CN1955876B

CN1955876B - Two shafts hinge assembly for electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN1955876B
Application number: CN2006101377091A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 金铭植
Original assignee: LG Electronics China Research and Development Center Co Ltd
Current assignee: Inspur LG Digital Mobile Communications Co Ltd
Priority date: 2005-10-28
Filing date: 2006-10-26
Publication date: 2010-10-06
Anticipated expiration: 2026-10-26
Also published as: CN1955876A; KR100641217B1; KR20050113565A

Abstract

The invention discloses a two shafts hinge assembly for connection of an electronic device. A line electric connection between a first component and a second component of the electronic device is realized by cables, and a physical structure connection between the first component and the second component is realized by the two shafts hinge assembly, thereby a left/right or up/down relative motion can be performed between the first component and the second component. The two shafts hinge assembly includes: a horizontal shaft supporting unit which is formed or mounted on an end of the first component; a vertical shaft supporting unit which is formed or mounted on the second component; a horizontal shaft which is combined with the horizontal shaft supporting unit and forms a hollow aperture; a vertical shaft which is combined with the horizontal shaft supporting unit and forms a hollow aperture. The apertures of the horizontal shaft and the vertical shaft are connected with each other. Thus, wrong operation induced by pressing a key exposed on an external keyboard during a pattern-type input operation can be avoided, users can use the device in a state of taking a minimum space without worry about the wrong operation, thereby convenient usage can be provided.

Description

Two shafts hinge assembly for electronic device

Technical field

The present invention relates to two shafts hinge assembly in the electronic equipments such as HPC (hand-held personal computer), notebook.Particularly by the rotation of display board, the display board antiperplanar that makes electronic equipment promptly is under the folding closed condition at electronic equipment on the computer body, and the screen of display board is exposed to outside two shafts hinge assembly for electronic device.

Background technology

As everyone knows, current representative electronic equipment is PC (personal computer).PC is not only powerful aspect personal transaction device such as editing files, data management, and also is used widely in compunication that comprises the Internet or fields such as recreation and multimedia.This PC is from being fixedly installed on family or the desktop computer of office (desktop), develop into the portable set such as kneetop computer (laptop), notebook (notebook), palmtop computer (palmtop) or the laptop computer HPC (hand held persnalcomputer) that not can use at any time by the place restriction, the miniaturization gradually of its volume, its performance also promote day by day.

This electronic equipment roughly is made up of body and display board (display panel).Body comprises the keyboard of being made up of a plurality of buttons as input media, central processing unit and the memory storage that usefulness deals with the input content.Display board is made of plate demonstration sub-primes such as liquid crystal boards as showing program of carrying out or the device of importing content.The typical connected mode of body and display board is folding (folder) mode.Therefore, have only display board is opened with respect to body, just can expose the screen of display board, perhaps expose keyboard, manipulate.

Portable terminal computer in the prior art in the typical electronic equipment, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, body 1 and display board 2 one side separately are provided with hinge 3, realize interconnecting, in use, as shown in Figure 1, fixed body is opened display board 2 in the certain angle with respect to body, when not using or carrying, as shown in Figure 2, display board 2 is inwardly closed repeatedly on the inner face of body.

In typical portable terminal computer, state as shown in Figure 1, the limit sees that the screen limit carries out keyboard operation, does not have what problem.If but only see screen, do not carry out keyboard operation; Or screen is touching display screen (touchscreen), also can carry out edition book formula input (tablet) operation without keyboard, and this moment is when only needing to use display screen, because body 1 area occupied is bigger, need hold body with one, the another hand is operated, and is very inconvenient.When particularly carrying out input operation, be easy to run into being arranged on the button that is exposed on the body on the outside keyboard, thereby faulty operation occurs.

For making things convenient for input operation, a kind of portable terminal computer of two sides folded form is as shown in Figures 3 and 4 now also arranged, possess the pairing leaf of two axles that body and display board can be rotated respectively.Promptly shown in Fig. 4 dotted line, when taking care of or carrying, display board 2 repeatedly in the inner face (being above the body in drawing) of body, is being carried out edition book formula input operation or only using under the situation of screen, display board 2 is repeatedly being got final product in the bottom surface of body 1.Can certainly as shown in Figure 4 body 1 and display board 2 be opened into a plane, carry out common keyboard operation.

But in the device of this two sides rotation, when body 1 was folded to below the display board 2, the keyboard on the body still was exposed to the outside, when holding device, still needs extreme care, in order to avoid run into button, otherwise faulty operation appears easily.

Summary of the invention

Technical matters to be solved by this invention is to provide a kind of two shafts hinge assembly for electronic device, be used for the collapsible attaching type electrical equipment that body and display board can fold mutually or open, when only needing to use screen, by up and down and the left rotation and right rotation display board, the display board screen of electronic equipment is exposed to the outside, thereby has solved the problem that exists in the above-mentioned use.

For achieving the above object, the invention provides a kind of two shafts hinge assembly for electronic device, first parts of electronic equipment realize that by cable circuit is connected with second parts, and this diaxon Ringe assembly, the physical arrangement that has realized above-mentioned first parts and second parts is connected, make can carry out between first parts and second parts about or relative motion up and down, diaxon Ringe assembly of the present invention comprises: horizontal shaft supporting unit forms or is installed on an end of first parts; Vertical shaft supporting unit forms or is installed on second parts; Transverse axis is combined on the horizontal shaft supporting unit and forms hollow aperture; Z-axis is combined on the vertical shaft supporting unit and forms hollow aperture.The through hole of transverse axis and Z-axis is interconnected.

Here, the external diameter of above-mentioned transverse axis and Z-axis can form support, and the teat that inserts Z-axis and hollow via-hole shape can be set on vertical shaft supporting unit, on the above-mentioned teat duck eye can be set, and is used for and being communicated with of transverse axis through hole.The card of overshooting shape can be set on the external diameter of teat, a pair of hook that contacts selectively with the card of above-mentioned overshooting shape is set on the internal diameter of Z-axis, and this a pair of hook is in alignment.

Adopt the present invention when carrying out edition book formula input, avoid owing to keyboard is in the faulty operation that open state causes, and do not worry at the equipment folded state, be under the state of equipment occupation space minimum, the issuable faulty operation of use equipment, thus the convenience that uses greatly improved.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is as typical portable information device in the prior art, the view when opening display board and carrying out keyboard operation;

Fig. 2 is that display board is made the outboard profile of open and close movement in the typical in the prior art portable information device with respect to the body of portable information device;

Fig. 3 is in the portable information device of double folded in the prior art, is being arranged to carry out edition user mode synoptic diagram of book formula input operation on the display board screen of touch-screen type;

Fig. 4 is in the portable information device of double folded in the prior art, and display board carries out the outboard profile of two-sided open and close movement with respect to body;

Fig. 5 is according to embodiments of the invention, the formation sectional view of diaxon Ringe assembly;

Fig. 6 is according to embodiments of the invention, the formation outboard profile of diaxon Ringe assembly;

Fig. 7 a is in the electronic equipment that possesses the Ringe assembly of diaxon shown in Fig. 5, and the inner face of display board is the view on above-mentioned electronic equipment body repeatedly;

Fig. 7 b is in the electronic equipment that possesses the Ringe assembly of diaxon shown in Fig. 5, the view of opening display board and being rotated on body;

Fig. 7 c is in the electronic equipment that possesses the Ringe assembly of diaxon shown in Fig. 5, and the another side of display board changes on above-mentioned electronic equipment body, and screen is exposed to outside view.

Wherein, Reference numeral:

30: horizontal hinge 31: horizontal shaft supporting unit

32: transverse axis 33: vertical tube portion

34: fixed orifice 35: spring leaf

41: vertical shaft supporting unit 42: Z-axis

43: fixing card 44: winding displacement hole

Embodiment

Below, with reference to accompanying drawing, to foundation the present invention, the desirable embodiment of diaxon Ringe assembly describes.For convenience of description, when the reference accompanying drawing describes, if accompanying drawing that will reference has and the front with reference to the identical or corresponding part of crossing of accompanying drawing, this part is used unified numbering.

Fig. 5 is according to embodiments of the invention, the sectional view that the diaxon Ringe assembly constitutes.Fig. 6 is according to one embodiment of the present of invention, the outboard profile that the diaxon Ringe assembly constitutes.Fig. 7 a opens display board in Fig. 5 possesses the electronic equipment of diaxon Ringe assembly from body, demonstrate the synoptic diagram of display board screen.Fig. 7 b opens display board in Fig. 5 possesses the electronic equipment of diaxon Ringe assembly from body, and the view of rotating on body.Fig. 7 c possesses in the electronic equipment of diaxon Ringe assembly at Fig. 5, and the back side of display board is piled up on body, screen is exposed to the view of outside.Fig. 8 possesses in the electronic equipment of diaxon Ringe assembly at Fig. 5, and display board opens and closes and the part side of spinning movement illustrates.

As Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 6, according to embodiments of the invention, the diaxon Ringe assembly is made of with vertical hinge 40 horizontal hinge 30.

Horizontal hinge 30 is made up of horizontal shaft supporting unit 31 and transverse axis 32, and wherein horizontal shaft supporting unit 31 forms or installs on one side of body 1; Transverse axis 32 inserts horizontal shaft supporting unit 31 and can rotate, and forms the hollow circle tube parent.Above-mentioned horizontal hinge connects mutually with the Z-axis 42 that will mention in the back, forms the vertical tube portion 33 that intersects vertically and connect at middle position for this reason, and is provided with pickup groove 34 at the root that is positioned at parent vertical tube portion 33.

Vertical hinge 40 is made of vertical shaft supporting unit 41 and Z-axis 42.Wherein vertical shaft supporting unit 41 forms or is installed in display board 2 lower ends; Z-axis 42 is connected on the vertical shaft supporting unit 41, forms the cylindrical shape parent of inner hollow, and with insert that vertical tube portion 33 rotatable transverse axis 32 are connected.Be formed with the fixedly card 43 that highlights and can insert in the pickup groove 34 on the periphery of Z-axis 42, the spring leaf 35 that is provided with in the parent of transverse axis 32 is holding in the palm the end portion of Z-axis 42, forms elasticity upwards, and fixing card 43 is stuck in the pickup groove 34.

Above-mentioned vertical shaft supporting unit 41 can form one with display board 2, or adopts the end portion at display board 2 to be connected with display board by mode and other suitable manner that screw is connected and fixed.

Simultaneously, be provided with winding displacement hole 44 at the sideway stance of Z-axis 42, the row who is used for circuits such as signal wire establishes.The screens 27 (with reference to Fig. 7 b) such as liquid crystal display sub-prime that are provided with on display board 2 are to be connected with system's realization circuit in the body 2 by signal wire.Signal wire, (flexible flat cable) is example with flexible flat cable, lays by winding displacement hole 44, loose ground is around Z-axis 42 and transverse axis 32, and can not produce the rotation of display board 2 obstacle or since the undue song of twisting receive damage.

According to present embodiment, in state as shown in Figure 5, because Z-axis is fixedlyed connected with display board 2, vertical tube portion 33 inserts in the horizontal shaft supporting unit 31 of body 1, Z-axis can rotate in above-mentioned vertical tube portion, so display board also will rotate along with the rotation of Z-axis.Therefore can be rotated along the direction of the No.1 A of arrow together with transverse axis 32, the state shown in Fig. 7 a occur, promptly display board can be repeatedly above body 1, or is opened to the degree that can carry out keyboard operation above body.

At this moment, Z-axis 42 can't rotate to the direction of arrow B indication because the fixedly card 43 that its surface forms inserts in the pickup groove 34.But this moment, display board 2 was in the state of opening with respect to body 1, display board 2 is pressed to the direction of horizontal hinge 30, the fixedly card 43 of Z-axis 42 just spins off from the pickup groove 34 of horizontal hinge 30, situation as shown in Figure 6 occurs, this moment, display board can continue the direction rotation along arrow B.

At this moment, behind display board 2 Rotate 180 degree, again it is put down repeatedly on body 1, thereby state shown in Fig. 7 c occurs, promptly only screen is exposed to the outside, thereby can carries out an edition book formula input operation.

According to the aforesaid embodiment of the invention, in the electronic equipment that possesses the diaxon Ringe assembly, can be that standard shaft is rotated with body 1 with display board 2, the another side of display board is inverted on body, thereby only display board be had the one side of screen to be exposed to the outside.With reference to Fig. 7 a to Fig. 7 c said process is described explanation.

Fig. 7 a handles the folded state that does not use when taking care of or carrying.Be that display board 2 is directly repeatedly on body 1 inner face at keyboard place.In this state, display board 2 is opened along the direction of arrow A, exposed the screen of display board 2 or shown in Fig. 7 b, expose the keyboard 29 on the body 1, can carry out normal keyboard operation this moment.

Display board 2 is in the state of opening with respect to body 1, and shown in Fig. 7 b, with the direction rotation of display board 2 along arrow B, this moment, screen 27 can rotate to the left and right.At this moment, the situation shown in Figure 5 as the front, under the effect of fixing card 43 and pickup groove 34, screen can only the Rotate 180 degree, so can prevent signal wire because the rotation of display board and excessively twist song and suffer damage.Certainly, if not signal wire, but the signal connection device of brush brush also can carry out the rotation more than 360.That is, display board 2 is being carried out after 180 degree place, with its by as reverse direction rotation of arrow A among Fig. 7 a, the another side that just can realize display board 2 is repeatedly on the inner face at body 2 keyboard places and the state outside only screen 27 being exposed to.In this state, have only screen 27 to be exposed, and the keyboard that is arranged on the body does not expose.

Therefore, can utilize the screen 27 that is exposed to carry out version book formula noted earlier input operation.Should be mentioned that especially, in the present invention, the keyboard in the body 1 is covered fully, when carrying out edition book formula input operation, at all even, also do not worry because of running into the faulty operation that button occurs arresting with hand as shown in Figure 3 under the situation that device operates.

The effect of invention:

As described above, the present invention is by being inverted on body behind the display board Rotate 180 degree on the body keyboard, when making electronic equipment be in folded state, only the screen with display board is exposed to the outside, thereby when carrying out edition book formula input, avoids owing to keyboard is in the faulty operation that open state causes, and do not worry at the equipment folded state, be under the state of equipment occupation space minimum, the issuable faulty operation of use equipment, thus greatly improved the convenience that uses.

The present invention of Gou Chenging as mentioned above, be not only applicable in the electronic equipment shown in the accompanying drawing, can also be applied to other polytype portable computer or communication with on the terminating machine, go in addition needing screen to be inverted in the other products of outside temporarily.

Certainly; the present invention also can have other various embodiments; under the situation that does not deviate from spirit of the present invention and essence thereof; being familiar with those of ordinary skill in the art ought can make various corresponding changes and distortion according to the present invention, but these corresponding changes and distortion all should belong to the protection domain of the appended claim of the present invention.

Claims

1. two shafts hinge assembly for electronic device, first parts of electronic equipment realize that by cable circuit is connected with second parts, and this diaxon Ringe assembly realizes that the physical arrangement of above-mentioned first parts and second parts is connected, make can carry out between first parts and second parts about or relative motion up and down, this diaxon Ringe assembly, it is characterized in that, comprising:

Horizontal shaft supporting unit forms or is installed in an end of first parts;

Vertical shaft supporting unit forms or is installed on second parts;

Transverse axis, this horizontal shaft supporting unit of rotatable insertion also forms hollow aperture, and the middle position of transverse axis forms the vertical tube portion that intersects vertically and connect;

Z-axis is combined on the vertical shaft supporting unit and forms hollow aperture, and the described vertical tube of rotatable insertion portion;

The through hole of above-mentioned transverse axis and Z-axis is interconnected.

2. two shafts hinge assembly for electronic device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the above-mentioned transverse axis or the external diameter of Z-axis form support.

3. two shafts hinge assembly for electronic device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, on above-mentioned vertical shaft supporting unit, the teat that inserts Z-axis and hollow via-hole shape is set.

4. two shafts hinge assembly for electronic device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, on above-mentioned teat duck eye is set, and is used for and being communicated with of transverse axis through hole.

5. two shafts hinge assembly for electronic device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, the card of overshooting shape is set on the external diameter of teat, a pair of hook that contacts selectively with the card of overshooting shape is set on the internal diameter of Z-axis, and these two hooks are in alignment.