JP2011175331A - Folding type electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide folding type electronic equipment for regulating the movement of an operation side mounting part to an opening direction, and for preventing an abutting component functioning as a leg member from being removed. <P>SOLUTION: The folding type electronic equipment includes: a fixed side mounting part 2 having an upper casing 5 and a lower casing 6; an operation side mounting part 3 mounted via a hinge part 7 on one end of the fixed side mounting part 2; and an abutting component 4 for regulating the opening operation of the operation side mounting part 3. The abutting component 4 is mounted on one end of the fixed side mounting part 2 in such a state that a part of this protrudes downward from the lower casing 6. A mounting structure 8 for mounting the abutting component 4 on the fixed side member is configured of a first engagement part 9 in which the abutting component 4 is engaged with the lower casing 6 and a second engagement part 10 in which the abutting component 4 is engaged with the upper casing 5 from an engagement direction which is different from the engagement direction of the first engagement part 9. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a foldable electronic device in which an operating side mounting part is attached to a fixed side mounting part so that the operating side mounting part can be opened and closed in a vertical direction by a hinge part, and more particularly to an abutting part that regulates an opening operation of the operating side mounting part. .

  As a conventional foldable electronic device including an operation mounting unit that opens and closes, there is a notebook computer described in Patent Document 1, for example. The notebook computer disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a fixed-side mounting portion having a keyboard and an operating side attached to a rear end portion of the fixed-side mounting portion so as to be opened and closed in the vertical direction via a hinge portion. And a mounting section.

In order to restrict the opening operation of the working side mounting portion to the rear end portion of the fixed side mounting portion at both ends in the width direction (left and right direction) of the fixed side mounting portion when the operation side opening portion is opened most widely. An abutting part (stopper) is provided. The abutting component is pushed obliquely downward by the operating side mounting portion when the opening operation of the operating side mounting portion is restricted.
Further, the abutting component is formed so as to be located at the lowest position in the rear end portion of the fixed side mounting portion. In other words, the abutting part also has a function as a leg of the rear end portion of the notebook computer.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-165637

  In the foldable electronic device disclosed in Patent Document 1, there is a possibility that the abutting component may come off from the fixed side mounting portion. This is due to the following two reasons. The first reason is that the abutting component is pushed obliquely downward by the operating side mounting part when the operating part mounting part is restricted so as not to open further. The second reason is that a large frictional force acts on the abutting component when the fixed side mounting portion is slid and moved on a desk, for example.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and provides a foldable electronic device that restricts movement of the operating side mounting portion in the opening direction and prevents the abutting component that functions as a leg member from coming off. The purpose is to do.

  In order to achieve this object, a foldable electronic component according to the present invention includes a fixed-side mounting portion formed by an upper housing and a lower housing, and a hinge portion at one end of the fixed-side mounting portion. An operating side mounting part that is attached so as to be openable and closable in the vertical direction, and an abutting part that regulates a position when the operating side mounting part opens most, wherein the abutting part is a part of the fixed side mounting part. The mounting structure for attaching the abutting part to the fixed member is attached to the one end part so that a part of the abutting part protrudes downward from the lower casing. 1 fitting part and the abutting part are comprised by the 2nd fitting part fitted from the fitting direction different from the fitting direction of the said 1st fitting part in the said upper housing | casing. Is.

  According to the present invention, the movement of the abutting component in the direction in which the first fitting portion is disengaged is restricted by the upper housing being fitted to the abutting component in the second fitting portion. Is done. Further, the movement of the abutting component in the direction in which the second fitting portion is detached is restricted by the abutting component being fitted to the lower housing in the first fitting portion.

  Therefore, the abutting component is fixed to the fixed-side mounting portion by fixing the upper housing to the lower housing in a state where it is fitted to the lower housing and the upper housing in the first and second fitting portions. Fixed to. As a result, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a foldable electronic device that restricts movement of the operating side mounting portion in the opening direction and does not come off the abutting component that functions as a leg member.

It is sectional drawing which shows the basic composition of the foldable electronic device which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the use condition of the foldable electronic device which concerns on this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the folding electronic device which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which expands and shows the principal part, The figure shows the state which closed the operation side mounting part. It is sectional drawing which expands and shows the principal part, The figure shows the state which opened the operation | movement side mounting part most. It is sectional drawing of a butting part. It is a top view of a fitting nail.

A basic configuration of a folding electronic apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
A foldable electronic device 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a fixed side mounting portion 2, an operation side mounting portion 3, and an abutting component 4. The electronic device 1 is used in a state where the fixed side mounting portion 2 is placed on, for example, a desk or a user's knee. The fixed side mounting portion 2 is formed by an upper housing 5 and a lower housing 6. The operating side mounting portion 3 is attached to one end portion of the fixed side mounting portion 2 via a hinge portion 7 so as to be opened and closed in the vertical direction.

  The abutting component 4 is for restricting the operation when the operating side mounting portion 3 is opened at the position where the operating side mounting portion 3 is opened to the maximum. ing. Further, the abutting component 4 is attached to the fixed-side mounting portion 2 in a state in which a part thereof projects downward from the lower housing 6. For this reason, the abutting part 4 substantially functions as a leg member at one end of the foldable electronic device 1. That is, in a state where the foldable electronic device 1 is placed on, for example, a desk, the electronic device 1 can be prevented from sliding sideways by friction between the abutting component 4 and the desk.

  The mounting structure 8 includes a first fitting portion 9 in which the abutting component 4 is fitted into the lower housing 6 and a second fitting in which the abutting component 4 is fitted into the upper housing 5. Part 10. The first fitting portion 9 and the second fitting portion 10 are formed so that the fitting directions when the abutting component 4 is fitted to the upper housing 5 and the lower housing 6 are different from each other. .

  In the foldable electronic device 1 configured as shown in FIG. 1, the movement of the abutting component 4 in the direction in which the fitting of the first fitting portion 9 is disengaged is performed in the upper fitting in the second fitting portion 10. It is regulated by the body 5 being fitted to the abutting part 4. Further, the movement of the abutting component 4 in the direction in which the second fitting portion 10 is released is restricted by the abutting component 4 being fitted to the lower housing 6 in the first fitting portion 9. .

  Therefore, the upper housing 5 is fixed to the lower housing 6 while the abutting component 4 is fitted to the upper housing 5 and the lower housing 6 in the first and second fitting portions 10. Thus, the fixed side mounting portion 2 is fixed. For this reason, according to this embodiment, it is possible to provide a foldable electronic device that restricts movement of the operating side mounting portion 3 in the opening direction and does not come off the abutting component 4 that functions as a leg member.

  Next, specific embodiments of the folding electronic device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In these drawings, members that are the same as or equivalent to those described with reference to FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted as appropriate. In this embodiment, the front side when viewed from the user side of the foldable electronic device is referred to as the front side of the electronic device, and the opposite side is referred to as the rear side. In the foldable electronic device 1 shown in FIG. 2, the left end portion is referred to as a front end portion and the right end portion is referred to as a rear end portion. In this embodiment, a direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction when the folding electronic device 1 is viewed from above is referred to as a left-right direction.

The foldable electronic device 1 shown in this embodiment is configured by assigning functions as electronic devices to the fixed-side mounting unit 2 and the operating-side mounting unit 3, respectively.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the fixed side mounting portion 2 according to this embodiment is formed by a front case 11 and a rear cover 12 attached to a lower portion of the front case 11. In this embodiment, the front case 11 constitutes the upper casing referred to in the present invention, and the rear cover 12 constitutes the lower casing referred to in the present invention.

The lower surface of the rear cover 12 is formed to be substantially flat so that it can be placed on a desk or a user's knee with good stability.
The front case 11 and the rear cover 12 are fastened by, for example, bolts (not shown) so that the abutting parts 4 cannot be separated from each other in a state where they are assembled by a mounting structure 8 (see FIGS. 4 and 5) described later. ing.

Hinge portions 7 are provided at the rear end portions of the front case 11 and at both ends in the left-right direction of the front case 11. The operating side mounting portion 3 is attached to the fixed side mounting portion 2 via the hinge portion 7 so as to be opened and closed in the vertical direction.
Further, between the hinge portions 7 at the rear end portion of the front case 11, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a protrusion 21 for attaching an abutting component 4 described later is formed. The protrusion 21 is formed so as to protrude downward from the rear end portion of the front case 11. The protrusion 21 according to this embodiment is formed in a plate shape extending in the left-right direction of the electronic device 1 with a predetermined length. The length of the projection 21 in the left-right direction is formed to be equal to the length of the abutting component 4 described later.

  A recessed portion 22 for mounting the abutting component 4 is formed at the center portion in the left-right direction at the rear end portion of the rear cover 12. The recessed portion 22 is formed so as to open toward the rear and the lower side of the electronic device 1. As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of concave portions 23 for attaching the abutting component 4 are opened in a portion of the rear cover 12 exposed in the concave portion 22. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, these recesses 23 are formed so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the electronic apparatus 1 (the left-right direction in FIGS. 4 and 5). In addition, these recesses 23 are respectively arranged at positions spaced apart from each other with a predetermined interval in the left-right direction of the electronic device 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the abutting component 4 according to this embodiment is formed to extend in the width direction (left-right direction) of the fixed-side mounting portion 2. As a material for forming the abutting component 4, a material having higher flexibility than the working side mounting portion 3 is used. The abutting component 4 can be formed of, for example, rubber or a plastic material having flexibility. Further, the abutting component 4 is disposed at the center in the width direction at the rear end portion of the fixed side mounting portion 2 so as to be accommodated in the recessed portion 22. Also in this embodiment, the abutting component 4 is attached to the fixed-side mounting portion 2 in a state in which a part thereof projects downward from the rear cover 12. For this reason, the abutting component 4 has a function as a leg portion at the rear end portion of the electronic device 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, a plurality of fitting claws 24 fitted into the recess 23 of the rear cover 12 are provided at the front end portion (left end portion in FIGS. 4 and 5) of the abutting component 4. Is formed. In this embodiment, the fitting claw 24 constitutes a “convex portion” according to the third aspect of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, these fitting claws 24 are formed so as to have an arrow in a plan view and protrude forward from the front end portion of the abutting component 4. That is, each fitting claw 24 is positioned at the same position as the recess 23 of the rear cover 12 in the left-right direction of the electronic device 1 and extends in the front-rear direction of the electronic device 1.

  On both sides of each fitting claw 24, a pair of locking claws 24a that are locked to the recess 23 are provided. Further, a notch 24 b is formed in the center portion of the fitting claw 24 in the width direction from the front end of the fitting claw 24 toward the base side. The fitting claw 24 is inserted into the recess 23 in a state in which the locking claw 24a is pushed by the wall of the recess 23 and is elastically deformed so that the opening width of the notch 24b is narrowed. For this reason, after the fitting claw 24 is fitted in the recess 23, the locking claw 24a is locked to the recess 23, and therefore cannot be easily removed.

In this embodiment, these fitting claws 24 and the plurality of recesses 23 of the rear cover 12 constitute the first fitting portion 9 referred to in the present invention. That is, the first fitting portions 9 are provided so as to be arranged at a predetermined interval in the width direction of the electronic device 1.
In each first fitting portion 9, the fitting claw 24 is pushed into the concave portion 23 from behind the electronic device 1 and is fitted. That is, the fitting direction of the first fitting portion 9 is the front-rear direction from the rear to the front of the electronic device 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, a concave portion 25 into which the projection 21 of the front case 11 is fitted is formed in the upper end portion on the rear side of the abutting component 4. The recess 25 is formed in a groove shape that opens upward and extends in the left-right direction of the electronic device 1 (longitudinal direction of the abutting component 4). The recess 25 and the projection 21 of the front case 11 constitute the second fitting portion 10 referred to in the present invention.

  In the second fitting portion 10, the direction in which the protrusion 21 is fitted into the concave portion 23 of the abutting portion is a vertical direction from the upper side to the lower side. That is, the fitting direction of the second fitting portion 10 is different from the fitting direction of the first fitting portion 9. In this embodiment, the fitting direction of the first fitting portion 9 is the front-rear direction, and the fitting direction of the second fitting portion 10 is the vertical direction. The fitting parts are orthogonal to each other.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, a pressure receiving surface 26 with which the working side mounting portion 3 abuts is formed at the rear end portion of the abutting component 4. The pressure receiving surface 26 is formed so that the one end surface 3a of the working side mounting portion 3 comes into contact with the working side mounting portion 3 in a state where the working side mounting portion 3 is opened most widely. The pressure receiving surface 26 according to this embodiment is formed at a position where the force received from the working side mounting portion 3 acts substantially in front of the electronic device 1. The direction of the force received by the abutting component 4 at this time is indicated by an arrow A in FIG. That is, the abutting component 4 is pushed by the operating side mounting portion 3 in the direction when fitting to the rear cover 12 in a state where the opening operation of the operating side mounting portion 3 is restricted.

  In the foldable electronic device 1 shown in this embodiment, in order to attach the abutting component 4, first, the plurality of fitting claws 24 of the abutting component 4 are fitted into the recess 23 of the rear cover 12. Next, the front case 11 is put on the rear cover 12 from above. At this time, the front case 11 is moved downward, and the protrusion 21 of the front case 11 is fitted into the recess 25 of the abutting component 4. In this state, the front case 11 is fixed to the rear cover 12 with, for example, bolts (not shown), whereby the attachment of the abutting component 4 to the fixed side mounting portion 3 is completed.

  In the state where the abutting component 4 is attached to the fixed side mounting portion 3, the opening operation of the operating side mounting portion 3 is regulated by the abutting component 4. In other words, when the operating side mounting portion 3 is largely opened, one end surface 3a of the operating side mounting portion 3 comes into contact with the pressure receiving surface 26 of the abutting component 4 as shown in FIG.

  Also in the electronic apparatus 1 shown in this embodiment, the movement of the abutting component 4 in the direction (rear) in which the fitting of the first fitting portion 9 is released is caused by the front case 11 in the second fitting portion 10. It is regulated by being fitted to the abutting part 4 from above. Further, the movement of the abutting component 4 in the direction in which the second fitting portion 10 is released (downward) is restricted by the abutting component 4 being fitted to the rear cover 12 in the first fitting portion 9. The

  Therefore, in this embodiment, the abutting component 4 is also fixed to the rear cover 12 in a state in which it is fitted to the front case 11 and the rear cover 12 in the first and second fitting portions 9 and 10. Thus, the fixed side mounting portion 2 is fixed. As a result, even if the foldable electronic device 1 according to this embodiment is slid sideways on a desk and moved, for example, the abutting component 4 is not peeled off by a frictional force.

  In this embodiment, the fitting direction of the second fitting portion 10 is the same as the direction when the front case 11 is assembled to the rear cover 12. For this reason, the operation | work which fits in the 2nd fitting part 10 and the operation | work which combines the rear cover 12 and the front case 11 can be performed by the same process. Therefore, the foldable electronic device 1 according to this embodiment can be easily assembled although the abutting component 4 is attached to the fixed-side mounting portion 2 by the two fitting portions 9 and 10. It will be possible.

  The first fitting portion 9 according to this embodiment is constituted by a recess 23 formed in the rear cover 12 and a fitting claw 24 formed in the abutting component 4 so as to be able to fit in the recess 23. Yes. The fitting claw 24 is formed with a locking claw 24 a that protrudes in a direction perpendicular to the fitting direction and is locked to the recess 23.

  For this reason, the abutting component 4 can be temporarily held by the rear cover 12 in a state where the abutting component 4 is fitted to the rear cover 12 in the first fitting portion 9. That is, in the state where the abutting part 4 is assembled to the rear cover 12, the abutting part 4 does not fall off the rear cover 12. As a result, according to this embodiment, it is possible to provide the foldable electronic device 1 that can be more easily assembled.

  The abutting component 4 according to this embodiment is pressed by the operating-side mounting unit 3 in a direction (a direction from the rear to the front) when fitted to the rear cover 12 in a state where the opening operation of the operating-side mounting unit 3 is restricted. It is what For this reason, the abutting component 4 is not detached from the rear cover 12 by a force when the operating side mounting portion 3 pushes the abutting component 4.

The abutting component 4 according to this embodiment is formed so as to extend in the width direction of the fixed-side mounting portion 2 and is disposed at the center portion in the width direction at the rear end portion of the fixed-side mounting portion 2. The first fitting portions 9 are provided so as to be arranged at intervals in the width direction.
For this reason, the function which regulates the operation | movement which the operation side mounting part 3 opens, and the function which supports the rear-end part of the electronic device 1 as a leg member are realizable by the one abutting component 4. FIG.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Folding type electronic device, 2 ... Fixed side mounting part, 3 ... Operation side mounting part, 4 ... Abutting part, 5 ... Upper housing | casing, 6 ... Lower housing | casing, 7 ... Hinge part, 9 ... 1st fitting Joint part, 10 ... 2nd fitting part, 11 ... Front case, 12 ... Rear cover, 21 ... Projection, 23, 25 ... Recessed part, 24 ... Fitting claw, 24a ... Locking claw.

Claims (5)

A fixed-side mounting portion formed by an upper housing and a lower housing;
An operation side mounting part attached to one end of the fixed side mounting part via a hinge part so as to be opened and closed in the vertical direction;
Abutting parts that regulate the operation when the working side mounting part opens,
The abutting component is attached to the one end portion of the fixed-side mounting portion in a state in which a part thereof projects downward from the lower housing,
The mounting structure for attaching the abutting component to the fixed side member includes a first fitting portion in which the abutting component is fitted in the lower housing, and the abutting component in the upper housing. A foldable electronic device comprising: a second fitting portion that is fitted from a fitting direction different from the fitting direction of the fitting portion.   The foldable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the fitting direction of one of the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion is set such that the upper housing is placed on the lower housing. A foldable electronic device characterized in that it is in the same direction as when assembled. 3. The foldable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first fitting portion is formed on the abutting component so as to be fitted into the concave portion formed in the lower housing and the concave portion. And a convex portion,
The foldable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a locking claw that protrudes in a direction orthogonal to a fitting direction and is locked to the concave portion is formed on the convex portion.   4. The foldable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the abutting component is fitted to the lower housing in a state in which the opening operation of the operating side mounting portion is restricted. 5. The foldable electronic apparatus is characterized in that it is pushed in the direction of the operating side mounting part. 5. The foldable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the abutting component is formed so as to extend in a width direction of the fixed-side mounting portion, and the fixed-side mounting portion. Disposed at the center in the width direction of the one end,
The foldable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first fitting portions are provided so as to be arranged at intervals in the width direction.

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