CN103926976A - Rotary shaft structure and electronic device - Google Patents

Rotary shaft structure and electronic device Download PDF

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CN103926976A
CN103926976A CN201310015608.7A CN201310015608A CN103926976A CN 103926976 A CN103926976 A CN 103926976A CN 201310015608 A CN201310015608 A CN 201310015608A CN 103926976 A CN103926976 A CN 103926976A
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The invention provides a rotary shaft structure and an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a first body, a second body and a wire cable, wherein the wire cable is connected between the first body and the second body; the rotary shaft structure comprises a shaft element, a support and a spring element group; the shaft element is provided with a solid section and a hollow section which are coaxial, the support is assembled on the first body, the spring element group sleeves the solid section and is connected with the support, one end of the wire cable is connected with the second body, and the other end of the wire cable is connected to the first body through the hollow section.

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Pivot structure and electronic installation
Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of pivot structure, and relate to especially a kind of pivot structure and electronic installation.
Background technology
Portable computing was as already more and more general in palm PC, hand-held computer, notebook computer, individual panel computer and personal digital assistant (PDA).Typically, portable computing can use base unit and for the demonstration of this base unit configures the demonstration assembly forming, operate and the use of watching to meet user.Especially with touch show technology and time all increase, for these portable computers, touch-screen becomes basic outfit gradually.
Taking notebook computer as example, it is using rotating shaft (hinge) as causing the mechanism moving between body between two bodies, once but collocation is with touch-screen,, when body launches, rotating shaft need meet and be enough to support user and press on the strength on touch-screen.At the same time, the cable being connected between body also need pass through via pivot structure, therefore how to have anchorage force, the structural strength of rotating shaft concurrently, and provide and be enough to allow space that cable passes through avoid cable impaired because of pivot structure, just become the required problem of facing of relevant design person.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of pivot structure and electronic installation, it has concurrently is enough to provide the space that cable passes through and the structural strength that supports body.
One embodiment of the invention propose a kind of pivot structure, are applicable to electronic installation.Electronic installation comprises the first housing, the second housing and cable, and cable is connected between the first housing and the second housing; Pivot structure comprises axle part, the first support and spring part group; Axle part has solid section and hollow section coaxially to each other; The first bracket assembled is to the first housing; Spring part group is set in solid section and be connected to the first support, and wherein one end of cable connects the second housing, and the other end of cable is connected to the first housing through hollow section.
One embodiment of the invention propose a kind of electronic installation, comprise the first housing, the second housing and pivot structure.The second housing has support arm, and pivot structure is connected between support arm and the first housing.Pivot structure comprises axle part, the first support and spring part group.Axle part has solid section and hollow section coaxially to each other.The first bracket assembled is at the first housing.Spring part group is set in solid section and be connected to the first support, and wherein one end of cable connects the second housing, and the other end of cable is connected to the first housing through support arm and hollow section.
Based on above-mentioned, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the pivot structure of electronic installation is by axle part being divided into solid section and hollow section, wherein using the solid section of supporting region as spring part group, to allow spring part group there is enough anchorage forces and structural strength, and the space that provides cable to pass through with hollow section.Accordingly, pivot structure can have the anchorage force to body concurrently simultaneously, and also can possess enough spaces of passing through to allow cable pass through and as its protection structure simultaneously.
For above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be become apparent, special embodiment below, and coordinate accompanying drawing to be described in detail below.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of a kind of electronic installation of one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 illustrate that respectively the electronic installation of Fig. 1 is at the schematic diagram of different conditions;
Fig. 4 is the Local Members schematic diagram of the electronic installation of Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is the member explosive view of Fig. 4;
Fig. 6 is the Local Members schematic diagram of the first pivot structure of Fig. 5;
Fig. 7 is the partial component explosive view of the first pivot structure of Fig. 6.
Description of reference numerals:
100: electronic installation;
110: the first housing;
120: the second housing;
122: body;
124: support arm;
124a: upper casing;
124b: lower casing;
126: groove;
130: the first pivot structures;
132: axle part;
132a: solid section;
132b: hollow section;
134: the first supports;
136: spring part group;
138: the second supports;
138a: axial region;
138b: alar part;
140: the second pivot structures;
150: cable;
A1: the first axle;
A2: the second axle;
E1: first end;
E2: the second end;
N1: the first opening;
N2: the second opening;
N3: the 3rd opening;
N4: entrance;
N5: outlet;
P1: primary importance;
P2: the second place;
R1: axial space;
R2: accommodation space;
S1: touch surface;
S2: the back side;
V1, V2: visual angle.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of a kind of electronic installation of one embodiment of the invention.Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 illustrate that respectively the electronic installation of Fig. 1 is at the schematic diagram of different conditions.Please also refer to Fig. 1 to Fig. 3, in the present embodiment, electronic installation 100 is for example notebook computer, it has the first housing 110, the second housing 120, the first pivot structure 130 and the second pivot structure 140, wherein the first housing 110 is for example the main frame of notebook computer, the second housing 120 comprises body 122 and support arm 124, and wherein body 122 is for example the display element of notebook computer, and particularly touch display element, it has touch face S1 respect to one another and back side S2, and user can carry out input operation by touching touch face S1.
Support arm 124 is connected between the first housing 110 and the back side S2 of body 122.Say further, support arm 124 has relative first end E1 and the second end E2, and wherein the first pivot structure 130 is connected between first end E1 and the first housing 110, so that the second end E2 can be rotated with respect to first end E1.The second end E2 that the second pivot structure 140 is arranged on support arm 124 goes up and is connected between support arm 124 and body 122, so that body 122 can relatively rotate with the second pivot structure 140 with support arm 124.
Accordingly, support arm 124 is connected with body 122 with the first housing 110 respectively with the second pivot structure 140 by the first pivot structure 130, therefore can allow electronic installation 100 as Fig. 1 to shown in Fig. 3, convert the deployed condition of Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 to from the closure state of Fig. 1 by support arm 124.In addition, the body 122 of the second housing 120 can make it can move to from the primary importance P1 shown in Fig. 2 the second place P2 of Fig. 3 when the deployed condition by support arm 124.Accordingly, electronic installation 100 just can provide user comparatively friendly and comfortable watch visual angle.In addition, this measure also can allow user adjust the first housing 110 and rest on any position between primary importance P1 and second place P2, and selects the suitable visual angle of watching.
In the present embodiment, the body 122 of the second housing 120 has the groove 126 that is positioned at back side S2, and the second end E2 of support arm 124 is articulated in this groove 126.As above-mentioned, the second end E1 of support arm 124 is pivotally attached to the first housing 110 by the first pivot structure 130, to allow support arm 124 rotate along the first axle A1 with respect to the first housing 110.In addition, the second pivot structure 140 is articulated between the second end E2 and body 122, thereby body 122 can be rotated along the second axle A2 with respect to support arm 124, wherein parallel the second axle A2 of the first axle A1.
Fig. 4 is the Local Members schematic diagram of the electronic installation of Fig. 1.Draw Fig. 4 at this with the V1 of visual angle shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 5 is the member explosive view of Fig. 4.Please also refer to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, because the first pivot structure 130 is the relative both sides that are configured in symmetrically support arm 124, therefore follow-up by the first pivot structure 130 using a side wherein the description object as the present embodiment.Here, the first pivot structure 130 comprises axle part 132, the first support 134 and spring part group 136, wherein the first support 134 is assembled into the first housing 110 (being illustrated in Fig. 1 to Fig. 3), and spring part group 136 is set on axle part 132 and is connected to the first support 134.Accordingly, by the friction force that between spring part group 136 and axle part 132, relative motion produces, in the time that support arm 124 rotates with respect to the first housing 110, just can be using spring part group 136 with axle part 132 as supporting construction, to support the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 to carry out effective opening and closing movement.
Fig. 6 is the Local Members schematic diagram of the first pivot structure of Fig. 5.Fig. 7 is the partial component explosive view of the first pivot structure of Fig. 6.In Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, omit spring part group 136 illustrated in fig. 5 and the first support 134, to allow the thin portion of member be able to identification clearly, and Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 be using visual angle V2 in Fig. 5 as according to and draw.Please also refer to Fig. 6, Fig. 7 and contrast Fig. 5.In first pivot structure 130 of the present embodiment, axle part 132 has solid section of 132a and hollow section 132b coaxially to each other, said solid section of 132a and hollow section 132b are integrated structures, and wherein the cross section external diameter of solid section of 132a is less than the cross section external diameter of hollow section 132b.Spring part group 136 illustrated in fig. 5 and the first support 134 are configured on solid section of 132a of axle part 132.This measure allows and is able to there is preferably supporting construction because of solid section of 132a as the spring part group 136 of supporting construction between body.
In other words,, if it is upper that spring part group 136 is configured in to hollow section 132b, may make axle part 132 impaired because the structural strength of hollow section 132b is not enough.As aforementioned, if therefore increase the external diameter of hollow section 132b, although can increase its structural strength, cause on the contrary the volume of the first pivot structure 130 excessive, and be helpless to the trend of electronic installation 100 towards frivolous development.
In addition, electronic installation 100 also comprises cable 150, its one end is electrically connected the first housing 110, and its other end need be electrically connected to the second housing 120, so under configuration state of the present invention, cable 150 only can pass through the second pivot structure 140, the inside of support arm 124 and the local space of the first pivot structure 130, just can be allowed to condition at not to be exposed under extra-organismal state, to connect the corresponding first housing 110 and the second housing 120.Hence one can see that, first pivot structure 130 of the present embodiment, and its hollow section 132b just can provide the space that allows cable 150 pass through, and it is provided protection and cable 150 is caused to possible damage while avoiding support arm 124 rotation relative with the first housing 110.
As previously mentioned, in order to increase the structural strength of axle part 132, if wish is strengthened its structure under the prerequisite that does not increase hollow section 132b external diameter, can only set about from the wall thickness aspect that increases hollow section, just this measure also can be compressed simultaneously and originally supply with the space that cable 150 passes through.Therefore, the present embodiment is by hollow section 132b and the solid section of axle part 132 that 132a forms coaxially to each other, and just can solve above-mentioned about structural strength and the accommodating problem of cable 150 simultaneously.
Refer again to Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, in addition, the first pivot structure 130 also comprises the second support 138 being assembled in support arm 124.Say further, the second support 138 has axial region 138a and alar part 138b, between the upper casing 124a that wherein alar part 138b locks at support arm 124 and lower casing 124b (being illustrated in Fig. 5), axial region 138a extends and has axial space R1, the first opening N1, the second opening N2 and the 3rd opening N3 from a side of alar part 138b, and wherein the second opening N2 and the 3rd opening N3 position be in the axial direction of axial space R1 and toward each other.
Relatively, the hollow section 132b of axle part 132 has entrance N4, outlet N5 and accommodation space R2.Entrance N4 position is in the axial direction of hollow section 132b, and outlet N5 position is on the wall of hollow section 132b, and accommodation space R2 is communicated with between entrance N4 and outlet N5.Accordingly, axle part 132 moves into and is embedded in axial space R1 from the second opening N2 with its hollow section 132b, and makes entrance N4 be overlapped in the 3rd opening N3, and outlet N5 is overlapped in the first opening N1.Thereby, just axle part 132 and the second support 138 can be fitted together.After chimeric, cable 150 just enters into accommodation space R2 from the 3rd opening N3 (with entrance P4), and passes axle part 132 and the second support 138 from the first opening N1 (with outlet N5).
What separately need mention is, the cross section of hollow section 132b is also non-circular, and the cross section of the axial space R1 corresponding with it is also like this, this measure allows the hollow section 132b of axle part 132 be firmly embedded within the axial region 138a of the second support 138, and axle part 132 can be rotated along the first axle A1 along with the second support 138.In addition, as shown in Figure 7, there are multiple coarse lines 132c in hollow section 132b on its wall, for example, hollow section 132b is being added and formed in the lump man-hour, and it also contributes to increase the bond strength between axle part 132 and the second support 138.But the present embodiment is not as limit.
In sum, in the above embodiment of the present invention, pivot structure is by axle part being divided into solid section and hollow section coaxially to each other, wherein using the solid section of supporting region as spring part group, to allow spring part group there is enough anchorage forces and structural strength, and the space that provides cable to pass through with hollow section.Accordingly, pivot structure can have the anchorage force to body concurrently simultaneously, and also can possess enough spaces of passing through to allow cable pass through and as its protection structure simultaneously, and and then allows the electronic installation of this pivot structure of application can have preferably operability and stability.
Finally it should be noted that: above each embodiment, only in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described, is not intended to limit; Although the present invention is had been described in detail with reference to aforementioned each embodiment, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: its technical scheme that still can record aforementioned each embodiment is modified, or some or all of technical characterictic is wherein equal to replacement; And these amendments or replacement do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution depart from the scope of various embodiments of the present invention technical scheme.

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1. a pivot structure, is applicable to an electronic installation, and this electronic installation comprises a first housing, a second housing and a cable, and this cable is connected between this first housing and this second housing, it is characterized in that, this pivot structure comprises:
One axle part, has one solid section and a hollow section coaxially to each other;
One first support, is assembled into this first housing; And
One spring part group, is set in this solid section and be connected to this first support, and wherein one end of this cable connects this second housing, and the other end of this cable is connected to this first housing through this hollow section.
2. pivot structure according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, this hollow section has an entrance, an outlet and an accommodation space, and this entrance position is in the axial direction of this hollow section, this outlet position is on the wall of this hollow section, and this accommodation space is communicated with this entrance and this outlet.
3. pivot structure according to claim 1, is characterized in that, this cross section external diameter of solid section is less than the cross section external diameter of this hollow section.
4. pivot structure according to claim 1, also comprises:
One second support, is assembled in this second housing, and solid section of this axle part is socketed in this second frame, and this cable is through the part of this second support and this solid section.
5. pivot structure according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, this second support has an alar part and is connected to an axial region of a side of this alar part, this alar part is assembled in this second housing, this axial region has one first opening, with one second opening respect to one another and one the 3rd opening, receives in this axial region for this solid section from this second opening sleeve, this first opening and this outlet are overlapping, and the 3rd opening and this entrance are overlapping.
6. an electronic installation, is characterized in that, comprising:
One first housing;
One second housing, has a support arm;
One pivot structure, is connected between this support arm and this first housing, and this pivot structure comprises:
One axle part, has one solid section and a hollow section coaxially to each other;
One first support, is assembled in this first housing; And
One spring part group, is set in this solid section and be connected to this first support, and wherein one end of this cable connects this second housing, and the other end of this cable is connected to this first housing through this support arm and this hollow section.
7. electronic installation according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, this hollow section has an entrance, an outlet and an accommodation space, and this entrance position is in the axial direction of this hollow section, this outlet position is on the wall of this hollow section, and this accommodation space is communicated with this entrance and this outlet.
8. electronic installation according to claim 6, is characterized in that, this cross section external diameter of solid section is less than the cross section external diameter of this hollow section.
9. electronic installation according to claim 6, is characterized in that, this pivot structure also comprises:
One second support, is assembled in this support arm, and solid section of this axle part is socketed in this second frame, and this cable is through the part of this second support and this solid section.
10. electronic installation according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, this second support has an alar part and is connected to an axial region of a side of this alar part, this alar part is assembled in this support arm, this axial region has one first opening, and with one second opening respect to one another and one the 3rd opening, this hollow section is received in this axial region from this second opening sleeve, this first opening and this outlet are overlapping, and the 3rd opening and this entrance are overlapping.
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