Disclosure of Invention
Therefore, the present invention is directed to an expansion base with an actuation sequence, wherein the supporting unit can be triggered at a more precise time point, so that the expansion base can be applied to portable electronic devices with different thicknesses.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an expansion base with an actuation sequence, which is characterized in that the expansion base comprises a base body, a transmission unit and a supporting unit. The transmission unit is provided with a floating cover, a driving piece, a delay transmission piece and a hook piece, wherein the floating cover is movably arranged on the base, the driving piece is connected with the floating cover and can move between a reset position and a stretching position under the driving of the floating cover, the delay transmission piece is connected with the driving piece and can move between a releasing position and a clamping position under the driving of the driving piece, the hook piece is arranged on the base and can move between an initial position, a triggering position and a releasing position, the hook piece is provided with a hook part, the hook part is used for being clamped in a clamping groove of the portable electronic device, and when the hook piece is positioned at the initial position and the delay transmission piece is positioned at the releasing position, the hook piece can limit the delay transmission piece to move from the releasing position to the clamping position. The supporting unit is provided with a supporting rod and a supporting base, the supporting rod can be arranged on the base body in a vertically reciprocating manner, the supporting rod is used for being abutted against the portable electronic device placed on the expansion base, and the delay transmission part is connected to the supporting base and can drive the supporting base to be clamped with the supporting rod or separated from the supporting rod.
Therefore, when the portable electronic device is to be placed on the expansion seat, the portable electronic device can gradually press down the floating cover and the supporting rod, the driving piece can be driven to move from the reset position to the stretching position along with the movement of the floating cover, then, before the clamping groove of the portable electronic device is clamped by the clamping hook part of the clamping hook piece, the clamping hook piece can be driven by the portable electronic device to move from the initial position to the triggering position, at the moment, the clamping hook piece can remove the limitation on the delay transmission piece, so that the delay transmission piece is driven by the driving piece to move from the releasing position to the clamping position, the delay transmission piece further drives the supporting base to be clamped on the supporting rod, and finally, the clamping hook piece is restored to the initial position to complete the clamping of the clamping groove of the portable electronic device.
Through the structural characteristics, the triggering time of the supporting unit is positioned when the hook part of the transmission unit is about to be clamped in the clamping groove of the portable electronic device, so that the triggering time of the supporting unit is not triggered too early or too late due to the thickness difference of the portable electronic device, and the supporting rod of the supporting unit can stably support the portable electronic device at a proper height, so that the portable electronic device can be applied and matched to portable electronic devices with different thicknesses.
Preferably: the invention provides an expansion seat with an actuation sequence, which is further characterized by further comprising an unlocking unit, wherein the unlocking unit is connected with the hook clamping piece and can drive the hook clamping piece to move to a disengaging position.
Preferably: the invention provides an expansion base with an actuating sequence, which is further characterized in that a hook fastener is provided with a positioning part, a delay transmission part is provided with a stopping part, and when the hook fastener is positioned at an initial position and the delay transmission part is positioned at a releasing position, the positioning part of the hook fastener can abut against the stopping part of the delay transmission part, so that the delay transmission part cannot move from the releasing position to the clamping position.
Preferably: the invention provides an expansion base with an actuating sequence, which is further characterized in that a delay transmission piece is provided with a limiting part, when the delay transmission piece is positioned at a clamping position and an unlocking unit drives a hook clamping piece to move to a disengaging position, a positioning part of the hook clamping piece is limited by the limiting part of the delay transmission piece, so that the hook clamping piece cannot move to a triggering position and an initial position.
Preferably: the invention provides an expansion seat with an actuating sequence, which is further characterized in that a limiting part of a delay transmission piece is provided with a retaining wall, the retaining wall has a preset width, and when the delay transmission piece is positioned at a clamping position and moves from the clamping position to a releasing position, a positioning part of a hook piece is limited by the retaining wall, so that the hook piece cannot move from the releasing position to a triggering position and an initial position.
Preferably: the invention provides an expansion seat with an actuating sequence, which is further characterized in that an unlocking unit is provided with an unlocking piece and a card releasing connecting rod, and the card releasing connecting rod is connected with the unlocking piece and the card hooking piece.
Preferably: the invention provides an expansion base with an actuating sequence, which is further characterized in that an unlocking unit is provided with a second return spring, and two ends of the second return spring are respectively connected with a card-releasing connecting rod and a base body.
Preferably: the present invention provides an expansion base with an actuation sequence, which is further characterized in that the transmission unit comprises a delay spring, and two ends of the delay spring are respectively connected with the driving member and the delay transmission member.
Preferably: the present invention provides an expansion base with an actuation sequence, which is further characterized in that the transmission unit comprises a first return spring, and two ends of the first return spring are respectively connected to the base body and the driving member.
The detailed structure, features, assembly or use of the docking station with actuation sequence provided by the present invention will be described in the following description. However, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the specific embodiment of the invention, are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an illustrative embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a partial exploded perspective view of the illustrated embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 is a partial exploded perspective view of the illustrated embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 is a partial enlarged view of the illustrated embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 is a partial enlarged view of the embodiment of the invention, which mainly shows a state that the portable electronic device is not assembled in the docking station.
Fig. 6 is a partial top view similar to fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a partial enlarged view similar to fig. 5 from another view angle.
Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the 8-8 line in fig. 6.
Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of a portion of the illustrated embodiment of the invention, primarily showing the driver pivoted to the extended position.
Fig. 10 is a partially enlarged view of the embodiment of the present invention, mainly showing the state that the hook member is moved to the triggering position.
Fig. 11 is a partial enlarged view of the embodiment of the invention, which mainly shows a state that the hooking member moves to the initial position and the transmission member is delayed from moving to the engaging position when the portable electronic device and the docking station are assembled.
Fig. 12 is a partial enlarged view of the embodiment of the present invention, mainly showing the state that the hook member moves to the disengaging position and the delay driving member is located at the engaging position.
Fig. 13 is a partial perspective view similar to fig. 12.
Fig. 14 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 14-14 of fig. 12.
Fig. 15 is a partial enlarged view of the embodiment of the invention, mainly illustrating the process that the hook member is located at the disengaging position and the movement of the driving member from the engaging position to the disengaging position is delayed.
(symbol description)
2 notebook computer 4 card slot
10 expansion seat
20 seat body 22 upper cover
24 base 26 accommodating space
30 transmission unit 32 floating cover
322 pusher 34 driver
36 first return spring
40 left side wall of delay drive 402
404 right side wall 406 front side wall
408 rear side wall 41 through hole
42 stop part 44 limit part
442 bevel 444 wall
50 hook clamping piece 52 hook clamping main body
54 location part of trip part 56
562 flange 55 secondary hook fastener
57 delay spring
60 support unit 62 support bar
622 first step 64 supports the spring
66 support base 662 second step portion
68 support link
70 unlocking unit 72 unlocking member
74 disengaging link 76 second return spring
P1 reset position P2 tension position
P3 disengaging position P4 clamping position
P5 initial position P6 trigger position
P7 disengagement position W by a predetermined width
Detailed Description
It should be noted that the technical features provided by the present invention are not limited to the specific structure, application and portable electronic device, such as a notebook computer, a tablet computer or a mobile phone, described in the embodiments. The terms used in the description are exemplary descriptive terms that can be understood by those skilled in the art, and the directional terms such as "front", "upper", "lower", "rear", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner" and "outer" mentioned in the description are exemplary descriptive terms based on the normal use direction, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
Also, as used in the claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" include plural referents. Thus, for example, reference to "a component" means one or more of the component, and includes equivalents thereof known to those skilled in the art. All conjunctions used in a similar sense are to be understood in the broadest sense and the particular shapes and structural features or technical terms described in the specification are likewise to be understood as including equivalent structural or technical terms to which the particular structures or technical terms are intended to perform their intended functions.
In order to explain the technical features of the present invention in detail, the following embodiments are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to the drawings, an expansion seat 10 with an actuation sequence according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described by taking a notebook computer 2 as an example.
The docking station 10 includes a base 20, a transmission unit 30, a supporting unit 60 and an unlocking unit 70, wherein the base 20 is formed by combining an upper cover 22 and a base 24, and an accommodating space 26 is formed between the upper cover 22 and the base 24.
The transmission unit 30 has a floating cover 32, a driver 34, a first return spring 36, a delay transmission member 40, a hook member 50, a sub-hook member 55, and a delay spring 57 (shown in fig. 2 to 4). The floating cover 32 is embedded on the top surface of the upper cover 22 of the base 20 in a manner of moving up and down, and the bottom surface of the floating cover 32 is provided with a push rod 322, when the floating cover 32 is not pushed downward by an external force, the top surface of the floating cover 32 is higher than the top surface of the upper cover 22. The driving element 34 is disposed in the accommodating space 26 of the seat body 20 and is pivotally connected to the base 24 of the seat body 20 at one end, and the push rod 322 of the floating cover 32 abuts against the driving element 34, so that the driving element 34 can be pivotally swung between the reset position P1 and the stretching position P2 under the driving of the push rod 322 of the floating cover 32. The first return spring 36 is connected to the seat body 20 and the driver 34 at two ends, and the first return spring 36 is used for providing an elastic force for pivoting the driver 34 towards the return position P1.
Referring to fig. 4 and 5 again, the delay transmission member 40 is disposed on the base 24 of the base 20, one end of the delay transmission member 40 abuts against the driving member 34 and two ends of the delay spring 57 are respectively connected to the driving member 34 and the delay transmission member 40, so that the delay transmission member 40 can move back and forth between the disengagement position P3 and the engagement position P4 under the driving of the driving member 34. The delay transmission member 40 is an L-shaped thin plate, and has a stopper portion 42, a limiting portion 44, a left sidewall 402, a right sidewall 404, a front sidewall 406, a rear sidewall 408, and a through hole 41 surrounded by the left sidewall 402, the right sidewall 404, the front sidewall 406, and the rear sidewall 408 at an end adjacent to the driving member 34. The stopper portion 42 is formed to extend from the right sidewall 404 toward the through hole 41 to the left, and the stopper portion 44 is formed to extend from the left sidewall 402 toward the through hole 41 to the right and has a slope 442 and a stopper wall 444 at the end, the stopper wall 444 having a predetermined width W in the front-rear direction. In addition, the sum of the distance that the stopping portion 42 extends leftward from the right sidewall 404 and the distance that the limiting portion 44 extends rightward from the left sidewall 402 is smaller than the distance between the left sidewall 402 and the right sidewall 404.
The hook fastener 50 is disposed on the base 24 of the seat 20 and can move left and right between an initial position P5, a triggering position P6 and a disengaging position P7, and the hook fastener 50 has a hook fastener main body 52, a hook portion 54 and a positioning portion 56. The hook portion 54 extends upward from the hook main body 52, and the hook portion 54 is configured to be engaged with the slot 4 on the bottom surface of the notebook computer 2. The positioning portion 56 extends rightward from the hooking body 52, and the positioning portion 56 has a flange 562 (as shown in fig. 8) formed downward at the right end, and the flange 562 penetrates through the through hole 41 of the delay transmission member 40.
When the hook member 50 is located at the initial position P5 and the delay driver 40 is located at the disengagement position P3 (as shown in fig. 5 to 9), the flange 562 of the hook member 50 will abut against the stop portion 42 of the delay driver 40, so that the delay driver 40 cannot move backward from the disengagement position P3 to the engagement position P4.
When the hook member 50 is located at the triggering position P6 (as shown in fig. 10), the flange 562 of the hook member 50 is located between the stopping portion 42 and the limiting portion 44 of the delay transmission member 40, and the delay transmission member 40 can move back and forth between the disengaging position P3 and the engaging position P4.
When the hook member 50 is located at the disengagement position P7 (as shown in fig. 12), the flange 562 of the hook member 50 is located at the left side of the blocking wall 444 of the limiting portion 44 of the delay transmission member 40, and the delay transmission member 40 can move back and forth between the disengagement position P3 and the engagement position P4.
In addition, when the delay transmission member 40 is located at the disengaging position P3 (as shown in fig. 6), the hook member 50 can move left and right between the initial position P5, the triggering position P6 and the disengaging position P7, and when the delay transmission member 40 is located at the engaging position P4 (as shown in fig. 11, 12 and 14), the flange 562 of the positioning portion 56 of the hook member 50 is limited by the inclined surface 442 and the blocking wall 444 of the limiting portion 44 of the delay transmission member 40, so that the hook member 50 can only move from the initial position P5 and the triggering position P6 to the left toward the disengaging position P7, and cannot move from the disengaging position P7 to the right toward the triggering position P6 and the initial position P5. In addition, since the blocking wall 444 of the delay driver 40 has the predetermined width W, only when the delay driver 40 is located at the engaging position P4 and when the delay driver 40 moves from the engaging position P4 to the disengaging position P3 (as shown in fig. 15), the flange 562 of the positioning portion 56 of the hook member 50 is limited by the blocking wall 444 of the limiting portion 44 of the delay driver 40, so that the hook member 50 cannot move from the disengaging position P7 to the triggering position P6 and the initial position P5. However, when the delay actuator 40 moves to the disengagement position P3 (as shown in fig. 6), the flange 562 of the positioning part 56 of the hook member 50 is not restricted by the blocking wall 444 of the limiting part 44 of the delay actuator 40, and the hook member 50 can move left and right between the disengagement position P7, the trigger position P6 and the initial position P5.
The auxiliary hook 55 is disposed corresponding to the hook 50, the auxiliary hook 55 is also used to fix the notebook computer 2 to the docking station 10, the structure of the auxiliary hook 55 is substantially the same as that of the hook 50, the auxiliary hook 55 also has a hook 54, and the main difference between the two is that the auxiliary hook 55 does not need to have the positioning portion 56 of the hook 50. The hook member 50 is connected to the auxiliary hook member 55 through the disengaging link 74, so that when the hook member 50 moves among the initial position P5, the triggering position P6 and the disengaging position P7, the auxiliary hook member 55 can be synchronously driven to move among the initial position P5, the triggering position P6 and the disengaging position P7.
In the embodiment, although the hook fastener 50 and the auxiliary hook fastener 55 are provided at the same time, so as to provide better clamping positioning strength, the structure of the auxiliary hook fastener 55 is not necessarily required in practical application, that is, the invention can achieve the technical effect of the invention only by providing the hook fastener 50.
The supporting unit 60 is accommodated in the accommodating space 26 of the base 20 and has two supporting rods 62, two supporting springs 64 and two supporting bases 66. The supporting rods 62 can reciprocate up and down by the supporting springs 64 disposed in the accommodating space 26, the top ends of the supporting rods 62 protrude from the top surface of the base 20 for abutting against the bottom of the notebook computer 2 disposed in the docking station 10, and the bottom ends of the supporting rods 62 have first step portions 622. Each support base 66 is movably disposed at the bottom side of each support rod 62, and the top end of each support base 66 has a second step portion 662, and the second step portion 662 corresponds to the first step portion 622. The two support bases 66 are connected by a support link 68 so that the two support bases 66 can move synchronously. The delay transmission member 40 is connected to one of the two support bases 66 and can move the support bases 66 into engagement with the support rods 62 or away from the support rods 62.
The unlocking unit 70 has an unlocking member 72, a releasing link 74 and a second return spring 76, the unlocking member 72 is pivotally disposed on the base 20, one end of the releasing link 74 is connected to the unlocking member 72, and the auxiliary hook member 55 and the hook member 50 are respectively and fixedly connected to the middle section and the right end of the releasing link 74. The unlocking member 72 can move the hook member 50 and the sub-hook member 55 from the initial position P5 or the trigger position P6 to the disengagement position P7 by the disengagement link 74. The second return spring 76 is connected to the base 20 and the auxiliary hook 55 at two ends, and the second return spring 76 provides an elastic force for moving the hook 50 to the initial position P5 through the auxiliary hook 55 and the releasing link 74.
It should be noted that, if the auxiliary hooking member 55 is not provided, the second return spring 76 can be selectively connected between the seat 20 and the releasing link 74, or selectively connected between the seat 20 and the hooking member 50, so as to provide an elastic force for moving the hooking member 50 toward the initial position P5.
The structure of the embodiment of the present invention is described above, and the operation and effect of the embodiment are described next.
Referring to fig. 1 to 11, when the notebook computer 2 is not assembled to the docking station 10 (as shown in fig. 5 to 8), the driving member 34 is located at the reset position P1, the delay driving member 40 is located at the releasing position P3, and the hook member 50 is located at the initial position P5.
When a user wants to assemble the notebook computer 2 in the docking station 10, the bottom surface of the notebook computer 2 first presses down the floating cover 32 and the supporting rod 62 gradually, and the hook 50 located at the initial position P5 and the hook 54 of the auxiliary hook 55 are gradually inserted into the slot 4 of the notebook computer 2, along with the movement of the floating cover 32, the floating cover 32 drives the driving member 34 to pivot from the reset position P1 to the extended position P2 through the push rod 322 (as shown in fig. 9), at this time, the flange 562 of the hook 50 is clamped against the stopping portion 42 of the delay transmission member 40, so that the delay transmission member 40 cannot move backward from the disengaging position P3 to the engaging position P4, and the delay spring 57 connected to the driving member 34 and the delay transmission member 40 is stressed and extended, thereby providing an elastic force for moving the delay transmission member 40 toward the engaging position P4. In addition, the first return spring 36 connected to the seat body 20 and the driver 34 is also stretched by the force, so as to accumulate the elastic force for pivoting the driver 34 toward the return position P1.
Then, before the slot 4 of the notebook computer 2 is engaged by the hook portion 54 of the hook element 50 and the hook portion 54 of the auxiliary hook element 55, the hook element 50 and the auxiliary hook element 55 are pushed by the slot wall of the slot 4 of the notebook computer 2 to move from the initial position P5 to the trigger position P6 (as shown in fig. 10), and the second return spring 76 is stretched by the movement of the auxiliary hook element 55, and the elastic force for moving the hook element 50 and the auxiliary hook element 55 toward the initial position P5 is accumulated, meanwhile, since the flange 562 of the positioning portion 56 of the hook element 50 is no longer engaged with the stop portion 42 of the delay transmission member 40, the delay transmission member 40 is driven by the elastic force of the delay spring 57 to move from the release position P3 to the engagement position P4 (as shown in fig. 10 and fig. 11), the delay transmission member 40 simultaneously drives the support base 66, so that the first step 622 of the support base 66 is engaged with the first step 622 of the support rod 62, the support rods 62 can not move downwards due to the force, so that the notebook computer 2 can be stably supported by the support rods 62 at the proper matching height. In addition, in the process that the delay transmission member 40 moves from the disengagement position P3 to the engagement position P4, the hook member 50 and the auxiliary hook member 55 are driven by the elastic force of the second return spring 76 to move from the triggering position P6 to the initial position P5, so that the hook portion 54 of the hook member 50 and the hook portion 54 of the auxiliary hook member 55 complete the engagement of the card slot 4 of the notebook computer 2.
Referring to fig. 1 to 8 and 12 to 15 again, when the user finishes the operation and wants to separate the notebook computer 2 from the docking station 10, the user first presses the unlocking member 72 of the unlocking unit 70, the unlocking member 72 moves the hook member 50 and the auxiliary hook member 55 from the initial position P5 to the disengagement position P7 through the disengagement link 74, the second return spring 76 is stretched by the movement of the auxiliary hook member 55, and the elastic force for moving the hook member 50 and the auxiliary hook member 55 to the initial position P5 is accumulated, during the movement, the flange 562 of the positioning portion 56 of the hook member 50 firstly crosses the inclined surface 442 and the blocking wall 444 of the limiting portion 44 of the delay transmission member 40 and finally abuts against the left side of the blocking wall 444 (as shown in fig. 12 to 14), at this time, the hook portion 54 of the hook member 50 releases the engagement with the slot 4 of the notebook computer 2, so that the user can lift the notebook computer 2 upward to disengage from the docking station 10, as the notebook computer 2 is lifted up, the floating cover 32 gradually floats up, the driving member 34 is driven by the elastic force of the first return spring 36 to gradually pivot to the recovery position P1, and the delay transmission member 40 is pushed by the driving member 34 to move from the clamping position P4 to the releasing position P3 (as shown in fig. 15). During the movement of the delay transmission member 40, the flange 562 of the positioning portion 56 of the hook member 50 abuts against the left side of the blocking wall 444 of the limiting portion 44 of the delay transmission member 40, so that the hook member 50 is still maintained at the disengagement position P7. Until the notebook computer 2 is completely lifted and the hook portion 54 of the hook member 50 is completely removed from the slot 4 of the notebook computer 2, the driving member 34 will return to the reset position P1, the delay transmission member 40 returns to the release position P3, and the flange 562 of the positioning portion 56 of the hook member 50 is no longer limited by the blocking wall 444 of the delay transmission member 40, so that the hook member 50 and the sub-hook member 55 will be driven by the elastic force of the second return spring 76 to move from the release position P7 to the initial position P5 (as shown in fig. 5 to 8), thereby completing the separation of the notebook computer 2 and the docking station 10.
As can be seen from the above structure and operation manner, in the present invention, when the hook portion 54 of the hook member 50 of the transmission unit 30 is about to be clamped in the clamping slot 4 of the notebook computer 2, the hook portion 54 of the hook member 50 is forced to move the hook member 50 from the initial position P5 to the triggering position P6, and at this time, the supporting base 66 of the supporting unit 60 is triggered and driven to be clamped in the supporting rod 62.
Therefore, the present invention can position the supporting rod 62 at a proper matching height at a precise time point to stably support the notebook computer, thereby effectively avoiding the situation of premature or late triggering caused by the thickness difference of the portable electronic device.
Finally, it should be noted that the components disclosed in the above embodiments are only for illustrative purposes and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, so that simple structural modifications or changes, or substitutions with other equivalent components, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, should be considered within the scope of the present invention.