TWI696414B - Chassis - Google Patents

Abstract

A chassis includes a housing, a fixing portion, a handle, and an audio-visual module mounting portion. The fixing portion is connected to the housing. The handle haves a first end and a second end which are opposite to each other. The first end is pivoted to the housing so as to be rotatable relative to the housing. The second end is detachably connected to the fixing portion. The audio-visual module mounting portion is on the handle. The handle has a fixed state and a released state. In the fixed state, the second end is connected to the fixing portion to fix the relative position of the handle to the housing. In the released state, the second end is separated from the fixing portion so that the handle is rotatable relative to the housing, and the facing direction of the audio-visual module mounting portion is adjustable as the handle is rotated relative to the housing.

Description

chassis

The invention relates to a casing, in particular to a casing with adjustable angle and direction of the handle.

In recent years, due to the increasing demand for online conferences and video calls, many portable personal computers such as notebook computers or all-in-ones have built-in front lenses and microphones to capture and receive images and sounds from users .

However, the built-in front lens and microphone of the existing notebook or all-in-one are set above the screen, and the angle and direction of the shooting and radio adjustment are limited, and they cannot move quickly and flexibly align with the desired shooting area.

Therefore, the ability to quickly and widely adjust the direction angle of shooting and radio has become an urgent problem for such equipment.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the object of the invention of the present application is to provide a cabinet characterized by a rotatable handle with an audio-visual module such as a built-in lens and microphone. With this case, the rotation axis of the handle can be used to adjust the lens and microphone at multiple angles at the same time, and then the direction and angle of shooting and radio can be flexibly adjusted.

The invention provides a casing, which comprises a casing, a fixing portion, a handle and an audio-visual module installation portion. The fixed part is connected to the housing. The handle has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end is pivotably connected to the housing relative to the housing, and the second end is detachably connected to the fixing portion. The audio-visual module installation part is located on the handle. Moreover, the aforementioned handle has a fixed state and a released state. In the fixed state, the second end is connected to the fixed portion to fix the relative position of the handle and the housing. In the released state, the second end is separated from the fixed portion, so that the handle can rotate relative to the housing, and the audio-visual module mounting portion can adjust the face of the handle as the handle rotates relative to the housing direction.

According to the housing disclosed in the present invention, the user can use the handle to move the device, and the handle shaft can be used to simultaneously adjust the lens and microphone at multiple angles, thereby flexibly adjusting the direction and angle during shooting and radio.

The above description of the disclosure and the following description of the embodiments are used to demonstrate and explain the spirit and principle of the present invention, and provide a further explanation of the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

The following describes in detail the detailed features and advantages of the present invention in the embodiments. The content is sufficient for any person skilled in the relevant art to understand and implement the technical content of the present invention, and according to the contents disclosed in this specification, the scope of patent application and the drawings Anyone skilled in the relevant art can easily understand the purpose and advantages of the present invention. The following examples further illustrate the views of the present invention in detail, but do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

The first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the casing of Embodiment 1 of the present invention in a fixed state. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the casing of Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the rotation of the arm portion when the handle of the embodiment 1 of the present invention is released.

As shown in FIG. 1, the casing 10 includes a casing 100, a fixing portion 200, a handle 300 and an audio-visual module mounting portion 400. In the present embodiment, the casing 10 is used as a casing of the integrated machine, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the casing 10 can also be used as a casing for other devices such as notebook computers.

The housing 100 is a rigid component, and can be made of well-known materials using conventional techniques. In this embodiment, the shape of the housing 100 is a rectangular parallelepiped, but the present invention is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the shape of the housing 100 may be, for example, a parallelepiped such as a cube or a rhombohedron; a column such as a corner column or a cylinder; or other polyhedrons. In this embodiment, the housing 100 has a top surface 101 and a bottom surface 102 opposite to each other, and four side surfaces 103, 104, 105, 106 that are located between the top surface 101 and the bottom surface 102 and are disposed opposite to each other.

The fixing portion 200 is connected to the top surface 101 of the housing 100, and the fixing portion 200 has a second snap structure. In this embodiment, the aforementioned second locking structure is a concave hole 210. In the present embodiment, the position where the fixing portion 200 and the housing 100 meet is located on the top surface 101 of the housing 100, but it is not limited thereto. In other embodiments of the present invention, the fixing portion 200 may also be connected to the housing 100 on the side surface 105 of the housing 100 and extend toward the top surface 101. The fixing part 200 may be integrally formed with the housing 100 or may be separately formed and then connected to the housing 100.

The handle 300 includes: a swing arm part 310, a long rod part 320, a first snap structure and an elastic member 350. One end of the swing arm portion 310 is pivotally connected to the side surface 103 of the housing 100 in a rotatable manner relative to the housing 100. In other words, in this embodiment, the surface where the fixing portion 200 is connected to the housing 100 and the surface where the swing arm portion 310 is connected to the housing 100 are two adjacent surfaces, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the above two surfaces may also be two opposite side surfaces 103 and 105 of the housing 100, that is, the fixing portion 200 may also be connected to the housing 100 on the side surface 105.

The long rod portion 320 has opposite ends. One end of the long rod portion 320 is pivotally connected to the end of the swing arm portion 310 away from the pivotal connection with the housing 100, and the pivot axis of the long rod portion 320 can be pivotally connected to the swing arm portion 310 as an axis rotation. The other end of the long rod portion 320 is detachably fixed to the fixing portion 200. As shown in FIG. 2, the long rod portion 320 has a first opening 321, a second opening 322 and an accommodating space 323 at an end close to the fixing portion 200. The first opening 321 is located at the end surface of the end of the long rod portion 320 close to the fixing portion 200. The second opening 322 is located on the outer circumferential surface of the long rod portion 320. The accommodating space 323 is located inside the long rod portion 320. The first opening 321 and the second opening 322 communicate with each other through the accommodating space 323.

The first snap structure includes a latch 330 and an operating member 340. The latch 330 is at least partially located in the accommodating space 323. The operating member 340 is slidably located in the accommodating space 323, and at least part of the operating member 340 is located in the second opening 322, and the operating member 340 is connected to the latch 330. In other words, the plug 330 is movably installed in the accommodating space 323. The operating member 340 is connected to the latch 330 and exposed to the outer peripheral surface of the long rod portion 320 through the second opening 322. The operating member 340 can slide laterally in the second opening 322, so that the latch 330 linked with the operating member 340 can slide out/receiving the accommodating space 323. The operating member 340 may be integrally formed with the latch 330, or may be separately formed and then combined with the latch 330.

In addition, in this embodiment, the operating member 340 is a protrusion protruding from the second opening 322, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the operating member 340 may be other geometric structures that can be dialed by the user.

The elastic member 350 is located in the accommodating space 323. One end of the elastic member 350 is connected to the inner wall of the accommodating space 323. The opposite end of the elastic member 350 is connected to the latch 330. In this way, the elastic member 350 can provide an elastic force that makes the latch 330 protrude at least partially out of the long rod portion 320. In this embodiment, the elastic member 350 is a compression spring, and the opposite ends of the elastic member 350 respectively abut the inner wall of the accommodating space 323 and the latch 330, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the elastic member 350 may also be another type of elastic member that can provide elastic force such as a tension spring. In addition, in other embodiments of the present invention, the handle 300 may not include the elastic member 350 and only rely on the user to toggle the operating member 340 to control the latch 330.

The audio-visual module mounting portion 400 is located on the long rod portion 320, and the audio-visual module mounting portion 400 is a groove. Various audio and video modules can be installed in the audio and video module installation section 400. The audio-visual module can be a combination of well-known audio-visual devices such as photographic lenses, microphones, and speakers. The audio-visual module mounting portion 400 can adjust the direction of the face as the long rod portion 320 of the handle 300 rotates, thereby adjusting the direction of framing or sound collection of the audio-visual module.

In addition, the handle 300 has a fixed state and a released state. The case of the cabinet 10 of the first embodiment of the present invention in the fixed state and the released state will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the fixed state, the latch 330 protrudes from the first opening 340 out of the long rod portion 320. At this time, the latch 330 is fitted into the concave hole 210 of the fixing portion 200 to fix the relative position of the handle 300 and the housing 100. Since the long shaft portion 320 can be pivotally connected to the arm portion 310 as the axis of rotation, the user can rotate the long shaft portion 320 by, for example, directly rotating the long shaft portion 320 or turning the operating member 340 up and down to adjust The direction of framing or sound collection of the audio and video module installed in the audio and video module installation part 400.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the user moves the operating member 340 toward the end of the long rod portion 320 away from the fixing portion 200, the latch 330 linked with the operating member 340 is received in the accommodating space 323 and disengaged from the concave hole 210, The handle 300 is unfixed and enters the released state. In the released state, as shown in FIG. 3, the handle 300 can rotate relative to the housing 100 through the pivotal structure of the swing arm portion 310 and the housing 100 to adjust at a larger angle. Also, in this state, the rotation adjustment of the long rod portion 320 may be performed. In this way, in a generally fixed state, the user can adjust the shooting and sound collection angle of the lens and the microphone through the rotation of the long rod portion 320. The user releases the handle 300 according to his needs, and rotates the arm part 310 to perform two-stage shooting and radio angle adjustment in the released state to obtain a more comprehensive shooting and radio angle.

The second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the case of the second embodiment of the present invention when the handle is in the released state, and the long rod portion is rotated 90 degrees with the arm portion as the rotation axis.

As shown in Figure 4. The casing 10a of the second embodiment is similar to the casing 10 of the first embodiment, and the differences will be described below, and the similarities will not be repeated. In Embodiment 2, the handle 300 further includes a rotating member 360. The long rod portion 320 is connected to the swing arm portion 310 through the rotating member 360. In detail, the long rod portion 320 and the swing arm portion 310 are respectively pivoted on both ends of the rotating member 360, so that the rotating member 360 can rotate the swing arm portion 310 as an axis, and the long rod portion 320 can also be pivotally connected to the rotating member The pivot axis of 360 is the axis rotation.

The case of the case 10a of the second embodiment of the present invention in the fixed state and the released state will be described below. In the fixed state, the housing 10a of the second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, so the user can rotate the long shaft portion 320 by, for example, directly rotating the long shaft portion 320 or turning the operating member 340 up and down. To adjust the direction of framing or sound collection of the audio and video module installed in the audio and video module installation part 400.

In the released state, the housing 10a of Embodiment 2 can rotate the arm portion 310 relative to the housing 100 as in Embodiment 1, as shown in FIG. 6, and can also rotate the arm portion through the rotating member 360 310 is a rotating shaft to rotate the long rod part 320, so as to achieve a wider range of shooting and radio direction adjustment.

The third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the casing of Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the casing 10b of the third embodiment is similar to the casing 10 of the first embodiment. The differences will be described below, and the similarities will not be repeated. In Embodiment 3, the handle 300 does not have the operating member 340 and the accommodating space 323. The latch 330 is provided at the end of the long rod portion 320. A pivot 311 is provided at the end of the arm portion 310 connected to the housing 100. The pivot 311 can be pivotally disposed on the side 103 of the housing 100 relative to the side 103 of the housing 100. In detail, part of the pivot 311 can be pushed into the housing 100 and pulled out of the housing 100 along the extending direction of the pivot 311. The length of the pivot 311 is not particularly limited, but it is usually preferably less than or equal to the length of the housing 100.

The case of the cabinet 10b of the third embodiment of the present invention in the fixed state and the released state will be described below. In a fixed state, the pivot 311 is housed in the housing 100. In this case, the casing 10b of Embodiment 3 is similar to the casing 10 of Embodiment 1 in appearance and function. By pulling out the pivot 311, the latch 330 is disengaged from the concave hole 210 of the fixing portion 200, and the handle 300 enters the released state. The distance between the swing arm 310 and the housing 100 in the fixed state is smaller than the distance between the swing arm 310 and the housing 100 in the released state. When shifting from the fixed state to the released state, the pivot 311 can be moved along its extending direction and is partially withdrawn from the housing 100 to move the entire handle 300, thereby adjusting the audio and video mode along the extending direction of the long rod portion 320 The position of the group mounting part 400. At the same time, with the movement of the entire handle 300, the latch 330 provided at the end of the long rod portion 320 is also drawn out from the concave hole 210 of the fixing portion 200, so that the swing arm portion 310 can rotate relative to the housing 100 in the released state .

The fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the casing of Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

The casing 10c of the fourth embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 6 and is the same as the casing 10 described in the third embodiment, except that the side surface 103 of the casing 100 provided with the swing arm portion 310 has a storage groove 110. In the fixed state, the swing arm portion 310 is located in the storage tank 110.

In the present embodiment, the depth of the storage groove 110 is equal to the thickness of the swing arm portion 310, so that when the swing arm portion 310 is stored in the storage groove 110, the swing arm portion 310 may not protrude from the side surface 103. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the depth of the receiving groove 110 may be greater or smaller than the thickness of the swing arm portion 310.

In summary, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a cabinet with a rotatable handle capable of having a built-in audio-visual module. With this case, users can use the handle to move the device, and also use the handle shaft to adjust the angle of the lens and microphone at the same time, and then flexibly adjust the direction and angle of shooting and radio. Moreover, since the device using the casing of the present invention already has a flexibly adjustable shooting and radio angle, there is no need to additionally install a webcam and a microphone, which greatly improves the portability of such devices.

Although the present invention is disclosed as the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, all modifications and retouching are within the scope of patent protection of the present invention. For the protection scope defined by the present invention, please refer to the attached patent application scope.

10, 10a, 10b, 10c: chassis 100: shell 101: top surface 102: underside 103, 104, 105, 106: side 110: groove 200: fixed part 210: concave hole 300: handle 310: Swivel arm 311: Mandrel 320: Long shaft 321: The first opening 322: Second opening 323: accommodating space 330: latch 340: operating element 350: elastic piece 360: rotating member 400: Audio and video module installation department

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the casing of Embodiment 1 of the present invention in a fixed state. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the casing of Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the rotation of the arm portion when the handle of the embodiment 1 of the present invention is released. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the case of the second embodiment of the present invention when the handle is in the released state, and the long rod portion is rotated 90 degrees with the arm portion as the rotation axis. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the casing of Embodiment 3 of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the casing of Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

10: Chassis

100: shell

101: top surface

102: underside

103, 104, 105, 106: side

200: fixed part

300: handle

400: Audio and video module installation department

Claims (10)

A casing, comprising: a casing; a fixing part connected with the casing; a handle, having a first end opposite to a second end, the first end can pivotally rotate relative to the casing Connected to the housing, the second end is detachably connected to the fixed portion, and the handle has a fixed state and a released state. In the fixed state, the second end is connected to the fixed portion, so that the The relative position of the handle and the housing is fixed, and in the released state, the second end is separated from the fixing portion so that the handle can rotate relative to the housing; and an audio-visual module mounting portion is located in the handle On the handle, when the handle is in the released state, the audio-visual mounting module part can adjust the facing direction as the handle rotates relative to the housing. The casing according to claim 1, wherein the handle includes a swing arm portion and a long pole portion pivotally connected to the swing arm portion, and the end of the swing arm portion away from the long pole portion is the first end, The end of the long rod portion away from the swing arm portion is the second end. The casing according to claim 2, wherein the audio-visual module mounting portion is located at the long rod portion, and the audio-visual module mounting portion is a groove. The casing according to claim 3, wherein the second end of the long rod portion has a first opening, a second opening and a receiving space communicating with each other, and the handle further includes a first buckle The structure is located in the accommodating space, and the long rod portion is exposed from the first opening and the second opening, and the fixing portion includes a second snap structure. In the fixed state, the first snap structure and The second buckle structure is combined to fix the relative position of the handle and the housing; in the released state, the first buckle structure is separated from the second buckle structure so that the handle can penetrate the swing arm The part rotates relative to the housing. The casing according to claim 4, wherein the first buckle structure includes: a latch, at least partially located in the receiving space; an operating member, slidably located in the receiving space, and at least part of the operation The part is located in the second opening, the operating part is connected to the latch; and the second buckle structure is a recessed hole; in the fixed state, the latch protrudes from the first opening of the long rod portion to be fixed with the The recessed hole of the part is fitted to fix the relative position of the handle and the housing; in the released state, the latch is separated from the recessed hole, so that the handle can penetrate the rotary arm portion relative to the housing Spin. The casing according to claim 5, wherein the handle further includes an elastic member located in the accommodating space, one end of the elastic member is connected to an inner wall of the accommodating space, and the other of the elastic member One end is connected to the bolt to provide an elastic force that makes the bolt protrude from the long rod portion. The casing according to claim 4, wherein the handle further includes a rotating member, and the long rod portion and the rotating arm portion are pivotally disposed at both ends of the rotating member, respectively. The casing according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein an end of the arm portion connected to the casing has a pivot, and the pivot is movably pivoted on the casing along the extension direction of the pivot In the fixed state, the distance between the arm portion and the housing is smaller than the distance between the arm portion and the housing in the released state. The casing according to claim 8, wherein the casing has a storage groove on the side close to the swing arm portion, and in the fixed state, the swing arm portion is located in the storage groove. The casing according to claim 9, wherein the surface where the fixing portion is connected to the housing, and the surface where the first end is connected to the housing are two adjacent surfaces.

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