TWI421669B - Charger - Google Patents

Description

charger

The invention relates to a charger, in particular to a charger for automatically popping up the upper cover.

At present, electronic devices are already full of our lives. Generally, the electronic device can be used again after the power is used up. Therefore, it is necessary to charge the battery of the electronic device or the electronic device at this time. Conventional chargers hold the contacts of the battery through the elastic clips, but the elastic clips move, which can damage the contacts of the battery. Although there is currently a charger that places the battery directly in the charger to bring the battery contacts into contact with the charger contacts, it is more difficult to remove the battery from the charger after charging.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a charger that automatically pops up the upper cover.

A charger includes a cover body and a base, the cover body includes a latching member, the base includes a latching member, the cover body includes an upper cover and a rotating body, and the upper cover can be in the first Sliding between a position and a second position, the upper cover includes at least one locking member, the rotating body is rotatably coupled to the base, the rotating body includes at least one positioning member, and the charger further includes at least one elastic member, The at least one elastic member provides an elastic force to the rotating body when the upper cover is in the second position; when the upper cover is in the first position, the engaging member is engaged with the locking member, and the locking member and the positioning member are stuck The at least one elastic member is in a compressed state under the pressure of the rotating body; the upper cover is in the second state In the position, the engaging member is disengaged from the locking member, the locking member is disengaged from the positioning member, and the at least one elastic member springs the rotating body.

When the upper cover is moved to the second position, the engaging member is disengaged from the locking member, so that the upper cover is disengaged from the base, and the locking member is disengaged from the positioning member, so that the upper cover is disengaged from the rotating body, the at least one elastic member Bounce the rotor. This makes it easy to remove the battery.

100‧‧‧Charger

10‧‧‧ cover

20‧‧‧ Pedestal

30‧‧‧Power cord

40‧‧‧Upper cover

50‧‧‧Rotating body

41‧‧‧ base

42‧‧‧Card holders

43‧‧‧Locking parts

44‧‧‧Limited parts

45‧‧‧ Limit slot

46‧‧‧Locks

51‧‧‧Ontology

52‧‧‧Extension arm

53‧‧‧ first end

54‧‧‧second end

55‧‧‧ positioning slot

551‧‧‧ upper edge

552‧‧‧ lower edge

56‧‧‧ Positioning parts

57‧‧‧Buckle

511‧‧‧First bump

512‧‧‧second bump

513‧‧‧ Third bump

514‧‧‧through hole

515‧‧‧ accommodating space

201‧‧‧ Housing Department

21‧‧‧ hole

211‧‧‧through hole

212‧‧‧Blind hole

22‧‧‧ shaft

23‧‧‧Flexible parts

24‧‧‧ pads

25‧‧‧ side wall

251‧‧‧first groove

26‧‧‧ upper surface

252‧‧‧ bottom

253‧‧‧second groove

27‧‧‧ housing trough

271‧‧‧ bottom

272‧‧‧Contacts

1 is a schematic view of a charger in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded view of the charger shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is another perspective exploded view of the charger shown in FIG. 1.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the charger shown in Figure 1.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic diagram of a charger 100 . The charger 100 is used to charge an object to be charged, such as an electronic device or a battery. The electronic device charged by the charger 100 is generally a microelectronic device such as an electronic watch or the like. The charger 100 includes a cover 10, a base 20 and a power cord 30. The cover 10 is rotatably coupled to the base 20 and is engageable with the base 20. The object to be charged can be placed in the base 20 during charging, and then the cover 10 is rotated to lock the cover 10 to the base 20, thereby fixing the object to be charged in the base 20. Charging. The power cord 30 is disposed on the base 20 for connection to an external power source. In this embodiment, the power cable 30 is a USB cable, and the USB cable is connected to an external power source through a transfer interface to charge the object to be charged.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3 , the cover 10 includes an upper cover 40 and a rotating body 50 . The upper cover The base member 41 includes a base member 41 and a retaining member 42 extending downwardly from an end of the base member 41. A locking member 43 is protruded from the inner side of the retaining member 42. In the present embodiment, the holding member 42 and the locking member 43 are square. In other embodiments, the retaining member 42 and the locking member 43 can be wedge-shaped or any other shape. An at least one limiting member 44 is protruded from the end of the base member 41. A limiting slot 45 is defined between the limiting member 44 and the holding member 42 on the base. A locking member 46 is protruded from the intermediate position of the limiting slot 45. In the embodiment, a limiting member 44 and a limiting slot 45 are disposed on each side of the base 41.

The rotating body 50 includes a body 51 and at least one extending arm 52 extending outwardly from opposite ends of the body 51. The free end of the extending arm 52 is stepped, and includes a first end 53 and a second end 54. . A positioning slot 55 is disposed at the first end 53 of the extending arm 52. The positioning slot 55 is configured to receive the limiting member 44 to limit the moving distance of the upper cover 40. The limiting member 44 is received in the positioning slot 55. When the external force acts on the upper cover 40, the limiting member 44 slides in the positioning groove 55, so that the upper cover 40 slides along the rotating body 50. A locating member 56 is protruded from the end of the extending arm 52. The end of the positioning member 56 away from the second end 54 forms an undercut 57 with the extending arm 52. The undercut 57 is engaged with the locking member 46 to thereby clamp the upper cover 40 to the rotating body 50. When an external force is applied, the undercut 57 is disengaged from the lock member 46, so that the upper cover 40 can slide along the rotating body 50.

In the embodiment, a protrusion 511, a second protrusion 512 and a third protrusion 513 are protruded from the body 51. The first bump 511, the second bump 512 and the third bump 513 extend along the length of the body 51 and are in a straight line, and each includes a coaxial through hole 514. The first bump 511 and the second bump 512 and the second bump 512 A receiving space 515 is defined between the third bumps 513 and the third bumps 513. In other embodiments, the body 51 may include only any one of the first protrusion 511, the second protrusion 512 and the third protrusion 513, and defines a receiving space 515.

One end of the base 20 is provided with a receiving portion 201 matching the body 51. When the cover 10 is rotatably locked to the base 20, the first protrusion 511, the second protrusion 512 and the first The three bumps 513 are received in the accommodating portion 201. The two side walls of the receiving portion 201 respectively include a hole 21. In the embodiment, the two holes 21 are a through hole 211 and the other is a blind hole 212. In other embodiments, the two holes 21 are through holes. The base 20 further includes a rotating shaft 22, at least one elastic member 23 and at least one rubber pad 24. In the embodiment, the elastic member 23 is a torsion spring. The rotating shaft 22 passes through the first protrusion 511, the second protrusion 512 and the through hole 514 of the third protrusion 513, and the two ends of the rotating shaft 22 are respectively received in the through hole 211 and the blind hole 212. The elastic member 23 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 22 and received in the receiving space 515. One end of the elastic member 23 abuts against the base 20, and the other end abuts against the rotating body 50. The rubber pad 24 is received in the through hole 211 for receiving the rotation shaft 22 at one end of the through hole 211.

The side wall 25 of the other end of the base 20 defines a first recess 251 corresponding to the retaining member 42 for receiving the retaining member 42. The first recess 251 is in communication with the upper surface 26 of the base 20. A second recess 253 corresponding to the locking member 43 is defined at a bottom portion 252 of the first recess 251 for receiving the locking member 43. The cover 10 can be fitted to the base 20 by the locking member 43 and the second recess 253.

The intermediate position of the base 20 defines a receiving slot 27 for receiving the electronic device. The bottom 271 of the receiving groove 27 includes a plurality of elastic contacts 272, and the elastic contact Point 272 is electrically coupled to the power line 30, respectively. The resilient contact 272 is made of a conductive material. When charging, the resilient contact 272 is in contact with the contact of the object to be charged.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the charger 100 is generally in a first position. In the first position, the holding member 42 is received in the first recess 251 , and the locking member 43 is received in the second recess 253 . The limiting member 44 is located at the upper edge 551 of the positioning groove 55. The buckle 57 is engaged with the locking member 46. The elastic member 23 is deformed by the rotating body 50, and the upper cover 40 is locked. On the rotating body 50 and the base 20. When the charger 100 is turned on, the upper cover 40 moves from the first position to the second position under the force of the first direction applied by the user until the limit member 44 moves to the lower edge 552 of the positioning groove 55. In the second position, the holding member 42 is away from the first recess 251, and the locking member 43 is away from the second recess 253, and the undercut 57 is away from the locking member 46. At this time, the rotating body 50 is bounced upward by the elastic force of the elastic member 23.

When the charger 100 is used, the object to be charged is placed in the receiving slot 27, the contact of the object to be charged is in contact with the contact 272 of the charger 100, and the upper cover 40 and the rotating body 50 are at the user's Rotating downwardly under action, the rotating body 50 compresses the elastic member 23. When the rotating body 50 contacts the base 20, the upper cover 40 moves from the second position to the first position under the force of the user in the second direction until the limiting member 44 moves to the upper edge of the positioning groove 55. 551. At this time, the holding member 42 is received in the first recess 251. The locking member 43 is received in the second recess 253. The undercut 57 is engaged with the locking member 46. The upper cover 40 The rotating body 50 and the base 20 are locked, and the object to be charged is confined in the receiving groove 27 to be charged.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above embodiments are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention as long as the invention Appropriate changes and modifications of the above embodiments are intended to fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

10‧‧‧ cover

20‧‧‧ Pedestal

21‧‧‧ hole

211‧‧‧through hole

212‧‧‧Blind hole

22‧‧‧ shaft

23‧‧‧Flexible parts

24‧‧‧ pads

201‧‧‧ Housing Department

25‧‧‧ side wall

251‧‧‧first groove

252‧‧‧ bottom

253‧‧‧second groove

26‧‧‧ upper surface

27‧‧‧ housing trough

271‧‧‧ bottom

272‧‧‧Contacts

30‧‧‧Power cord

40‧‧‧Upper cover

41‧‧‧ base

42‧‧‧Card holders

50‧‧‧Rotating body

51‧‧‧Ontology

514‧‧‧through hole

52‧‧‧Extension arm

53‧‧‧ first end

54‧‧‧second end

55‧‧‧ positioning slot

551‧‧‧ upper edge

552‧‧‧ lower edge

56‧‧‧ Positioning parts

57‧‧‧Buckle

Claims (9)

A charger comprising a cover body and a base, the cover body comprising a latching member, the base comprising a latching member, wherein the cover body comprises an upper cover and a rotating body, The upper cover is slidable between a first position and a second position, the upper cover includes at least one locking member, the rotating body is rotatably coupled to the base, the rotating body includes at least one positioning member, and the charger further includes at least one The elastic member, the at least one elastic member provides an elastic force to the rotating body when the upper cover is in the second position; when the upper cover is in the first position, the engaging member is engaged with the locking member, the locking member is The positioning member is engaged to hold the upper cover on the rotating body, and the at least one elastic member is in a compressed state under the pressure of the rotating body; when the upper cover is in the second position, the engaging member is disengaged from the locking And the locking member is disengaged from the positioning member such that the upper cover can slide along the rotating body, and the at least one elastic member bounces the rotating body. The charger of claim 1, wherein the engaging member comprises a holding member and a locking member, the holding member protruding perpendicularly to a side wall of the upper cover, the locking member is from the holding member The inner side of the latching member includes a first recess and a second recess, the first recess is disposed on the side wall of the base, and the second recess is disposed at a bottom of the first recess, the upper cover In the first position, the holding member is received in the first recess, the locking member is received in the second recess, and the retaining member is disengaged from the first recess when the upper cover is in the second position a slot, the latch being disengaged from the second recess. The charger of claim 2, wherein the first groove penetrates the upper surface of the base. The charger of claim 1, wherein the upper cover comprises at least one limiting member, and the rotating body comprises at least one positioning slot, wherein the limiting member is located away from the positioning slot when the upper cover is in the first position One end of the positioning member is located at an end of the positioning groove near the positioning member when the upper cover is in the second position. The charger of claim 4, wherein the rotating body comprises a body and at least one extending arm, the extending arm extending from one end of the body, and the positioning member and the positioning groove are disposed on the extending arm. The charger of claim 1, wherein the rotating body comprises a through hole, the two ends of the base respectively comprise two holes, the base further comprises a rotating shaft, and the at least one elastic member is sleeved on the rotating shaft The two ends of the rotating shaft are received in the hole through the through hole, and one end of the at least one elastic member abuts on the rotating body, and the other end abuts on the base. The charger of claim 6, wherein the hole of the base is a through hole and the other is a blind hole, and the charger further includes a rubber pad, and the two ends of the rotating shaft are respectively received in the through hole And in the blind hole, the rubber pad is received in the through hole from the other end of the through hole. The charger of claim 6, wherein the bottom of the rotating body has at least a first bump and a second bump, and the through hole is disposed on the first bump and the second bump. The first protrusion and the second protrusion define a receiving space, and the spring is disposed in the receiving space. The charger of claim 8, wherein one end of the base is provided with a receiving portion matching the bottom of the rotating body, and the first bump, the second bump and the third bump are received therein Containment department.