TWM613513U - Plug mechanism for stylus - Google Patents

Abstract

A plug mechanism for a stylus integrating a locking mechanism and an ejecting mechanism in a casing is provided. The stylus is locked inside the casing by the locking mechanism. After the stylus is pressed, the locking status of the stylus is removed and the ejecting mechanism applied an elastic force to the stylus. Thus, the stylus automatically ejects from the casing.

Description

Stylus plug-in mechanism

The new creation relates to a plug-in mechanism, and particularly to a plug-in mechanism of a stylus.

With the development of touch display technology, touch display screens have been widely used in smart phones, tablet computers, notebook computers or other electronic devices. In order to improve the touch accuracy of the user's operation of the touch display screen and assist in the execution of precise drawing and writing actions, a stylus has been proposed. In addition, in order to improve the convenience of carrying the stylus and avoid losing the stylus, most of the smart phones, tablet computers, notebook computers or other electronic devices are provided with slots for the user to extract or store the stylus. Generally speaking, in the process of extracting the stylus, the user must buckle the end of the stylus exposed in the slot with his fingers, and then pull out the stylus by force, so the operation is neither convenient nor smooth. .

The new creation provides a stylus plug-in mechanism, which has excellent operation convenience and smoothness.

This new creation proposes a stylus plug-in mechanism, which includes a casing, a guide base, a guide sleeve, a movable sleeve, a spring, a sliding base and a touch pen. The guide seat and the guide sleeve are fixed in the casing. The movable sleeve is rotatably and slidably arranged between the guide seat and the guide sleeve. The spring is arranged between the guide seat and the movable sleeve, and contacts the guide seat and the movable sleeve. The sliding seat is slidably arranged in the casing, wherein the guide sleeve and the movable sleeve are sleeved on the sliding seat, and the sliding seat abuts against the movable sleeve. The stylus is detachably arranged in the casing, wherein the stylus includes a first end and a second end, and the casing has an opening. The first end is engaged with the sliding seat, and the second end is exposed to the opening. When pressing force is applied to the second end of the stylus, the first end drives the sliding seat, and the sliding seat drives the movable sleeve to slide toward the guide seat. The movable sleeve squeezes the spring, and the movable sleeve faces the guide seat. Rotate on the guide seat. When the pressing force applied to the second end of the stylus is removed, the spring drives the movable sleeve to slide toward the guide sleeve, the movable sleeve rotates relative to the guide sleeve after contacting the guide sleeve, and slides into the guide sleeve . At the same time, the movable sleeve drives the sliding base, and the sliding base drives the stylus to slide relative to the casing, so that the second end moves out of the casing from the opening.

Based on the above, in the insertion and removal mechanism of the stylus created by the present invention, the stylus can be stored and locked in the casing, which not only has excellent portability, but also can prevent the stylus from being lost. Furthermore, the user only needs to apply a pressing force on the stylus pen to release the locked state of the stylus pen in the casing. After the pressing force applied to the stylus is removed, the elastic force of the spring pushes the stylus, so that at least part of the stylus is automatically ejected out of the casing, so that the user can grasp the stylus and hold the stylus Pull out the case. Therefore, for the user, the insertion and removal mechanism of the stylus created by the present invention has excellent operation convenience and smoothness.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the new creation more obvious and understandable, the following specific examples are given in conjunction with the accompanying drawings to describe in detail as follows.

Please refer to FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B. In this embodiment, the insertion and removal mechanism 10 of the stylus can be integrated in a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer or other electronic devices. In detail, the stylus insertion mechanism 10 includes a casing 20, a locking mechanism provided in the casing 20, a pop-up mechanism provided in the casing 20, and a stylus 30, wherein the stylus 30 can be stored in The inside of the casing 20 is locked by a locking mechanism, thereby improving portability and preventing the stylus 30 from slipping off the casing 20 and losing it.

The user only needs to apply a pressing force on the stylus 30 to release the locked state of the stylus 30 in the casing 20. After the pressing force applied to the stylus 30 is removed, the ejection mechanism applies elastic force to the stylus 30, so that at least part of the stylus 30 is automatically ejected out of the casing 20, so that the user can grasp the stylus 30 , And pull the stylus 30 away from the casing 20. Therefore, for the user, the insertion and removal mechanism 10 of the stylus has excellent operation convenience and smoothness.

In this embodiment, the casing 20 has an opening 21, and the stylus 30 includes a first end 31 and a second end 32 opposite to each other. The first end portion 31 is provided corresponding to the locking mechanism and the ejection mechanism, and the second end portion 32 is provided corresponding to the opening 21 and is exposed to the opening 21. In detail, the stylus 30 is detachably disposed in the casing 20, and the opening 21 is used as a part of the insertion and removal path of the stylus 30. On the other hand, because the second end 32 is exposed to the opening 21, it is convenient for the user to press or grab the stylus 30.

Please refer to FIGS. 1C to 1E. In this embodiment, the locking mechanism and the ejecting mechanism correspond to the first end 31 of the stylus pen 30 being integrated in the casing 20. The locking mechanism and the ejection mechanism include a guide seat 40, a guide sleeve 50, a movable sleeve 60, a spring 70, and a sliding seat 80. The guide seat 40 and the guide sleeve 50 are fixed in the casing 20, and the movable sleeve 60 is rotatable It is slidably disposed between the guide seat 40 and the guide sleeve 50. As shown in FIGS. 1B to 1D, the stylus 30 is adapted to slide along the sliding path 11, and the opening 21 is located on the sliding path 11. The guide seat 40, the movable sleeve 60 and the guide sleeve 50 are arranged in sequence toward the opening 21, and the guide sleeve 50 is located between the guide seat 40 and the opening 21. For example, the connecting line of the guide seat 40, the movable sleeve 60, the guide sleeve 50 and the opening 21 substantially overlaps the sliding path 11.

1C to 1E, the spring 70 can be a compression spring, wherein the spring 70 is disposed between the guide seat 40 and the movable sleeve 60, and both ends of the spring 70 contact the guide seat 40 and the movable sleeve 60, respectively. In detail, the guide seat 40 has a groove 41 facing the movable sleeve 60, and at least part of the spring 70 is disposed in the groove 41, so as to improve the stability of the spring 70 during expansion and contraction, and prevent the spring 70 from escaping from the guide seat. 40 and a movable sleeve 60. In particular, in the first state, the spring 70 is in a pre-compressed state.

The sliding seat 80 is slidably disposed in the casing 20 and is located on the sliding path 11 of the stylus 30. Furthermore, the guide sleeve 50 and the movable sleeve 60 are sleeved on the sliding seat 80, and the sliding seat 80 abuts against the movable sleeve 60. Furthermore, the sliding base 80 can slide relative to the guide sleeve 50, wherein the sliding base 80 and the movable sleeve 60 slide synchronously, and the movable sleeve 60 can rotate relative to the sliding base 80. On the other hand, the first end 31 of the stylus pen 30 is engaged with the sliding base 80, so the stylus 30 can slide synchronously with the sliding base 80.

In this embodiment, the sliding seat 80 includes a receiving portion 81, an abutting portion 82 connected to the receiving portion 81, and a limiting portion 83 connected to the abutting portion 82, and the abutting portion 82 is located between the receiving portion 81 and the limiting portion 83 between. The accommodating portion 81 has a slot for accommodating the stylus pen 30, wherein the first end 31 of the stylus pen 30 is inserted into the accommodating portion 81 and is engaged with the abutting portion 82. In addition, the guide sleeve 50 is sleeved on the abutting portion 82, and the abutting portion 82 abuts on one side of the movable sleeve 60. The limiting portion 83 passes through the movable sleeve 60, wherein the movable sleeve 60 is rotatable relative to the limiting portion 83, and the limiting portion 83 is clamped against the other side of the movable sleeve 60. The abutting portion 82 and the limiting portion 83 jointly position the movable sleeve 60, so the movable sleeve 60 can slide synchronously with the sliding seat 80 and will not easily detach from the sliding seat 80.

As shown in FIG. 1E, the limiting portion 83 includes two elastic arms 83a, and each elastic arm 83a has a hook 83b. Each elastic arm 83a protrudes from the contact portion 82 and passes through the movable sleeve 60. After each elastic arm 83a passes through the movable sleeve 60, the hook 83b is pressed against the movable sleeve 60, and the abutting portion 82 and the two elastic arms 83a respectively abut against both sides of the movable sleeve 60 to The movable sleeve 60 is clamped and positioned therebetween.

1B and 1C, the stylus insertion mechanism 10 further includes a guide slide 90 and two positioning blocks 91 fixed in the casing 20 to ensure that the stylus 30 slides along the sliding path 11. Without deviation. Furthermore, the stylus 30 passes through the guiding slide 90, and the receiving portion 81 of the sliding seat 80 is slidably disposed between the two positioning blocks 91. In addition, the guide slide 90 is located between the opening 21 of the casing 20 and the two positioning blocks 91.

In the first state shown in FIG. 1A, the stylus 30 is housed and locked in the casing 20. 1C to 1E, the spring 70 abuts the movable sleeve 60, and the movable sleeve 60 and the guide sleeve 50 produce structural interference, so the movable sleeve 60 and the sliding seat 80 are locked and cannot open the hole 21 ( See Figure 1B) Sliding. Because the sliding base 80 is locked, the stylus 30 that is engaged with the sliding base 80 cannot be ejected out of the casing 20 either.

2A to 2C, when the pressing force F is applied to the second end 32 of the stylus 30, the first end 31 drives the sliding seat 80, and the sliding seat 80 drives the movable sleeve 60 to slide toward the guide seat 40 . At this time, the movable sleeve 60 is separated from the guide sleeve 50, and the locked state of the movable sleeve 60 and the sliding seat 80 is released. The movable sleeve 60 sliding toward the guide seat 40 presses the spring 70 and contacts the guide seat 40. Referring to FIGS. 3A to 3C, when the second end 32 of the stylus 30 is continuously pressed, the pushed movable sleeve 60 rotates by a first angle under the guidance of the guide seat 40.

Referring to FIGS. 4A to 4C, when the pressing force F applied to the second end 32 of the stylus 30 (see FIG. 3C) is removed, the elastic force of the spring 70 pushes the movable sleeve 60 after rotating the first angle. The movable sleeve 60 slides toward the guide sleeve 50. At this time, the movable sleeve 60 is separated from the guide seat 40, and the sliding seat 80 slides synchronously with the movable sleeve 60. Next, as shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C, the movable sleeve 60 contacts the guide sleeve 50, and the elastic force of the spring 70 continues to push the movable sleeve 60. Under the guidance of the guide sleeve 50, the movable sleeve 60 rotates by a second angle. Finally, the movable sleeve 60 is no longer blocked by the guide sleeve 50. Under the continuous push of the spring 70, the movable sleeve 60 slides into the guide sleeve 50, and the sliding seat 80 driven by the movable sleeve 60 drives the stylus 30 Sliding relative to the casing 20, so that the second end 32 moves out of the casing 20 from the opening 21, as shown in FIGS. 6A to 6C.

As shown in FIGS. 1C and 1D, in this embodiment, the guide seat 40 has a first annular guide portion 42, and the guide sleeve 50 has a second annular guide portion 51 facing the first annular guide portion 42. The movable sleeve 60 has an outer wall surface 61 and a plurality of guide ribs 62 equidistantly arranged on the outer wall surface 61. In the first state, the plurality of guide ribs 62 contact the second ring shape of the guide sleeve 50 Guide 51.

Furthermore, the second annular guide portion 51 has a plurality of limiting grooves 52 and a plurality of guide inclined surfaces 53, and the guide sleeve 50 also has a plurality of sliding grooves 54 connected to the second annular guide portion 51. The plurality of limiting grooves 52, the plurality of guiding slopes 53, and the plurality of sliding grooves 54 are alternately arranged along the circumferential direction, and any one of the sliding grooves 54 is located in an adjacent limiting groove 52 and a guiding slope 53 between. In the first state, the plurality of guide ribs 62 contact the second annular guide portion 51 of the guide sleeve 50, and are engaged with the plurality of stop grooves 52, so the movable sleeve 60 is locked and cannot Slide toward the opening 21 (see Figure 1B).

As shown in Figures 1D, 2B and 3B, the first annular guide portion 42 has a plurality of guide slopes 43 equally spaced along the circumferential direction. When the movable sleeve 60 slides toward the guide seat 40, the plurality of guide slopes The guide rib 62 moves out of the plurality of limiting grooves 52 and is separated from the second annular guide portion 51 of the guide sleeve 50. After that, the movable sleeve 60 sliding toward the guide seat 40 contacts the plurality of guide inclined surfaces 43 of the first annular guide portion 42 through the plurality of guide ribs 62. When the movable sleeve 60 continues to slide toward the guide seat 40, the movable sleeve 60 rotates relative to the guide seat 40 by a first angle under the structure of the plurality of guide ribs 62 and the plurality of guide inclined surfaces 43.

Please refer to FIGS. 4B and 4C. When the pressing force F applied to the second end 32 of the stylus 30 (see FIG. 3C) is removed, the movable sleeve is rotated by a first angle under the push of the spring 70 60 slides toward the guide sleeve 50. At this time, the plurality of guide ribs 62 of the movable sleeve 60 are separated from the first annular guide portion 42 of the guide seat 40 and slide toward the plurality of guide slopes 53 of the second annular guide portion 51. Please refer to FIG. 4B, FIG. 5B and FIG. 5C, the movable sleeve 60 sliding toward the second annular guide portion 51 contacts the plurality of guide inclined surfaces 53 through the plurality of guide ribs 62.

Under the continuous push of the spring 70, based on the structural cooperation of the plurality of guide ribs 62 and the plurality of guide slopes 53, the movable sleeve 60 rotates a second angle relative to the guide sleeve 50 until the plurality of guides The convex rib 62 is aligned with the plurality of sliding grooves 54. Finally, as shown in FIGS. 6B and 6C, under the continuous push of the spring 70, the movable sleeve 60 slides into the guide sleeve 50, and the plurality of guide ribs 62 slide into the plurality of sliding grooves 54. At the same time, the abutment portion 82 of the sliding seat 80 slides relative to the guide sleeve 50 and moves out of the guide sleeve 50.

In particular, under the structural cooperation of the movable sleeve 60 and the guide seat 40 and the structure of the movable sleeve 60 and the guide sleeve 50, the movable sleeve 60 rotates unidirectionally relative to the guide seat 40 and the guide sleeve 50 .

In summary, in the insertion/removal mechanism of the stylus created by the present invention, the stylus can be stored and locked in the casing, which not only has excellent portability, but also can prevent the stylus from being lost. Furthermore, the user only needs to apply a pressing force on the stylus pen to release the locked state of the stylus pen in the casing. After the pressing force applied to the stylus is removed, the elastic force of the spring pushes the stylus, so that at least part of the stylus is automatically ejected out of the casing, so that the user can grasp the stylus and hold the stylus Pull out the case. Therefore, for the user, the insertion and removal mechanism of the stylus created by the present invention has excellent operation convenience and smoothness.

Although the creation of this new type has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the creation of this new type. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the technical field can make some changes and changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the creation of the new type. Retouching, therefore, the scope of protection for the creation of this new model shall be subject to the scope of the attached patent application.

10: The plug-in mechanism of the stylus 11: Sliding path 20: Chassis 21: Hole 30: stylus 31: The first end 32: second end 40: Guide seat 41: Groove 42: The first ring guide 43: Guide slope 50: Guide sleeve 51: The second ring guide 52: limit slot 53: Guide slope 54: Chute 60: movable sleeve 61: Outer wall 62: Guide rib 70: Spring 80: sliding seat 81: Containment Department 82: contact part 83: Limit 83a: elastic arm 83b: hook 90: Guide slide 91: positioning block F: Press pressure R1~R7: area

Fig. 1A is a schematic diagram of a stylus plug-in mechanism in a first state according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of the insertion/removal mechanism of the stylus in FIG. 1A from another perspective. FIG. 1C is an enlarged schematic diagram of the region R1 in FIG. 1A. FIG. 1D is an enlarged schematic diagram of the area R2 in FIG. 1B. FIG. 1E is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the insertion and removal mechanism of the stylus in FIG. 1A. 2A is a schematic diagram of the insertion and removal mechanism of the stylus according to an embodiment of the new creation in a second state. FIG. 2B is an enlarged schematic diagram of the area R3 in FIG. 2A. 2C is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the insertion and removal mechanism of the stylus in FIG. 2A. FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of the insertion/removal mechanism of the stylus pen in a third state according to an embodiment of the new creation. FIG. 3B is an enlarged schematic diagram of the area R4 in FIG. 3A. FIG. 3C is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the insertion/removal mechanism of the stylus in FIG. 3A. 4A is a schematic diagram of the insertion and removal mechanism of the stylus pen in a fourth state according to an embodiment of the new creation. FIG. 4B is an enlarged schematic diagram of the area R5 in FIG. 4A. 4C is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the insertion/removal mechanism of the stylus in FIG. 4A. 5A is a schematic diagram of the insertion and removal mechanism of the stylus pen in a fifth state according to an embodiment of the new creation. FIG. 5B is an enlarged schematic diagram of the area R6 in FIG. 5A. 5C is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the insertion and removal mechanism of the stylus in FIG. 5A. FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram of the insertion and removal mechanism of the stylus pen in a sixth state according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 6B is an enlarged schematic diagram of the area R7 in FIG. 6A. 6C is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the insertion and removal mechanism of the stylus in FIG. 6A.

10: The plug-in mechanism of the stylus

20: Chassis

30: stylus

31: The first end

32: second end

40: Guide seat

41: Groove

50: Guide sleeve

60: movable sleeve

70: Spring

80: sliding seat

81: Containment Department

82: contact part

83: Limit

83a: elastic arm

83b: hook

Claims (10)

A plug-in mechanism for a stylus pen, including: chassis; The guide seat is fixed in the casing; The guide sleeve is fixed in the casing; A movable sleeve is rotatably and slidably arranged between the guide seat and the guide sleeve; The spring is arranged between the guide seat and the movable sleeve, and contacts the guide seat and the movable sleeve; A sliding seat is slidably arranged in the casing, wherein the guide sleeve and the movable sleeve are sleeved on the sliding seat, and the sliding seat abuts against the movable sleeve; and A stylus is detachably arranged in the casing, wherein the stylus includes a first end and a second end, and the casing has an opening, and the first end is engaged with the sliding base , And the second end is exposed to the opening; When a pressing force is applied to the second end of the stylus, the first end drives the sliding seat, and the sliding seat drives the movable sleeve to slide toward the guide seat, and the movable sleeve squeezes the spring , The movable sleeve rotates relative to the guide seat after contacting the guide seat, and when the pressing force applied to the second end of the stylus is removed, the spring drives the movable sleeve to slide toward the guide sleeve , The movable sleeve rotates relative to the guide sleeve after contacting the guide sleeve, and slides into the guide sleeve, the movable sleeve drives the sliding base, and the sliding base drives the stylus relative to the casing Slide to make the second end move out of the casing from the opening. According to claim 1, the stylus insertion mechanism, wherein the guide seat has a groove, and at least part of the spring is disposed in the groove. The stylus insertion mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the guide seat has a first ring-shaped guide portion, and the guide sleeve has a second ring-shaped guide portion facing the first ring-shaped guide portion, the The movable sleeve has an outer wall surface and a plurality of guide ribs on the outer wall surface, and the guide ribs contact the first annular guide portion or the second annular guide portion. The stylus insertion mechanism according to claim 3, wherein the first annular guide portion has a plurality of guide slopes, and the movable sleeve sliding toward the guide seat contacts the guide slopes through the guide ribs , And rotate relative to the guide seat. The stylus insertion mechanism according to claim 3, wherein the second annular guide portion has a plurality of limiting grooves and a plurality of guide slopes, and the guide sleeve further has a connection with the second annular guide portion Of the plurality of sliding grooves, any one of the sliding grooves is located between an adjacent limiting groove and a guiding inclined surface. The stylus insertion mechanism according to claim 5, wherein the guide ribs contact the second ring-shaped guide portion and are engaged with the limiting grooves. The stylus insertion mechanism according to claim 5, wherein the movable sleeve that slides toward the guide sleeve contacts the guide slopes through the guide ribs and rotates relative to the guide sleeve to The guiding ribs are slid into the sliding grooves. The stylus insertion mechanism of claim 1, wherein the sliding seat includes a receiving portion, an abutting portion connected to the receiving portion, and a limiting portion connected to the abutting portion, and the abutting portion is located in the receiving portion Between the stylus and the limiting portion, the first end of the stylus is inserted into the receiving portion and engaged with the abutting portion, wherein the guide sleeve is sleeved on the abutting portion, and the abutting portion abuts Connecting to one side of the movable sleeve, the limiting portion passes through the movable sleeve and is clamped against the other side of the movable sleeve. The insertion and removal mechanism of the stylus according to claim 8, wherein the limiting portion includes two elastic arms, and each of the elastic arms has a hook, the two elastic arms pass through the movable sleeve, and the two elastic arms pass through the movable sleeve. A hook is pressed against the movable sleeve. The stylus insertion and removal mechanism of claim 1, further comprising a guide slideway fixed in the casing and two positioning blocks, wherein the stylus pen passes through the guide slideway, and the sliding seat is slidably arranged Between the two positioning blocks.

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