TWI515535B - Assembling device for supporting a display and electronic device having the same - Google Patents

Description

Bonding device capable of supporting display device and electronic device having combined device

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and more particularly to an electronic device provided with a bonding device capable of supporting a display device.

Mainstream laptops such as notebooks, ultrabooks, netbooks, or other similar electronic devices, etc., still use display screens and body/keyboards A clamshell structure pivoted to each other to meet the functionality and portability of the portable electronic device.

With the popularity of tablet computers, tablets with touch screens have better portability than the aforementioned laptops. However, since the tablet uses a touch screen for touch input, although it can cope with general operation requirements, when it encounters a large number of input of text symbols, it is stretched compared to a laptop with a keyboard. Therefore, there is also a docking machine body that is coupled to a docking box that includes a keyboard and an additional processing/storage unit, so that the tablet can be converted into a general laptop while still operating the touch of the tablet. Control the screen for touch input. This approach brings more usage changes and convenience.

However, since this type of docking station is used to support the back cover of the fixed tablet and the traditional hinge connection between the keyboard bodies, when the tablet is integrated into the dock and opened for use At the same time, if the touch input is still directly on the touch screen of the tablet, the torque of the rotating shaft itself can often be relied on to maintain the stability of the tablet on the back cover. Obviously, the torque of the general shaft is not designed to face the user's pressure rail, so it is impossible to effectively prevent the tablet on the back cover from being excessively shaken due to the force when the user touches the touch screen. Affects stability during use.

The present invention provides a combination of means for the above problems as a suitable solution.

In an embodiment of the invention, a bonding device capable of supporting a display device for combining a host and a display device is provided. The bonding device includes a back cover, a slider and a support member. The display device is detachably coupled to the back cover. The back cover is coupled to the main body and has a sliding slot. The back cover is rotatable relative to the main body along an axis to a retracted position or an open position. The slider is movably disposed in the sliding slot of the back cover, the slider has a pushing portion and a first engaging portion, the pushing portion is used to be stopped by the main body to push the slider The chute moves inside. The support member is rotatably pivotally connected to the back cover, and the support member has a second engaging portion for engaging with the first engaging portion. When the back cover is rotated relative to the main body to the open position, the pushing portion is stopped by the main body, and the slider is pushed to move in the sliding slot and the second engaging portion is disengaged from the first engaging portion. The support member is rotatable relative to the back cover to a support position.

In another embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device is provided that includes a host and a bonding device. The bonding device is used to combine the host and a display device. The bonding device includes a back cover, a slider and a support member. The display device is detachably coupled to the back cover. The back cover is coupled to the main body and has a sliding slot. The back cover is rotatable relative to the main body along an axis to a retracted position or an open position. The slider is movably disposed in the sliding slot of the back cover, the slider has a pushing portion and a first engaging portion for being stopped by the main body to push the The slider moves within the chute. The support member is rotatably pivotally connected to the back cover, and the support member has a second engaging portion for engaging with the first engaging portion. When the back cover is rotated relative to the main body to the open position, the pushing portion is used to be stopped by the main body, and the slider is pushed to move in the sliding slot and the second engaging portion is disengaged from the first engaging portion. a portion to enable the support member to be rotated relative to the back cover to a support position.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the host has a protrusion located at a rotation of the back cover relative to the main body, and when the back cover is rotated relative to the main body to the open position, the pushing portion of the slider is The protrusion stops.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the chute extends along the axial direction, and when the slider is pushed by the main body, the slide moves in the axial direction along the axial direction.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the back cover has two brackets, and the support member is rotatably pivotally connected to the two brackets. The coupling device further includes a torsion spring disposed between the support member and one of the brackets. When the second engaging portion is disengaged from the first engaging portion, the torsion spring is used to drive the supporting member relative to each other. The back cover is rotated to the support position.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the bonding device further includes a resilient member coupled between the slider and the back cover, the elastic member being compressed by the slider when the slider is pushed by the main body Have a resilience.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the first engaging portion is a card slot, and the second engaging portion is a hook.

The binding device provided by the present invention, after the display device such as a tablet computer is combined with the host device, after the display device is opened to a certain angle with respect to the host, the support member of the combined device can be The automatic display device is opened at an angle and placed on a plane to provide a stable support structure when the user touches the control display device, which can effectively prevent the display device on the back cover from shaking due to the force, thereby increasing the use. Stability in the process.

10‧‧‧Host

12‧‧‧ shaft

14‧‧‧Protruding

20‧‧‧ Combined device

30‧‧‧Back cover

32‧‧‧Chute

34‧‧‧ bracket

40‧‧‧ Slider

42‧‧‧Pushing Department

44‧‧‧First engagement department

50‧‧‧Support

52‧‧‧Second engagement department

54‧‧‧ pivotal department

60‧‧‧torsion spring

70‧‧‧Flexible components

100‧‧‧Electronic devices

200‧‧‧ plane

Figure 1 is a partial schematic view of an electronic device of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of a back cover in the bonding apparatus of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic illustration of the support in the joining device.

4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a host in an electronic device of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a partial schematic view showing the back cover of the binding device disposed at a retracted position with respect to the rotating shaft of the main assembly.

Figure 6 is a partial schematic view of the back cover of the coupling device rotated relative to the main body to an open position.

Fig. 7 is a partial front elevational view of Fig. 6.

Figure 8 is a side view of Figure 6.

Figure 9 is a side elevational view of the electronic device disposed on a plane.

Certain terms are used throughout the description and following claims to refer to particular elements. Those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that a manufacturer may refer to the same component by a different noun. The scope of this specification and the subsequent patent application do not use the difference of the names as the means for distinguishing the elements, but the difference in function of the elements as the criterion for distinguishing. The term "including" as used throughout the specification and subsequent claims is an open term and should be interpreted as "including but not limited to". In addition, the term "coupled/connected" is used herein to include any direct and indirect electrical or mechanical connection. Therefore, if a first device is coupled/connected to a second device, it means that the first device can be directly electrically/mechanically connected to the second device, or indirectly electrically/mechanically connected through other devices or connection means. To the second device.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a partial schematic view of an electronic device. The electronic device 100 includes a host 10 and a bonding device 20. The bonding device 20 can be used to combine the host 10 and a display device (not shown), which can be, for example, a tablet computer or a liquid crystal screen. When the display device is coupled to the bonding device 20, a portable device such as a laptop, such as a notebook, an ultrabook, or a thin Internet, can be formed with the host. A notebook (netbook) or other similar electronic device...etc. When the display device is detached from the back cover, the display device can be used as a tablet computer or a separate liquid crystal screen.

The bonding device 20 includes a back cover 30, a slider 40, and a support member 50. When the binding device 20 is coupled to the host 10, it can rotate relative to the host 10 along an axis A. For convenience of illustration, the host 10 only displays a part of the structure associated with the bonding device 20 in the first figure, the complete host. For an embodiment of the present invention, reference is made to FIG. 4, in which the rotating shaft 12 of the main body 10 is used to join the coupling device 20 and the coupling device 20 is rotatable on the rotating shaft 12 along the axis A, and additionally has a protrusion on the rotating shaft 12 of the main body 10. Part 14. The support member 50 is rotatably pivotally coupled to the back cover 30. More specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the pivoting of the support member 50 to the back cover 30 is different from the pivoting of the back cover 30 and the main body 10, and the support member 50 is rotated relative to the back cover 30. The direction is different from the direction in which the back cover 30 rotates relative to the main body.

Referring to FIG. 2 together, FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an embodiment of the back cover 30 in the bonding apparatus 20 of the present invention. As described above, the back cover 30 is coupled to the main body 10 and rotatable relative to the main body 10 to a retracted position as shown in FIG. 1 or rotated to open as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. position. The back cover 30 has a chute 32 at the junction with the main body 10. In the illustrated embodiment, there is a chute 32 on each side of the back cover 30, but only one chute 32 is actually used (and associated mating The slider 40, the actuation structure) can also implement the technical features of the present invention, and the present invention does not The number of chutes 32 shown is limited. The slider 40 is movably disposed in the chute 32 corresponding to the number of the chutes 32. The back cover 30 further has two brackets 34 for supporting the display device to which it is coupled.

Referring to FIG. 3 together, FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the support member 50 in the bonding device 20. The support member 50 has a pivoting portion 54 pivotally connected to the two brackets 34 of the back cover 30 to pivotally support the support member 50 to the two brackets 34. The coupling device 20 further has one (or two) torsion springs 60 (refer to FIG. 1 ) disposed between the pivoting portion 54 of the support member 50 and the bracket 34 , and the torsion spring 60 is used to support the bracket 50 relative to the two brackets When it is rotated to the state of Fig. 1, it is driven by the support member 50 to have an elastic restoring force.

Please refer to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a partial schematic view showing the back cover 30 of the bonding device 20 disposed at the folding position with respect to the rotating shaft 12 of the main assembly 10. The slider 40 has a pushing portion 42 and a first engaging portion 44. The coupling device 20 further includes an elastic member 70. In this embodiment, a compression spring, the elastic member 70 is coupled to the slider 40 and the back cover. Between 30. As previously mentioned, the slider 40 is movably disposed within the chute 32, and in the embodiment, the chute 32 extends in the direction of the axis A, so that the slider 40 also follows the axis within the chute 32. The direction of A moves, that is, moves in the L ₁ L ₂ direction in FIG. When the slider 40 is moved along the _direction L, the slider 40 while compressing the elastic member 70 of the elastic member 70 is compressed to have a restoring force.

Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 5 together. The support member 50 further has a second engaging portion 52 for engaging with the first engaging portion 44 on the slider 40. In this embodiment, the first engaging portion 44 is a card slot and the second engaging portion 52 is a hook for hooking into the card slot. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the arrangement of the hook slots may be interchanged, or the first engaging portion 44 and the second engaging portion 52 may be engaged in other feasible manners. On the other hand, in the folded position of the first and fifth figures, the first engaging portion 44 engages with the second engaging portion 52, and the torsion spring 60 between the support member 50 and the bracket 34 has an elastic restoring force.

Please refer to Figures 6 to 8. FIG. 6 is a partial schematic view showing the back cover 30 of the binding device 20 rotated relative to the main body 10 to an open position, FIG. 7 is a partial front elevational view of FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 is a side view of FIG. When the back cover 30 of the bonding device 20 is opened relative to the main body 10 so that the display device (not shown) coupled to the back cover 30 is operable, the back cover 30 is pivoted along the axis A along the axis R ₁ The direction is rotated relative to the main body 10 until the open position of the sixth figure, the pushing portion 42 of the slider 40 will hit the protruding portion 14 of the main body 10 (located at the rotation of the back cover 30 relative to the main body 10), at this time, the protruding portion pushing the slider 14 abuts the stop portion 40 is 42, and further pushes the slider 40 is moved along the _direction L in the chute 32. When the slider 40 is moved along the _direction L in the chute 32, when the second engaging portion buckled support 50 of the first engagement portion 44 of the card 52 also moves in the _direction L the second engagement The portion 52 is disengaged from the first engaging portion 44, and the torsion spring 60 having an elastic restoring force can rotate the support member 50 along the R ₂ direction (refer to FIG. 8) to rotate with the two brackets 34 of the back cover 30 to the eighth figure. a support position.

Please refer to FIG. 9 , which is a schematic side view of the electronic device 100 disposed on a plane 200 . When the back cover 30 is rotated relative to the main body 10 to the open position of FIG. 8 , the support member 50 is also rotated relative to the back cover 30 to the support position. If the back cover 30 is rotated relative to the main body 10 along the R ₁ direction, the natural cover can be naturally The support member 50 opened to the support position abuts against the plane 200, thereby providing stable support of the back cover 30 when the user touches the display device, thereby preventing the display device from being shaken due to the force.

The bonding device provided in the embodiment of the present invention is used to form an electronic device in combination with a host and a display device. The bonding device has a back cover to detachably couple the display device. The back cover is rotatable relative to the rotating shaft of the main body and is disposed at a folding position or an opening position. When the back cover is in the folded position, the first engaging portion of the slider in the back cover engages with the second engaging portion of the support pivotally connected to the back cover. When the back cover rotates relative to the rotating shaft of the main body to the open position, a protruding portion of the main body at the rotating shaft can push the slider to disengage the second engaging portion from the first engaging portion, thereby allowing the supporting member to be engaged Rotate the back cover to open an angle. The open support member can be placed on a flat surface to provide a stable support structure for the user to use the display device when touched, and prevent the display device on the back cover from being shaken due to the force.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all changes and modifications made to the scope of the present invention should be within the scope of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Host

20‧‧‧ Combined device

30‧‧‧Back cover

40‧‧‧ Slider

50‧‧‧Support

52‧‧‧Second engagement department

60‧‧‧torsion spring

70‧‧‧Flexible components

100‧‧‧Electronic devices

Claims (14)

A binding device capable of supporting a display device for combining a host and a display device, the bonding device comprising: a back cover, the display device is detachably coupled to the back cover, the back cover is coupled to the host And having a sliding slot, the back cover can be rotated relative to the main body along an axis to a folding position or an opening position; a slider movably disposed in the sliding slot of the back cover, the slider has a pushing portion and a first engaging portion, the pushing portion is configured to be stopped by the main body to push the slider to move in the sliding slot; and a supporting member rotatably pivotally connected to the back cover The support member has a second engaging portion for engaging with the first engaging portion. When the back cover is rotated to the open position relative to the main frame, the pushing portion is stopped by the main body and pushed The slider moves in the sliding slot and the second engaging portion is disengaged from the first engaging portion to enable the support member to rotate relative to the back cover to a supporting position. The bonding device of claim 1, wherein the main body has a protrusion located at a rotation of the back cover relative to the main body, and the pushing portion of the slider when the back cover is rotated to the open position relative to the main body It is stopped by the protruding portion. The bonding device of claim 1, wherein the chute extends in the axial direction, and the slider is moved in the axial direction in the sliding slot when the slider is pushed by the main body. The bonding device of claim 1, wherein the back cover has two brackets, and the support member is rotatably pivotally connected to the two brackets. The bonding device according to claim 4, further comprising a torsion spring disposed on the support member and the back The torsion spring is configured to rotate the support member relative to the back cover to the support position when the second engaging portion is disengaged from the first engaging portion. The bonding device of claim 1 further comprising a resilient member coupled between the slider and the back cover, the resilient member being compressed by the slider to have a reply when the slider is pushed by the main body force. The bonding device of claim 1, wherein the first engaging portion is a card slot and the second engaging portion is a hook. An electronic device includes: a host; and a bonding device for combining the host and a display device, the bonding device comprising: a back cover, the display device being detachably coupled to the back cover, the back The cover is coupled to the main body and has a sliding slot, and the back cover is rotatable relative to the main body to a retracting position or an open position along an axis; a slider is movably disposed on the chute of the back cover The slider has a pushing portion and a first engaging portion for stopping by the main body to push the slider to move in the sliding slot; and a supporting member rotatably pivoting Connected to the back cover, the support member has a second engaging portion for engaging with the first engaging portion, and the pushing portion is used when the back cover is rotated to the open position relative to the main body The main body stops, and the slider is pushed to move in the sliding slot and the second engaging portion is disengaged from the first engaging portion to enable the supporting member to rotate relative to the back cover to a supporting position. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the host has a protrusion located at the back cover When the back cover is rotated relative to the main body to the open position, the pushing portion of the slider is stopped by the protruding portion. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the chute extends in the axial direction, and the slider is moved in the axial direction in the sliding slot when the slider is pushed by the main body. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the back cover has two brackets, and the support member is rotatably pivotally connected to the two brackets. The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising a torsion spring disposed between the support member and one of the back covers, when the second engaging portion is separated from the first engaging portion In time, the torsion spring is used to drive the support member to rotate relative to the back cover to the support position. The electronic device of claim 8, the bonding device further comprising an elastic member coupled between the slider and the back cover, wherein the elastic member is compressed by the slider when the slider is pushed by the main body Have a resilience. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the first engaging portion is a card slot and the second engaging portion is a hook.