CN101969485B - Slide mechanism and handheld device with slide mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a sliding closure mechanism and a handheld device with the same. The first slide rail of the sliding cover mechanism is arranged on a first shell of the handheld device, the second slide rail of the sliding cover mechanism is arranged on a second shell of the handheld device, and the first slide rail and the second slide rail are respectively connected with a slide block through a first slide pivot and a second slide pivot for linkage. When the second shell is stressed to slide relative to the first shell, the sliding block slides for a first stroke relative to the first sliding rail, and the second sliding rail slides for a second stroke relative to the sliding block, so that the second shell can completely slide out of the first shell relative to the first shell. And then the third shell which is vertically connected to the first shell moves close to the first shell, so that the two display surfaces of the second shell and the third shell on the handheld device are positioned on the same plane and have the maximum display area.

Description

Slide mechanism and handheld device with slide mechanism

technical field

The invention relates to a sliding cover mechanism and a handheld device, in particular to a sliding cover mechanism with two sliding rails that can be relatively completely opened and a handheld device with the sliding cover mechanism.

Background technique

Current handheld devices, such as sliding smart phones, hide the physical keyboard under the sliding mechanism device, and when in use, slide the sliding mechanism at the screen end to reveal the physical keyboard below, but the screen display plane and The physical keyboard is not on the same plane, which is easy to cause inconvenience in use. On the other hand, in order to expand the display screen of the handheld device as much as possible, there is also a dual display design for the slide-type smart phone, that is, the upper and lower shells of the handheld device are designed to have a display screen. When the handheld device is slid open by the sliding cover mechanism, the display screen of the lower housing can be revealed.

However, the current slide mechanism used in handheld devices has the following limitations: (1) Since the sliding direction of all slide mechanisms themselves is in the same plane, the use of this type of slide mechanism arranged between the upper and lower housings It will cause the upper and lower display screens to fall on different planes after the slide cover is opened, causing a drop in the connection between the two display screens and affecting the viewing quality; (2) In order to arrange the space for the slide cover mechanism in the housing of the handheld device At present, the limit of the sliding stroke (Sliding stroke) of all sliding cover mechanisms can only reach two-thirds of the width of the housing at most, so the size of the display screen of the lower housing will be limited by the sliding stroke. If the lower display screen is to be the same as the upper display screen (that is, the largest display surface of the handheld device), the area of the product must be increased to obtain an additional area for accommodating the slide mechanism.

Contents of the invention

To solve the above problems, the present invention provides a sliding cover mechanism, which includes a first sliding rail, a second sliding rail, a sliding block, a first sliding hinge and a second sliding hinge. The slide block is arranged between the first slide rail and the second slide rail, the first slide hinge is connected between the slide block and the first slide rail, and the slide block can be relatively The first sliding rail slides along a first direction for a first stroke, the second sliding hinge is connected between the sliding block and the second sliding rail, and the second sliding rail can be relatively opposite to the sliding block through the second sliding hinge Sliding along the first direction for a second stroke. After the slider slides the first stroke relative to the first slide rail and the second slide rail slides the second stroke relative to the slider, the first slide rail and the second slide rail are fully opened relative to each other .

The present invention also provides a slide-type handheld device, which includes a slide mechanism, a first shell and a second shell. The sliding cover mechanism includes a first sliding rail and a second sliding rail, a sliding block, a first sliding hinge and a second sliding hinge. The slide block is arranged between the first slide rail and the second slide rail, the first slide hinge is connected between the slide block and the first slide rail, and the slide block can be relatively The first sliding rail slides along a first direction for a first stroke, the second sliding hinge is connected between the sliding block and the second sliding rail, and the second sliding rail can be relatively opposite to the sliding block through the second sliding hinge Sliding along the first direction for a second stroke. The first casing is used to accommodate the first slide rail, the second casing is used to accommodate the second slide rail, the second casing is stacked on the first casing, and can be opposite to the first casing. A housing slides along the first direction.

The present invention further provides a sliding cover mechanism and a sliding cover type handheld device, wherein the first sliding rail or the second sliding rail is a U-shaped sliding rail.

The present invention further provides a sliding cover mechanism and a sliding cover type handheld device, wherein the sliding block is an Ω-shaped sliding block.

Through the sliding cover mechanism provided by the present invention, the second housing where the first display surface of the sliding cover type handheld device is located can slide relative to the lower first housing and completely move out of the first housing, and then the uppermost second housing The third housing where the two display surfaces are located can be vertically sunk to be on the same plane as the second housing, so that the display area of the dual display screens of the handheld device can be maximized and placed on the same plane, providing screen joints in use integrity.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the closing of the slide cover of the first embodiment of the handheld device with double-sided display screens of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side cross-sectional view along line AA' of Fig. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the first stroke of opening the sliding cover of the first embodiment of the handheld device.

FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view along line AA' of FIG. 3 .

5 is a schematic diagram of the third stroke of opening the sliding cover of the first embodiment of the handheld device.

FIG. 6 is a side cross-sectional view along line AA' of FIG. 5 .

FIG. 7 is a side cross-sectional view of the joint of double-sided display screens of the first embodiment of the handheld device.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of linkage of the first embodiment of the slide mechanism.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of the linkage of opening the sliding cover of the second embodiment of the handheld device.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the linkage of opening the sliding cover of the third embodiment of the handheld device.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the linkage of opening the sliding cover of the fourth embodiment of the handheld device.

Wherein, the reference signs are explained as follows:

1~4 handheld device 10 first housing

20 second shell 21 first use surface

30 The third shell 31 The second use surface

40 slide cover mechanism 41, 61 first slide rail

42, 62 second slide rail 43, 63 slider

44, 46, 64, 66 first sliding hub 45, 47, 65, 67 second sliding hub

50 connecting rod structure 81, 91, 101, 111 first state

82, 92, 102, 112 second state 83, 93, 103, 113 third state

d1 first trip d2 second trip

d3 third stroke

Detailed ways

The sliding cover mechanism disclosed in the present invention can be applied to handheld devices with two or more housings. In the following descriptions and illustrations, a smart phone with double-sided display screens is used as an example to reveal Preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 . FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the first embodiment of the handheld device 1 with double-sided display screens in a closed slide state, and FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view along line AA' in FIG. 1 . In the first embodiment, the handheld device 1 is an example of a smart phone with a double-sided display screen, which includes a first housing 10, a second housing 20, and a third housing 30 (for convenience of illustration, the figure 1 and all subsequent schematic plan views only show the state of relative sliding between the first housing 10 and the second housing 20, the third housing 30 is omitted (not shown), and the second housing 20 is stacked On the first housing 10, the third housing 30 is stacked on the second housing 20, wherein the first housing 10 can contain the system components (system end) of the handheld device 1, and the handheld device 1 is in the second housing The body 20 and the third housing 30 respectively have a first use surface 21 and a second use surface 31, and the first use surface 21 and the second use surface 31 can respectively be smart phones with double-sided display screens. The first display screen and the second display screen of . Using the sliding cover mechanism 40 disclosed in the present invention, the second housing 20 can slide relative to the first housing 10 (and relative to the third housing 30 ) and can completely slide out of the first housing 10 (and the third housing 30 ). 30) Outside. In other embodiments of the present invention, it can also be applied as a slide-type mobile phone with only the first casing 10 (system end) and the second casing 20 (display end), so that the upper and lower casings of the slide-type mobile phone It can be relatively completely slid open to fully expose the surface of the lower case to obtain the maximum usable area.

To achieve the above purpose, the handheld device 1 has a slide mechanism 40 disposed between the first housing 10 and the second housing 20, so that the second housing 20 can slide horizontally in the direction _L1 relative to the first housing 10. . The third housing 30 is connected to the first housing 10 through a link structure 50 . The sliding cover mechanism 40 includes a first sliding rail 41 , a second sliding rail 42 , a sliding block 43 , a first sliding hinge 44 and a second sliding hinge 45 . In the first embodiment, the first slide rail 41 is a rectangular slide rail, accommodated in the first housing 10 of the handheld device 1 (in other embodiments, the first slide rail 41 of the slide cover mechanism 40 is also can be a part of the first housing 10); the second slide rail 42 is a U-shaped slide rail, accommodated in the second housing 20 of the handheld device 1 (while in other embodiments, the second slide mechanism 40 The slide rail 42 can also be a part of the second housing 20 ), and the slide block 43 is Ω-shaped and arranged between the first slide rail 41 and the second slide rail 42 . The first sliding hinge 44 (or a pair of first sliding hinges 44 as shown in the figure) is connected between the first slide rail 41 and the slider 43 (or in other embodiments, can also be connected to the first housing 10 and the slider 43), the second sliding hinge 45 (or a pair of second sliding hinges 45 can be used as shown in the figure) is connected between the slider 43 and the second sliding rail 42 (or in other embodiments , can also be connected between the slider 43 and the second housing 20), wherein the first sliding hinge 44 and the second sliding hinge 45 can actually use a torsion spring or a compression spring (the torsion spring is used as an example in the figure ), and the first sliding hinge 44 and the second sliding hinge 45 respectively have a first spring constant K ₁ and a second spring constant K ₂ , in the first embodiment, the first spring constant K ₁ is smaller than the second spring constant K ₂ .

Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the first stroke of the first embodiment of the handheld device 1 when the slide cover is opened, and FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view along line AA' in FIG. 3 . As mentioned above, through the slide mechanism 40 , the second housing 20 of the handheld device 1 can slide relative to the first housing 10 along the direction L ₁ . When as shown in FIG. 3 , when a pulling or pushing force is applied to the second casing 20 along the _L1 direction, through the relative movement between the slider 43 and the first slide rail 41, the second casing 20 will move along the L The direction ₁ moves relative to the first casing 10 by a first stroke d ₁ .

Please refer to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 , FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the third stroke of opening the slide cover of the first embodiment of the handheld device 1 , and FIG. 6 is a side cross-sectional view along line AA' in FIG. 5 . After the second casing 20 moves relative to the first casing 10 along the _L1 direction for the first stroke _d1 , when the pulling or pushing force is continuously applied to the second casing 20 along the _L1 direction, the second slide rail 42 And the relative movement between the sliders 43, the second housing 20 will continue to move relative to the first housing 10 along the L ₁ direction for a second stroke d ₂ (as shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5), while Figure 5 and Figure 5 The third stroke d ₃ in FIG. 6 is the first stroke d ₁ plus the second stroke d ₂ . When the second housing 20 moves relative to the first housing 10 along the direction L ₁ for the third distance d ₃ (that is, the width of the sliding cover of the handheld device 1 in the sliding direction), it can be seen from the top view of FIG. 5 that , the second housing 20 can be completely slid out of the first housing 10, so the sliding cover mechanism 40 disclosed in the present invention can allow the second housing 20 to slide relative to the first housing 10 along a single direction and completely slide out of the first housing 10. A housing 10 outside. And because the third casing 30 is vertically stacked and connected to the first casing 10 , the second casing 20 is also completely exposed outside the third casing 30 . In other words, the third stroke d ₃ can be equal to the width of the first casing 10 and the second casing 20 , or in an embodiment with the third casing 30 , the third stroke d ₃ can also be equal to the width of the third casing 30 width.

Please refer to FIG. 7 , which is a side cross-sectional view of the joint of double-sided display screens of the first embodiment of the handheld device 1 . As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 , when the second housing 20 moves relative to the first housing 10 by a third stroke _d3 and is completely exposed outside the first housing 10 and the third housing 30 , the third housing 30 The connecting rod structure 50 can be moved close to the first housing 10 along the _L2 direction on the figure (vertically downward or perpendicular to the _L1 direction and toward the first housing 10), so that the second housing 20 The first use surface 21 (first display screen) on the top and the second use surface 31 (second display screen) on the third housing 30 are located on the same plane P, so that the dual display screens of the handheld device 1 can be on the same Jointing on the plane provides better display effect and user experience. At the same time, because the slide mechanism 40 can completely take the second housing 20 out of the first housing 10, a frameless design can be used in the design of the use surfaces of the second housing 20 and the third housing 30, and the second housing 20 The first display screen and the second display screen fill the entire first use surface 21 and the second use surface 31 respectively; or use the first display screen and the second display screen with a slim border design, for example: the width of the border is less than 1 millimeter (mm) design.

Please refer to FIG. 8 . FIG. 8 is a schematic linkage diagram of the first embodiment of the slide mechanism 40 . The connection relationship between the components of the sliding cover mechanism 40 is as described above, since the first spring constant K ₁ of the first sliding hinge 44 in the first embodiment is smaller than the second spring constant K ₂ of the second sliding hinge 45 , therefore When the second casing 20 (equivalently, it is the second sliding rail 42, because the second sliding rail 42 is fixedly accommodated in the second casing 20) is subjected to a pulling or pushing force in the direction _L1 from the first state 81 When driving, the first sliding hinge 44 will first be deformed by force, so that the slider 43 will slide relative to the first slide rail 41 along the _L1 direction through the first sliding hinge 44 for the first stroke _d1 to the second state 82 as shown in FIG. 8 s position. When the second housing 20/second sliding rail 42 continues to be driven by the pulling force or pushing force applied in the _L1 direction, the second sliding hinge 45 is then deformed by force, so that the second sliding rail 42 slides relatively through the second sliding hinge 45. The block 43 slides the second stroke d ₂ along the L ₁ direction to the position of the third state 83 as shown in FIG. 8 . To sum up, the second slide rail 42 can slide relative to the first slide rail 41 by the first stroke d ₁ plus the second stroke d ₂ , that is, the aforementioned third stroke d ₃ . Therefore, the third stroke d ₃ can be equal to the width of the first shell 10 and the second shell 20, or in an embodiment with the third shell 30, the third stroke d ₃ can also be equal to the width of the third shell 30 width.

In addition to the aforementioned first embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 8, when the spring constants of the two sliding hinges in the sliding cover mechanism are changed, in other embodiments of the present invention, different sliding cover linkage processes can be produced, and the same can be achieved. The second casing is completely slid out of the first casing relative to the first casing. As shown in the second embodiment of FIG. 9, the first housing 10, the second housing 20 (or a third housing 30) of the handheld device 2 and the first slide rail 41, The relative structures and connections of the second sliding rail 42 , the sliding block 43 , the first sliding hinge 46 and the second sliding hinge 47 are similar to those of the aforementioned first embodiment. However, in the second embodiment, the first sliding hinge 46 and the second sliding hinge 47 have a first spring constant K ₁ and a second spring constant K ₂ respectively, and the first spring constant K ₁ is greater than the second spring constant K ₂ . Therefore, when the second housing 20 is driven by the pulling force or pushing force applied in the _L1 direction from the first state 91, the second sliding hinge 47 will first be deformed by force, so that the second slide rail 42 slides relatively through the second sliding hinge 47. The block 43 slides the second distance d ₂ along the direction L ₁ to the position of the second state 92 as shown in FIG. 9 . When the second casing 20 continues to be driven by the pulling force or push applied in the _L1 direction, the first sliding hinge 46 is then deformed by force, so that the slider 43 passes through the first sliding hinge 46 relative to the first slide rail 41 along the L Slide the first stroke d ₁ in direction ₁ to the position of the third state 93 as shown in FIG. 9 . In summary, the second casing 20 can slide relative to the first casing 10 by the second stroke d ₂ plus the first stroke d ₁ , that is, the aforementioned third stroke d ₃ .

Please refer to FIG. 10 , which is a schematic diagram of the opening of the sliding cover of the third embodiment of the handheld device 3 . In the third embodiment, the first housing 10, the second housing 20 (or a third housing 30) of the handheld device 3 and the first sliding rail 61 and the second sliding rail of the sliding cover mechanism 62 , the sliding block 63 , the relative structure and connection relation of the first sliding hinge 64 and the second sliding hinge 65 are similar to those of the foregoing embodiments. However, in the third embodiment, the first slide rail 61 is a U-shaped slide rail, while the second slide rail 62 is a rectangular slide rail, and the first slide hinge 64 and the second slide hinge 65 respectively have a first spring constant K ₁ and the second spring constant K ₂ , and the first spring constant K ₁ is smaller than the second spring constant K ₂ . Therefore, when the second housing 20 is driven by the pulling force or pushing force applied in the _L1 direction from the first state 101, the first sliding hinge 64 will first be deformed by force, so that the slider 63 will slide relative to the first sliding hinge 64 through the first sliding hinge 64. The rail 61 slides along the L ₁ direction by a first stroke d ₁ to the position of the second state 102 as shown in FIG. 10 . When the second casing 20 continues to be driven by the pulling or pushing force applied in the direction of _L1 , the second sliding hinge 65 is deformed under force, so that the second sliding rail 62 passes through the second sliding hinge 65 relative to the sliding block 63 along the direction _L1 . The direction slides the second stroke d ₂ to the position of the third state 103 as shown in FIG. 10 . In summary, the second housing 20 can slide relative to the first housing 10 by the first stroke d ₁ plus the second stroke d ₂ , that is, the aforementioned third stroke d ₃ . Therefore, the third stroke d ₃ can be equal to the width of the first shell 10 and the second shell 20, or in an embodiment with the third shell 30, the third stroke d ₃ can also be equal to the width of the third shell 30 width.

Please refer to FIG. 11 , which is a schematic diagram of the opening of the sliding cover of the fourth embodiment of the handheld device 4 . In the fourth embodiment, the first housing 10, the second housing 20 (or a third housing 30) of the handheld device 4 and the first sliding rail 61 and the second sliding rail of the sliding cover mechanism 62 , the sliding block 63 , the relative structure and connection relationship of the first sliding hinge 66 and the second sliding hinge 67 are similar to those of the foregoing embodiments. However, in the fourth embodiment, the first sliding hinge 66 and the second sliding hinge 67 have a first spring constant K ₁ and a second spring constant K ₂ respectively, and the first spring constant K ₁ is greater than the second spring constant K ₂ . Therefore, when the second housing 20 is driven by the pulling force or pushing force applied in the direction _L1 from the first state 111, the second slide rail 62 slides relative to the slider 63 by the second stroke d along the direction _L1 through the second sliding hinge 67. ₂ to the position of the second state 112 as shown in FIG. 11 . When the second casing 20 continues to be driven by the pulling force or pushing force applied in the direction _L1 , the first sliding hinge 66 is then deformed by force, so that the slider 63 passes through the first sliding hinge 66 relative to the first sliding rail 61 along the direction _L1. The direction slides the first stroke d ₁ to the position of the third state 113 as shown in FIG. 11 . In summary, the second casing 20 can slide relative to the first casing 10 by the second stroke d ₂ plus the first stroke d ₁ , that is, the aforementioned third stroke d ₃ . Therefore, the third stroke d ₃ can be equal to the width of the first shell 10 and the second shell 20, or in an embodiment with the third shell 30, the third stroke d ₃ can also be equal to the width of the third shell 30 width.

In the slide mechanism disclosed in the present invention and the handheld device with the double-sided display screen of the slide mechanism, the first slide rail of the slide mechanism is arranged on the first housing of the system end of the handheld device, and the second slide rail of the slide mechanism The two slide rails are arranged on the second casing of the first display end of the handheld device, and the first slide rail and the second slide rail are respectively connected to a slider through a first slide hinge and a second slide hinge for linkage. When the second housing is forced to slide relative to the first housing, the slider slides relative to the first slide rail for a first stroke, and the second slide rail slides relative to the slider for a second stroke, so that the second housing can move relative to the first slide rail. A housing is completely slid out of the first housing. Then, the third housing with the second display terminal vertically connected to the first housing moves closer to the first housing, so that the two display terminals on the handheld device can be located on the same plane and have the largest display area.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made according to the patent scope of the present invention shall be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A sliding cover mechanism, the sliding cover mechanism includes: a first slide rail; a second slide rail; a slider, arranged between the first slide rail and the second slide rail; a first sliding hinge, connected between the slider and the first slide rail, through which the slider can slide relative to the first slide rail along a first direction for a first stroke; and a second sliding hub, connected between the slider and the second sliding rail, the second sliding rail can slide relative to the slider along the first direction for a second stroke through the second sliding hub; Wherein, after the slider slides the first stroke relative to the first slide rail and the second slide rail slides the second stroke relative to the slider, the first slide rail and the second slide rail relative to each other fully open. 2. The sliding cover mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first sliding rail or the second sliding rail is a U-shaped sliding rail. 3. The sliding cover mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sliding block is an omega-shaped sliding block. 4. A slide type handheld device comprising: A slide cover mechanism as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3; a first housing for accommodating the first slide rail; and A second casing is used for accommodating the second sliding rail, the second casing is stacked on the first casing, and can slide relative to the first casing along the first direction. 5. The sliding-type handheld device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first sliding hinge and the second sliding hinge are torsion springs or compression springs. 6. The slide-type handheld device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first sliding hinge and the second sliding hinge respectively have a first spring constant and a second spring constant, and the first spring constant is greater than the first spring constant Two spring constants. 7. The slide-type handheld device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second housing can slide relative to the first housing along the first direction for a third stroke, wherein the third stroke is the first stroke plus on the second trip. 8. The slide-type handheld device according to claim 7, further comprising a third housing and a link structure, the link structure is connected between the first housing and the third housing, the first housing Three casings are stacked on the first casing and the second casing, and when the second casing slides the third stroke along the first direction relative to the first casing, the third casing can pass through The link structure moves close to the first housing along a second direction. 9. The slide type handheld device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the second housing has a first use surface, the third housing has a second use surface, when the third housing moves close to the first use surface When a casing is used, the first use surface and the second use surface are located on the same plane. 10. The slide-type handheld device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first use surface is a first display screen, and the second use surface is a second display screen.

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