CN101478864B - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an electronic device, which comprises a first body, a second body, at least one first spacer and at least one second spacer. The first body has a carrying surface. The second body is arranged on the bearing surface in a sliding manner and is provided with a bottom surface opposite to the bearing surface. The first spacer is fixedly arranged on the bearing surface and is suitable for sliding on the bottom surface. The second spacer is fixedly arranged on the bottom surface and is suitable for sliding on the bearing surface. The first spacer and the second spacer are always kept in an overlapping area between the bottom surface and the bearing surface.

Description

electronic device

technical field

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and in particular to an electronic device composed of two relatively slidable bodies.

Background technique

With the development of science and technology, human beings' dependence on electronic products is also increasing day by day. In response to users' demands for high-speed, high-efficiency, lightweight, and compact electronic products, a variety of electronic devices have been developed on the market, such as ultra mobile personal computers (UMPCs), personal digital assistants (personal digital assistant, PDA) and mobile phone (mobile phone).

In order to improve the convenience of typing, the electronic device can be equipped with a standard keyboard (QWERTY keyboard) on its body. However, since the standard keyboard and the display are located on the same side of the body, the area of the body will be increased. Therefore, most current electronic devices adopt a two-layer folding body design or a two-layer sliding body design. In this way, the standard keyboard and the display can be respectively arranged on two overlapping bodies, so as to reduce the body area of the electronic device.

It is worth noting that an electronic device with a sliding body design usually has a spacer made of wear-resistant material on the bottom surface of the upper body or the top surface of the lower body. The spacer can be used to improve the sliding feeling when the two bodies slide relative to each other, and can prevent the standard keyboard from being worn due to relative sliding.

However, in the prior art, after the two bodies are relatively slid apart, the spacer will be exposed outside the bodies and affect the appearance of the electronic device. In addition, if the spacer is arranged on the top surface of the lower body, it will occupy the configuration space of a standard keyboard, thereby increasing the body area of the electronic device.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device, the spacer of which will not affect the appearance of the electronic device.

The present invention provides an electronic device, including a first housing, a second housing, at least one first spacer, and at least one second spacer. The first body has a carrying surface. The second body is slidably disposed on the bearing surface and has a bottom surface opposite to the bearing surface. The first spacer is fixed on the bearing surface and is suitable for sliding on the bottom surface. The second spacer is fixed on the bottom surface and is suitable for sliding on the bearing surface. The first spacer and the second spacer are kept in an overlapping region between the bottom surface and the bearing surface.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first body further has a keyboard. Moreover, the second body is suitable for sliding between a first position and a second position relative to the first body. When the second body is at the first position, the bottom surface covers the keyboard. In addition, when the second body is at the second position, the bottom surface exposes the keyboard.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned carrying surface surrounds the keyboard.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned carrying surface has a carrying region and two sliding regions. The carrying area is adjacent to a first side of the keyboard, and the sliding areas are respectively adjacent to a second side and a third side of the keyboard. Wherein, the first side is connected to the second side and the third side.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned electronic device includes a pair of first spacers and a pair of second spacers. When the second body is at the first position, the pair of first spacers are located in the bearing area, and the pair of second spacers are respectively located in the sliding areas. When the second body slides from the first position to the second position, the pair of second spacers slides from the sliding areas to the bearing area on the bearing surface.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the shape of the above-mentioned overlapping area is substantially rectangular, and when the second body is in the first position, the pair of first spacers and the pair of second spacers are respectively adjacent to the overlapping the four corners of the area.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the extending direction of the above-mentioned spacers is parallel to the sliding direction thereof.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned spacers are made of polyacetal resin (polyacetal or poly-oxy-methylene, POM).

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned second body further has a top surface opposite to the bottom surface and a display unit disposed on the top surface.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned second body further has an input unit. The input unit is arranged on the top surface and is located at one side of the display unit.

In the present invention, the first spacer and the second spacer can always be held in the overlapping area between the bottom surface and the carrying surface. Therefore, no matter where the second body slides to any position relative to the first body, the first spacer and the second spacer will be hidden between the first body and the second body and will not be exposed, making the appearance of the electronic device unsightly. are affected by these spacers.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, an embodiment is exemplified below and described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1A is a top view of an electronic device in a stacked state according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1B is a top view of the electronic device in FIG. 1A in a sliding state;

2A is a side view of the electronic device of FIG. 1A;

FIG. 2B is a side view of the electronic device of FIG. 1B .

[Description of main component symbols]

100: electronic device

110: The First Body

112: bearing surface

112a: Bearer area

112b: Sliding area

114: keyboard

114a: first side

114b: second side

114c: Third side

120: second body

122: bottom surface

124: top surface

126: display unit

128: input unit

130: first spacer

140: second spacer

150: Overlapping area

Detailed ways

In the following embodiments, the electronic device is, for example, a super mobile personal computer, a smart phone or a personal digital assistant. However, in other unillustrated embodiments, the electronic device can also be a mobile phone or other electronic devices composed of two bodies that can slide relative to each other.

FIG. 1A is a top view of an electronic device in an overlapping state according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a top view of the electronic device in FIG. 1A in a sliding state. FIG. 2A is a side view of the electronic device of FIG. 1A , and FIG. 2B is a side view of the electronic device of FIG. 1B . Please refer to FIG. 1A , FIG. 1B , FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B , the electronic device 100 includes a first body 110 and a second body 120 . The first body 110 has a bearing surface 112 . The second body 120 is slidably disposed on the carrying surface 112 of the first body 110 , and has a bottom surface 122 opposite to the carrying surface 112 .

Moreover, the electronic device 100 further includes at least one first spacer 130 (FIG. 1A only schematically shows a pair of first spacers 130) and at least one second spacer 140 (FIG. 1A only schematically shows a pair of first spacers 130). to the second spacer 140). The pair of first spacers 130 are fixed on the bearing surface 112 and can slide on the bottom surface 122 of the second body 120 along with the first body 110 , while the pair of second spacers 140 are fixed on the bottom surface 122 , And can slide on the carrying surface 112 of the first body 110 along with the second body 120, and the pair of first spacers 130 and the pair of second spacers 140 are always kept in an overlap between the bottom surface 122 and the carrying surface 112 in area 150.

In this embodiment, the shape of the pair of first spacers 130 and the pair of second spacers 140 is, for example, elongated, and their extending direction is parallel to their sliding direction. However, in another embodiment, the shapes of the first spacer and the second spacer may also be dots or other shapes. In addition, the pair of first spacers 130 and the pair of second spacers 140 are, for example, made of polyacetal resin (POM) commonly known as plastic steel.

The first body 110 can further have a keyboard 114 disposed on the supporting surface 112 . The second body 120 can slide relative to the first body 110 between a first position (as shown in FIGS. 1A and 2A ) and a second position (as shown in FIGS. 1B and 2B ), so that the keyboard 114 can It is accommodated between the first body 110 and the second body 120 , or is exposed outside the first body 110 and the second body 120 .

The second body 120 can further have a top surface 124 , a display unit 126 and an input unit 128 . The top surface 124 is opposite to the bottom surface 122 of the first body 110 , and the display unit 126 and the input unit 128 are both disposed on the top surface 124 . The input unit 128 is, for example, a navigation key, and it is located at one side of the display unit 126 .

In this embodiment, the carrying surface 112 surrounds the keyboard 114 and includes a carrying area 112a and two sliding areas 112b. The keyboard 114 can have a first side 114a, a second side 114b and a third side 114c, and the first side 114a is connected to the second side 114b and the third side 114c. The bearing area 112a is adjacent to the first side 114a, and the sliding areas 112b are respectively adjacent to the second side 114b and the third side 114c. In addition, the pair of first spacers 130 can be fixed in the bearing area 112 a of the bearing surface 112 , and the pair of second spacers 140 can slide on the sliding areas 112 b respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 2A, when the second body 120 is in the first position, the bottom surface 122 will completely cover the bearing surface 112 and the keyboard 114, so that the bearing area 112a, these sliding areas 112b and the keyboard 114 are located in the overlapping area 150 middle. At this time, the pair of first spacers 130 located in the carrying area 112 a and the pair of second spacers 140 respectively located in the sliding areas 112 b are located in the overlapping area 150 .

It should be noted that when the second body 120 is in the first position, as shown in FIGS. The objects 140 may be respectively adjacent to four corners of the overlapping area 150 . In this way, a relatively consistent distance between the first body 110 and the second body 120 can be maintained through the pair of first spacers 130 and the pair of second spacers 140, so as to prevent the first body 110 and the second body 120 from being in the same position. They rub against each other and get damaged when they slide against each other. In addition, the first body 110 and the second body 120 can also maintain a parallel state through the pair of first spacers 130 and the pair of second spacers 140 .

When the second body 120 slides from the first position (FIG. 1A and FIG. 2A) toward the second position (FIG. 1B and FIG. 2B) relative to the first body 110, the pair of second spacers 140 will follow the second body 120 It slides on the bearing surface 112 along these sliding regions 112b respectively. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1B and FIG. 2B , when the second body 120 is in the second position, the bottom surface 122 only covers part of the bearing surface 112 .

It should be noted that when the second body 120 is in the second position, as shown in FIG. 1B and FIG. The first spacer 130 and the pair of second spacers 140 are still held in the overlapping region 150 . In other words, no matter where the second body 120 is located between the first position and the second position, the pair of first spacers 130 and the pair of second spacers 140 will be held by the first body 110 and the second position. In the overlapping area 150 between the bodies 120 . Therefore, compared with the prior art, the appearance of the electronic device 100 of this embodiment is not affected by the pair of first spacers 130 and the pair of second spacers 140 .

In this embodiment, the sliding regions 112b are only used to allow the pair of first spacers 140 to slide thereon, so the sliding regions 112b can be relatively narrow. In this way, the keyboard 114 can have a larger use area, or the electronic device 100 can have a smaller body area.

In this embodiment, only the electronic device 100 including a pair of first spacers 130 and a pair of second spacers 140 is taken as an example for illustration. However, the quantities of the first spacers 130 and the second spacers 140 are not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments. In other unillustrated embodiments, the number of the first spacers 130 disposed on the carrying area 112a may be one, three or more than three.

To sum up, in the present invention, since the first spacer and the second spacer can always be held in the overlapping area between the bottom surface of the second body and the bearing surface of the first body. Therefore, no matter where the second body slides to any position relative to the first body, the first spacer and the second spacer will be hidden between the first body and the second body and will not be exposed, so that the appearance of the electronic device is not bad. are affected by these spacers.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above with the embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the art can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, The scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the scope of the appended patent application.

Claims (10)

1. An electronic device, characterized in that it comprises: a first body having a bearing surface; A second machine body is slidably arranged on the bearing surface and has a bottom surface opposite to the bearing surface; At least one first spacer is fixed on the bearing surface and is suitable for sliding on the bottom surface; and At least one second spacer is fixed on the bottom surface and is suitable for sliding on the bearing surface, wherein the first spacer and the second spacer are always kept in an overlapping area between the bottom surface and the bearing surface , the moving trajectories of the first spacer and the second spacer are independent and non-overlapping. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first body further has a keyboard, and the second body is adapted to be between a first position and a second position relative to the first body sliding, when the second body is at the first position, the bottom surface covers the keyboard, and when the second body is at the second position, the bottom surface exposes the keyboard. 3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the carrying surface surrounds the keyboard. 4. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the bearing surface has a bearing area and two sliding areas, the bearing area is adjacent to a first side of the keyboard, and the sliding areas are respectively adjacent to On a second side and a third side of the keyboard, and the first side is connected to the second side and the third side. 5. The electronic device according to claim 4, comprising a pair of first spacers and a pair of second spacers, wherein when the second body is in the first position, the pair of first spacers Located in the bearing area, and the pair of second spacers are respectively located in the sliding area, and when the second body slides from the first position to the second position, the pair of second spacers on the bearing surface The upper slides from the sliding area into the bearing area. 6. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the overlapping area is substantially rectangular in shape, and when the second body is at the first position, the pair of first spacers and the pair of second spacers The two spacers are respectively adjacent to four corners of the overlapping area. 7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the extending direction of the spacer is parallel to the sliding direction of the spacer. 8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the spacer is made of polyacetal resin. 9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second body further has a top surface opposite to the bottom surface and a display unit disposed on the top surface. 10 . The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the second body further has an input unit disposed on the top surface and located at one side of the display unit. 11 .

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