JP6244896B2 - Electronics - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus such as an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that is used in the medical field and can be connected to an ultrasonic probe.

  This type of conventional electronic device includes a main body case, a display that can be opened and closed with respect to the main body case so as to cover one surface of the main body case, and can be rotated with respect to the main body case in an open state. (The following patent document 1 exists as a prior document similar to this).

WO2010-150541

  In the above conventional example, not only the display can be opened and closed with respect to the main body case, but also the display is rotated, so that it is extremely easy to use.

  For example, if you rotate the display with the display open to the main unit case, you will be able to show the images in the display to people around you. It becomes.

  However, if the display is opened and then the display is rotated and tilted downward, and there is a foreign object on the desk below the tilt, the display collides with the foreign object. Resulting in damage to the display.

  In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to prevent the display from being damaged even when the display is opened and the display is subsequently rotated and tilted downward.

  In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a rotating shaft body on the display-side surface of the main body case. One of the rotating shaft body and the display has an opening / closing shaft, and the other has the opening / closing shaft. Further, the rotating shaft body is configured, and a part of the rotating shaft body is protruded into the inside of the main body case, and the outer peripheral portion of the rotating shaft body is tilted at a portion other than the closed position of the display. An annular damage prevention body that abuts on the outer periphery of the display is provided, thereby achieving the intended purpose.

As described above, the present invention is provided with a rotating shaft body on the display side surface of the main body case, one of the rotating shaft body and the display is provided with an opening / closing shaft, and the other is provided with a bearing for the opening / closing shaft. Further, an outer peripheral portion of the rotating shaft that constitutes the rotating shaft body, a part of which is inserted into the inner side of the main body case, has an outer periphery of the display during an inclination operation in a portion other than the closed position of the display. If the display is opened and subsequently rotated, the display will be damaged even if it is tilted downward. Can be suppressed.

  That is, in the present invention, an annular damage prevention body that abuts on the outer peripheral portion of the display when the tilting operation is performed at a portion other than the closed position of the display is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the rotating shaft constituting the rotating shaft body. Even if the display is opened and subsequently rotated while the display is tilted downward, the outer periphery of the display abuts against the damage prevention body, and further tilting operation is performed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the display from hitting a foreign object or the like and damaging it.

The perspective view which shows an example which applied the electronic device in Embodiment 1 of this invention to the ultrasound diagnosing device A perspective view showing an example of an operation state of the display A perspective view showing an example of an operation state of the display A perspective view showing an example of an operation state of the display A perspective view showing an example of an operation state of the display A perspective view showing an example of an operation state of the display A perspective view showing an example of an operation state of the display Partially enlarged perspective view showing an example of the operation state of the display Partially enlarged perspective view showing an example of the operation state of the display The perspective view which shows an example of the damage prevention body of the same electronic device An exploded perspective view showing an example of the electronic device A perspective view showing an example of an operation state of the display Side view showing an example of the operation state of the display A perspective view showing an example of an operation state of the display Side view showing an example of the damage prevention body of the display

Hereinafter, an electronic apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention applied to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
(Embodiment 1)
As shown in FIG. 1, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 used as an example of an electronic device is placed on a caster 2 and can freely move to a diagnosis location.

  The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 includes a thin box-shaped main body case 3 and a display 4 that can be opened and closed with respect to the main body case 3 so as to cover one surface of the main body case 3. The connector part 5 of an ultrasonic probe (not shown) is connected to this connector via a cable.

  When the display 4 is not used, it is closed with respect to the upper surface (an example of one surface) of the main body case 3 as shown in FIG. 2, but when used, the display 4 is gradually used as shown in FIGS. Then, the display unit 6 can be rotated as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 so that the display unit 6 faces the operation unit 7 provided on the upper surface of the main body case 3. Further, in the state of FIG. 6, the display 4 can be tilted rearward as shown in FIG. 7 so that the display unit 6 can be easily seen when the operation unit 7 is operated. Further, in the state of FIG. 7, the display 4 can be tilted backward to be used in a horizontal state on the upper surface of the main body case 3.

As can be understood from these descriptions, the display 4 can be opened and closed or rotated with respect to the main body case 3. In order to perform such an opening / closing operation and a rotating operation, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a rotating shaft body 8 is provided on the surface of the main body case 3 on the display 4 side. FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the connecting portion between the main body case 3 and the display 4, and FIG. 9 is a view when the case of the rotating shaft body 8 in FIG. 8 is removed. The rotating shaft body 8 includes a rotating shaft 10 that is supported by a bearing 9 provided in the main body case 3, whereby the display 4 rotates around an axis A in FIG. 9. Yes.

  One of the rotating shaft body 8 and the display 4 is provided with an opening / closing shaft 11 for opening / closing about the axis B shown in FIG. 9, and the other is provided with a bearing 12 for the opening / closing shaft 11.

  Therefore, when the display 4 is opened and closed as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 or FIGS. 6 to 7, the display 4 is opened and closed about the axis B shown in FIG. Further, when the display 4 is rotated as shown in FIGS. 4 to 5 and 6, the display 4 is rotated about the axis A shown in FIG. 9.

  In such a configuration, the present embodiment is characterized in that the outer peripheral portion of the rotating shaft 10 constituting the rotating shaft body 8 is placed on the outer peripheral portion of the display 4 at the time of tilting operation in a portion other than the closed position of the display 4. The annular damage prevention body 13 shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a view showing a state in which the annular damage prevention body 13 shown in FIG. 10 is arranged on the main body case 3. In order to understand the positional relationship of the damage prevention body 13, the exploded view is shown with the display 4 removed.

  In the present embodiment, the closed position of the display 4 is a position where the display 4 is tilted toward the upper surface of the main body case 3 as shown in FIGS. 3 to 2 or 6 to 7 and the display 4 is closed.

  In other positions, the display 4 cannot be tilted downward by a predetermined value or more.

  For example, FIGS. 12 and 13 show a state in which the display unit 6 of the display 4 is inclined downward toward the operation unit 7. FIG. 13 is a view of the electronic device of FIG. 12 as viewed from the side. As understood from FIG. 13, the feature of this embodiment is that the display unit 6 of the display 4 collides with the upper surface of the operation unit 7 even when the display 4 is tilted downward at the positions shown in FIGS. 12 and 13. It is configured to stop before this. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 8 to 11, the display is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the rotation shaft 10 constituting the rotation shaft body 8 at the time of tilting operation at a portion other than the closed position of the display 4. An annular damage prevention body 13 shown in FIG. Here, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, a storage portion 14 for storing the rotating shaft body 8 is provided on the side of the display 4 on the main body case 3 side. And in this accommodating part 14, the edge | side 15 on the opposite side to the damage prevention body 13 via the axis | shaft B was made into linear shape. Further, the distance from the side 15 to the axis B was made shorter than the distance from the axis B to the outer periphery of the damage prevention body 13. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 13, when the display unit 6 of the display 4 is tilted downward toward the operation unit 7, the side 15 which is the outer periphery of the display 4 comes into contact with the upper surface of the damage prevention body 13, As described above, the display 4 cannot be inclined downward. That is, in the state shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the display unit 6 of the display 4 can be prevented from colliding with the operation unit 7, and as a result, the display 4 can be prevented from being damaged.

Next, a case where the display 4 is tilted downward by mistake after the display 4 is used at the position shown in FIG. 5 will be described. That is, the state shown in FIG. 5 becomes the state shown in FIG. 5 when, for example, an image displayed on the display unit 6 of the display 4 is shown to a patient performing ultrasonic image diagnosis. After such use, the display 4 is normally rotated to the state shown in FIG. 4 and then closed as shown in FIG. However, when the display 4 is tilted downward without being rotated from the state of FIG. 5 to the state of FIG. 4, the state is as shown in FIGS. FIG. 15 is a side view of the electronic device of FIG. In this embodiment, as can be understood from FIGS. 2, 3, and 14, the outer periphery of the upper surface of the main body case 3 has the display 4 except for the rotating shaft body 8 side when the display 4 is closed. An outer peripheral wall 16 is provided so as to wrap the outer periphery. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, when the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 is placed on the caster 2 and moved to the diagnosis place, if the display 4 is opened, the display 4 is closed on the upper surface of the main body case 3. The main body storage portion 17 surrounded by the outer peripheral wall 16 is formed at a location that sometimes existed. For this reason, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 placed on the caster 2 with the cleaning cotton or the like placed on the main body storage portion 17 can be moved to the diagnostic place as it is, which makes it extremely easy to use. However, since the outer peripheral wall 16 is provided as described above, if the display 4 is tilted downward in the state shown in FIG. 5, the display unit 6 may collide with the outer peripheral wall 16. The lowering of the display 4 can be stopped in the state shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 by the damage prevention body 13 shown in FIG. That is, the downward inclination of the display 4 can be stopped in a state where there is a gap as shown in FIG. 15 between the display unit 6 of the display 4 and the outer peripheral wall 16, and as a result, the display unit of the display 4 is stopped. 6 can be prevented.

  That is, since the damage prevention body 13 has an annular shape, even in the state of FIGS. 14 and 15, when the display unit 6 of the display 4 is tilted downward toward the operation unit 7, it is the outer periphery of the display 4. The side 15 abuts against the upper surface of the damage prevention body 13, and the display 4 cannot be further inclined downward. That is, in the state shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the display unit 6 of the display 4 can be prevented from colliding with the outer peripheral wall 16, and as a result, the display 4 can be prevented from being damaged.

  The damage prevention body 13 has an annular shape as shown in FIG. 10, but the damage prevention body 13 is provided with a notch 18 (an example of a shape that is in a non-contact state). As shown in FIG. 11, the notch 18 is formed in a portion covered with the display 4 when the display 4 is closed.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a storage portion 14 is provided on the main body case 3 side of the display 4, and a side 15 opposite to the damage prevention body 13 is formed in a straight shape via the axis B. The straight side 15 10 is in contact with the upper surface of the damage prevention body 13, so that the inner side of the notch 18 (the rotation shaft 10 side from the outer periphery of the damage prevention body 13) is also shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. When the display 4 is in the closed state, the portion covered by the display 4 of the damage prevention body 13 is the notch 18, and the linear shape of the notch 18 is parallel to the side 15.

  Therefore, in the closed position of the display 4 in FIGS. 2 and 3, the side 15 that is the outer periphery of the display 4 is in contact with the upper surface of the notch 18 even if the display 4 is tilted downward (closed). As a result, the display 4 can be closed as shown in FIG.

  The damage prevention body 13 was formed of a softer material than the outer peripheral frame 19 (portion including the side 15) provided on the outer peripheral portion of the display section 6 of the display 4.

  Specifically, the damage prevention body 13 was formed of rubber or synthetic resin, more specifically, polyacetal resin, and the outer peripheral frame 19 of the display 4 was formed of metal.

As described above, according to the present invention, the outer peripheral portion of the rotary shaft constituting the rotary shaft body has an annular damage that comes into contact with the outer peripheral portion of the display during the tilting operation at a portion other than the closed position of the display. Since the prevention body is provided, even when the display is opened and the display is subsequently rotated and tilted downward, the outer periphery of the display abuts against the damage prevention body, and beyond Therefore, it is possible to prevent the display from hitting a foreign object and damaging it.
Therefore, utilization to various electronic devices is expected.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 2 Caster 3 Main body case 4 Display 5 Connector part 6 Display part 7 Operation part 8 Rotating shaft body 9 Bearing 10 Rotating shaft 11 Opening and closing shaft 12 Bearing 13 Damage prevention body 14 Storage part 15 Side 16 Outer wall 17 Body storage part 18 Notch part 19 Outer frame

Claims (8)

A body case,
Openably provided for before Symbol body case, covering one surface of the main body case in a closed state, and, that Do rotatable relative to the body case in an open state, and a display,
A surface of the main body case on the display side is provided with a rotating shaft body having a rotating shaft, one of the rotating shaft body and the display is provided with an opening / closing shaft, and the other is provided with a bearing for the opening / closing shaft,
Before SL during tilting operation in a portion other than the closed position of the display, an electronic device abutting annular damage prevention member on an outer peripheral portion of the display, provided to surround the rotating shaft. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a part of the rotation shaft is inserted into the main body case. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a cutout portion is provided at a closed position of the display of the damage prevention body. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a linear portion is provided on a side of the display on the main body case side, and the cutout portion has a shape in which the linear portion is in a non-contact state when the display is closed. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the notch has a linear shape. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the damage prevention body is formed of a material softer than an outer peripheral frame provided on an outer peripheral portion of the display. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the damage prevention body is made of rubber or synthetic resin, and the outer peripheral frame of the display is made of metal. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 to the side of the main body case side having a housing portion of the pivot shaft of the display.

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