TW201833716A - Portable electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a portable electronic device, which includes a display panel, a keyboard and a connector. The keyboard includes a junction surface, which having a plurality of commutation ports. The connector includes a first side and a second side. The display panel pivots to the first side. The second side slidingly connects to the junction surface of the keyboard. The connector has a first position corresponding to the keyboard. When the connector is located on the first position, the first position covers the commutation ports.

Description

Portable electronic device

The present invention relates to a portable electronic device.

With the development of technology, the mainstream design of portable electronic devices tends to be thin and light, such as the ultra-thin notebook (Ultrabook) is popular among consumers.

Although the manufacture and design of notebook computers strives to achieve thin and light requirements in both size and weight. However, due to internal electronic components, the thinness of the notebook computer still has certain limitations. Therefore, regardless of the size and weight design described above, the design of the notebook computer is intended to produce a visually light and thin effect.

However, on the left and right side walls of the conventional notebook computer, a number of communication ports for data transmission or other electrical transmission are provided, so that the thickness of the notebook computer is limited by the communication port. Although there is currently a design that reduces the number of communication ports to achieve a thin and light effect, such a design may cause inconvenience in use, such as an insufficient number of Universal Serial Bus (USB) communication devices for transmitting data. problem.

In view of the above problems, the main object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device having a connector for connecting a display panel and a keyboard body, and a communication port is disposed on a joint surface of the keyboard body, and the connector and the keyboard body are They are slidably connected to each other to solve the problem that the conventional communication device is disposed on the left and right side walls of the portable electronic device, and the appearance of the thin and light effect cannot be achieved.

To achieve the above objective, a portable electronic device of the present invention includes a display panel, a keyboard body, and a connector. The keyboard body includes a joint surface having a plurality of communication ports. The connector includes a first side and a second side. The display panel is pivotally connected to the first side. The second side is slidably coupled to the engagement surface of the keyboard body, and the connector has a first position relative to the component disk body. When the connector is in the first position, the connector shields the communication ports.

According to an embodiment of the invention, at least a portion of the communication ports of the interface are exposed when the display panel and the connector are slid to a second position relative to the keyboard body.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the connector includes a first connecting portion on the second side, the keyboard body includes a second connecting portion disposed on the engaging surface, and the second connecting portion and the first connecting portion are slidable Ground connected to each other.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the engaging mask has a long axis direction, the first connecting portion slides relative to the second connecting portion along the long axis direction, or the second connecting portion slides relative to the first connecting portion along the long axis direction .

According to an embodiment of the invention, the first connecting portion has a slide rail and the second connecting portion has another slide rail that can cooperate with each other.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the slide rail and the other slide rail are engaged with each other.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the first connecting portion is disposed on the surface of the second side, and the second connecting portion is disposed on the engaging surface.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the area of the joint surface is substantially the same as the area of the second side.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the keyboard body further includes at least one spacer disposed at the bottom of the keyboard body.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the spacer is adjacent to the joint surface.

As described above, the portable electronic device according to the present invention has a connector connected to the display panel and the keyboard body, and the keyboard body is adjacent to one side of the display panel as a joint surface, and has a plurality of communication ports disposed on the joint surface. Moreover, the display panel and the keyboard body are slidably connected to each other, thereby selectively shielding or revealing the communication port. Therefore, the portable electronic device of the present invention can achieve a lighter and thinner visual appearance than a conventional thin and light notebook computer.

In order to enable the reviewing committee to better understand the technical contents of the present invention, the preferred embodiments are described below.

1 is a schematic diagram of a portable electrical device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of operation of the portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a portable electronic device shown in FIG. For a schematic view of another perspective, please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 together. The portable electronic device 1 of the present embodiment is exemplified by a notebook computer, and the portable electronic device 1 includes a display panel 10, a connecting member 20, and a keyboard body 30. The connecting member 20 has a first side 21 and a second side 22, and the display panel 10 is pivotally connected to the first side 21 to rotate the display panel 10 relative to the keyboard body 30. The keyboard body 30 is coupled to the second side 22 The display panel 10 can be attached to the keyboard body 30. This structure can be referred to a conventional notebook computer, and details are not described herein. In addition, the connecting member 20 of the present embodiment and the keyboard body 30 are slidably connected to each other, which is one of the technical features of the present invention, and the details are further described later.

The keyboard body 30 of the present embodiment has a joint surface 31. As shown in FIG. 2, the joint surface 31 is a plane of the keyboard body 30 near the side of the display panel 10, that is, the joint surface 31 corresponds to the second side 22. Preferably, the area of the surface of the bonding surface 31 is substantially the same as the surface of the surface of the second side 22, so that the second side 22 can shield the bonding surface 31 and maintain the appearance integrity of the portable electronic device 1. .

Referring to FIG. 3, the joint surface 31 of the embodiment includes a plurality of communication ports 32. Specifically, the opening of the communication port 32 is located at the joint surface 31. In the state where the communication port 32 is not required, the connector 20 can be used. The second side 22 shields the communication port 32. It should be noted that the communication port 32 of the interface 31 mainly refers to the communication port 32 for transmitting data, and the side wall of the keyboard body 30 still has a power port 32a for power transmission. In other embodiments, the power supply port 32a may also be disposed on the joint surface 31, which is not limited in the present invention.

Therefore, this embodiment is designed to reduce the thickness of the side of the keyboard body 30 by the joint surface 31 having a majority of the communication ports 32. Compared with the conventional thin and light notebook computer, it is not necessary to reduce communication. The number of 埠32 can achieve a light and visual effect. In other words, the portable electronic device 1 of the present embodiment can still maintain a certain number of communication ports 32 for data transmission. Further, as seen from the side of the keyboard body 30, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the thickness of the side of the keyboard body 30 adjacent to the joint surface 31 is greater than the thickness away from the joint surface 31, and the thickness from the communication port 32a. It is thinner, thereby achieving a visual effect that makes the appearance of the portable electronic device 1 more light and thin.

Moreover, the connector 20 is slidably coupled to the keyboard body 30 to shield or expose the communication port 32 on the interface 31. Specifically, the second side 22 of the connecting member 20 is slidably coupled to the engaging surface 31 of the keyboard body 30. The connecting member 20 has a first position P1 (shown in FIG. 1 ) and a first portion relative to the keyboard body 30 . Two positions P2 (as shown in Figure 2). In this embodiment, the positional relationship in which the connector 20 shields the communication port 32 is referred to as a first position P1, and when the communication port 32 is exposed, it is referred to as a second position P2. In other words, when the connector 20 is in the first position P1, the connector 20 shields the communication port 32; when the connector 20 slides to the second position P2, the communication port 32 is exposed.

4 is an enlarged schematic view showing a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 at the same time. Preferably, the keyboard body 30 includes a second connecting portion 33 disposed on the engaging surface 31, and the second connecting portion 33 of the embodiment is a member having the slide rail 331. Further, when the second connecting portion 33 is attached to the joint surface 31, the slide rail 331 faces the joint 20. Correspondingly, the connecting member 20 further includes a first connecting portion 23 , and the first connecting portion 23 is located at the second side 22 . In detail, the first connecting portion 23 of the present embodiment is also a member having the slide rail 231 and is attached to the second side 22 such that the slide rail 231 faces the keyboard body 30. The sliding rail 231 of the first connecting portion 23 can cooperate with the sliding rail 331 of the second connecting portion 33. As shown in FIG. 4, the sliding rail 231 and the sliding rail 331 are U-shaped grooves that can be engaged with each other. The second connecting portion 33 and the first connecting portion 23 are slidably connected to each other. That is, the first connecting portion 23 is slidable relative to the second connecting portion 33, thereby driving the display panel 10 and the connecting member 20 to slide relative to the keyboard body 30.

Since the communication port 32 is disposed on the joint surface 31, and the second connecting portion 33 and the first connecting portion 23 are slidably connected to each other, the connecting member 20 of the connecting member 20 can be moved to the first position when the communication port 32 is not used. P1, to shield the communication port 32 (shown in FIG. 1), when the communication port 32 is needed, the display panel 10 or the connecting member 20 is pulled to slide the connecting member 20 relative to the keyboard body 30 to the second position P2, thereby The communication port 32 on the interface 31 is exposed (as shown in Figure 2) for the user to plug in.

In other words, as shown in FIG. 3, the joint surface 31 of the keyboard body 30 has a rectangular surface and thus has a long axis. In the present embodiment, the long axis of the joint surface 31 is referred to as a long axis direction L. In other words, when the portable electronic device 1 is placed on a plane, the longitudinal direction L of the joint surface 31 is the horizontal direction, and the short-axis direction of the joint surface 31 is the vertical direction. As described above, the first connecting portion 23 and the second connecting portion 33 of the present embodiment are members having the slide rails 231 and 331 and are respectively attached to the second side 22 of the connector 20 and the joint surface 31 of the keyboard body 30. Preferably, the path direction of the slide rails 231, 331 is parallel to the long axis direction L, so that the first connecting portion 23 is slidable relative to the second connecting portion 33 along the long axis direction L (ie, the horizontal direction). At the same time, the display panel 10 and the connecting member 20 are also slid relative to the keyboard body 30 along the long axis direction L to the second position P2, and the engaging surface 31 of the keyboard body 30 can be offset from the second side 22 of the connecting member 20, This causes at least a portion of the communication port 32 to be revealed, while the other side of the connector member 20 and the display panel 10 protrudes from one side of the keyboard body 30, exposing the surface of the second side 22 of the connector member 20. In other words, the joint surface 31 of the keyboard body 30 is offset from the second side 22 of the connector member 20, that is, one side of the portable electronic device 1 is exposed to the joint surface 31 of the keyboard body 30, and the other side is the second connector member 20. The surface of side 22 is revealed as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the first connecting portion 23 of the embodiment is disposed on the surface of the second side 22, and the second connecting portion 33 is preferably disposed inside the engaging surface 31 such that the second side 22 and the engaging surface 31 are mutually Close to reduce the gap between the connector 20 and the keyboard body 30. In other embodiments, the second connecting portion 33 may be disposed on the surface of the joint surface 31, and the first connecting portion 23 is disposed inside the second side 22, which is not limited in the present invention.

Further, the present invention does not limit the configurations of the first connecting portion 23 and the second connecting portion 33. For example, in other embodiments, the first connecting portion 23 and the second connecting portion 33 may also be protrusions and grooves, respectively. Specifically, a groove may be directly provided along the long axis direction L of the surface of the joint surface 31 as the second connecting portion 33, and a convex portion may be provided on the surface of the second side 22 of the connecting member 20 as the first A connecting portion 23. Moreover, by providing the convex portion in the groove, the first connecting portion 23 and the second connecting portion 33 are connected to each other, and the convex portion can be moved in the groove, so that the connecting member 20 and the second connecting portion 33 can be Slidingly connected to each other. Similarly, when the user pulls the display panel 10 or the connector 20, the first connecting portion 23 (protrusion) can slide relative to the second connecting portion 33 (groove) along the longitudinal direction L.

Similarly, the first connecting portion 23 may also be a groove. Correspondingly, the second connecting portion 33 is a convex portion, and the connecting member 20 and the second connecting portion 33 may be slidably connected to each other. At this time, the second connecting portion 33 (protrusion portion) is slidable relative to the first connecting portion 23 (groove) along the longitudinal direction L.

Preferably, the communication port 32 is located at the opposite ends or one end of the engaging surface 31, so that the display panel 10 and the connecting member 20 need only be slightly moved to one end thereof to expose the communication port 32. As shown in FIG. 3 , in this embodiment, the communication port 32 is disposed at the right end of the joint surface 31 , where the user operates the portable electronic device 1 , that is, from the keyboard body 30 toward the display panel 10 . The communication port 32 is located at the right end. Therefore, when the communication port 32 is to be used, the display panel 10 and the connector 20 need only be slightly moved to the left end to reveal the communication port 32 at the right end.

In other embodiments, if the communication port 32 is located at the opposite ends of the joint surface 31, the second connection portion 33 may be disposed at a central portion of the joint surface 31, and correspondingly, the first connection portion 23 is also disposed on the second side. Central area of 22. In this embodiment, the user can display the communication port 32 regardless of whether the display panel 10 and the connector 20 are pulled to the left or right.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The keyboard body 30 further includes at least one spacer 34 disposed at the bottom of the keyboard body 30. Preferably, the spacer 34 is located adjacent to the bottom of the joint surface 31. When the portable electronic device 1 is placed on the desktop, the spacer 34 can heighten the height of the connector 20 and the display panel 10, so that the display panel 10 and the connector 20 still have a distance from the desktop. Therefore, when the user pulls the display panel 10 or the connector 20, it can be smoothly moved without being hindered by the table top. Further, the present invention does not limit the number and arrangement positions of the spacers 34, and it is only necessary to achieve the effect of heightening the height of the display panel 10 and the connector 20.

In summary, the portable electronic device according to the present invention has a connector connected to the display panel and the keyboard body, and the keyboard body is adjacent to one side of the display panel as a joint surface, and has a plurality of communication ports disposed on the joint surface. Moreover, the display panel and the keyboard body are slidably connected to each other, thereby selectively shielding or revealing the communication port. Therefore, the portable electronic device of the present invention can achieve a lighter and thinner visual appearance than the conventional thin and light notebook computer.

Regardless of the purpose, means and efficacy of the present invention, it is shown that it is different from the characteristics of the prior art, and the reviewing committee is required to express the patent and grant the patent as soon as possible. It should be noted that the above-described embodiments are exemplified for the convenience of the description, and the scope of the claims is intended to be limited to the above embodiments.

1‧‧‧Portable electronic device
10‧‧‧ display panel
20‧‧‧Connecting parts
21‧‧‧ first side
22‧‧‧ second side
23‧‧‧First connection
231‧‧‧Slide rails
30‧‧‧ keyboard body
31‧‧‧ joint surface
32‧‧‧Communication埠
32a‧‧‧Power埠
33‧‧‧Second connection
331‧‧‧rails
34‧‧‧shims
L‧‧‧ long axis direction
P1‧‧‧ first position
P2‧‧‧ second position

1 is a schematic diagram of a portable electrical device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a schematic diagram of another perspective of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 2. 4 is an enlarged schematic view showing a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (10)

A portable electronic device includes: a display panel; a keyboard body including a joint surface having a plurality of communication ports; and a connector member including a first side and a second side, the display panel pivot Connected to the first side, the second side is slidably coupled to the engaging surface of the keyboard body, the connecting member has a first position relative to the keyboard body, when the connecting member is located at the first position, The connector shields the communication ports. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least some of the communication ports of the interface are exposed when the display panel and the connector are slid to a second position relative to the keyboard body. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the connector comprises a first connecting portion on the second side, the keyboard body comprising a second connecting portion disposed on the engaging surface The second connecting portion and the first connecting portion are slidably connected to each other. The portable electronic device of claim 3, wherein the engaging mask has a long axis direction, the first connecting portion slides relative to the second connecting portion along the long axis direction, or the second The connecting portion slides relative to the first connecting portion along the long axis direction. The portable electronic device of claim 4, wherein the first connecting portion has a sliding rail, and the second connecting portion has another sliding rail that can cooperate with each other. The portable electronic device of claim 5, wherein the slide rail and the other slide rail are engaged with each other. The portable electronic device of claim 5, wherein the first connecting portion is disposed on a surface of the second side, and the second connecting portion is disposed on the engaging surface. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the area of the joint surface is substantially the same as the area of the surface of the second side. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the keyboard body further comprises at least one spacer disposed at a bottom of the keyboard body. The portable electronic device of claim 9, wherein the spacer is adjacent to the joint surface.