CN113220076B

CN113220076B - Expansion seat device

Info

Publication number: CN113220076B
Application number: CN202110577742.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘国光; 林彰城; 洪汶翰
Original assignee: Huanrong Electronics Huizhou Co ltd
Current assignee: Huanrong Electronics Huizhou Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-26
Filing date: 2021-05-26
Publication date: 2023-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 2041-05-26
Also published as: CN113220076A

Abstract

The invention discloses an expansion seat device. The expansion seat device comprises a base, an operating piece and a fixing module. The base is used for bearing an electronic device. Two sides of the upper surface of the base are respectively provided with a slotted hole. Each slot has a wide portion and a narrow portion. The fixing module comprises two clamping hooks which respectively correspond to two clamping holes on a shell of the electronic device. Each clamping hook is provided with a head part, and the two clamping hooks respectively pass through the wide opening parts of the two slotted holes, so that the head parts are exposed out of the upper surface of the base. Each clamping hook is clamped in the corresponding clamping hole, and the electronic device is fixed or detached on the base through the reciprocating movement between the wide opening part and the narrow opening part. The head of each clamping hook is inverted trapezoid, and when the electronic device is fixed on the base, the top end of the head does not exceed the inner side surface of the shell.

Description

Expansion seat device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a docking station, and more particularly to a docking station with reduced space occupation.

Background

Firstly, the expansion base of the notebook computer is used as a connector of the notebook computer to expand functions, and in order to increase the safety of the notebook computer, the expansion base is also provided with an anti-theft function design. Generally, in order to realize the anti-theft function of the notebook computer docking station, the docking station base is designed with a hook structure, and a hook slot is correspondingly designed on the lower cover of the notebook computer. When the notebook computer is assembled on the expansion seat, the clamping hook structure automatically stretches out to hook the clamping hook groove, so that the difficulty of taking away the notebook computer is increased, and the risk of stealing the notebook computer is reduced. Therefore, on the premise of not affecting the design of the pen electricity as much as possible, the design of the clamping hook and the clamping hook groove must have good hooking strength, and at the same time, the design must also have the characteristic of small volume.

In the prior art, the clamping hook structure of the expansion seat is complex in shape, and the hooking mechanism has a plurality of mechanism parts, so that the expansion seat has a large volume. Therefore, when the hook structure hooks the hook groove, the hook structure occupies more internal space in the lower cover of the notebook computer, and even compresses the space for placing internal parts, which is not beneficial to the trend of lightening and thinning of the product design of the notebook computer.

Therefore, how to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks by improving the structural design has become one of the important problems to be solved in this field.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the technical problem of providing an expansion seat device aiming at the defects of the prior art.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, one of the technical solutions adopted by the present invention is to provide an expansion seat device, which is suitable for an electronic device, and the expansion seat device includes a base, an operating member and a fixing module. The base is used for bearing the electronic device, two sides of the upper surface of the base are respectively provided with a slotted hole, and each slotted hole is provided with a wide opening part and a narrow opening part. The operating member is disposed on one side of the base and adjacent to one of the slots. The fixing module comprises two clamping hooks which respectively correspond to two clamping holes on a shell of the electronic device, each clamping hook is provided with a head, and the two clamping hooks respectively penetrate through the wide opening parts of the two slotted holes to enable the heads to be exposed out of the upper surface of the base. Each clamping hook is used for clamping the corresponding clamping hole, and the electronic device is fixed or detached on the base through the reciprocating movement between the wide opening part and the narrow opening part. The head of each clamping hook is inverted trapezoid, and when the electronic device is fixed on the base, the top end of the head does not exceed the inner side surface of the shell.

Preferably, the top end of the head is cut into the inside surface of the housing.

Preferably, the thickness of the head of each hook is equal to the thickness of the housing of the electronic device.

Preferably, the hook further comprises a neck, a body and a leg, the neck is connected between the head and the body, and the body is connected between the neck and the leg.

Preferably, the expansion seat device further comprises a link rod, a support frame, a connecting piece and at least one elastic piece, wherein the link rod, the support frame, the connecting piece and the at least one elastic piece are arranged in the base, one end of the link rod is fixed on the support frame, the other end of the link rod is connected with the connecting piece, the supporting legs of the clamping hooks are abutted against the connecting piece, and the at least one elastic piece is connected between the connector module and the connecting piece.

Preferably, the connecting piece comprises a first chute, and the support leg is arranged in the first chute and moves along the first chute.

Preferably, the connecting piece further comprises a second sliding groove, and a side column of the support frame is inserted into the second sliding groove and moves along the second sliding groove.

Preferably, when the electronic device is fixed on the base, the electronic device presses down the base to enable the base to move downwards to push the connecting rod piece, enable the connecting rod piece to drive the connecting piece, enable the connecting piece to push the clamping hook to move from the wide opening part to the narrow opening part, enable the connecting piece to pull the connector module to move towards the electronic device through the elastic piece, and enable at least one signal transmission component of the connector module to be connected with at least one signal interface of the electronic device; when the electronic device is detached from the base, the operation piece is pressed by an external force to enable the at least one signal transmission component to be disconnected with the at least one signal interface, the elastic piece pulls the connection piece, and the connection piece pushes the clamping hook to move from the narrow opening portion to the wide opening portion.

Preferably, the fixing module further comprises two guide posts respectively arranged at two sides of the upper surface of the base, and each guide post is adjacent to the corresponding clamping hook; when each hook is clamped in the corresponding clamping hole, each guide column is used for being inserted into one guide hole in the shell and propped against the shell.

Preferably, the fixing module further comprises two detection pins respectively arranged at two sides of the upper surface of the base, and each detection pin is adjacent to the corresponding clamping hook; when each clamping hook is clamped in the corresponding clamping hole, each detection pin presses down and abuts against the shell.

The expansion seat device has the advantages that the expansion seat device can be clamped in the corresponding clamping holes through the clamping hooks, the electronic device is fixed or detached on the base through the movement between the wide opening part and the narrow opening part, the head part of each clamping hook is inverted trapezoid, and when the electronic device is fixed on the base, the top end of the head part does not exceed the inner side surface of the shell, so that the occupation of the inner space of the electronic device is reduced, and the expansion seat device has great help to the thinning of the electronic device.

For a further understanding of the nature and the technical aspects of the present invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings, which are provided for purposes of reference only and are not intended to limit the invention.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of one of the three-dimensional combination of the controller device according to the embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of an electronic device (not docked) carried by the docking device of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of section III of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the dashed line IV-IV of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 to 8 are schematic views of a portion of the internal structure of the docking station device and the electronic device when the docking station device is not docked.

FIG. 9 is a partial schematic view of a dock carrying an electronic device (docked) according to the present invention.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion X of fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a schematic perspective view of the docking station apparatus in a docked state.

Fig. 12 to 14 are partial schematic views of internal structures of the docking station device and the electronic device when the docking station device and the electronic device are docked.

Detailed Description

The following specific examples are given to illustrate the embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein with respect to a docking station apparatus, and those skilled in the art will be able to understand the advantages and effects of the present invention from the disclosure herein. The invention is capable of other and different embodiments and its several details are capable of modifications and various other uses and applications, all of which are obvious from the description, without departing from the spirit of the invention. The drawings of the present invention are merely schematic illustrations, and are not intended to be drawn to actual dimensions. The following embodiments will further illustrate the related art content of the present invention in detail, but the disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that, although the terms "first," "second," "third," etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used primarily to distinguish one element from another element. In addition, the term "or" as used herein shall include any one or combination of more of the associated listed items as the case may be.

Examples

First, referring to fig. 1 to 3, fig. 1 is a perspective view of an dock apparatus in an undocked state, fig. 2 is a perspective view of an dock apparatus carrying an electronic device (undocked) of the present invention, and fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion III of fig. 2. The invention provides an expansion seat device D, which comprises: a base 1, an operating member 2 and a fixed module 3. The docking device D is suitable for an electronic device, such as, but not limited to, a notebook computer, and for simplicity of illustration, only the housing H near the bottom of the notebook computer is shown in the drawings of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, the base 1 is used for carrying a notebook computer (see the housing H in fig. 2), two sides of the upper surface 10 of the base 1 are respectively provided with a slot 100, and each slot 100 has a wide portion 101 and a narrow portion 102. The wide opening 101 communicates with the narrow opening 102, and they are divided into different sized areas of the slot 100. The operating member 2 is disposed on one side of the base 1 and adjacent to one of the slots 100. The operating member 2 comprises an internal connector module 20 and at least one signal transmission assembly 21 (shown in fig. 2) connected to the connector module 20. The fixing module 3 includes two hooks 31 corresponding to two clamping holes H1 on a housing H of the notebook computer. In the embodiment of the invention, the shape of the clamping hole H1 may be the same as the shape of the slot 100, and the clamping hole H1 includes a first position H11 with a wide-mouth shape and a second position H12 with a narrow-mouth shape. It should be noted that the shape of the clamping hole H1 at the second position H12 is basically an inverted trapezoid shape corresponding to the head 311 of the hook 31, so that the aperture of the clamping hole H1 at the second position H12 is not uniform, but gradually increases from bottom to top (or from the outside of the housing H to the inside of the housing H).

In view of the above, each hook 31 has a head 311, and when the housing H of the notebook computer is disposed on the base 1, the two hooks 31 respectively pass through the wide portions 101 of the two slots 100, so that the heads 311 are exposed on the upper surface 10 of the base 1. The hook 31 reciprocates between the wide opening 101 and the narrow opening 102, and the head 311 of the hook 31 is clamped in the corresponding clamping hole H1 and reciprocates between the first position H11 and the second position H12, so that the notebook computer is fixed or detached to the base 1.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the broken line IV-IV of fig. 3. The thickness T1 of the head 311 of each hook 31 of the docking device D is slightly greater than or equal to the thickness T2 of the housing H of the notebook computer. Further, the head 311 of the hook 31 has an inverted trapezoid shape, and when the electronic device is fixed on the base 1, the top end of the head 311 does not exceed the inner surface of the housing H. Further, when the notebook computer is fixed to the base 1, the top end of the head 311 is substantially or completely cut into the inner surface of the housing H. Therefore, when the hook 31 of the present invention is hooked to the fastening hole H1 on the housing H of the notebook computer, the head 311 of the hook 31 does not protrude beyond the housing H of the notebook computer. That is, the height of the fastening hole H1 designed corresponding to the fastening hook 31 of the present invention on the housing H of the notebook computer is only required to be equal to the housing H, so that more space is available for placing components on the structural design of the notebook computer.

Next, referring to fig. 5 to 8, fig. 5 to 8 mainly illustrate an internal movement mechanism of the docking station device D and the electronic device when not docked. For convenience of description, fig. 5 to 8 show only a part of the internal structure of the docking device D of the present invention. Specifically, the docking device D further includes a link member 4, a supporting frame 5, a connecting member 6, and at least one elastic member 7. In the present invention, the base 1 is a cover body which floats up and down. The link member 4, the support frame 5, the connecting member 6 and at least one elastic member 7 are disposed inside the base 1. As shown in fig. 5, the connecting member 6 is a substantially elongated machine member, and the connecting member 6 includes a first sliding slot 61 and a second sliding slot 62. The supporting frame 5 is disposed on the connecting piece 6, and a side post 51 of the supporting frame 5 is inserted into the second sliding groove 62, so that the supporting frame 5 can move along the second sliding groove 62. The link member 4 is a link mechanism composed of at least two links, wherein the two links can be connected by a pin. Further, at least two connecting rods included in the connecting rod member 4 and the supporting frame 5 may form a crank-slider mechanism.

In view of the above, the link member 4 is mainly used to connect the hook 31 and the connector module 20, so that the movement direction of the hook 31 is the same as the movement direction of the connector module 20, and therefore, when the hook 31 is engaged with the engaging hole H1 of the housing H of the notebook computer, the movement mechanism of the connector module 20 can be shared without adding a new related movement mechanism or steering mechanism, thereby saving additional cost of parts. When the hook 31 is engaged with one end (referred to as a fixed end 41) of the link member 4, the other end (referred to as a moving end 42) is fixed to the supporting frame 5 and connected to the connecting member 6. The elastic member 7 is, for example, but not limited to, a spring, and the elastic member 7 is connected between the connector module 20 of the operation member 2 and the connection member 6. It should be noted that the number of the elastic members 7 is not limited to the present invention. In addition, as shown in fig. 8, the hook 31 includes a neck portion 312, a body portion 313 and a leg 314 in addition to the head portion 311. The neck 312 is connected between the head 311 and the body 313, and the width of the neck 312 is smaller than the width of the narrow opening 102 of the slot 100 and smaller than the minimum aperture of the clamping hole H1 at the second position H12. The body 313 is connected between the neck 312 and the leg 314, and the leg 314 of the hook 31 abuts against the connecting member 6, specifically, the leg 314 is disposed in the first sliding groove 61 of the connecting member 6, such that the hook 31 can move along the first sliding groove 61.

Next, referring to fig. 9 to 11, fig. 9 is a partial schematic view of the dock device of the present invention carrying an electronic device (docked), fig. 10 is an enlarged schematic view of an X portion of fig. 9, and fig. 11 is a perspective schematic view of the dock device of the present invention in a docked state (fig. 11 with a housing H removed compared to fig. 9). When the docking device D docks the notebook computer, the hook 31 moves from the wide portion 101 to the narrow portion 102 of the slot 100 of the base 1, and the head 311 of the hook 31 moves from the first position H11 to the second position H12 of the engaging hole H1 to be engaged in the engaging hole H1.

Next, referring to fig. 12 to 14, fig. 12 to 14 mainly illustrate an internal movement mechanism of the docking station device D and the electronic device when the docking station device D and the electronic device are docked. When the notebook computer is fixed on the base 1, the base 1 can bear a pressing force. The base 1 is mentioned as a cover moving up and down, and thus moves down when the base 1 is pressed down, thereby pushing the link member 4. When the link member 4 is not moved, it is substantially V-shaped (as shown in fig. 5), and the link member 4 is forced to move and extend to both sides (the support frame 5 connected to the fixed end 41 moves in the negative X-axis direction, and the moving end 42 moves in the positive X-axis direction, as shown in fig. 12) and further drives the connecting member 6. Since the legs 314 of the hook 31 are disposed in the first sliding groove 61 of the connecting member 6, the connecting member 6 pushes the hook 31 together to move along the first sliding groove 61 along the positive X-axis direction, and at the same time, the hook 31 moves from the wide portion 101 to the narrow portion 102 of the slot 100 of the base 1, and the head 311 of the hook 31 moves from the first position H11 to the second position H12 of the engaging hole H1 to engage in the engaging hole H1 (as shown in fig. 10). In addition, the connecting piece 6 pulls the at least one signal transmission component 21 of the connector module 20 to move towards the notebook computer through the elastic piece 7, so that the at least one signal transmission component 21 of the connector module 20 is connected to the at least one signal interface H2 of the notebook computer (as shown in fig. 10).

In view of the above, when the notebook computer is detached from the base 1, the user can press the operating member 2 (as shown in fig. 1), and the operating member 2 is pressed by an external force, so that at least one signal transmission component 21 of the connector module 20 is disconnected from at least one signal interface H2, and the elastic member 7 pulls the connecting member 6 (the elastic member 7 is connected between the connector module 20 and the connecting member 6), so that the connecting member 6 is reset. In detail, the connecting piece 6 is pulled by the elastic piece 7 to push the hook 31 to move along the first sliding groove 61 along the negative X-axis direction. At the same time, the connecting piece 6 pushes the hook 31, so that the hook 31 moves from the narrow opening 102 of the slot 100 of the base 1 to the wide opening 101, and the head 311 of the hook 31 moves from the second position H12 of the engaging hole H1 back to the first position H11, so as to release the engaging state (as shown in fig. 3).

With continued reference to fig. 1 and 9, the fixing module 3 further includes two guide posts 32 and two detection pins 33 respectively disposed on two sides of the upper surface 10 of the base 1. Each guide post 32 is adjacent to a corresponding hook 31 with each detection pin 33. The guiding post 32 is used for assisting the hook 31 to be correctly clamped in the clamping hole H1, and the detecting pin 33 is used for confirming whether the hook 31 is correctly clamped in the clamping hole H1. Further, the detection pins 33, the guide posts 32 and the hooks 31 of the two sets of fixing modules 3 respectively located at both sides of the upper surface 10 of the base 1 are all arranged along the positive X-axis direction. When each hook 31 is locked in the corresponding locking hole H1, each guide post 32 is configured to be inserted into a guide hole H3 on the housing H and to abut against the housing H. When each hook 31 is locked in the corresponding locking hole H1, each detection pin 33 presses down and abuts against the housing H.

Advantageous effects of the embodiments

The invention has the beneficial effects that the expansion seat device D provided by the invention can be clamped in each clamping hole H1 through the technical scheme that each clamping hook 31 is used for clamping and arranging each clamping hole H1, and the electronic device is fixed or detached on the base 1 through the movement between the wide opening part 101 and the narrow opening part 102, and the shape of the head 311 of each clamping hook 31 is inverted trapezoid, and when the electronic device is fixed on the base 1, the top end of the head 311 does not exceed the inner side surface of the shell H, so that the technical scheme is used for reducing the occupied internal space of the electronic device, and the expansion seat device D has great help for lightening and thinning the electronic device.

In addition, the docking device D of the present invention is mainly pressed down by the electronic device carried by the base 1, so that the link member 4 is displaced along the X-axis direction, and the connecting member 6 is driven to push the connector module 20 and the hook 31 to displace along the X-axis direction. Since the link member 4 is mainly used for connecting the hook 31 and the connector module 20, so that the movement direction of the hook 31 is the same as the movement direction of the connector module 20, when the hook 31 is engaged with the engaging hole H1 of the housing H of the notebook computer, the movement mechanism of the connector module 20 can be shared, and no additional related movement mechanism or steering mechanism is required, thereby saving additional cost of parts.

Furthermore, the docking device D and the hook 31 thereof according to the present invention are greatly simplified in structural design compared with the prior art. The thickness T1 of the head 311 of each hook 31 of the docking device D is equal to the thickness T2 of the housing H of the notebook computer. Further, the head 311 of the hook 31 has an inverted trapezoid shape, and when the notebook computer is fixed on the base 1, the top end of the head 311 is aligned with the inner surface of the housing H. Therefore, when the hook 31 of the present invention is hooked to the fastening hole H1 on the housing H of the notebook computer, the head 311 of the hook 31 does not protrude beyond the housing H of the notebook computer. That is, the height of the fastening hole H1 designed corresponding to the fastening hook 31 of the present invention on the housing H of the notebook computer is only required to be equal to the housing H, so that more space is available for placing components on the structural design of the notebook computer.

The foregoing disclosure is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the claims, so that all equivalent technical changes made by the application of the present invention and the accompanying drawings are included in the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. An expansion seat device is applicable to an electronic device, the electronic device is provided with a shell and at least one signal interface positioned on the shell, the shell is provided with a concave part on the inner side, and the concave part is provided with two clamping holes, the expansion seat device is characterized in that the expansion seat device comprises:

the base is used for bearing the electronic device, two sides of the upper surface of the base are respectively provided with a slotted hole, and each slotted hole is provided with a wide opening part and a narrow opening part;

the operating piece comprises a connector module which is arranged on one side of the base and is adjacent to one slot hole, and the connector module comprises at least one signal transmission component which is detachably connected with the at least one signal interface; and

the fixing module comprises two clamping hooks which respectively correspond to the two clamping holes, each clamping hook is provided with a head part, and the two clamping hooks respectively pass through the wide opening parts of the two slotted holes so that the heads are exposed out of the upper surface of the base;

each clamping hook is used for being clamped in the corresponding clamping hole, and the electronic device is fixed or detached on the base through movement between the wide opening part and the narrow opening part;

the head of each hook is inverted trapezoid, and when the electronic device is fixed on the base, the top end of the head does not exceed the surface of the concave part.

2. The docking station apparatus of claim 1, wherein a top end of the head is flush with an inside surface of the housing.

3. The docking apparatus of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the head of each of the hooks is equal to a thickness of the housing of the electronic device.

4. The docking station apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hook further comprises a neck, a body portion, and a leg, the neck being connected between the head and the body portion, the body portion being connected between the neck and the leg.

5. The docking station apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a link member, a support frame, a connecting member, and at least one elastic member, wherein the link member, the support frame, the connecting member, and the at least one elastic member are disposed inside the base, one end of the link member is fixed to the support frame, the other end of the link member is connected to the connecting member, the leg of the hook is abutted to the connecting member, and the at least one elastic member is connected between the connector module and the connecting member.

6. The docking station apparatus of claim 5, wherein the connector comprises a first runner, and the leg is disposed in and moves along the first runner.

7. The docking station apparatus of claim 6, wherein the connector further comprises a second chute, and wherein a side post of the support bracket is inserted into and moves along the second chute.

8. The docking station apparatus of claim 7, wherein when the electronic device is fixed on the base, the electronic device is configured to press the base downward to push the link member, to push the link member to drive the connecting member, to push the hook to move from the wide opening to the narrow opening, and to push the connector module to move toward the electronic device via the elastic member, to connect the at least one signal transmission component to the at least one signal interface; when the electronic device is detached from the base, the operation piece is pressed by an external force to enable the at least one signal transmission component to be disconnected from the at least one signal interface, the elastic piece pulls the connection piece, and the connection piece pushes the clamping hook to move from the narrow opening portion to the wide opening portion.

9. The docking station apparatus of claim 1, wherein the fixing module further comprises two guide posts disposed on two sides of the upper surface of the base, each of the guide posts being adjacent to a corresponding one of the hooks; when each clamping hook is clamped in the corresponding clamping hole, each guide column is used for being inserted into one guide hole in the shell and propped against the shell.

10. The docking station apparatus of claim 1, wherein the fixing module further comprises two detection pins respectively disposed on two sides of the upper surface of the base, each detection pin being adjacent to a corresponding hook; when each clamping hook is clamped in the corresponding clamping hole, each detection pin presses down and abuts against the shell.