TWI462559B - Portable electronic device - Google Patents

Description

Portable electronic device

The present invention relates to a portable electronic device, and more particularly to a portable electronic device having a slide cover and a flip cover function.

With the development of the communication industry, mobile electronic devices such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) have become an indispensable communication tool in daily life. At the same time, in order to meet the needs of consumers, different types of portable electronic devices have emerged. Today's portable electronic devices are most typical of mobile phones. According to the different appearance of mobile phones, they are mainly divided into three types: straight-type, flip-type and slide-type. The slide-type mobile phone system has recently introduced a newer structure, which is shrinking. The size of the mobile phone makes the appearance of the mobile phone more fashionable and novel, and also increases the fun of use.

A common mobile phone with a slide structure has a display screen disposed on the cover body, and a button is disposed on the body, and the body and the cover body are guided to slide by a pair of curved guide rails and elastic members facing away from each other. When the mobile phone is in a closed state, the cover covers the button to prevent misoperation; when the phone is to be answered or dialed, the slider is pushed, and the slider moves along the guide rail to finally expose the body. Press the button, and you can perform operations such as answering or dialing.

However, the stroke of the cover body on the body cannot exceed 2/3 of the length of the body, so that the size of the button of the mobile phone is limited, and the user is inconvenient when the button is touched, and May cause misuse.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a portable electronic device having a large button area.

A portable electronic device includes a body and a sliding cover, a flip cover and a transmission mechanism. The flip cover is connected to the sliding cover by the transmission mechanism, and the flip cover is turned over and drives the sliding cover to slide away relative to the body.

Compared with the conventional portable electronic device with a sliding structure, the portable electronic device of the present invention not only has a sliding cover, but also has a flip cover. When the sliding cover is opened, the lower button can be operated, and after the flip is opened, It can also operate on the buttons on it, and the button area is increased to prevent misoperation of the buttons.

10‧‧‧Upper body

11‧‧‧ upper surface

12‧‧‧ Lower surface

122‧‧‧容容

124‧‧‧ ribs

126‧‧ ‧ chute

13‧‧‧Sleeve

132‧‧‧ receiving holes

14‧‧‧Guide

20‧‧‧ Lower body

21‧‧‧ inner surface

22‧‧‧Positioning column

30‧‧‧Flip cover

31‧‧‧ first surface

32‧‧‧second surface

33‧‧‧Folding

34‧‧‧ buckle

35‧‧‧Extension

36‧‧‧Combination Department

361‧‧‧Axis

40‧‧‧Sliding cover

41‧‧‧ top surface

43‧‧‧Display

44‧‧‧Bumps

45 50 52‧‧‧ card slot transmission mechanism second gear

46 51 53‧‧‧Blind hole First gear Rack

60‧‧‧Sliding mechanism

61‧‧‧Substrate

610‧‧‧rail

612‧‧‧ Guides

62‧‧‧Sliding plate

620‧‧‧Guide

622‧‧‧Action Department

624‧‧‧ Guide block

626‧‧‧ Guide slot

90‧‧‧ button

100‧‧‧Portable electronic device

1 is an exploded view of a portable electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is an exploded view of another embodiment of the portable electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the open state of the portable electronic device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the portable electronic device in a closed state according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the portable electronic device 100 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an upper body 10 , a lower body 20 , a flip cover 30 , a slide cover 40 , a transmission mechanism 50 , and a sliding mechanism 60 . .

The upper body 10 is substantially rectangular and includes an upper surface 11 and a lower surface 12 opposite the upper surface 11. A sleeve 13 having two open ends is formed on the surface 11 adjacent to an edge. The sleeve 13 has a receiving hole 132 therein, and the receiving hole 132 communicates with the lower surface 12. The sleeve 13 is provided with an operation key 92 on the upper surface 11 of the flip cover 30 side, and a guide groove 14 is defined adjacent to the edge of the upper surface 11. The lower surface 12 is recessed with a rectangular receiving cavity 122 , and the receiving cavity 122 is in communication with the receiving portion 132 . A rib 124 is formed on the inner wall of the accommodating cavity 122 adjacent to the end of the sleeve 13. A sliding groove 126 is formed between the rib 124 and the bottom of the accommodating cavity 122.

The lower body 20 is substantially rectangular and has an inner surface 21 on which a positioning post 22 is protruded.

The flip cover 30 is substantially rectangular and includes a first surface 31 and a second surface 32 opposite the first surface 31. The flip cover 30 is bent perpendicularly to the opposite edges to form a folded edge 33. The second surface 32 is provided with a plurality of buttons 90, and one end of the folded edge 33 of the second surface 32 respectively forms a buckle 34. Each of the buckles 34 is substantially cylindrical, and the first surface 31 is away from the card. A rectangular extension piece 35 is formed in the direction of the buckle 34. The extension piece 35 is perpendicular to the folded edge 33, and the extension piece 35 serves as an opening portion of the flip cover 30. A circular joint portion 36 extends from each of the two ends of the flip cover 30. A shaft 361 extends from the joint portion 36. The shaft 361 is inserted into the sleeve 13 to reversibly fix the flip cover 30 to the upper body 10.

The slider 40 is substantially rectangular and includes a top surface 41 and a bottom surface 42 opposite the top surface 41. A display screen 43 is disposed on the top surface 41. A protrusion 44 is protruded from a corner of the bottom surface 42 , and the protrusion 44 is slidably received in the guide groove 14 . A latching slot 45 is defined in each of the opposite ends of the sliding cover 40. A blind hole 46 is recessed in the bottom of each of the latching slots 45. When the flip cover 30 is closed, the latching sleeve 34 can be opposite to the blind hole 46. Cooperate to make the slide 40 It is fixed opposite to the flip cover 30.

Referring to FIG. 3 together, the transmission mechanism 50 includes a first gear 51, a second gear 52, and a rack 53. The first gear 51 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is a bevel gear that is fixed to the shaft 361 of the joint portion 36 and rotates together with the flip cover 30. The second gear 52 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is also a bevel gear that is rotatably fixed to the positioning post 22 of the lower body 20 and meshes with the first gear 51. The rack 53 is received in the sliding slot 126. The rack 53 meshes with the second gear 52. The second gear 52 drives the rack 53 to slide in the sliding slot 126.

The sliding mechanism 60 includes a substrate 61 and a sliding plate 62. The substrate 61 is fixed to an upper portion of the upper body 10. The opposite ends of the substrate 61 are bent into guide rails 610 parallel to the substrate 61. The substrate 61 is provided with two guiding members 612. The two ends of each guiding member 612 are respectively fixed on the substrate. Each guiding member 612 has a substantially arc-shaped structure, which has elasticity and a distance between the two guiding members 612. It gradually decreases from the ends to the middle.

The sliding plate 62 is fixed to the middle of the sliding cover 40. A guiding member 620 is fixed on the sliding plate 62. The guiding member 620 has a substantially diamond shape and has two opposite acting portions 622. The acting portion 622 can abut against the guide 612. Each of the opposite ends of the sliding plate 62 is fixed with a plurality of guiding blocks 624. Each guiding block 624 defines a guiding groove 626 extending through the guiding block 624 along the extending direction thereof. The sliding plate 62 can be guided by the guiding plate 624. The groove 626 is slidably coupled to the guide rail 610 of the substrate 61.

Referring to FIG. 4 , when the portable electronic device 100 is assembled, the second gear 52 is first sleeved on the positioning post 22 of the lower body 20 , and then the upper body 10 and the lower body 20 are combined to make a second The gear 52 meshes with the first gear 51 and the rack 53 respectively. The sliding cover 40 passes through the guide block 624 of the sliding plate 62 through the guide rail 610 of the substrate 61, and simultaneously causes the acting portion 622 of the guiding member 620 on the sliding plate 62 to abut against the arc of the upper body 10. The guide member 612 is mounted on the recess 14 so that the slider 40 is slidably disposed on the upper body 10. At this time, the portable electronic device 100 is assembled.

Referring to FIG. 5 , when the portable electronic device 100 is turned on, an external force pushes the extension piece 35 to flip the flip cover 30 to disengage the buckle 34 from the card slot 45 . Then, the flip cover 30 is continuously turned over. Since the first gear 51 is fixed to the shaft 361 of the flip cover 30, the first gear 51 rotates together with the flip cover 30, and simultaneously rotates the second gear 52 meshed with the first gear 51. . The rack gear 53 is slid in the sliding groove 126 by the second gear 52 in a direction away from the sleeve 13. One end of the rack 53 abuts against the protrusion 44 on the sliding cover 40, so that the sliding plate 62 slides on the substrate 61, so that the sliding cover 40 slides relative to the upper body 10. When the second gear 52 is engaged with the end of the rack 53, the rack 53 reaches the maximum stroke, and the second gear 52 stops rotating, so that the flip 30 reaches the maximum opening angle. At this time, the operator can operate the button 90 on the flip cover 30. At the same time, when the rack 53 slides to the maximum stroke, the acting portion 622 of the guiding member 620 slides over the central portion of the guiding member 612, and the guiding member 620 automatically slides under the elastic force of the guiding member 612, so that the protruding block 44 When the rack 53 is disengaged, the slider 40 is automatically opened to expose the operation key 92 on the upper body 10.

When the portable electronic device 100 is closed, the external force pushes the sliding cover 40, and the sliding cover 40 slides toward the sleeve 13 of the body 10 when the acting portion 622 of the guiding member 620 slides over the center of the guiding member 612. The guiding member 612 automatically slides under the elastic force of the guiding member 612, and the protrusion 44 of the sliding cover 40 abuts against one end of the rack 53. The rack 53 slides in the sliding slot 126 under the action of the projection 44, and drives the second gear 52 meshing with the rack 53 to rotate. The first gear 53 is rotated in the opposite direction by the second gear 53 to gradually reduce the opening angle of the flip cover 30, and the buckle 34 is locked in the card slot 45. The flip cover 30 is completely closed.

The portable electronic device 100 not only has a sliding cover 40, but also has a flip cover 30. When the sliding cover 40 is slid open, the operation key 92 under the sliding cover 40 can be operated, and after the flip cover 30 is opened, the button 90 can also be performed thereon. operating. An increase in the button area prevents misoperation of the button 90. At the same time, the area of the portable electronic device 100 can be relatively increased, and other electronic components can be integrated into the portable electronic device 100. The portable electronic device 100 has more functions.

It can be understood that the upper body 10 and the lower body 20 can be combined as one body of the portable electronic device 100.

In summary, the present invention complies with the requirements of the invention patent and submits a patent application according to law. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and equivalent modifications or variations made by those skilled in the art in light of the spirit of the present invention are It should be covered by the following patent application.

10‧‧‧Upper body

11‧‧‧ upper surface

13‧‧‧Sleeve

14‧‧‧Guide

20‧‧‧ Lower body

21‧‧‧ inner surface

22‧‧‧Positioning column

30‧‧‧Flip cover

31‧‧‧ first surface

32‧‧‧second surface

33‧‧‧Folding

34‧‧‧ buckle

35‧‧‧Extension

36‧‧‧Combination Department

361‧‧‧Axis

40‧‧‧Sliding cover

41‧‧‧ top surface

43‧‧‧Display

45‧‧‧ card slot

46‧‧‧Blind holes

60‧‧‧Sliding mechanism

61‧‧‧Substrate

610‧‧‧rail

612‧‧‧ Guides

90‧‧‧ button

100‧‧‧Portable electronic device

Claims (7)

A portable electronic device includes a body and a sliding cover. The portable electronic device further includes a flip cover and a transmission mechanism. The flip cover is connected to the sliding cover by the transmission mechanism, and the flip cover is turned over. And driving the sliding cover to slide relative to the body, the transmission mechanism comprises a rack, the body comprises an upper body and a body combined with the upper body, the upper body and the lower body are oppositely formed with a concave surface A slot is defined in the slot of the slot adjacent to the rack, and a protrusion is protruded from a side of the sliding cover adjacent to the upper body, and the rack can slide against the protrusion in the slot. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises a first gear and a second gear, the first gear is fixed on the flip cover and rotates together with the flip cover, the second A gear meshes with the first gear and is rotatably secured to the body, the rack being slidably secured to the body and engaging the second gear. The portable electronic device of claim 2, wherein the first gear and the second gear are bevel gears. The portable electronic device of claim 2, wherein one end of the upper body forms a sleeve, and the lower body extends a positioning post in a direction of the body, and the flip extends one end at two ends, each of the combinations A shaft is protruded from the sleeve, and the shaft cooperates with the sleeve to flip the flip cover on the sleeve of the upper body. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device further includes a sliding mechanism, the sliding mechanism comprising a substrate and a sliding plate slidably coupled to the substrate, the substrate being fixed to the body The sliding plate is fixed to the sliding cover. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the opposite ends of the sliding cover are respectively recessed with a card slot, the flip cover including a first surface and a first surface opposite to the first surface The two opposite surfaces are perpendicularly bent to form a two-folded edge, and a buckle is respectively protruded on the second surface of the folded edge, and the buckle is clamped in the card slot to close the flip cover. The portable electronic device of claim 6, wherein the first surface is formed with an extending piece in a direction away from the buckle, the extending piece being perpendicular to the folded edge.