Connecting device, electronic equipment and notebook computer with connecting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9405326-B2
Application number	US-201214126888-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2012
Priority date	Jun 27, 2011
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

The present invention provides a connecting device and electronic equipment with the connecting device. The connecting device includes a first fixed component; a mobile component mounted on the first fixed component; a rotational component connected to the first fixed component by the mobile component, wherein the rotational component could move horizontally with respect to the first fixed component by the mobile component; and a second fixed component connected to the rotational component, wherein the second fixed component could rotate with respect to the first fixed component by the rotational component. The connecting device could achieve the two operations of moving horizontally and rotating synchronously.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connecting device, comprising:
a first fixed component;
a mobile component mounted on the first fixed component;
a rotational component connected to the first fixed component by the mobile component, the rotational component being capable of moving horizontally with respect to the first fixed component by the mobile component; and
a second fixed component connected to the rotational component, the second fixed component being capable of rotating with respect to the first fixed component by the rotational component further comprising an elastic component mounted in the mobile component, for providing an elastic force to press the mobile component toward the first fixed component.

2. The connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein, the mobile component comprises:
a first sliding component;
a second sliding component fitting the first sliding component, the second sliding component moving horizontally with respect to the first sliding component; and
a limit component for limiting a distance within which the second sliding component moves horizontally with respect to the first sliding component,
wherein the first sliding component is mounted on the first fixed component, the second sliding component is mounted on the second rotational component.

3. The connecting device according to claim 2 , wherein, the first sliding component is a sliding cavity having a predetermined shape formed on the first fixed component;
the second sliding component is a sliding body matching with the predetermined shape; and
a first end of the sliding body is located inside the sliding cavity, a second end of the sliding body is located outside the sliding cavity, and the sliding body is capable of moving horizontally in an extension direction of the first end and second end inside the sliding cavity.

4. The connecting device according to claim 3 , wherein the limit component comprises an opening formed in the sliding body and a stopper running through the opening and fixed to the first fixed component, for limit the first end of the sliding body inside the sliding cavity.

5. The connecting device according to claim 4 , further comprising a first elastic component mounted inside the opening, the first elastic component having one end leaning against a side wall of the opening, and the other end leaning again the stopper, so as to provide elastic force for pulling the sliding body back into the sliding cavity.

6. The connecting device according to claim 3 , wherein the limit component comprises a bulge formed on a side of the sliding body and a flange formed at an opening of the sliding cavity, for limiting the first end of the sliding body inside the sliding cavity.

7. The connecting device according to claim 6 , further comprising a second elastic component mounted inside the sliding cavity, the second elastic component having one end leaning against the bulge, and the other end leaning against the flange, to provide elastic force for pressing the sliding body into the sliding cavity.

8. The connecting device according to claim 2 , wherein, the first sliding component is a sliding cavity formed on the first fixed component, a flange is formed at an opening of the sliding cavity;
the second sliding component includes a pull rod and a piston formed on an end of the pull rod, the piston and an inner wall of the sliding cavity are airtight sealed, the pull rod and the flange at the opening of the sliding cavity are airtight sealed, and the pull rod is capable of pulling the piston to move inside the sliding cavity;
the flange at the opening of the sliding cavity and the piston form the limit component,
an air pressure of gas sealed in the sliding cavity outside of the piston is higher than an air pressure of gas sealed in the sliding cavity inside of the piston, so that the gas sealed in the sliding cavity outside of the piston forms a third elastic component, which provides elastic force for pressing the second sliding component into the sliding cavity.

9. The connecting device according to claim 2 , wherein, the first sliding component comprises two guide rails extending in parallel in a same direction on two opposite sides of the first fixed component respectively, each of the guide rails having a groove;
the second sliding component comprises two bulges fitting the grooves, the two bulges are fixed on two opposite sides of the rotational component, and are respectively inserted into the grooves of the two guide rails so as to move horizontally along the guide rails.

10. The connecting device according to claim 9 , further comprising two fourth elastic components respectively mounted in the grooves of the two guide rails, so as to provide elastic force for pressing the bulges toward the first fixed component.

11. An electronic equipment capable of being relatively open and closed, comprising:
a base portion;
a display portion; and
a connecting device for connecting the base portion and the display portion, wherein the connecting device further includes an elastic component mounted in the mobile component, so as to provide elastic force for pressing the mobile component toward the first fixed component,
wherein the display portion being capable of moving horizontally and rotating with respect to the base portion by the connecting device wherein the connecting device includes: a first fixed component fixed to the base portion; a mobile component mounted on the first fixed component; a rotational component connected to the first fixed component by the mobile component, the rotational component being capable of moving horizontally with respect to the first fixed component by the mobile component a second fixed component fixed to the display portion and connected to the rotational component, the second fixed component being capable of rotating with respect to the first fixed component by the rotational component.

12. The electronic equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the first fixed component is formed integrally with the base portion, and the second fixed component is formed integrally with the display portion.

13. The electronic equipment according to claim 11 , wherein a signal is transmitted between the display portion and the base portion via a flexible cable or Bluetooth.

14. The electronic equipment according to claim 11 , wherein, while the display portion rotates with respect to the base portion by the rotational component, the display portion also moves horizontally with respect to the base portion by the mobile component.

15. The electronic equipment according to claim 14 , wherein the display portion has a flange portion formed on one side thereof, and the second fixed component is connected to the flange portion.

16. The electronic equipment according to claim 15 , wherein the flange portion and a corresponding side of the base portion together form a cam pair, so that while the display portion is open, the flange leans against the corresponding side of the base portion to pull the mobile component to move horizontally in a direction away from the base portion.

17. The electronic equipment according to claim 15 , wherein, when the display portion is in a closed state, the flange portion covers at least a portion of the corresponding side of the base portion.

18. The electronic equipment according to claim 15 , wherein the flange portion has at least one of a parallelogram, rectangle and arc profile.

19. An electronic equipment, comprising:
a base portion;
a mobile component mounted on the base portio

Assignees

• Tian Ping
• Maleville Sébastien
• Lenovo Beijing Co Ltd
• Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd

Inventors

• Tian Ping
• Maleville Sébastien

Classifications

• 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

• H05K5/0226

  Hinges · 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

• Y10T16/532

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• 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