TWM615507U - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device including a first body and a second body is provided. The first body includes a first main body and a first display. The first display is pivoted in the first main body and has a first display surface and a first back surface opposite to each other. The second body is pivoted to the first body. Through a relative pivotal rotation of the first body and the second body and a relative pivotal rotation of the first main body and the first display, the first display surface or the first back surface faces the second body.

Description

Electronic device

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and in particular to an electronic device containing a plurality of bodies.

Portable electronic devices such as notebook computers, tablet computers, and smart phones have evolved from a traditional single display surface to having more than two display surfaces. For a portable electronic device that includes two bodies that can be turned relatively, the orientation of each body determines the position of its display surface, that is, the variability of the position of the display surface of the body is limited by the degree of freedom of turning the body. . In addition, the single-axis pivot assembly generally only allows the two bodies to be turned 180 degrees relative to each other. Therefore, in order to allow the two bodies to be turned 360 degrees relative to each other, a two-axis pivot assembly is generally used to pivotally connect the two bodies. . However, the two-axis pivotal assembly causes a gap between the two bodies when they are relatively unfolded, so that the two display surfaces cannot form a continuous display interface.

The present invention provides an electronic device, the position of the display surface of which has great variability.

The electronic device created by the present invention includes a first body and a second body. The first body includes a first body and a first display. The first display is pivotally connected to the first main body and has a first display surface and a first back surface opposite to each other. The second body is pivotally connected to the first body. By the relative pivoting of the first body and the second body and the relative pivoting of the first body and the first display, the first display surface or the first back faces the second body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned electronic device includes at least one positioning structure, at least one positioning structure includes two positioning parts, the two positioning parts are respectively disposed on the first body and the first display, and the two positioning parts are suitable for mutual positioning To fix the first display to the first body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned electronic device includes at least one elastic element, the at least one elastic element is connected between the first display and the corresponding positioning part, and the two positioning parts are adapted to be driven by the elasticity of the at least one elastic element. Force and position each other.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each of the above-mentioned positioning parts is a magnet, and the magnetic attraction between the two positioning parts enables the two positioning parts to be mutually positioned.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned second body includes a second body and a second display. The second display is pivotally connected to the second body and has a second display surface and a second back surface opposite to each other. The second display surface or the second back surface faces the first body by the relative pivoting of the first body and the second body and the relative pivoting of the second body and the second display.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned electronic device includes at least one positioning structure, and at least one positioning structure includes two positioning parts. The two positioning parts are respectively disposed on the second body and the second display, and the two positioning parts are suitable for mutual positioning. To fix the second display to the second body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned electronic device includes at least one elastic element, the at least one elastic element is connected between the second display and the corresponding positioning part, and the two positioning parts are adapted to be driven by the elasticity of the at least one elastic element. Force and position each other.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each of the above-mentioned positioning parts is a magnet, and the magnetic attraction between the two positioning parts enables the two positioning parts to be mutually positioned.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned pivot axis of the first body and the second body, the pivot axis of the first body and the first display, and the pivot axis of the second body and the second display Parallel to each other.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned electronic device includes a pivotal component, wherein the first body and the second body are pivotally connected to each other through the pivotal component, and the pivotal component is a single-axis pivot component or a double-axis pivot component. Shaft type pivot assembly.

Based on the above, in the first body of the electronic device created by the present invention, the first display is pivotally connected to the first body. Thereby, regardless of the relative flip state of the first body and the second body, the first display can change the position of its first display surface by pivoting relative to the first body, so that the position of the first display surface has Great variability.

FIG. 1 is a side view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In order to make the diagram clearer, the first display 114 and the second display 124 are shown as being flipped relative to the first body 112 and the second body 122, respectively. And tilt. Please refer to FIG. 1, the electronic device 100 of this embodiment includes a first body 110 and a second body 120. The first body 110 includes a first body 112 and a first display 114, and the second body 120 includes a second body 122 and a second display 124. The second body 122 of the second body 120 is pivotally connected to the first body 112 of the first body 110. The first display 114 is pivotally connected to the first body 112 and has a first display surface 114a and a first back surface 114b opposite to each other. The second display 124 is pivotally connected to the second body 122 and has a second display surface 124a and a second back surface 124b opposite to each other.

By the relative pivoting of the first body 112 of the first body 110 and the second body 122 of the second body 120 and the relative pivoting of the first body 112 and the first display 114, the first display 114 can be The display surface 114 a faces the second body 120 or the first back surface 114 b faces the second body 120. Similarly, by the relative pivoting of the first body 112 of the first body 110 and the second body 122 of the second body 120 and the relative pivoting of the second body 122 and the second display 124, the second display 124 can be The second display surface 124a faces the first body 110 or the second back surface 124b faces the first body 110.

Thereby, no matter what the relative flip state of the first body 110 and the second body 120 is, the first display 114 can change the position of the first display surface 114a by its pivoting relative to the first body 112, so that the first display 114a The position of the display surface 114a has greater variability, and the second display 124 can change the position of the second display surface 124a by pivoting relative to the second body 122, so that the position of the second display surface 124a has a higher Great variability. The following illustrates this with a diagram.

2A to 2G are operation flowcharts of the electronic device in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 2A, in the state where the first body 110 and the second body 120 are relatively closed and the first display surface 114a (marked in FIG. 1) faces the second body 120 without being exposed, the user can as shown in FIG. 2B The first body 110 is unfolded relative to the second body 120, and the first display 114 is turned 180 degrees relative to the first body 112 as shown in FIGS. 2C to 2E. Then, as shown in FIGS. 2F to 2G, the first body 110 is closed to the second body 120, so that the first back 114b faces the second body 120, so that the first display surface 114a becomes exposed and ready for use. The user watches and/or performs touch operations. In addition, in the state shown in FIG. 2G, since the second display surface 124a (marked in FIG. 2F) faces the first body 110 instead of outward, the second display surface 114a can be enabled while the user operates the first display surface 114a. The face 124a is well protected from damage.

3A to 3C are operation flowcharts of the electronic device in FIG. 1. After performing the action flow of FIGS. 2A to 2E, the user may not continue to perform the flow of FIGS. 2F and 2G, but instead expand the first body 110 of FIG. 2E relative to the second body 120 to the one shown in FIG. 3A state. Then, as shown in FIGS. 3B to 3C, continue to flip the first body 110 to close it to the second back 124b (marked in FIG. 1) side of the second body 120, so that the second back 124b faces the first body 110. As a result, the second display surface 124a becomes an exposed state for the user to view and/or perform touch operations. Moreover, in the state shown in FIG. 3C, since the first display surface 114a (marked in FIG. 3B) faces the second body 120 instead of outward, the user can operate the second display surface 124a while enabling the first display The surface 114a is well protected from damage.

In addition, by the relative pivoting of the first body 112 of the first body 110 and the second body 122 of the second body 120, the relative pivoting of the first body 112 and the first display 114, and the second body 122 and the second display The relative pivoting of 124 can make the first display surface 114a and the second display surface 124a face outward.

Fig. 4 is a front view of the electronic device of Fig. 2B. As shown in FIG. 4, the first display 114 is pivotally connected to the first body 112 by a pivoting component 1142, for example. 5A and 5B illustrate the functioning mode of the positioning structure of FIG. 4. Please refer to FIG. 4, FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, the electronic device 100 of this embodiment further includes a plurality of positioning structures 130 and a plurality of elastic members 140. Each positioning structure 130 includes two positioning portions 132 and 134 as shown in FIG. 5A. The two positioning portions 132 and 134 are respectively disposed on the first display 114 and the first body 112. The positioning portion 134 is, for example, a positioning protrusion, and the positioning portion 132 is, for example, It has a corresponding positioning concave hole and is slidably disposed on the pillar portion 1141 of the first display 114 by the sliding groove 132a. Each elastic member 140 is, for example, a spring and is connected between the first display 114 and the corresponding positioning portion 132. The two positioning portions 132 and 134 are adapted to be mutually positioned by the elastic force of the elastic member 140 as shown in FIGS. 5A to 5B to fix the first display 114 to the first body 112. In other embodiments, the positioning structure 130 may be in other appropriate forms, and the present invention does not limit this. It should be noted that the pivotal assembly 1142, the positioning structure 130, the positioning portion 132, the sliding groove 132a, and the column portion 1141 shown in FIGS. 4, 5A, and 5B may actually be disposed on the first display 114 and/or the first display 114 The inside of the main body 112 is not visible from the appearance. In order to make the drawing clearer, it is directly shown as visible in FIGS. 4, 5A, and 5B.

Fig. 6 is a top view of the electronic device of Fig. 2B. As shown in FIG. 6, the second display 124 is pivotally connected to the second body 122 by a pivoting component 1242, for example. FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B illustrate how the positioning structure of FIG. 6 works. Please refer to FIG. 6, FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B, the electronic device 100 of this embodiment further includes a plurality of positioning structures 150 and a plurality of elastic members 160. Each positioning structure 150 includes two positioning portions 152, 154 as shown in FIG. 6A. The two positioning portions 152, 154 are respectively disposed on the second display 124 and the second body 122. The positioning portion 154 is, for example, a positioning convex point, and the positioning portion 152 is, for example, It has a corresponding positioning recess and is slidably disposed on the pillar portion 1241 of the second display 124 by the sliding groove 152a. Each elastic member 160 is, for example, a spring and is connected between the second display 124 and the corresponding positioning portion 152. The two positioning portions 152 and 154 are adapted to be mutually positioned by the elastic force of the elastic member 160 as shown in FIGS. 7A to 7B to fix the second display 124 to the second body 122. In other embodiments, the positioning structure 150 may be in other appropriate forms, and the present invention does not limit this. It should be noted that the pivot assembly 1242, the positioning structure 150, the positioning portion 152, the sliding groove 152a, and the column portion 1241 shown in FIGS. 6, 7A, and 7B may actually be disposed on the second display 124 and/or the second display 124 The inside of the main body 122 is not visible from the appearance. In order to make the drawings clearer, it is directly shown as visible in FIGS. 6, 7A and 7B.

Please refer to FIG. 1, in this embodiment, the electronic device 100 includes a pivot assembly 170, and the first body 112 of the first body 110 and the second body 122 of the second body 120 are pivotally connected to each other by the pivot assembly 170 . The pivot assembly 170 is, for example, a biaxial pivot assembly. Specifically, the first body 112 and the second body 122 are pivotally connected to the pivot assembly 170 along the pivot axis A1 and the pivot axis A2, respectively. In addition, the first display 114 is pivotally connected to the first body 112 along the pivot axis A3, and the second display 124 is pivotally connected to the second body 122 along the pivot axis A4. The pivot axes A1, A2, A3, and A4 are parallel to each other.

Fig. 8 is a front view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 9 is a top view of the electronic device of Fig. 8. The embodiment shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 differs from the embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 6 in that the positioning portions 132' and 134' of the positioning structure 130' of FIGS. 8 and 9 and the positioning portion of the positioning structure 150' Both 152' and 154' are magnets, and the magnetic attraction between the positioning portions 132' and 134' enables them to locate each other, and the magnetic attraction between the positioning portions 152' and 154' enables them to locate each other.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The difference between the embodiment shown in FIG. 10 and the embodiment shown in FIG. 2B is that in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2B, the first body 112 of the first body 110 and the second body 122 of the second body 120 are complete frames. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the first body 112' of the first body 110' and the second body 122' of the second body 120' are not in the form of a complete frame. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The difference between the embodiment shown in FIG. 11 and the foregoing embodiments is that, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the pivot assembly 170' is divided into two components in appearance instead of the pivot assembly 170 shown in FIG. 2B. A single shell constitutes a continuous appearance.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the electronic device 200 of FIG. 12, the configuration and function of the first body 210, the first body 212, the first display 214, the second body 220, the second body 222, and the second display 224 are similar to those of the previous embodiment. The configuration and function of a body 110, a first body 112, a first display 114, a second body 120, a second body 122, and a second display 124. The embodiment shown in FIG. 12 is different from the foregoing embodiments in that the pivotal assembly 270 is a single-axis pivotal assembly instead of a dual-axis pivotal assembly. Thereby, in the unfolded state shown in FIG. 12, there is no excessive gap between the first body 210 and the second body 220, so that the first display surface 214a and the second display surface 224a can form a continuous display. interface. FIG. 13 is a partial enlarged view of the electronic device of FIG. 12. Please refer to FIG. 13, specifically, the pivot assembly 270 includes two rotation shafts 272 and 274 pivotally connected to each other, and the two rotation shafts 272 and 274 are respectively connected to the first body 212 and the second body 222.

Even if the pivotal assembly 270 is a single-axis pivotal assembly that cannot allow the first body 210 and the second body 220 to be relatively rotated 360 degrees, the pivoting and/or the first display 214 relative to the first body 212 can still be used. The pivoting of the second display 224 relative to the second body 222 causes the first display surface 214a and the second display surface 224a to have various orientations. The following examples illustrate how the electronic device 200 operates.

14A to 14E are operation flowcharts of the electronic device in FIG. 12. As shown in FIG. 14A, in a state where the first body 210 and the second body 220 are relatively closed and the first display surface 214a (marked in FIG. 12) faces the second body 220 without being exposed, the user can as shown in FIG. 14B The first body 210 is unfolded relative to the second body 220, and the first display 214 is turned 180 degrees relative to the first body 212 as shown in FIGS. 14C to 14D. Then, as shown in FIG. 14E, close the first body 210 to the second body 220 so that the first back surface 214b faces the second body 220, so that the first display surface 214a becomes exposed for the user to view And/or perform touch operation. In addition, in the state shown in FIG. 14E, since the second display surface 224a (marked in FIG. 14D) faces the first body 210 instead of outward, the user can operate the first display surface 214a while enabling the second display The face 224a is well protected from damage.

In addition, by the relative pivoting of the first body 212 of the first body 210 and the second body 222 of the second body 220, the relative pivoting of the first body 212 and the first display 214, and the second body 222 and the second display The relative pivoting of 224 can make the first display surface 214a and the second display surface 224a face outward.

In summary, in the first body of the electronic device created by the present invention, the first display is pivotally connected to the first body, and the second display is pivotally connected to the second body. Thereby, no matter what the relative flip state of the first body and the second body is, the first display can change the position of its first display surface by its pivoting relative to the first body, and the second display can use it relative to The pivoting of the second body changes the position of the second display surface, so that the positions of the first display surface and the second display surface have greater variability.

100, 200: electronic device 110, 110’, 210: the first body 112, 112’, 212: the first subject 114, 214: first display 114a, 214a: the first display surface 114b, 214b: first back 1141, 1241: Column 1142, 1242, 170, 170’, 270: pivot components 120, 120’, 220: the second body 122, 122’, 222: second body 124, 224: second display 124a, 224a: second display surface 124b: second back 130, 130’, 150, 150’: positioning structure 132, 132’, 134, 134’, 152, 152’, 154, 154’: positioning part 132a, 152a: Chute 140, 160: elastic parts 272, 274: Shaft A1, A2, A3, A4: pivot axis

Fig. 1 is a side view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2A to 2G are operation flowcharts of the electronic device in FIG. 1. 3A to 3C are operation flowcharts of the electronic device in FIG. 1. Fig. 4 is a front view of the electronic device of Fig. 2B. 5A and 5B illustrate the functioning mode of the positioning structure of FIG. 4. Fig. 6 is a top view of the electronic device of Fig. 2B. FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B illustrate how the positioning structure of FIG. 6 works. Fig. 8 is a front view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 9 is a top view of the electronic device of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 12 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a partial enlarged view of the electronic device of FIG. 12. 14A to 14E are operation flowcharts of the electronic device in FIG. 12.

100: electronic device

110: First Body

112: The first subject

114: The first display

114a: The first display surface

114b: first back

170: pivot assembly

120: Second Body

122: The second subject

124: second display

124a: Second display surface

124b: second back

A1, A2, A3, A4: pivot axis

Claims (10)

An electronic device, including: A first body including a first body and a first display, wherein the first display is pivotally connected to the first body and has a first display surface and a first back surface opposite to each other; and A second body is pivotally connected to the first body, wherein by the relative pivoting of the first body and the second body and the relative pivoting of the first body and the first display, the first display surface or The first back faces the second body. The electronic device according to claim 1, comprising at least one positioning structure, wherein the at least one positioning structure includes two positioning portions, the two positioning portions are respectively disposed on the first body and the first display, and the two positioning portions are suitable for Mutual positioning to fix the first display to the first body. The electronic device according to claim 2, comprising at least one elastic element, wherein the at least one elastic element is connected between the first display and the corresponding positioning portion, and the two positioning portions are adapted to use the at least one elastic element The elastic force of each other is positioned. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein each of the positioning parts is a magnet, and the magnetic attraction between the two positioning parts enables the two positioning parts to be mutually positioned. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second body includes a second body and a second display, and the second display is pivotally connected to the second body and has a second display surface and a second display surface opposite to each other. The back surface, wherein the second display surface or the second back surface faces the first body due to the relative pivoting of the first body and the second body and the relative pivoting of the second body and the second display. The electronic device according to claim 5, comprising at least one positioning structure, wherein the at least one positioning structure includes two positioning portions, the two positioning portions are respectively disposed on the second body and the second display, and the two positioning portions are suitable for Mutual positioning to fix the second display to the second body. The electronic device according to claim 6, comprising at least one elastic element, wherein the at least one elastic element is connected between the second display and the corresponding positioning portion, and the two positioning portions are adapted to use the at least one elastic element The elastic force of each other is positioned. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein each of the positioning parts is a magnet, and the magnetic attraction between the two positioning parts enables the two positioning parts to be mutually positioned. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the pivot axis of the first body and the second body, the pivot axis of the first body and the first display, and the second body and the second display The pivot axes are parallel to each other. The electronic device according to claim 1, comprising a pivoting component, wherein the first body and the second body are pivoted to each other by the pivoting component, and the pivoting component is a single-axis pivoting component or a double-axis pivoting component. Shaft type pivot assembly.

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