TWI540414B - Lateral docking station - Google Patents

Description

Lateral docking dock

The invention relates to a docking station for a notebook, in particular to a docking station for laterally docking a notebook.

The docking station traditionally used for docking with the notebook is usually located at the base of the docking station. Since the docking station has a certain thickness and then further docked with the notebook, the overall thickness will be greatly increased, which is against the thin and light market. Demand and trends. In addition, a small number of docking stations are provided on the side of the docking station. The user must first place the pen power vertically on the docking station, and then manually connect the docking jaws provided on the side of the docking station to the corresponding position of the notebook. In addition to the lack of intuition and convenience, the docking accuracy is not accurate enough, and the repeated use will reduce the tolerance of the docking station. The plate is slid to the side of the channel to the bottom to be docked to the butt joints provided on the side, or the docking accuracy can be improved. However, the docking stations are only used for the plates of a specific model, and the channel width is fixed. And the choice is limited, and it is not universally applicable.

The object of the present invention is to provide a lateral docking dock, which is provided on the side of the docking station, so that when the pen is placed on the docking station, the joint module can be pushed out laterally and docked to achieve a one-segment Actuate.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a lateral docking dock that effectively reduces the overall The thickness of the body is reduced, and the operation is convenient, and it can be widely applied to various types of notebooks.

To this end, the present invention provides a lateral docking dock, comprising a body, a pair of joint mechanisms, and a floating cover; the seat body defines a longitudinal axis, a horizontal axis, and a vertical axis; the docking mechanism is disposed on the seat body and One side of the seat body is adjacent to the seat; the floating cover is floated on the seat body and abuts the docking mechanism; the floating cover can be reciprocally oscillated by the longitudinal axis and can be elastically reset; the floating cover extends a force applying member toward the docking mechanism, The urging member has a first urging portion and a second urging portion. The docking mechanism includes a floating structure, a joint module, and a swing. The floating structure is floated on the seat body, and has a reciprocating movement along the vertical axis and elastically resetting; the floating structure has a force receiving portion. The joint module is slidably disposed on the floating structure, and is reciprocally slidable along the longitudinal axis and elastically reset. The swinging member is pivotally disposed on the seat body and located under the floating structure, and reciprocally oscillates with the horizontal axis as an axis without interfering with the floating structure; the swinging member has a first end portion and a second end portion which are relatively fixedly fixed, the first end portion Synchronous movement with the joint module. The first and second force applying portions of the force applying member respectively press the force receiving portion of the floating structure and the second end portion of the swinging member, and the swinging member swings to cause the first end portion to drive the joint module along the vertical axis Launched, and the joint module also moves down the vertical axis with the float.

100‧‧‧ body

101, 102‧‧‧ main edge

104‧‧‧lateral edge

120‧‧‧floor

121‧‧‧Limited Department

140‧‧‧Support board

142‧‧‧Flexible components

200‧‧‧Floating cover

201‧‧‧ leading edge

220‧‧‧ force parts

222‧‧‧First Force Department

224‧‧‧Second Force Department

300‧‧‧ docking agency

400‧‧‧ release structure

420‧‧‧Sliding parts

421, 441, 442‧‧ ‧ guide columns

423‧‧‧ channel

440‧‧‧Put

460‧‧‧Return spring

480‧‧‧ button

500‧‧‧ floating structure

501‧‧‧Return spring

520‧‧‧Floating parts

540‧‧‧Scissor linkage structure

521‧‧‧ Force Department

600‧‧‧ joint module

620‧‧‧Sliding parts

622‧‧‧Return spring

640‧‧‧Connector

700‧‧‧guide structure

720‧‧‧ ornaments

721‧‧‧ first end

722‧‧‧second end

740‧‧‧guide construction

742‧‧‧ Guide column

744‧‧ ‧ Guide

800‧‧‧ Cover

802‧‧‧ window

804‧‧‧ gap

806‧‧‧rail

P1, P2‧‧‧ projection length

X‧‧‧ horizontal axis

Y‧‧‧ vertical axis

Z‧‧‧ vertical axis

Θ‧‧‧ acute angle

H‧‧‧ height difference

1 is a perspective view of a first state of a lateral docking dock of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is an exploded view of FIG. 1; Figure 5 is a partial schematic view of Figure 3.

Figure 5A is an exploded view of Figure 5; Figure 6 is a top view of a portion of the element removed in Figure 5A; Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 7-7 of Figure 6; Figure 8 is a perspective view of the button and the cover; Figure 9 is a partial perspective view of the second state of the lateral docking dock of the present invention; Figure 9 is a front view; Figure 10 is a perspective view of a portion of the component of the present invention; Figure 12 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the lateral docking dock of the present invention; And Fig. 13 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a part of the components removed from Fig. 12.

Please also refer to FIG. 1 , which is a lateral docking dock of the present invention for docking a power (not shown), including a body 100 , a floating cover 200 , and a mating mechanism 300 .

First, as shown in Fig. 1, a horizontal axis X, a vertical axis Y, and a vertical axis Z are defined based on the base 100. The seat body 100 defines parallel two front and rear main edges 101, 102 along the longitudinal axis Y and two parallel left and right side edges 103, 104 along the horizontal axis X. Referring to FIG. 2, the base 100 has a bottom plate 120 and a support plate 140 which are covered with each other. To support the ergonomics of the notebook, the support plate 140 and the bottom plate 120 have a main edge (usually the front main edge). 101) An acute angle θ is set for the shaft center; referring to FIG. 3, in the embodiment, the size of the support plate 140 along the longitudinal axis Y corresponds to the notebook power, and the bottom plate 120 is slightly longer than the support plate along the longitudinal axis Y. 140. The floating cover 200 is floated on the base body 100, and the dimension along the longitudinal axis Y corresponds to the notebook power. The floating cover 200 is floated on the support plate 140, and the dimension along the longitudinal axis Y corresponds to the support plate 140. 142 is disposed between the support plate 140 and the floating cover 200. The front edge 101 of the floating cover pivots to the front edge 101 of the base 100. Specifically, a pivoting member 141 causes the front edge 201 of the floating cover to be adjacent to the front edge 101 of the base 100. pivot Therefore, the floating cover 200 can be elastically reset and reciprocally oscillated by the elastic member 142 with the longitudinal axis Y of the seat 100 (hereinafter referred to as the vertical axis Y) as an axis. Referring to FIG. 4, the floating cover 200 extends outwardly along the longitudinal axis Y by a force applying member 220. The force applying member 220 has a first force applying portion 222 and a second force applying portion 224, and first and second force applying portions. There is a height difference h between at least the vertical axis Z between 222 and 224. In this embodiment, the first and second force applying portions 222 and 224 are stepped. Specifically, the force applying member 220 can provide two force applying portions.

As shown in the first to third embodiments, the docking mechanism 300 is disposed on the base 100 and can be arbitrarily disposed on one side of the base 100. Specifically, the biasing member 220 of the floating cover 200 extends toward the docking mechanism 300 and is docked. The mechanisms 300 correspond to each other. Since the position of the docking mechanism 300 and the floating cover 200 are interchanged, the direction of movement of the component will be affected. For convenience of description and understanding, the docking mechanism 300 is first defined on the left edge 103 of the base 100, and the floating cover 200 is located opposite to the docking mechanism 300. square.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 5A, the docking mechanism 300 includes a release structure 400, a floating structure 500, a joint module 600, a guide structure 700, and a cover 800: As shown in FIG. 3, the release structure 400 has a slider 420, a push rod 440, a return spring 460 and a button 480. Referring to FIGS. 6-8, the slider 420 is disposed on the XY plane of the base 100 and is reciprocally slidably disposed on the base 100 along the longitudinal axis Y. The push rod 440 is disposed on the YZ plane of the base 100 and on the vertical axis. Y has a variable projection length. One end of the slider 420 abuts against one end of the push rod 440, and when the push rod 440 changes the projection length on the longitudinal axis Y, the slider 420 can be reciprocally slid along the longitudinal axis Y. Specifically, the bottom plate 120 is provided with a pair of limiting portions 121. The limiting portion 121 has a matching and guiding fit between the sliding member 420 and the push rod 440, as long as the sliding stroke of the sliding member 420 and the push rod 440 is performed. It is sufficient within the range of the stopper 121. In this embodiment, the limiting slot is matched with the guiding post; when the limiting slot is disposed in the limiting portion 121, the guiding post is disposed on at least one of the sliding member 420 and the push rod 440, and vice versa. analogy. In FIG. 7 , the sliding member 420 and the push rod 440 have two ends, and at least one end has a guide post, and the guide rods 421 and 442 at one end of the sliding member 420 and the push rod 440 are opened by the limiting portion 121 along the longitudinal axis Y. The bit groove 122 is restrained, and the slider 420 and the push rod 440 abut each other, and the guide post 441 at the other end of the push rod 440 is restrained by the button 480. The structure of the button 480 is shown in Fig. 8. It has at least one restraining member 481 to restrict the guide post 441, and the return spring 460 abuts against the inside of the button 480 so that the button 480 can normally maintain the position as shown in Fig. 1. When the button 480 is moved down the vertical axis Z, the push rod 440 also moves down the vertical axis Z while simultaneously pushing the slider 420 along the longitudinal axis Y. The sliding member 420 further defines a channel 423 along the longitudinal axis Y, and the sliding member 420 can be normally held by a return spring 424; and the guiding portion 482 is provided on the side of the button 480, as shown in FIG.

At the same time, referring to Figures 5 and 5A, the floating structure 500 floats on the base 100 and spans the sliding member 420, which has elastic returning energy and can reciprocate along the vertical axis Z. The floating structure includes a floating member 520 supported by at least one return spring 501 and a scissor linkage structure 540 disposed below the floating member 520. The floating member 520 spans the sliding member 420, and the bottom end of the bottom portion of the bottom portion 120 is supported by the pair of return springs 501. The floating member 520 can be floated on the base body 100 and has elastic restoring energy. The floating member 520 faces the floating cover 200. A force receiving portion 521 is disposed on one side, and the force receiving portion 521 has a notch shape, so that the second urging portion 224 of the urging member 220 is correspondingly compressed. The floating member 520 reciprocates about the vertical axis Z, because the floating cover 200 and the bottom plate 120 are slightly inclined, so that the floating member 520 is also slightly inclined. The scissor-type connecting rod structure 540 is disposed under the floating member 520, and also spans the sliding member 420 and the bottom end is fixed to the bottom plate 120. The scissor-type connecting rod structure 540 reciprocates along the vertical axis Z for reciprocating movement with the floating member 520. At the same time, a stable planar support of the floating member 520 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 5A, the joint module 600 is slidably disposed on the floating member 520. Specifically, the joint module 600 has a sliding member 620 and a joint 640 fixed to the sliding member 620; The return spring 622 interlocks with the float 520 to reciprocate along the longitudinal axis Y.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 5A, the guide structure 700 includes a pendulum 720 and a guide structure 740. Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7, the 720 is located below the floating structure 500 without interfering with the floating structure 500, and is disposed in the channel 423 of the sliding member 420; the 720 is pivoted to the bottom plate 120, and the horizontal axis X is the axis. Reciprocating swing; it is worth noting that the swing 720 and the slider 420 are two mutually independent, respective moving elements. The joint module is pushed out toward the floating cover 200 (along the longitudinal axis Y) during the swinging process. As shown in FIG. 7, the 720 has a first end portion 721 and a second end portion 722 which are relatively fixed in position. The first and second end portions 721 and 722 are in two corresponding fixed positions and are correspondingly activated, and may be The channel of the slider 420 protrudes: the first end portion 721 extends toward the joint module 600, passes through the floating structure 500 and is limited by the slider 620 of the joint module 600, so that the first end portion 721 of the swing member 720 and the joint mold The sliding member 620 of the group 600 moves synchronously; the second end portion extends toward the floating cover 200, so that the first urging portion 222 of the urging member 220 is correspondingly compressed. The guide structure 740 is a kind of engagement between the guide surface and the guide post. When the guide surface is disposed on the slide member 420, the guide post is disposed at the second end portion 722 of the swing member 720, and vice versa; the effect is on the reverse swing swing member 720. . Therefore, in the present embodiment, the guide structure 740 includes a guide post 742 and a guiding guide 742 sliding a swinging surface 744 of the swinging member 720; wherein the guiding post 742 is along the second end 722 of the swinging member 720 The horizontal axis X is convexly formed, and the guiding surface 744 is a curve projected by the sliding member 420 on the YZ plane. The guiding column 722 can be guided or restricted by the guiding surface 744, and the guiding surface 744 can be formed by a structure such as a guiding groove, a slope, a guide rail and the like. . In addition, the guide structure 740 can further include a stop surface 746 disposed above the guide surface 744, having no same slope as the guide surface 744 for determining the stop point of the guiding stroke; the stop surface 746 can be a stop portion, a buffer plane And other structures are formed.

The design of the 720 is such that when the 720 is swung clockwise about the horizontal axis X, the joint module 600 can be driven to protrude toward the floating cover 200. The design of the guide 740 is designed when the sliding member 420 faces the floating cover 200. When sliding, the swinging member 720 is swung in the reverse direction to drive the joint module 600 to be reset, and the details are described later.

As shown in Figures 1, 3, and 8, the cover 800 has a window 802 and a notch 804; the cover 800 covers most of the release structure 400, the floating structure 500, the joint module 600, and the guide structure 700. The button 480 is exposed to the outside of the notch 804; the connector module 600 also corresponds to the window 802 and can be worn out. The cover 800 is provided with a guide rail 806 along the vertical axis Z corresponding to the guide portion 482 of the button 480, so that the button 480 can reciprocate relative to the cover 800 at the vertical axis Z.

Before describing any action of the lateral docking dock of the present invention, it is first defined that the docking mechanism 300 is not docked with the notebook and the button 480 is not actuated to a first state, the docking mechanism 300 is docked with the notebook and the button 480 is not actuated. In the second state, the docking mechanism 300 is separated from the notebook and the button 480 is actuated to a third state; and the terms of the return spring, the elastic resetting energy, the reset, the normal state, and the like described in the lateral docking dock are all held in the first state. a state; further defining a first action from the first state to the second state, and a second action from the second state to the third state.

The following is a first action of one of the embodiments of the lateral docking dock of the present invention. Referring also to the first state of the first, fourth, fifth, and fifth embodiments, and the second state of the fifth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh figures, when the pen is placed on the floating cover 200, the gravity of the notebook itself can be overcome. The elastic returning energy of the floating cover 200, the floating cover 200 is sunken so that the first urging portion 222 and the second urging portion 224 of the urging member 220 respectively press the second end portion 722 of the sashing member 720 and the floating structure 500 respectively. The force receiving portion 521 swings the first end portion 721 of the swing member 720 clockwise to push the joint module 600 toward the floating cover 200. At this time, the joint module 600 moves to the right along the longitudinal axis Y on the one hand and downwardly along the vertical axis Z with the floating member 520 on the other hand. In other words, the connector module 600 can be moved down and right at the same time to protrude beyond the window 802 of the cover 800, so that the connector module 600 can be docked to the notebook while the notebook is stably seated. At this time, as in the fifth and eleventh figures, the projection length of the push rod 440 on the vertical axis Y in the first action The projection length P1 is still maintained.

The following is a second action of the aforementioned embodiment of the lateral docking dock of the present invention. Referring also to FIG. 12, when the button 480 is pressed to move down the vertical axis Z, the push rod 440 is pressed by the button 480 to push the push rod 440 to also slide down the vertical axis Z and push the slider 420 along the longitudinal axis Y. The front slide causes the projection length of the push rod 440 on the vertical axis Y to become longer and the projection length P2, forcing the slider 420 to slide. In other words, the change in the projection length of the push rod 440 on the longitudinal axis Y is the change in the sliding stroke of the slider 420, which is also the sliding stroke of the joint module 600. As the guide post 742 of the cover 720 slides to the slider 420, the guide surface 744 pushes the swing 720 counterclockwise to disengage the connector module 600 from the notebook.

In principle, the 720 can be pivotally connected to the base 100 or other components on the base 100. As long as the 720 is pivotally connected to the base 100 and can swing back and forth on the horizontal axis X; the structure of the 720 is not limited. A first arm and a second arm may be formed in the embodiment, and the first end portion 721 and the second end portion 722 are respectively formed at the free ends of the first arm and the second arm.

In addition, in the embodiment, the guiding surface 744 of the guiding member structure 740 can be a slope of a single slope, and the tangent value is at least greater than 1, so that the horizontal component of the guiding column 742 sliding on the guiding surface 744 is greater than the vertical component force, and It is advantageous for the swing of the swinging member 720.

In addition, the return spring with elastic resetting energy is not limited in its setting type and position, as long as the reset of each component can be maintained. For example, the return spring 460 disposed under the button 480 can also convert the spring return energy provided to the push rod 440.

In summary, the lateral docking dock of the present invention can provide at least the following effects: (1) the first action can be performed only when the notebook is placed in the docking station, and the joint module can be linked by a single operation. Side-to-side push-out, to achieve a one-stage side plug-in docking; (2), simplified operation Acting as a pure mechanism, it can avoid the omission of the steps or the wrong order, and has high reliability; (3) The expansion seat covers the other structures of the docking mechanism 300 due to the cover cover, which is advantageous in appearance; (4), the joint mold The angle between the group and the floating structure can be finely adjusted so that the joint module does not cause damage when docked; (5) the overall thickness of the side-plug docking design is lighter and thinner than the vertical docking design, and the operation is convenient; ) The side-inserted docking design system is not limited by the model and model, and can be widely applied to notebooks of various models.

The present invention and its specific embodiments are not limited to the above-described examples, and the concepts may be substituted or changed by the concept and scope of the claims.

100‧‧‧ body

102‧‧‧Primary

104‧‧‧lateral edge

200‧‧‧Floating cover

300‧‧‧ docking agency

480‧‧‧ button

600‧‧‧ joint module

800‧‧‧ Cover

802‧‧‧ window

X‧‧‧ horizontal axis

Y‧‧‧ vertical axis

Z‧‧‧ vertical axis

Claims (10)

A lateral docking dock includes: a body defining a longitudinal axis, a horizontal axis, and a vertical axis; a pair of connecting mechanisms disposed on the body and adjacent to one side of the body; the docking mechanism The utility model comprises: a floating structure floating on the seat body, which can reciprocate along the vertical axis and elastically reset; the floating structure has a force receiving portion; a joint module is slidably disposed on the floating structure, Reciprocatingly sliding along the longitudinal axis and elastically resetting; and a pendulum member pivotally disposed on the seat body and located below the floating structure, reciprocatingly swinging with the horizontal axis as an axis without interfering with the floating structure; the pendulum has a relative position Fixing one of the first end portion and the second end portion; wherein the first end portion moves synchronously with the joint module; and a floating cover is floated on the seat body and adjacent to the docking mechanism; the floating cover The longitudinal axis is reciprocally oscillated and elastically resettable; the floating cover extends a force applying member to the mating mechanism, the force applying member has a first force applying portion and a second force applying portion; wherein the force applying portion The first and second force applying portions respectively crush the floating The force receiving portion of the structure and the second end portion of the swing member, the swing member swings to cause the first end portion to push the joint module to be pushed along the vertical axis, and the joint module also follows the vertical axis of the floating member Move down. The lateral docking docking station of claim 1, wherein: the floating structure comprises a floating member and a scissor-type connecting rod structure, wherein the floating member is provided with at least one return spring to be elastically reset; the force receiving portion is disposed on the a floating member; the scissor-type connecting rod is disposed under the floating member and the bottom end is fixed to the seat body; The scissor linkage structure is telescopically movable along the vertical axis to provide horizontal support for the float. The lateral docking dock of claim 1, wherein: the first and second force applying portions form a height difference along the vertical axis. The lateral docking dock of claim 1, further comprising a guide structure having a guide surface and a guide post, the guide post being disposed at the second end of the swing member, and the guide surface guiding the guide The guide post slides to cause the swing to swing in the opposite direction. The side docking docking station of claim 4, further comprising a sliding member slidably disposed on the seat body, having elastic restoring energy capable of reciprocating sliding along the longitudinal axis; the floating structure spanning the sliding member, and the sliding member A channel is formed along the longitudinal axis, and the pendulum swings in the channel; the guiding surface is disposed on the sliding member. The lateral docking docking station of claim 5, wherein: the guiding surface is a curve projected on a plane of a vertical axis of the longitudinal axis. The lateral docking dock of claim 5, further comprising a push rod having a variable projection length along the longitudinal axis; the push rod abuts against one end of the slider and is constrained in a limiting portion The vertical axis moves. The side-to-side docking station of claim 7, wherein the change in the length of the push rod along the longitudinal axis is the sliding stroke of the joint module. The side docking docking station of claim 7 further includes a button floating on the seat body and reciprocating along the vertical axis; the button moves synchronously with the other end of the push rod. The lateral docking docking station of claim 9, wherein the docking mechanism has a cover covering at least the floating structure and the swing member; the cover has an opening and a notch, and the opening corresponds to the joint module The connector module is pushed out, and the notch corresponds to the button to expose the button.