CN107368148B - Supporting mechanism and portable electronic device - Google Patents
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Abstract
A supporting mechanism comprises a supporting unit, a cam piece and a moving piece, wherein the supporting unit comprises a supporting piece, a torsion element and a first clamping structure, the pivot joint end of the supporting piece is pivoted on an upper cover shell, the torsion element is arranged at the pivot joint end, the first clamping structure is detachably clamped on the upper cover shell, the cam piece is fixedly arranged on a rotating shaft, the moving piece is movably arranged between the upper cover shell and the cam piece, one end of the moving piece is abutted against the cam piece, when the moving piece rotates relative to the cam piece and moves towards the first clamping structure, the moving piece pushes the first clamping structure to enable the first clamping structure to leave the upper cover shell, the supporting piece can rotate relative to the upper cover shell, and the torsion element deforms to enable the supporting piece to support the upper cover shell. The invention also relates to a portable electronic device which comprises the supporting mechanism.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a supporting mechanism and a portable electronic device, and more particularly, to a supporting mechanism for assisting in supporting a cover module of a portable electronic device and a portable electronic device.
Background
With the development of touch technology, a tablet computer (tablet computer) with a touch function and a transformation tablet (transform Pad) with a keyboard are gradually applied to daily life of people, a user can use the keyboard of the transformation tablet to perform a document operation on the tablet computer, such as inputting characters, numbers or symbols, and the transformation tablet can also provide a user with a touch operation on the tablet computer. However, when a user performs a touch operation by using a tablet computer with a deformable tablet, the tablet computer is often shaken relative to the keyboard due to the clicking or sliding of fingers, which causes inconvenience in use.
Disclosure of Invention
Therefore, one of the objectives of the present invention is to provide a supporting mechanism for assisting in supporting a top cover module of a portable electronic device and the portable electronic device, so as to solve the above-mentioned problems.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention discloses a supporting mechanism installed on a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device includes a base housing, an upper cover housing and a rotating shaft, the upper cover housing rotates relative to the base housing via the rotating shaft, the supporting mechanism includes a supporting unit, a cam member and a moving member, the supporting unit includes a supporting member, a torsion member and a first engaging structure, the pivoting end of the supporting member is pivoted to the upper cover housing, the torsion member is disposed at the pivoting end, one end of the torsion member is connected to the upper cover housing, the other end of the torsion member can move along with the rotation of the supporting member, the first engaging structure is disposed at the engaging end of the supporting member and detachably engaged with the upper cover housing, the cam member is fixed to the rotating shaft, the moving member is movably disposed between the upper cover housing and the cam member, and one end of the moving member abuts against the cam member, when the first engaging structure is engaged with the upper cover housing and the upper cover housing is rotated and opened relative to the base housing, the movable member rotates relative to the cam member and moves toward the first engaging structure, so that the movable member pushes the first engaging structure until the first engaging structure leaves the upper cover housing, the supporting member can rotate relative to the upper cover housing, and the torsion member deforms to support the upper cover housing.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the supporting member has a first holding groove, the upper cover housing has a second holding groove, the torsion element is a torsion spring and includes a torsion spring body, a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end is connected to the torsion spring body and disposed in the second holding groove, and the free end is connected to the torsion spring body and disposed in the first holding groove.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the first engaging structure is a hook, the upper cover housing has a second engaging structure, the second engaging structure is a slot, the moving member includes a body, a contact portion and a pushing portion, the contact portion protrudes from one side of the body and contacts the cam member, the pushing portion protrudes from the other side of the body, and when the moving member rotates relative to the cam member and moves toward the first engaging structure, the pushing portion pushes the hook to separate the hook from the slot.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the supporting mechanism further includes an elastic member, one end of the elastic member is disposed on the upper cover housing, and the other end of the elastic member abuts against the main body of the movable member, and the elastic member provides an elastic force to make the abutting portion of the movable member abut against the cam member.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the cam member has a first cam periphery and a second cam periphery, when the abutting portion abuts against the first cam periphery and the upper cover housing is rotated and opened relative to the base housing, the movable member rotates relative to the cam member, and when the abutting portion rotates from abutting against the first cam periphery to abutting against the second cam periphery, the abutting portion drives the body to move toward the first engaging structure and compress the elastic member, and the body drives the abutting portion to abut against the hook, so that the hook leaves the engaging groove.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, when the abutting portion abuts against the second cam periphery and the upper cover housing rotates and closes relative to the base housing, the movable member rotates relative to the cam member, and when the abutting portion rotates from abutting against the second cam periphery to abutting against the first cam periphery, the elastic member provides the elastic force to drive the movable member to move and reset toward the cam member, and the abutting portion is far away from the engaging groove.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the first cam rim is a plane, the second cam rim is an arc, one end of the first cam rim is connected to the rotating shaft, the other end of the first cam rim extends outward from the rotating shaft, and the second cam rim is connected to the other end of the first cam rim.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the supporting mechanism further includes a guiding member, one end of the guiding member is disposed on the upper cover housing, the other end of the guiding member movably penetrates the main body of the movable member, and the elastic member is sleeved on the guiding member.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the upper cover housing has a side wall, and when the torsion element is deformed by rotation to enable the supporting member to support the upper cover housing, a side of the supporting member close to the torsion element is stopped against the side wall.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further discloses a portable electronic device, which includes a base housing, a rotating shaft, an upper cover housing and a supporting mechanism, wherein the upper cover housing rotates relative to the base housing via the rotating shaft, the supporting mechanism includes a supporting unit, a cam member and a moving member, the supporting unit includes a supporting member, a torsion member and a first engaging structure, a pivoting end of the supporting member is pivoted to the upper cover housing, the torsion member is disposed at the pivoting end, one end of the torsion member is connected to the upper cover housing, the other end of the torsion member can move along with the rotation of the supporting member, the first engaging structure is disposed at an engaging end of the supporting member and detachably engaged with the upper cover housing, the cam member is fixed to the rotating shaft, the moving member is movably disposed between the upper cover housing and the cam member, and one end of the moving member abuts against the cam member, when the first engaging structure is engaged with the upper cover housing and the upper cover housing is opened by rotating relative to the base housing, the movable member rotates relative to the cam member and moves towards the first clamping structure, so that the movable member pushes the first clamping structure until the first clamping structure leaves the upper cover shell, the supporting member can rotate relative to the upper cover shell, and the torsion element deforms to enable the supporting member to support the upper cover shell.
In summary, the supporting mechanism and the portable electronic device provided by the invention have the following advantages and beneficial effects: when the upper cover shell of the portable electronic device rotates relative to the base shell and is opened, the upper cover shell drives the movable piece to rotate relative to the cam piece, the cam piece is pushed against the movable piece to drive the first clamping structure to be pushed against, the first clamping structure is separated from the upper cover shell, the supporting piece can rotate relative to the upper cover shell, and the torsion element can deform to enable the supporting piece to support the upper cover shell, so that one end of the supporting piece can be abutted against a supporting object, the angle between the upper cover shell and the base shell is fixed, and the tablet computer is prevented from shaking relative to the base shell due to the fact that fingers click or slide on a touch panel module of the tablet computer when a user executes a touch operation instruction by utilizing the tablet computer assembled on the upper cover shell. The foregoing and other technical matters, features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the embodiments, which is to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a portable electronic device in a closed state according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a partially exploded view of the portable electronic device in an open state according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a supporting mechanism in another view according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the support mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the supporting mechanism of the present invention from another perspective;
fig. 6 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view illustrating the portable electronic device in the closed state according to the embodiment of the invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view illustrating a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention, in which an upper cover casing rotates relative to a base casing to form a first included angle between the upper cover casing and the base casing;
fig. 8 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view illustrating a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention, in which an upper cover casing rotates relative to a base casing to form a second included angle between the upper cover casing and the base casing;
fig. 9 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view illustrating a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention, in which an upper cover casing rotates relative to a base casing to form a third included angle between the upper cover casing and the base casing;
fig. 10 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the portable electronic device in the open state according to the embodiment of the invention.
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Directional terms as referred to in the following examples, for example: up, down, left, right, front or rear, etc., are simply directions with reference to the drawings. Accordingly, the directional terminology is used for purposes of illustration and is in no way limiting. Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a portable electronic device 10 in a closed state according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 2 is a partially exploded schematic diagram illustrating the portable electronic device 10 in an open state according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the portable electronic device 10 includes a base housing 1, a rotating shaft 2, a cover housing 3 and a supporting mechanism 4, wherein the cover housing 3 rotates relative to the base housing 1 via the rotating shaft 2, so that the cover housing 3 can be in the closed state relative to the base housing 1 as shown in fig. 1 for a user to store the portable electronic device 10, or the cover housing 3 can be in the open state relative to the base housing 1 as shown in fig. 2 for the user to operate the portable electronic device 10.
In the embodiment, the portable electronic device 10 may be a deformable tablet (transducer Pad), the base housing 1 may be a housing of a base module adapted to the deformable tablet for carrying a keyboard (not shown) for a user to perform a document operation, such as inputting characters, numbers or symbols, and the cover housing 3 may be a housing of a tablet computer (tablet computer) adapted to the deformable tablet for covering a touch panel module 5 of the tablet computer for the user to execute a touch operation command. The application of the portable electronic device 10 of the present invention is not limited to the embodiment shown in the drawings, for example, the portable electronic device 10 may also be a notebook computer.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, fig. 3 is a schematic view of a supporting mechanism 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention at another viewing angle, fig. 4 is an exploded schematic view of the supporting mechanism 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 5 is an exploded schematic view of the supporting mechanism 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention at another viewing angle. As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the supporting mechanism 4 includes a supporting unit 40, a cam member 41, a movable member 42, two elastic members 44 and two guiding members 45, the supporting unit 40 includes a supporting member 400, and the supporting member 400 has a pivoting end 401 and an engaging end 402 opposite to the pivoting end 401. One end (i.e., the pivoting end 401) of the supporting member 400 is pivoted to the upper cover housing 3, so that the supporting member 400 is rotatably mounted on the upper cover housing 3 and can pivot between a retracted position (as shown in fig. 1) and a supporting position (as shown in fig. 2) relative to the upper cover housing 3, the supporting member 400 further includes a torsion element 43 and a first engaging structure 403, the torsion element 43 and the first engaging structure 403 are respectively disposed at two opposite ends of the supporting member 400, i.e., the torsion element 43 is disposed at the pivoting end 401, the first engaging structure 403 is disposed at the engaging end 402, one end of the torsion element 43 is connected to the upper cover housing 3, and the other end of the torsion element 43 can move along with the rotation of the supporting member 400, and the first engaging structure 403 can be detachably engaged with the upper cover housing 3, so that the torsion element 43 can be used to drive the supporting member 400 to pivot from the retracted position to the supporting.
Further, when the upper cover housing 3 of the portable electronic device 10 is in the open state as shown in fig. 2 relative to the base housing 1, the torsion element 43 deforms to drive the supporting member 400 to pivot from the retracted position to the supporting position, so that the engaging end 402 of the supporting member 400 can abut against a supporting object 6 (e.g., a desktop), so that the supporting member 400 of the supporting unit 40 of the supporting mechanism 4 can support the upper cover housing 3 on the supporting object 6, thereby fixing the angle between the tablet computer and the base module, and preventing the tablet computer from shaking relative to the base module due to the clicking or sliding of fingers on the touch panel module 5 when the user executes the touch operation command using the tablet computer.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the cam member 41 is fixedly disposed on the rotating shaft 2, the movable member 42 is movably disposed between the upper cover housing 3 and the cam member 41, and one end of the movable member 42 abuts against the cam member 41. The movable member 42 includes a main body 420, an abutting portion 421 and a pushing portion 422, the abutting portion 421 protrudes from one side of the main body 420 and abuts against the cam member 41, and the pushing portion 422 protrudes from the other side of the main body 420. In addition, one end of each guiding element 45 is disposed on the upper cover housing 3, and the other end of each guiding element 45 movably penetrates through the body 420 of the moving element 42, so that the moving element 42 can be guided by the guiding elements 45 to move between the upper cover housing 3 and the cam element 41, the two elastic elements 44 correspond to the two guiding elements 45 and are respectively disposed between the upper cover housing 3 and the body 420 of the moving element 42, and the elastic elements 44 are sleeved on the guiding elements 45. In this embodiment, the guiding element 45 may be a screw element, the screw element has a head portion 450, a screw portion 451 and a screw portion 452, the screw portion 452 is used for being locked to the upper cover housing 3, so that the guiding element 45 (i.e. the screw element) can be fixed on the upper cover housing 3, and the head portion 450 is used for limiting the body 420 of the movable element 42 to prevent the movable element 42 from leaving the guiding element 45. In addition, the elastic element 44 may be a spring, the spring (i.e., the elastic element 44) is sleeved on the screw portion 451 of the screw element (i.e., the guiding element 45), one end of the elastic element 44 (i.e., the spring) is disposed on the upper cover housing 3, and the other end of the elastic element 44 abuts against the body 420 of the movable element 42, so that the elastic element 44 (i.e., the spring) can provide an elastic force to make the abutting portion 421 of the movable element 42 abut against the cam element 41.
It should be noted that the number of the guiding elements 45 and the elastic elements 44 of the present invention is not limited to the number shown in the drawings of the embodiment, for example, the supporting mechanism 4 of the present invention may also include only one guiding element 45 and one elastic element 44, that is, the structural design of the supporting mechanism 4 including at least one guiding element 45 and at least one elastic element 44 is within the protection scope of the present invention. In addition, the upper cover housing 3 has a second engaging structure 30. In this embodiment, the first engaging structure 403 can be a hook, and the second engaging structure 30 can be a slot, when the supporting member 400 is folded in the top cover housing 3 at the folded position shown in fig. 1, the first engaging structure 403 (i.e., the hook) can be engaged with the second engaging structure 30 (i.e., the slot), so that the supporting member 400 is stably folded in the top cover housing 3.
In addition, the torsion element 43 may be a torsion spring, the torsion spring (i.e. the torsion element 43) has a torsion spring body 430, a fixed end 431 and a free end 432 respectively connected to the torsion spring body 430, the supporting member 400 further has a first retaining groove 404, the upper cover housing 3 further has a second retaining groove 31, the free end 432 is disposed in the first retaining groove 404, and the fixed end 431 is disposed in the second retaining groove 31, so that the free end 432 can change an angle with the fixed end 431 along with the pivoting process of the supporting member 400 relative to the upper cover housing 3, so that the torsion spring body 430 deforms to store elastic potential energy, and thus the torsion spring body 430 can release the elastic potential energy to drive the supporting member 400 to pivot to the supporting position relative to the upper cover housing 3. In addition, the cam member 41 may have a first cam periphery 410 and a second cam periphery 411, wherein one end of the first cam periphery 410 is connected to the rotating shaft 2 and the other end extends out of the rotating shaft 2, the second cam periphery 411 is connected to the other end of the first cam periphery 410, and the distance between the second cam periphery 411 and the rotating shaft 2 is greater than the distance between the first cam periphery 410 and the rotating shaft 2. In this embodiment, the first cam rim 410 may be a flat surface, and the second cam rim 411 may be a curved surface.
Referring to fig. 6 to 10, fig. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the portable electronic device 10 in the closed state according to the embodiment of the invention, fig. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating that the upper cover housing 3 of the portable electronic device 10 rotates relative to the base housing 1 to form a first included angle θ 1 between the upper cover housing 3 and the base housing 1 according to the embodiment of the invention, fig. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating that the upper cover housing 3 of the portable electronic device 10 rotates relative to the base housing 1 to form a second included angle θ 2 between the upper cover housing 3 and the base housing 1 according to the embodiment of the invention, fig. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating that the upper cover housing 3 of the portable electronic device 10 rotates relative to the base housing 1 to form a third included angle θ 3 between the upper cover housing 3 and the base housing 1 according to the embodiment of the invention, fig. 10 is a partial cross-sectional view of the portable electronic device 10 in the open state according to the embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 6 to 10, when the portable electronic device 10 is in the closed state as shown in fig. 6, the first engaging structure 403 (i.e., the hook) of the supporting member 400 is engaged with the second engaging structure 30 (i.e., the slot) of the cover housing 3, and the abutting portion 421 of the movable member 42 abuts against the first cam peripheral edge 410. Further, when the user wants to open the portable electronic device 10 in the closed state as shown in fig. 6, the upper cover housing 3 can be rotated and opened relative to the base housing 1 via the rotating shaft 2, when the upper cover housing 3 is rotated and opened relative to the base housing 1 via the rotating shaft 2, the upper cover housing 3 drives the movable member 42 to rotate relative to the cam member 41, when the upper cover housing 3 rotates relative to the base housing 1 to form a first included angle θ 1 (as shown in fig. 7) between the upper cover housing 3 and the base housing 1, the abutting portion 421 of the movable member 42 rotates from abutting against the first cam peripheral edge 410 of the cam member 41 to abutting against the second cam peripheral edge 411, and in this process, the cam member 41 can push against the abutting portion 421 of the movable member 42, so that the abutting portion 421 of the movable member 42 drives the body 420 to move towards the first engaging structure 403 and compress the elastic member 44.
Then, when the upper housing 3 pivots relative to the base housing 1 to form a second included angle θ 2 (as shown in fig. 8) between the upper housing 3 and the base housing 1, the second cam periphery 411 of the cam member 41 enables the abutting portion 421 of the movable member 42 to drive the main body 420 to move toward the first engaging structure 403 and compress the elastic member 44, so that the abutting portion 422 of the movable member 42 starts to contact the hook (i.e., the first engaging structure 403). Further, when the upper housing 3 rotates relative to the base housing 1 to form a third included angle θ 3 (as shown in fig. 9) between the upper housing 3 and the base housing 1, the second cam rim 411 may enable the abutting portion 421 of the movable member 42 to drive the main body 420 to move toward the first engaging structure 403 and compress the elastic member 44, so that the main body 420 drives the abutting portion 422 to abut against the hook (i.e., the first engaging structure 403) to leave the slot (i.e., the second engaging structure 30), and at this time, the torsion element 43 deforms to release the elastic potential to drive the supporting member 400 to pivot from the retracted position shown in fig. 9 to the supporting position shown in fig. 10 relative to the upper housing 3, so that the engaging end 402 of the supporting member 400 may abut against the supporting object 6, and at this time, a fourth included angle θ 4 is formed between the upper housing 3 and the base housing 1. In the present invention, the first included angle θ 1, the second included angle θ 2, the third included angle θ 3, and the fourth included angle θ 4 may be 30 degrees, 50 degrees, 75 degrees, and 135 degrees, respectively, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and depends on the actual design requirement.
It should be noted that, when the upper cover housing 3 is rotated and closed relative to the base housing 1 from the open state shown in fig. 10, at this time, the abutting portion 421 of the movable member 42 abuts on the second cam peripheral edge 411 of the cam member 41, the upper cover housing 3 drives the movable member 42 to rotate relative to the cam member 41, so that the abutting portion 421 rotates from abutting against the second cam periphery 411 to abutting against the first cam periphery 410, at this time, the elastic member 44 can provide the elastic force to drive the main body 420 of the movable member 42 to move and reset towards the cam member 41, so that the pushing portion 422 of the movable member 42 is away from the engaging groove (i.e. the second engaging structure 30) and the abutting portion 421 abuts against the first cam peripheral edge 410 of the cam member 41, that is, the elastic member 44 provides an elastic force to make the abutting portion 421 of the movable member 42 abut against the first cam peripheral edge 410 or the second cam peripheral edge 411 of the cam member 41 no matter the upper cover housing 3 rotates relative to the base housing 1 to open or close. In addition, the upper cover housing 3 further has a side wall 32, when the torsion element 43 rotates to pivot the supporting member 400 from the retracted position to the supporting position to support the upper cover housing 3, that is, when the torsion element 43 rotates to protrude the supporting member 400 from the upper cover housing 3, one side of the supporting member 400 close to the torsion element 43 is stopped against the side wall 32, so that the supporting member 400 can be stopped against the supporting position.
Compared with the prior art, when the upper cover shell of the portable electronic device rotates relative to the base shell and is opened, the upper cover shell drives the movable piece to rotate relative to the cam piece, so that the cam piece pushes the movable piece to drive the first clamping structure to be pushed, the first clamping structure is separated from the upper cover shell, the supporting piece can rotate relative to the upper cover shell, and the torsion element can deform to enable the supporting piece to support the upper cover shell, so that one end of the supporting piece can be abutted against a supporting object, the angle between the upper cover shell and the base shell is fixed, and the tablet computer is prevented from shaking relative to the base shell due to the fact that fingers click or slide on a touch panel module of the tablet computer when a user executes a touch operation instruction by utilizing the tablet computer assembled on the upper cover shell. The above-mentioned embodiments are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made by the claims of the present invention should be covered by the scope of the present invention.
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1. A supporting mechanism is installed in a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprises a base shell, an upper cover shell and a rotating shaft, the upper cover shell rotates relative to the base shell through the rotating shaft, and the supporting mechanism comprises:
the supporting unit comprises a supporting piece, a torsion element and a first clamping structure, wherein a pivoting end of the supporting piece is pivoted on the upper cover shell, the torsion element is arranged at the pivoting end, one end of the torsion element is connected with the upper cover shell, the other end of the torsion element can move along with the rotation of the supporting piece, and the first clamping structure is arranged at a clamping end of the supporting piece and can be separately clamped on the upper cover shell;
the cam piece is fixedly arranged on the rotating shaft;
the moving part, the moving part movably set up in the upper cover casing with between the cam piece, the moving part contains: the cam component comprises a body, a butting part and a pushing part, wherein the butting part protrudes out of one side of the body and is butted with the cam component; the pushing part protrudes out of the other side of the body;
one end of the elastic piece is arranged on the upper cover shell, the other end of the elastic piece is abutted against the body of the movable piece, and the elastic piece provides elastic force to enable the abutting part of the movable piece to be abutted against the cam piece; and
one end of the guide piece is arranged on the upper cover shell, the other end of the guide piece movably penetrates through the body of the movable piece, and the elastic piece is sleeved on the guide piece;
when the first clamping structure is clamped on the upper cover shell and the upper cover shell is rotated and opened relative to the base shell, the movable part rotates relative to the cam piece and moves towards the first clamping structure, so that the pushing and supporting part pushes the first clamping structure until the first clamping structure leaves the upper cover shell, the supporting part can rotate relative to the upper cover shell, and the torsion element deforms to enable the supporting part to support the upper cover shell.
2. The support mechanism of claim 1, wherein the support member has a first retaining groove, the upper cover housing has a second retaining groove, the torsion member is a torsion spring and comprises:
a torsion spring body;
the fixed end is connected to the torsion spring body and arranged in the second fixing groove; and
and the free end is connected with the torsion spring body and is arranged in the first fixing groove.
3. The support mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first engaging structure is a hook, the upper housing has a second engaging structure, the second engaging structure is a slot, and when the movable member rotates relative to the cam member and moves toward the first engaging structure, the pushing portion pushes the hook to separate the hook from the slot.
4. The support mechanism as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cam member has a first cam periphery and a second cam periphery, when the abutting portion abuts against the first cam periphery and the upper cover housing is opened by rotating relative to the base housing, the movable member rotates relative to the cam member, and when the abutting portion rotates from abutting against the first cam periphery to abutting against the second cam periphery, the abutting portion drives the body to move toward the first engaging structure and compress the elastic member, and the body drives the pushing portion to push against the hook, so that the hook leaves the engaging groove.
5. The support mechanism of claim 4, wherein when the abutting portion abuts against the second cam periphery and the upper cover housing is rotated and closed relative to the base housing, the movable member rotates relative to the cam member, and when the abutting portion rotates from abutting against the second cam periphery to abutting against the first cam periphery, the elastic member provides the elastic force to drive the movable member to move and reset towards the cam member, and the abutting portion is away from the clamping groove.
6. The support mechanism of claim 5, wherein the first cam periphery is planar, the second cam periphery is arcuate, one end of the first cam periphery is connected to the shaft, the other end of the first cam periphery extends outward of the shaft, and the second cam periphery is connected to the other end of the first cam periphery.
7. The support mechanism of claim 1, wherein the upper housing has a side wall, and when the torsion element is deformed by rotation to enable the support member to support the upper housing, a side of the support member close to the torsion element abuts against the side wall.
8. A portable electronic device, comprising:
a base housing;
a rotating shaft;
the upper cover shell rotates relative to the base shell through the rotating shaft; and
a support mechanism, the support mechanism comprising:
the supporting unit comprises a supporting piece, a torsion element and a first clamping structure, wherein a pivoting end of the supporting piece is pivoted on the upper cover shell, the torsion element is arranged at the pivoting end, one end of the torsion element is connected with the upper cover shell, the other end of the torsion element can move along with the rotation of the supporting piece, and the first clamping structure is arranged at a clamping end of the supporting piece and can be separately clamped on the upper cover shell;
the cam piece is fixedly arranged on the rotating shaft;
the moving part, the moving part movably set up in the upper cover casing with between the cam piece, the moving part contains: the cam component comprises a body, a butting part and a pushing part, wherein the butting part protrudes out of one side of the body and is butted with the cam component; the pushing part protrudes out of the other side of the body;
one end of the elastic piece is arranged on the upper cover shell, the other end of the elastic piece is abutted against the body of the movable piece, and the elastic piece provides elastic force to enable the abutting part of the movable piece to be abutted against the cam piece; and
one end of the guide piece is arranged on the upper cover shell, the other end of the guide piece movably penetrates through the body of the movable piece, and the elastic piece is sleeved on the guide piece;
when the first clamping structure is clamped on the upper cover shell and the upper cover shell is rotated and opened relative to the base shell, the movable part rotates relative to the cam piece and moves towards the first clamping structure, so that the pushing and supporting part pushes the first clamping structure until the first clamping structure leaves the upper cover shell, the supporting part can rotate relative to the upper cover shell, and the torsion element deforms to enable the supporting part to support the upper cover shell.
9. The portable electronic device of claim 8, wherein the support member has a first holding groove, the upper cover housing has a second holding groove, the torsion element is a torsion spring and comprises:
a torsion spring body;
the fixed end is connected to the torsion spring body and arranged in the second fixing groove; and
and the free end is connected with the torsion spring body and is arranged in the first fixing groove.
10. The portable electronic device of claim 8, wherein the first engaging structure is a hook, the top cover housing has a second engaging structure, the second engaging structure is a slot,
when the movable piece rotates relative to the cam piece and moves towards the first clamping structure, the pushing portion pushes the clamping hook, so that the clamping hook leaves the clamping groove.
11. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein the cam member has a first cam periphery and a second cam periphery, when the abutting portion abuts against the first cam periphery and the upper cover housing is rotated relative to the base housing to open, the movable member rotates relative to the cam member, and when the abutting portion rotates from abutting against the first cam periphery to abutting against the second cam periphery, the abutting portion drives the body to move toward the first engaging structure and compress the elastic member, and the body drives the pushing portion to push against the hook, so that the hook leaves the engaging groove.
12. The portable electronic device of claim 11, wherein when the abutting portion abuts against the second cam periphery and the upper cover housing is rotated and closed relative to the base housing, the movable member rotates relative to the cam member, and when the abutting portion rotates from abutting against the second cam periphery to abutting against the first cam periphery, the elastic member provides the elastic force to drive the movable member to move and reset toward the cam member, and the abutting portion is away from the slot.
13. The portable electronic device of claim 12, wherein the first cam rim is a flat surface, the second cam rim is an arc surface, one end of the first cam rim is connected to the rotating shaft, the other end of the first cam rim extends outward from the rotating shaft, and the second cam rim is connected to the other end of the first cam rim.
14. The portable electronic device of claim 8, wherein the top case has a side wall, and when the torsion element is deformed by rotation to enable the supporting member to support the top case, a side of the supporting member close to the torsion element abuts against the side wall.
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