CN1227885C

CN1227885C - Double axle hinging device

Info

Publication number: CN1227885C
Application number: CNB031090923A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩荣秀; 郑昌元; 朴圣圭
Original assignee: Phoenix Korea Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Amphenol Phoenix Telecom Parts Co Ltd
Priority date: 2002-04-03
Filing date: 2003-04-03
Publication date: 2005-11-16
Anticipated expiration: 2023-04-03
Also published as: KR100468368B1; KR20030079258A; CN1479505A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hinging device 10 capable of connecting and rotating two assemblies 7, 9, which comprises a main body 60, a first hinging component 40 and a second hinging component 80, wherein the first hinging component 40 has a connecting column 50, a first plate component 30, a second plate component 22 and an elastic component 70; the connecting column is inserted in the main body which can rotate on the connecting column, but the axial movement of the main body is limited. The first plate component and the main body can rotate together, the second plate component and the connecting column can rotate together, and the elastic component is connected with the first plate component and the second plate component. One of the two plate components has a protruding part, and the other plate component has a groove where the protruding part is embedded. The second hinging component has a rotary part 84 which can rotate relative to the main body by using a rotary shaft vertical to the connecting column of the first hinging component as a center.

Description

Two-axis hinge device

Invention field

The present invention relates to articulated mounting, in more detail, relate to the articulated mounting that in the device with two assemblies (for example mobile phone), connects above-mentioned two assemblies.

Background technology

Mancarried devices such as mobile phone have the articulated mounting that connects two assemblies.In general, one of them part is the keyboard with button, and another part has LCD.When using mobile phone, open mobile phone its keyboard and LCD are exposed.Common articulated mounting is to have a rotating shaft, when connecting two assemblies, and two assemblies of can easily opening and close, and to make these two assemblies be the center rotation with this axle.

In recent years, digital photographing can be carried out, and long-time moving images such as film can be appreciated by mobile phone by mobile phone.For bringing into play these fashion performances, need articulated mounting under open mode, to rotate a plurality of directions to part with LCD.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of two-axis hinge device, have high-freedom degree between two assemblies by this device connection.Specifically, provide two-axis hinge device, by this device, can be under the mobile phone open state to a plurality of direction rotating liquid crystal displays.

But another object of the present invention provides the articulated mounting that exposes Foldable mobile phone under the state in LCD.

According to the present invention, a kind of articulated mounting that connects and rotate two assemblies is provided, comprising:

Main body;

First hinge member comprises: be fixed on the joint pin in above-mentioned two assemblies, it comprises the coupling part, and aforementioned body rotatably is inserted in wherein, and the tomography part, is used to prevent that aforementioned body from moving along the direction of rotating shaft; The fixed part that can rotate with aforementioned body; The swivel plate parts that can rotate with above-mentioned joint pin; And the elastomeric element that is used for above-mentioned swivel plate parts are pushed to the said fixing parts, one of them of said fixing parts and above-mentioned swivel plate parts has ledge, and another has can be by the groove of above-mentioned ledge embedding;

Second hinge member is connected with aforementioned body, and is connected with in above-mentioned two assemblies another, and this second hinge member has rotating part, and this rotating part is that the center is rotatable with respect to aforementioned body with the rotating shaft that intersects vertically with above-mentioned joint pin.

Above-mentioned joint pin is limited in the scope of certain angle with respect to the rotation of aforementioned body.

Have axially extended hook in said fixing parts and above-mentioned swivel plate parts one of them, and in above-mentioned plate member, have hook ledge outstanding on its radial direction on another along above-mentioned joint pin.

Above-mentioned elastomeric element is conical collapse coil spring.

The simple declaration of accompanying drawing

In order to make those skilled in the art more be expressly understood purpose of the present invention and feature, below embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram that disposes according to the Portable mobile phone with two-axis hinge device of first embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is the decomposing schematic representation of two-axis hinge device shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 3 (a) is by the cutaway view of first hinge member after the rotating shaft direction cutting perpendicularly of second hinge member articulated mounting main body shown in Figure 1, (b) is the plane graph of first hinge member, and (a) of Fig. 3 and the main body that (b) shows are in stationary state;

Fig. 4 (a) is the cutaway view by first hinge member of the rotating shaft direction cutting perpendicularly articulated mounting main body shown in Figure 1 of second hinge member, (b) be the first hinge member plane graph, Fig. 4 (a) and (b) shown to break away from stationary state and revolve and turn 90 degrees the figure of back under halted state in main body.

Preferred forms

With reference to Fig. 1, mobile phone 5 is made up of with second housing parts, 9 grades with LCD first housing parts 7 with mainboard.One side of first housing parts 7 is provided with digital camera 8.The camera lens of digital camera 8 is towards the side (direction of arrow) of first housing parts 7.If mobile phone 5 has camera function, as shown in the figure, the cameraman takes pictures by show subject 6 on the LCD of second housing parts 9.For the ease of taking pictures of cameraman, preferred digital camera 8 lens directions (direction of arrow) are opposite with the direction of LCD.For this reason, as shown in the figure, second housing parts 9 need rotate on this direction under open mode.Therefore, between first housing parts 7 and second housing parts 9, two-axis hinge device 10 is set.The carriage 90 usefulness connecting screws 91 of articulated mounting 10 are fixed on first housing parts 7, top connection second housing parts 9 of articulated mounting 10.It is that center rotation or Z axle are the center rotation with the X-axis with respect to first housing parts 7 that articulated mounting 10a makes second housing parts 9.

Fig. 2 is the exploded view of the two-axis hinge device of Fig. 1.See figures.1.and.2 the carriage 90 that articulated mounting 10 has main body 60, first hinge member 40, second hinge member 80 that is connected with second housing parts 9, is connected with first housing parts 7.With reference to Fig. 2, carriage 90 is long plate member.The core of carriage 90 has fixing hole 92, inserts joint pin 50 described later and is attached thereto.The termination, both sides of carriage 90 has screw hole 94 respectively.As shown in Figure 1, by in two screw holes 94, inserting screw 91, fix the carriage 90 and first housing parts 7.The fixing hole 92 of carriage 90 cores is made of relative two circle arc curves 921,922 and two relative straight lines 923,924 of joining with above-mentioned arc curve 921,922 respectively.The shape of these fixing holes 92a is consistent with standing part 52 shape of cross sections that will insert the joint pin 50 in the fixing hole 92 described later.

With reference to Fig. 2, main body 60 has with the Z axle and is first hinge member 40 of center rotation and is second hinge member 80 of center rotation with the X-axis.The common articulated mounting that second hinge member 80 can use existing mobile phone to use.Second hinge member 80 does not have detailed icon, and second hinge member 80 has rotating part 84, straight line movable part and the elastomeric element etc. in shell 82, the shell 82.The coupling part 841 of rotating part 84 reaches the outside of shell 82.Coupling part 841 is quadrangular shapes.Coupling part 841 is connected to coupling part 89.The core of coupling part 89 has the rectangular opening 891 with coupling part 841 same shapes and size.The side of coupling part 89 forms a plurality of curved surfaces and plane.The coupling part 841 that reaches shell 82 outsides is inserted in the rectangular opening 891 of coupling part 89, with the relative rotation between restriction coupling part 89 and the rotating part 84.And coupling part 89 is inserted in second housing parts, prevents their relative rotation.Though it is not shown, but the coupling part of second housing parts 9 and articulated mounting 10 has and is used to insert and the groove of the device part 89 that is fixedly connected among Fig. 1, coupling part 89 is inserted in this groove and is fixed, and, insert and fix the coupling part of second hinge member in the rectangular opening of coupling part.The side of shell 82 has relative two planar sections 821 and two relative outstanding curved portion 822.Shell 82 with these side views is inserted and secured in main body 60 insertion grooves 62 with same shape and size described later.These hinge members for example have Korean Patent 10-0266516 number, No. the 6th, 085,387, United States Patent (USP), korean patent application to disclose the articulated mounting of record in 10-2001-0092850 number.Contents such as articulated mounting composition of putting down in writing in the above-mentioned communique and effect are adopted as the part of this specification.But second hinge member of the present invention is not limited to disclosed device in these documents, also can use the articulated mounting of other kind.

With reference to Fig. 2, main body 60 has and is used to make groove 68 that first hinge member 40 is partially submerged into and the hole 69 that is used to insert joint pin 50.First hinge member 40 comprises the joint pin 50 that is inserted in the main body 60 and is installed in fixed part 30, swivel plate 22, elastomeric element 70, retainer ring 42 on the joint pin 50 successively.

With reference to Fig. 2, main body 60 is long columns.Main body 60 has curvature portion 64 that cuts in the cylinder length direction and the planar section 66 that joins with this curvature portion 64.One end of main body 60 has the insertion groove 62 that is used to be inserted in above-mentioned second hinge member 80 that length direction extends.The madial wall of insertion groove 62 be identical with second hinge member, 80 shells, 82 shapes, constitute by two planar section 623,624 and two curvature portions 621,622 vis-a-vis vis-a-vis.The length of insertion groove 62 preferably can be inserted the shell 82 of second hinge member 80.Insert in the insertion groove 62 of this shape and fix second hinge member 80, thus second hinge member 80 is fixed on the main body 60, prevent the relative rotation of second hinge member 80 and main body 60.The side of main body 60 has the combination slot 68 that the radial direction on main body 60 cores excavates.Combination slot 68 has flat bottom surface 681 and four inwalls 682,683,684,685.Bottom surface 681 is parallel to the planar section 66 of main body 60 lateral surfaces.The core of the bottom surface 681 of combination slot 68 has circular through hole 69, and this through hole 69 is along the planar section that radially connects main body 60 66 of main body 60.Insert joint pin 50 in the through hole 69.

With reference to Fig. 2, joint pin 50 has base part 54, the hinge portion coupling part 56 that prolongs on base part 54, the standing part 52 that extends below base part 54.Base part 54 is the short cylindrical shapes of extending up and down.Prolonging the coupling part 56 that forms in base part 54 upper ends is cylinder body shapes.

Coupling part 56 is cylindrical.The side of coupling part 56 has relative two and is the curvature portion 561 of partial arc shape and two the relative planar sections 563 that join with above-mentioned two curvature portion 561 two ends.The diameter of coupling part 56 is less than the diameter of base part 54.Has tomography part 541 between coupling part 56 and the base part 54.The below slightly of the upper end of coupling part 56 has cannelure 565.In cannelure 565, can embed retainer ring 42 described later.Standing part 52 has the shape identical with above-mentioned coupling part 56, extends to form downwards from base part 54.Standing part 52 has the shape identical with the fixing hole 92 of carriage 90.Standing part 52 is inserted in the fixing hole 92 of carriage 90 and fixes, thereby prevents to rotate.The method of fixedly connected post 50 on carriage 90 can adopt methods such as wedging, riveted joint, welding.The coupling part 56 of joint pin 50 is inserted in the through hole 69 of main body 60, and at this moment, the tomography part 541 between base part 54 and the coupling part 56 limits moving down of main bodys 60.

With reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 (a), fixed part 30 is placed on the bottom surface 681 of the combination slot 68 of main body 60.Fixed part 30 has bottom surface portions 32 that directly contacts with bottom surface 681 and the vertical ledge 34 that extends vertically upward from bottom surface portions 32.Bottom surface portions 32 has the shape with the rectangular slab of bottom surface 681 same shapes, therefore, when bottom surface portions 32 is placed on bottom surface 681, the rotations of combination slot 68 inboard restriction bottom surface portions 32.Vertical ledge 34 is that the part of part bottom surface is bent to form, and therefore a sidewall with combination slot 68 just in time coincide.From the center of joint pin 50 to the distance of vertical ledge 34 greater than from the center of swivel plate 22 to the marginal portion 223 distance, and less than distance to hook ledge 26.

Bottom surface portions 32 has the through hole 36 at this plate center of perforation and is positioned at two hooks 741 of through hole both sides.Joint pin 50 is through through hole 36.The size of through hole 36 is set at joint pin 50 and can rotates freely.With through hole 36 is that centrosymmetric two hooks 741 extend to marginal portion formation respectively from the outside near through hole 36.Linking up with 741 both sides is shapes wide outside and narrow inside, and both sides have certain gradient.Two hooks 741 are inserted in the holddown groove 221 of swivel plate 22 described later, by this gradient, when giving to rotate external force by force on the swivel plate 22, move on on the swivel plate 22 hook 741 above, link up with 741 upper ends and contact with swivel plate 22 bottom surfaces.Fixed part 30 can be by the extrusion process manufacturing of sheet metal.

Place swivel plate 22 above the fixed part 30.Swivel plate 22 is smooth toroidals, and its core has through hole 24, and the relative two side ends of its edge part has two pocket for the punch heads 221, and the part of its edge part stretches out slightly and forms hook ledge 26.Through hole 24 has two relative curved portion and two relative straight line portioies, and its shape is identical with the coupling part 56 of joint pin 50 with size.From the coupling part 56 that this through hole 24 inserts joint pin 50, swivel plate 22 is rotated with respect to main body 60 with joint pin 50.Two pocket for the punch heads 221 are identical with the hook 741 of fixed part 30, are outside more wide more shapes.On two hanging grooves 221, can insert two hooks 741 of fixed part 30.The both sides of hook ledge 26 have hook joint respectively and divide 261,262.Two hook joints one of divide in 261,262 261 to be connected in pocket for the punch head 221.Hook joint divides 261,262 rotations along with swivel plate 22, rides over the vertical ledge 34 of fixed part 30, thus the continuation rotation of restriction swivel plate 22.Wherein, when swivel plate 22 revolves when turning 90 degrees with respect to fixed part 30 from state shown in Fig. 3 (a), the hook joint that is connected in pocket for the punch head 221 divides 261 just to ride on the vertical ledge 34; And when swivel plate 22 when in the opposite direction Rotate 180 is spent with respect to fixed part 30, the another one hook joint divides 262 just to ride on the vertical ledge 34.

On swivel plate 22, be placed with elastomeric element 70.This elastomeric element 70 is collapse coil springs, and its underpart is wide and top is narrow.Elastomeric element 70 can be enclosed within on the joint pin 50, and its lower end touches swivel plate 22, and its upper end touches retainer ring 42 described later, thus swivel plate is pushed to fixed part 30 sides.

Place retainer ring 42, the position that keeps hinge portion and main body thus above the elastomeric element 70.The retainer ring 42 general C of use shapes are encircled, but also can use E shape retainer ring.Retainer ring 42 embeds in the cannelure 565 of joint pin 50, prevents that main body 60, fixed part 30, swivel plate 22 and elastomeric element 70 break away from joint pin 50.

Describe the function of present embodiment articulated mounting in detail below with reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4.

Open with the function of second hinge member 80 of close first housing parts and second housing parts with known identical usually, therefore omit explanation here.Describe the effect of first hinge member 40 below in detail.With reference to Fig. 3 (a) and (b), two of fixed part 30 hooks 741 embed the pocket for the punch heads 221 of swivel plates 22.Fixed part 30 is fixed on the main body 60, prevents the relative rotation of fixed part 30 and main body 60.Swivel plate 22 joins with joint pin 50, prevents the relative rotation of swivel plate 22 and joint pin 50.Therefore, if do not apply suitable external force, main body 60 can not rotated with respect to joint pin 50.Is center rotation in order to make main body 60 with joint pin 50, and when main body 60 was applied bigger revolving force, fixed part 30 just rotate together with main body 60, and hook 741 upwards boosts swivel plate 22, links up with 741 disengaging pocket for the punch heads 221.At this moment, main body 60 being applied smaller revolving force, also to make it be center rotation with joint pin 50.Under the state of pocket for the punch head 221 disengagings of swivel plate 22, if do not apply revolving force, main body 60 just stops on this position at hook 741.This is because the elastic force of elastomeric element 70 makes the hook 741 and swivel plate 22 fluid-tight engagement of fixed part 30.

Fig. 4 has shown under the state of Fig. 3 main body 60 has been revolved the state that turn 90 degrees.

With reference to Fig. 4, the hook ledge 26 of swivel plate 22 rides on the vertical ledge 34 of fixed part 30 by the hook coupling part 261 near pocket for the punch head 221, thereby has stoped further rotation.This state can be used for taking pictures.That is, as shown in Figure 1, the lens direction of digital camera 6 is during towards the side (direction of arrow) of first housing parts 7, and second housing parts 9 revolves the LCD rightabout under open mode and turn 90 degrees, and at this moment can be convenient to take pictures.

Though diagram not, with Fig. 4 side in the opposite direction during rotating main body 60, main body 60 can the Rotate 180 degree under the state of Fig. 3.At this moment, hook joint divides 262 to ride on the vertical ledge 34, thereby has stoped further rotation.Second housing parts (Fig. 1 9) that closes under this state, LCD is just exposed the outside.Can watch moving image this moment for a long time.

Claims

1. articulated mounting is used for connecting and rotating two assemblies, it is characterized in that comprising:

Main body;

2. the described articulated mounting of claim 1, wherein above-mentioned joint pin is limited in the scope of certain angle with respect to the rotation of aforementioned body.

3. the described articulated mounting of claim 2 wherein has the hook that extends along the axis direction of above-mentioned joint pin, and have radially outstanding hook ledge on another in said fixing parts and swivel plate parts.

4. each described articulated mounting of claim 1 to 3, wherein above-mentioned elastomeric element is conical collapse coil spring.