Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10342148-B2
Application number	US-201815922887-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2018
Priority date	Apr 13, 2017
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

An electronic device includes a first body, a second body, an electrical connection element, and a hinge structure. The electrical connection element is configured to electrically connect the first body with the second body. The hinge structure is configured to pivot the first body with the second body. The hinge structure includes two mounting bases, two first linking assemblies, and a second linking assembly. Each of the mounting bases is connected to the first body and the second body. The two first linking assemblies are respectively pivoted to the two mounting bases. The second linking assembly is disposed between the two mounting bases, and two opposite terminals of the second linking assembly are movably connected to the two mounting bases respectively. The second linking assembly has a receding space configured to accommodate a portion of the electrical connection element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising,
a first body;
a second body;
an electrical connection element, configured to electrically connect the first body and the second body; and
a hinge structure, configured to pivot the first body with the second body, the hinge structure comprising:
two mounting bases disposed opposite to each other, each of the mounting bases being connected to the first body and the second body;
two first linking assemblies, respectively pivoted to the two mounting bases; and
a second linking assembly, disposed between the two mounting bases, two opposite terminals of the second linking assembly being rotatably and slidably connected to the two mounting bases respectively, the second linking assembly having a receding space, wherein the electrical connection element passes below the second linking assembly from the first body and extends to the second body, and a portion of the electrical connection element is located in the receding space.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the mounting bases comprises a first base and a second base opposite to each other, each of the first bases is secured to the corresponding first body, each of the second bases is secured to the corresponding second body, and each of the first linking assemblies is disposed between the corresponding first base and the second base.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of the first bases has a first notch, and each of the second bases has a second notch, the first notch of each of the first bases is connected to the second notch of the corresponding second base to form an accommodating groove, and each of the first linking assemblies is disposed in the corresponding accommodating groove.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of the first linking assemblies comprises a first linkage and a second linkage pivoted to each other, one terminal of each of the first linkages is pivoted to the corresponding second base, the other terminal of each of the first linkages is slidably connected to the corresponding first base, one terminal of each of the second linkages is pivoted to the corresponding first base, and the other terminal of each of the second linkages is slidably connected to the corresponding second base.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein each of the first linking assemblies further comprises a first shaft, a second shaft, a third shaft, a fourth shaft, and a fifth shaft, each of the first shafts penetrates through the corresponding first linkage and the second linkage, each of the first linkages is connected to the corresponding second shaft and is pivoted to the corresponding second base through the corresponding second shaft, each of the second linkages is connected to the corresponding third shaft and is pivoted to the corresponding first base through the corresponding third shaft, each of the fourth shafts penetrates through the corresponding first linkage and is slidably connected to the corresponding first base, and each of the fifth shafts penetrates through the corresponding second linkage and is slidably connected to the corresponding second base.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein one of the two first shafts penetrates the corresponding second linkage, passes above the corresponding mounting base, and penetrates into one terminal of the second linking assembly, and the other one of the two first shafts penetrates the corresponding first linkage, passes above the corresponding mounting base, and penetrates into the other terminal of the second linking assembly.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the two fourth shafts respectively penetrate through the two first bases and penetrate into the two opposite terminals of the second linkage assembly, and the two fifth shafts respectively penetrate through the two second bases and penetrate into the two opposite terminals of the second linkage assembly.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second linking assembly comprises a first linking arm and a second linking arm pivoted to each other, one of the two first shafts penetrates the corresponding second linkage, passes above the corresponding mounting base, and penetrates into one terminal of the first linking arm, and the other one of the two first shafts penetrates the corresponding first linkage, passes above the corresponding mounting base, and penetrates into one terminal of the second linking arm.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8 , the two fourth shafts respectively penetrate through the two first bases and penetrate into two opposite terminals of the first linking arm, and the two fifth shafts respectively penetrate through the two second bases and penetrate into two opposite terminals of the second linking arm.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second linking assembly comprises a first linking arm and a second linking arm pivoted to each other, two opposite terminals of the first linking arm are slidably connected to the two first bases disposed oppositely, and the second linking arm is slidably connected to the two second bases disposed oppositely.

11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first linking arm has a first recessed surface, the second linking arm has a second recessed surface facing a same side with the first recessed surface, and the first recessed surface and the second recessed surface form the receding space.

12. The electronic device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the electrical connection element passes below the first linking arm from the first body, passes below the first recessed surface, below the second recessed surface, and below the second linking arm in sequence, and extends to the second body.

Assignees

• Wang Sheng Hung
• Chang Hui Lian
• Lin ming wang
• Chen Pan Jen
• Huang Wei Lung
• Liao Ting Hui
• Compal Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Wang Sheng-Hung
• Chang Hui-Lian
• Lin Ming-Wang
• Chen Pan-Jen
• Huang Wei-Lung
• Liao Ting-Hui

Classifications

• G06F1/1615 Primary

  with several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function (constructional details of portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts H04M1/0206) · CPC title

• G06F1/1616

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title

• G06F1/1681 Primary

  Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683) · CPC title

• H05K5/0247

  Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring · CPC title

• H05K5/0226 Primary

  Hinges · CPC title