Electronic device and connecting part

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9665127-B2
Application number	US-201414500637-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2014
Priority date	Nov 20, 2013
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

The present application discloses an electronic device and a connecting part. The electronic device includes a first body and a second body, wherein the first body has at least a display screen arranged thereon; and the second body is connected to a first end face of the first body; wherein only the first end face of the first body is arranged with the second body, and the second body is deformable. The present application further discloses a connecting part and an electronic device including the connecting part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic accessory, comprising:
an integrated body having a flat structure in a normal state and having a bent structure in a deformed state, the integrated body further comprising:
a first part having at least a display screen;
a second part being deformable; and
a third part connected to the first part via the second part,
wherein the second part comprises a rotating shaft rotationally connected to the first part, and different states of the position of the first part with respect to the third part are maintained by the rotating shaft,
wherein the rotating shaft comprises:
a first central shaft, a second central shaft, a third central shaft, and a fourth central shaft;
a first fixed part, wherein a first end of the first fixed part is fixed to the first part, and a second end opposite to the first end is sleeved on the first central shaft and is rotatable with respect to the first central shaft;
a first connecting part, wherein a first connecting end of the first connecting part is sleeved on the first central shaft, a second connecting end opposite to the first connecting end is sleeved on the second central shaft, the first connecting part is rotatable with respect to the first central shaft and the second central shaft, and multiple juxtaposed first teeth are arranged on the second connecting end of the first connecting part;
a second connecting part, wherein a third connecting end of the second connecting part is sleeved on the second central shaft, a fourth connecting end opposite to the third connecting end is sleeved on the third central shaft, and the second connecting part is rotatable with respect to the second central shaft and the third central shaft; and
a third connecting part, wherein a fifth connecting end of the third connecting part is sleeved on the third central shaft, a sixth connecting end opposite to the fifth connecting end is sleeved on the fourth central shaft, the third connecting part is rotatable with respect to the third central shaft and the fourth central shaft, and multiple juxtaposed second teeth engaged with the multiple first teeth are arranged on the third connecting part.

2. The electronic accessory according to claim 1 , wherein after the second part is deformed, the electronic accessory is maintained in the deformed state.

3. The electronic accessory according to claim 1 , wherein in the case that the electronic accessory is maintained in the deformed state, a position of the first part with respect to the third part is maintained.

4. The electronic accessory according to claim 3 , wherein in the case that the electronic accessory is maintained in a state, any position of the first part with respect to the third part is maintained.

5. The electronic accessory according to claim 4 , wherein in the case that the first part is located at a first position and is stationary with respect to the third part, the first position of the first part with respect to the third part is maintained to be unchanged, and the electronic accessory is in a first usage posture; and/or
in the case that the first part is located at a second position and is stationary with respect to the third part, the second position of the first part with respect to the third part is maintained to be unchanged, and the electronic accessory is in a second usage posture different from the first usage posture; and/or
in the case that the first part is located at a third position and is stationary with respect to the third part, the third position of the first part with respect to the third part is maintained to be unchanged, and the electronic accessory is in a third usage posture, wherein the first usage posture, the second usage posture, and the third usage posture are different from each other.

6. The electronic accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the second part further comprises an elastic housing made of an elastic material, wherein the rotating shaft is coated with the elastic housing and the elastic housing is fixedly connected to the first part, and in the case that the position of the first part with respect to the third part changes, the elastic housing elastically deforms.

7. The electronic accessory according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the third part in a direction in which the first part, the rotating shaft and the third part are connected is less than a size of the rotating shaft in the direction.

8. The electronic accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the third part further comprises a functional main body connected to an end on the rotating shaft away from the first part, and the functional main body comprises a housing and an electronic element arranged in the housing.

9. The electronic accessory according to claim 1 , wherein in the case that the third part is partially fixed to a fixed part, a relative position relationship between the first part and the third part is changeable with a single hand.

10. The electronic accessory according to claim 1 , wherein an interface is arranged on an end face of the third part away from the first part, and the electronic accessory performs electrical signal transmission through the interface.

11. The electronic accessory according to claim 1 , wherein a magnetic member is arranged on an end face of the third part away from the first part, to accurately fix the electronic accessory to a fixed part.

12. The electronic accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the second part and the third part are rolled into a roll to bring the electronic accessory to be in a holding usage state.

13. The electronic accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic accessory has multiple usage postures, and after a usage posture of the electronic accessory changes, at least display content corresponding to a current usage posture of the electronic accessory is displayed on the display screen.

14. The electronic accessory according to claim 1 , wherein in the case that the electronic accessory is in a supporting state, the third part is used for supporting the first part on a supporting part, and a moment, which is generated by a gravity of the third part and a friction between the first part and the third part, is greater than a moment generated by a gravity of the first part; or
in the case that the third part is inserted in a fixed part, a moment, which is generated by the gravity of the third part, a gravity of the fixed part, and the friction between the first part and the third part, is greater than the moment generated by the gravity of the first part.

15. An electronic device, comprising:
an electronic accessory comprising an integrated body having a flat structure in a normal state and having a bent structure in a deformation state; and
a holding element configured to hold the electronic accessory, the holding element comprising an accommodating groove configured to receive at least a part of the accessory to hold the accessory,
wherein the integrated body comprises:
a first part having at least a display screen;
a second part being deformable; and
a third part connected to the first part via the second part, and the third part is received in the accommodating groove, and
wherein the second part comprises a rotating shaft rotationally connected to the first part, and different states of the position of the first part with respect to the third part are maintained by the rotating shaft.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein in the case that the integrated body is in the deformation state, the first part is bent from the holding element via the second part.

Assignees

• Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd
• Lenovo Beijing Ltd
• Beijing Lenovo Software

Inventors

• Solland Kurt

Classifications

• G06F1/1632

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

• G06F1/1681

  Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683) · CPC title

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• G06F1/1652 Primary

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• G06F1/1654

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