Telescopic device having carrier member, carrier member, and cable thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9787076-B2
Application number	US-201615083268-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2016
Priority date	Nov 23, 2015
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

A carrier member includes a first section, a second section, and a third section. The first section has a first length. The second section has a second length. The first section, the third section, and the second section connect sequentially and form a U-shaped structure. The first section and the second section have curved sections. The third section has a flat section. When the second section moves relative to the first section, the first section or the second section having the curved section transform into the third section having the flat section and store a resilient recovering force, and the third section having the flat section transforms into the first section or the second section having the curved section for adjusting lengths of the first section and the second section, which prevents a cable disposed on the carrier member from interfering with other mechanism or getting knotted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A telescopic device having carrier member, comprising:
a first body, a first electronic device being disposed on the first body;
a second body slidably disposed on the first body, a second electronic device being disposed on the second body, the second body selectively movable toward the first body along a first direction or away from the first body along a second direction opposite to the first direction;
a carrier member comprising:
a first section, an end of the first section being fixed on the first body;
a second section, an end of the second section being fixed on the second body; and
a third section, another end of the first body being connected to another end of the second body via the third section; and

a cable connected to the first electronic device and the second electronic device, a part of the cable being disposed on the carrier member.

2. The telescopic device of claim 1 , wherein the first section has a first length, the second section has a second length, and the cable comprises:
a first segment disposed on and extending along the first section, the first segment having a first segment length corresponding to the first length of the first section;
a second segment disposed on and extending along the second section, the second segment having a second segment length corresponding to the second length of the second section; and
a third segment disposed on and extending along the third section, the first segment being connected to the second segment via the third segment.

3. The telescopic device of claim 2 , wherein the first section, the third section, and the second section form a U-shaped structure, and the first segment, the third segment, and the second segment form a U-shaped structure.

4. The telescopic device of claim 2 , wherein when the second body moves toward the first body along the first direction, the first length of the first section and the first segment length of the first segment increase gradually, and the second length of the second section and the second segment length of the second segment decrease gradually; when the second body moves away from the first body along the second direction, the first length of the first section and the first segment length of the first segment decrease gradually, and the second length of the second section and the second segment length of the second segment increase gradually.

5. The telescopic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a control module disposed on the first body; and
a control cable connected to the first electronic device and the control module, the cable being connected to the second electronic device and the control module.

6. The telescopic device of claim 1 , wherein the carrier member is flexible and resilient, each of the first section and the second section has a non-straight cross section, and the third section has a straight cross section.

7. The telescopic device of claim 6 , wherein when the second body moves toward the first body along the first direction, the another end of the second section is forced to resiliently deform from the non-straight cross section to the straight cross section, a resilient recovering force is stored therein, and an end of the third section near the first section is forced to resiliently deform from the straight cross section to the non-straight cross section due to the resilient force.

8. The telescopic device of claim 6 , wherein when the second body moves away from the first body along the second direction, the another end of the first section is forced to resiliently deform from the non-straight cross section to the straight cross section, a resilient recovering force is stored therein, and an end of the third section near the second section is forced to resiliently deform from the straight cross section to the non-straight cross section due to the resilient force.

9. The telescopic device of claim 1 , wherein the carrier member further comprises a plurality of passive components disposed on the first section and the second section and fastening the cable.

10. The telescopic device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of passive components is a plurality of engaging hooks bent upward from the first section and the second section.

11. The telescopic device of claim 1 , wherein the cable extends along outer surfaces of the first section, the third section, and the second section.

12. The telescopic device of claim 1 , wherein the cable extends along inner surfaces of the first section, the third section, and the second section.

13. A carrier member adapted for a telescopic device, the telescopic device comprising a first body, a second body, a control module, a control cable, and a cable, a first electronic device being disposed on the first body, the second body being slidably disposed on the first body, a second electronic device being disposed on the second body, the second body selectively movable toward the first body along a first direction or away from the first body along a second direction opposite to the first direction, the control module being disposed on the first body, the control cable being connected to the first electronic device and the control module, the cable being connected to the second electronic device and the control module, the carrier member comprising:
a first section, an end of the first section being fixed on the first body;
a second section, an end of the second section being fixed on the second body; and
a third section, another end of the first section being connected to another end of the second section via the third section.

14. The carrier member of claim 13 , wherein the first section has a first length, the second section has a second length, the cable comprises a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, the first segment is disposed on and extends along the first section, the first segment has a first segment length corresponding to the first length of the first section, the second segment is disposed on and extends along the second section, the second segment has a second segment length corresponding to the second length of the second section, the third segment is disposed on and extends along the third section, the first segment is connected to the second segment via the third segment.

15. The carrier member of claim 14 , wherein the first section, the third section, and the second section form a U-shaped structure, and the first segment, the third segment, and the second segment form a U-shaped structure.

16. The carrier member of claim 14 , wherein when the second body moves toward the first body along the first direction, the first length of the first section and the first segment length of the first segment increases gradually, and the second length of the second section and the second segment length of the second segment decreases gradually; when the second body moves away from the first body along the second direction, the first length of the first section and the first segment length of the first segment decrease gradually, and the second length of the second section and the second segment length of the second segment increase gradually.

17. The carrier member of claim 13 , being flexible and resilient, each of the first section and the second section has a non-straight cross section, and the third section has a straight cross section.

18. The carrier member of claim 17 , wherein when the second body moves toward the first body along the first direction, the another end of the second section is forced to resiliently deform from the non-straight

Assignees

• Wistron Corp

Inventors

• Li Shih-Hao
• Wu Wen-Chin

Classifications

• H02G11/006 Primary

  using extensible carrier for the cable, e.g. self-coiling spring (extensible conductors or cables H01B7/06) · CPC title

• H05K7/02 Primary

  Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure · CPC title

• H05K7/1491

  having cable management arrangements (management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06) · CPC title

• H02G11/00

  Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts · CPC title