JP2001027912A - Electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve two problems which are conflict with each other, i.e., a large size of a display and the compactness of an electronic equipment by laminating a means that is locked to a 1st casing through its face opposite to the casing and the display in sequence to a 2nd casing when the electron equipment is folded. SOLUTION: When this electronic equipment is folded, a means which is locked to a 1st casing through its face opposite to the casing and a display are laminated in sequence to a 2nd casing. A locking hook 4 is mounted on the electronic equipment in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface where the hook 4 can be slid, and a control lever 9 is placed at the upper edge of a display 3 so that a user can operate the sliding of the hook 4. When the hooked tip of the hook 4 is put into a hooking hole 5, the tip is locked at a locking part. Thus, the folded state of the electronic equipment is kept. When it is wanted to cancel the said folded state, the lever 9 is slid in the resisting direction to the energizing force of an elastic body to cancel the locking state between the tip part of the hook 4 and the locking part and then the display 3 is turned.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to electronic equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At the present time, electronic devices called notebook type, sub-note type or palm top type, which are small, light and highly portable, are increasing rapidly. As described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-91524, the basic structure of this type of device is a main body having a keyboard disposed on the upper surface, and is mounted so as to be rotatable around one side of the upper surface of the main body. A display body having a flat panel display such as a liquid crystal disposed on a surface facing the keyboard, wherein the display body is positioned substantially orthogonal to the keyboard surface of the main body when the device is used. By rotating and holding the display, the key input and the display can be visually recognized, and when the device is not in use or carried, the display body is rotated and held so as to cover the keyboard surface with the display body. By doing so, the device can be made compact.

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an outline of this kind of electronic equipment (FIG. 1 is also used as a side view for explaining an embodiment of the present invention). The display body 3 is rotatably provided in the rear end portion of the
Is installed. A locking hook 4 is attached near the upper edge of the surface of the display unit 3 facing the keyboard 1, and when the display unit 3 is turned toward the main body 2 and folded. A locking hole 5 for engaging with the locking hook 4 is formed on the upper surface of the main body 2 on which the keyboard 1 is arranged corresponding to the position of the locking hook 4.

Therefore, when the device is not in use or when it is carried,
By rotating the display body 3 so as to cover the keyboard 1 with the display body 3, the locking hooks 4 are locked in the locking holes 5 and the device can be held in a folded state.

[0005]

By the way, in this kind of equipment, it is required to solve both of the conflicting problems of increasing the size of the display and reducing the size of the equipment. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 1, the size of the display unit 3 is designed to be substantially equal to the size of the display unit 6 composed of a flat panel display such as a liquid crystal arranged in the display unit 3. The thickness of the device (when the device is folded, the length in the direction orthogonal to the display surface of the display 6) also needs to be as thin as possible from the viewpoint of making the device compact.

[0006] For this reason, the mounting structure of the locking hook 4 requires a further design contrivance.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has the following features.
An electronic device, comprising: a second housing mounted on one side of the housing so as to be rotatable around the side, wherein the first and second housings are foldable. A means for locking with the first housing and a display are stacked in the second housing in that order from the surface side facing the one housing.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention is characterized in that the locking hook 4 is mounted in the electronic apparatus shown in FIG. The display body 3 includes an upper case 7 and a lower case 8. The upper case 7 has an opening for exposing the display surface of the display 6, and the upper and lower cases 7 and 8 have locking claws or the like. Makes it relatively removable. The locking hook 4 is mounted so as to be slidable in a direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 1 as described later, and an operation lever 9 for a user to operate the sliding is arranged on an upper edge of the display body 4. Have been.

FIG. 2 shows that the display body 3 of this embodiment is rotated so as to cover the keyboard 1 so that the locking hooks 4 are provided.
2 shows a partial side cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the locking hook 4 in a state where the lock hook 4 is locked in the locking hole 5 (hereinafter, simply referred to as a folded state). FIG. 3 shows a partial cross section as viewed from the front edge side of the main body 2 in the folded state.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operating lever 9 is formed between an operating portion 10 protruding from the upper edge of the display body 3 and the upper and lower cases 7 and 8 from the operating portion. An extension portion 11 extends inward of the display unit 3 through a long hole 12 extending in the movement direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, the extending portion 11 of the operating lever 9 is disposed inside the vicinity of the upper edge of the display body 3, and is made of a metal cross-section extending parallel to the upper edge of the display body 3. It is loosely fitted to the U-shaped support portion 13. Then, the support portion 13
The mounting portion 14 extending from the upper end thereof in a direction orthogonal to the display surface of the display 6 is fixedly engaged with the inner wall of the upper edge of the lower case 8 of the display body 3. Therefore, the extending portion 11 of the operation lever 9 can slide only in a direction parallel to the upper edge of the display unit 3.

Further, one end of the locking hook 4 is fixed to the tip of the extending portion 11 of the operating lever 9. As shown in FIG. 1, the locking hook 4 extends in a direction orthogonal to the display surface of the display 6, and the other end (hereinafter, referred to as a tip) projects from the display body 4. For this reason, the tip of the locking hook 4 is attached to the display unit 3 on the support portion 13 and the upper case 7.
Insertion holes 15 and 16 extending in the sliding direction of the operation lever 9 are provided so as to be able to protrude outward and to slide with the operation lever 9.

Further, an urging force is applied to the operation lever 9 by an elastic body 17 such as a spring disposed in the U-shaped support portion 13 so as to always slide leftward in FIG. .

As shown in FIG. 3, the tip of the locking hook 4 has a hook shape in which one side of the locking hook 4 in the sliding direction protrudes. A locking hole 5 formed in the body 2
Is provided with an opening 18 that faces the insertion holes 15 and 16 when the device is in a folded state, and that the length of the locking hook 4 in the sliding direction is substantially the same as the length of the insertion holes 15 and 16. A locking portion 19 is provided on the downstream side of the locking hook 4 in the sliding direction, where the hook-shaped portion of the locking hook 4 is locked. Thereby, when the tip of the locking hook 4 is inserted into the locking hole 5, the hook-shaped tip is locked by the locking portion 19, and the folded state of the device is maintained. The release of this holding state is
After the locking state between the hook-shaped tip portion of the locking hook 4 and the locking portion 18 is released by sliding the operation lever 9 in a direction against the urging force of the elastic body 17, the display unit 3 Can be performed by rotating.

Further, one end of the display 6 is provided with a space between the U-shaped support portion 13 extending along the length direction of the upper end edge (the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 2) and the upper case 9. Is inserted into. Accordingly, it is not necessary to provide a space for disposing the mechanism for sliding the locking hook 4 inside the display body 3 above the display 6, so that the plane size of the display body 6 is reduced to the plane size of the display 6. And the size expansion of the display body 3 accompanying the size expansion of the display 6 can be suppressed as much as possible.

Further, the area of the main body 2 where the locking holes 5 are formed is made lower than the area where the keyboard 1 is arranged by the height of the substantially U-shaped support portion 13. Thus, when the device is folded, an increase in the thickness of the entire device can be suppressed as much as possible.

[0017]

According to the present invention, the contradictory problems of increasing the size of the display and reducing the size of the device can be both solved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a right side view of an electronic apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a partial side sectional view of a main part of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partial front sectional view of a main part of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 2 Main body 3 Display body 4 Locking hook 5 Locking hole 6 Display 9 Operating lever 13 U-shaped support section 17 Elastic means

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Norio Yabuuchi 3-330 Okutani, Kokufu-cho, Iwami-gun, Tottori Prefecture (72) Inventor Makoto Yoshioka 3-201 Minamiyoshikata, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A first housing, and a second housing mounted on one side of the housing so as to be rotatable about the side, the first and second housings can be folded. An electronic device, comprising: means for latching with the first housing from the side facing the first housing at the time of folding and a display in the second housing in that order. machine. 2. The first housing according to claim 1, further comprising means for locking the locking means during the folding, and the thickness of the first housing in the vicinity of the means is changed to another value. An electronic device characterized by being thinner than a part. 3. A main body having a keyboard disposed on an upper surface thereof, and a display body mounted on one side of the main body so as to be rotatable around the side, and having an opening on a surface of the main body on which the keyboard is disposed. And means for locking the main body and the display unit from the opening side of the display unit and the display unit are sequentially stacked in the display unit in this order. 4. The main body according to claim 3, further comprising means for locking the locking means when the display body is folded toward the main body, and a thickness of the main body near the means. An electronic device characterized by having a thickness smaller than other parts. 5. The locking means according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the locking means is disposed near one side inside the display body, and is supported by the supporting part extending along a direction in which the side extends. An electronic device comprising at least a locking hook slidable in the extending direction and extending in a direction perpendicular to the opening surface so that one end protrudes outward of the display body. . 6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the support portion has a U-shaped cross section for slidably holding the other end of the locking hook. 7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the support portion is made of metal and is fixed inside a surface of the display body orthogonal to the opening.