TWI687793B - Portable electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable electronic device is provided, including a main body, a display unit, a first magnet disposed in the display unit, a hinge unit pivotally connected to the display unit, a shaft pivotally connecting the main body with the hinge unit, and a driving module disposed in the hinge unit. The driving module has a guiding member and a movable member disposed on the guiding member. A second magnet is disposed on the movable member. When the display unit rotates relative to the main body, the driving module rotates around the shaft and forces the movable member to move relative to the guiding member, so that the second magnet is spaced away from the first magnet.

Description

Portable electronic device

The invention relates to a portable electronic device, in particular to a notebook computer with a reversible screen.

With the advancement of computer technology, many convertible notebook computers have appeared on the market. However, most notebook computers with a screen-reversing function generally lack effective positioning and torsion mechanisms. Therefore, users often have difficulty controlling the angle when turning on the notebook computer or turning the screen, thereby causing inconvenience in use.

In view of the aforementioned conventional problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides a portable electronic device including a body, a display unit, a first magnet, a pivot unit, a pivot and a driving module. The first magnet is disposed in the display unit, the pivot unit is pivotally connected to the display unit, and the pivot is pivotally connected to the body and the pivot unit. The driving module is disposed in the pivoting unit and has a guide, a movable member and a gear mechanism, wherein the movable member and the gear mechanism are movably disposed on the guide member, and a second magnet is fixed On the aforementioned movable member.

In one embodiment, when the display unit rotates from a closed angle to an open angle relative to the body, the drive module rotates about the pivot and drives the movable member relative to the guide member through the gear mechanism Move in a first direction to move the second magnet away from the first magnet.

In an embodiment, the gear mechanism has a first gear pivotally disposed on the guide member, and the movable member has a rack portion, wherein the rack portion meshes with the first gear.

In an embodiment, the pivot has a curved guide groove, and the drive module further has a slider, wherein the slider is connected to the gear mechanism, and the slider forms a protrusion. In particular, when the driving module rotates around the pivot axis, the protrusion moves along the guide slot and forces the slider to move from a first position to a second position relative to the guide member.

In one embodiment, the gear mechanism further has a second gear pivotally arranged on the guide member and coupled with the first gear, and the driving module further has a pin disposed on the slider, wherein the aforementioned The latch passes through the guide and connects the second gear, and when the slider moves from the first position to the second position relative to the guide, the latch drives the second gear to rotate.

In an embodiment, the first and second gears are respectively located on opposite sides of the guide.

In an embodiment, the gear mechanism further has a third gear, which is pivotally disposed on the guide member, wherein the third gear and the first gear are fixed to each other and are coupled to the second gear.

In an embodiment, the first and third gears are respectively located on opposite sides of the guide.

In one embodiment, the pivot is fixed on the body and passes through the guide.

In one embodiment, the pivoting unit has an elongated structure and has a housing, wherein the guide member is fixed on the housing.

In one embodiment, the first direction and the pivot axis are perpendicular to each other.

The following describes a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. However, it can be easily understood that the embodiments of the present invention provide many suitable inventive concepts and can be implemented in a wide variety of specific contexts. The specific embodiments disclosed are only used to illustrate the use of the present invention in a specific method, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the disclosure. It is understandable that these terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted to have a meaning consistent with the background or context of the relevant technology and this disclosure, and not in an idealized or excessively formal manner Interpretation, unless specifically defined here.

The foregoing and other technical contents, features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the following detailed description with reference to one of the preferred embodiments of the drawings. Direction terms mentioned in the following embodiments, for example: up, down, left, right, front or back, etc., are only for directions referring to additional drawings. Therefore, the directional terms used in the embodiments are used for explanation but not for limiting the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1, where FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the portable electronic device of this embodiment is, for example, a gaming dedicated notebook computer, which mainly includes a body 10, a display unit 20, and a pivot unit 30; It is understood that the aforementioned pivoting unit 30 has an elongated structure, and its two ends are pivotally connected to the body 10 and the display unit 20 respectively, so that the pivoting unit 30 can rotate relative to the body 10 about the rotation axis H1, and makes The display unit 20 can rotate relative to the pivot unit 30 about another rotation axis H2.

It can be seen from FIG. 1 that when the user wants to use the notebook computer, he can apply an external force to lift the display unit 20 from the upper surface of the body 10 (as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 1), but only At this time, due to the aforementioned external force generating moments on the rotation axis H1 and the rotation axis H2 at the same time, when the pivot unit 30 rotates relative to the body 10, the display unit 20 will also rotate relative to the pivot unit 30, which will lead to opening the note It is difficult to control the angle of the display unit 20 when using a computer, which causes inconvenience in use.

Next, please refer to FIG. 2, wherein FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 2, in order to solve the aforementioned problems, in the portable electronic device of this embodiment, a magnet (not shown) is provided in the display unit 20 and the pivot unit 30 respectively. When the user applies an external force to lift the display unit 20 from the surface of the body 10 (as shown by the arrow direction in FIG. 2), the display unit 20 and the pivot unit 30 can be mutually maintained by the attractive force between the magnets It is fixed and can rotate around the rotation axis H1 together to avoid the display unit 20 from rotating relative to the body 10 and causing the relative rotation between the display unit 20 and the pivot unit 30 (as shown in FIG. 1 ).

After the display unit 20 and the pivot unit 30 are opened to an opening angle relative to the body 10 together, the user can push the display unit 20 again, so that the display unit 20 can be flipped to an appropriate angle relative to the pivot unit 30 (e.g. (Shown in FIG. 3) to facilitate viewing of the screen on the display unit 20; however, since the attraction between the magnets continues between the display unit 20 and the pivot unit 30, it is often necessary to flip the display unit 20 Only by applying a large force can the display unit 20 be turned over relative to the pivot unit 30, so the mechanism design of this embodiment still has room for improvement.

Next, please refer to FIGS. 4 and 5 together. FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows the display unit 20 and the display unit 20 in FIG. 4. The schematic diagram of the pivoting unit 30 on the left and a driving module 40 on the right of the display unit 20. As shown in FIG. 4, the pivoting unit 30 of this embodiment is used to pivotally connect the body 10 and the display unit 20. By providing a special driving module 40 inside the housing 301 of the pivoting unit 30, the first 2. In the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 3, the magnetic attraction between the display unit 20 and the pivot unit 30 is not conducive to turning the display unit 20 over.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment, the display unit 20 is provided with a symmetrical pivot unit 30 on both sides, and the housing 301 of the pivot unit 30 can be pivotally connected to the display unit 20 through a pivot. Symmetrical drive modules 40 can be provided inside the housings 301 of the two pivot units 30. However, the drive modules 40 can also be provided inside only one of the pivot units 30, which will be described first. In this embodiment, the driving module 40 on the right side of the display unit 20 is mainly used as an example for explanation, and the detailed structure thereof will be described in detail later.

Please refer to FIGS. 5, 6, 7, and 8 together. FIG. 6 shows that when the display unit 20 is located at a closed angle with respect to the body 10, the driving module 40 and a pivot S and the position inside the display unit 20 A schematic diagram of the relative positional relationship between the first magnets M1. FIG. 7 shows the schematic diagram after omitting the pivot S in FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 shows the driving module 40, the pivot S and the display unit in FIG. 6. 20 Schematic diagram from another perspective. It should be noted that, in FIGS. 6 and 7, the housing on the display unit 20 side is omitted, and the first magnet M1 located inside the display unit 20 is exposed for convenience of description.

As shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, the driving module 40 in this embodiment mainly includes a guide member 41, a movable member 42, a first gear 43, and a slide fixed on the housing 301 Block 44, a second gear 45 and a third gear 46, wherein the first gear 43 and the slider 44 are disposed on a first surface 411 of the guide 41. It can be seen from FIGS. 6 and 7 that the movable member 42 has an elongated structure and is slidable relative to the guide member 41, wherein the lower end of the movable member 42 is formed with a rack portion 421, and the aforementioned rack portion 421 is movably accommodated in The guide 41 and the first gear 43 mesh with each other. In addition, a second magnet M2 is fixedly disposed on the movable member 42, and its position corresponds to the first magnet M1 inside the display unit 20.

It should be understood that when the user lifts the display unit 20 relative to the body 10, since the first and second magnets M1, M2 have a magnetic attraction force, the pivot unit 30 and the display unit 20 will be relative to the body together 10 Rotate around the rotation axis H1 (as indicated by the arrow in Figure 4). In particular, when the user lifts the display unit 20, the driving module 40 disposed inside the pivot unit 30 rotates relative to the pivot S fixed on the body 10, and the first gear 43 can pass through the driving module The group 40 drives and rotates, and drives the second magnet M2 to move relative to the display unit 20 through the rack portion 421 at the lower end of the movable member 42 to move it away from the first magnet M1, thereby reducing or eliminating the first and second magnets M1 , Magnetic attraction between M2.

In this way, when the display unit 20 is opened to an opening angle relative to the body 10, the user can easily flip the display unit 20 relative to the pivot unit 30, thereby improving the comfort and convenience in use. In this embodiment, the first and second magnets M1 and M2 may have an elongated structure.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the pivot shaft S passes through the guide 41 and is formed with a guide groove portion R (Figure 6), the guide groove portion R is formed with a curved guide groove R1, and the slider One of the protrusions 441 (Figure 7) on 44 is located in the aforementioned guide groove R1. In addition, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a pin 442 passes through the slider 44, the guide 41 and the second gear 45, and extends from the first surface 411 of the guide 41 to one of the guides 41 The second surface 412, wherein when the display unit 20 is positioned at the aforementioned closing angle with respect to the body 10, the latch 442 is positioned at a first position P1 relative to the guide 41 (Figure 8).

As can be seen from FIG. 8, the second gear 45 and the third gear 46 are both pivoted on the second surface 412 of the guide 41, and the aforementioned second gear 45 and the third gear 46 mesh with each other; it should be understood that The foregoing pin 442 passes through the second gear 45, and the first gear 43 and the third gear 46 are coaxially arranged and fixed to each other. In an embodiment, the second gear 45 and the third gear 46 may not be required, but the aforementioned latch 442 directly passes through the first gear 43, whereby the movable member 42 and the first gear 43 can be driven directly through the first gear 43 The two magnets M2 are displaced relative to the guide 41 and the display unit 20.

Please refer to FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 again, where FIG. 9 shows that when the display unit 20 is opened from the closing angle to the opening angle with respect to the body 10, the driving module 40 and the pivot axis S and the display unit 20 are located. A schematic diagram of the relative positional relationship between the first magnets M1 inside, and FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the driving module 40, the pivot S, and the display unit 20 in FIG. 9 from another viewing angle.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, when the display unit 20 is lifted from the closing angle to the opening angle relative to the body 10, the driving module 40 rotates about the pivot S and its guide groove portion R (as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10) (In the direction of arrow A1 in the figure), at this time, the protruding portion 441 on the slider 44 will slide along the curved guide groove R1 on the guide groove portion R, thereby guiding the slider 44 and the latch 442 from the aforementioned first position P1 Move to a second position P2 (as indicated by arrow A2 in Figure 10).

During the movement of the slider 44 and the latch 442 from the aforementioned first position P1 to the second position P2, the second gear 45 and the third gear 46 will be driven in sequence and are respectively indicated by arrows A3 and A4 in FIG. 10 Direction of rotation. In this way, the first gear 43 fixed to the third gear 46 can rotate in the direction indicated by the arrow A5 in FIG. 9, and then the movable member 42 and the second gear provided thereon can be driven through the rack portion 421 The magnet M2 moves in a first direction (as indicated by the arrow A6 direction in Figure 9). In this way, the second magnet M2 can be far away from the first magnet M1, so as to reduce the magnetic attraction force between the first and second magnets M1, M2, wherein the first direction and the pivot axis S are perpendicular to each other.

Conversely, when the user ends the use and rotates the display unit 20 relative to the body 10 from the aforementioned opening angle to the closing angle, the driving module 40 will return to the state shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8, At this time, the second magnet M2 will again approach the first magnet M1 and generate a magnetic attraction force to avoid relative rotation between the display unit 20 and the pivot unit 30 when the display unit 20 is opened relative to the body 10 from a closed angle.

In summary, the present invention mainly provides a special driving module inside the pivot unit. When the display unit is opened from the closing angle to the opening angle relative to the body, it can be driven by the gear mechanism inside the driving module, so that The two magnets respectively disposed in the display unit and the pivot unit are far away from each other, which can reduce the magnetic attraction between the two, so as to solve the problem that the magnetic attraction between the display unit and the pivot unit is not conducive to turning, thereby It can greatly improve the comfort and convenience of portable electronic devices in use.

Although the embodiments and advantages of the present invention have been disclosed above, it should be understood that any person with ordinary knowledge in the technical field can make changes, substitutions, and retouching without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. In addition, the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited to the processes, machines, manufacturing, material composition, devices, methods, and steps in the specific embodiments described in the specification. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the technical field can disclose the content of the present invention It is understood that current or future developed processes, machines, manufacturing, material composition, devices, methods, and steps can be used according to the present invention as long as they can implement substantially the same functions or obtain substantially the same results in the embodiments described herein. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention includes the above processes, machines, manufacturing, material composition, devices, methods and steps. In addition, each patent application scope constitutes an individual embodiment, and the protection scope of the present invention also includes a combination of each patent application scope and embodiment.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with this process can make some modifications and retouching without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention shall be subject to the scope defined in the attached patent application.

Body 10 Display unit 20 Pivot unit 30 Housing 301 Drive module 40 Guide 41 First surface 411 Second surface 412 Movable member 42 Rack portion 421 First gear 43 Slider 44 Projection 441 Latch 442 Second Gear 45 Third gear 46 Arrow A1 Arrow A2 Arrow A3 Arrow A4 Arrow A5 Arrow A6 Rotating shaft H1 Rotating shaft H2 First magnet M1 Second magnet M2 First position P1 Second position P2 Guide groove portion R Guide groove R1 Pivot shaft S

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing that the display unit 20 in FIG. 2 is turned around the rotation axis H2 relative to the pivot unit 30. FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the invention. FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of the display unit 20 in FIG. 4, the pivot unit 30 located on the left side of the display unit 20, and one driving module 40 located on the right side of the display unit 20. FIG. 6 shows a schematic diagram of the relative positional relationship between the driving module 40 and a pivot S and a first magnet M1 located inside the display unit 20 when the display unit 20 is located at a closing angle relative to the body 10. FIG. 7 shows a schematic diagram of FIG. 6 with the pivot axis S omitted. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the driving module 40, the pivot S, and the display unit 20 in FIG. 6 from another viewing angle. FIG. 9 shows a schematic diagram of the relative positional relationship between the driving module 40 and a pivot S and the first magnet M1 inside the display unit 20 when the display unit 20 is opened from the closed angle to the opened angle relative to the body 10. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the driving module 40, the pivot S, and the display unit 20 in FIG. 9 from another viewing angle.

Display unit 20 Drive module 40 Guide 41 First surface 411 Movable member 42 Rack portion 421 First gear 43 Rotating shaft H1 First magnet M1 Second magnet M2 Guide groove portion R Guide groove R1 Pivot shaft S

Claims (10)

A portable electronic device includes: a body; a display unit; a first magnet disposed in the display unit; a pivoting unit that pivotally connects the display unit; and a pivot that pivotally connects the body and the pivot Connecting unit; a driving module, disposed in the pivoting unit, having a guide, a movable member and a gear mechanism, wherein the movable member and the gear mechanism are movably disposed on the guide member; and a The second magnet is fixed on the movable member; wherein, when the display unit rotates from a closed angle to an open angle relative to the body, the drive module rotates around the pivot and drives the movable through the gear mechanism The member moves in a first direction relative to the guide member to move the second magnet away from the first magnet. The portable electronic device as described in item 1 of the patent application, wherein the gear mechanism has a first gear pivotally disposed on the guide member, and the movable member has a rack portion, wherein the rack portion It meshes with the first gear. The portable electronic device as described in item 2 of the patent application, wherein the pivot has a curved guide slot, and the drive module further has a slider connected to the gear mechanism, wherein the slider forms a protrusion And when the drive module rotates around the pivot, the protrusion moves along the guide slot and forces the slider to move from a first position to a second position relative to the guide. The portable electronic device as described in item 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the gear mechanism further has a second gear pivotally mounted on the guide and coupled with the first gear, in addition the drive module There is a latch, wherein the latch passes through the slider, the guide and connects the second gear, and when the slider moves from the first position to the second position relative to the guide, the latch Drive the second gear to rotate. The portable electronic device as described in item 4 of the patent application scope, wherein the first and second gears are respectively located on opposite sides of the guide. The portable electronic device as described in item 4 of the patent application scope, wherein the gear mechanism further has a third gear pivotally arranged on the guide, the third gear and the first gear are fixed and coupled to each other The second gear. The portable electronic device as described in item 6 of the patent application range, wherein the first and third gears are respectively located on opposite sides of the guide. The portable electronic device as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the pivot is fixed on the body and passes through the guide. The portable electronic device as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the pivoting unit has an elongated structure and has a casing, wherein the guide member is fixed on the casing. The portable electronic device as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the pivot axis.

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