Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10401915-B2
Application number	US-201715682567-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2017
Priority date	Nov 20, 2016
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

An electronic device includes an upper body, a lower body and a dual-shaft hinge module. The upper body includes a display module and an upper decoration plate covering a portion of the display module. The lower body includes an input module and a lower decoration plate covering a portion of the input module. The dual-shaft hinge module pivotally connects the upper body to the lower body, and includes a bottom plate, and a first and a second curled-circular parts bent extending from two opposite sides of the bottom plate. When the upper body is flipped open relative to the lower body, the upper and lower decoration plates respectively cover the first and second curled-circular parts. When the upper body covers the lower body, the upper and lower decoration plates respectively extend between the first curled-circular part and the bottom plate and between the second curled-circular part and the bottom plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
an upper body, comprising a display module and an upper decoration plate covering a portion of the display module;
a lower body, comprising an input module and a lower decoration plate covering a portion of the input module; and
a dual-shaft hinge module, pivotally connecting the upper body to the lower body, the dual-shaft hinge module comprising a bottom plate, and a first curled-circular part and a second curled-circular part bent extending from two opposite sides of the bottom plate, wherein
when the upper body is flipped open relative to the lower body, the upper decoration plate and the lower decoration plate respectively cover the first curled-circular part and the second curled-circular part, and

when the upper body covers the lower body, the upper decoration plate and the lower decoration plate respectively extend between the first curled-circular part and the bottom plate and between the second curled-circular part and the bottom plate.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the upper decoration plate that extends between the first curled-circular part and the bottom plate has a first thickness, and a distance between the first curled-circular part and the bottom plate is greater than the first thickness; and a portion of the lower decoration plate that extends between the second curled-circular part and the bottom plate has a second thickness, and a distance between the second curled-circular part and the bottom plate is greater than the second thickness.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein a portion of the upper decoration plate that covers the display module has a third thickness, and the third thickness is greater than the first thickness; and a portion of the lower decoration plate that covers the input module has a fourth thickness, and the fourth thickness is greater than the second thickness.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein when the upper body is flipped open relative to the lower body to become coplanar with the lower body, a projection of the upper decoration plate on the bottom plate at least covers a projection of the first curled-circular part on the bottom plate, and a projection of the lower decoration plate on the bottom plate at least covers a projection of the second curled-circular part on the bottom plate.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein when the upper body is flipped open relative to the lower body to become coplanar with the lower body, the upper decoration plate and the lower decoration plate respectively extend to positions at half a height of the first curled-circular part and the second curled-circular part.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the upper decoration plate that extends between the first curled-circular part and the bottom plate has an arc shape corresponding to the radian of the first curled-circular part, and a portion of the lower decoration plate that extends between the second curled-circular part and the bottom plate has an arc shape corresponding to the radian of the second curled-circular part.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a first gap is formed between the upper decoration plate and the first curled-circular part, a second gap is formed between the lower decoration plate and the second curled-circular part, an inner diameter of a portion of the upper decoration plate that extends between the first curled-circular part and the bottom plate is equal to the sum of an outer diameter of the first curled-circular part and the first gap, and an inner diameter of a portion of the lower decoration plate that extends between the second curled-circular part and the bottom plate is equal to the sum of an outer diameter of the second curled-circular part and the second gap.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the dual-shaft hinge module comprises an outer cover and a fixing element, the bottom plate comprises a through hole, and the fixing element passes through the through hole to fix the bottom plate to the outer cover.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the dual-shaft hinge module further comprises a decoration plate covering the fixing element.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein a distance between the first curled-circular part and the second curled-circular part is greater than the sum of a thickness of the upper decoration plate, a thickness of the lower decoration plate and a width of the fixing element.

Assignees

• Lin Che Hsien
• Hu Po Hsiang
• Compal Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lin Che-Hsien
• Hu Po-Hsiang

Classifications

• G06F1/1616 Primary

  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