TWI544854B - Cover mechanism - Google Patents

Description

Covering mechanism

The present invention relates to a covering mechanism; and more particularly to a covering mechanism for use on an electronic device.

Generally, the connector opening on the electronic device has a fixed size specification. Therefore, in order to avoid increasing the thickness of the electronic device, the connector is often designed to be covered to meet the demand for thinning of the electronic device, but the conventional covering mechanism. Most of them lack the function of automatic closing, which often causes inconvenience in use.

In view of the above conventional problems, the present invention provides a covering mechanism that achieves the effect of automatic closing.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a covering mechanism disposed on a casing of an electronic device, wherein the casing has an opening, and the covering mechanism includes a fixing member, a body and an elastic member, and the fixing member Fixed to the housing and having a first inclined surface, the body pivotally connecting the fixing member and corresponding to the opening, wherein the body is switchable between an open state and a closed state, and the elastic member is disposed on In the body, when the body is rotated by the external force to the open state from the closed state, the elastic member is moved from the first position along the first slope to a second position to accumulate a a first elastic position energy; when the external force is released, the elastic member applies an elastic force to the first inclined surface, and the elastic member Returning from the second position to the first position along the slope, the body is returned from the open state to the closed state.

In one embodiment, the elastic member has a second inclined surface, and the second inclined surface abuts the first inclined surface when the body is in the closed state with respect to the housing.

In one embodiment, when the body is rotated from the closed state to the open state, the first inclined surface presses the elastic member toward the inner side of the body, so that the elastic member accumulates the first Elastic potential energy.

In an embodiment, the direction of the elastic force is substantially perpendicular to the first inclined surface.

In an embodiment, the elastic member has a metal or rubber material.

In one embodiment, the body includes a plate portion, an elastic arm and a shaft, the shaft pivotally connects the fixing member, and the elastic arm connects the plate portion and the shaft.

In an embodiment, the elastic member is disposed on the shaft.

In one embodiment, when the body is subjected to the external force and is rotated relative to the housing to the open state by the closed state, the elastic arm is deformed toward the inner side of the body to accumulate a second elastic potential energy.

In an embodiment, the elastic arm has an E-shaped structure.

In an embodiment, the body and the elastic member are integrally formed.

10‧‧‧ Covering mechanism

100‧‧‧Fixed parts

200‧‧‧ ontology

200a‧‧‧plate

200b‧‧‧Flexible arm

200c‧‧‧ shaft

300‧‧‧Flexible parts

C‧‧‧shell

O‧‧‧ openings

S1‧‧‧(first) bevel

S2‧‧ (second) bevel

F‧‧‧elastic

P1‧‧‧ first position

P2‧‧‧ second position

Fig. 1A is a view showing the explosion of the covering mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 1B is a schematic view showing the assembly of the covering mechanism of Fig. 1A and the housing of an electronic device.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the covering mechanism in a closed state according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3A is a top view showing the covering mechanism in an open state according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3B is an enlarged view showing a portion A in Fig. 3A.

Please refer to FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B together. The cover mechanism 10 of an embodiment of the present invention can be disposed on a casing C of an electronic device (for example, a notebook computer), wherein an opening is formed on one side of the casing C. O. The cover mechanism 10 mainly includes a pair of fixing members 100, a body 200, and a pair of elastic members 300. As shown in FIG. 1B and FIG. 2, the fixing member 100 is fixed to the casing C, and the body 200 is rotatably pivotally connected to the fixing member 100 and corresponds to the position of the opening O. Thereby, the body 200 of the covering mechanism 10 is rotatable relative to the casing C (as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 1B) for shielding the connector (not shown) inside the electronic device, so as to balance the thinning and the appearance of the electronic device. There is a need for the aforementioned connector to be, for example, an Ethernet connector or a modem connector. In the embodiment, the pair of elastic members 300 are disposed on the body 200.

Referring to FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 2, the body 200 of the embodiment of the present invention mainly includes a plate portion 200a, a resilient arm 200b, and a shaft 200c. The plate portion 200a can be used to shield the opening O. The elastic arm 200b connects the body 200 and the shaft 200c, and is substantially formed with an E-shaped structure. this In addition, the shaft 200c is pivotally connected to the circular hole in the fixing member 100, so that the body 200 can be rotated relative to the housing C. Wherein, when an external connector is to be coupled to the connector in the electronic device, the user can apply an external force to the body 200 through the connector to rotate the body 200 relative to the housing C (eg, 1B). In the direction of the arrow shown in the figure, and in an open state, the connector inside the electronic device can be exposed at the opening O to facilitate the connection with the external connector; on the contrary, when the external connector is disconnected from the opening At time O, the aforementioned external force originally applied to the body 200 is released, and the body 200 can be rotated in the reverse direction with respect to the casing C and returned to a closed state (as shown in FIG. 1B). The plate-like portion 200a, the elastic arm 200b, and the shaft 200c of the body 200 in this embodiment are integrally molded.

In addition, the elastic member 300 of the embodiment is also integrally formed on the shaft 200c of the body 200, and is adjacent to the pair of fixing members 100. The fixing members 100 respectively have a slope S1 (first slope), and the elastic members 300 respectively have a slope S2 (second slope), and the two slopes S1 and S2 correspond to each other and abut. When the body 200 is in the closed state with respect to the casing C, the elastic member 300 is located at a first position P1 with respect to the slope S1 of the fixing member 100 (as shown in FIG. 2).

Then, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, when the body 200 is subjected to a force applied by the joint of the external connecting wire, the body 200 is moved to the aforementioned open state by the rotation of the shaft 200c relative to the fixing member 100. At this time, the elastic member 300 is moved along the inclined surface S1 of the fixing member 100 to a second position P2 (as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B), and the inclined surface S1 of the fixing member 100 is pushed toward the inner side of the body 200. The elastic member 300 (in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 3A) causes the elastic member 300 to accumulate an elastic potential energy (first elastic potential energy). Thereby, when the aforementioned external force When released, the elastic member 300 can apply a spring force F to the inclined surface S1 of the fixing member 100 (the elastic force F is substantially perpendicular to the inclined surface S1), so that the elastic member 300 can be returned to the first position along the inclined surface S1 from the second position P2. P1 (as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3B), and causes the body 200 to return from the aforementioned open state to the closed state, thereby realizing the function of automatically closing the body 200.

It should be noted that when the body 200 is subjected to an external force and is rotated to the open state relative to the casing C by the closed state, the elastic arm 200b of the body 200 also deforms toward the inner side of the body 200 and accumulates an elastic position. The second elastic position can also drive the body 200 to automatically return to the closed state when the external force is released. The elastic arm 200b and the elastic member 300 of the embodiment have a metal or rubber material.

In addition, the elastic member 300 of the present embodiment is disposed on the shaft 200c. However, the elastic member 300 may be formed at other positions on the body 200. In addition, the covering mechanism 10 can also include only one fixing member 100 and one elastic member 300, thereby achieving the aforementioned automatic closing effect.

In summary, the present invention mainly provides a cover mechanism that can be disposed on an electronic device with a connector opening formed by integrally forming an elastic member on the body thereof and a body opposite to the housing of the electronic device. In the open state, the elastic member is abutted against the fixing member fixed on the housing and deformed and accumulates an elastic potential energy, which can drive the body to automatically return to the closed state from the open state, thereby achieving automatic closing of the body. The effect, while at the same time meeting the goal of saving parts and reducing costs.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above in the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains, A few changes and refinements can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

100‧‧‧Fixed parts

200b‧‧‧Flexible arm

200c‧‧‧ shaft

300‧‧‧Flexible parts

S1‧‧‧(first) bevel

S2‧‧ (second) bevel

F‧‧‧elastic

P1‧‧‧ first position

P2‧‧‧ second position

Claims (9)

A cover mechanism is disposed on a casing of an electronic device, wherein the casing has an opening, the cover mechanism includes: a fixing member fixed to the casing and having a first inclined surface; and a body pivotally connected The fixing member corresponds to the opening, wherein the body is switchable between an open state and a closed state with respect to the housing; and an elastic member is disposed on the body, and the body is subjected to an external force When the closed state is rotated relative to the housing to the open state, the elastic member is moved from the first position along the first slope to a second position to accumulate a first elastic potential energy; when the external force is released, the The elastic member acts on the first inclined surface, and the elastic member returns to the first position along the first inclined surface from the second position, so that the body returns from the open state to the closed state, wherein the elastic member has a second inclined surface abuts the first inclined surface when the body is in the closed state with respect to the housing. The covering mechanism of claim 1, wherein when the body is rotated from the closed state relative to the housing to the open state, the first inclined surface presses the elastic member toward the inner side of the body to The elastic member is caused to accumulate the first elastic potential energy. The covering mechanism of claim 1, wherein the direction of the elastic force is substantially perpendicular to the first inclined surface. The covering mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member has a metal or rubber material. The covering mechanism of claim 1, wherein the body comprises a plate portion, a resilient arm and a shaft, the shaft pivotally connecting the fixing member, and the shaft A resilient arm connects the plate portion to the shaft. The covering mechanism of claim 5, wherein the elastic member is disposed on the shaft. The covering mechanism of claim 5, wherein the elastic arm is deformed toward the inner side of the body to accumulate when the body is subjected to the external force and is rotated relative to the housing to the open state by the closed state. A second elastic potential energy. The covering mechanism of claim 5, wherein the elastic arm has an E-shaped structure. The covering mechanism of claim 1, wherein the body and the elastic member are integrally formed.