JP4599374B2 - SLIDING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SLIDING DEVICE - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a slide device capable of switching a polymerization state up and down and an electronic apparatus using the slide device.

  For example, a conventional foldable mobile phone / mobile / computer or game machine has an operation unit in which numeric keys and function keys are arranged on the upper surface side of the lower main unit, and a predetermined operation is performed by key operation of the operation unit. A display unit such as a liquid crystal panel on which display is performed is provided on the lower surface side (polymerization side) of the upper overlapping portion, and the main body portion and the overlapping portion are connected via a hinge device to connect the main body portion and the overlapping portion. It is configured to be able to switch from the folded closed state where the operation part is concealed by the superposition part to flip it up and down by the hinge device and flip it up, so that the operation part and the display part are exposed. is doing.

  Therefore, in the conventional electronic equipment that covers the operation part of the main body part with the overlapping and rotating superposition part, it can be folded and compactized, but the display part is also concealed in the superposition state where the operation part is concealed. In many cases, use in a compact state is inevitably limited.

  Further, when operating the operation unit, the heavy overlapping portion provided with the display unit must be erected and rotated in the reverse direction, which makes it difficult to perform this opening / closing operation (particularly, opening operation).

  Therefore, instead of opening and closing by rolling up and down, if configured to open and close by sliding the overlapping portion in the front-rear direction along the overlapping surface, a display portion can be provided on the upper surface of the overlapping portion, For example, even when it is not used or when key operation is unnecessary, in other words, even if the overlapped part with the display part is overlapped with the main body part and the operation part is concealed, the display part is arranged on the upper surface. When the display unit is switched from a compacted and compacted state to a state in which the operating unit or the operating unit or the second display unit is also exposed, the display unit is aligned. This can be done by sliding the overlapping part in the front-rear direction. It is spread, yet the opening and closing operation is also facilitated mobile phone, and electronic devices such as mobile, personal computers, and game consoles.

  When the slide opening / closing system is configured as described above, a slide device that slidably connects the main body (first member) and the overlapping portion (second member) is used. Positioning and holding (click engagement) between the overlapping position concealed by the overlapping part and the sliding open position where the operating part and the second display part are exposed by sliding the sliding part back and forth so that the overlapping part is displaced. It is desirable to configure as follows.

  The present invention provides a slide device that can switch the overlapping state up and down without reversing the overlapped member by reciprocating the slide slide (front and back slide in the overlap direction) based on a further innovative idea. Furthermore, even if the other member is overlapped on either the upper or lower side of one member, it can slide differently, and the upper member is slid relatively and the upper member is lowered at the slide end to return the slide. By doing so, it is possible to superimpose on the lower side of the lower member, so that the superposition state can be reversed upside down, so that the upper surface of the upper member that was always exposed is superposed on the lower side of the lower member, this time the lower member The upper member can be switched so that it can be freely opened and closed by sliding the upper member. For example, only the screen on the upper surface of the upper member is exposed by sliding the upper member. The slide of the upper surface of the lower member can be changed from the extended state to the exposed two-screen exposed state, and the upper member which has always been exposed is superposed on the lower side of the lower member to thereby change the upper surface of the upper member. In this case, the screen that was always exposed can now be concealed and exposed so that the screen of the other member can always be exposed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an epoch-making slide device that can be realized with the electronic device and an electronic device using the slide device.

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

  The base member 3 is provided with the first member 1 and the second member 2 in a vertically superposed state, and at least the second member 2 is configured to be slidable relative to the first member 1 in the overlapping surface direction. The base portion 3 and at least the first member 1 or the second member 2 on the slide side are connected by a connecting portion 4, and the connecting portion 4 that connects the fixed side and the slide side is the fixed side. The base member 3 and one of the first member 1 and the second member 2 on the slide side are fixedly connected to each other in a freely rotatable manner, and the fixed connecting base portion 4A fixedly connected to the one is rotatable around a fulcrum. The rotating tip 4B of the connecting portion 4 provided on the other side is slidably engaged with and connected to the guide portion 5 provided on the other side, and is slid in a state of being superimposed on the upper side of the first member 1. The second member 2 is connected to the first member 1 When the first member 1 and the second member 2 are slid to different positions, the first member 1 and the second member 2 are lowered from the state where they are arranged in series in the sliding direction and overlapped below the first member 1 again. The connecting portion 4 is rotatably provided so as to be slidable in the return direction to form a link connecting configuration, and the first member 1 or the second member 2 is slid with respect to the base portion 3 on the fixed side. When the guide member 5 is slide-guided by the guide portion 5 and the connecting portion 4 engaged and connected to the guide portion 5, the first member 1 and the second member 2 are reversed at the slide end portion. The connecting portion 4 is rotated so that the reverse movement of the upper and lower overlapping state is guided, and the second member 2 is superposed on either the upper or lower side with respect to the first member 1. Slide by guide 5 A configuration in which the first member 1 and the second member 2 are superposed and slidable in the superposition direction in both superposition states so that the superposition state of the first member 1 and the second member 2 can be switched up and down by sliding reciprocation. The present invention relates to a slide device characterized by the above.

Further, when the second member 2 is slid with respect to the first member 1, the first member 1 is slid in the opposite direction when meshed with the pinion 6 provided between the first member 1 and the second member 2. Rack teeth 7 for transmitting a driving force to be transmitted are provided on the first member 1 and the second member 2, and the pinion 6 is inserted between the inner end portions when the first member 1 and the second member 2 slide. In addition, the rack teeth 7 are provided on the outer periphery of the end of each of the members 1 and 2 and the two upper and lower surfaces thereof, and the second member 2 is placed in the direction of misalignment in the overlapping direction with respect to the first member 1. When slid, the driving force of sliding the first member 1 in the opposite direction with respect to the second member 2 is generated by the transmission by the pinion 6 and the rack teeth 7, and the members 1 and 2 are overlapped and overlap each other. When sliding to the inner end of members 1 and 2, In this state, the second member 2 superposed on the upper side of the first member 1 is lowered, and the first member 1 is reversed with respect to the second member 2 by transmission between the pinion 6 and the rack teeth 7. Ascending driving force is generated, and the second member 2 superposed again below the first member 1 in a state where the upper and lower overlapping states of the first member 1 and the second member 2 are reversed and switched. Is configured such that a driving force for sliding the first member 1 in the reverse direction is generated again with respect to the second member 2 by transmission between the pinion 6 and the rack teeth 7. The pinion 6 and the rack teeth 7, and the base portion 3 on the fixed side and the first member 1 or the second member 2 on the slide side are fixedly connected to each other, and the guide portion 5 is connected to the other. It can be slid through and turned freely By connecting and connecting each of the connecting portions 4 so as to be rotatable, the link state of the first member 1 and the second member 2 can be switched vertically by sliding reciprocation. 2. The slide device according to claim 1 , wherein the slide device is connected in a superposed manner so as to be slidable in a superposed surface direction in a superposed state.

In addition, the first polymerization portion and the second polymerization portion are overlapped and slidably overlapped with the main body portion, and the second polymerization portion is slid relative to the first polymerization portion so that the upper surface of the first polymerization portion can be concealed and exposed. constructed, the main body portion or the first polymerization section and the first member 1 or the second member 2, claim the polymerization portion or the second overlapping portion as the second member 2 or the first member 1 The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus using a slide device, wherein the slide device is superposed by the slide device according to any one of 1 and 2 .

Further, display portions 20, 21 or an operation portion are provided on the upper surfaces of the first member 1 and the second member 2 where the superposition state is switched up and down, and the display portion 20, 21 or the operation portion is provided with this. The member becomes a lower polymerization member by switching the polymerization state up and down and can be switched between a concealment exposure switchable by sliding of the upper polymerization member and a case where it is always exposed as an upper polymerization member. The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus using the slide device according to claim 3 .

Since the present invention is configured as described above, a reciprocating slide slide (front-rear slide in the direction of the overlapping surface) is a slide device that can switch the overlapping state up and down without reversing the overlapped member. Even if the other member is superposed on either the upper or lower side of this member, it can slide with a difference, and the upper member can be slid relatively, and the upper member can be lowered at the slide end to slide back. The upper surface of the upper member, which is always exposed, is superposed on the lower side of the lower member by overlapping the upper side of the upper member, which is always exposed because the polymerization state can be reversed upside down. The concealed exposure can be opened and closed freely by sliding the member, so that, for example, one screen exposure in which only the upper surface of the upper member is exposed by sliding the upper member. The screen of the upper surface of the lower member can be changed to the exposed two-screen exposed state from the state, and the upper member that has always been exposed is superposed on the lower side of the lower member to be placed on the upper surface of the upper member. The screen that was always exposed can now be concealed and exposed so that the screen of the other member is always exposed. An epoch-making slide device that can be easily realized with a simple configuration, and an electronic apparatus using the slide device.

Further, in the invention according to claim 2 , one member is slid in synchronization with the rack and pinion by the slide of one member, and moves up and down in synchronism even when the vertical polymerization is reversed at the slide end. If both the upper and lower overlapping members can be slidably reversed by the reciprocal slide reciprocal movement, the upper and lower overlapping members can always slide in the opposite direction and automatically slide in the opposite directions. Since the reversal is reversed so that they are interchanged, the slide device is extremely epoch-making, which is very easy to operate, and the vertical polymerization inversion is smooth and easy to operate.

The invention described in claim 3 is an electronic device that exhibits the functions and effects. In particular, the invention described in claim 4 is an epoch-making electronic device that is more practical.

  Embodiments of the present invention that are considered suitable (how to carry out the invention) will be briefly described with reference to the drawings, illustrating the operation of the present invention.

The present invention, even if the top and bottom either side as shown in FIG. 7 For example, because it is attached slidably by the connecting portion 4 and the fixed side and sliding side, with respect to the lower member The upper member can be slid back and forth. However, since the connecting portion 4 is rotatably provided and has a link connection structure, the upper member slides down to the slide end and the lower member is lowered. To the bottom of the lower member and can slide back and forth again.

  That is, the upper member is slid with respect to the lower member by the link connecting configuration by the connecting portion 4 slidably engaged and connected to the guide portion 5 of one member and the setting of the guide portion 5. Then, it descends at the slide end and overlaps with the lower part of the lower member, so that it can slide further in the return direction, and the polymerization state is reversed upside down by slide reciprocation of this one member and each slide of both members It will be possible.

  Therefore, for example, it is possible to reverse the up-down polymerization by sliding without reversing the undulation, and relative sliding is possible in any polymerization state, for example, the upper surface of the upper member that was always exposed is superimposed on the lower side of the lower member The upper member, which was the lower member, can be switched so that it can be opened and closed in a concealed manner. For example, the upper member is slid from the one-screen exposed state where only the upper surface of the upper member is exposed. The screen on the upper surface of the member can be changed to an exposed two-screen exposed state, and the upper member that was always exposed is superimposed on the lower side of the lower member, and is always exposed on the upper surface of the upper member. This time, the screen can be concealed and exposed so that the screen of the other member is always exposed. A revolutionary sliding device can be achieved by the relative sliding reciprocation by alternating sliding of one member or both members.

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

In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to an electronic device that can be used as a portable personal computer or a mobile or TV game machine that can be made compact in size. the first member of the second display unit 21 provided on the upper surface side of the 1, Horizontal thick plate of the second member 2 to the short side direction of substantially the same shape that covers the second display unit 21 by polymerizing the first member 1 of this It is configured to be slidable in the horizontal front-rear direction and to be connected by a slide device so that it can be reversed in the vertical direction.

On the upper surface side of the second member 2, a predetermined display is made by operation of the operation unit or an incoming call, and a horizontally long image such as a TV or DVD obtained and output by a memory or reception is displayed. One display unit 20 is provided .

In this embodiment, the first member 1 and the second member 2 are superposed in a vertically superposed state on the base portion 3 serving as a fixing portion, and one of them is fixed to the base portion 3 as a main body portion. In this embodiment, the first member 1 can be configured such that only the other of the fixed ones can be switched up and down, and only the other can be slid in the direction of the overlapping surface. And the second member 2 are superposed on the base portion 3 so as to be slidable relative to each other in the direction of the superposition surface, the base portion 3 is the main body portion, and the first member 1 and the second member 2 are respectively the first superposition portion 1. And the second superposition part 2.

This a fixed-side and the base portion 3 serving as each of said first member 1 and the second member 2 are connected by the connecting portion 4 of each plurality each connecting portion 4 for connecting the the fixed-side and the slide side, A fixed connecting base portion 4A fixedly connected to one of the base portion 3 on the fixed side and the first member 1 and the second member 2 on the slide side is fixedly connected to the one. The engaging portion of the rotating tip portion 4B of the connecting portion 4 provided rotatably at the fulcrum is slidably engaged with the guide portion 5 provided on the other side so as to be freely engaged and connected.

  In this embodiment, specifically, each of the plate-like first member 1 and second member 2 is slidably engaged with the engaging portion of the rotating tip 4B at the other end of the connecting portion 4. A mating slide guide groove is provided as the guide portion 5.

  Therefore, when the second member 2 that slides in a state of being superimposed on the upper side of the first member 1 is slid to the end of the first member 1 by sliding, the first member 1 and the second member 2 The connecting part 4 is provided so as to be freely slidable in the return direction again after being lowered from the state of being arranged in series in the sliding direction and superimposed on the lower side of the first member 1. When the first member 1 or the second member 2 is slid with respect to the base portion 3 on the fixed side, the guide portion 5 and the connecting portion 4 engaged and connected thereto are used. When the first member 1 and the second member 2 are reversed in the vertical overlapping state at the slide end, the connecting portion 4 is rotated to guide the reverse movement of the vertical overlapping state. And the first member In contrast, the second member 2 is configured to be slidably guided by the guide portion 5 even when the second member 2 is overlapped on either the upper or lower side, and the overlapping state of the first member 1 and the second member 2 is slid back and forth. Thus, it is possible to change the position up and down and to be connected in a polymerization manner so as to be slidable in the direction of the polymerization surface in both polymerization states.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, a pinion 6 disposed between the first member 1 and the second member 2 is rotatably provided on the base portion 3 (fixed side), and meshes with the pinion 6. When the second member 2 is slid with respect to the first member 1, rack teeth 7 are provided on the first member 1 and the second member 2 to synchronously slide the first member 1 in the reverse direction. Provided between the inner end of the first member 1 and the second member 2 at the time of sliding sliding, the rack teeth 7 are provided on the outer periphery of the end of each of the members 1, 2 and the upper and lower two surfaces, When the second member 2 is slid with respect to the first member 1 in the direction of deviation of the overlapping surface direction, the first member 1 is opposite to the second member 2 due to transmission by the pinion 6 and the rack teeth 7. Slide in sync with each other, and each member 1 and 2 When sliding to the inner end of each of the members 1 and 2, the second member 2 that has been superimposed on the upper side of the first member 1 descends from the state of being arranged in series, and the pinion 6 and the rack teeth 7 The first member 1 ascends reversely with respect to the second member 2 due to the transmission, and the first and second superposition states of the first member 1 and the second member 2 are reversed and switched. By sliding the second member 2 superposed on the lower side of the member 1 relatively in the return direction, that is, by sliding the first member 1 on the upper side in the advancing direction, the pinion 6 and the rack The first member 1 slides in the opposite direction relative to the second member 2 by transmission with the teeth 7, that is, the second member 2 slides in the return direction. And the base portion 3 and the slide on the fixed side The first member 1 and the second member 2 are fixedly connected to one of the first member 1 and the second member 2, and the other is slidably connected to the first member 1 and the second member 2. By providing the link connection structure by providing the portion 4 so as to be freely rotatable, the overlapping state of the first member 1 and the second member 2 can be switched up and down by sliding reciprocation, and in the overlapping surface direction in both overlapping states. It is configured to be slidably polymerized.

  Accordingly, in the present embodiment, the first member 1 and the second member 2 are interchanged up and down on the base portion 3 so as to cut the playing cards, and in this embodiment, the rack teeth 7 and the pinions 6 can be made freely. If the upper member is pushed and slid by the synchronization of the upper and lower members, the lower member can be automatically slid reversely and easily opened and closed. As described in the first embodiment, the other is raised by the vertical reversing guide by the setting of the guide portion 5 and the connecting portion 4 and the synchronization by the rack teeth 7 and the pinion 6, and automatically reversed by one slide or lowering, and In this case, if the upper member is advanced and slid, the lower member can be returned and slid to easily return to the original overlapped state.

Further, the pinion 6 can be automatically opened and closed by a motor or the like, and the rotation can be lightened . As shown in FIGS. 12 to 14 , a rotation restoring force accumulation mechanism such as a spring on the shaft 6 </ b> A of the pinion 6. If the operating force that is released in the open state or the up-and-down changing open state is released (for example, when the released finger is released), the return accumulated by the release of the mainspring, elastic force, etc. You may comprise so that it may return to a superposition | polymerization obstruction | occlusion state automatically by force.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the specific configuration of each component can be designed as appropriate.

It is a description perspective view of the superposition | polymerization obstruction | occlusion state of a present Example . It is a description perspective view of the slide open state of a present Example . It is a description perspective view of the principal part of the state which opened and slid down to the slide end part of the present Example , and was arranged in series. FIG. 4 is an explanatory perspective view of a main part showing an upside-down polymerization reverse in which the upper member is superposed on the lower side of the lower member from the state shown in FIG. 3 of the present embodiment . It is an explanation perspective view of the state where polymerization was blocked by reversing the vertical polymerization of this example . It is a disassembled perspective view of a 2nd Example . It is explanatory side sectional drawing 1 which shows the vertical polymerization reverse rotation of a present Example . It is explanatory side sectional drawing 2 which shows the vertical polymerization reverse rotation of a present Example . It is a description side view (AA sectional drawing of FIG. 10) in the superposition | polymerization obstruction | occlusion state of a present Example . It is BB sectional drawing of FIG. 9 of a present Example . It is CC sectional drawing of FIG. 9 of a present Example . It is a sectional side view (DD sectional view of Drawing 13) of the superposition | polymerization obstruction | occlusion state which incorporated the rotation return force accumulation | storage mechanism by a mainspring into the pinion of a present Example . It is EE sectional drawing of FIG. 12 of a present Example . It is a description exploded perspective view of the principal part which shows the rotation return force accumulation | storage mechanism (spring) provided in the pinion of a present Example .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st member, main-body part, 1st superposition | polymerization part 2 2nd member, superposition | polymerization part, 2nd superposition | polymerization part 3 base | substrate part 4 connection part 4A fixed connection base part, one end part 4B rotation front-end | tip part, other end part 5 guide part 6 Pinion 7 rack teeth
20 First display section
21 Second display section

Claims (4)

  The base member is provided with the first member and the second member in a vertically superposed state, and at least the second member is configured to be slidable relative to the first member in the direction of the overlapping surface. The first member or the second member on the slide side is connected by a connecting portion, and the connecting portion for connecting the fixed side and the slide side is the base portion on the fixed side and the first portion on the slide side. One of the members or the second member is fixedly connected to one of the second members, and the rotation tip of the connecting portion is provided with the fixed connection base fixedly connected to the other as a fulcrum. The second member that slides on the upper side of the first member and slides on the upper side of the first member slides to the end of the first member. The first part And the second member are rotated so that the second member can be slid again in the return direction after being lowered from the state where the second member and the second member are arranged in series in the sliding direction and overlapped below the first member. When the first member or the second member is slid with respect to the base portion on the fixed side, it is slid by the guide portion and the connecting portion engaged and connected thereto. When guided, the first member and the second member are configured such that when the vertical polymerization state is reversed at the slide end, the connecting portion is rotated to guide the reverse movement of the vertical polymerization state, The second member is slidably guided by the guide portion even when the second member is superposed on the upper or lower side with respect to the first member, and the superposition state of the first member and the second member is slid. Slide apparatus being characterized in that the recovery by the upper and lower switching freely in a slide freely polymerized coupled to polymerization plane direction both in the polymerized state configuration. A rack tooth that meshes with a pinion provided between the first member and the second member and transmits a driving force for sliding the first member in the reverse direction when the second member is slid relative to the first member. Are provided on the first member and the second member, and the pinion is provided between the inner end portions of the first member and the second member during sliding, and the outer periphery and upper and lower ends of the respective members When the rack teeth are provided on two surfaces, and the second member is slid in the direction of deviation of the overlapping surface direction with respect to the first member, the first member relative to the second member is transmitted by the pinion and the rack teeth. A driving force that causes the members to slide in the opposite direction is generated, and when each member is overlapped and slides to the inner end of each member, it overlaps from the state of being arranged in series to the upper side of the first member. When the second member descends In addition, the transmission force between the pinion and the rack teeth causes a driving force in which the first member rises in reverse with respect to the second member, and the vertical overlapping state of the first member and the second member is reversed. When the second member overlapped below the first member in the switched state is slid in the return direction again, the first member is again returned to the second member by the transmission between the pinion and the rack teeth. The driving force is generated so that the member slides in the opposite direction, and the pinion and the rack teeth, and the base portion on the fixed side and the first member or the second member on the sliding side are rotated. The first member can be fixedly connected to the other, and can be slidably engaged and connected to the other through the guide portion so that the respective connecting portions are rotatably provided to form a link connection configuration. And the second member Slide device according to claim 1, wherein the polymerization conditions, characterized in that the upper and lower switching freely at a and both slidably polymerization coupled to polymerization plane direction in the polymerization state structure by the slide reciprocating. The first polymerization part and the second polymerization part are overlapped and slidably overlapped with the main body part, and the second polymerization part is slid relative to the first polymerization part so that the upper surface of the first polymerization part can be concealed and exposed. the main body portion or the first polymerization section and the first member or the second member, either one of the claims 1 and 2 wherein the polymer unit or the second overlapping portion as the second member or the first member An electronic apparatus using a slide device, wherein the electronic device is polymerized and connected by the slide device according to item 1. A display unit or an operation unit is provided on the upper surface of each of the first member and the second member where the superposition state is switched up and down, and the display unit or the operation unit is lowered by switching the superposition state up and down. 4. The slide according to claim 3 , wherein the slide is configured to be switchable between a case where it becomes a side overlapping member and can be switched between concealment exposure by a slide of the upper overlapping member and a case where it becomes an upper overlapping member and is always exposed. Electronic equipment using the device.

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