TWM478076U - Planar hinge structure - Google Patents

Description

Flat hinge structure 【0001】

The present invention relates to a hinge, and more particularly to a hinge for connecting a tablet computer and a support frame for adjusting the viewing angle of the tablet.

【0002】

With the continuous development of the electronics industry, the flexibility and convenience of portable electronic devices have become more and more important to users. In recent years, a tablet computer that is lighter than a notebook computer has been developed. The tablet computer generates an operation interface for inputting a signal by using a touch screen. The user only needs to directly touch the operation interface to input a tablet. The operation signal, so the tablet has a smaller size than a desktop computer and can also achieve the required computer work. However, a tablet with only a touch screen still has some inconvenience and trouble in operation and application. For example, the tablet's touch screen can only be placed horizontally, and cannot be placed sideways or tilted. When using it, you must look down at the screen, which may cause discomfort to the neck and shoulders of the user. If you lean your tablet against other objects, it is difficult to position and can easily cause the tablet to slide. Therefore, the expansion of peripheral products that enhance the convenience of operating a tablet is in response.

[0003]

The expansion peripheral product, such as the pivot assembly of the Republic of China Patent No. I399491, the pivot assembly mainly comprises a fixing piece, a shaft, a second friction block, an elastic member and a sleeve, the fixing piece has a first An abrasive block having a plurality of grooves. The second friction block has a plurality of bumps corresponding to the grooves. The second friction block is disposed on the shaft and rotates synchronously with the shaft, the elastic member is disposed on the shaft and normally presses the second friction block, and the sleeve is fixed on the shaft One end rotates in synchronization with the shaft. The sleeve of the pivot assembly can be coupled to a tripod, and the fixing piece can be fixed to an electronic device. When the stand is opened and closed with respect to the electronic device, the sleeve and the second friction block respectively rotate and rub the first friction block, thereby causing the stand to have a specific opening amount relative to the electronic device. Positioning effect.

[0004]

The pivot assembly described above discloses a pivot assembly that can be used with a tablet docking station and that can adjust the viewing angle of the touch screen. The pivot assembly pivots with the sleeve to pivot relative to each other, and is further disposed through the ring and the groove of the sleeve and the shaft. However, the sleeve and the shaft must protrude from the electronic device, and the sleeve has a considerable volume with the cylindrical structure of the shaft and the elastic member, so the pivot assembly easily causes the tablet expansion base The thickness of the seat is increased. In summary, how to better design the pivot assembly and effectively reduce its thickness is obviously a problem to be solved.

[0005]

The main purpose of this creation is to overcome the problem that the structure of the conventional pivot assembly cannot be effectively reduced and must be highlighted.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a planar hinge structure including a base, a sliding member and a pressing portion. The base includes an arcuate track and a positioning space on the arcuate track. The sliding element is slidably disposed in the arcuate track, the sliding element includes a first positioning recessed section, a second positioning recessed section, and a first positioning recessed section and the second positioning recessed section And the first positioning recessed section and the second positioning recessed section are connected to form a raised section of the crushing path. The pressing portion is mounted on the base, and the pressing portion includes a rolling member received in the positioning space and moving on the sliding member along the pressing path, and is in contact with the rolling member and provided a pressing force is applied to the rolling member to press against the elastic pressing member of the sliding member, the rolling member includes a first positioning recessed portion or the second positioning recessed portion for the sliding member to be opposite to the base The positioned position of the positioning and a switching position that is moved by the ridge portion toward the base away from the base.

【0007】

In an embodiment of the present invention, the sliding component includes a latching portion, and the base includes a latching portion disposed in the arcuate rail to abut the latching portion.

[0008]

In an embodiment of the present invention, the base includes at least one locking portion, and the elastic pressing member includes at least one locking portion disposed opposite the locking portion.

【0009】

In an embodiment of the present invention, the planar hinge structure further includes at least one bolt that is disposed on the locking portion and locked to the locking portion.

[0010]

In an embodiment of the present invention, the rolling member is a ball.

[0011]

In an embodiment of the present invention, the elastic compression member includes an opening relative to the rolling member, the opening having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the rolling member.

[0012]

With the above structure of the creation, the following features are compared with the conventional structure:

1. The planar hinge structure of the present invention, by sliding the sliding element on the base, causes the sliding element to simultaneously perform linear motion and rotational motion with respect to the base.
2. The planar hinge structure of the present invention limits the range of movement of the sliding element and the relative position and relative angle of the sliding element to the base by the pressing portion.
3. The actuation stroke direction of the compression portion of the planar hinge structure of the present invention is a rotation axis parallel to the rotation of the sliding member, rather than a rotation axis perpendicular to the rotation of the sliding member. Therefore, the pressing portion can effectively reduce the thickness perpendicular to the direction of the rotation axis, and the planar hinge structure can achieve a thinner thickness.

[0020]

1‧‧‧Base

11‧‧‧ curved track

12‧‧‧ Positioning space

13‧‧‧ hole

14‧‧‧Card Department

141‧‧ First Card Department

142‧‧‧Second Card Department

15‧‧‧ Positioning Department

16‧‧‧Locking Department

2‧‧‧Sliding components

21‧‧‧First positioning depression

22‧‧‧Second positioning depression

23‧‧‧Uplift

24‧‧‧Cards

241‧‧‧First card joint

242‧‧‧Second card joint

25‧‧‧ Fixed Department

3‧‧‧ Pressure Department

31‧‧‧Rolling parts

32‧‧‧Elastic pressure fittings

321‧‧‧Locking

322‧‧‧ openings

4‧‧‧ bolt

5‧‧‧First body

6‧‧‧Second body

[0013]

Figure 1 is a structural exploded view of one of the planar hinge structures of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded view of another perspective view of the planar hinge structure of the present invention.

Figure 3-1 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the planar hinge structure when the rolling member is located at the first positioning position.

FIG. 3-2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure of the planar hinge structure when the rolling element is located at the second positioning position.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing the application of the planar hinge structure of the present invention to a tablet computer.

[0014]

The detailed description and technical content of this creation are as follows:

[0015]

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, which is a flat hinge structure including a base 1, a sliding component 2 and a pressing portion 3. The pedestal 1 includes a curved track 11 , a positioning space 12 on the curved track 11 , and a hole 13 connected to the curved track 11 and disposed at a predetermined distance relative to the positioning space 12 . The latching portion 14 in the curved rail 11 has at least one positioning portion 15 and at least one locking portion 16. The latch portion 14 includes a first latch portion 141 and a second latch portion 142. In this embodiment, the locking portion 16 is a female thread, but is not limited to this embodiment. The sliding member 2 is slidably disposed in the curved rail 11. The sliding member 2 includes a first positioning recess 21, a second positioning recess 22, and a first positioning recess 21 and the second positioning. a ridge portion 23 between the recessed segments 22 and the first locating recessed portion 21 and the second locating recessed portion 22 to form a crushing path, abutting portion 24 of the latching portion 14 The fixing portion 25 of the first positioning recessed section 21 is connected. The latching portion 24 includes a first latching portion 241 and a second latching portion 242. In this embodiment, the pressing path is a continuous and smooth curved surface composed of the first positioning concave section 21, the second positioning concave section 22, and the raised section 23, but is not limited to the embodiment. . In addition, in the present embodiment, the sliding element 2 only includes the first positioning recessed section 21, the second positioning recessed section 22 and the raised section 23, so that there are only two selections of positioning positions, but not in this embodiment. The sample is limited. The sliding element 2 can also comprise a plurality of positioning recessed segments and a plurality of raised segments, thus having the option of more positioning positions. The pressing portion 3 is mounted on the base 1 , and the pressing portion 3 includes a rolling member 31 that is received in the positioning space 12 and moves on the sliding member 2 along the pressing path, and a The rolling member 31 contacts and provides a pressing force to the rolling member 31 to press against the elastic pressing member 32 of the sliding member 2. The rolling member 31 includes a positioning position that is received by the first positioning recessed section 21 or the second positioning recessed section 22 to position the sliding component 2 relative to the base 1 and is abutted away from the raised section 23 The switching position in which the susceptor 1 moves in the direction. In this embodiment, the rolling member 31 is a ball, but is not limited to this embodiment. The elastic pressing member 32 includes a pair of locking portions 321 which are to be provided with the locking portion 16, and an opening 322 with respect to the rolling member 31. In the present embodiment, the diameter of the opening 322 is smaller than the diameter of the rolling member 31. In addition, the elastic pressing member 32 may be an elastic body such as rubber or silicone, but it is not limited to the embodiment. In this embodiment, the pedestal 1 and the elastic pressing member 32 are integrally assembled by a bolt 4 that is disposed on the locking portion 321 and locked to the locking portion 16 , but the embodiment is not limit.

[0016]

Referring to FIG. 3-1 and FIG. 3-2, the positioning position of the rolling member 31 includes a first positioning position of the rolling member 31 disposed in the first positioning recess 21 and a rolling member 31 is received therein. The second positioning position of the second positioning recessed section 22. When the rolling member 31 is located in the first positioning position, the fixing portion 25 of the sliding member 2 is received in the curved rail 11 , and the elastic pressing member 32 provides the pressing force to the rolling member 31. The rolling member 31 is then pressed against the top to compress the sliding member 2 to restrict sliding of the sliding member 2. However, when the fixing portion 25 of the sliding member 2 gradually moves away from the base 1 and protrudes from the hole 13, the raised portion 23 gradually approaches the rolling member 31, and the rolling member 31 gradually The pressing portion 23 is abutted against the pressing force of the elastic pressing member 32, and the elastic pressing member 32 is deformed by the abutting of the rolling member 31 in a direction away from the base 1. In other words, at this time, the rolling member 31 is displaced to the switching position. When the raised portion 23 of the sliding member 2 is gradually away from the rolling member 31, the rolling member 31 gradually moves toward the second positioning concave portion 22 and is disengaged from the abutting portion of the raised portion 23, and the rolling member 31 is again The rolling force of the elastic pressing member 32 is moved toward the base 1 in the direction of the pressing force, and the rolling member 31 slides to the second positioning concave portion 22 and abuts the sliding member 2, that is, Located at the second positioning position to limit sliding of the sliding member 2. The first latching portion 141 of the base 1 can be engaged with the first latching portion 241 of the sliding member 2, thereby defining a sliding range of the sliding member 2 to prevent the sliding member 2 from sliding out of the arc. Track 11. In addition, the second latching portion 142 of the base 1 can be engaged with the second latching portion 242 of the sliding member 2, thereby defining a sliding range of the sliding member 2 to prevent the sliding member 2 from sliding into the arc. Shaped track 11.

[0017]

Referring to FIG. 4 , the positioning portion 15 of the base 1 can be locked to a first seat body 5 , and the fixing portion 25 of the sliding member 2 can be locked to a second seat body 6 . Therefore, the first base body 5 and the second base body 6 can be opened and closed by the first base body 5 and the second base body 6 by sliding the base 1 relative to the sliding element 2, and at the same time, Positioning of the first seat 5 and the second seat 6 at a specific angle is achieved by the first positioning position and the second positioning position of the rolling member 31. In this embodiment, the first base can be a tablet computer, and the second base can be a support frame for the user to adjust the viewing angle of the tablet, but is not limited to the embodiment.

[0018]

In summary, the planar hinge structure includes the base, the sliding element and the pressing portion, and the sliding element slides on the base and performs linear motion and rotational movement with respect to the base. At the same time, the planar hinge structure limits the range of movement of the sliding element and the relative position and relative angle of the sliding element to the base by the pressing portion. Further, the driving stroke direction of the pressing portion is a rotation axis parallel to the rotation of the sliding member, and the pressing portion can effectively reduce the thickness perpendicular to the direction of the rotation axis, so that the planar hinge structure can achieve more Lightweight thickness.

[0019]

The above description has been made in detail, but the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it is not possible to limit the scope of the creation of the creation, that is, the equality of the patent application scope according to the present creation. Changes and modifications are still covered by the patents of this creation.

1‧‧‧Base

11‧‧‧ curved track

12‧‧‧ Positioning space

13‧‧‧ hole

14‧‧‧Card Department

141‧‧ First Card Department

142‧‧‧Second Card Department

15‧‧‧ Positioning Department

16‧‧‧Locking Department

2‧‧‧Sliding components

21‧‧‧First positioning depression

22‧‧‧Second positioning depression

23‧‧‧Uplift

241‧‧‧First card joint

25‧‧‧ Fixed Department

3‧‧‧ Pressure Department

31‧‧‧Rolling parts

32‧‧‧Elastic pressure fittings

321‧‧‧Locking

322‧‧‧ openings

4‧‧‧ bolt

Claims (6)

[Item 1]
A planar hinge structure comprising:
a pedestal comprising an arcuate track and a positioning space on the arcuate track;
a sliding member disposed in the curved track, including a first positioning recessed section, a second positioning recessed section, and a first positioning recessed section and the second positioning recessed section and a first positioning recessed section is connected to the second positioning recessed section to form a raised section of the pressing path; and a pressing portion is mounted on the base, and includes a receiving space along the positioning space and along the pressing a rolling member that moves on the sliding member, and an elastic pressing member that contacts the rolling member and provides a pressing force to the rolling member to press the sliding member, the rolling member includes a receiving member The first positioning recessed section or the second positioning recessed section positions a positioning position of the sliding element relative to the base and a switching position that is moved by the raised section toward the direction away from the base. [Item 2]
The planar hinge structure of claim 1, wherein the sliding element comprises a latching portion, and the base comprises a latching portion disposed in the arcuate rail to abut the latching portion. [Item 3]
The planar hinge structure of claim 1, wherein the base comprises at least one locking portion, and the elastic compression member comprises at least one locking portion disposed opposite the locking portion. [Item 4]
The planar hinge structure according to claim 3, further comprising at least one bolt that is disposed on the locking portion and locked to the locking portion. [Item 5]
The planar hinge structure of claim 1, wherein the rolling member is a ball. [Item 6]
The planar hinge structure of claim 1, wherein the elastic compression member comprises an opening relative to the rolling member, the opening having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the rolling member.