CN116697232A - Support structure and device comprising same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a support structure and an apparatus including a support structure, the support structure including a base and a support, the support being movably mounted to the base and the support being rotatably mounted to the base such that the support can be near or away from a surface of the base. When rotating support piece in order to support for the base, because the support piece is angled with the base between, and be provided with other article on the support piece, can lead to bearing structure's focus to change, consequently, can change the focus through the position that removes support piece to guarantee bearing structure's support is more stable. In addition, by moving the position of the support, the position and distance requirements of the user with the supported article can also be met.

Description

Support structure and device comprising same

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of mobile terminal support, in particular to a support structure and a device comprising the support structure.

Background

Along with the use scenes and functions of mobile terminals such as tablet computers and mobile phones becoming wider, the mobile terminals are often provided with a supporting structure for supporting when in use, so that users can apply the mobile terminals comfortably. In the related art, when the mobile terminal is supported by the support structure, the support process is unstable due to the weight of the mobile terminal, for example, when the mobile terminal is slightly subjected to some external force, the mobile terminal may topple over, even fall down and be damaged, and this may affect the use experience of the user.

Disclosure of Invention

To overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides a support structure and an apparatus including the same.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a support structure comprising a base and a support member, the support member being movably mounted to the base and the support member being rotatably mounted to the base such that the support member can be moved closer to or further from a surface of the base.

Optionally, the support structure further comprises a transmission mechanism mounted between the base and the support frame for driving the support member to move relative to the base as the support member rotates.

Optionally, the support member is movably mounted to the base via a slider and rotatably mounted to the slider via a rotating member, and the transmission mechanism is mounted to the slider.

Optionally, the transmission mechanism includes a gear set that is linked with the rotating member, a rack extending along the moving direction of the sliding member is provided on the base, and is used for meshing with a first gear in the gear set, and the gear set is configured to: when the rotating member rotates in a first direction, the first gear is caused to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Optionally, a cavity is formed in the sliding piece, and the gear set is accommodated in the cavity.

Optionally, the base is provided with at least two rows of racks, and the at least two rows of racks are arranged on the base at intervals.

Optionally, the gear set further includes a second gear and a third gear meshed with the second gear, the second gear is fixedly connected with the first gear coaxially, and the third gear is fixedly connected with the rotating member coaxially.

Optionally, the support piece is movably installed in through the slider in the base, offer on the base and be used for holding the spout of slider, the lateral wall of spout is offered along the bar hole that the direction of movement set up, the tip of slider can stretch into in the bar hole.

Optionally, the support structure further comprises a drive motor for electrically driving the movement of the slide and/or for electrically driving the rotation of the support.

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus comprising a support structure, comprising the support structure provided by the present disclosure.

Optionally, the portable electronic device further comprises a keyboard unit, wherein the keyboard unit is arranged on the base.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can comprise the following beneficial effects: when rotating support piece in order to support for the base, because the support piece is angled with the base between, and be provided with other article on the support piece, can lead to bearing structure's focus to change, consequently, can change the focus through the position that removes support piece to guarantee bearing structure's support is more stable. In addition, by moving the position of the support, the position and distance requirements of the user with the supported article can also be met.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a support structure when deployed, according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a support structure closed according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a support structure shown according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a partial enlarged view of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a transmission mechanism according to an exemplary embodiment.

Description of the reference numerals

10-base, 11-spout, 12-bar hole, 20-support piece, 30-slider, 40-rotor, 50-rack, 60-gear train, 61-first gear, 62-second gear, 63-third gear, 64-pivot.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the present disclosure, unless otherwise indicated, directional terms such as "inner and outer" are used with respect to the outline of the respective component parts themselves; the terms such as "first, second," and the like, as used in this disclosure, are used for distinguishing one element from another and not necessarily for order or importance. Furthermore, when the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary examples are not representative of all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with some aspects of the present disclosure as detailed in the accompanying claims.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the present disclosure provides a support structure that can be used to place accessories such as a keyboard and the like and can be used to support a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or other mobile terminals having a display screen, the support structure including a base 10 and a support 20, the support 20 being movably mounted to the base 10, for example, being movable in a length and width direction of the base 10, i.e., in a direction toward or away from a user, and being movable to a left side and a right side of the user. And the support 20 is rotatably mounted to the base 10 such that the support 20 can be moved closer to or farther from the surface of the base 10, i.e., such that the support 20 can be unfolded as shown in fig. 1 or closed as shown in fig. 2. Here, the support 20 may be configured to be completely attached to the base 10 when the support is closed, for example, a magnetic attraction member may be embedded in the support so that the support and the base may be attracted to each other to be attached when the support is closed, and the support 20 may also be configured to function as a cover when a keyboard unit or other accessory is provided on the base 10 to protect the support from dust. The angle that the support 20 can be unfolded may be any angle, when the support 20 is mounted to the base 10 through a rotating member described below, the rotating member may be configured as a member with a certain damping, and the damping may enable the support 20 to remain hovering at a current position when not subjected to a large external force such as pushing, for example, when the support 20 supports a tablet computer or the like, the support 20 may still hover at a desired position, and in addition, the hovering effect of the support 20 may be achieved by additionally providing a damping structure, and similarly, the moving process of the support 20 may also be stopped at a certain position by providing a damping. In the disclosed embodiment, the movement and rotation of the support member 20 may be accomplished manually by a user or automatically by providing an electronic control device.

Through the above technical scheme, when rotating support piece 20 in order to support for base 10, because the angle is formed between support piece 20 and base 10, and when being provided with other article on the support piece 20, can lead to bearing structure's focus to change, consequently, can change the focus through the position of removal support piece 20 to guarantee bearing structure's support is more stable. In addition, by moving the position of the support 20, the user's position and distance requirements with respect to the supported items can also be met.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the bottom of the support 20 may be configured to be groove-shaped after being unfolded, so as to facilitate the devices such as a tablet computer or a mobile phone to be clamped therein. Referring to fig. 1 and 4, the support 20 may be mounted to the base 10 by a slider 30, for example, a slide groove 11 may be formed in the base 10, the slider 30 may be slidably disposed in the slide groove 11, for example, a slide rail may be disposed in the slide groove 11, and a slider may be disposed on the slider 30. The side wall of the chute 11 can be provided with a strip-shaped hole 12 arranged along the moving direction, the end part of the sliding piece 30 can extend into the strip-shaped hole 12, the matching of the strip-shaped hole 12 and the sliding piece 30 can play a role in guiding and limiting, and the end part of the sliding piece 30 can be provided with a step surface combined with the end surface of the strip-shaped hole 12 to further realize the limiting effect. In manual operation, the user can move the slider 30 through the bar-shaped hole 12 from the outside of the chute 11, thereby moving the support 20. In other embodiments, the bottom wall of the chute 11 may be provided with uniformly arranged teeth, the sliding member 30 is provided with a rotatable cam, the teeth of the cam are engaged with the teeth of the chute 11, and the supporting member 20 can be moved along the direction of the teeth by rotating the gear.

With continued reference to fig. 4, the support member 20 may be rotatably mounted on the base 10 by a rotation member 40, such as the above-mentioned slide member 30, and the rotation member 40 may be, for example, a damping shaft, and the rotation member may extend into both sides of the slide member 30. Here, the sliding member 30 and the rotating member 40 may be separate members from the supporting member 20, or may be integrally formed with the supporting member 20, that is, the supporting member 20 may be movably and rotatably mounted on the base 10 by a self-formed shaped structure.

The support structure may further include a transmission mechanism mounted between the base 10 and the support frame 20 for driving the support member 20 to move relative to the base 10 when the support member 20 rotates. By providing a transmission mechanism, the rotation and movement of the support member 20 are linked, that is, the support member 20 is driven to rotate when moving, and conversely, the support member 20 is driven to move when rotating. Through setting up drive mechanism, when using bearing structure to support, only need operate an action, if make it rotate through upset support piece 20, support piece 20 can automatic movement simultaneously, here the direction of movement of support piece 20 can be preset according to the upset direction, take fig. 3 as an example, when support piece 20 turns over clockwise, because support piece 20 wholly can incline to the right, consequently can make support piece 20 wholly move left through drive mechanism, along with the upset angle grow, the distance of left side moves also can grow, guarantee from this that bearing structure of supporting equipment can adapt to change the focus, thereby support steadily. In the embodiment of the disclosure, by arranging the transmission mechanism, not only the support stability of the support structure can be ensured, but also the whole linkage of the support piece 20 can be realized, so that the step of unfolding the support structure is simplified, and the problem of inconvenient angle adjustment is avoided because the support structure can be operated by one hand compared with a mode of two hands.

When the supporting member 20 is movably mounted on the base 10 through the sliding member 30 and rotatably mounted on the sliding member 30 through the rotating member 40, the transmission mechanism can be mounted on the sliding member 30, for example, a cavity can be formed in the sliding member 30, the transmission mechanism is arranged in the cavity, so that the space arrangement of the transmission mechanism is saved, meanwhile, the components of the transmission mechanism can be protected, the transmission mechanism is prevented from being corroded or aged due to long-term exposure to the outside, and in addition, the mounting mode can collect the components, so that the assembly, disassembly and maintenance management are facilitated.

Specifically, referring to fig. 4, the transmission mechanism may include a gear set 60 coupled to the rotating member 40, and the gear set 60 is coupled when the supporting member 20 rotates. The base 10 may be provided with racks 50 disposed along the moving direction of the support 20, such as extending along the moving direction of the slider 30, and referring to fig. 1, the base 10 may be provided with at least two rows of racks 50, and the at least two rows of racks 50 may be disposed on the base 10 at intervals, for example, when there are two rows of racks 50, the two rows of racks 50 may be disposed at two lateral positions on the base 10 corresponding to the support 20 to ensure stable movement of the support 20. The gear set 60 may include a plurality of gears, the rack 50 may be engaged with a first gear 61 in the gear set 60, and the gear set 60 may be configured to: when the rotating member 40 rotates in a first direction, the first gear 61 is caused to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction, for example, when the supporting member 20 rotates clockwise in fig. 4, the first gear 61 rotates counterclockwise, and by engagement with the rack 50, it causes the slider 30 (supporting member 20) to move leftward, thereby adjusting the center of gravity of the supporting member 20. In other embodiments, the transmission mechanism may also be a worm and gear mechanism, or a suitable linkage mechanism, etc.

For example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 5, the gear set 60 may include a first gear 61, a second gear 62, and a third gear 63, the third gear 63 is fixedly connected coaxially with the rotating member 40, the first gear 61 is fixedly connected coaxially with the second gear 62 through a rotation shaft 64, the second gear 62 is meshed with the third gear 63, and the first gear 61 is meshed with the rack 50. In the example of fig. 5, when the supporter 20 and the rotator 40 are rotated clockwise, the third gear 63 is rotated clockwise in synchronization, the second gear 62 engaged with the third gear 63 is rotated counterclockwise, the first gear 61 is rotated counterclockwise in synchronization, and the first gear 61 rolls leftward on the rack 50 due to the engagement of the first gear 61 with the rack 50, thereby driving the slider 30 and the supporter 20 to move leftward. Likewise, it is also possible to first rotate the first gear 61 to the left to move the support 20 and then rotate the support 20 in the opposite process to the above. Here, the second gear 62 may be provided smaller than the third gear 63, and the first gear 61 may be provided larger, so that a smaller force is required to drive the supporter 20 to move a larger distance when it rotates, and the parts may be protected from abrasion or damage due to an excessive force. Here, the specific size between the three gears may be determined according to the actually calculated angle and position relationship of the support 20. In other embodiments, gear set 60 may include only two gears or may include more gears, as not limited in this disclosure.

As described above, the slider 30 may have a cavity formed therein, and the gear set 60 of the transmission mechanism may be accommodated in the cavity. Also can save space and protect parts.

The support structure provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be driven manually, and may be automatically driven by an electronic control system, so that the support structure may further include a driving motor, and the driving motor may be configured to electrically drive the support member 20 to move, or may electrically drive the support member 20 to rotate, and may also be configured to simultaneously set two driving motors to electrically drive the support member 20 to move and rotate. An electronically controlled button may be provided on the support structure to control the distance the support 20 moves or the angle of rotation by the duration of the button depression, and a reversing button may be provided to control the reverse movement of the support 20. For example, an open button and a close button may be provided on the support structure, the buttons controlling the action of the drive motor by means of a controller of the electronic control system, respectively.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is further provided an apparatus including the above supporting structure, where the apparatus may be a protective case for a mobile terminal or the like with a supporting function, or may be a keyboard protective case or the like. For example, where it is configured as a keyboard protective case, it may be integrated with a keyboard unit for typing content into a keyboard assembly, and the base 10 of the support structure may be used to set up the keyboard unit. The keyboard unit may be detachably connected to the base 10 through a connection structure, for example, a universal connection structure is provided on the base 10 to adapt to various keyboards, for example, a magnetic attraction structure or a damping structure may be provided, other mechanical connection structures such as a clamping device may be provided, or connection may be performed through an adhesive manner; the keyboard unit may be an integrally formed structure with the base 10, or it may be understood that the keyboard unit is the base 10, and the keyboard assembly integrates a key-in function of a keyboard and a supporting function of a supporting structure, for example, when the supporting member 20 is unfolded, a device such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer may be supported on the supporting member 20, and the keyboard unit may be in communication connection with the device through bluetooth, a wireless network or a network cable, so that the device such as the mobile phone or the tablet computer may be expanded to be convenient for operation, and also be convenient for a user to watch a screen by supporting the device at an angle. In some embodiments, the apparatus may also be provided as a separate protective case, a device or accessory of a device such as a mobile terminal may be provided in the protective case, or in some embodiments, the protective case may be integrated in a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal may include a display unit and the above-described keyboard assembly, the base 10 of the support structure may be used to provide or form the keyboard unit of the keyboard assembly, and the support 20 may be used to provide the display unit of the mobile terminal. The display unit of the mobile terminal can be used alone or simultaneously provided with a keyboard function, so that the display unit is suitable for various application scenes. In other embodiments, the mobile terminal may not include a keypad unit, including the display unit and the support structure described above, and the support 20 may be used to provide a display unit, which may be additionally communicatively coupled to the mobile terminal when a physical keypad is required.

The mobile terminal in the embodiment of the disclosure may be an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer or a notebook computer, or may be other electronic products with a display unit.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure. This application is intended to cover any adaptations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims (11)

1. A support structure comprising a base (10) and a support (20), the support (20) being movably mounted to the base (10) and the support (20) being rotatably mounted to the base (10) such that the support (20) can be brought closer to or further from the surface of the base (10).

2. The support structure according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission mechanism mounted between the base (10) and the support frame (20) for driving the support (20) to move relative to the base (10) when the support (20) rotates.

3. The support structure according to claim 2, wherein the support member (20) is movably mounted to the base (10) by a slider (30) and rotatably mounted to the slider (30) by a rotation member (40), the transmission mechanism being mounted to the slider (30).

4. A support structure according to claim 3, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises a gear set (60) coupled to the rotating member (40), the base (10) being provided with a rack (50) extending in the direction of movement of the sliding member (30) for meshing with a first gear (61) of the gear set (60), the gear set (60) being configured to: when the rotating member (40) rotates in a first direction, the first gear (61) is caused to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

5. The support structure according to claim 4, characterized in that the slider (30) is internally provided with a cavity, in which the gear set (60) is housed.

6. The support structure according to claim 4, characterized in that at least two rows of racks (50) are provided on the base (10), at least two rows of racks (50) being arranged on the base (10) at intervals.

7. The support structure according to claim 4, characterized in that the gear set (60) further comprises a second gear (62) and a third gear (63) meshing with the second gear (62), the second gear (62) being fixedly connected coaxially with the first gear (61), the third gear (63) being fixedly connected coaxially with the rotating member (40).

8. The supporting structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting member (20) is movably mounted on the base (10) through a sliding member (30), a sliding groove (11) for accommodating the sliding member (30) is formed in the base (10), a strip-shaped hole (12) arranged along the moving direction is formed in the side wall of the sliding groove (11), and the end portion of the sliding member (30) can extend into the strip-shaped hole (12).

9. The support structure according to any one of claims 1-8, further comprising a drive motor for electrically driving the movement and/or rotation of the support (20).

10. An apparatus comprising a support structure, characterized by comprising a support structure according to any one of claims 1-9.

11. The device according to claim 10, further comprising a keyboard unit, said keyboard unit being provided on said base (10).