TWI626525B - An electronic device having the storage space - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device capable of accommodating a wire, characterized in that the wire can be stored on a side of the electronic device, and includes an upper cover body, a lower cover body, a pivot post and a cable. A first opening is disposed on the first outer side of the upper cover, and an upper pivoting seat is disposed on the inner side of the first opening. The lower cover body is provided with a second opening corresponding to the first outer side surface of the upper cover body, and a lower pivot seat is disposed inside the second opening. When the upper cover body covers the lower cover body, the position of the upper pivot joint seat corresponds to the position of the lower pivot joint seat, and a rotating space is formed between the upper pivot joint and the lower pivot joint. When the pivot post is placed in the rotating space, the pivot post is pivoted along the inner side of the pivoting seat. The pivoting column is in the first position, and the cable wire outside the first hole position is received in the first movable hole, and the pivoting column is rotated from the first position to the second position, so that the cable wire is rotated along the first movable hole to the first position Open the hole.

Description

Electronic device capable of accommodating wire

An electronic device having a cable, and more particularly to an electronic device capable of accommodating a wire.

With the weight reduction of computers, the demand for external peripheral devices is increasing. In general, only one or two external interfaces are set in a lightweight notebook, such as the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface or the thunderbolt interface. The other peripherals are expanded by an external interface hub (Hub).

The aforementioned external device or hub is connected to the computer through a corresponding interface and cable. Cables are included on many external devices. Conventional external devices are designed with an external device with a cable or an additional cable.

In order to avoid excessive recessing of the cable, the inner core of the cable is broken. Therefore, when the cable is connected to the housing, a surrounding block of the ribs is arranged, so that the cable is not easily folded. However, the arrangement of the surrounding blocks has a fixed length, so that the external device is affected by the surrounding blocks when the cable is received. The user can only bundle the cables and put them outside the electronic device. Electronic devices will require more storage space. In this way, the original intention of being easy to store is lost.

The present invention provides an electronic device capable of accommodating a wire, characterized in that the wire can be housed in a side of the electronic device.

The electronic device capable of accommodating the wire of the present invention comprises an upper cover body, a lower cover body, a pivot post and a cable. a first opening is disposed on the first outer side of the upper cover body, and an upper pivoting seat is disposed on the inner side of the first opening, a first movable hole is opened on one side of the upper pivoting seat, and the first opening is connected to the first movable hole; The cover body is provided with a second opening corresponding to the first outer side surface of the upper cover body, and is disposed inside the second opening hole The lower pivoting seat and the circuit accommodating space, the position of the upper pivoting seat corresponding to the position of the lower pivoting seat when the upper cover body is closed to the lower cover body, so that a rotating space is formed between the upper pivoting seat and the lower pivoting seat, The first opening and the second opening are merged into an opening, and the circuit accommodating space is used for placing the circuit board; the pivoting column has a circular arc surface, two opposite upper surfaces and a lower surface, and opposite sides of the circular arc surface respectively The first hole position and the second hole position are disposed, and the first hole position passes through the second hole position, the pivot post is placed in the rotating space, the upper surface abuts the upper pivot seat and the lower surface abuts the lower pivot seat, the pivot The upper surface and the lower side of the connecting rod are axial centers, so that the circular arc surface rotates along the inner side of the upper pivoting seat and the lower pivoting seat; a joint is provided at one end of the cable, and the other end of the cable passes through the first hole. The two holes are arranged to connect the other end of the cable to the circuit board; wherein, when the pivoting column is in the first position, the cable wire outside the first hole is accommodated in the first movable hole, and the pivoting column is in the first position Rotating to the second position causes the cable to rotate along the first movable hole to the first opening.

The electronic device proposed by the present invention can store the cable line on the side of the electronic device when not in use. When the user wants to use the cable, the user can take the cable from the side of the electronic device. The cable pivoting mechanism of the electronic device of the present invention can realize the flattening of the cable collection, and the cable wire can be completely stored in the device and can be taken out without disassembly. In addition, for the design of the mechanism, the cable body does not change and thus conforms to the specifications of electromagnetic shielding.

The features and implementations of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

100‧‧‧Electronic devices

110‧‧‧Upper cover

111‧‧‧Upper hub

112a‧‧‧First opening

112b‧‧‧ first activity hole

120‧‧‧Under cover

121‧‧‧ lower pivot socket

122a‧‧‧Second opening

122b‧‧‧second activity hole

124‧‧‧Limited blocks

110a, 120a‧‧‧ first outer side

110b, 120b‧‧‧ second outer side

110c, 120c‧‧‧ third outer side

110d, 120d‧‧‧ fourth outer side

111a, 121a‧‧‧ grooves

113a, 123a‧‧‧ openings

113b, 123b‧‧‧ trench

130‧‧‧ boards

131‧‧‧Swing space

140‧‧‧ pivot column

141‧‧‧Bumps

142‧‧‧ Positioning block

150‧‧‧ cable

151‧‧‧Connector

152‧‧‧core

160‧‧‧ ribs

170‧‧‧Connector receiving slot

Fig. 1A is a perspective view showing the storage of the cable of the electronic device of the present invention.

Fig. 1B is a perspective view showing another perspective of the cable of the electronic device of the present invention.

Fig. 1C is a perspective view of the upper cover of the electronic device of the present invention.

Fig. 1D is a perspective view of a lower cover of the electronic device of the present invention.

Fig. 1E is a plan view of the electronic device of the present invention.

Fig. 1F is a bottom view of the electronic device of the present invention.

The 1GG is a front view of the electronic device of the present invention.

The 1H diagram is a rear view of the electronic device of the present invention.

Fig. 1I is a left side view of the electronic device of the present invention.

Fig. 1J is a right side view of the electronic device of the present invention.

The 1K figure is a schematic diagram of the explosion of the electronic device of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic side view of the trench of the electronic device of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing a cable and a circuit board of the electronic device of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing the cable drawing of the electronic device of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1A to FIG. 1K , which are respectively a perspective view, another perspective view, a top cover perspective view, a lower cover perspective view, a top view, a bottom view, a front view, and a rear view of the cable 150 of the electronic device of the present invention. View, left view, right view, and component explosion map. The electronic device 100 of the present invention includes an upper cover 110, a lower cover 120, a circuit board 130, a pivot post 140, and a cable 150.

The upper cover body 110 has four outer side surfaces, which are a first outer side surface 110a, a second outer side surface 110b, a third outer side surface 110c and a fourth outer side surface 110d. Please refer to FIG. 1C for reference. The first outer side surface 110a is opposite to the third outer side surface 110c, and the second outer side surface 110b is opposite to the fourth outer side surface 110d. The second outer side surface 110b is adjacent to the first outer side surface 110a and the third outer side surface 110c, and the fourth outer side surface 110d is adjacent to the first outer side surface 110a and the third outer side surface 110c. A groove 111 is defined in the center of the upper pivot socket 111. A first opening 112a is defined in the first outer side surface 110a of the upper cover 110, and an upper pivoting seat 111 is disposed inside the first opening 112a. A first movable hole 112b is defined in a side surface of the upper pivotal seat 111, and the first opening 112a is connected to the first movable hole 112b. In this embodiment, the first movable hole 112b can be directly opened on the side of the first opening 112a.

The first outer side surface 120a of the lower cover body 120 corresponds to the first outer side surface 110a of the upper cover body 110, and the second outer side surface 120b of the lower cover body 120 corresponds to the second outer side surface 110b of the upper cover body 110 and the lower cover body 120. The third outer side surface 120c corresponds to the third outer side surface 110c of the upper lid body 110, and the fourth outer side surface 120d of the lower lid body 120 corresponds to the fourth outer side surface 110d of the upper lid body 110. Please refer to FIG. 1E for reference. The lower cover 120 is provided with a lower pivoting seat 121, a limiting block 124 and a circuit receiving space.

The lower pivoting seat 121 is disposed on the inner side of the second opening 122a. When the upper cover body 110 and the lower cover body 120 are covered, the outer side surfaces described above are correspondingly aligned. A second opening 122a is disposed on the first outer side surface 120a of the lower cover 120. The position of the second opening 122a also corresponds to the first opening. 112a. A plurality of interface connectors may be provided on the third outer side surfaces 110c, 120c or the fourth outer side surfaces 110d, 120d of the first FIG. 1D. Here, only the video (VGA, HDMI) and the network connector are illustrated, but actually only Limited to this.

Another groove 121 is disposed in the center of the lower pivoting seat 121. A second movable hole 122b is defined in a side of the lower pivoting seat 121, and a second movable hole 122b is connected to the second opening 122a. When the upper cover 110 and the lower cover 120 are closed, the first opening 112a and the second opening 122a form a complete opening, and the first movable hole 112b and the second movable hole 122b also form a complete movable hole. The overall cross-sectional area of the first movable hole 112b and the second movable hole 122b is greater than or equal to the cross-sectional area of the cable 150, so that the cable 150 can be removed or immersed from the movable hole. In this embodiment, the finishing cross-sectional area of the first movable hole 112b and the second movable hole 122b is equal to the sectional area of the cable 150. In other words, the upper and lower pivoting seats 111, 121 are located inside the first outer side surfaces 110a, 120a.

When the upper cover 110 and the lower cover 120 are closed, a rotating space can be formed between the upper pivoting seat 111 and the lower pivoting seat 121. During the movement of the cable 150, the rotation of the pivoting seat can be driven. A limiting block 124 can be disposed around one side of the lower pivoting seat 121. In the present invention, the limiting block 124 is disposed at the junction of the lower pivoting seat 121 and the inner side of the grooves 113b, 123b for limiting the rotational travel of the pivoting seat. The circuit housing space of the lower cover 120 can be used to place the circuit board 130, and the various connectors of the circuit board 130 can correspond to the openings of the fourth outer sides 110d, 120d of the upper and lower covers 120.

The respective positions of the first outer side surfaces 110a and 120a and the second outer side surfaces 110b and 120b of the upper cover body 110 and the lower cover body 120 respectively define openings 113a and 123a and grooves 113b and 123b. The first outer side surfaces 110a, 120a are in communication with the openings 113a, 123a of the second outer side surfaces 110b, 120b, and the upper covers 110 and the openings 113a, 123a of the lower cover body 120 may form a complete opening. When the upper and lower covers 120 are closed, the two grooves 113b and 123b can also form a space for communication. Please refer to FIG. 1K. The lengths of the openings 113a, 123a and the grooves 113b, 123b coincide with the length of the cable 150. The user can immerse the cable 150 in the grooves 113b, 123b along the openings 113a, 123a. In this embodiment, a joint receiving groove 170 is further provided at the end of the grooves 113b, 123b of the third outer side surface 110c, 120c for receiving the joint 151 of the cable 150.

A plurality of ribs 160 may be disposed on the inner side of the aforementioned grooves 113b, 123b. please Referring to the side view of the groove of Fig. 2, the dotted line indicated by the arrow is selected as an enlarged view of the opening portion. The upper cover 110 and the rib 160 of the lower cover 120 form a barb-like pattern, so that the cable 150 immersed in the grooves 113b, 123b can be abutted by the rib 160, so the cable 150 does not escape from the groove 113b. Popped in 123b

The opposite ends of the cable 150 are respectively provided with a joint 151 and a core wire 152, as shown in Fig. 3. The type of the connector 151 may be, but not limited to, a universal serial bus connector, an Ethernet connector, a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) or a 1394 connector. The core 152 at the other end of the cable 150 is used to connect the circuit board 130 (this portion will be described later in detail).

The pivot post 140 is disposed adjacent one end of the core 152 of the cable 150. In this embodiment, the pivot post 140 generally presents a cylinder. The pivot post 140 has an upper surface (not labeled) and a lower surface (not labeled), and has a circular arc surface (not labeled) between the upper surface and the lower surface. . A first hole position (not labeled) and a second hole position (not shown) are opened on opposite sides of the circular arc surface, and the first hole position passes through the second hole position. The cable 150 can pass through the second hole through the first hole position such that the core wire 152 can be connected to the circuit board 130.

A bump 141 is disposed at the center of the upper surface, and a bump 141 is also disposed at the center of the lower surface. The volume of the bump 141 of the upper surface coincides with the groove 111 of the upper pivot socket 111. The volume of the bump 141 of the lower surface coincides with the groove 121 of the lower pivot socket 121. One end of the upper surface of the pivot post 140 can be embedded in the upper pivoting seat 111, and one end of the lower surface can be embedded in the lower pivoting seat 121, so that the pivoting post 140 can be accommodated in the rotating space. When the upper surface is embedded in the pivot socket 111, the aforementioned bumps 141 are also embedded in the recess 111. Similarly, the bump 141 of the lower surface is also embedded in the recess 121.

The arcuate surface of the pivot post 140 can abut the inner side surfaces of the upper and lower pivoting seats 111, 121 such that the pivot post 140 can rotate in the rotating space. In order to clearly explain the operation mode of the present invention, the corresponding position of the pivot post 140 when the cable 150 is received is defined as the first position, and the limiting block 124 of the pivot post 140 is pressed against the positioning block 142 outside the second hole. The position of the hour is defined as the second position. The limiting block 124 is disposed at a position where the lower pivoting seat 121 meets the groove, and the height of the limiting block 124 extends at least from the inner side of the lower cover 120 to the lowest position of the second hole. When the pivot post 140 is rotated to the second position, it is ensured that the positioning block 142 can interfere with the limiting block 124.

A rotating space is reserved between the circuit board 130 of the present invention and the second opening 122a. 131. The swing space is for accommodating the core wire 152 of the cable 150. When the cable 150 is soldered to the circuit board 130, a portion of the length of the core 152 may be reserved in the swivel space 131. When the cable 150 is received in the grooves 113b, 123b on the side of the electronic device 100, the cable 150 drives the pivot post 140 to the first position. If the user wants to use the electronic device 100, the user can take out the connector 151 from the connector receiving slot 170. After the connector 151 is taken out, the cable 150 is also taken out from the grooves 113b, 123b. When the cable 150 is removed from the grooves 113b, 123b, the rotation of the pivot post 140 is also caused to cause the pivot post 140 to start to rotate from the first position to the second position. When the pivot post 140 is turned to the second position, the positioning block 142 outside the second hole position interferes with the limiting block 124 so that the pivot post 140 does not continue to rotate. At the same time, the cable line 150 outside the first hole position and the first outer side surface 110a assume a state of being approximately perpendicular. The user can also adjust the rotational position of the pivot post 140 according to the position of the electronic device 100 and the computer. Please refer to FIG. 4 .

The electronic device 100 proposed by the present invention can store the cable 150 on the side of the electronic device 100 when not in use. When the user wants to use the cable 150, the user can take the cable 150 out of the side of the electronic device 100. The cable pivoting mechanism of the electronic device 100 of the present invention can realize the flattening of the cable collection, and the cable wire 150 can be completely accommodated in the device and can be taken out without disassembly. In addition, for the design of the mechanism, the body of the cable 150 does not change and thus conforms to the specifications of the electromagnetic shielding.

While the present invention has been described above in terms of the preferred embodiments thereof, it is not intended to limit the invention, and the invention may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The patent protection scope of the invention is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached to the specification.

Claims (6)

An electronic device capable of accommodating a wire, wherein the wire can be stored in a side of the electronic device, and the electronic device capable of accommodating the wire comprises: an upper cover body disposed on a first outer side surface of the upper cover body a first opening, and an upper pivoting seat is disposed on the inner side of the first opening, a side of the upper pivoting seat defines a first movable hole, the first opening communicates with the first movable hole; Corresponding to the first outer side surface of the upper cover body, a second opening is further disposed, and a pivoting seat and a circuit receiving space are disposed on the inner side of the second opening, the upper cover body is closed to the lower cover body The position of the upper pivoting seat corresponds to the position of the lower pivoting seat, so that a rotating space is formed between the upper pivoting seat and the lower pivoting seat, and the first opening and the second opening are combined into one An opening, the circuit accommodating space is for placing a circuit board; a pivoting column has a circular arc surface, two opposite upper surfaces and a lower surface, and opposite sides of the circular arc surface are respectively provided with a a first hole position and a second hole position, and the first hole position passes through the second hole position, The pivot post is placed in the rotating space, the upper surface abuts the upper pivoting seat and the lower surface abuts the lower pivoting seat, the pivoting post is centered on the upper surface and the lower side, and the circular arc surface is Rotating along the inner side of the upper pivoting seat and the lower pivoting seat, a positioning block is disposed outside the side of the lower pivoting seat, a limiting block is disposed outside the second hole position, and a cable line is disposed. One end of the cable is provided with a connector, and the other end of the cable passes through the second hole through the first hole, so that the other end of the cable is connected to the circuit board; wherein the pivot pin is in the first In a position, the cable line outside the first hole position is received in the first movable hole, and the pivot post is rotated from the first position to a second position to cause the cable line to follow the first activity The hole is rotated to the first opening, and the limiting block abuts against the positioning block. The electronic device for accommodating the wire according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the pivot post and the lower surface are respectively provided with a protrusion, and each of the upper pivot seat and the lower pivot seat is disposed in a corresponding position. a groove, the protrusion of the upper surface is embedded in the groove of the upper pivot seat, and the protrusion of the lower surface is embedded in the groove of the lower pivot seat. The electronic device capable of accommodating a wire according to claim 1, wherein a cross-sectional area of the cable is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the first movable hole. The electronic device for accommodating the wire according to claim 3, wherein a side of the lower pivoting seat defines a second movable hole, the second opening is connected to the second movable hole, and the second movable hole is located Corresponding to the position of the first movable hole, when the upper cover body and the lower cover body are closed, the first movable hole and the second movable hole form a movable hole, and the cross-sectional area of the cable wire is smaller than that of the movable hole Cross-sectional area. The electronic device for accommodating the wire according to claim 1, wherein the first outer side surface and the adjacent one second outer side surface are provided with a groove. The electronic device for accommodating the wire according to claim 5, wherein at least one rib is disposed on a side of the groove for abutting the cable placed in the groove, the second outer side or a first A joint receiving groove is disposed in the three outer sides, the joint receiving groove is for receiving the joint, and a rib is disposed on a side of the joint receiving groove for abutting the joint placed in the groove.