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US9271409B2
US9271409B2 US13/727,447 US201213727447A US9271409B2 US 9271409 B2 US9271409 B2 US 9271409B2 US 201213727447 A US201213727447 A US 201213727447A US 9271409 B2 US9271409 B2 US 9271409B2
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  • the present application relates to a terminal device, and more particularly to a terminal device with multiple usage configurations.
  • terminal devices such as notebook computers
  • their configuration pattern
  • Current notebook computers provide poor support for touching, and their usage configuration is relatively monotonic.
  • terminal devices such as pad computers, provide good support for touching and portability, the input of these terminal devices (e.g. word typing) is not convenient.
  • a terminal device with a first terminal part and a second terminal part comprising: a base part; a keyboard part, provided on a first region of the base part; a bracket part, provided on a second region of the base part adjacent to the first region, wherein, the thickness of the keyboard part matches the thickness of the bracket part; a first shaft, provided on a side of the base part away from the keyboard part and connected with the bracket part so that the bracket part can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the first shaft; a second shaft, provided on a side of the bracket part away from the first shaft and connected with the second terminal part, wherein the second terminal part is connected to the bracket part through the second shaft and can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the second shaft.
  • the bracket part comprises a computing component and a cooling component of the terminal device.
  • the computing component is connected to the keyboard part through a printed circuit in the first shaft; and the computing component is connected to the second terminal part through a printed circuit in the second shaft.
  • the computing component comprises as least a processing unit, a storage unit, and a motherboard unit; and the cooling component comprises at least one of a heat sink or a fan.
  • the second terminal part is a display screen of the terminal device.
  • the terminal device has at least a pad usage configuration, a notebook usage configuration, a desktop pad usage configuration, and a pad usage configuration having a support based on the relative position relationship between the bracket part and the base part and the relative position relationship between the second terminal part and the bracket part.
  • the lower surface of the bracket part overlaps with the base part.
  • the second terminal part is placed flat on the bracket part and the keyboard part; and the lower surface of second terminal part overlaps with the upper surface of the bracket part and the keyboard.
  • the bracket part inclines with respect to the base part to support the second terminal part. There is a predetermined angle between the second terminal part and the keyboard part.
  • the bracket part inclines with respect to the base part, so that the second shaft has a predetermined height; the second terminal part is parallel with the keyboard part.
  • the bracket part inclines with respect to the base part to support the second terminal part; and the lower surface of the second terminal part overlaps with the upper surface of the bracket part.
  • the size of the second terminal part matches the size of the base part.
  • the second terminal part is detachably connected with the second shaft.
  • the second terminal part When the second terminal part is detached from the second shaft, the second terminal part alone is used as a tablet computer.
  • a third shaft is further provided on the base part on the side away from the keyboard part, and can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the plane of the base part, wherein the first shaft is provided on the third shaft.
  • the width of the bracket part is less than the length of the bracket part.
  • a fourth shaft is further provided on the second shaft; and the second terminal part is connected with the second shaft through the fourth shaft.
  • the second shaft and the fourth shaft are vertical to each other.
  • the second terminal part can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the fourth shaft.
  • the terminal device has a variety of usage configurations and can flexibly switch among the above described usage configurations, and therefore the terminal device, according to embodiments of the present invention, can easily meet different usage requirements of users.
  • the computing component and the cooling component are provided in the bracket part of the terminal device, and when the device (e.g., the notebook configuration) is used, the bracket part will be lifted high so as to support the display screen (the second terminal part) of the terminal device, thereby the bracket part can be in full contact with the surrounding air to enhance the heat dissipation.
  • the bracket part since in this case the bracket part neither overlaps with the base part nor overlaps with the display screen, a large amount of heat will not be transferred to the base part or the second terminal part. Therefore, the user will not feel that the terminal device 1 is hot when using it.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating one configuration of the terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating another configuration of the terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating yet another configuration of the terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating yet another configuration of the terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of the terminal device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the terminal device 1 may comprise a first terminal part (“or a first terminal element”) 10 and a second terminal part (“or a second terminal part”) 11 .
  • the first terminal part 10 can be used as the host part of the terminal device 1
  • the second terminal part 11 may be used as a display screen of the terminal device (such as a display screen having a touch function).
  • the term “part” in the specification is intended as one characterization, which there are other characterizations, such as “element”.
  • the first terminal part 10 may further comprise: a base part 100 , a keyboard part 101 , a bracket part 102 , a first shaft 103 , and a second shaft 104 .
  • the base part 100 may be used as the base of the terminal device 1 and can be implemented by any plastic, metallic materials or mixtures thereof.
  • components such as a keyboard part 101 and a bracket part 102 and the like, can be provided on the base part 100 .
  • the base part 100 can also accommodate batteries for providing power to the keyboard part 101 and the bracket part 102 , and an AC/DC power interface can also be provided in the base part 100 .
  • the keyboard part 101 may be provided in the first region of the base part 100 (e.g., on the right side region as shown in FIG. 1 ) and can be implemented by any type of keyboard.
  • the bracket part 102 may be provided in a second region of the base part 100 adjacent to the first region.
  • the first region can be adjacent to the second region and occupy substantially the whole of the upper surface of the base part 100 .
  • the bracket part 102 is substantially as wide as the base part 100 .
  • the thickness of the keyboard part 101 may also match the thickness of the bracket part 102 .
  • the thickness of the keyboard part 101 may be the same with that of the bracket part 102 , so that when the bracket part 102 lies flat on the base part 100 , the bracket part 102 is as high as the keyboard part 101 , so the second terminal part (display part) can be placed flat on the bracket part 102 and the keyboard part 101 .
  • the thickness of the keyboard part 101 and the thickness of the bracket part 102 may have the same slope, and the thicknesses of the adjacent places of the two are substantially the same, so that the second terminal part 11 can also be placed flat on the inclined surface formed by the upper surfaces of the bracket part 102 and the keyboard part 101 and any side or part of the second terminal part 11 will not tilt.
  • the first shaft 103 may be fixed on the base part 100 and can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to its axis. Specifically, the first shaft 103 can be provided on a side of the base part 100 away from the keyboard part 101 , namely, on the edge of the side away from the keyboard part 101 .
  • the first shaft 103 may be connected with the bracket part 102 , by, such as, plugging or fixing. In this case, since the first shaft 103 is connected to the bracket part 102 , and the first shaft 103 can rotate with respect to its axis. Therefore, the bracket part 102 can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the first shaft 103 .
  • the second shaft 104 may be fixed to the bracket part 102 on the side away from the first shaft 103 , that is, when the bracket part 102 is placed flat on the base part 100 , the second shaft 104 is adjacent to the keyboard part 101 , and the second shaft 104 can rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise with respect to its axis.
  • the second shaft 104 may be connected to the second terminal part 11 by plugging or a fixing.
  • the second terminal part (display part) 11 is connected to the bracket part 102 by the second shaft 104 and rotates clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the second shaft 104 .
  • the second terminal part 11 may be made of any kind of thin screen.
  • the bracket part 102 shown in FIG. 1 is hollow and the bracket part 102 may comprise computing components and cooling components of the terminal device 1 .
  • the computing component may comprise at least a processing unit of the terminal device 1 (any processor), a storage unit (memory, hard disk, solid state disk, etc.), as well as a motherboard unit. That is, the functional modules relating to computation and processing and having a large amount of heat to dissipate are integrated in the bracket part 102 .
  • cooling components such as heatsinks, fans and the like can be arranged in the bracket part 102 .
  • cooling components, such as heatsinks, fans and the like can be arranged near the chips or modules having high heat dissipations.
  • the bracket part 102 as described above is as wide as the base part 100 and occupies relatively a large area, it is easy to arrange the above computing components and the cooling components in the bracket part 102 described above.
  • the thickness of the keyboard part 101 and the thickness of the bracket part 102 can be determined according to the performance of the terminal device 1 .
  • the thickness of the bracket part 102 can be increased so that the bracket part 102 can accommodate the larger computing components and the cooling components, and the thickness of the keyboard 101 is adjusted so that the thicknesses of the two can match each other.
  • the thickness of the bracket part 102 can be reduced so that the bracket part 102 can be thinner, and a thin keyboard section 101 can be correspondingly used so as to match the thicknesses of the two.
  • the bracket part 102 comprises computing components and cooling components of the terminal device 1
  • the computing component in the bracket part 102 is connected to the keyboard part 101 by a flexible printed circuit (FPC) arranged in the first shaft 103
  • the computing component is connected to the second terminal part (display part) 11 through a flexible printed circuit (FPC) arranged in the second shaft 104
  • the first shaft 103 and the second shaft 104 may be hollow, and the flexible printed circuits hereby can be arranged in the first shaft 103 and second shaft 104 .
  • the flexible printed circuits since those skilled in the art are familiar with the line configurations of the flexible printed circuits described above, so the detailed description about them is omitted herein.
  • the terminal device 1 since the bracket part 102 can rotate with respect to the first shaft 103 and the second terminal part 11 can rotate with respect to the second shaft 104 , the terminal device 1 , according to the embodiment of the present invention, may have different usage configurations. For example, based on the relative position relationship between the bracket part 102 and the base part 101 and the relative position relationship between the second terminal part 11 and the bracket part 102 , the terminal device 1 may at least have the pad usage configuration, the notebook usage configuration, the desktop pad usage configuration, as well as the pad usage configuration having a support and the like.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the notebook usage configuration of the terminal device 1 .
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the pad usage configuration of the terminal device 1 .
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the desktop pad usage configuration of the terminal device 1
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the pad usage configuration of terminal device 1 having a support.
  • the bracket part 102 can rotate about the first shaft 103 clockwise or counterclockwise until the bracket part 102 is inclined with respect to the base part 101 to support the second terminal part 11 .
  • the bracket part 102 can be rotated so that the angle between the bracket part 102 and the base part 100 is in a range from 0 to 135 degrees in order to support the second terminal part (display screen) 11 .
  • the bracket part 102 inclines to the keyboard part 101 to support the second terminal part 11 .
  • the second terminal part 11 can be rotated so that the upper surface of the second terminal part 11 , i.e. the front surface of the display screen, is toward the keyboard part 101 and has a predetermined angle (e.g. larger than or equal to 90 degrees) with the keyboard part 101 so as to have the notebook configuration.
  • the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the bracket part 102 When the angle between the bracket part 102 and the base part 100 is equal to 90 degrees, the bracket part 102 is vertical to the base part 100 . In this case, it is possible to rotate the second terminal part 11 , so that the upper surface of the second terminal part 11 , i.e. the front surface of the display screen is toward the keyboard part 101 and has a predetermined angle with the keyboard part 101 (e.g., large than or equal to 90 degrees) to have the notebook configuration. In addition, when the angle between the bracket part 102 and the base part 100 is greater than 90 degrees, the bracket part 102 inclines away from the keyboard section 101 .
  • first shaft 103 or the second shaft 104 may have a predetermined damping coefficient, so that the first shaft 103 or the second shaft 104 will not be easily rotated so as to provide a good support.
  • a locking mechanism e.g., snap-fit
  • the first shaft 103 or the second shaft 104 in the pre-set rotation position (corresponding to the notebook configuration) so that when the first shaft 103 or the second shaft 104 is rotated to the preset rotation position, the first shaft 103 or the second shaft 104 can be locked and the terminal device 1 has the notebook configuration
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating another configuration of the terminal device, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the bracket part 102 is rotated so that the bracket part 102 is put flat on the base part 100 .
  • a surface (hereinafter referred to as “lower surface”) of the bracket part 102 overlaps with the base part 100 , that is, overlaps with the upper surface of the base part.
  • the second terminal part 11 e.g., the touch display screen
  • the lower surface of the second terminal part 11 overlaps with the upper surface of the bracket part 102 and the keyboard part 101 .
  • the size of the second terminal part 11 can be suitably selected so that the size of the second terminal part 11 is the same as or approximates to the size of the base part 100 to cover the bracket part 102 and the keyboard part 101 .
  • the terminal device 1 in the case as shown in FIG. 1 , can be used as a pad computer.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating another configuration of the terminal device, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the bracket part 102 inclines with respect to the base part 100 so that the second shaft 103 has a predetermined height. Additionally, the second terminal part 11 (e.g., the touch display screen) is parallel with the keyboard part 101 .
  • the bracket part 102 can be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise about the first shaft 103 , until the bracket part 102 inclines with respect to the base part 100 to support the second terminal part 11 .
  • the bracket part 102 inclines towards the keyboard part 101 to support the second terminal part 11 .
  • the second shaft 104 since the bracket part 102 inclines with respect to the base part 100 , and the second shaft 104 is provided in the bracket part 102 on the side away from the first shaft 103 , the second shaft 104 has a predetermined height.
  • the height of the second shaft 102 is determined by the radius of the rotation of the bracket part 102 with respect to the first shaft 103 and the angle between the bracket part 102 and the base part 100 .
  • the second terminal part 11 is rotated to be parallel with the keyboard part 101 so as to have the usage configuration.
  • the lower surface of the second terminal part 11 in parallel with the keyboard part 101 e.g., the back surface of the touch display screen faces the keyboard part 101 .
  • the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the bracket part 102 When the angle between the bracket part 102 and the base part 100 is equal to 90 degrees, the bracket part 102 is vertical to the base part 100 . In this case, the second terminal part 11 can be rotated to parallel with the keyboard part 101 to be in the desktop pad usage configuration.
  • the bracket part 102 when the angle between the bracket part 102 and the base part 100 is greater than 90 degrees, the bracket part 102 inclines away from the keyboard part 101 . In this case, the second terminal part 11 can be rotated to parallel with the keyboard part 101 to be in the desktop pad usage configuration.
  • first shaft 103 or the second shaft 104 may have a predetermined damping coefficient, so that the first shaft 103 or the second shaft 104 will not be easily rotated to provide a good support.
  • a locking mechanism e.g., snap-fit
  • the second shaft 104 has a predetermined height, even if the terminal device 1 is placed on the bed, owing to the higher height of the touch display screen of the second terminal part 11 , the user can easily operate the terminal device 1 without leaning, thereby enhancing the user's usage experience.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating another configuration of the terminal device, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the bracket part 102 in the pad usage configuration having a support, can be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the first shaft 103 , until the bracket part 102 inclines with respect to the base part 100 to the support the second terminal part 11 .
  • the bracket part 102 can be rotated so that the angle between the bracket part 102 and the base part 100 is between 20 to 70 degrees to support the second terminal 11 (such as the touch display screen).
  • the lower surface of the second terminal part 11 overlaps with the upper surface of the bracket part 102 .
  • the bracket part 102 when the angle between the bracket part 102 and the base part 100 is between 20 and 70 degrees, the bracket part 102 inclines towards the keypad part 101 to support the second terminal part 11 .
  • the second terminal part 11 can be rotated, so that at least a part of the lower surface of the second terminal part 11 (e.g., the back surface of the touch display screen) overlaps with the upper surface of the bracket part 102 .
  • the second terminal part 11 can face to the user, and have a certain inclination angle.
  • the user can operate the terminal device 1 without having to hold the terminal device 1 , and can rotate the bracket part 102 to adjust the inclination angle of the second terminal part 11 in order to adapt to the different postures of the user, thereby enhancing the user's experience.
  • the terminal device 1 has a variety of usage configurations and can flexibly switch among the different usage configurations by rotating the bracket part 102 and a second terminal part 11 . Therefore, the terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention can easily meet the different requirements of the user.
  • the bracket part 102 and the second terminal part 11 can be flexibly adjusted so that the terminal device 1 may have other usage configurations.
  • the bracket part 102 lifts high to support the second terminal part of the terminal device (e.g., the touch display screen), and the bracket part 102 can thereby be in full contact with the surrounding air in order to enhance heat dissipation.
  • the bracket part 102 neither overlaps with the base part 100 nor overlaps with the second terminal part 11 , the heat will not be transfered in large amounts to the base part or the second terminal part. Therefore, the user will not feel that the terminal device 1 is hot when using it.
  • the terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention is described.
  • the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the second terminal part 11 may be a pad and can be detachably connected to the second shaft 104 .
  • the second terminal part 11 can be detachably connected to the second shaft 104 by plugging.
  • plugging it is possible to provide a slot on the second terminal part 11 , a plug on the second shaft 104 and a flexible printed circuit in the slot of the second terminal part 11 and the plug of the second shaft 104 , so that the electrical connection between the second terminal part 11 and the second shaft 104 is ensured and the second terminal part 11 is allowed to connect with the computing component of the bracket part 102 through the second shaft 104 .
  • the second terminal part 11 when the second terminal part 11 separates from the second shaft 104 , the second terminal part 11 itself is used as a pad.
  • the second terminal part 11 when the second terminal part 11 is connected to the second shaft 104 , the second terminal part 11 can be used only as a display screen of the terminal device 1 . That is, when the second terminal part 11 is connected with the second shaft 104 , the internal computing unit in the second terminal part 11 does not work, and the display screen of the second terminal part 11 displays images or videos based on the data from the computing component of the bracket part 102 .
  • the terminal device 1 may further comprise a third shaft (not shown).
  • the third shaft is provided on the base part 100 on the side away from the keyboard part 101 and can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the plane of the base part 100 .
  • the first shaft 103 can be provided on the third shaft.
  • the bracket part 102 can also rotate clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the plane of the base part 100 , so that the second terminal part 11 can also rotate clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the plane of the base part 100 , thereby further increasing usage configuration of the terminal device 1 and satisfying the different usage demands for users.
  • the width of the bracket part 102 is preferably less than the length of the bracket part.
  • the width of the bracket part 102 refers to the side length in the direction along the first shaft 103
  • the length of the bracket part 102 refers to the side length of the bracket part in the direction from the first shaft 103 to the keyboard part 101 (i.e. the side length in a direction orthogonal to the width direction).
  • the purpose is to prevent the situation wherein when the bracket part 102 rotates clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the plane of the base part 100 , the bracket part 102 will be blocked by the keyboard section 101 .
  • the width of the bracket part is usually less than the width of the second region, so components, such as a speaker or a USB interface, can be provided in the remaining region of the second region, i.e. on both sides of the second region of the base part 100 .
  • the terminal device 1 may further comprise a fourth shaft (not shown).
  • the fourth shaft may be provided on the second shaft 104 , and the second shaft 104 is vertical to the fourth shaft.
  • the second terminal part 11 is connected to the second shaft 104 through the fourth shaft.
  • the second terminal part 11 can not only rotate clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the second shaft 104 , but also rotate clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the fourth shaft, which is vertical to the second shaft 104 . That is, the second terminal part 11 may rotate with respect to the fourth shaft in parallel with the second shaft 104 .

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