CN107066046B

CN107066046B - Electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN107066046B
Application number: CN201710118051.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孟德宏; 董华君; 那志刚; 张春笋
Original assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Current assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Priority date: 2017-03-01
Filing date: 2017-03-01
Publication date: 2020-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 2037-03-01
Also published as: CN107066046A

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including: the surface of the rotating shaft is provided with a sliding groove; the sliding block is at least partially positioned in the sliding groove and can move in the sliding groove when the rotating shaft rotates; the sliding plate is connected with the sliding block and moves linearly along the direction vertical to the rotating axis of the rotating shaft along with the sliding block; the sliding plate is provided with a first opening; the lifting module is positioned below the sliding plate, when the sliding plate moves to enable the first opening to be aligned with the lifting module, the lifting module protrudes from the first opening, and when the sliding plate moves to enable the first opening to be staggered with the lifting module, the lifting module is blocked by the sliding plate.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of electronic technologies, and in particular, to an electronic device.

Background

With the development of electronic technology, an electronic device including two relatively rotatable portions, the rotatable angle between the two rotatable portions increases from less than 180 degrees to 0 to 360 degrees. For example, a notebook computer may include a first portion having a display screen and a second portion having a keyboard. The angle of rotation between the first and second portions may be from 0 to 360 degrees. When the keyboard is rotated to 360 degrees, the side on which the keyboard is located may need to be supported on the desktop, which obviously results in easy damage of the keyboard if the keyboard is directly supported on the desktop.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, embodiments of the present invention are directed to an electronic device, which at least partially solves the above problems.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:

a first aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including:

the surface of the rotating shaft is provided with a sliding groove;

the sliding block is at least partially positioned in the sliding groove and can move in the sliding groove when the rotating shaft rotates;

the sliding plate is connected with the sliding block and moves linearly along the direction vertical to the rotating axis of the rotating shaft along with the sliding block; the sliding plate is provided with a first opening;

the lifting module is positioned below the sliding plate, when the sliding plate moves to enable the first opening to be aligned with the lifting module, the lifting module protrudes from the first opening, and when the sliding plate moves to enable the first opening to be staggered with the lifting module, the lifting module is blocked by the sliding plate.

Based on the above scheme, the sliding tray includes: a first section and a second section in communication with the first section;

the first sections are distributed along the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, and all positions of the first sections are positioned in the same plane of the rotating shaft;

each position of the second section lies in the different plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation;

when the slide block moves in the first section, the slide plate does not move, and when the slide block moves in the second section, the slide plate moves perpendicularly to the linear motion of the rotating axis under the traction of the slide block.

Based on the above scheme, the electronic device further comprises a housing, wherein the housing comprises a first area;

a second opening is formed in the first area;

the lifting module protrudes from the second opening after protruding from the first opening, and is higher than the first area.

Based on above-mentioned scheme, lift module includes: the elastic component and the movable component;

one end of the elastic component is connected in the electronic equipment shell, and the other end of the elastic component is fixedly connected with the movable component;

when the lifting module protrudes from the first opening, the compression amount of the elastic component is a first compression amount;

when the lifting module does not protrude from the first opening, the compression amount of the elastic component is a second compression amount; the first amount of compression is less than the second amount of compression.

Based on above-mentioned scheme, lift module still includes: a limiting component;

the limiting assemblies are located on the periphery of the lifting module.

Based on the scheme, the elastic component comprises at least one spring.

Based on the above scheme, the electronic device further includes: a first portion and a second portion; wherein the first portion and the second portion are connected by the rotating shaft;

the second part comprises a first shell, and the sliding block, the sliding plate and the lifting module are all arranged in the first shell;

the first area of the first shell is provided with a second opening for the lifting module to protrude.

Based on the scheme, the second part comprises a keyboard; the keyboard is located in a second area of the first housing;

the first region and the second region are located on the same surface of the first housing.

According to the electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention, the sliding groove is additionally arranged on the rotating shaft of the electronic equipment, and the interaction between the additionally arranged sliding block and the sliding groove is utilized to drive the sliding plate to move and the lifting module to move, so that the lifting module can be lifted up and down. In this way, when the lifting module is required to support, the supporting component can be supported on the supporting plane through the protrusion of the lifting module, so that the contact and the mutual friction between other parts of the electronic equipment and the supporting plane are avoided; thus, the service life of the electronic equipment can be obviously prolonged.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an assembly structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded schematic view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic partial structure diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a moving direction of a slider and a slider in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic view at A in FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is an enlarged schematic view at B in fig. 7.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the present invention is further described in detail with reference to the drawings and the specific embodiments of the specification.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present embodiment provides an electronic apparatus including:

a rotating shaft 110 having a sliding groove formed on a surface thereof;

a slider 120 at least partially located in the sliding groove and capable of moving in the sliding groove when the rotating shaft 110 rotates;

a slide plate 130 connected to the slider 120 and linearly moving along the slider 120 in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the rotation shaft 110; the sliding plate is provided with a first opening;

a lifting module 140 positioned under the slide 130, the lifting module 140 protruding from the first opening when the slide 130 is moved such that the first opening is aligned with the lifting module 140, the lifting module 140 being stopped by the slide 130 when the slide is moved such that the first opening is misaligned with the lifting module 140.

The electronic device described in this embodiment may be various electronic devices including two parts that can be opposite to each other, for example, a notebook, a super-notebook, a tablet computer with a keyboard, and the like.

The rotating shaft 110 may be various types of rotating shafts in the present embodiment, and the rotating shaft may be a single-drum rotating shaft or a double-drum rotating shaft. In this embodiment, the rotating shaft 110 may include a shaft core, and a rotating drum located at the periphery of the shaft core and capable of rotating around the shaft core. In this embodiment, the sliding groove is located on the outer surface of the rotating shaft, and the sliding groove may be formed by recessing the rotating shaft 110 in the axial direction. In this embodiment the sliding grooves are located on the drum.

The slider 120 includes a card-in end embedded in the sliding groove and movable in the sliding groove, and the movement of the slider 120 in the sliding groove may include: the slider 120 remains stationary with respect to the ground, while the sliding groove rotates with the rotation of the rotation shaft 110, thereby causing relative movement of different portions of the slider 120 and the sliding groove, thereby resulting in movement of the slider 120 in the sliding groove. The movement of the slider 120 relative to the sliding groove may also include the simultaneous ground movement of the slider 120 and the sliding groove, but the movement direction and/or speed are/is not consistent, which results in the relative movement of the slider 120 at different positions relative to the slider 120, and this also results in the movement effect of the slider 120 in the sliding groove.

In this embodiment, the card-in end of the slider 120 is further provided with a separation prevention structure, which can be used to prevent the card-in end from separating from the sliding groove. Specifically, the clamping end includes a clamping protrusion, the clamping protrusion is clamped into the sliding groove, and the groove side of the sliding groove is recessed towards both sides, so that the groove width of the sliding groove is smaller than the groove width of the recessed portions on both sides of the sliding groove, and if the clamping protrusion is smaller than the width of the recessed portions on both sides of the sliding groove, but is larger than the groove width, the separation prevention function can be achieved. Of course, if in the limited space, the snap-in end does not need to be specially provided with the snap-in protrusion and other anti-disengaging structures.

At the other end of the slider 120, a section opposite to the clamping end is fixedly connected to the sliding plate 130, where the connection may include: screw connections, welding or snap and connect, etc. In summary, the connection between the slider 120 and the slide plate 130 is a rigid connection.

When the sliding block 120 moves in the sliding groove, the sliding block 120 may pull the sliding plate 130 to move linearly.

In the embodiment, the electronic device is further provided with a lifting module 140, where the lifting module 140 may be a structure that generates a certain amount of expansion and contraction under an external force. In this embodiment, the lifting module 140 interacts with a first opening of the sliding plate 130, and if the first opening is aligned with the lifting module 140, the lifting module 140 can pass through the first opening, pass from one side of the sliding plate 130 to the other side, and protrude from the other side. When the first opening is not aligned with the lifting module, since the sliding plate 130 is located above the retractable surface of the lifting module 140, the sliding plate 130 can apply an external force to the lifting module 140, so that the lifting module 140 is in a state of relatively large compression, and the lifting module 140 cannot pass through the sliding plate 130.

In this embodiment, the outer surface of the lifting module 140 contacting the sliding plate 130 can be divided into 3 areas, which are area a, area B and area C; wherein, the area A and the area C are peripheral areas of the area B. The area B is parallel to the contact surface of the sliding plate 130 and the lifting module 140; the area B and the area C both form a certain angle with the sliding plate 130, and the area B is the highest point of the lifting module 140, so that the sliding plate 130 can pass through the area a and the area C during the movement of the sliding plate 130, and the lifting module 140 can be more easily withdrawn from the first opening. The areas a and C are two opposite areas on the top of the lifting module 140, and interact with different ends of the first opening, respectively, so that the lifting module 140 can simply exit the first opening, and return to a state where the sliding plate 130 compresses the lifting module 140 on the bottom surface.

In this embodiment, the sliding groove, the sliding block 120, the sliding plate 130 and the lifting module 140 are disposed such that the lifting module 140 can be vertically disposed to form a support body for supporting the electronic device. If the current electronic device is in a certain posture and needs to be supported by the lifting module 140, the lifting module 140 can be protruded out of the first opening through the rotation of the rotating shaft 110, and the electronic device can be supported on the supporting surface, so that other components on the electronic device are protected, and the service life of the electronic device is prolonged.

In an implementation process, the lifting modules 140 may be a plurality of groups, and each group includes at least one lifting module. At least two of the plurality of sets of lifting modules 140 are distributed dispersedly, or not distributed adjacently, so that the electronic device can be supported dispersedly. For example, the two sets of the lifting modules 140 are at least two sets, the two sets of the lifting modules 140 are close to the rotating shaft 110 of the electronic device and located at two opposite ends of the rotating shaft, and a connecting line between the two sets of the lifting modules 140 is parallel to an extending direction of a shaft core of the rotating shaft.

In some embodiments, the lifting modules 140 include 4 sets, the four sets of lifting modules 140 are distributed at four corners of the surface where the electronic device keyboard is located, and when the electronic device keyboard surface needs to face the supporting surface due to the rotation shaft of the electronic device, the lifting modules 140 are all protruded for supporting, so as to avoid damage to the keyboard caused by direct contact between the keys of the keyboard and the supporting surface. Optionally, in the 4 groups of lifting modules 140, the lifting amount of the two groups of upgrading modules 140 closer to the rotating shaft 110 is equal to the first lifting amount; the lifting amounts of the two groups of lifting modules 140 far away from the rotating shaft 110 are equal and are the second lifting amount; the second lift amount is less than the first lift amount. In this way, if all of the 4 sets of lifting modules 140 are protruded, the protrusion amount of the 2 sets of lifting modules 140 close to the rotating shaft 110 is greater than the protrusion amount of the 2 sets of lifting modules 140 far from the rotating shaft 110, and thus, if the 4 sets of lifting modules 140 are supported on the supporting plane, the electronic device can form a certain gradient relative to the supporting plane.

In some embodiments, the sliding groove includes: a first section and a second section in communication with the first section; the first sections are distributed along the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft 110, and all positions of the first sections are located in the same plane of the rotating shaft;

when the sliding block 120 moves in the first segment, the sliding plate 130 does not move, and when the sliding block 120 moves in the second segment, the sliding plate 130 moves perpendicularly to the linear motion of the rotating axis under the traction of the sliding block.

The sliding groove may be referred to as a profiled groove or an irregular groove in this embodiment, and the sliding groove may include two portions. The first of these two portions may be regular and the second may be irregular.

When the sliding block 120 moves in the first end, the sliding block 120 does not move substantially due to the relative movement of the sliding groove along with the rotation of the rotating shaft 110, and at this time, the sliding block 120 does not generate a force for pulling the sliding plate 130, so the sliding plate 130 does not move. When the rotating shaft 110 rotates to a certain angle, the slider 120 enters the second section, and because the second end is no longer a regular groove arranged along the circumferential surface of the rotating shaft, the clamped end of the slider 120 can only move in the sliding groove, so that the slider 120 moves integrally, and the slider 120 moves integrally to enable the sliding plate 130 to obtain driving force, so that the sliding plate 130 moves linearly.

In this embodiment, the rotation axis is a center line of the shaft core of the rotation shaft 110 along the extension direction of the shaft core.

In some embodiments, the electronic device further comprises a housing comprising a first region;

a second opening is formed in the first area;

the lifting module 140 protrudes from the second opening after protruding from the first opening, and is higher than the first area.

The housing may in this embodiment be a housing that may be used for support. The housing includes a first region. A second opening is provided in the first area, where the second opening is positioned to align with the lift module 140. After protruding from the first opening, the lifting module 140 may further pass through the second opening and protrude from the second opening, so as to be used for supporting an electronic device. Therefore, in the embodiment, the maximum lifting amount of the lifting module 140 is greater than the sum of the diameters of the first opening and the second opening and the sum of the gaps between the two openings.

The housing in this embodiment may be a C-face housing as shown in fig. 5 and 7.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the lifting module 140 includes: a resilient member 141 and a movable member 142;

one end of the elastic component 141 is connected to the housing of the electronic device, and the other end is fixedly connected to the movable component 142;

when the lifting module 140 protrudes from the first opening, the compression amount of the elastic member 141 is a first compression amount;

when the lifting module 140 does not protrude from the first opening, the compression amount of the elastic member 141 is a second compression amount; the first amount of compression is less than the second amount of compression.

In this embodiment, the movable member 142 is fixedly connected to the elastic member 141, so that the elastic member 142 can be used to fix the movable member 142 to a certain extent, thereby preventing the irregular movement of the movable member 142. Meanwhile, the elastic member 141 is generally in a compressed state due to the gravity of the electronic device pressing on the elastic member 141. In this way, when the first opening is aligned with the lifting module 140, the elastic member 141 is extended outward to reduce the compression amount, so that the movable member 142 is protruded.

In this embodiment, the elastic element 141 may be an elastic plastic. The movable element 142 may be formed of various materials that are less susceptible to wear, such as various rubbers that are resistant to wear.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the lifting module 140 further includes: a limiting component 143;

the limiting component 143 is located around the lifting module 140.

In this embodiment, since the limiting component 143 is located at the periphery of the lifting module 140, the movable component 142 can only move beyond a predetermined direction under the action of the limiting component 143, for example, can only move vertically up and down relative to the elastic component 141. The limiting component 143 can be a plastic retaining wall, and can also be a metal mesh or other structures.

In some embodiments, the resilient member 141 comprises at least one spring.

Of course, in a specific implementation, the spring may be plural, but when the plural springs are combined and connected, a straight driving force may be provided to the movable assembly 142.

The straight line arrow shown in fig. 4 is the moving direction of the slide plate 130, and the arc arrow in fig. 4 is the moving direction of the slider 120 when the slider 120 is driven.

In still other embodiments, the electronic device further comprises: a first portion and a second portion; wherein the first portion and the second portion are connected by the rotating shaft 110; the second part comprises a first housing, and the sliding block 120, the sliding plate 130 and the lifting module 140 are all mounted in the first housing; the first area of the first housing is provided with a second opening for the lifting module 140 to protrude.

Further, the second portion comprises a keyboard; the keyboard is located in a second area of the first housing; the first region and the second region are located on the same surface of the first housing.

Of course, in some embodiments, the second portion may also be which portion of the display screen is included. The specific setting position can be determined according to the requirement. The first housing in this embodiment may be optionally a C-face housing as shown in fig. 5 and 7.

In this embodiment, by controlling the lengths of the two sections of the sliding slot, the lifting module 140 does not protrude from the second opening in the process of the relative angle between the first portion and the second portion of the electronic device from 0 to 180 degrees, and after the relative angle exceeds 180 degrees, the lifting module 140 protrudes from the first opening and the second opening, and the height of the protrusion exceeds the height of the first area.

The state where the relative angle is 0 degrees is a state where the first portion and the second portion are overlapped with each other, and specifically, the first portion may include a display screen and a keyboard included in the first portion may be attached to each other.

Further, the length of the first section of the sliding groove may be equal to the length of a path through which the rotation shaft rotates by 180 degrees. For example, if the rotating shaft 110 has a circular ring, the length of the first segment may be half of the circular ring rotating shaft.

Fig. 5 to 8 are schematic structural views of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of a point a in fig. 5; fig. 8 is an enlarged schematic view at B in fig. 7.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. The above-described device embodiments are merely illustrative, for example, the division of the unit is only a logical functional division, and there may be other division ways in actual implementation, such as: multiple units or components may be combined, or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not implemented. In addition, the coupling, direct coupling or communication connection between the components shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection between the devices or units may be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units; some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, all the functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing module, or each unit may be separately used as one unit, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit; the integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, or in a form of hardware plus a software functional unit.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: all or part of the steps for implementing the method embodiments may be implemented by hardware related to program instructions, and the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when executed, the program performs the steps including the method embodiments; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: a mobile storage device, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

the surface of the rotating shaft is provided with a sliding groove;

2. The electronic device of claim 1,

the sliding groove includes: a first section and a second section in communication with the first section;

3. The electronic device of claim 1 or 2,

the electronic device further includes a housing including a first region;

a second opening is formed in the first area;

4. The electronic device of claim 1 or 2,

the lifting module comprises: the elastic component and the movable component;

5. The electronic device of claim 4,

the lifting module further comprises: a limiting component;

the limiting assemblies are located on the periphery of the lifting module.

6. The electronic device of claim 4,

the resilient member comprises at least one spring.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising: a first portion and a second portion; wherein the first portion and the second portion are connected by the rotating shaft;

8. The electronic device of claim 7,

the second portion comprises a keyboard; the keyboard is located in a second area of the first housing;