Adjusting mechanism and head mounted display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10558052-B2
Application number	US-201815933395-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2018
Priority date	Mar 23, 2018
Publication date	Feb 11, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

An adjusting mechanism and a head mounted display are provided. The adjusting mechanism includes a band, a rotating shaft, a knob, a driving member, and a holder. The rotating shaft has a first ring tooth around a central axis. The band is driven by the rotating shaft to move relative to the rotating shaft when the rotating shaft rotates around the central axis. The knob has a plurality of chutes. Each chute has a first section and a second section. The depth of each first section is deeper than the depth of each second section. The driving member has a second ring tooth, a plurality of guiding pins, and a plurality of pawls. The driving member is assembled to the knob, and the guiding pins are located in the chutes. The holder has a circular unidirectional tooth. The band limits the rotation of the holder relative to the band. The circular unidirectional tooth is configured to be coupled with these pawls to limit the rotation of the driving member relative to the holder in a single direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adjusting mechanism, comprising:
a band;
a rotating shaft, having a first tooth ring around a central axis, wherein the band is driven by the rotating shaft to move relative to the rotating shaft when the rotating shaft rotates around the central axis;
a knob, having a plurality of chutes, wherein each of the chutes has a first section and a second section, and the depth of each of the first sections is larger than the depth of each of the second sections;
a driving member, having a second tooth ring, a plurality of guiding pins and a plurality of pawls, wherein the driving member is assembled to the knob, the guiding pins are located in the chutes, the second tooth ring engages with the first ring tooth when the guiding pins are located in the first sections, and the second tooth ring is detached from the first tooth ring when the guiding pins are located in the second sections; and
a holder, having a circular unidirectional toothed portion, wherein the band limits the rotation of the holder relative to the band, and the circular unidirectional toothed portion is configured to be coupled with the pawls to limit the rotation of the driving member relative to the holder in a single direction.

2. The adjusting mechanism according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a top cover, assembled to the knob, wherein the driving member is limited to be between the top cover and the knob; and
an elastic member, located between the driving member and the top cover and configured to apply elastic force toward the rotating shaft to the driving member.

3. The adjusting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the band is a rack.

4. The adjusting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the driving member and the holder are in a locked state when the guiding pins are located in the first sections; and the chutes drive the driving member away from the holder to release the locked state when the knob is turned to move the guiding pins toward the second sections.

5. The adjusting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the knob is connected to the shaft coaxially.

6. The adjusting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein each of the chutes further has a third section that is located between the first section and the second section, and the depth of each of the second sections is larger than the depth of each of the third sections.

7. A head mounted display, comprising:
a display portion;
an adjusting mechanism, including:
a band, connected to the display portion;
a rotating shaft, having a first tooth ring around a central axis, wherein the band is driven by the rotating shaft to move relative to the rotating shaft when the rotating shaft rotates around the central axis;
a knob, having a plurality of chutes, wherein each of the chutes has a first section and a second section, and the depth of each of the first sections is larger than the depth of each of the second sections;
a driving member, having a second tooth ring, a plurality of guiding pins and a plurality of pawls, wherein the driving member is assembled to the knob, the guiding pins are located in the chutes, the second tooth ring engages with the first tooth ring when the guiding pins are located in the first sections, and the second tooth ring is detached from the first tooth ring when the guiding pins are located in the second sections; and
a holder, having a circular unidirectional toothed portion, wherein the band limits the rotation of the holder relative to the band, and the circular unidirectional toothed portion is configured to be coupled with the pawls to limit the rotation of the driving member relative to the holder in a single direction.

8. The head mounted display according to claim 7 , wherein the adjusting mechanism further comprises:
a top cover, assembled to the knob, wherein the driving member is limited to be between the top cover and the knob; and
an elastic member, located between the driving member and the top cover and configured to apply elastic force toward the rotating shaft to the driving member.

9. The head mounted display according to claim 7 , wherein the band is a rack.

10. The head mounted display according to claim 7 , wherein the driving member and the holder are in a locked state when the guiding pins are located in the first sections, and the chutes drives the driving member away from the holder to release the locked state when the knob is turned to move the guiding pins toward the second sections.

11. The head mounted display according to claim 7 , wherein the knob is connected to the rotating shaft coaxially.

12. The head mounted display according to claim 7 , wherein each of the chutes further has a third section that is located between the first section and the second section, and the depth of each of the second sections is larger than the depth of each of the third sections.

Assignees

• Htc Corp

Inventors

• Chang Chun-Wei
• Huang Ying-Chieh
• Lin Yen-Cheng
• Lin Yu-Yu

Classifications

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• G02B27/0176 Primary

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• G02B2027/0156

  with optionally usable elements · CPC title

• A42B3/324

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• Y10T24/2187

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