CN214196938U - Rotating shaft structure - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a pivot structure, it includes pivot, sleeve, elastic component and adjusting part. The rotating shaft is rotatably arranged on the sleeve. The sleeve has a tapered surface. The elastic piece is sleeved on the conical surface. The adjusting member is movably coupled to the rotating shaft and has a tapered hole. The adjusting piece is movably arranged on the elastic piece through the taper hole. In one mode, the adjusting member covers the whole of the elastic member, the whole of the elastic member is located between the taper hole and the taper surface, and the whole of the elastic member is squeezed to provide the first torsion. In another mode, the rotating shaft is rotated, the adjusting member is moved by the rotating shaft, a portion of the elastic member is located between the tapered hole and the tapered surface, and at least a portion of the elastic member is not squeezed to provide a second torsion force, wherein the second torsion force is smaller than the first torsion force. The utility model provides a pivot structure has splendid convenience of use, and helps promoting life.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a pivot structure especially relates to a be applied to foldable electron device's pivot structure.
Background
Most of conventional electronic devices, such as notebook computers, are pivotally connected to a first body (i.e., a portion where a keyboard is located) and a second body (i.e., a portion where a display screen is located) through a hinge structure, that is, the second body can rotate relative to the first body through the hinge structure, and the hinge structure locks an open/close state of the second body and the first body.
In response to the requirement of the user to unfold the second body to any angle relative to the first body, the common rotating shaft structure can provide a torque force, so that the second body is smoothly unfolded relative to the first body and positioned at a specific angle. However, the conventional rotating shaft structure can only provide a single torque, which is not only easy to reduce the service life of the rotating shaft structure, but also inconvenient to use.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides a rotating shaft structure, it has splendid convenience of use, and helps promoting life.
The utility model discloses a pivot structure, it includes pivot, sleeve, elastic component and adjusting part. The rotating shaft is rotatably arranged on the sleeve, and the sleeve is provided with a conical surface. The elastic piece is sleeved on the conical surface. The adjusting piece is movably coupled with the rotating shaft and is provided with a taper hole corresponding to the taper surface. The adjusting piece is movably arranged on the elastic piece through the taper hole. In one mode, the adjusting member covers the whole of the elastic member, the whole of the elastic member is located between the taper hole and the taper surface, and the whole of the elastic member is squeezed to provide the first torsion. In another mode, the rotating shaft is rotated, the adjusting member is moved by the rotating shaft, a portion of the elastic member is located between the tapered hole and the tapered surface, and at least a portion of the elastic member is not squeezed to provide a second torsion force, wherein the second torsion force is smaller than the first torsion force.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the sleeve includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the taper hole includes a first side corresponding to the first end and a second side corresponding to the second end, wherein the taper surface is tapered toward the second end from the first end, and the taper hole is tapered toward the second side from the first side.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the sleeve includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the tapered surface is recessed between the first end and the second end, and the elastic member is located between the first end and the second end.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the sleeve includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the elastic member includes a first end corresponding to the first end and a second end corresponding to the second end, an outer diameter of the first end is greater than an outer diameter of the second end, and the outer diameter of the first end is greater than the outer diameter of the second end.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the elastic member is a spring.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the sleeve includes a through groove, the rotating shaft structure further includes: the fixing piece is arranged on the rotating shaft and is abutted against one end of the sleeve, the through groove is formed in the other end of the sleeve, and the adjusting piece is movably arranged at the other end of the sleeve.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the adjusting member is adapted to reciprocate along an axial direction of the rotating shaft.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the rotating shaft includes a first guiding portion, the adjusting member includes a second guiding portion coupled to the first guiding portion, and when the rotating shaft rotates relative to the adjusting member, the first guiding portion drives the second guiding portion to move the adjusting member.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first guiding portion includes a first spiral section, a second spiral section connected to the first spiral section, and a third spiral section connected to the second spiral section, the second spiral section is located between the first spiral section and the third spiral section, a surrounding direction of the first spiral section is the same as a surrounding direction of the third spiral section, and a surrounding direction of the second spiral section is opposite to a surrounding direction of the first spiral section.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first guiding portion is a guiding groove, and the second guiding portion is a ball, the ball is clamped into the guiding groove, and the ball is configured to move in the guiding groove.
Based on the above, in the pivot structure of the present invention, in a mode, the adjusting member covers the whole of the elastic member, the whole of the elastic member is located between the taper hole and the taper surface, and the whole of the elastic member is squeezed, so as to provide the first torsion. In another mode, the rotating shaft is rotated, the adjusting member is moved by the rotating shaft, a portion of the elastic member is located between the tapered hole and the tapered surface, and at least a portion of the elastic member is not squeezed to provide a second torsion force, wherein the second torsion force is smaller than the first torsion force. Therefore, the rotating shaft structure can provide torsion with different sizes, has excellent use convenience and is beneficial to prolonging the service life.
In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a rotating shaft structure in a first mode according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the hinge structure of FIG. 1 from another perspective;
FIG. 3 is a partially exploded schematic view of the spindle structure of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional schematic view of the spindle structure of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the hinge structure of FIG. 1 in a second mode;
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional schematic view of the spindle structure of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the hinge structure of FIG. 1 in a third mode;
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional schematic view of the spindle structure of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the hinge structure of FIG. 1 in a fourth mode;
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the hinge structure of FIG. 9 from another perspective;
fig. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the spindle structure of fig. 9.
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100, a rotating shaft structure;
110: a first support;
111: a first rotating shaft;
112, a first guide part;
112a first helical section;
112b a second helical section;
112c a third helical section;
120, a second bracket;
121, a second rotating shaft;
122, a first guide part;
122a first helical section;
122b a second helical section;
122c a third helical segment;
130, a sleeve;
131, a first end portion;
132 a second end portion;
133, a conical surface;
134 is a through groove;
140 an elastic member;
141 a first end;
142 a second end;
150, an adjusting member;
151, a second guide part;
152: a first tapered bore;
152a first side;
152b a second side;
153, a second taper hole;
153a first side;
153b a second side;
154, a sliding body;
160, a fixing piece.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a rotating shaft structure in a first mode according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hinge structure of fig. 1 from another perspective. Fig. 3 is a partially exploded schematic view of the spindle structure of fig. 2. Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the hinge structure 100 can be applied to a single-axis hinge structure or a double-axis hinge structure. In this embodiment, the shaft structure 100 includes a first shaft 111, a second shaft 121, a first bracket 110 disposed on the first shaft 111, a second bracket 120 disposed on the second shaft 121, a sleeve 130 rotatably sleeved on the first shaft 111 and the second shaft 121, an elastic member 140 sleeved on the sleeve 130, and an adjusting member 150 movably coupled to the first shaft 111 and the second shaft 121. The first bracket 110 may be used to connect a first body of a notebook computer, and the second bracket 120 may be used to connect a second body of the notebook computer. In other words, the first rotating shaft 111 is rotatably disposed on the sleeve 130, and the rotating shaft 112 is rotatably disposed on the sleeve 130.
Hereinafter, a biaxial rotation shaft structure will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, although the two sleeves 130, the two elastic members 140 and the two fixing members 160 are shown in the drawings, for the sake of simplicity of illustration, only one of the sleeves 130, the elastic members 140 and the fixing members 160 will be described below.
The sleeve 130 includes a first end 131, a second end 132 opposite to the first end 131, a tapered surface 133 recessed between the first end 131 and the second end 132, and a through groove 134 at the second end 132. For example, the tapered surface 133 tapers from the first end 131 to the second end 132, and the outer diameter of the first end 131 is larger than the outer diameter of the second end 132. In other words, the outer diameter of tapered surface 133 near first end 131 is greater than the outer diameter of tapered surface 133 near second end 132.
On the other hand, the elastic member 140 is sleeved on the tapered surface 133. The elastic member 140 may be a spring, which is pressed by a force to generate an elastic deformation, and after the external force applied to the spring is removed, the elastic restoring force of the spring restores the spring to its original state or appearance. In the embodiment, the elastic element 140 is sleeved on the tapered surface 133 and located between the first end 131 and the second end 132 of the sleeve 130. In addition, the elastic member 140 includes a first end 141 and a second end 142 opposite to the first end 141, the first end 141 corresponds in position to the first end 131 of the sleeve 130, and the second end 142 corresponds in position to the second end 132 of the sleeve 130, wherein an outer diameter of the first end 141 is larger than an outer diameter of the second end 142.
In addition, the adjusting element 150 includes a moving body 154, a first taper hole 152 and a second taper hole 153 disposed on the moving body 154, wherein the first taper hole 152 and the second taper hole 153 correspond to the taper surface 133 of the sleeve 130, and the adjusting element 150 is movably disposed on the elastic element 140 along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 111 through the first taper hole 152 and the second taper hole 153. Further, the first taper hole 152 includes a first side 152a corresponding to the first end portion 131 and a second side 152b corresponding to the second end portion 132, and the first taper hole 152 tapers from the first side 152a toward the second side 152b, the second taper hole 153 includes a first side 153a corresponding to the first end portion 131 and a second side 153b corresponding to the second end portion 132, and the second taper hole 153 tapers from the first side 153a toward the second side 153 b. In other words, the inner diameter of the first taper hole 152 on the first side 153a is larger than the inner diameter of the first taper hole 152 on the second side 152b, and the inner diameter of the second taper hole 153 on the first side 153a is larger than the inner diameter of the second taper hole 153 on the second side 153b, and the adjusting member 150 can reciprocate along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 111.
In the embodiment, the first shaft 111 includes a first guiding portion 112, the second shaft 121 includes a first guiding portion 122, and the adjusting element 150 includes a second guiding portion 151 coupling the first guiding portion 112 and the first guiding portion 122. When the first rotating shaft 111 and the second rotating shaft 121 rotate relative to the adjusting element 150, the first guiding portion 112 and the first guiding portion 122 drive the second guiding portion 151, so that the adjusting element 150 moves.
Further, the first guiding portion 112 includes a first spiral segment 112a, a second spiral segment 112b connected to the first spiral segment 112a, and a third spiral segment 112c connected to the second spiral segment 112b, the second spiral segment 112b is located between the first spiral segment 112a and the third spiral segment 112c, wherein the surrounding direction of the first spiral segment 112a is the same as the surrounding direction of the third spiral segment 112c, and the surrounding direction of the second spiral segment 112b is opposite to the surrounding direction of the first spiral segment 112 a.
In addition, the first guiding portion 122 includes a first spiral section 122a, a second spiral section 122b connected to the first spiral section 122a, and a third spiral section 122c connected to the second spiral section 122b, the second spiral section 122b is located between the first spiral section 122a and the third spiral section 122c, wherein the surrounding direction of the first spiral section 122a is the same as the surrounding direction of the third spiral section 122c, and the surrounding direction of the second spiral section 122b is opposite to the surrounding direction of the first spiral section 122a, wherein the first guiding portion 122 is disposed opposite to the first guiding portion 112.
For example, the first guide portion 112 and the first guide portion 122 are guide grooves, and the second guide portion 151 is a ball, the ball is inserted into the guide grooves, and the ball is configured to move in the guide grooves.
The shaft structure 100 further includes a fixing element 160, for example, the fixing element 160 disposed on the first shaft 111, the fixing element 160 abuts against the first end 131 of the sleeve 130, and the adjusting element 150 is movably disposed on the second end 132 of the sleeve 130.
Fig. 4 is a schematic sectional view of the spindle structure of fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the hinge structure of fig. 1 in a second mode. Fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the spindle structure of fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the hinge structure of fig. 1 in a third mode. Fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the spindle structure of fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the hinge structure of fig. 1 in a fourth mode. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the hinge structure of fig. 9 from another perspective. Fig. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the spindle structure of fig. 9. Referring to fig. 3, in the first mode shown in fig. 1 to 2 and the third mode shown in fig. 7 to 8, the adjusting member 150 covers the entire elastic member 140, the entire elastic member 140 is located between the first tapered hole 152 and the tapered surface 133, and the entire elastic member 140 is pressed to provide the first torsion force.
In the second mode shown in fig. 5 to 6 and the fourth mode shown in fig. 9 to 11, the first rotating shaft 111 and the second rotating shaft 121 are rotated, the adjusting member 150 is moved by the first rotating shaft 111 and the second rotating shaft 121, a portion of the elastic member 140 is located between the first tapered hole 152 and the tapered surface 133, and at least a portion of the elastic member 140 is not pressed to provide a second torsion force, wherein the second torsion force is smaller than the first torsion force. Specifically, in the second mode or the fourth mode, the adjusting member 150, whether designed to press or not press the elastic member 140, can provide the second torsion force smaller than the first torsion force.
For example, in the first mode shown in fig. 1, corresponding to a state that the first body and the second body of the notebook computer are folded (the first support 110 is parallel to the second support 120), the second guiding portion 151 is located at the first spiral section 112a and the first spiral section 122a, and all of the elastic member 140 is pressed by the adjusting member 150, so that the sleeve 130 presses the first rotating shaft 111 tightly to generate a relatively large first torsion force, thereby overcoming the weight of the first body and the second body.
In the second mode shown in fig. 5, the state that the first body and the second body of the notebook computer are relatively unfolded by a small angle (the first support 110 is unfolded by a small angle relative to the second support 120) may be 90 degrees, the second guiding portion 151 is located between the first spiral section 112a and the second spiral section 112b, the second guiding portion 151 is located between the first spiral section 122a and the second spiral section 122b, and a part or all of the elastic member 140 is not pressed by the adjusting member 150, so that the sleeve 130 is relaxed to generate a relatively small second torsion, so as to increase the service lives of the sleeve 130, the elastic member 140, and the adjusting member 150.
In the third mode shown in fig. 7, the state that the first body and the second body of the notebook computer are relatively unfolded at a large angle (the first support 110 is unfolded at a large angle relative to the second support 120), which may be 180 degrees, the second guiding portion 151 is located between the second spiral section 112b and the third spiral section 112c, the second guiding portion 151 is located between the second spiral section 122b and the third spiral section 122c, and the whole of the elastic member 140 is pressed by the adjusting member 150, so that the sleeve 130 presses the first rotating shaft 111 tightly to generate a relatively large first torsion, thereby overcoming the weight of the first body and the second body.
In the fourth mode shown in fig. 9, the state of the notebook computer where the first body and the second body are relatively unfolded at the maximum angle (the maximum angle of the first support 110 relative to the second support 120) can be 360 degrees, the second guiding portion 151 is located at the end of the third spiral segment 112c far away from the second spiral segment 112b, the second guiding portion 151 is located at the end of the third spiral segment 122c far away from the second spiral segment 122b, and a part or all of the elastic member 140 is not pressed by the adjusting member 150, so that the sleeve 130 is relaxed to generate a relatively small second torsion, so as to increase the service lives of the sleeve 130, the elastic member 140, and the adjusting member 150.
In summary, in the rotating shaft structure of the present invention, in the first mode and the third mode, the adjusting member covers all of the elastic member, all of the elastic member is located between the taper hole and the taper surface, and all of the elastic member is squeezed to provide the first torsion. In the second mode and the fourth mode, the rotating shaft is rotated, the adjusting member is moved by the rotating shaft, a part of the elastic member is positioned between the tapered hole and the tapered surface, and at least a part of the elastic member is not pressed to provide a second torsion force, wherein the second torsion force is smaller than the first torsion force. Therefore, the rotating shaft structure can provide torsion with different sizes, has excellent use convenience and is beneficial to prolonging the service life.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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1. A hinge structure, comprising:
a rotating shaft;
the rotating shaft is rotatably arranged on the sleeve, and the sleeve is provided with a conical surface;
the elastic piece is sleeved on the conical surface; and
an adjusting member movably coupled to the rotating shaft and having a tapered hole corresponding to the tapered surface, wherein the adjusting member is movably disposed on the elastic member through the tapered hole,
in one mode, the adjusting member covers the whole of the elastic member, the whole of the elastic member is located between the taper hole and the taper surface, and the whole of the elastic member is squeezed to provide a first torsion force,
in another mode, the rotating shaft is rotated, the adjusting member is moved by the rotating shaft, a portion of the elastic member is located between the tapered hole and the tapered surface, and at least a portion of the elastic member is not compressed to provide a second torsion force, wherein the second torsion force is smaller than the first torsion force.
2. The spindle structure of claim 1, wherein the sleeve includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the tapered bore includes a first side corresponding to the first end and a second side corresponding to the second end, wherein the tapered surface tapers from the first end toward the second end, and the tapered bore tapers from the first side toward the second side.
3. The shaft structure according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve includes a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, the tapered surface is recessed between the first end portion and the second end portion, and the elastic member is located between the first end portion and the second end portion.
4. The spindle structure according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve includes a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, the elastic member includes a first end portion corresponding to the first end portion and a second end portion corresponding to the second end portion, an outer diameter of the first end portion is larger than an outer diameter of the second end portion, and the outer diameter of the first end portion is larger than the outer diameter of the second end portion.
5. The hinge structure according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member is a spring.
6. The spindle structure of claim 1, wherein the sleeve includes a through slot, the spindle structure further comprising:
the fixing piece is arranged on the rotating shaft and is abutted against one end of the sleeve, the through groove is formed in the other end of the sleeve, and the adjusting piece is movably arranged at the other end of the sleeve.
7. The spindle structure according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting member is adapted to reciprocate in an axial direction of the spindle.
8. The spindle structure according to claim 1, wherein the spindle includes a first guide portion, the adjusting member includes a second guide portion coupled to the first guide portion, and the first guide portion drives the second guide portion to move the adjusting member when the spindle rotates relative to the adjusting member.
9. The spindle structure according to claim 8, wherein the first guide portion includes a first spiral section, a second spiral section connecting the first spiral section, and a third spiral section connecting the second spiral section, the second spiral section being located between the first spiral section and the third spiral section, a winding direction of the first spiral section is the same as a winding direction of the third spiral section, and a winding direction of the second spiral section is opposite to the winding direction of the first spiral section.
10. The hinge structure according to claim 8, wherein the first guide portion is a guide groove and the second guide portion is a ball, the ball is engaged in the guide groove, and the ball is configured to move in the guide groove.
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