TWI413482B - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device includes a host part and a driving part, and the driving part is set in the host part to play CD (compact discs) or DVD (digital video disk). The driving part includes a tray for supporting the CD or DVD, a tray export which is set on the front panel, a protecting door for protecting the drive in the host part, and a driving structure for opening or closing the protecting door. The drive structure includes a rotation supporting part, an elastic resetting part and a contact-pushing part. The rotation supporting part is connected to the protecting door to drive the door to open or close. The elastic resetting part is used to provide elasticity to drive the door to close, and the contact-pushing part is used to drive the door to open.

Description

Electronic device

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and more particularly to an electronic device including an optical drive and a drive structure of the optical drive protection door.

In an electronic device including an optical drive, in order to protect the appearance of the optical drive and the electronic device panel, a protective door is generally disposed on the electronic device panel corresponding to the optical drive tray in and out of the electronic device. When the optical drive tray is extended, the automatic protection door can be automatically pushed open by the optical drive tray; when the optical drive tray is retracted, the protection door can be automatically closed to maintain the original aesthetic design of the chassis panel. However, in the existing electronic device containing the optical drive, the structure of the optical drive protection door is basically a flip-type open structure, and when the optical drive tray is extended to open the protective door, the opened door panel is overturned, which not only occupies the exterior of the electronic device panel. Space, and affect the aesthetics of the chassis panel.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an electronic device including an optical drive, which can achieve an invisible effect when opening or closing the optical drive tray when the electronic device is extended or extended to solve the above problem.

The electronic device includes a host and an optical drive structure. The host includes electronic components and circuits required for the operation of the electronic device. The optical drive structure is disposed in the host for driving the playing optical disc. The optical drive structure includes a tray and a front set. a tray exit and an optical drive protection door on the panel, and an optical drive protection door drive structure, the tray is used for carrying the optical disc, the optical drive protection door is used for protecting the optical drive in the main body, and the optical drive protection door drive structure is used for driving the optical drive protection The door is closed to open or open the optical drive protection door. The optical drive protection door driving structure comprises a rotating support portion, an elastic reset portion and a contact guiding portion, the rotating support portion is connected to the optical drive protection door for supporting the optical drive protection door to open or close; the elastic reset portion is for providing The elastic force is such that when the tray is received in the main body, the driving rotation supporting portion supports the optical disc protection door to be closed; the contact guiding portion is connected to the elastic reset portion and the rotating supporting portion, and the contact guiding portion overcomes the elasticity when the tray is in the ejecting state The elastic force of the reset part drives the rotating support part to support the opening of the optical drive protection door.

By providing the elastic reset portion, the rotating support portion and the contact guiding portion in the electronic device of the invention to jointly act on the optical drive protection door, the optical drive protection door is hidden from being turned outward when it needs to be opened, and can be automatically closed when it is closed. Closed, simple and more beautiful.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic diagram of an electronic device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic device 1 includes a host 10 and an optical drive structure (not shown). The optical drive structure is disposed in the host 10 and connected to the host 10. The host 10 includes electronic components and related circuits required for the operation of the electronic device 1 for driving CDs, VCDs, DVDs, and the like. The optical drive structure includes a tray 20 for carrying the driven optical disc. The optical drive structure further includes an optical drive tray outlet 301 and an optical drive protection door (not shown) disposed on the front panel 30 and an optical drive protection door drive structure (not shown). Since the tray 20 extends from the main body 10 in FIG. After the optical drive protection door is opened and hidden behind the front panel 30, and the optical drive protection door drive structure is also hidden behind the front panel 30, the optical drive protection door and the optical drive protection door drive structure are not shown in FIG. The optical drive protection door is used to protect the optical drive after the optical drive tray exit 301. The tray 20 can vertically retract or eject the optical drive tray outlet 301 with respect to the front panel 30 of the main unit 10 under the trigger of the physical button or the related software on the host. During the process of retracting or ejecting the optical disc tray exit 301 of the tray 20, the optical disc drive door is correspondingly closed or opened under the driving of the optical disc drive door driving structure, and is not turned out to the front panel 30 of the main body 10, thereby achieving Invisible effect. In the present embodiment, the electronic device 1 is a computer. In other embodiments, the electronic device 1 can be a device including an optical drive, such as a CD player, a VCD player, a DVD player, and the like.

In the present embodiment, since the structure of the tray 20 is bilaterally symmetrical in the direction of the movement of the tray 20, the structure of the corresponding position on the front panel 30 is also bilaterally symmetrical, so in the same state, only the tray 20 and the front panel are The structure and interaction of 30 on the same side will be described.

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 together for a schematic view of the tray 20 in the main body 10 and a corresponding partial enlarged view of the left side III. 2 illustrates the state in which the optical drive protection door drive structure 40 and the tray 20 on the rear side of the front panel 30 are in the main body 10. As shown in FIG. 3, an enlarged schematic view of the gate drive structure 40 is protected by the optical drive. The optical drive protection door drive structure 40 is provided at each side of the tray outlet 301 with an elastic return portion 108, a rotation support portion 106 and a contact guide portion 107, respectively, and the elastic guide portion 108 and the rotation The support portions 106 are connected. The elastic return portion 108 is for providing an elastic force to close the optical drive protection door 103. The rotating support portion 106 is coupled to the optical drive protection door 103 for supporting the optical drive protection door 103 to be opened or closed. The contact guide portion 107 serves to conduct the force between the tray 20 and the rotation support portion 106.

In the present embodiment, the optical drive protection door drive structure 40 further includes two rail rods 101 disposed on both sides of the tray outlet 301 and perpendicular to the plane of the tray 20. The optical drive protection door 103 includes an upper door panel 1031 and a lower door panel 1032. The upper door panel 1031 and the lower door panel 1032 respectively include a hook 1033 disposed thereon. The upper door panel 1031 and the lower door panel 1032 are sleeved on the rail pole by the hook 1033. 101, when the optical drive protection door 103 is opened or closed, the upper door panel 1031 and the lower door panel 1032 both move along the orbit where the track bar 101 is located. The hook 1033 can be integrally formed with the upper and lower door panels 1031, 1032, or can be snapped onto the upper and lower door panels 1031, 1032. When the tray 20 is retracted to the optical drive protection door 103, the upper and lower door panels 1031, 1032 move toward each other along the rail rod 101 to contact and close, protecting the optical drive in the tray outlet 301. When the tray 20 is in the ejected state, the upper and lower door panels 1031, 1032 move away along the rail rod 101, so that the tray 20 is ejected.

The elastic return portion 108 includes a receiving rod 102, a telescopic rod 104 and an elastic member 105. The receiving rod 102 includes a receiving cavity 1021. One end of the receiving rod 102 is perpendicular and fixedly connected to the rail rod 101, and the plane formed by the receiving rod 102 and the rail rod 101 is parallel to the plane of the front panel 30. One end of the telescopic rod 104 is received in the receiving cavity 1021, and can perform a non-swaying motion along the receiving cavity 1021. The elastic member 105 is sleeved on the telescopic rod 104, and one end thereof is in contact with the accommodating rod 102, and the other end is in contact with the one end 1041 of the telescopic rod 104 not received in the accommodating chamber 1021, and is always in a compressed state. In the embodiment, the elastic member 105 is a coil spring.

The rotation supporting portion 106 includes two upper and lower rotating support rods 1061 and 1062. One ends of the two rotating support rods 1061 and 1062 are fixedly fixed to the end 1041 of the telescopic rod 104 not received in the receiving cavity 1021, and the other end is respectively Fixed to the corresponding upper door panel 1031 and lower door panel 1032, the upper and lower two rotation support bars 1061, 1062 are respectively rotatable along the end 1041 fixed to the upper door panel 1031 and the lower door panel 1032. As shown in FIG. 3, when the upper and lower door panels 1031, 1032 are closed, the angle θ formed by the two rotating support bars 1061, 1062 surrounding one side of the telescopic rod 104 is an acute angle.

In the present embodiment, the contact guiding portion 107 is specifically an arc-shaped member 107 which is disposed in an arc-shaped portion and is placed parallel to the plane of the tray 20, the curved member 107 and the telescopic rod 104 The ends 1041 are vertically connected, and the plane formed by the curved member 107 and the telescopic rod 104 is perpendicular to the plane of the front panel 30 and parallel to the plane of the tray 20. The symmetrical two curved members 107 (the other side of the curved member are not shown) interfere with the outer frame 201 of the tray 20.

In the initial state, when the tray 20 is in the main body 10 and the curved member 107 is not subjected to the interference of the outer frame 201 of the tray 20, the two rotating support rods 1061, 1062 are kept at all due to the elastic force of the elastic member 105. The tendency to rotate symmetrically in the direction of decreasing the angle θ, thereby keeping the upper door panel 1031 and the lower door panel 1032 tightly pushed and closed.

During the process in which the tray 20 is triggered to eject, from the initial state to the tray 20 extending out of the main body 10, the two curved members 107 on both sides are continuously pressed by the outer frame 201 of the tray 20, so that the telescopic rod 104 is made The elastic force of the elastic member 105 is moved toward the receiving cavity 1021 such that the end 1041 of the telescopic rod 104 connected to the two rotating support bars 1061, 1062 continuously moves toward the receiving rod 102, so that the two rotating support rods 1061, 1062 The angle θ is continuously increased, and the upper door panel 1031 and the lower door panel 1032 are moved in the direction of separation, so that the separation distance between the upper and lower door panels 1031 and 1032 is continuously increased. When the outer frame 201 presses the curved member 107 such that the angle θ between the two rotating support rods 1061, 1062 increases to a certain angle, the distance between the upper door panel 1031 and the lower door panel 1032 reaches the height of the tray 20, At the same time, the distance between the two curved members 107 reaches the passing width of the outer frame 201 of the tray 20, and the tray 20 can smoothly pass through the protective door 103. In the present embodiment, the outer frame 201 presses the two curved members 107 such that the angle θ reaches 180 degrees, thereby maximizing the distance between the upper door panel 1031 and the lower door panel 1032, so that two arcs are formed. The spacing distance between the pieces 107 reaches the passing width of the outer frame 201.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, when a part or all of the tray 20 is outside the main body 10, since the passing width of the outer frame 201 of the tray 20 is constant, the outer frame 201 resists the two curved members 107. The magnitude of the force is constant, so that the angle θ between the two rotating support rods 1061, 1062 remains unchanged, and the opening distance between the upper door panel 1031 and the lower door panel 1032 remains unchanged, so that the tray 20 is unobstructed.

During the process in which the tray 20 is triggered to retract, from the tray 20 to the main body 10, and the tray 20 is returned to the initial state, the elastic force of the elastic member 105 is lost due to the continuous disappearance of the resisting force of the tray 20 against the curved member 107. The telescopic rod 104 is continuously moved out of the receiving cavity 1021, and the end 1041 of the two rotating support rods 1061 and 1062 connected to the telescopic rod 104 is moved away from the receiving cavity 102, so that the two rotating support rods are moved. 1061, 1062 symmetrically rotates in the direction of decreasing the angle θ, and drives the upper door panel 1031 and the lower door panel 1032 to move in opposite directions, so that the separation distance between the upper and lower door panels 1031, 1032 is continuously reduced until the tray 20 is fully retracted. The contact closed state when the optical drive protects the door 103.

The optical drive protection door and related structure of the electronic device of the invention can protect the optical drive in the electronic device, and the protection door of the optical drive does not need to be turned outward when opened, and the structure is simple and more beautiful.

1‧‧‧Electronic device

10‧‧‧Host

20‧‧‧Tray

30‧‧‧ front panel

40‧‧‧ Optical drive protection door drive structure

101‧‧‧ Track Rod

102‧‧‧ Shelter

1021‧‧‧ containment chamber

103‧‧‧ optical drive protection door

1031‧‧‧Home panel

1032‧‧‧Lower door

1033‧‧‧ card hook

104‧‧‧ Telescopic rod

1041‧‧‧One end

105‧‧‧Flexible parts

106‧‧‧Rotating support section

1061‧‧‧Upper support rod

1062‧‧‧Rotating support bar

107‧‧‧Contact derivation parts, curved parts

108‧‧‧Elastic reset section

201‧‧‧Tray frame

301‧‧‧ Optical drive tray exit

Θ‧‧‧ angle

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic view of the optical drive tray of the electronic device of FIG. 1 in a host.

Figure 3 is a partial enlarged view of the left side III of Figure 2 .

4 is a schematic view showing part or all of the optical drive tray of the electronic device of FIG. 1 outside the host.

Fig. 5 is a partial enlarged view of the left side V of Fig. 4.

1‧‧‧Electronic device

10‧‧‧Host

20‧‧‧Tray

30‧‧‧ front panel

301‧‧‧ Optical drive tray exit

Claims (9)

An electronic device includes a host and an optical drive structure. The host includes electronic components and circuits required for the operation of the electronic device. The optical drive structure is disposed in the host for driving the playing optical disc. The optical drive structure includes a tray and a a tray exit on the front panel and an optical drive protection door and an optical drive protection door drive structure for carrying the optical disc, the optical drive protection door is used for protecting the optical drive in the main body, and the optical drive protection door drive structure is used for driving the optical drive protection The door is such that the optical drive protection door is closed or opened, and the improvement is that the optical drive protection door driving structure comprises:
a rotating support portion is connected to the optical drive protection door for supporting the optical drive protection door to open or close;
An elastic returning portion for providing an elastic force, so that when the tray is received in the main body, the driving rotating support portion supports the optical disc drive protection door to close;
A contact guiding portion is connected to the elastic return portion and the rotating support portion. When the tray is in the ejected state, the contact guiding portion overcomes the elastic force of the elastic reset portion, and the driving rotating support portion supports the optical disc drive door to open. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the optical drive protection door driving structure further comprises two rail bars disposed at two sides of the tray outlet, the two rail bars being perpendicular to a plane of the tray, the optical drive protection door comprising The upper door panel and the lower door panel respectively include hooks disposed thereon, and the upper door panel and the lower door panel are sleeved on the rail bar by hooks. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the elastic reset portion comprises a receiving rod, a telescopic rod and an elastic member, the receiving rod comprises a receiving cavity, one end is perpendicularly connected with the rail rod, and the receiving rod is The plane formed by the rail bar is parallel to the plane of the front panel, and one end of the telescopic rod is received in the receiving cavity. The elastic member is sleeved on the telescopic rod, one end is in contact with the receiving rod, and the other end is not received by the telescopic rod. One end of the receiving cavity is in contact with each other, and the elastic member is always in a compressed state;
The rotating support portion includes two upper and lower rotating support rods, and one ends of the two rotating support rods are fixedly fixed to one end of the telescopic rod not received in the receiving cavity, and the other ends are respectively fixed on the corresponding upper door panel and the lower door panel, and When the upper and lower door panels are closed, the angle formed by the two rotating support rods surrounding one side of the telescopic rod is an acute angle. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the elastic member is a coil spring. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the contact guiding portion is an arc-shaped member, the arc-shaped member is disposed in an arc-shaped portion and placed parallel to a plane in which the tray is located, the curved member and the telescopic member The rod is vertically connected to one end of the telescopic rod that is not received at the receiving rod, and the plane formed by the curved member and the telescopic rod is perpendicular to the plane of the front panel. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the hook and the upper and lower door panels are integrally formed or snapped onto the upper and lower door panels. According to the electronic device of claim 3, when the upper and lower door panels are opened, the angle between the two rotating support rods can reach 180 degrees, so that the distance between the upper and lower door panels is maximized. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a computer. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is one of a CD player, a VCD player, or a DCD player.