TW201622513A - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device includes a case and a movable component. The case has an opening. The movable component has a locking hole. The movable component is movably disposed in the case to have a release position and a store position. When the movable is located at the release position, the movable component protrudes from the opening to expose the locking hole to the outside. A lock can be locked to the movable component by the locking hole. When the movable component is located at the store position, the locking hole is located in the case. An axial of the locking hole intersects with an axial of the opening, and does not overlap with the axial of the opening.

Description

Electronic device

The invention discloses an electronic device, in particular an electronic device with a keyhole.

In general, the housing of many electronic devices has a Kensington locking slot, while the Kensington keyhole is used with a Kensington lock for anti-theft.

With the development of the industry, in order to reduce the weight of the electronic device and facilitate the portable use, the thickness of the outer casing of the electronic device is designed to be thinner and thinner, so that the Kensington keyhole aperture is too small to be formed in the outer casing. Therefore, how to design the structure of the electronic device so that the Kensington keyhole can be applied to an electronic device having a thin outer casing is one of the problems that the industry is currently trying to solve.

In view of the above problems, the present invention discloses an electronic device to improve the problem that the Kensington keyhole is not suitable for forming an electronic device having a thin thickness of the casing.

The invention discloses an electronic device comprising a casing and a moving component. The housing has an opening. The moving member has a keyhole. When the moving member is moved to a release position, the keyhole is located outside the housing for the external lock to be locked to the moving member. When the moving member is displaced to a stowed position, the keyhole is located within the housing. Wherein, the hole axis of the keyhole and The axes of the apertures of the openings intersect and do not overlap each other.

In the electronic device disclosed in the present invention, the keyhole is located in the moving member, and the moving member is movably disposed in the housing. Further, the hole axis of the keyhole and the hole axis of the opening of the housing intersect and do not overlap each other. Thereby, the keyhole can be exposed to the outside of the casing or hidden inside the casing according to the use requirement, and the hole diameter of the keyhole is not affected by the thickness variation of the casing, and is beneficial to the thickness of the casing. Thinner electronic devices.

The above description of the present invention and the following description of the embodiments of the present invention are intended to illustrate and explain the principles of the invention.

1‧‧‧Electronic device

10‧‧‧shell

100‧‧‧ openings

20‧‧‧Mobile parts

200‧‧‧ board

201‧‧‧Keyhole

210‧‧‧Pushing Department

211‧‧‧Pushing face

212‧‧‧guide section

212a‧‧‧guide

213‧‧‧ ribs

220‧‧‧Clock Department

221‧‧‧ rib

230‧‧‧ linkage

30‧‧‧Hinge bracket

300‧‧‧ column foot

40‧‧‧Flexible parts

50‧‧‧Clock structure

500‧‧‧Arc chute

501‧‧‧ release point

502‧‧‧ turning point

503‧‧‧ Engagement point

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of Figure 1.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention.

4A is a top plan view showing the moving member of the electronic device in a storage position according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4B is a top view showing the moving member of the electronic device moving from the storage position to the release position according to an embodiment of the invention.

4C is a top plan view showing the moving member of the electronic device in a release position according to an embodiment of the invention.

4D is a self-releasing position of a moving member of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention

Set the top view to move to the storage position.

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Please refer to Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. Figure 2 is a side elevational view of Figure 1. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention.

In this embodiment, an electronic device 1 includes a housing 10, a moving member 20, a hinge bracket 30, an elastic member 40, and a latching structure 50. The electronic device 1 is, for example, a portable device such as a notebook computer or a tablet computer.

The housing 10 has an opening 100.

The moving member 20 is movably disposed in the casing 10 and includes a plate body 200, a pushing portion 210, a engaging portion 220 and a connecting rod 230. The moving member 20 is movable relative to the housing 10 to have a release position and a storage position, and the detailed description will be described later (please refer to FIG. 4A and FIG. 4C first, and FIG. 4A is an embodiment according to the present invention. A top view of the moving part of the electronic device is located at the storage position, and FIG. 4C is a top view of the moving part of the electronic device in the release position according to an embodiment of the invention.

The material of the plate body 200 is, for example, metal and has a keyhole 201. In the present embodiment, the lock hole 201 is a Kensington lock hole, and an external lock (for example, a Kensington lock) can be locked to the plate body 200 of the moving member 20 through the lock hole 201. It is worth mentioning that the hole axis A1 of the opening 100 and the hole axis A2 of the keyhole 201 intersect and do not overlap each other. In the present embodiment, the hole axis A1 of the opening 100 is perpendicular to the hole axis A2 of the keyhole 201, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the bore axis A1 of the opening 100 can be at an angle to the bore axis A2 of the lock hole 201.

The material of the pushing portion 210 is, for example, a plastic that is fixed to one side of the plate body 200 away from the opening 100. The pushing portion 210 has a pushing surface 211 and a guiding portion 212. The guiding section 212 is formed to extend from the pushing surface 211, and the guiding section 212 has a guiding groove 212a.

The material of the engaging portion 220 is, for example, a plastic that is fixed to one side of the plate body 200 away from the opening 100.

The material of the connecting rod 230 is, for example, plastic, which is flexibly connected to the engaging portion 220. The engaging portion 220 is interposed between the plate body 200 and the link 230.

The hinge bracket 30 is mounted within the housing 10 and has a leg 300. The hinge bracket 30 is used to join or assemble the components of the electronic device 1.

The elastic member 40 is, for example, a compression spring that is disposed within the housing 10. In detail, the elastic member 40 is located on one side of the moving member 20 away from the opening 100, and is sleeved on the leg 300 of the hinge bracket 30, and the elastic member 40 is located at the guiding groove 212a of the guiding portion 212 of the pushing portion 210, but The invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the hinge bracket 30 and the pushing portion 210 do not need to include the leg 300 and the guide groove, respectively. 212a, and the opposite ends of the elastic member 40 are respectively fixed to the housing 10 and the pushing portion 210.

The snap structure 50 is fixed within the housing 10 and is located on one side of the moving member 20 away from the opening 100. The snap structure 50 has a two-arc chute 500. The two curved chutes 500 each have a release point 501, a turning point 502, and an engaging point 503. The release point 501 and the engagement point 503 are located at opposite ends of the curved chute 500, and the inflection point 502 is between the release point 501 and the engagement point 503. The two arcuate chutes 500 are connected to each other such that the two release points 501 overlap each other, and the two engagement points 503 overlap each other. In detail, the two arcuate chutes 500 are connected to each other to form a heart-shaped chute. The release point 501 is located at a junction C1 of the two-arc chute 500, and the engagement point 503 is located at another junction C2 of the two-arc chute 500. The vertical distance L1 of the release point 501 to the opening 100 is smaller than the vertical distance L3 of the engagement point 503 to the opening 100, and the vertical distance of the engagement point 503 to the opening 100 is smaller than the vertical distance L2 of the inflection point 502 to the opening 100. The connecting rod 230 of the moving member 20 is slidably disposed on the curved chute 500 away from one end of the engaging portion 220. In the present embodiment, the number of the arcuate chutes 500 is two and connected to each other, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the number of curved chutes 500 can be one.

In addition, the pushing portion 210 and the engaging portion 220 of the moving member 20 may have at least one rib 213 and 221, respectively. The ribs 213 and 221 are all in direct contact with the housing 10. Thereby, the ribs 213 and 221 help to reduce the friction between the pushing portion 210 and the engaging portion 220 and the housing 10 when the moving member 20 moves relative to the housing 10.

The manner in which the electronic device is used will be described below. Please also refer to Figure 4A To the 4D map. FIG. 4B is a top view showing the moving member of the electronic device moving from the storage position to the release position according to an embodiment of the invention. 4D is a top plan view showing the moving member of the electronic device moving from the release position to the storage position according to an embodiment of the invention.

In the present embodiment, when the electronic device 1 is carried or used, the moving member 20 is located at the storage position (as shown in FIG. 4A). When the moving member 20 is in the stowed position, the lock hole 201 of the board body 200 is located inside the housing 10. At the same time, the pushing surface 211 of the pushing portion 210 of the moving member 20 is pressed against the elastic member 40, and the connecting rod 230 is located at the engaging point 503 of the arc chute 500 to engage with the engaging structure 50, thereby making the moving member 20 remains in the stowed position.

When the electronic device 1 needs to be fixed to the desktop or the storage cabinet, the plate body 200 is first pressed to cause the connecting rod 230 to slide along the arcuate chute 500 from the engaging point 503 to the turning point 502. Then, the plate body 200 is released to push the elastic member 40 against the pushing portion 210 of the moving member 20, thereby driving the moving member 20 to move from the storage position to the releasing position (as shown in FIG. 4B), and the connecting rod 230 is turned from the turning point. 502 slips to release point 501. When the moving member 20 is in the release position, the link 230 is located at the release point 501, and the plate body 200 of the moving member 20 protrudes from the opening 100, and the lock hole 201 is positioned outside the casing 10. The elastic member 40 normally causes the moving member 20 to be in the released position. Thereby, the external lock can be locked to the plate body 200 of the moving member 20 by the locking hole 201, so that the electronic device 1 is fixed to the desktop or the storage cabinet to achieve the anti-theft effect.

In addition, since the intersection C2 of the two-arc chute 500 has a height difference, when the moving member 20 moves from the storage position to the release position, the connecting rod The 230 series slides along the curved chute 500 adjacent to the elastic member 40, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the junction C2 may not have a height difference, and the link 230 may be arbitrarily slid along one of the two arcuate chutes 500.

When the electronic device 1 needs to be carried or used again, the plate body 200 is again pressed to move the moving member 20 from the release position into the casing 10, and the link 230 is slid from the release point 501 along the curved chute 500. To the turning point 502. The moving member 20 is moved from the release position into the casing 10, and the pushing surface 221 of the pushing portion 210 is pushed against the elastic member 40 (as shown in Fig. 4D). Then, the plate body 200 is released, and the elastic member 40 is slightly pushed against the pushing portion 210 of the moving member 20, thereby moving the moving member 20 to the storage position, and the link 230 is slid from the turning point 502 to the engaging point 503.

In addition, since the intersection C1 of the two-arc chute 500 also has a height difference, the link 230 is along the curved chute 500 away from the elastic member 40 during the movement of the moving member 20 from the release position to the storage position. Slip, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the junction C1 may not have a height difference.

In summary, in the electronic device disclosed in the present invention, the keyhole is located in the moving member, and the moving member is movably disposed in the housing. Further, the hole axis of the keyhole and the hole axis of the opening of the housing intersect and do not overlap each other. Thereby, the keyhole can be exposed to the outside of the casing or hidden inside the casing according to the use requirement, and the hole diameter of the keyhole is not affected by the thickness variation of the casing, and is beneficial to the thickness of the casing. Thinner electronic devices.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above in the foregoing preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention, and the skilled artisan will not depart from the essence of the invention. The scope of patent protection of the present invention is defined by the scope of the patent application attached to the specification.

1‧‧‧Electronic device

10‧‧‧shell

100‧‧‧ openings

20‧‧‧Mobile parts

200‧‧‧ board

201‧‧‧Keyhole

30‧‧‧Hinge bracket

40‧‧‧Flexible parts

50‧‧‧Clock structure

Claims (10)

An electronic device comprising: a housing having an opening; and a moving member having a locking hole, the locking hole being located outside the housing for an external locking when the moving member is moved to a release position The locking member is locked to the moving member, and the locking hole is located in the housing when the moving member is displaced to a receiving position; wherein the hole axis of the locking hole and the hole axis of the opening intersect and do not overlap each other. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising an elastic member disposed in the housing, wherein the elastic member is located on a side of the moving member away from the opening, and the elastic member normally positions the moving member at the releasing position . The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the moving member comprises a fixed plate body and a pushing portion, the locking hole is located in the plate body, the pushing portion has a pushing surface, and the pushing portion The elastic member can be pressed by the pushing surface. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the pushing portion extends from the pushing surface to form a guiding portion, the guiding portion has a guiding groove, and the elastic member is located in the guiding groove. The electronic device of claim 2, further comprising a hinge bracket mounted in the housing, wherein the hinge bracket has a column leg, and the elastic member is sleeved on the column leg. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a one fixed in the housing a snapping structure, wherein the engaging structure is located on a side of the moving member away from the opening, and the moving member is moved from the releasing position to the receiving position to be engaged with the engaging structure, thereby keeping the moving member in the Storage location. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the moving member comprises a plate body, an engaging portion and a connecting rod, wherein the locking hole is located in the plate body, and the engaging portion is fixed to the plate body, and the connecting rod is Flexibly connected to the engaging portion, and the engaging portion is interposed between the plate body and the connecting rod, and the moving member is moved from the releasing position to the receiving position, so that the connecting rod is engaged with the connecting portion The snap structure. The electronic device of claim 7, further comprising an elastic member disposed in the housing, wherein the engaging structure has at least one curved chute, the connecting rod being slidably disposed away from one end of the engaging portion In the at least one curved chute, the at least one arc chute has a release point, a turning point and an engaging point, and the releasing point and the engaging point are located at opposite ends of the at least one curved chute. And the turning point is between the release point and the engaging point, the vertical distance from the releasing point to the opening is less than the vertical distance from the engaging point to the opening, and the vertical distance of the engaging point to the opening is less than the turning point The vertical distance to the opening, the link is located at the release point when the moving member is in the release position, and the link is located at the engagement point when the moving member is in the stowed position. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the number of the at least one arc chute is two, the two arc chutes are connected to each other, and the two release points of the two arc chutes overlap each other, and The two engaging points overlap each other, and when the moving member moves from the releasing position to the receiving position, the connecting rod is along the two curved shapes One of the chutes slides, and when the moving member moves from the stowed position to the release position, the link slides along the two curved chutes. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the moving member has at least one rib, and the at least one rib directly contacts the housing.