CN1728930A - Swing hinge device and portable terminal with this equipment - Google Patents

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CN1728930A
CN1728930A CNA2005100834786A CN200510083478A CN1728930A CN 1728930 A CN1728930 A CN 1728930A CN A2005100834786 A CNA2005100834786 A CN A2005100834786A CN 200510083478 A CN200510083478 A CN 200510083478A CN 1728930 A CN1728930 A CN 1728930A
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柳官佑
裴钟根
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04MTELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0206Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings
    • H04M1/0208Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings characterized by the relative motions of the body parts
    • H04M1/0225Rotatable telephones, i.e. the body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis perpendicular to the plane they define in closed position
    • H04M1/0227Rotatable in one plane, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05DHINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D11/00Additional features or accessories of hinges
    • E05D11/10Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts
    • E05D11/1028Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts for maintaining the hinge in two or more positions, e.g. intermediate or fully open
    • E05D11/1078Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts for maintaining the hinge in two or more positions, e.g. intermediate or fully open the maintaining means acting parallel to the pivot
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04MTELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0206Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings
    • H04M1/0208Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings characterized by the relative motions of the body parts
    • H04M1/0225Rotatable telephones, i.e. the body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis perpendicular to the plane they define in closed position
    • H04M1/0233Including a rotatable display body part
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05YINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
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A kind of portable terminal with swing hinge device, this swing hinge device comprises: hinge base; Hinge housing joins on the hinge base and can center on first hinge axes and rotates; Carriage assembly joins hinge housing to rotating around second hinge axes, and described second hinge axes and first hinge axes are vertically extended; And locking device, be positioned on the hinge base on primary importance, to limit the rotation of hinge housing.This swing hinge device also comprises a pair of relative housing that rotatably engages.

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Swing hinge device and portable terminal with this equipment
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of portable terminal.More particularly, relate to a kind of portable terminal that comprises swing hinge device, this swing hinge device rotatably engages one another a pair of relative housing.
Background technology
Usually, " portable terminal " is meant that the user can carry the communication equipments of carrying out radio communication with the partner of expectation to carry out.Current trend for such portable terminal provides the multimedia terminal, and it can be carried out greater functionality and make that this terminal is smaller and more exquisite, light and slick and sly and it is portable to improve.Particularly, following portable terminal can be carried out the more function that is used for various purposes, and its size is miniaturized.Following portable terminal also will be modified to adapt to multiple multimedia and internet environment.At present, portable terminal is an electronic installation, and of all ages and sex is used by masses, and becomes the necessity that people rely on and therefore always carry day by day.
According to their outward appearance, portable terminal can be divided into straight-plate-type terminal, flip-shell terminal and foldable terminals.The straight-plate-type terminal has single housing, and this housing is provided with input unit, transmitter module, the output device as display unit, receiver module and the antenna assembly as keyboard.The flip-shell terminal has renovates, and this is renovated and is installed on the straight-plate-type housing to prevent the misoperation of keyboard.Foldable terminals has two housings that engage one another collapsibly, and the input and output device is suitably distributed and is arranged in wherein.Those skilled in the art are very familiar to the classification of above-mentioned portable terminal.
Along with portable terminal is widely used, the various functions and the design of user expectation portable terminal.According to user's this expectation, novel portable terminal occurs, and as slide type terminal, this Terminal Type has a pair of relative housing that engages one another.Therefore, these two housings can linearly relative to one another move.In addition, rotary terminal and swing type terminal have also occurred, thereby this rotary terminal has the housing that a pair of any one housing that engages one another can rotate upside down, this swing type terminal has a pair of relative housing that rotatably engages mutually.
The opening variation of terminal although various types of terminals have occurred, the general user of terminal does not recognize the function of terminal and the specific change of use.In addition, not tube terminal can by more easily with dispose the fact as the function of recreation, chat etc. diversifiedly and caused big display unit on terminal.Therefore, some is big because the multimedia service function terminal that increases has become, and is used to realize that the actual means of these functions are still insufficient.
Therefore, have the needs to the portable terminal with swing hinge device now, this swing hinge device rotatably engages a pair of housing relative to each other with the whole big or small miniaturization with terminal, increases functional simultaneously.
Summary of the invention
An aspect of of the present present invention is to overcome the above problems at least and/or shortcoming, and following advantage is provided at least.Therefore, an aspect of of the present present invention is to provide a kind of swing hinge device and a kind of portable terminal with such swing hinge device, described swing hinge device has a pair of relative housing that rotatably engages, and this makes that it can be easily and diversely change the use of portable terminal.
The portable terminal that another object of the present invention is a kind of swing hinge device is provided and has such swing hinge device, described swing hinge device is small and exquisite and can encapsulates a plurality of parts securely, still realizes the semi-automatic sliding opening operation simultaneously.
In order to realize these purposes, according to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of swing hinge device of portable terminal, this equipment comprises: hinge base; Hinge housing joins hinge base to center on the rotation of first hinge axes and to be provided with the resilience force of effect in one direction.In addition, carriage assembly is engaged to hinge housing and around the rotation of second hinge axes, described second hinge axes and first hinge axes are vertically extended.At last, locking device is positioned on the hinge base with the rotation at primary importance restriction hinge housing.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of portable terminal, described portable terminal has first housing and second housing, and described second housing rotatably joins first housing to and faces first housing.Swing hinge device is set for rotatably the first and second relative housings is engaged one another.Hide first housing at primary importance second housing, when second housing rotated to the second place and faces first housing, second housing and first housing were put side by side.
By the following detailed description, other purpose of the present invention, advantage and distinguishing feature will be clearer to those skilled in the art, and described description discloses the preferred embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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By the description of carrying out below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, above-mentioned and other purposes, characteristics and the advantage of some embodiment of the present invention will become apparent, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the decomposition diagram according to the swing hinge device of the portable terminal of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the front view when the swing hinge device shown in the Fig. 1 in when assembling;
Fig. 3 is the end view when the swing hinge device shown in the Fig. 1 in when assembling;
Fig. 4 is the perspective view when the swing hinge device shown in the Fig. 1 in when assembling;
Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 are the example view of rotation that the hinge housing of hinge apparatus shown in Figure 4 is shown respectively;
Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are the example view of rotation that the carriage assembly of the swing hinge device shown in Fig. 6 is shown respectively;
Fig. 9 and Figure 10 illustrate the example view that the swing hinge device shown in Fig. 1 is joined to portable terminal respectively;
Figure 11 is the perspective view with portable terminal of the swing hinge device shown in Fig. 1;
Figure 12 is the perspective view of rotation that second housing of the portable terminal shown in Figure 11 is shown;
Figure 13 is the perspective view that end-state is shown, and in this end-state, second housing of the portable terminal shown in Figure 11 fully rotates;
Figure 14 is the decomposition diagram of the swing hinge device of portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 15 is that the part of the swing hinge device shown in Figure 14 disconnects the side diagrammatic sketch; With
Figure 16 is that the part that a state is shown disconnects the side diagrammatic sketch, and at this state, the carriage assembly of the swing hinge device shown in Figure 14 fully rotates.
In all accompanying drawings, identical label will be understood that to specify same parts, feature and structure.
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The content of definition such as detailed structure and parts are provided to help the complete understanding embodiments of the invention in this description.Therefore, those of ordinary skills should be understood that under situation about not departing from the scope of the present invention with spirit, can make various changes and modification for the embodiment of this description of layer.In addition, for clear and succinct, the description of having saved well-known function and structure.
Shown in Fig. 1 to 4, comprise according to the swing hinge device 100 of the portable terminal of the embodiment of the invention: hinge base 101, hinge housing 102, carriage assembly 103 and locking device 105.The a pair of relative housing that swing hinge device 100 is configured to rotatably swing type portable terminal engages one another.
Hinge base 101 preferably has the plate shape basically of extending in one direction, and is formed with support 111,112 and locking device holding portion 116 on one surface.Hinge base 101 also comprises a pair of first securing member 117, and they stretch out from the periphery of two ends.Support 111,112 along first hinge axes A1 extension, this first hinge axes A1 vertically extends with the plane of hinge base 101 successively.
Supporting 111,112 comprises: first supports 111, and the rotation that is used for supporting hinges housing 102 engages with the inside circumferential surface with hinge housing 102; With second support 112, show with the inside circumference of axle sleeve 107 to engage that this axle sleeve 107 is inserted in the hinge housing 102.Best, first supports 111 surfaces from hinge base 101 extends upward, and second supports 112 upper surfaces from first support 111 extends upward.Support 111,112 and have at least one supporting projections 113, this supporting projections 113 supports 112 peripheral surface from second and radially extends and be positioned at first and support on 111 the upper surface.Support 111,112, specifically, first supports 111 is formed with surface of revolution 115a along its circumference, and guide groove 115b forms to surround the edge of surface of revolution 115a around surface of revolution 115a.Thereby surface of revolution 115a is formed it and surrounds first and support 111 whole circumference, and guide groove 115b only hides limited angular range and forms.In this embodiment, guide groove 115b is formed, thereby it can be limited in the scope of the rotation of hinge housing 102 in 180 degree.
Locking device holding portion 116 is built as recess, and this recess is formed on and supports a side of 111,112, and fastening projection 119 is formed on the peripheral surface on the both sides of locking device holding portion 116.Recess constitutes locking device holding portion 116 and has to the side surface that supports 111,112 openings.Therefore, the locking device 105 that is contained in the locking device holding portion 116 can extend this open surfaces of turnover.
Each first securing member 117 is provided with first fastener hole 118 that runs through on the direction parallel with the first hinge axes A1.This layout allows hinge base 101 is fixed on the housing of any one portable terminal.
Hinge housing 102 comprises cylinder 121 and pair of engage members 125.Strutting piece 125 in the opposite direction extends from the peripheral surface of an end of cylinder 121 respectively.Hinge housing 102 is engaged to hinge base 101, and around first hinge axes A1 rotation.Hinge housing 102 also comprises the hole 129 that is used to hold hinge axis 104.
Peripheral surface at the other end of cylinder 121 is formed with detent projection 122.This end of cylinder 121 is relative with the surface of revolution 115a of hinge base 101 and put, if hinge housing 102 rotations, then detent projection 122 moves in guide groove 115b.When detent projection 122 was mobile in guide groove 115b, the scope of the rotation of hinge housing 102 was by detent projection 122 and guide groove 115b restriction.Those of ordinary skill is clear, and the one-tenth angular region of guide groove 115b is bigger than 180 degree, big amount equal the space that occupies by detent projection 122 roughly, thereby the scope of the rotation of hinge housing 102 is limited in about 180 degree.Packing ring 195 can be inserted between this other end surface and surface of revolution 115a of cylinder 121.Insert this other end surface of cylinder 121 and the packing ring 195 between the surface of revolution 115a and alleviate the friction and wear that the rotation by hinge housing 102 causes, preferably also seal hinge housing 102 hermetically.
Axle sleeve 107 and ring spring 108 are installed in the hinge housing 102.The inside of hinge housing 102 has been full of the lubriation material as grease.Ring spring 108 provides resilience force, and this resilience force makes hinge housing 102 rotate in one direction.This ring spring has first and second ends 181,183.For resilience force being provided to hinge housing 102, the peripheral surface that an end of the cylinder 121 of hinge housing 102 is formed with 123, the second supports 112 of first spring groove is formed with second spring groove 114.The two ends 181,183 of ring spring 108 are supported by first and second spring grooves 123,114, resilience force is provided to hinge housing 102.
By the resilience force of ring spring 108, be filled in the rotation that lubriation material in the hinge housing 102 makes things convenient for hinge housing 102.Axle sleeve 107 is provided to will lubricate maximization by lubriation material.Axle sleeve 107 is formed with the support slot 171 that engages with the supporting projections 113 of hinge base 101 in its lower end, be fixed on the hinge base 101 with engaging of supporting projections 113 by support slot 171.
Pair of engage members 125 is extended on the direction vertical with the first hinge axes A1 respectively, and when hinge housing 102 rotations, around first hinge axes A1 revolution.The two ends of strutting piece 125 are formed with relative ribs 126 respectively.Rotation projection 127 is formed on the ribs 126.The ribs 126 and the rotation projection 127 that are formed on the two ends of strutting piece 125 rotatably join carriage assembly 103 to hinge housing 102.
This swing hinge device 100 also comprises the hinge axis 104 that is used for hinge housing 102 is rotatably joined to hinge base 101.Hinge axis 104 has supporting bracket 141 at the one end, and is formed with binding groove 143 on the peripheral surface of its other end.Hinge axis 104 passes hinge base 101 and hinge housing 102.Hinge axis 104 stretches out simultaneously another surface support by hinge base 101 by hole 129 from the other end of hinge housing 102.After hinge axis 104 was outstanding from the other end of hinge housing 102, E ring 191 was installed to binding groove 143, thereby hinge axis 104 is fixed to hinge base 101.Therefore, hinge axis 104 rotatably is engaged to hinge housing 102.According to this embodiment, hinge axis 104 can rotatably be joined to hinge base 101 and is fixed to hinge housing 102, perhaps can rotatably be joined to hinge base 101 and hinge housing 102.Packing ring 193 preferably is inserted between another surface of E ring 191 and hinge housing 102, to alleviate the friction and wear between E ring 191 and hinge housing 102.
Carriage assembly 103 is engaged to hinge housing 102, specifically, is engaged to strutting piece 125, and centers on the second hinge axes A2 rotation of vertically extending with the first hinge axes A1.Carriage assembly 103 comprises the first carriage 103a that rotatably joins on the strutting piece 125 and is fixed to the second carriage 103b of the first carriage 103a.The second carriage 103b also is fixed on another housing of portable terminal.
The first carriage 103a extends on the direction of the second hinge axes A2, and in the face of strutting piece 125.The two ends of the first carriage 103a with relative to each other, have therefore formed the rotation rib 137 around the outer surface of ribs 126 in the equidirectional bending.Rotation rib 137 is formed with in the side of the second hinge axes A2 upwardly extending rotating hole 139 rotatably to combine with rotation projection 127.Therefore, the first carriage 103a rotatably joins strutting piece 125 to.
The second carriage 103b is fixed to the first carriage 103a.Best, this carriage is fixed by laser welding or other suitable method, and is formed with second securing member 131 that is used to join to portable terminal at its two ends.Second securing member 131 is provided with second fastener hole 133, thus by securing member as screw they can be secured on the portable terminal.
The second carriage 103b the one lateral edges be formed with at least one in the side of the first hinge axes A1 upwardly extending hook 135.One end of this hook is bent to surround strutting piece 125.When carriage assembly 103 rotated around the second hinge axes A2, hook 135 contact strutting pieces 125 were with the rotation of restriction carriage assembly 103.In this embodiment, the scope of the rotation of carriage assembly 103 is limited in about 15 degree.Yet the scope of the rotation of carriage assembly 103 is determined in the angle that a upwardly extending length in the side of the first hinge axes A1 and an end of linking up with 135 are bent by hook 135.Preferably determine the scope of rotating by balance user's the structural stability of comfortable and terminal.
Locking device 105 is installed in the locking device holding portion 116 of hinge base 101, thereby it can flatly move.Locking device 105 is formed with locking projection 151 at the one end, and this locking projection 151 moves to supporting 111,112, or moves away from supporting 111,112.When locking projection 151 moves to supporting 111,112, or leave and supported 111,112 o'clock, it hinders guide groove 115b.The basal surface of locking device 105 is formed with a plurality of spring grooves 153, and at least one compression spring 155 is accommodated in the spring groove 153.One end of compression spring 155 is supported by the inwall of locking device holding portion 116, and its other end is supported by the blind end of spring groove 153, so that the resilience force that locking projection 151 is urged to support 111,112 to be provided.
Locking device holding portion 116, locking device 105 and compression spring 155 tegmentums 106 that are arranged in the locking device 105 seal.The both sides of the edge 161 of lid 106 are bent the both side surface that locks holding portion 116 to surround, and are formed with and fastening projection 119 corresponding fixing holes 163.
The end of locking projection 151 and guide groove 115b is adjacent and put, the result, when the end of side surface of the detent projection 122 of hinge housing 102 and guide groove 115b is adjacent and when putting, the opposite side surface engagement of locking projection 151 and detent projection 122 is with the rotation of restriction hinge housing 102.
As shown in Figure 4, the rotation of hinge housing 102 is limited in primary importance, and in this primary importance, detent projection 122 is positioned at the end of guide groove 115b to engage with locking projection 151.At this moment, being accumulated in resilience force in the ring spring 108 that is contained in the hinge housing 102 is maintained in the scope of the rotation of hinge housing 102 at utmost.
Be not provided with individually though be used to discharge the mechanism of the lock-out state between detent projection 122 and the locking projection 151, can be by applying the lock-out state of external force to discharge between detent projection 122 and the locking projection 151 around the first hinge axes A1 rotary gemel housing 102.With reference to figure 5, when coming rotary gemel housing 102 by external force, detent projection 122 outwards promotes locking projection 151 and rotation.That is, locking device 105 falls back in the locking holding portion 116.If locking projection 151 is crossed in detent projection 122 rotations, then lock-out state is released.
When the lock-out state between detent projection 122 and the locking projection 151 was fully discharged, hinge housing 102 continued rotation and need not apply other external force.This is owing to be contained in the resilience force of the ring spring 108 in the hinge housing 102 but feasible.Therefore, as shown in Figure 6, because the resilience force of ring spring 108 makes hinge housing 102 rotations lead the second place, in this second place, detent projection 122 contacts with the other end of guide groove 115b.At this moment, be filled in the stiff rotation that lubriation material in the hinge housing 102 prevents hinge housing 102.
Therefore, hinge housing 102 rotates to the second place from primary importance, and in primary importance, detent projection 122 engages with locking projection 151, and in the second place, detent projection 122 contacts with the other end of guide groove 115b.Therefore, the scope of the rotation of hinge housing 102 can be set to about 180 degree.
With reference to figure 7 and Fig. 8, when hinge housing 102 fully rotated to the second place, carriage assembly 103 was around second hinge axes A2 rotation.When carriage assembly 103 fully rotated around the second axis A2, the sweep of hook 135 closely contacted with strutting piece 125.Therefore, the rotation of carriage assembly 103 is stopped.The angle of the length by aforesaid hook 135 and the bending of its end is determined the scope (θ) of the rotation of carriage assembly 103.In this embodiment, the scope of rotation is restricted to about 15 degree, with the fatigue of the eyes that alleviate the user, and provides comfortable viewing location to keep the structural stability of terminal simultaneously.
Below, the structure and the operation of the portable terminal with above-mentioned swing hinge device 100 will be described with reference to figure 9 to Figure 13.
As Fig. 9 and shown in Figure 10, swing hinge device 100 is set on the lateral edges of portable terminal 200, and rotatably first housing 201 and second housing 202 of portable terminal 200 is engaged one another.Hinge base 101 is fixed to the inner surface of the fore shell 201a of first housing 201, and hinge housing 102 rotatably joins hinge base 101 to.The hinge housing 102 outstanding upper surfaces that surpass first housing 201.Therefore, strutting piece 125 and carriage assembly 103 are rotating with first housing, 201 position spaced.
Although do not illustrate, very clear, when hinge base 101 is secured to the inner surface of first housing 201, carriage assembly 103, specifically, the second carriage 103b is secured to second housing 202.
With reference to fig. 11 to Figure 13, this portable terminal 200 comprises first housing 201 and second housing 202.Second housing 202 rotatably joins first housing 201 to, and in the face of first housing 201.
The upper surface of first housing 201 is provided with first and second keyboards 211 and 213, has the transmitter module 219 and the camera lens 218 of built-in microphone.Best, whether second housing 202 rotates that it is not covered always first keyboard 211 is arranged to, and second keyboard 213 is covered or not covered according to the position of second housing 202.That is, first and second keyboards 211 and 213 longitudinal directions along first housing 201 are arranged, and when second housing 202 rotated on first housing 201, it only exposed or hides second keyboard 213.Camera lens 218 is adjacent with second keyboard 213, and is set at the upper end of the upper surface of first housing 201.
Second housing 202 rotatably is incorporated into the one side joint first housing 201 by swing hinge device 100.The upper surface of second housing 202 is provided with display unit 221, the 3rd keyboard 223 and has the receiver module 229 of boombox.
As shown in figure 11, first keyboard 211 is used as the common character/number enter key of portable terminal under the state of second housing, 202 coverings, first housing 201.In this state, the 3rd keyboard 223 is as the function key of menu call, search, selection etc.That is, this portable terminal hide at second housing 202 under the state of first housing 201 can as the straight-plate-type terminal equally be used.
Also as shown in figure 11, hide at second housing 202 under the state of first housing 201, detent projection 122 and locking projection 151 hinge housings 102 by as shown in Figure 4 are stopped and are fixed on primary importance.
If the user rotates second housing 202 as shown in figure 12, then detent projection 122 is pushed locking projection 151 open, and rotation is with unlocking state.Therefore, second housing 202 rotates to the second place with the resilience force of hinge housing 102 by ring spring 108.Even the user only rotates to limited extent with second housing 202, in case the resilience force of locking projection 151 and compression spring is overcome, above-mentioned situation takes place promptly.
When second housing 202 rotated to the second place, itself and first housing 201 were put side by side.Second keyboard 213 is exposed.The user can use his/her finger to operate first and second keyboards 211 and 213 under the not covered state of second keyboard 213 then.Owing to can rotate second housing 202 around the second hinge axes A2 as shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8, so the user can rotate second housing with inclination display unit 221 around axis A2, to alleviate eye fatigue and to provide comfortable.Therefore, under the state that second housing 202 and first housing 201 are put side by side, various functions can usually be used as recreation, chat etc.
Figure 14 shows the swing hinge device 300 of portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention to Figure 16.Except the structure of scope (θ) of the rotation of restriction carriage assembly 303, this swing hinge device 300 is identical with the above embodiments in fact.Therefore, notice that the assembly identical with assembly in the foregoing description has been provided identical label, for clear and succinct, the detailed description of these assemblies also is omitted.
As Figure 14 and shown in Figure 15, this swing hinge device 300 comprises inclined protrusions 321 and detent plate 331 scope with the rotation of restriction carriage assembly 303.
Inclined protrusions 321 is extended from a surface near the strutting piece 125 of carriage assembly 303.One side surface of inclined protrusions 321 preferably is built as slope 323, and this slope 323 is with respect to this surface tilt predetermined angular of strutting piece 125.
Detent plate 331, specifically, extends from the surface of the first carriage 303a from carriage assembly 303 towards the direction of strutting piece 125.The slope 323 of detent plate 331 and inclined protrusions 321 is relative and put.
If carriage assembly 303 is engaged to strutting piece 125, and around second hinge axes A2 rotation, then detent plate 331 contacts the scope with the rotation of restriction carriage assembly 303 with slope 323.
The angle of the inclination by adjusting slope 323 can differently be provided with the scope of the rotation of carriage assembly 303 according to the portable terminal product.In carriage assembly 303 according to the swing hinge device 300 of this embodiment, the scope of the rotation of carriage assembly 303 preferably is set to about 15 degree, with with the comfortable user who is provided to this portable terminal, keep the structural integrity of this portable terminal simultaneously.
Swing hinge device 300 also comprises supporting projections 325 and sheet spring 335, is used to limit moving freely of carriage assembly 303.Therefore, the first carriage 303a rotates the angle of about 15 degree abreast in the face of strutting piece 125, the first carriage 303a.
Supporting projections 325 is extended from a surface of strutting piece 125 towards the direction of carriage assembly 303.Supporting projections 325 is 323 relative and put on the preset distance place of leaving inclined protrusions 321 and slope.When the first carriage 303a faced strutting piece 125 abreast, the upper end of strutting piece 125 contacted with this surface of the first carriage 303a.
Sheet spring 335 extends from carriage assembly 303, specifically, extends from the second carriage 303b, and its end is towards crooked with strutting piece 125 immediate zones.When the first carriage 303a faces strutting piece 125 abreast, one side surface of the end contact inclined protrusions 321 of sheet spring 335, be slope 323, when the first carriage 303a rotates about 15 degree during angles, the opposite side surface of the end of sheet spring 335 contact inclined protrusions 321.
With reference to Figure 15, when the first carriage 303a and strutting piece 125 parallel and when putting, the surface of the last end in contact first carriage 303a of supporting projections 325, turning clockwise of carriage assembly 303 is limited.At this moment, the upper end on the end of sheet spring 335 contact slope 323 is with generation be used to the to turn clockwise resilience force of carriage assembly 303.Therefore, limit moving freely of carriage assembly 303 by supporting projections 325 and sheet spring 335.
With reference to Figure 16, under the state of the angle that carriage assembly 303 rotations about 15 are spent, detent plate 331 contact slopes 323.Therefore, this carriage assembly 303 is prevented from being rotated counterclockwise.At this moment, the upper end on the opposite side surface of the end of sheet spring 335 contact inclined protrusions 321 is used to be rotated counterclockwise the resilience force of carriage assembly 303 with generation.That is, the upper end of inclined protrusions 321 is engaged with between detent plate 331 and the sheet spring 335.Therefore, inclined protrusions 321, detent plate 331 and sheet spring 335 prevent that carriage assembly 303 further is rotated counterclockwise, and also prevents to move freely.
In a word, the swing hinge device 300 according to this preferred embodiment of the present invention can remain on stable halted state with carriage assembly 303 by inclined protrusions 321, detent plate 331, supporting projections 325 and sheet spring 335.
As mentioned above, in the portable terminal and this swing hinge device that have according to the swing hinge device of exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when this rotatably was engaged with each other to relative housing and is overlapping, this terminal can be used as the board-like terminal of ordinary straight.When this was put mutually side by side to housing, this portable terminal can be used to recreation, chat etc., thereby the various functions of terminal are provided.In addition, owing to when this is put mutually side by side to housing, a housing can and be put with respect to another housing inclination, so this terminal has improved the comfortable of user.In addition, the advantage of this swing hinge device is: it makes the minimized in size of this terminal.In addition, ring spring is used to provide revolving force, is implemented because the semi-automatic sliding opening of this terminal is operated, so convenient the use.
Although shown and description the present invention with reference to its specific embodiment, but it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art, in the various changes that can make in these embodiments under the situation that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention on form and the details, scope of the present invention is defined by the following claims.

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1, a kind of swing hinge device of portable terminal, this equipment comprises:
Hinge base;
Hinge housing engages with hinge base with around the rotation of first hinge axes, and is provided with the resilience force of effect in one direction;
Carriage assembly joins hinge housing to rotate around second hinge axes, and described second hinge axes and first hinge axes are vertically extended; With
Locking device is positioned on the hinge base to limit the rotation of hinge housing on primary importance.
2, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 1, also comprise hinge axis, its surface from hinge base extends through hinge base and hinge housing, an end of described hinge axis from an end surfaces projection of hinge housing with on peripheral surface with the E engagement of loops.
3, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 2 also comprises packing ring, and described packing ring inserts between the described end surfaces and E ring of hinge housing.
4, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises axle sleeve, and described axle sleeve is accommodated in the hinge housing and is fixed on the hinge base, is suitable for being contained in the lubriation material of injection in the hinge housing.
5, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 4, wherein, the lubriation material that injects in hinge housing is a grease.
6, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 4 also comprises at least two support slots of an end to engage with described supporting projections that are formed on a lip-deep supporting projections of hinge base and are formed on axle sleeve.
7, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises ring spring, and an end of described ring spring is supported by hinge base and the other end is supported by the inwall of hinge housing, to be provided for the resilience force of rotary gemel housing in one direction.
8, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 1, also comprise detent projection, described detent projection is formed on the peripheral surface of hinge housing, and guide groove, described guide groove is formed on the hinge base along the path of moving of detent projection, the path of moving of described detent projection is that the rotation according to hinge housing forms, and wherein, the scope of the rotation of hinge housing is braked device projection and guide groove restriction.
9, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 8, wherein, the scope of the rotation of hinge housing is limited in about 180 degree scopes.
10, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises: the locking holding portion, be formed on the hinge base, and portion's locking device flatly moves within it; At least one compresses spring, and the one end is by a side wall support of locking device holding portion, and the other end is supported by locking device, so that the resilience force of effect in one direction to be provided; And lid, it joins upper end that locking device holds to sealing locking device holding portion.
11, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 10 also comprises locking projection, and described locking projection is formed on the side of an end of locking device with turnover locking device holding portion.
12, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 10, wherein, locking device has at least one holding tank that is used to hold described at least one compression spring on one surface.
13, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 8, wherein, locking device engages in primary importance with the detent projection of hinge housing.
14, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises at least one securing member, and described securing member outwards extends from the peripheral surface of hinge base, and formation has the upwardly extending fastener hole in the first hinge axes side.
15, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises packing ring, and described packing ring is inserted between the other end of hinge base and hinge housing the friction and wear that produces with the rotation that alleviates by hinge housing.
16, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises pair of engage members, and described this extends from the peripheral surface of a cylindrical end respectively round about to strutting piece, rotatably to engage the hinge base on it in the face of carriage assembly.
17, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, carriage assembly comprises: first carriage rotatably joins hinge housing to; With second carriage, be fixed to first carriage and be formed with securing member at two ends.
18, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises pair of engage members, and described this extends from the peripheral surface of a cylindrical end respectively round about to strutting piece, rotatably engaging hinge base on it in the face of carriage assembly,
Wherein, described carriage assembly comprises: first carriage rotatably joins hinge housing to; With second carriage, be fixed to first carriage and be formed with securing member at two ends.
19, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 18, also comprise inclined protrusions, described inclined protrusions is formed with the slope from a surface of described strutting piece to the direction extension of first carriage and at the one side surface, and described slope is a described surface that is used for contacting at a predetermined angle described strutting piece that tilts; And detent plate, extend and in the face of the slope of inclined protrusions, wherein, detent plate contacts with the slope plane earth to limit the scope of the rotation of first carriage when first carriage rotates from a surface of first carriage to the direction of described strutting piece.
20, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 19, also comprise the sheet spring, described spring is from extending with a side of the immediate carriage assembly in upper end of inclined protrusions and having a end near the bending of strutting piece, wherein, the end of described spring closely contacts with the upper end on slope in first carriage position parallel with strutting piece, thereby closely contacts with the opposite side surface of inclined protrusions with the slope position contacting at first carriage rotation detent plate.
21, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 19, wherein, the scope of the rotation of first carriage is limited in the scope of about 15 degree.
22, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 18, also comprise supporting projections, described supporting projections is extended and in the face of inclined protrusions from a surface of strutting piece to the direction of first carriage, wherein, supporting projections contacts with moving freely at first carriage position limit first carriage parallel with strutting piece with a surface of first carriage.
23, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 16 also comprises the rotation projection, and described rotation projection is respectively formed at the end of strutting piece; With the rotation rib, described rotation rib is crooked also extending from the two ends of first carriage respectively, and is formed with rotating hole rotatably to join the rotation projection to.
24, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 17 also comprises hook, and described hook extends and the one end is crooked surrounding strutting piece in a direction from second carriage, thus the scope of the rotation of restriction carriage assembly.
25, swing hinge device as claimed in claim 24, wherein, the scope of the rotation of carriage assembly is limited in the scope of about 15 degree.
26, a kind of portable terminal comprises:
First housing;
Second housing rotatably joins first housing to and faces first housing; With
Swing hinge device is used for rotatably the first and second relative housings being engaged one another,
Wherein, second housing hides first housing in primary importance, and wherein, when second housing rotated to the second place and faces first housing, second housing and first housing were put side by side.
27, portable terminal as claimed in claim 26, also comprise: first keyboard and second keyboard, described first keyboard comprises a plurality of keys, thus described a plurality of key be set at first housing upper surface no matter whether second housing rotate these keys all can be accessed; The adjacent installation of described second keyboard with first keyboard, and when primary importance, hidden by second housing and opened wide during in the second place.
28, portable terminal as claimed in claim 26 also comprises display unit, and described display unit is set on the upper surface of second housing.
29, portable terminal as claimed in claim 26 also comprises the 3rd keyboard, and described the 3rd keyboard is set on the upper surface of second housing.
30, portable terminal as claimed in claim 26, wherein, second housing rotates around second hinge axes, and is constructed to optionally be positioned at obliquity about the upper surface of first housing, and the upper surface of described second hinge axes and first housing extends in parallel.
31, portable terminal as claimed in claim 30, wherein, second housing is limited in the scope of about 15 degree around the scope of the angle of second hinge axes rotation.
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