JP2003314530A - Hinge device and electronic device using hinge device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an epoch-making hinge device and an electronic device using the hinge device, based on an absolutely new idea that the strength of members is improved by the hinge device itself or the attaching structure itself of the hinge device. <P>SOLUTION: The hinge device pivots a first member 1 and a second member 2. In the end part of an attaching member 3, (4) functioning as a reinforcing member attached to the first member 1 or the second member 2, one superposed plate part 5, (6) is provided. In the attaching member 4, (3) attached to the second member 2 or the first member 1, the other superposed plate part 6, (5) is provided so that both the superposed plate parts 5 and 6 are superposed one upon another. An attaching hole 7 is provided on at least one of the superposed plate parts 5, (6). An attaching shaft part 8 freely rotating together with the other superposed plate part 6, (5) is engaged with the attaching hole 7 so as to freely rotate, so that the superposed plate parts 5 and 6 are journaled. The first member 1 and the second member 2 are pivoted through at least one of the attaching members 3 and 4 functioning as the reinforcing member. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hinge device for pivotally connecting a first member and a second member, and for example, the hinge device opens and closes a main body part provided with an operation part and a superposition part provided with a display part. It relates to electronic devices such as mobile phones, mobile phones and laptop computers that are freely pivoted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional hinge device is generally constructed as a rod-shaped hinge element (component) in which one mounting portion is relatively rotatable with respect to the other mounting portion. Is engaged with one of the mounting holes of the pivotally connecting portion of the first member and the second member to connect the mounting portion and the first member to the one side, and is prevented from rotating in the other mounting hole of the pivotally mounting portion. The other mounting portion is engaged with the second member to be engaged with each other.

Therefore, the conventional hinge device has been mainly developed in order to reduce its size so as to occupy as little mounting space as possible and to improve its operation accuracy.

The present invention is an epoch-making hinge device based on a completely new idea that breaks the conventional fixed concept and aims to change the idea to improve the strength of the members by the hinge device itself or the mounting structure of the hinge device itself. Another object is to provide an electronic device using the hinge device.

[0005]

The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A hinge device for pivotally connecting the first member 1 and the second member 2 to each other. The mounting member 3, which is mounted on the first member 1 or the second member 2 and functions as a reinforcing member.
One of the overlapping plate portions 5, (6) is provided at the end of (4), and the other overlapping plate portion 6, (5) is attached to the mounting member 4, (3) attached to the second member 2 or the first member 1. ) Are provided so that both of the overlapping plate portions 5 and 6 can be overlapped and arranged, and at least one of the overlapping plate portions 5 and (6) is provided with a mounting hole 7, and the mounting hole 7 is provided in the mounting hole 7. A mounting shaft portion 8 that rotates together with the other overlapping plate portion 6, (5) is rotatably engaged to pivotally attach the overlapping plate portions 5 and 6, and the first member 1 and the second member 2 and at least one of them is pivotally attached via the mounting members 3 and 4 which function as a reinforcing member.

In the hinge device for pivotally connecting the first member 1 and the second member 2, the first mounting member 3 mounted on the first member 1 and functioning as a reinforcing member has a first superposed plate. A second superposed plate portion 6 is provided on the second mounting member 4 which is provided with the portion 5 and which is attached to the second member 2 and functions as a reinforcing member, and both superposed plate portions 5 and 6 can be superposed and arranged. And at least one of the overlapping plate portions 5,
A mounting hole 7 is provided in (6), and a mounting shaft portion 8 that rotates together with the other overlapping plate portion 6, (5) is rotatably engaged in the mounting hole 7 so that the overlapping plate portions 5, 6 are formed. The hinge device according to claim 1, wherein the first member 1 and the second member 2 are pivotally mounted via the mounting members 3 and 4 functioning as a reinforcing member. It is related to.

The mounting members 3 and (4) functioning as the reinforcing members are the first member 1 or the second member 2.
3. The structure according to claim 1, wherein the inner main body is covered with the outermost layer of the outer surface of the inner main body.
The invention relates to the hinge device described in the item.

The mounting members 3 and (4) functioning as the reinforcing members are the first member 1 or the second member 2.
The hinge device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the hinge device is configured to be fitted to the outer surface of the inner main body covered with the outermost layer.

A hinge device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a through hole 9 is formed in the mounting shaft portion 8 so that a wiring can be inserted therethrough. Is.

Further, the main body portion 1 provided with the operation portion is used as the first member 1, and the overlapping portion 2 provided with the display portion is used as the second member 2.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device using a hinge device, wherein the main body part 1 and the overlapping part 2 are pivotably attached to each other by the hinge device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. It is a thing.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A preferred embodiment of the present invention (how to carry out the invention) will be briefly described with reference to the drawings and showing its function and effect.

A mounting hole 7 for mounting the shaft is provided, or the mounting hole 7 is provided.
At least one of the attachment members 3 and 4 provided with the rotation shaft portion 8 that engages with the rotation shaft portion 8 or that is connected to the rotation shaft portion 8 in the non-rotating state is, for example, the inner main body portion of the first member 1 or the second member 2. Since it is attached to the outer surface, it will function as a reinforcing member.

That is, since the inner main body is reinforced by attaching the mounting members 3 and 4 which are the mounting portions of the hinge device to the inner main body, the hinge device itself or this mounting structure of the hinge device itself is provided. It becomes reinforcement and improves the rigidity and the deformation strength of the first member 1 and the second member 2.

In other words, the structure is such that the reinforcing member is used for pivotal attachment, and by this hinge device,
The strength of the first member 1 and the second member 2 which are pivotally attached is improved.

For example, when the mounting members 3 and 4 are plate members and the mounting members 3 and 4 having a predetermined length are provided along the side surface of the inner main body portion along the side, the strength increases as the length of the mounting length increases. In addition, if the frame is configured to be fitted to the inner main body, the rigidity strength and the deformation strength are further improved.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a portable telephone which can be made compact in size, and electronic parts such as a circuit board and a power source are provided in the inner main body, and the inner main body is the outermost resin case. On the upper surface side of the plate-shaped first member 1 (main body 1) covered with, an operation part for arranging numeric keys, function keys and the like to perform a keyboard function is provided, and the main part 1 is overlapped to cover the operation part. A plate-shaped second member 2 (overlapping portion 2) having substantially the same shape is pivotally connected by a hinge device so that the second member 2 (overlapping portion 2) can be rotatably and rotatably rotated so as to be superposed, closed, and raised.

On the bottom surface side of the overlapping portion 2, there is provided a preset screen or a display portion such as a liquid crystal panel for performing a predetermined display by the operation of the operation portion or an incoming call.

Further, in this embodiment, the hinge device pivotally connects the first member 1 and the second member 2 to each other.
A plate-shaped first mounting member 3 that functions as a reinforcing member is attached to the left and right outer surfaces of the inner main body of each of the first to third superposed plate portions 5 at the tip end of each plate-shaped mounting member 3. Is provided. On the other hand, a plate-shaped second mounting member 4 that functions as a reinforcing member is attached to the left and right outer surfaces of the inner main body of the second member 2 respectively, and a second end is attached to the tip of each plate-shaped mounting member 4. Is provided so that both of the superposed plate portions 5 and 6 can be superposed and arranged, and one of the superposed plate portions 5 and (6) is provided with a mounting hole 7, A mounting shaft portion 8 that rotates together with the other overlapping plate portion 6, (5) is rotatably engaged with the hole 7 to pivotally attach the overlapping plate portions 5, 6 to the first member 1 and the The second member 2 and the second member 2 are pivotally attached to each other through the mounting members 3 and 4 which function as a reinforcing member.

Specifically, in this embodiment, each of the attachment members 3 and 4 attached to the first member 1 and the second member 2 is the outermost layer portion of the first member 1 or the second member 2. Is attached to the outer surface of the inner body to be covered with the resin case or the molding resin in a state of being installed for a predetermined length.

Further, in this embodiment, the first mounting members 3 attached to the left and right outer side surfaces of the inner main body of the first member 1 are
As shown in the drawing, the reinforcing effect is sufficiently exerted as a sufficiently long plate-shaped member.

The second mounting member 4 mounted on the second member 2 is formed into a U-shaped frame to be fitted on the outer surface of the inner main body of the second member 2, and the left and right sides of the frame are mounted. A second mounting member 4 is provided on each of both ends.
Therefore, the strength of the second member 2 serving as the overlapping portion 2 that can be opened and closed is further improved by the hinge device.

Further, the specific axial mounting structure of the superposed plate portions 5 and 6 formed at the tips of the mounting members 3 and 4 of both the present embodiments (first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6) is as follows. The mounting hole 7 is provided in the overlapping plate portion 6 provided in the second mounting member 4, while the mounting shaft portion 8 is provided in the overlapping plate portion 5 provided in the first mounting member 3 in a non-rotating state. The mounting shaft portion 8 is connected to the mounting hole 7 through the washer 10 and the spring 11 in a through engagement manner. That is, in this embodiment, the mounting shaft portion 8 is not directly provided on the overlapping plate portion 5, but the mounting shaft portion locking hole 12 is provided in the overlapping plate portion 5, and the mounting shaft portion 8 is provided in the mounting hole 7. After being inserted, the mounting shaft portion 8 is inserted into the mounting shaft portion locking hole 12, and the mounting shaft portion 8 protruding from the mounting shaft portion locking hole 12 is caulked to prevent the first mounting member 3 and the overlapping plate portion. 5, the mounting shaft portion 8 is configured to rotate.

Further, a washer is provided between the mounting shaft portion forming body 13 having the mounting shaft portion 8 and the overlapping plate portion 6 (having the mounting hole 7).
10 is arranged, and a spring is provided between the overlapping plate portion 6 and the overlapping plate portion 5.
11 are arranged. The spring 11 is provided with a detent locking portion 14 that locks with the overlapping plate portion 6 so that the spring 11 rotates together with the first mounting member 3 and the overlapping plate portion 5. 11 is provided with a pressure contact projection 15 for generating a predetermined rotation resistance, and the pressure contact projection 15 is configured to rotate while elastically contacting the periphery of the mounting hole 7 by the elasticity of the spring 11. At the same time, by engaging with a positioning edge 16 provided at a predetermined position of the hole edge of the mounting hole 7, the rotation position is positioned and held at a predetermined rotation position (open predetermined position and closed position). There is.

Further, as in the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 to 10, a mounting hole 7 is provided in the overlapping plate portion 5 of the first attaching member 3 and the overlapping plate portion 6 of the second attaching member 4 is directly attached. The mounting shaft portion 8 is formed so as to project, and the mounting shaft portion 8 is overlapped with the overlapping plate portions 5 and 6 through the spring 11 provided with the detent locking portion 14 and the press-contacting projection portion 15. 7 through-engagement with a retaining member
The mounting shaft portion 8 is pierced through 17 and is caulked to prevent it from coming off.

In any of the embodiments, a through hole 9 is formed in the mounting shaft portion 8 so that the wiring can be inserted therethrough.

The present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the specific constitution of each constituent element can be designed as appropriate.

[0029]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, since the inner main body portion is reinforced by attaching the attaching member, which is the attaching portion of the hinge device, to the inner main body portion, the hinge device itself, This is an epoch-making hinge device in which the attachment structure itself of the hinge device is reinforced and the rigidity and deformation strength of the first member and the second member are improved.

In other words, the structure is such that the reinforcing member is used for pivotal attachment, and by pivoting, the strength of the pivotally attached first member and second member is improved, resulting in an epoch-making hinge device. .

According to the second aspect of the invention, the hinge device has improved strength in both the first member and the second member.

Further, according to the third aspect of the invention, the hinge device surely exhibits the effects of the present invention with a simpler structure.

Further, in the invention according to claim 4, since the mounting member is formed in the shape of a frame to be fitted into the inner main body portion, the rigidity and the deformation strength are further improved. It becomes a device.

Further, according to the invention of claim 5, the hinge device is further excellent in that wiring is facilitated.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, there is provided an electronic device using an epoch-making hinge device that exhibits the above-mentioned effects.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory perspective view of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a shaft attachment portion of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory perspective view of a shaft mounting portion of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory plan sectional view of a shaft-attached portion of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory vertical sectional view of a shaft-attached portion of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a shaft attachment portion of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory perspective view of a shaft mounting portion of the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory plan sectional view of a shaft-attached portion of the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory vertical sectional view of a shaft-attached portion of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 First member (main body) 2 Second member (overlap part) 3 mounting members 4 mounting members 5 Overlapping plate part 6 Overlapping plate part 7 mounting holes 8 Mounting shaft 9 through holes

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A hinge device for pivotally connecting a first member and a second member, wherein one overlapping plate is provided at an end portion of a mounting member which is mounted on the first member or the second member and functions as a reinforcing member. The second member or the mounting member to be attached to the first member is provided with the other overlapping plate portion, and both overlapping plate portions can be overlapped and arranged, and at least one of the weights is overlapped. A mounting hole is provided in the plywood portion, and a mounting shaft portion that rotates together with the other overlapping plate portion is rotatably engaged with the mounting hole to pivotally mount the overlapping plate portion. A hinge device, wherein at least one of the two members is pivotally attached via the attachment member that functions as a reinforcing member. 2. A hinge device pivotally connecting a first member and a second member, wherein a first overlapping member is attached to the first member and functions as a reinforcing member.
The second mounting member that is attached to the second member and functions as a reinforcing member is provided with a second superposed plate portion, and both superposed plate portions are configured so that they can be superposed, and at least one of the above A mounting hole is provided in the overlapping plate portion, and a mounting shaft portion that rotates together with the other overlapping plate portion is rotatably engaged with the mounting hole to pivotally mount the overlapping plate portion, and the first member and the The hinge device according to claim 1, wherein the second member is pivotally attached to the second member via the mounting member that functions as a reinforcing member. 3. The mounting member functioning as the reinforcing member is configured to be attached to the outer surface of the inner main body portion covered with the outermost layer portion of the first member or the second member. The hinge device according to any one of 1 and 2. 4. The mounting member, which functions as the reinforcing member, has a frame-like shape to be fitted on the outer surface of the inner main body covered with the outermost layer of the first member or the second member. The hinge device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is characterized. 5. A through hole is formed in the mounting shaft portion so that a wire can be inserted therethrough.
4. The hinge device according to any one of 4 above. 6. A main body portion provided with an operation portion is used as a first member,
The overlapping portion provided with a display portion is used as a second member, and the main body portion and the overlapping portion are pivotally attached to each other by the hinge device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 so as to be openable and closable. Electronic equipment using a hinge device.