CN112449542B

CN112449542B - Electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN112449542B
Application number: CN202010766885.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 曾柏翔; 周瑞文; 胡博翔; 郭仲濠
Original assignee: Compal Electronics Inc
Current assignee: Compal Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2019-09-04
Filing date: 2020-08-03
Publication date: 2022-05-24
Anticipated expiration: 2040-08-03
Also published as: CN112449542A; TW202111998A; TWI776182B

Abstract

An electronic device includes a first body, a second body, an antenna assembly, a linkage assembly and at least one pivoting mechanism. Each pivoting mechanism comprises a first bracket, a second bracket and a rotating shaft structure connected between the first bracket and the second bracket. The first body is connected to the first support, the second body is connected to the second support, and the first body is suitable for being opened and closed on the second body through the rotating shaft structure. The antenna assembly is accommodated in the second machine body, and the linkage assembly is connected between the second support and the antenna assembly. The linkage component is suitable for being linked by the opening and closing of the first machine body relative to the second machine body so as to push out or put in the second machine body.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to electronic devices, and particularly to an electronic device with an antenna.

Background

Network functions have been built in to current portable electronic devices. An antenna is usually disposed in a portable electronic device to receive signals of a mobile network or a wireless network.

Because the metal shell can shield signals, the existing portable electronic device is covered by a plastic shell at the position where the antenna is arranged. However, other electronic components inside the electronic device, as well as the metal housing adjacent to the antenna, still cause signal interference.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides an electronic device, which is provided with an antenna component capable of being pushed out of or taken in a machine body, and can receive network signals without interference when the antenna component extends out of the machine body.

The electronic device provided by the invention comprises a first machine body, a second machine body, an antenna component, a linkage component and at least one pivoting mechanism. Each pivoting mechanism comprises a first bracket, a second bracket and a rotating shaft structure connected between the first bracket and the second bracket. The first body is connected to the first support, the second body is connected to the second support, and the first body is suitable for being opened and closed on the second body through the rotating shaft structure. The antenna assembly is accommodated in the second machine body, and the linkage assembly is connected between the second support and the antenna assembly. The linkage component is suitable for being linked by the opening and closing of the first machine body relative to the second machine body so as to push out or put in the second machine body.

In an embodiment of the invention, when an included angle between the first body and the second body is greater than 20 degrees, the linking component pushes the antenna component out of the second body.

In an embodiment of the invention, the linkage assembly is actuated when an angle between the first body and the second body is 20 to 110 degrees.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the shaft structure includes a shaft. The shaft lever has an extending direction, the second bracket is pivoted to the shaft lever, and a guide groove is arranged on the side wall of the shaft lever. The linkage assembly comprises a sliding connection seat, a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod. The sliding connection seat comprises a body and a convex part protruding out of one side of the body. The body is connected to the second support in a sliding mode, and the protruding portion extends into the guide groove and is suitable for being guided by the guide groove when the rotating shaft rotates, so that the body is driven to slide relative to the second support along the extending direction. The first connecting rod comprises a first rod part and a second rod part connected to the first rod part. The first rod part is pivoted on the body of the sliding connection seat and pivoted on the second support, and the first rod part is suitable for rotating relative to the sliding connection seat and the second support along with the sliding of the sliding connection seat. One end of the second connecting rod is pivoted to the second rod part of the first connecting rod, the other end of the second connecting rod is connected to the antenna assembly, and the second connecting rod is suitable for moving along the interlocking direction perpendicular to the extending direction along with the rotation of the first connecting rod.

In an embodiment of the invention, the linking assembly further includes a first torsion spring, a second torsion spring, and a pivot member passing through the body of the sliding seat and the first rod portion, and the second bracket includes a first shaft portion pivotally connected to the first rod portion. The center of the first torsion spring is sleeved on the first shaft part, one end of the first torsion spring is hooked and fixed on the pivot piece, and the other end of the first torsion spring is hooked and fixed on the second rod part. The center and one end of the second torsion spring are fixed on the second bracket, the tail end of the second rod part is also provided with a second shaft part which is pivoted and connected with the sliding groove of the second connecting rod in a sliding way, and the other end of the second torsion spring is fixedly hooked on the second shaft part.

In an embodiment of the invention, the second link has a sliding slot parallel to the extending direction, and the second rod portion of the first link is pivotally connected and slidably connected to the sliding slot, so that the second link moves only in the linking direction.

In an embodiment of the invention, the second link has a first sliding connection portion at one end connected to the antenna assembly, the antenna assembly has a second sliding connection portion corresponding to the first sliding connection portion, and the first sliding connection portion and the second sliding connection portion are slidably connected in the linking direction.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first sliding connection portion is a sliding groove, and the second sliding connection portion is a sliding block.

In an embodiment of the invention, the body of the sliding seat has a positioning hole, the second bracket has a slot corresponding to the positioning hole, and the linking assembly further includes a positioning column combined with the positioning hole and passing through the slot, and the slot has a first end and a second end. When the positioning column is positioned at the first end of the slot, the antenna assembly is accommodated in the second machine body; when the positioning column is positioned at the second end of the slot, the antenna assembly is pushed out of the second machine body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the linking assembly further includes an elastic element. The elastic element is connected between the positioning column and the second support to provide elastic force for positioning the positioning column at the second end of the slot.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the elastic element of the linking component is a coil spring.

In an embodiment of the invention, the electronic device further includes an elastic element. The elastic element is connected between the antenna component and the second body to provide an elastic force for pushing the antenna component out of the second body.

In an embodiment of the invention, the elastic element of the electronic device is a coil spring.

In one embodiment of the present invention, an antenna assembly includes a housing and an antenna module. The shell is accommodated in the second machine body and connected with the linkage assembly, the antenna module is accommodated in the shell and is far away from the linkage assembly, and when the first machine body is opened relative to the second machine body, the part of the shell accommodating the antenna module is pushed out or is accommodated into one side of the second machine body far away from the pivoting mechanism.

In an embodiment of the invention, the second body further includes a bottom plate. The bottom plate is provided with an accommodating concave part for accommodating the antenna component.

The electronic device of the embodiment of the invention is provided with the antenna component which can be pushed out of the second machine body, so that even if the second machine body comprises the metal shell and a plurality of other electronic elements are arranged nearby when the antenna component is arranged in the second machine body, the network signals can be received without interference by pushing the antenna component out of the second machine body. In addition, because the antenna component is linked with the opening and closing between the first body and the second body, the antenna component does not need to be pushed out or taken in by extra operation.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and in order to make the technical means of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention may be implemented in accordance with the content of the description, and in order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the following preferred embodiments are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

Fig. 1A is a perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1B is a partially enlarged schematic view of a region a in fig. 1A.

Fig. 1C is an exploded view of a portion including the linking assembly, the hinge mechanism and the antenna assembly shown in fig. 1A.

Fig. 1D is a schematic view of the sliding seat and the pivot mechanism of the linking assembly shown in fig. 1C.

Fig. 1E to fig. 1G are operation diagrams of an embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1A is a perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention, and fig. 1B is a partially enlarged view of a region a of fig. 1A. Referring to fig. 1A and fig. 1B, an electronic device 10 of the present embodiment includes a first body 100, a second body 200, an antenna assembly 300, a linking assembly 400, and at least one hinge mechanism 500. In this embodiment, two pivot mechanisms 500 are disposed between the first body 100 and the second body 200, and two linkage assemblies 400 corresponding to the two pivot mechanisms 500 are disposed in the second body 200. The antenna assembly 300 is accommodated in the second body 200, and the linking assembly 400 is connected between the hinge mechanism 500 and the antenna assembly 300. The linking component 400 is adapted to be linked by the opening and closing of the first body 100 relative to the second body 200, so as to push out or take in the antenna component 300 in the second body 200. In this embodiment, the electronic device 10 may be a notebook computer, the first body 100 may be a screen, and the second body 200 may be a host, but is not limited thereto.

In the present embodiment, the antenna assembly 300 may include a housing 310 and an antenna module 320. The housing 310 is accommodated in the second body 200 and connected to the linkage assembly 400. The number of the antenna modules 320 may be multiple, and the antenna modules are accommodated in the housing 310 and far away from the linkage assembly 400. When the first body 100 is opened relative to the second body 200, the portion of the housing 310 containing the antenna module 320 is pushed out or taken into a side of the second body 200 away from the hinge mechanism 500. The antenna module 320 may be used to receive signals of 5G, 4G, 3G, bluetooth, or wireless network (WiFi).

The electronic device 10 may further include an elastic element 600. The elastic element 600 is connected between the antenna assembly 300 and the second body 200 to provide an elastic force for pushing the antenna assembly 300 out of the second body 200. Specifically, the baffle 210 is disposed in the second body 200, the housing 310 of the antenna assembly 300 has a hollow portion 313 so that the baffle 210 is also located in the housing 310, and two ends of the elastic element 600 are respectively connected to the inner sidewall of the housing 310 and the baffle 210. The elastic member 600 may be a coil spring, but is not limited thereto. The elastic element 600 may also provide a buffer to protect the antenna assembly 300 when the electronic device 10 is bumped or accidentally dropped.

Fig. 1C is an exploded view of a portion including the linking assembly, the pivoting mechanism and the antenna assembly shown in fig. 1A, and fig. 1D is a view illustrating the sliding seat and the pivoting mechanism of the linking assembly shown in fig. 1C. Referring to fig. 1C to fig. 1D in combination with fig. 1A, in the present embodiment, each of the pivoting mechanisms 500 includes a first bracket 510, a second bracket 520, and a rotating shaft structure 530 connected between the first bracket 510 and the second bracket 520. The first body 100 is connected to the first bracket 510, the second body 200 is connected to the second bracket 520, and the first body 100 can be opened and closed on the second body 200 through the rotating shaft structure 530. The hinge structure 530 includes a shaft 540, the shaft 540 has an extending direction F1, and the second bracket 520 is pivotally connected to the shaft 540. The second bracket 520 includes a fixing portion 521 for fixing to the second body 200 and a plate 522 connected to the fixing portion 521, wherein the plate 522 is provided with a sliding portion 523 adjacent to the rotating shaft structure 500 and a pivoting portion 524 away from the rotating shaft structure 500.

In the present embodiment, the linking assembly 400 includes a sliding seat 410, a first link 420 and a second link 430. The sliding seat 410 is adapted to slide relative to the second bracket 520 in the extending direction F1 with the rotation of the shaft 540. The sliding seat 410 may include a body 411 and a protrusion 412 protruding from one side of the body 411, the body 411 has a sliding slot 413, wherein a sliding portion 523 of the plate 522 is slidably connected to the sliding slot 413 of the sliding seat 410, and a pivot portion 524 is exposed from the sliding seat 410. As shown in fig. 1D, the shaft 540 has a guide groove 541, the protrusion 412 of the sliding seat 410 can be inserted into the guide groove 541, and when the shaft 540 rotates, the protrusion 412 can be guided to move, so that the driving body 411 slides relative to the plate 522 of the second bracket 520 in the extending direction F1.

Referring to fig. 1C, in the present embodiment, the body 411 of the sliding seat 410 further has a positioning hole 414, the sliding portion 523 of the second bracket 520 has a slot 5230 corresponding to the positioning hole 414, and the slot 5230 has a first end 5231 and a second end 5232. The linking assembly 400 further includes a positioning post 401 coupled to the positioning hole 414 and passing through the slot 5230, wherein the positioning post 401 is limited between the first end 5231 and the second end 5232 of the slot 5230 to limit the sliding range of the sliding seat 410 relative to the second bracket 520. When the positioning post 401 is located at the first end 5231 of the slot 5230, the antenna assembly 300 is received in the second body 200; when the positioning post 401 is located at the second end 5232 of the slot 5230, the antenna assembly 300 is pushed out of the second body 200. In addition, the linking assembly 400 further includes an elastic element 402 connected between the positioning post 401 and the sliding portion 523 of the second bracket 520 to provide an elastic force for positioning the positioning post 401 at the second end 5232 of the slot 5230. The elastic member 402 may be a coil spring, but is not limited thereto.

The first link 420 is L-shaped, and includes a first link 421 and a second link 422 connected to the first link 421. The first rod 421 is pivotally connected to the body 411 of the sliding seat 410 through the pivot 70 and pivotally connected to the second bracket 520 through the first shaft 525 of the pivot portion 524 of the plate 522. By this design, when the sliding seat 410 slides relative to the second bracket 520, the first link 420 is driven to rotate relative to the sliding seat 410 and the second bracket 520 with the pivot 70 as the axis.

The second link 430 has one end pivotally connected to the second rod portion 422 of the first link 420 and the other end connected to the antenna element 300. The second link 430 is adapted to move along an interlocking direction F2, for example, perpendicular to the extending direction F1, with the rotation of the first link 420. In order to keep the second link 430 moving only in the interlocking direction F2, the second link 430 has a slide groove 431 parallel to the extending direction F1, for example, and the second rod 422 of the first link 420 is provided with a second shaft portion 423 pivotally and slidably connected to the slide groove 431.

In the present embodiment, the linking assembly 400 further includes a first torsion spring 440 and a second torsion spring 450. The center 441 of the first torsion spring 440 is sleeved on the first shaft 525 protruding from the pivot portion 524 of the second bracket 520, one end of the first torsion spring 440 is hooked on the pivot element 70, wherein the pivot element 70 passes through the body 411 of the sliding seat 410 and the first rod portion 421, and the other end of the first torsion spring 440 is hooked on the second rod portion 422. The surface of the pivot portion 524 facing the second link 430 may further have two shafts (not shown) identical to the first shaft 525, so as to allow the center 451 and one end of the second torsion spring 450 to be respectively sleeved and hooked. The other end of the second torsion spring 450 is hooked on the second shaft 423 of the second rod 422. The first torsion spring 440 and the second torsion spring 450 can provide torsion force to make the operation of the linkage assembly 400 smoother and labor-saving.

In the present embodiment, the second link 430 has a first sliding connection portion 432 at one end connected to the antenna assembly 300, the antenna assembly 300 has a second sliding connection portion 312 corresponding to the first sliding connection portion 432, and the first sliding connection portion 432 and the second sliding connection portion 312 are in sliding connection in the linking direction F2. The first sliding connection portion 432 may be a sliding slot, and the second sliding connection portion 312 may be a slider disposed on the extension piece 311 protruding from one side of the housing 310, but the invention is not limited thereto, and for example, the forms of the first sliding connection portion 432 and the second sliding connection portion 312 may be reversed.

The first sliding connection portion 432 has a retracted end 432a close to the antenna element 300 and an actuating end 432b far from the antenna element 300. When the first body 100 is closed to the second body 200, the second sliding connection portion 312 is located at the retraction end 432a, and when the first body 100 starts to rotate relative to the second body 200, the second sliding connection portion 312 slides from the retraction end 432a to the actuation end 432b until reaching the actuation end 432b, the antenna assembly 300 is not pushed, and at this time, an included angle of, for example, 20 degrees is formed between the first body 100 and the second body 200. In the present embodiment, the sliding seat 410 can be driven by the shaft 540 when the included angle between the first body 100 and the second body 200 is between 20 degrees and 110 degrees, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, the rotating shaft structure 530 of the pivot mechanism 500 of the embodiment may have two shafts, when the first body 100 and the second body 200 are opened from the closed state, the first body 100 is driven by the shaft 540 to rotate, and when the included angle between the first body 100 and the second body 200 continuously increases, the first body 100 is driven by another shaft (not shown) connected to the first bracket 510 to rotate, and finally the first body 100 may be turned over to the back of the second body 200 through the pivot mechanism 500.

Fig. 1E to fig. 1G are operation diagrams of an embodiment of the invention. Referring to fig. 1E to 1F, the second body 200 further includes a bottom plate 220, and the bottom plate 220 has a receiving recess 221 for receiving the antenna assembly 300. As shown in fig. 1E, when the first body 100 is closed to the second body 200, the antenna assembly 300 is located in the accommodating recess 221. Referring to fig. 1F, when the first body 100 rotates relative to the second body 200 and the included angle θ 1 between the first body 100 and the second body 200 is greater than 20 degrees, the antenna assembly 300 starts to be pushed out. Finally, as shown in fig. 1G, when the first body 100 continuously rotates relative to the second body 200 and the included angle θ 2 between the first body and the second body 200 reaches 110 degrees, the portion of the housing 310 of the antenna assembly 300 containing the antenna module 320 is pushed out of the second body 200. Conversely, if operating from fig. 1G to fig. 1E, the antenna assembly 300 may be retracted into the second body 200.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

Each pin joint mechanism comprises a first support, a second support and a rotating shaft structure connected between the first support and the second support, the rotating shaft structure comprises a shaft rod, the shaft rod is provided with an extending direction, the second support is pin jointed with the shaft rod, and a guide groove is formed in one side wall of the shaft rod;

a first body connected to the first support;

the first machine body is suitable for being opened and closed on the second machine body through the rotating shaft structure;

an antenna assembly accommodated in the second body;

a linkage assembly connected between the second support and the antenna assembly, the linkage assembly comprising:

the sliding connection seat comprises a body and a convex part protruding out of one side of the body, the body is in sliding connection with the second bracket, and the convex part extends into the guide groove and is suitable for being guided by the guide groove when the shaft lever rotates, so that the body is driven to slide relative to the second bracket along the extending direction;

the first connecting rod comprises a first rod part and a second rod part connected with the first rod part, the first rod part is pivoted with the body of the sliding connection seat and pivoted with the second support, and the first connecting rod is suitable for rotating relative to the sliding connection seat and the second support along with the sliding of the sliding connection seat;

A second connecting rod, one end of which is pivoted to the second rod part of the first connecting rod, and the other end of which is connected to the antenna component, wherein the second connecting rod is suitable for moving along a linkage direction along with the rotation of the first connecting rod, and the linkage direction is vertical to the extension direction;

the second connecting rod is provided with a first sliding connection part at the end connected with the antenna component, the antenna component is provided with a second sliding connection part corresponding to the first sliding connection part, and the first sliding connection part and the second sliding connection part are in sliding connection in the linkage direction;

therefore, the linkage component is suitable for being linked by the opening and closing of the first machine body relative to the second machine body so as to push out or take in the antenna component in the second machine body.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein when an included angle between the first body and the second body is greater than 20 degrees, the linking component pushes the antenna component out of the second body.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the linking component is actuated when an angle between the first body and the second body is 20 to 110 degrees.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the linkage assembly further includes a first torsion spring and a pivot member passing through the body of the sliding seat and the first rod portion, the second bracket includes a first shaft portion pivoted to the first rod portion, a center of the first torsion spring is disposed on the first shaft portion, one end of the first torsion spring is hooked to the pivot member, and the other end of the first torsion spring is hooked to the second rod portion.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the linkage assembly further comprises a second torsion spring, a center and one end of the second torsion spring are fixed to the second bracket, the second rod is pivotally connected to a second shaft of a sliding slot of the second link, and the other end of the second torsion spring is hooked to the second shaft.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second link has a sliding slot parallel to the extending direction, and the second rod of the first link is pivotally connected to the sliding slot, so that the second link moves only in the linking direction.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first sliding connection portion is a sliding slot, and the second sliding connection portion is a sliding block.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the body of the sliding seat has a positioning hole, the second bracket has a slot corresponding to the positioning hole, and the linking assembly further includes a positioning post coupled to the positioning hole and passing through the slot, the slot has a first end and a second end, and when the positioning post is positioned at the first end of the slot, the antenna assembly is received in the second housing; when the positioning column is positioned at the second end of the slot, the antenna assembly is pushed out of the second machine body.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the linking assembly further comprises an elastic element connected between the sliding seat and the second bracket for providing an elastic force to position the positioning post at the second end of the slot.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the resilient element is a coil spring.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising an elastic element connected between the antenna element and the second body for providing an elastic force to push the antenna element out of the second body.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the resilient element is a coil spring.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the antenna assembly comprises a housing and an antenna module, the housing is received in the second body and connected to the linking-up assembly, the antenna module is received in the housing and away from the linking-up assembly, when the first body is opened and closed relative to the second body, a portion of the housing containing the antenna module is pushed out or retracted into a side of the second body away from the at least one pivoting mechanism.

14. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second body further comprises a bottom plate having a receiving recess for receiving the antenna element.