CN111043148A

CN111043148A - Foot pad structure and electronic equipment with same

Info

Publication number: CN111043148A
Application number: CN201911382686.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王永钊
Original assignee: Wuxi Ruiqin Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Ruiqin Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-27
Filing date: 2019-12-27
Publication date: 2020-04-21
Anticipated expiration: 2039-12-27
Also published as: CN111043148B

Abstract

The invention discloses a foot pad structure and an electronic device with the same, wherein the electronic device comprises a first part and a second part which can rotate relatively, and the foot pad structure comprises a foot pad element and a rotating mechanism; one side of the first part is provided with an ejection groove, and the foot pad element can be driven to extend outwards along the ejection groove; the rotating mechanism comprises an ejector piece which can rotate along with the first component relative to the second component; when the first part rotates to a preset angle, the ejecting part rotates along with the first part until the ejecting part is abutted against the foot pad element and pushes the foot pad element to extend out of the ejecting groove. According to the invention, when the notebook computer is required to be used, the foot pad is ejected out through the ejection piece to replace the screen to be in direct contact with the desktop, so that the abrasion of the screen shell is avoided; when the notebook is not needed to be used, the foot pad can be hidden in the screen shell along with the covering of the notebook, unnecessary abrasion of the foot pad is avoided, the appearance of the notebook can be kept regular, and therefore inconvenience in carrying is avoided.

Description

Foot pad structure and electronic equipment with same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of notebook computers, in particular to a foot pad structure and electronic equipment with the same.

Background

With the development of semiconductor device and display device technologies, electronic products on the market tend to have more functions and the feature of being lighter and thinner, so that various electronic products become indispensable tools in people's lives, and notebook computers are one of the popular tools of consumers.

The conventional notebook computer usually adopts a sinking type rotating shaft to enable the screen to be inclined relative to the host machine, so that a user can conveniently adjust the angle for watching the screen. However, when the notebook computer with the structure is unfolded, the bottom of the screen is inevitably protruded out of the bottom of the host machine and directly contacts with the desktop, which easily causes the abrasion of the screen shell.

In order to solve the problem, a plurality of manufacturers add an outward-protruding foot pad on the rear side of the screen shell, so that the foot pad is used as a supporting leg to stand on a desktop when the screen is unfolded, and the screen is prevented from being in direct contact with the desktop. Although the problem of abrasion of the screen shell is solved, if a bulge is always arranged on the screen shell, the shape of the notebook computer is irregular, so that the notebook computer is difficult to carry, and the abrasion probability of the foot pad is increased.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides a foot pad structure and electronic equipment with the same, and solves the problems that a foot pad of a notebook computer is easy to wear and inconvenient to carry in the prior art.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

a foot pad structure is applied to an electronic device, and the electronic device comprises a first part and a second part which can rotate relatively;

the foot pad structure comprises a foot pad element and a rotating mechanism;

the foot pad element is movably connected with the first component; one side of the first part is provided with an ejecting groove, and the foot pad element can be driven to extend outwards along the ejecting groove;

the rotating mechanism comprises a torsion assembly for pivotally connecting the first part and the second part, and the torsion assembly comprises an ejector piece capable of rotating along with the first part relative to the second part;

in an initial state, the ejection piece is separated from the foot pad element, and the foot pad element is accommodated in the ejection groove;

when the first part rotates to a preset angle along the direction far away from the second part, the ejection part rotates along with the first part until the ejection part is abutted to the foot pad element and pushes the foot pad element to extend out of the ejection groove.

Optionally, the footpad element includes:

a footpad body having a projection on the first member, the first member having an overlap portion that coincides with the projection;

the protruding portion is arranged on the foot pad body and contained in the ejecting groove, and when the first component rotates to a preset angle along the first direction, the protruding portion extends out of the ejecting groove.

Optionally, a reset assembly is arranged in the first component, the reset assembly includes a spring positioning column fixedly arranged at the overlapping portion, a reset spring is sleeved on the spring positioning column, and one end of the reset spring, which is far away from the first component, abuts against the foot pad body;

when the first component rotates in a direction away from the second component, the return spring tends to compress; the return spring tends to return when the first member is rotated in a direction approaching the second member.

Optionally, two sides of the first component, which are located at the overlapping portion, are respectively provided with a guide member, and the two guide members are arranged in an opposite manner; two the one side that the guide part is relative all is equipped with the spout, the both sides of callus on the sole body correspond to the spout is equipped with the sand grip, the sand grip spacing in the spout and can be driven and follow the spout slides.

Optionally, the torsion assembly includes:

a first rotating shaft rotatably arranged in the second component, wherein a first gear is sleeved on the first rotating shaft;

a second rotating shaft rotatably arranged in the first component, wherein a second gear is sleeved on the second rotating shaft;

the first gear is in meshed connection with the second gear.

Optionally, the first rotating shaft and the first gear, the second rotating shaft and the second gear, and the second rotating shaft and the ejecting member are connected through splines

Optionally, the ejector member is a cam.

The invention also provides electronic equipment, which comprises the foot pad structure, a host and a screen;

the screen comprises the first part, and the first part is an upper shell of the electronic equipment;

the host comprises the second part, and the second part is a lower shell of the electronic equipment;

when the screen is positioned at the covering position, the protruding part is positioned in the upper shell;

when the screen is unfolded in the direction far away from the host computer and is in the use position, the protruding part extends out of the surface of the upper shell to support the screen.

Optionally, the first component has a foot pad mounting surface, and the ejection slot is located on the foot pad mounting surface; the second part has a bottom surface;

when the screen is unfolded to be at a first use position, a first included angle is formed between the screen and the host; the foot pad mounting surface is flush with the bottom surface, and a first height difference is formed between the protruding part and the bottom surface;

when the screen is unfolded to be at a second use position, a second included angle is formed between the screen and the host; the foot pad mounting surface is inclined to the bottom surface, and a second height difference is formed between the protruding portion and the bottom surface;

the second included angle is larger than the first included angle, and the second height difference is larger than the first height difference.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

the invention provides a foot pad structure and an electronic device with the same, when a notebook computer is required to be used and opened, the foot pad is ejected out through an ejection piece to replace a screen to be in direct contact with a desktop, so that the abrasion of a screen shell is avoided; when the notebook is not needed to be used, the foot pad can be hidden in the screen shell along with the covering of the notebook, on one hand, unnecessary abrasion of the foot pad can be avoided, on the other hand, the appearance of the notebook can be kept regular, and therefore inconvenience can not be caused to carrying.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a foot pad structure and an electronic device having the same according to the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a foot pad structure and an electronic device having the same according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a combination of a footbed element and a first member of a footbed structure provided by this invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a combination of a footbed element, a torsion assembly, and a first member of a footbed structure provided by this invention;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of a torsion assembly of a foot pad structure according to the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of another structure of a foot pad structure and an electronic device having the same according to the present invention.

In the above figures: 10. a host; 11. a lower housing; 12. an accommodating space; 20. a screen; 21. an upper housing; 211. ejecting the groove; 30. a rotating mechanism; 31. rotating the base; 32. a torsion assembly; 321. a first rotating shaft; 3211. a first gear; 322. a second rotating shaft; 3221. a second gear; 3222. ejecting the part; 323. a rotating shaft bracket; 40. a foot pad element; 41. a projection; 42. a foot pad body; 421. a convex strip; 43. a guide member; 431. a chute; 432. a reset assembly; 4321. a spring positioning post; 4322. a return spring.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the embodiments described below are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When a component is referred to as being "disposed on" another component, it can be directly on the other component or intervening components may also be present.

Furthermore, the terms "long", "short", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention, but do not indicate or imply that the referred devices or elements must have the specific orientations, be configured to operate in the specific orientations, and thus are not to be construed as limitations of the present invention.

The technical scheme of the invention is further explained by the specific implementation mode in combination with the attached drawings.

The embodiment of the invention provides a foot pad structure, which is applied to electronic equipment, wherein the electronic equipment comprises a first part and a second part which can rotate relatively.

Referring to fig. 1-3 in combination, the footbed structure includes a footbed element 40 and a rotation mechanism 30.

The rotating mechanism 30 includes a torque assembly 32 for pivotally connecting the first member and the second member, and the torque assembly 32 includes an ejector 3222 capable of rotating with the first member relative to the second member.

In the initial state, the protruding part 3222 is separated from the foot pad element 40, and the foot pad element 40 is accommodated in the protruding groove 211, and the foot pad element 40 is hidden in the first part.

When the first component rotates to a preset angle along a direction away from the second component, the ejector 3222 rotates along with the first component until abutting against the foot pad element 40 and pushing the foot pad element 40 to stretch out of the ejection slot 211, so that the foot pad element can stand on a placing surface of the electronic device as a supporting leg, the first component is supported, and abrasion caused by direct contact of the first component and the placing surface is avoided.

The foot pad element 40 has a foot pad body 42 and a protrusion 41 disposed on the foot pad body 42, and the foot pad body 42 and the protrusion 41 are an integral structure.

Wherein, the foot pad body 42 has a projection on the first part, and the first part has a superposition part superposed with the projection; the protrusion 41 is received in the ejecting slot 211, and when the first component rotates to a predetermined angle along the first direction, the protrusion 41 extends out of the ejecting slot 211.

In this embodiment, a reset assembly 432 is disposed in the first component, the reset assembly 432 includes a spring positioning post 4321 fixedly disposed on the overlapping portion, a reset spring 4322 is sleeved on the spring positioning post 4321, and one end of the reset spring 4322 away from the first component abuts against the foot pad body 42.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, when the first member rotates away from the second member, the return spring 4322 tends to compress; the return spring 4322 tends to return when the first part is rotated in a direction to approach the second part.

By virtue of the provision of the return assembly 432, when the ejector 3222 is withdrawn from the foot-supporting element 40 to cease pressing, the foot-supporting element 40 is returned by the return of the return spring 4322 to be re-concealed within the first part.

The two sides of the first component, which are positioned at the overlapping part, are respectively provided with a guide piece 43, and the two guide pieces 43 are arranged oppositely; the opposite one side of two guides 43 all is equipped with spout 431, and the both sides of callus on the sole body 42 are equipped with sand grip 421 corresponding to spout 431, and sand grip 421 is spacing in spout 431 and can be driven and slide along spout 431.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the torsion assembly 32 further includes:

a first rotating shaft 321 rotatably disposed in the second member, wherein a first gear 3211 is sleeved on the first rotating shaft 321; a second rotating shaft 322 rotatably arranged in the first component, wherein a second gear 3221 is sleeved on the second rotating shaft 322; the second rotating shaft 322 is connected with the ejecting member 3222 in a driving manner.

The first rotating shaft 321 is connected with the first gear 3211, the second rotating shaft 322 is connected with the second gear 3221, and the second rotating shaft 322 is connected with the ejecting member 3222 by splines.

In order to make the transmission between the first rotating shaft 321 and the second rotating shaft 322 more reliable, a rotating shaft bracket 323 is further connected between the first rotating shaft 321 and the second rotating shaft 322.

The first gear 3211 is engaged with the second gear 3221, so that the first shaft 321 rotates to drive the second shaft 322 to rotate.

Further, the eject member 3222 is a cam, and the eject member 3222 is disposed on the second shaft 322.

Based on the foregoing, when the first member is rotated in the first direction, the second rotating shaft 322 is driven to rotate and drives the ejector member 3222 to rotate, such that the protrusions on the ejector member 3222 tend to abut against the footpad element 40; as the first member is rotated in the second direction, the second shaft 322 drives the ejector member 3222 to rotate such that the projection tends to move away from the footpad element 40.

In this embodiment, the rotating mechanism 30 further includes a rotating base 31, the rotating base 31 has a receiving space 12 with a "V" shape, and the torsion component 32 is located in the receiving space 12, so as to prevent the torsion component 32 from being exposed outside, thereby playing a role in protection.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 again, based on the foregoing embodiments, the present embodiment provides an electronic device, including the foot pad structure provided in the foregoing embodiments, further including a host 10 and a screen 20; the main body 10 and the screen 20 are pivotally connected through a rotating structure, so that the screen 20 can rotate relative to the main body 10, thereby covering and unfolding the screen 20.

The upper surface of the host 10 is provided with an operation plane, and the operation plane includes functional modules such as a keyboard and a mouse touch pad.

Specifically, the screen 20 includes a first component, the first component is an upper casing 21 of the electronic device, and one side of the upper casing 21 is provided with an ejection slot 211 for the foot pad element 40 to extend outward; the main body 10 includes a second part, which is a lower case 11 of the electronic apparatus.

When the screen 20 is located at the covering position, the screen 20 is attached or tends to be attached to the host computer 10, and the foot pad elements 40 are kept flat or retracted to the surface of the screen 20, so that the foot pad elements 40 are hidden, and the abrasion of the foot pad elements 40 caused by accidental impact or friction in the carrying process is avoided.

When the screen 20 is unfolded relative to the main body 10 to be in the use position, the foot pad element 40 protrudes outward from the ejection slot 211 to support the notebook computer, so as to prevent the screen 20 from directly contacting with the desktop, thereby protecting the screen 20.

Referring to fig. 6, further, in the present embodiment, the first component has a foot pad mounting surface, and the ejection slot 211 is located on the foot pad mounting surface; the second member has a bottom surface.

When the first member is rotated in a first direction to a first use position, the footpad mounting surface is flush with the bottom surface, and a first height difference is formed between the protrusion 41 and the bottom surface; in this state, the first member is in a perpendicular relationship with the second member, and the bottom surface of the projection 41 can be attached to the table top. The first height difference is used to avoid the screen 20 from directly contacting the desktop.

When the first component rotates to the second use position along the first direction, the foot pad mounting surface is inclined to the bottom surface, a second height difference exists between the convex part 41 and the bottom surface, and the second height difference is larger than the first height difference; in this state, an angle formed between the first member and the second member is larger than 90 °, an angle smaller than 90 ° is formed between the bottom surface of the protruding portion 41 and the table top, and one side edge of the bottom surface of the protruding portion 41 contacts the table top.

The second height difference is used for lifting the computer host 10, so that the operation plane of the notebook computer host 10 forms an inclination angle relative to the desktop, and the comfort level in the use process is further improved.

the invention provides a foot pad structure and an electronic device with the same, when a notebook computer is needed to be used and opened, the foot pad is ejected out through an ejection piece 3222 to replace a screen 20 to be in direct contact with a desktop, so that the abrasion of a shell of the screen 20 is avoided; when the notebook is not needed to be used, the foot pad can be hidden in the shell of the screen 20 along with the covering of the notebook, on one hand, unnecessary abrasion of the foot pad can be avoided, on the other hand, the appearance of the notebook can be kept regular, and therefore inconvenience is not brought to carrying out.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention, and not for limiting the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A foot pad structure is characterized by being applied to an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a first part and a second part which can rotate relatively;

the foot pad structure comprises a foot pad element and a rotating mechanism;

2. The footbed structure of claim 1, wherein the footbed element comprises:

3. The foot pad structure according to claim 2, wherein a reset assembly is arranged in the first component, the reset assembly comprises a spring positioning column fixedly arranged at the overlapping part, a reset spring is sleeved on the spring positioning column, and one end of the reset spring, which is far away from the first component, abuts against the foot pad body;

4. A footbed structure according to claim 3, characterized in that said first component is provided with a guide on each side of said coinciding portions, said guides being disposed in opposing relationship; two the one side that the guide part is relative all is equipped with the spout, the both sides of callus on the sole body correspond to the spout is equipped with the sand grip, the sand grip spacing in the spout and can be driven and follow the spout slides.

5. The footbed structure of claim 1, wherein the torsion assembly comprises:

the first gear is in meshed connection with the second gear.

6. The foot pad structure of claim 5, wherein the first shaft and the first gear, the second shaft and the second gear, and the second shaft and the ejector member are all connected by splines.

7. The footbed structure of claim 1, wherein the ejector member is a cam.

8. An electronic device comprising a foot pad structure according to any one of claims 1-7, further comprising a host and a screen;

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the first component has a foot pad mounting surface, the ejection slot being located on the foot pad mounting surface; the second part has a bottom surface;