 like this and the first joint 41, the person of being easy to use overturns the second side 12 of second component 20 to first component 10.In addition, in Fig. 6, first component 10 is between a touch panel 21 and user of second component 20, and therefore folding-type electronic device 1 can use as a notebook computer by user.
As shown in Figures 6 to 9, second component 20 can be turn to the second side 12 of first component 10 by user by the first side 11 of first component 10.Now, connecting element 40 rotates relative to first component 10, and second component 20 also rotates relative to connecting element 40.
As shown in Figure 9, when second component 20 tilts relative to first component 10, and when being positioned at the second side 12 of first component 10, first component 10 can be positioned in a plane P 1 by user.Now, first component 10 and plane P 1 relative tilt, and the first joint 41 is contacted with in plane P 1, one end of the second joint 42 or second component 20 is against the second side 12 of first component 10.In like manner, now second component 20 does not need torsion between connecting element 40 and first component 10 to maintain inclination, can not need excessive torsion between first component 10 like this and the first joint 41, the person of being easy to use overturns the first side 11 of second component 20 to first component 10.When second component 20 is positioned at the second side 12 as shown in Figure 9, the touch panel 21 of second component 20 compares first component 10 closer to user, and the person of being easy to use carries out touch-control for touch panel 21.
The rotating machinery of the folding-type electronic device of the present embodiment and the structure of connecting element simply, can reduce cost of production.In addition, when being tilted relative to first component by second component, the second joint or second component are against first component, can be greater than the torsion between second component and the second joint by the torsion setting between first component and the first joint, turn to the front side of first component and the smooth degree of dorsal part to increase second component.
The folding-type electronic device 1 of another embodiment of the present invention is as shown in Figure 10 A ~ 10C, in the present embodiment, first rotating machinery 30 is for being formed at the C shape track at an edge of first component 10, connecting element 40 there is a shrinkage pool (not shown), aforementioned C shape track is through shrinkage pool, therefore connecting element 40 can slide along aforementioned C shape track, and connecting element 40 pivot joint second component 20.When second component 20 relative thereto 10 is positioned at a closed angle (as shown in 10A figure), second component 20 is positioned at the first side 11 of first component 10 and is roughly parallel to first component 10, now connecting element 40 is positioned at the primary importance on C shape track, and wherein connecting element 40 or second component 20 all can against the first sides 11 of first component 10.Or as shown in Figure 10 B, when connecting element 40 slides into a crossover position by primary importance along C shape track, an angle of inclination can be formed with between second component 20 and first component 10, watch display screen to facilitate user.Further, as illustrated in figure 10 c, when connecting element 40 continues to slide along C shape track, and when sliding into a second place by the crossover position shown in Figure 10 B, turning the second side 12 to first component 10 of second component 20, and be roughly parallel to first component 10.When connecting element 40 is positioned at the second place, now connecting element 40 or second component 20 all can against the second sides 12 of first component 10.Therefore, when second component 20 is positioned at the first side 11 or second side 12 of first component 10, first component 10 can be effectively utilized to support second component 20, the torsion needed for minimizing.No matter the it is to be understood that any position of connecting element 40 on C shape track, second component 20 all can rotate relative to connecting element 40, is beneficial to user and operates use.
Though the present invention discloses as above with various embodiment, but it is only exemplary reference and is not used to limit scope of the present invention, any those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, when doing many changes and change.Therefore above-described embodiment be not used to limit scope of the present invention, protection scope of the present invention is as the criterion when the scope that define depending on following claims.

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1. a folding-type electronic device, comprising:
One first component, have one first side and one second side, and this first side is contrary with this second side;
One second component;
One first rotating machinery, is arranged at this first component, and has one first rotating shaft;
One second rotating machinery, has one second rotating shaft; And
One connecting element, be arranged at this first rotating machinery, this second component of pivot joint, and there is one first joint and one second joint, wherein this first rotating shaft is arranged at this first joint and this first component of pivot joint and this connecting element, this second rotating shaft is arranged at this second joint and this second component of pivot joint and this connecting element, and the diameter of this first joint is greater than the total thickness of this first component and this second component;
Wherein when this second component tilts relative to this first component, and when being positioned at this first side, this connecting element or this second component are against this first side;
Wherein when this second component tilts relative to this first component, and when being positioned at this second side, this connecting element or this second component are against this second side.
2. folding-type electronic device as claimed in claim 1, the torsion wherein between this first component and this first joint is greater than the torsion between this second component and this second joint.
3. folding-type electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein this first rotating machinery also comprises one first fixed element, is fixed on this first component, and wherein this first joint is fixed in this first rotating shaft, and is articulated in this first fixed element.
4. folding-type electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein this first joint has one first perforation, this first rotating shaft has one second perforation and one first axle center, and this second joint has an axis hole, wherein this first perforation second is bored a hole with this and is interconnected, this first axle center is by this first perforation and this biperforate center, and this second rotating shaft is by the center of this axis hole.
5. folding-type electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein this second rotating shaft has one second axle center, and this first joint has first arc surface that is the center of circle with this first axle center, this second joint has second arc surface that is the center of circle with this second axle center, and wherein the curvature of this second arc surface is greater than the curvature of this first arc surface.
6. folding-type electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein this second rotating machinery also comprises the second fixed element that is fixed on this second component, and this second fixed element is fixed in this second rotating shaft, and is articulated in this second joint.
7. folding-type electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein this second rotating machinery also comprises a torsion assembly, be arranged at this second rotating shaft, and be connected to this second joint, wherein this torsion assembly is in order to provide the torsion between this second rotating shaft and this second joint.
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