Electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9256259-B2
Application number	US-201414163740-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2014
Priority date	Feb 27, 2013
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a touch-control socket device and a display device. The touch-control socket device includes a socket and a touch-control glass. The socket has a seat, a frame extended from the seat, and a connecting module disposed in the seat. The seat has a first insertable opening and a second insertable opening respectively facing two different directions. The touch-control glass is fixed on the frame and electrically connected to the connecting module. The touch-control glass has a first surface and an opposite second surface. When an electrical connector of the display device inserts into the connecting module through the first insertable opening, the first surface is used as a touch-control interface. When the electrical connector of the display device inserts into the connecting module through the second insertable opening, the second surface is served as a touch interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a touch-control socket device, comprising:
a socket having a seat, a frame extended from the seat, and a connecting module disposed in the seat, the seat having a first insertable opening and a second insertable opening facing two different directions; and
a touch-control glass fixed on the frame and electrically connected to the connecting module, and the touch-control glass has a first surface and an opposite second surface; and

a display device defining a viewable portion, the display device having an electrical connector selectively inserted through the first insertable opening or the second insertable opening and into the connecting module;
wherein when the electrical connector is inserted into the connecting module through the first insertable opening, the display device is configured in parallel with and overlaps the touch-control glass, the second surface of the touch-control glass substantially superimposes the viewable portion of the display device such that the first surface of the touch-control glass is served as a touch-control interface, and wherein when the electrical connector is inserted into the connecting module through the second insertable opening, the display device and the touch-control glass are configured with a specific angle therebetween such that the first surface of the touch-control glass is disposed on a working surface and the second surface of the touch-control glass is served as a touch-control interface.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connecting module has a first connector and a second connector, the first connector is exposed from the first insertable opening and the second connector is exposed from the second insertable opening such that the electrical connector of the display device is selectively inserted through the first insertable opening and into the first connector or through the second insertable opening and into the second connector.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the seat of the socket has an inserted slot having the first insertable opening formed on a bottom portion thereof, one end portion of the display device having the electrical connector is defined as an inserting end portion, and when the electrical connector of the display device is inserted into the connecting module through the first insertable opening, the inserting end portion is received in the inserted slot of the socket.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the socket further includes at least one buffering pad disposed on an inner lateral side of the inserted slot, and when the electrical connector of the display device is inserted into the connecting module through the first insertable opening, the inserting end portion abuts on the buffering pad.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the socket has two first positioning slots and two second positioning slots, the first positioning slots are respectively arranged at two opposite ends of the first insertable opening, the second positioning slots are respectively arranged at two opposite ends of the second insertable opening, the display device has two positioning pillars respectively configured at two opposite ends of the electrical connector, when the electrical connector of the display device is inserted into the connecting module through the first insertable opening, the positioning pillars respectively insert into the first positioning slots, and when the electrical connector of the display device is inserted into the connecting module through the second insertable opening, the positioning pillars are respectively inserted into the second positioning slots, thereby maintaining the relative position between the display device and the socket.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first positioning slots and the second positioning slots each has a plurality of notches formed on an inner wall thereof, each positioning pillar has a plurality of elongated elastic arms configured in an annular shaped array and a plurality of protrusions each outwardly extended from each of the the elastic arms, any two adjacent elastic arms of each positioning pillar are configured with a predetermined distance therebetween, when the electrical connector of the display device is inserted into the connecting module through the first insertable opening, the protrusions are respectively received in the notches of the first positioning slots, and when the electrical connector of the display device is inserted into the connecting module through the second insertable opening, the protrusions are respectively received in the notches of the second positioning slots.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the socket has a magnetic unit, the display device has a mating magnetic unit, and when the electrical connector of the display device is inserted into the connecting module through the first insertable opening or the second insertable opening, the magnetic unit of the socket and the mating magnetic unit of the display device are magnetically coupled with each other to maintain the relative position between the display device and the socket.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the touch-control socket device further includes a key indicating film, when the electrical connector of the display device is inserted into the connecting module through the second insertable opening, the key indicating film is disposed on the second surface of the touch-control glass such that the key indicating film and the second surface of the touch-control glass cooperate as a touch-control keyboard.

9. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seat further includes an adjustable unit, the connecting module has a rotatable connector, and the rotatable connector is selectively rotated to align with the first insertable opening or the second insertable opening by operating the adjustable unit.

10. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the seat of the socket has an inserted slot having the first insertable opening formed on a bottom portion thereof, one end portion of the display device having the electrical connector is defined as an inserting end portion, and when the electrical connector of the display device is inserted into the connecting module through the first insertable opening, the inserting end portion is received in the inserted slot of the seat.

11. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the socket further includes at least one buffering pad disposed on an inner lateral side of the inserted slot, and wherein when the electrical connector of the display device is inserted into the connecting module through the first insertable opening, the inserting end portion abuts on the buffering pad.

12. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the socket has two first positioning slots and two second positioning slots, the first positioning slots are respectively arranged at two opposite ends of the first insertable opening, the second positioning slots are respectively arranged at two opposite ends of the second insertable opening, the display device has two positioning pillars respectively configured at two opposite ends of the electrical connector, when the electrical connector of the display device is inserted into the connecting module through the first insertable opening, the positioning pillars respectively insert into the first positioning slots, and when the electrical connector of the display device is inserted into the connecting module through the second insertable

Assignees

• Wistron Corp

Inventors

• Lin Shih-Jeh

Classifications

• G06F1/1643

  the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615) · CPC title

• G06F1/1654

  the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use · CPC title

• G06F1/1632

  External expansion units, e.g. docking stations · CPC title

• G06F1/1683 Primary

  for the transmission of signal or power between the different housings, e.g. details of wired or wireless communication, passage of cabling · CPC title

• G06F1/1613

  for portable computers (cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202) · CPC title