CN110134196B

CN110134196B - Electronic equipment

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Publication number: CN110134196B
Application number: CN201910524278.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林志元; 年辉辉
Original assignee: Guangdong Hongqin Communication Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Hongqin Communication Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-06-17
Filing date: 2019-06-17
Publication date: 2024-05-17
Anticipated expiration: 2039-06-17
Also published as: CN110134196A

Abstract

The invention discloses an electronic device, which comprises a lower main body, an upper main body, a pivoting structure and a self-locking structure, wherein the upper main body is arranged on the lower main body in a relatively parallel sliding manner, the pivoting structure comprises a pivoting part pivoted on the lower main body and a rotating arm connected with the pivoting part, and the self-locking structure is configured to lock a connection state between the pivoting end of the upper main body and the rotating arm when the pivoting end of the upper main body slides to be connected with the rotating arm so that the upper main body can rotate relative to the lower main body through the linkage of the pivoting structure and maintain a locking state in the rotating process. Through the design, the electronic equipment can realize free switching between the tablet computer mode and the common computer mode, improves the use experience of a user, and is beneficial to improving the screen occupation ratio.

Description

Electronic equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to electronic equipment.

Background

The notebook computers in the market at present are mainly divided into a common computer and a 360-degree turnover computer according to the use form, and are two-in-one tablet computers; each has advantages and disadvantages. The common computer is opened and closed up and down, the positions of the screen, the keyboard and the touch pad are fixed, the rotating shaft occupies a part of the space of the whole computer, the use feeling is influenced, and the screen occupation ratio is not high. The screen end and the keyboard end of the two-in-one tablet personal computer are separated, can be independently used as a tablet, and also can be assembled to be used as a common computer, and the two-in-one tablet personal computer has the defects that hardware and a main board are concentrated on a tablet part, the space is limited, the performance of the whole tablet personal computer is not high, the whole external leakage of a rotating shaft of the keyboard end is not attractive, the whole tablet personal computer is inconvenient to carry, and the experience of a user is seriously influenced. The computer can be turned over by 360 degrees, the screen end and the system end can rotate at will by 360 degrees, the computer can be used as a flat plate after 360 degrees of rotation, and other angles can be used as a common computer; the disadvantage is that the whole machine is thicker, and the operation is troublesome when the tablet personal computer is used (the screen end rotates 360 degrees and then the whole machine is turned over); the rotating shaft occupies a part of space of the whole machine, the whole external leakage of the rotating shaft is not attractive, and the screen occupation ratio is not high.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide the electronic equipment which is beneficial to the improvement of the screen ratio, can perfectly integrate the use modes of the tablet personal computer and the common computer, and improves the use experience of users.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an electronic device, including a lower body, an upper body, a pivot structure and a self-locking structure, wherein the upper body is slidably mounted on the lower body in a relatively parallel manner, the pivot structure includes a pivot portion pivotally connected to the lower body and a rotating arm connected to the pivot portion, and the self-locking structure is configured to lock a connection state between the pivot end of the upper body and the rotating arm when the pivot end of the upper body slides to be connected to the rotating arm, so that the upper body can rotate relative to the lower body through linkage of the pivot structure and maintain the locking state during rotation.

Preferably, a stop block opposite to the rotating arm is formed at the pivoting end of the upper main body, and a clamping position is concavely arranged at the bottom of the stop block; a slot is formed at one end of the rotating arm far away from the pivoting part, the slot faces the stop block so that the stop block can slide into or slide out of the slot, a clamping protrusion is arranged in the rotating arm, and the self-locking structure comprises the clamping protrusion; when the stop block slides into the slot, the clamping protrusion is clamped into the clamping position.

Preferably, a containing cavity is arranged in the rotating arm, an opening part is connected to the middle part of the upper end of the containing cavity, and a shoulder part is formed between the opening part and the containing cavity; the clamping convex is approximately in a convex shape, the clamping convex is arranged in the accommodating cavity and the opening part and extends out of the opening part, and the shoulder limits the clamping convex; the self-locking structure further comprises an elastic piece arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the upper end of the elastic piece is abutted against the clamping protrusion.

Preferably, the lower end of the accommodating cavity is connected with a threaded hole penetrating downwards, and the self-locking structure further comprises a screw, and the screw is screwed in the threaded hole.

Preferably, a guiding chute is formed in the bottom of the upper main body, the rotating arm is slidably arranged in the guiding chute, and the stop block is formed at the end part of the guiding chute.

Preferably, the rotating arm is slidably connected to the upper body to guide the sliding of the upper body relative to the lower body.

Preferably, a guiding chute is formed in the bottom of the upper main body, and the rotating arm is slidably arranged in the guiding chute.

Preferably, the two sides of the rotating arm are provided with limiting parts which are positioned above the guide sliding grooves and extend beyond the guide sliding grooves to the two sides so as to limit the rotating arm in the vertical direction when the rotating arm slides relative to the upper main body.

Preferably, the pivot connection portion is located below the upper surface of the lower body, and one end of the rotating arm connected with the upper body is staggered with the axis of the pivot connection portion in the sliding direction, so that an included angle between a radial connecting line between the pivot connection end of the upper body and the axis of the pivot connection portion and the upper body is an obtuse angle when the pivot connection end of the upper body is connected with the rotating arm.

Preferably, the pivot joint is pivoted in the lower main body, and an opening for the rotating arm to extend upwards is formed in the upper plate of the lower main body.

Preferably, the rotating arm is circuitous from the lower side of the pivoting portion to the end connected to the upper body in a direction away from the opening.

Preferably, a pivot structure is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the upper plate of the lower main body adjacent to the opening, and the pivot part is pivoted with the pivot structure.

Preferably, the lower main body is further provided with a pivoting structure matched with the pivoting part, the pivoting structure comprises a shaft core part, one end of the circumferential surface of the shaft core part is convexly provided with a limiting lug, the pivoting part of the pivoting structure comprises a shaft sleeve part, one end of the shaft sleeve part is provided with a limiting notch, and when the pivoting structure rotates around the shaft core part, the limiting lug rotates between two side walls of the limiting notch.

Preferably, the pivot structure further comprises a connecting portion and a mounting plate, the middle portion of one end face of the connecting portion extends to form the shaft core portion, a stop surface for stopping the shaft sleeve portion is formed on the periphery of the end face, the limit protruding block is formed at one end, close to the connecting portion, of the shaft core portion, and the mounting plate is connected to one side of the connecting portion.

Compared with the prior art, the upper main body of the electronic equipment can be relatively and parallelly arranged on the lower main body, the lower main body is provided with the pivoting structure, the pivoting structure comprises the pivoting part pivoted on the lower main body and the rotating arm connected with the pivoting part, when the pivoting end of the upper main body slides to be connected with the rotating arm, the self-locking structure of the electronic equipment locks the connection state between the pivoting end of the upper main body and the rotating arm so that the upper main body can rotate relative to the lower main body through the linkage of the pivoting structure and maintain the locking state in the rotating process; therefore, the electronic equipment can realize free switching between the tablet computer mode and the common computer mode, improves the use experience of users, and is beneficial to improving the screen occupation ratio. In addition, the pivoting part of the pivoting structure is pivoted in the lower main body, and the upper plate of the lower main body is provided with an opening for the rotating arm to extend upwards, so that the appearance of the electronic equipment is not affected, and the use feeling of a user is further improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an electronic device in a tablet computer use mode according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the electronic device of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion a in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is another exploded view of the electronic device of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion B in fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the electronic device of fig. 1 after concealing a part of the upper body.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion C in fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of a pivot structure and a pivot structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a schematic perspective view of the electronic device in fig. 1 in an unfolded state.

Fig. 10 is a schematic perspective view of the electronic device in fig. 1 in a normal computer use mode.

Fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic device of fig. 1 in an incompletely deployed state.

Fig. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic device of fig. 1 in an expanded state.

Fig. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic device of fig. 1 in a normal computer use mode.

Fig. 14 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion D in fig. 11.

Fig. 15 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion E in fig. 12.

Fig. 16 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion F in fig. 13.

Detailed Description

In order to describe the technical content and constructional features of the present invention in detail, the following description will be made with reference to the embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 16, the present invention discloses an electronic device, which includes a lower body 1, an upper body 2, a pivot structure 3 and a self-locking structure 6, wherein the upper body 2 is slidably mounted on the lower body 1 in a relatively parallel manner, the pivot structure 3 includes a pivot portion 30 pivotally connected to the lower body 1 and a rotating arm 40 connected to the pivot portion 30, and the self-locking structure 6 is configured to lock a connection state between the pivot end of the upper body 2 and the rotating arm 40 when the pivot end of the upper body 2 slides to be connected to the rotating arm 40, so that the upper body 2 can rotate relative to the lower body 1 through linkage of the pivot structure 3 and maintain the locking state during rotation. Through the design, the electronic equipment can be freely switched between the using modes of the tablet personal computer and the common computer, so that the using experience of a user is improved, and the improvement of the screen occupation ratio is facilitated. In the preferred embodiment, the number of the pivoting structures 3 and the number of the self-locking structures 6 are two, and the two are respectively arranged at two sides of the electronic device, but not limited to the two.

Referring to fig. 4, 7 and 14-16, in some embodiments, a block 21 opposite to the rotating arm 40 is formed at the pivoting end of the upper body 2, and a detent 22 is concavely disposed at the bottom of the block 21; a slot 41 is formed at one end of the rotating arm 40 far away from the pivoting part 30, the slot 41 faces the stop block 21 so that the stop block 21 can slide into or slide out of the slot 41, a clamping protrusion 61 is arranged in the rotating arm 40, and the self-locking structure 6 comprises the clamping protrusion 61; when the stopper 21 slides into the slot 41, the engaging projection 61 engages with the engaging position 22. Through the design, the stop block 21 can be stably kept in the groove 41 all the time by the clamping convex 61 clamped in the clamping position 22 in the process of overturning the upper main body 2 relative to the lower main body 1 through the linkage of the pivot structure 3, so that the reliable overturning is ensured. Of course, the embodiment of the self-locking structure 6 is merely a preferred mode of the self-locking structure 6, and in other embodiments, the self-locking structure 6 may have other different forms, for example, a spring plate connected to the rotating arm 40 is provided on the upper body 2, when the upper body 2 slides relative to the lower body 1, the spring plate is clamped on a corresponding clamping position on the upper body 2, or the self-locking structure is self-locked by using a motor, a marble, a gear, etc., which are not limited herein, and all self-locking modes that can be considered by those skilled in the art are within the scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 14 to 16, in some embodiments, a receiving cavity 42 is provided in the rotating arm 40, an opening 43 is connected to a middle portion of an upper end of the receiving cavity 42, and a shoulder 44 is formed between the opening 43 and the receiving cavity 42; the clamping convex 61 is approximately in a convex shape, the clamping convex 61 is arranged in the accommodating cavity 42 and the opening 43 and extends out of the opening 43, and the shoulder 44 limits the clamping convex 61; the self-locking structure 6 further comprises an elastic piece 62 arranged in the accommodating cavity 42, and the upper end of the elastic piece 62 is abutted against the clamping protrusion 61. By the above design, the clamping protrusion 61 can be firmly and reliably clamped at the clamping position 22 at the bottom of the stop block 21, and the reliable connection between the upper main body 2 and the rotating arm 40 in the overturning process is further ensured.

In some embodiments, a threaded hole 45 penetrating downward is connected to the lower end of the accommodating cavity 42, and the self-locking structure 6 further includes a screw 63, where the screw 63 is screwed into the threaded hole 45. By this design, on the one hand, the insertion of the snap-on projection 61 and the elastic element 62 into the receiving chamber 42 and the opening 43 via the threaded hole 45 is facilitated, and on the other hand, the detachable mounting of the self-locking structure 6 is facilitated.

Referring to fig. 4 and 14, in some embodiments, a guiding chute 23 is formed at the bottom of the upper body 2, a rotating arm 40 is slidably disposed in the guiding chute 23, and a stopper 21 is formed at the end of the guiding chute 23. By this design, the sliding of the upper body 2 with respect to the lower body 1 can be guided, and the rationality and reliability of the overall fit can be facilitated. In some embodiments, the stop 21 is essentially an end wall of the guide chute 23.

Referring to fig. 4, 7 and 14, in some embodiments, the rotating arm 40 is slidably connected to the upper body 2 to guide the sliding of the upper body 2 relative to the lower body 1; but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the bottom of the upper main body 2 is provided with a guiding chute 23, and the rotating arm 40 is slidably arranged on the guiding chute 23; thereby facilitating guiding the sliding of the upper body 2 with respect to the lower body 1.

Referring to fig. 4 and 7, in some embodiments, two sides of the rotating arm 40 are formed with a limiting portion 46 above the guiding chute 23 and beyond the guiding chute 23 to limit the rotating arm 40 in the up-down direction when sliding relative to the upper body 2. By this design, the upper body 2 can be guided to slide relative to the lower body 1, and the upper body 2 and the lower body 1 can be vertically limited, which is advantageous in that the upper body 2 can slide reliably relative to the lower body 1.

Referring to fig. 14 to 16, in some embodiments, the pivot portion 30 is located below the upper surface of the lower body 1, and one end of the rotating arm 40 connected to the upper body 2 is offset from the axis of the pivot portion 30 in the sliding direction, so that an included angle between a radial line between the pivot end of the upper body 2 and the axis of the pivot portion 30 and the upper body 2 is an obtuse angle when the pivot end of the upper body 2 is connected to the rotating arm 40. By this design, interference with the lower body 1 when the upper body 2 rotates relative to the lower body 1 can be effectively avoided.

In some embodiments, the pivot portion 30 is pivoted inside the lower body 1, and the upper plate 10 of the lower body 1 is provided with an opening 11 for the rotating arm 40 to protrude upwards. Through the design, the influence on the appearance of the electronic equipment is effectively avoided, and the use feeling of a user is further improved.

In some embodiments, the rotating arm 40 is detoured away from the opening 11 from the lower side of the pivoting portion 30 to the end connected to the upper body 2. By this design, it is advantageous to increase the rotation stroke of the rotation arm 40, and thus to increase the opening angle of the upper body 2 with respect to the lower body 1.

Referring to fig. 8 and fig. 14 to 16, in some embodiments, a pivot structure 7 is fixed on an inner wall of the upper plate 10 of the lower body 1 adjacent to the opening 11, and the pivot portion 30 is pivoted with the pivot structure 7. By the design, the rotating radius is shortened, and the reliability of the structure and the rotating process is enhanced.

Referring to fig. 8 and fig. 14 to 16, in some embodiments, the lower body 1 is further provided with a pivot structure 7 that cooperates with the pivot portion 30, the pivot structure 7 includes a shaft core 71, one end of a circumferential surface of the shaft core 71 is convexly provided with a limiting bump 72, the pivot portion 30 of the pivot structure 3 includes a shaft sleeve portion 31, one end of the shaft sleeve portion 31 is formed with a limiting notch 32, and when the pivot structure 3 rotates around the shaft core 71, the limiting bump 72 rotates between two side walls of the limiting notch 32. Through this design, can effectively guarantee pivot structure 3 and pivot structure 7's reliable cooperation, and by the cooperation of spacing lug 72 and spacing breach 32, be convenient for realize the upset spacing of upper portion main part 2 relative to lower part main part 1. Of course, in other embodiments, other flip-limiting manners may be used.

In some embodiments, the pivot structure 7 further includes a connection portion 73 and a mounting plate 74, a middle portion of an end face 731 of the connection portion 73 extends to form the shaft core portion 71, an outer periphery of the end face 731 forms a stop surface 732 for stopping the shaft sleeve portion 31, a stop projection 72 is formed at an end of the shaft core portion 71 near the connection portion 73, and the mounting plate 74 is connected to one side of the connection portion 73. By this design, the pivot structure 7 can be reliably mounted on the lower body 1, and a reliable fit between the pivot structure 3 and the pivot structure 7 can be achieved. Specifically, the mounting plate 74 is fixedly mounted to the inner wall of the upper plate 10 of the lower body 1 by means of screws to achieve a stable mounting of the pivot structure 7.

The operation of the electronic device according to the present invention will be described by way of example only with reference to the specific embodiments shown in the drawings, which are only for the understanding of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In fig. 1, the electronic device of the present invention is in a tablet computer use mode, where the upper body 2 is substantially covered on the lower body 1 (the keyboard area 15 of the lower body 1 is covered). In fig. 9 and 15, the electronic device of the present invention is in an unfolded state (the keyboard area 15 of the lower body 1 is exposed), at this time, the upper body 2 slides to a position to be turned over relative to the lower body 1, during the process of converting the electronic device from the tablet computer mode to the unfolded state, the rotating arm 40 slides along the guiding chute 23 of the upper body 2 until the stop block 21 formed at the end of the guiding chute 23 is blocked into the slot 41 on the rotating arm 40, the locking between the rotating arm 40 and the upper body 2 is achieved through the self-locking structure 6, and then the turning operation can be performed, that is, the electronic device is converted into the normal computer use mode shown in fig. 10 and 16, during the turning process, the rotating arm 40 of the pivoting structure 3 rotates around the shaft core 71 of the pivoting structure 7 to drive the upper body 2 to turn over, and when the limit bump 72 of the shaft core 71 stops against the corresponding side wall of the limit notch 32, the upper body 2 turns over to the position, and the electronic device is converted into the use mode of the normal computer. When the tablet personal computer needs to be restored to the use mode, the reverse operation is executed. When the tablet personal computer is converted from the unfolded state to the tablet personal computer use mode, a certain pushing force is applied to the upper main body 2, so that the stop block 21 on the upper main body 2 can be separated from the clamping of the clamping protrusion 61, and the rotating arm 40 can slide along the guide chute 23 of the upper main body 2 until the electronic equipment is converted into the tablet personal computer mode.

The foregoing disclosure is only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, which is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising: the self-locking mechanism comprises a lower main body, an upper main body, a pivoting structure and a self-locking structure, wherein the upper main body is arranged on the lower main body in a relatively parallel sliding manner, the pivoting structure comprises a pivoting part pivoted on the lower main body and a rotating arm connected with the pivoting part, and the self-locking structure is configured to lock a connection state between the pivoting end of the upper main body and the rotating arm when the pivoting end of the upper main body slides to be connected with the rotating arm, so that the upper main body can rotate relative to the lower main body through the linkage of the pivoting structure and maintain a locking state in the rotating process;

the rotating arm is in sliding connection with the upper main body so as to guide the upper main body to slide relative to the lower main body;

the bottom of the upper main body is provided with a guide chute, and the rotating arm is arranged on the guide chute in a sliding way;

the pivoting part is pivoted in the lower main body, and an opening for the rotating arm to extend upwards is formed in the upper plate of the lower main body;

The inner wall of the upper plate of the lower main body is fixedly provided with a pivoting structure adjacent to the opening, and the pivoting part is pivoted with the pivoting structure.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a stopper opposite to the rotating arm is formed at a pivoting end of the upper body, and a detent is concavely formed at a bottom of the stopper; a slot is formed at one end of the rotating arm far away from the pivoting part, the slot faces the stop block so that the stop block can slide into or slide out of the slot, a clamping protrusion is arranged in the rotating arm, and the self-locking structure comprises the clamping protrusion; when the stop block slides into the slot, the clamping protrusion is clamped into the clamping position.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein a receiving chamber is provided in the rotating arm, an opening is connected to a middle portion of an upper end of the receiving chamber, and a shoulder is formed between the opening and the receiving chamber; the clamping convex is approximately in a convex shape, the clamping convex is arranged in the accommodating cavity and the opening part and extends out of the opening part, and the shoulder limits the clamping convex; the self-locking structure further comprises an elastic piece arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the upper end of the elastic piece is abutted against the clamping protrusion.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein a threaded hole penetrating downward is connected to the lower end of the accommodating cavity, and the self-locking structure further comprises a screw screwed into the threaded hole.

5. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein a guide chute is provided at a bottom of the upper body, the rotating arm is slidably provided in the guide chute, and the stopper is formed at an end of the guide chute.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the rotating arm is formed with a stopper portion on both sides thereof above the guide chute and beyond the guide chute to perform upward and downward restriction when the rotating arm slides with respect to the upper body.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the pivot portion is located below an upper surface of the lower body, and one end of the rotating arm connected to the upper body is offset from an axis of the pivot portion in a sliding direction so that an angle between a radial line between the pivot end of the upper body and the axis of the pivot portion and the upper body is an obtuse angle when the pivot end of the upper body is connected to the rotating arm.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rotating arm is detoured from a lower side of the pivoting portion toward an end connected to the upper main body in a direction away from the opening.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the lower body is further provided with a pivoting structure engaged with the pivoting portion, the pivoting structure includes a shaft core portion, one end of a circumferential surface of the shaft core portion is convexly provided with a limiting projection, the pivoting portion of the pivoting structure includes a shaft sleeve portion, one end of the shaft sleeve portion is formed with a limiting gap, and when the pivoting structure rotates around the shaft core portion, the limiting projection rotates between two side walls of the limiting gap.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the pivot structure further includes a connecting portion and a mounting plate, a middle portion of an end surface of the connecting portion extends to form the shaft core portion, an outer periphery of the end surface forms a stop surface for stopping the boss portion, the stop projection is formed at an end of the shaft core portion near the connecting portion, and the mounting plate is connected to one side of the connecting portion.