CN219370266U - Notebook computer - Google Patents

Abstract

A notebook computer includes a base portion, a display portion, a circuit connection portion, and a circuit member. The display part is a plate-shaped structure and can rotate relative to the base part to cover the base part. The circuit connection portion extends from the display portion in a direction perpendicular to the plate-like structure. The circuit member is configured to be connected from the display portion to the base portion via the circuit connection portion.

Description

Notebook computer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a notebook computer.

Background

The screen end and the system end of the notebook computer are connected through various circuit components to execute various functions, and the circuit components can be configured in a mode of being connected with the screen end and the system end through a pivot mechanism, for example, wires and the like. In recent years, in order to achieve the light and thin notebook computers, flat flexible circuit boards (such as FPC flexible boards) have been used to achieve the electrical connection between the screen end and the system end. However, after the existing design is opened and closed by a user for many times, the circuit component is easy to break, so that the situations such as incapability of normal use and the like are caused.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, in an embodiment of the present utility model, a notebook computer is provided having a structure of a circuit connection portion that can make a circuit member not easily broken even after undergoing a plurality of switching.

One embodiment of the utility model provides a notebook computer, which comprises a base part, a display part, a circuit connecting part and a circuit component. The display part is a plate-shaped structure and can rotate relative to the base part to cover the base part. The circuit connection portion extends from the display portion in a direction perpendicular to the plate-like structure. The circuit member is configured to be connected from the display portion to the base portion via the circuit connection portion.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the circuit connection includes a shaft, a movable gate, and a cover member. The rotating shaft extends along a first direction. The movable gate is fixed on the rotating shaft. The cover element is of a flat plate structure and is arranged on the inner side of the circuit connecting part, wherein the rotating shaft is connected with the cover element.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the cover member includes a locking assembly disposed on an inner sidewall of the cover member, and the rotating shaft is locked to the locking assembly.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the cover member further comprises an elastic member, and the shaft is connected to the elastic member through the elastic member.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the cover member has a recess, which is recessed from a bottom wall of the cover member toward the display portion in the aforementioned direction, and the movable shutter is provided corresponding to the recess.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the movable gate shields the recess when the display portion is rotated to an open position relative to the base portion. Wherein the circuit member does not contact the spindle or the movable gate.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the movable shutter does not cover the recess when the display portion rotates to a closed position relative to the base portion. Wherein the circuit member contacts the rotating shaft and the movable shutter.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the notebook computer further comprises a pivot portion configured to connect the base portion and the display portion, wherein the circuit connection portion and the pivot portion are respectively disposed between the base portion and the display portion.

Drawings

The utility model will be clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is emphasized that, in accordance with the practice in the industry, various features are not drawn to scale and are used for illustration purposes only. In fact, the dimensions of the various features may be arbitrarily expanded or reduced for clarity of discussion.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a notebook computer according to an embodiment of the utility model.

Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a notebook computer according to another embodiment of the utility model.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of a part of components of a notebook computer according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of the notebook computer taken along line A-A of FIG. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a notebook computer in an opened state according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of the notebook computer taken along line B-B in FIG. 5.

Fig. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a notebook computer according to a first comparative embodiment in an opened and closed state.

Fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a notebook computer according to a second comparative embodiment in an opened and closed state.

Fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a notebook computer according to an embodiment of the present utility model in an opened and closed state.

Description of the reference numerals

1,1A,1B notebook computer

100 base portion

110 casing body

200,200B display unit

210 Screen shell

300,300A circuit connection part

310 accommodating case

320 cover element

320A clamping assembly

320B elastic component

321 outer side wall

322 inner side wall

323 top wall

324 bottom wall

325 recess portion

330 rotating shaft

340 movable gate

400 circuit component

D1 first direction

E torsion spring

H, clamping hook

H0, H0', H0", H1, H1', H1": height

I inner side

O: opening

S-shaped shell

S1, display surface

δ,δ _a ,δ _b Height difference

Detailed Description

The present utility model will be more fully understood by reference to the following examples, which are set forth in the accompanying drawings. The arrangement of the elements in the embodiments is illustrative and not intended to limit the utility model. And repetition of reference numerals in the embodiments is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments. The directional terms mentioned in the following embodiments are, for example: upper, lower, left, right, front or rear, etc., are merely references to the directions of the attached drawings. Thus, the directional terminology is used for purposes of illustration and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "coupled" to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or one or more elements can be present between the two elements. Moreover, the use of ordinal numbers such as first, second, and third does not necessarily imply a level of sequential perception, but rather may merely distinguish between multiple instances of an action or structure.

Reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.

First, please refer to fig. 1 to 6. Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a notebook computer 1 according to an embodiment of the utility model. Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of another angle of the notebook computer 1 according to an embodiment of the utility model. Fig. 3 is an exploded view of part of the components of the notebook computer 1 according to an embodiment of the present utility model. Fig. 4 is an enlarged partial sectional view of the notebook computer 1 taken along line A-A in fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a notebook computer 1 in an opened state according to an embodiment of the present utility model. Fig. 6 is an enlarged partial sectional view of the notebook computer 1 taken along line B-B in fig. 5. It should be noted that a case S of the notebook computer 1 in fig. 1, 2, and 5 is shown transparent in broken lines, and the frame is enlarged to clearly show the structure of each element. The notebook computer 1 includes a base portion 100, a display portion 200, and at least one circuit connection portion 300, at least one circuit member 400, and a pivot portion (not shown). Although two circuit connection parts and two circuit members 400 are shown in the present embodiment, it is not limited thereto, and the number of circuit connection parts 300 and circuit members 400 may be increased or decreased as required.

The base portion 100 may include a housing 110 and a plurality of operating devices (not shown). The housing 110 may have a substantially plate-like structure. The operating device is disposed on an operating surface of the housing 110. The operation device can generate an operation signal according to the operation of the user. The operation device may include a keyboard, a touch pad, and/or a touch panel. The base portion 100 may further include a processor, a motherboard, a memory, and a storage device (not shown) disposed in the housing 110.

The display unit 200 is rotatable relative to the base unit 100 to cover the base unit 100. The display portion 200 includes a screen housing 210 and a display panel (not shown). The display panel is disposed on a display surface S1 (refer to fig. 5) of the screen housing 210 for displaying a frame. In some embodiments, the base portion 100 generates a display signal according to the operation signal, and transmits the display signal to the display portion 200. The display portion 200 displays a frame on the display panel according to the display signal.

Referring to fig. 3 to 6, the circuit connection part 300 is disposed between the base part 100 and the display part 200, and includes a housing case 310, a cover member 320, a rotating shaft 330, and a movable shutter 340. The accommodating case 310 extends from the display portion 200 in a direction perpendicular to the plate-like structure of the display portion 200, and communicates with the display portion 200. In some embodiments, the containment housing 310 is integrally formed with the display portion 200. The bottom of the receiving case 310 has an opening O (shown in fig. 6) allowing the circuit member 400 to pass through the opening.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, the cover member 320 has a flat structure, is detachably connected to the accommodating housing 310, is disposed on an inner side I of the circuit connecting portion 300, and has an outer sidewall 321, an inner sidewall 322, a top wall 323, a bottom wall 324 and at least one recess 325. The outer sidewall 321 and the inner sidewall 322 are opposite to each other, the top wall 323 is connected to the display portion 200, the bottom wall 324 and the top wall 323 are opposite to each other, and the recess 325 is recessed from the bottom wall 324 toward the display portion 200.

Referring to fig. 4, when the display portion 200 is covered on the base portion 100, the cover member 320 of the flat structure is perpendicular to the display portion 200 of the plate structure, and can be combined with the accommodating case 310 to form a housing of the circuit connection portion 300, in which the rotating shaft 330 and the movable gate 340 can be accommodated.

The cover member 320 includes a locking component 320A and an elastic component 320B (fig. 3). The engaging component 320A and the elastic component 320B are disposed on the inner sidewall 322 of the cover element 320, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the engaging component 320A includes two hooks H symmetrically disposed on two sides of the recess 325 along a first direction D1. The elastic component 320B includes two torsion springs E symmetrically disposed on both sides of the recess 325 along the first direction D1, and the torsion springs E are farther from the recess 325 than the hooks H.

The rotation shaft 330 extends along a first direction D1 and is rotatable with respect to the cover member 320. The rotating shaft 330 is engaged with the engaging component 320A, and is connected to the elastic component 320B. In more detail, both ends of the rotation shaft 330 are engaged with the two hooks H, respectively, and the both ends are connected to the two hooks H through the two torsion springs E, respectively.

The movable gate 340 is fixed at the approximately middle of the rotation shaft 330, and is disposed corresponding to the recess 325, so as to prevent the electrical components from being directly exposed. The movable shutter 340 may be rotated with the rotation of the rotation shaft 330. In some embodiments, the movable gate 340 is integrally formed with the rotating shaft 330, but is not limited thereto, and the movable gate 340 may be fixed to the rotating shaft 330 in any suitable manner. In some embodiments, the movable gate 340 and the rotating shaft 330 can be made by plastic injection molding, which has the advantages of easy manufacture and low cost, and when the movable gate 340 and the rotating shaft 330 need to be replaced, the cover member 320 is only required to be detached from the accommodating housing 310, and then the rotating shaft 330 is separated from the engaging component 320A and the elastic component 320B for easy replacement.

The circuit member 400 is configured to be connected to the base portion 100 from the display portion 200 via the circuit connection portion 300, for electrically connecting the display portion 200 and the base portion 100. In some embodiments, the circuit member 400 may be a flexible printed circuit board (Flexible Printed Circuit, FPC). In some embodiments, both ends of the circuit member 400 are fixed to the display portion 200 and the base portion 100, respectively, and movable in the circuit connection portion 300.

Although not shown, a pivot portion is provided between the base portion 100 and the display portion 200 to connect the base portion 100 and the display portion 200. For example, in the present embodiment, the circuit connecting portion 300 and the pivot portion are respectively disposed, and the circuit member 400 is connected to the base portion 100 and the display portion 200 via the circuit connecting portion 300, unlike the conventional circuit member 400 which is connected to the base portion 100 and the display portion 200 via the pivot portion.

Next, with reference to fig. 1, 4 to 6, the operation of the circuit connection part 300 when the display part 200 rotates to a closed position and an open position with respect to the base part 100 will be described. As shown in fig. 1 and 4, when the display portion 200 rotates to the closed position relative to the base portion 100, that is, when the display portion 200 is covered on the base portion 100, the circuit member 400 contacts the rotating shaft 330 and the movable shutter 340 due to tension, so that the rotating shaft 330 rotates in a clockwise direction and drives the movable shutter 340 as shown in fig. 4, further, the movable shutter 340 does not cover the recess 325, and the circuit member 400 can pass out of the recess 325 and enter the base portion 100. At this time, the torsion spring E is stressed by the rotation of the movable shutter 340.

Then, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, when the display part 200 rotates to the open position with respect to the base part 100, that is, when the display part 200 is not covered on the base part 100, the movable shutter 340 rebounds to shield the recess 325 due to the restoring force of the torsion spring E, and the circuit member 400 may directly pass out of the opening O at the bottom of the accommodating case 310 and into the base part 100 without contacting the rotation shaft 330 or the movable shutter 340.

Therefore, by the above-described structure of the circuit connection part 300, the circuit member 400 can be penetrated from different places into the base part 100 when the notebook computer 1 is opened and closed, and the occurrence of breakage due to stress concentration can be reduced as compared to the case where the circuit member is penetrated from the same place into the base part 100.

More specifically, in the opened and closed states of the notebook computer 1, the circuit member 400 has a height difference δ depending on the height of the penetration point, and the larger the height difference is, the more easily the circuit member 400 swings, and thus the circuit member is easily broken at the penetration point due to stress concentration after a plurality of times of opening and closing.

Referring to fig. 7 to 9, fig. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a notebook computer 1A according to a comparative embodiment Xi Zhidi in an opened and closed state. Fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a notebook computer 1B according to a second comparative example of Xi Zhidi in an opened and closed state. Fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a notebook computer 1 according to an embodiment of the present utility model in an opened and closed state.

As shown in fig. 7, in the comparative embodiment Xi Zhidi, the circuit member 400A is inserted through the opening at the bottom of the circuit connecting portion 300A, the height of the insertion opening of the circuit member 400A is H0 'in the closed state, the height of the insertion opening of the circuit member 400A is H1' in the open state, and the distance between the height H1 'and the height H0' is the difference δ _a 。

As shown in fig. 8, in the second comparative example Xi Zhidi, the circuit member 400B is protruded from the bottom of the display portion 200B, the height of the circuit member 400B protruded from the bottom of the display portion 200B in the closed state is H0", the height of the circuit member 400B protruded from the bottom of the display portion 200 in the open state is H1", and the distance between the height H1 "and the height H0" is the height difference δ _b 。

As shown in fig. 9, in the embodiment of the present utility model, the circuit member 400 is penetrated out of the recess 325 in the closed state, the height of the circuit member 400 penetrating out of the recess 325 is H0, the circuit member 400 is penetrated out of the opening of the bottom of the accommodating case 310 in the opened state, the height of the penetrating-out opening of the circuit member 400 is H1, and the distance between the height H1 and the height H0 is the height difference δ.

Compared with the Xi Zhidi comparative example and the conventional second comparative example, it can be seen that the height difference delta of the embodiment of the utility model is significantly smaller than the height difference delta _a Height difference delta _b The circuit member 400 is therefore less prone to hunting and is less prone to breakage at the exit due to stress concentrations after multiple switching passes. In addition, in some embodiments, the height delta is close to zero by changing the axial position of the rotating shaft 330, the length of the movable gate 340, etc., so that the circuit member 400 hardly swings when opening and closingSwinging.

In summary, the present utility model provides a notebook computer, which includes a base portion, a display portion, a circuit connection portion, and a circuit member. The display part is a plate-shaped structure and can rotate relative to the base part to cover the base part. The circuit connection portion extends from the display portion in a direction perpendicular to the plate-like structure. The circuit member is configured to be connected from the display portion to the base portion via the circuit connection portion. Wherein by the structure of the circuit connection part of the embodiment, the circuit component is not easy to break after being subjected to multiple switching.

Although embodiments of the present utility model and their advantages have been described above, it should be understood that those skilled in the art may make modifications, substitutions and alterations herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model. Furthermore, the scope of the present application is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments of the process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, means, methods and steps described in the specification, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly within its meaning and range of equivalents, and therefore should be understood by those skilled in the art to be able to more or less perform the function of the utility model than the function of the process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, means, methods and steps described in the specification. Accordingly, the present utility model is intended to cover such processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps. In addition, each claim constitutes a separate embodiment, and the scope of the utility model also includes combinations of the individual claims and embodiments.

Claims (10)

1. A notebook computer, comprising:

a base portion;

a display part which is a plate-shaped structure and can rotate relative to the base part to cover the base part;

a circuit connection portion extending from the display portion in a direction perpendicular to the plate-like structure; and

a circuit member configured to be connected from the display portion to the base portion via the circuit connection portion.

2. The notebook computer of claim 1, wherein the circuit connection part comprises:

a rotating shaft extending along a first direction;

a movable gate fixed on the rotating shaft; and

the cover element is of a flat plate structure and is arranged on the inner side of the circuit connecting part, and the rotating shaft is connected with the cover element.

3. The notebook computer of claim 2, wherein the cover member includes a locking assembly disposed on an inner sidewall of the cover member, and the rotating shaft is locked to the locking assembly.

4. The notebook computer of claim 3, wherein the cover member further comprises an elastic member, the shaft passing through and being connected to the elastic member.

5. The notebook computer of claim 2, wherein the cover member has a recess recessed from a bottom wall of the cover member toward the display portion along the direction, the movable shutter being disposed corresponding to the recess.

6. The notebook computer of claim 5, wherein the movable gate shields the recess when the display portion is rotated to an open position relative to the base portion.

7. The notebook computer of claim 6, wherein the circuit member does not contact the shaft or the movable gate.

8. The notebook computer of claim 5, wherein the movable gate does not cover the recess when the display portion rotates to a closed position relative to the base portion.

9. The notebook computer of claim 8, wherein the circuit member contacts the shaft and the movable gate.

10. The notebook computer of claim 2, further comprising a pivot portion configured to connect the base portion and the display portion, wherein the circuit connection portion and the pivot portion are disposed between the base portion and the display portion, respectively.