Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11868177-B2
Application number	US-202218088617-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 26, 2022
Priority date	Dec 30, 2019
Publication date	Jan 9, 2024
Grant date	Jan 9, 2024

Abstract

An electronic device includes a host, a main display, an auxiliary display, and a hinge mechanism. The auxiliary display is located between the host and the main display and includes a sliding part and a lifting part. The sliding part is slidably connected to the host. The hinge mechanism includes a first bracket, a second bracket pivotally connected to the first bracket, and a third bracket pivotally connected to the second bracket. The first bracket is secured to the host, and the second bracket is secured to the main display. The third bracket is secured to the lifting part of the auxiliary display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a host;
a main display;
an auxiliary display, located between the host and the main display, and is slidably connected to the host; and
a hinge mechanism, pivotally connecting the main display with the host and pivotally connecting the auxiliary display with the main display, wherein the hinge mechanism comprises a first rotation axle located in the main display and a second rotation axle located in the auxiliary display,
the auxiliary display is lifted and slides with the second rotation axle with respect to the host during the main display rotating with respect to the host,
the second rotation axle gradually moves up and away from the host during the main display rotating with respect to the host, wherein the second rotation axle moves up to a highest point and then descends from the highest point, and the second rotation axle continues to move away from the host after descending from the highest point.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first rotation axle and the second rotation axle are parallel to each other.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a position of the first rotation axle remains unchanged during the main display rotating with respect to the host.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the hinge mechanism further comprises a first bracket, a second bracket pivotally connected to the first bracket through the first rotation axle, and a third bracket pivotally connected to the second bracket through the second rotation axle, wherein the first bracket is secured to the host, the second bracket is secured to the main display, and the third bracket is secured to the auxiliary display.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the auxiliary display comprises a sliding part and a lifting part, the sliding part is slidably connected to the host, and the third bracket is secured to the lifting part.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary display comprises a sliding part and a lifting part, the sliding part is slidably connected to the host, and the second rotation axle is located in the lifting part, the lifting part is lifted and then descend with the second rotation axle with respect to the host during the main display rotating with respect to the host.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sliding mechanism disposed between the auxiliary display and the host, wherein the sliding mechanism comprises a pivoting member and a sliding member, the pivoting member is pivotally connected to the host, the sliding member is slidably connected to the pivoting member, and the sliding member is connected to the auxiliary display.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the host has a first groove and a second groove communicating with the first groove, the first groove is configured to accommodate the auxiliary display, and the second groove is configured to accommodate the sliding mechanism.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the pivoting member comprises a base and a gear pivoted to the base, the base is pivotally connected to the host, the sliding member comprises a rack, the rack is fixed to the auxiliary display, and the gear is engaged with the rack.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the host comprises a keyboard assembly, the keyboard assembly and the auxiliary display are juxtaposed.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the host has a groove, the groove and the keyboard assembly are juxtaposed, the auxiliary display has a display surface, the keyboard assembly has an operation surface, the auxiliary display is disposed in the groove, and the display surface is coplanar with the operation surface.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the host has a groove, and the auxiliary display is disposed in the groove.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the host comprises a heat dissipating part located in the groove, and the auxiliary display overlaps the heat dissipating part.

14. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a rotation direction of the main display is opposite to a rotation direction of the auxiliary display.

Assignees

• Acer Inc

Inventors

• Chen Chia-Bo
• Ling Cheng-Nan
• Lee Wu-Chen
• Yang Yi-Hsuan

Classifications

• G06F1/1624 Primary

  with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display · CPC title

• G06F1/1662

  Details related to the integrated keyboard · 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

• 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

• G06F1/1647

  including at least an additional display (G06F1/1692 takes precedence) · CPC title