CN102065664B - handheld electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

A handheld electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a tripod and a gear set. The first body has a first rack. The second body is slidably mounted on the first body. The tripod has a second rack and is slidably mounted on the first body and is located between the first body and the second body. The gear set has a first meshing portion and a second meshing portion and is pivotally mounted on the second body. The first meshing portion and the second meshing portion are respectively meshed with the first rack and the second rack. When the first body translates a first distance relative to the second body, the first body drives the gear set to rotate by the first rack, and the tripod is driven by the gear set by the second rack to translate a second distance greater than the first distance relative to the second body.

Description

handheld electronic device

technical field

The present invention relates to a hand-held electronic device, and in particular to a hand-held electronic device capable of standing up.

Background technique

A handheld electronic device refers to an electronic device that can be carried and operated by a user. Handheld electronic devices usually have small volume and weight, so that users can carry them around. Common handheld electronic devices include mobile phones, multimedia players, personal digital assistants, handheld game consoles, handheld satellite navigators, and notebook computers.

Currently, handheld electronic devices sold in the market are usually not equipped with a support frame or a tripod. Therefore, when the user wants to place the handheld electronic device on the desktop to enjoy the video, the handheld electronic device must be placed on an auxiliary tool, such as a dock compatible with the handheld electronic device, so that the handheld electronic device can stand up. In other words, the user must purchase a base that can be used with the handheld electronic device to realize the standing function of the handheld electronic device, which will cause additional expenses. At the same time, the base is not conducive to carrying, and users usually cannot take the base with them to go out, so that the standing function realized by the handheld electronic device with the base is limited by the use occasion. On the other hand, if the user only uses the hand-held method, there will also be a problem of inconvenient use.

Contents of the invention

The invention provides a hand-held electronic device capable of realizing a standing function, which allows users to use the hand-held electronic device without using other tools or holding the hand-held electronic device with hands.

The invention provides a handheld electronic device, which includes a first body, a second body, a tripod and a gear set. The first body has a first rack. The second body is slid on the first body. The tripod is slidingly arranged between the first body and the second body. The tripod has a second rack. The gear set has a first meshing portion and a second meshing portion, and is pivotally arranged on the second body along the rotating shaft. The first engaging portion is engaged with the first rack, and the second engaging portion is engaged with the second rack. When the first body moves a first distance relative to the second body in the operating direction, the first body drives the gear set to rotate through the first rack, and the tripod is driven by the gear set through the second rack, and moves opposite to each other along the operating direction. The second body translates a second distance greater than the first distance.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned gear set includes a first gear and a second gear. The first gear has a first meshing portion. The second gear has a second meshing portion, wherein the second gear is fixed on the first gear and pivoted on the second machine body, and the rotating shaft passes through the rotation center of the first gear and the rotation center of the second gear.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first body has a sliding slot, the first gear is located in the sliding slot, and the first rack is arranged on the inner wall of the sliding slot, so that the first gear meshes with the first rack.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the extending direction of the above-mentioned chute is substantially parallel to the operating direction.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned stand includes a sliding part, a supporting part and an elastic part. The sliding part is slidably arranged between the first body and the second body. The supporting part is pivotally connected to the sliding part. The elastic member is connected between the sliding part and the supporting part to provide moment to make the supporting part pivot relative to the sliding part along the direction away from the first body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first rack and the second rack are located on the same side of the gear set.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned handheld electronic device further includes a screen disposed on the first body, wherein the screen and the second body are respectively located on opposite sides of the first body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned handheld electronic device further includes a speaker, which is arranged on the side of the second body facing the first body, and after the first body moves a first distance relative to the second body along the operating direction, the first The fuselage exposes the horn.

Based on the above, when the user wants to use the handheld electronic device, he only needs to slide the first body relative to the second body along the operating direction, and the tripod can be driven by the first rack, the second rack and the gear set. It is exposed by the second body and can pivot in a direction away from the first body. Therefore, the handheld electronic device of the present invention can stand on a surface through the stand, and the user can perform actions such as watching videos or listening to music without using a hand or auxiliary tools.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1A to FIG. 1C are operation flowcharts of a handheld electronic device implementing a standing function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of some components of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1A .

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of some components of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1A .

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of some components of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1A .

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of some components of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1A .

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of some components of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1B .

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of some components of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1B .

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1A .

FIG. 9 is a schematic side view of the handheld electronic device shown in FIG. 1B .

Description of main component symbols

100: Handheld Electronic Devices

110: The first body

112, 116, 118, 122: chute

114, 132: Rack

120: Second Body

130: tripod

134: sliding part

136: support part

138: elastic piece

140: gear set

142: First gear

142a: first engaging portion

144: second gear

144a: second engaging portion

150: Horn

160: Components

170: screen

A: Shaft

D: operating direction

L1, L2, L3: Distance

Detailed ways

FIG. 1A to FIG. 1C are operation flowcharts of a handheld electronic device implementing a standing function according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1A , the handheld electronic device 100 of this embodiment includes a first body 110 and a second body 120 . The second body 120 is slidably disposed on the first body 110 . In this embodiment, the handheld electronic device 100 is, for example, a slide-type mobile phone, a slide-type personal digital assistant, a slide-type multimedia player, or other slide-type handheld electronic devices.

In this embodiment, the first body 110 of the handheld electronic device 100 has a screen 170 such as a liquid crystal display screen. In addition, in order to realize the multimedia audio-visual function, the second body 120 of the handheld electronic device 100 may further be provided with a speaker 150 (marked in FIG. 1C ). The speaker 150 is disposed on a side of the second body 120 facing the first body 110 , and the screen 170 and the second body 120 are respectively located on opposite sides of the first body 110 . When the user pushes the first body 110 to move relative to the second body 120 along the operating direction D, the first body 110 can expose the horn 150 (as shown in FIG. 1C ). In this way, the user can watch the video played on the screen 170 and listen to the music played by the speaker 150 at the same time. Conversely, when the user no longer uses the handheld electronic device 100 , it is enough to push the first body 110 back to its original position.

It is worth noting that, in order to realize the standing function of the handheld electronic device 100 so that the user can use the audio-visual function of the handheld electronic device 100 , the handheld electronic device 100 of this embodiment further integrates a hidden stand 130 . When the first body 110 and the second body 120 are in the folded state as shown in FIG. During the unfolded state as shown in FIG. 1B , the stand 130 will extend out of the handheld electronic device 100 synchronously. Afterwards, as shown in FIG. 1C , the stand 130 can pivot toward a direction away from the first body 110, so that the handheld electronic device 100 can stand on a plane by the stand 130, thereby allowing the user to more easily Watch screen 170. The internal mechanism and operation process of the handheld electronic device 100 will be further described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of some components of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1A . FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of some components of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1A . To make the illustration clearer, FIGS. 2 and 3 do not show the first body 110 of FIG. 1A . Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the tripod 130 of this embodiment has a rack 132 and is slidably disposed on the sliding slot 122 of the second body 120 , and the handheld electronic device 100 further includes a gear set 140 . Each gear set 140 includes a first gear 142 and a second gear 144, the first gear 142 has a first meshing portion 142a, and the second gear 144 has a second meshing portion 144a. The second gear 144 is fixed on the first gear 142 and pivotally mounted on the second body 120 along the rotation axis A passing through the rotation center of the first gear 142 and the rotation center of the second gear 144 , wherein the second engaging portion 144 a engages with the rack 132 .

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of some components of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1A . FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of some components of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1A . To make the illustration clearer, FIGS. 4 and 5 do not show the second body 120 of FIG. 1A . Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 , the first body 110 has a rack 114 , and the first engaging portion 142 a (shown in FIG. 3 ) of the first gear 142 is engaged with the rack 114 . In addition to being slidably disposed on the chute 122 (shown in FIG. 3 ) of the second body 120 , the stand 130 is also slidably disposed on the chute 112 of the first body 110 . In other words, the chute 112 of the first body 110 is opposite to the chute 122 of the second body 120 , so that the stand 130 can be slid on the first body 110 and the second body 120 through the chute 112 and the chute 122 between.

The first body 110 has a chute 116 substantially parallel to the operating direction D, the first gear 142 (marked in FIG. The rack 116 meshes. In addition, the rack 114 and the rack 132 in this embodiment are located on the same side of the gear set 140, so that when the first body 110 translates relative to the second body 120 along the operating direction D to drive the gear set 140 to rotate, the tripod 130 Driven by the gear set 140 , it also translates along the operating direction D relative to the first body 110 and the second body 120 . In addition, in this embodiment, the first body 110 is slidably installed on the second body 120 by, for example, the components 160 shown in FIGS. The chute 118 of the first body 110 .

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of some components of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1B . FIG. 7 is a perspective view of some components of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1B . To make the illustration clearer, FIG. 6 does not show the first body 110 of FIG. 1B , and FIG. 7 does not show the second body 120 of FIG. 1B . During the translation of the first body 110 from the position shown in FIG. 1A relative to the second body 120 along the operating direction D to the position shown in FIG. The meshing of the first gear 142 in 2 drives the gear set 140 pivotally mounted on the second body 120 to rotate. The gear set 140 drives the tripod 130 to translate relative to the first body 110 along the operating direction D to the positions shown in FIGS. The body is translated by a distance L1 and relative to the second body 120 by a distance L2. More specifically, the combination of the first gear 142 and the second gear 144 with different numbers of teeth can produce different translation distances L1 and L2 to meet various design requirements.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of the handheld electronic device in FIG. 1A . FIG. 9 is a schematic side view of the handheld electronic device shown in FIG. 1B . Specifically, the first body 110 can be moved from the position shown in FIG. Translate the distance L3 relative to the second body 120 along the operating direction D to the position shown in FIG. L2.

In this way, the user only needs to operate the handheld electronic device 100 with one hand to slide the first body 110 relative to the second body 120 , so that the tripod 130 can extend out of the handheld electronic device 100 and move away from the first body 110 Pivot (as shown in FIG. 1C ) to realize the standing function of the handheld electronic device 100 . Therefore, the user can avoid complicated operation steps, saving time and effort. In addition, the handheld electronic device 100 of this embodiment has the characteristic that the stand 130 can be completely stored (hidden) when it is in standby, and the stand 130 can extend enough length out of the handheld electronic device 100 when in use. That is, in the operation process of this embodiment, the distance L2 that the tripod 130 moves relative to the second body 120 will be greater than the distance L3 that the first body 110 moves relative to the second body 120, so that The stand 130 is long enough to stably support the handheld electronic device 100 so that the handheld electronic device 100 will not fall due to an unstable center of gravity.

Next, the pivoting manner of the tripod 130 in this embodiment relative to the first body 110 will be described in detail. Please refer to FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 , in this embodiment, the stand 130 includes a sliding portion 134 , a supporting portion 136 and an elastic member 138 . The sliding part 134 is slidably disposed between the first body 110 and the second body 120 via the sliding groove 112 of the first body 110 and the sliding groove 122 of the second body 120 . The supporting portion 136 is pivotally connected to the sliding portion 134 . The elastic member 138 is connected between the sliding part 134 and the supporting part 136 to provide a moment to make the supporting part 138 pivot relative to the sliding part 134 along a direction away from the first body 110 . In this embodiment, the elastic member 138 is, for example, a torsion spring.

When the handheld electronic device 100 is in the state shown in FIG. 1A , the second body 120 resists the elastic force of the elastic member 138 and presses the support portion 136 onto the first body 110 so that the support portion 136 cannot move away from the first body 110 . direction and pivot relative to the sliding portion 134 . After the user pushes the first body 110 from the position shown in FIG. 1A to the position shown in FIG. 1B , the second body 120 no longer presses the support portion 136 , and the support portion 136 moves away from the support portion 136 by the elastic force of the elastic member 138 . The direction of the first body 110 is pivoted to the position shown in FIG. 1C relative to the sliding portion 134 to provide the function of supporting the handheld electronic device 100 on a plane. Of course, the handheld electronic device 100 of this embodiment does not need to be equipped with the elastic member 138 . At this time, the user has to manually adjust the angle of the supporting portion 136 .

To sum up, when the user wants to use the handheld electronic device, he only needs to slide the first body relative to the second body along the operating direction, and the tripod can be connected by the first rack, the second rack and the gear set. Driven to be exposed by the second body, and then pivot in a direction away from the first body. Therefore, the handheld electronic device of the present invention can stand on a surface by means of a tripod, so that the user can directly watch the screen of the handheld electronic device and listen to the sound from the speaker without holding it by hand. Handheld electronic devices or placed on a base. In addition, the handheld electronic device of the present invention can completely accommodate the tripod between the first body and the second body, so as to improve the portability of the handheld electronic device. On the other hand, the distance that the tripod moves relative to the second body will be greater than the distance that the first body moves relative to the second body, so that the tripod protruding out of the handheld electronic device has a sufficient length, which is enough to firmly support the handheld electronic device, so that The hand-held electronic device will not fall due to unstable center of gravity.

Although the present invention has been disclosed as above with the embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention The scope of protection shall prevail as defined in the claims.

Claims (8)

1. hand-hold electronic device comprises:

One first housing has one first tooth bar and one first chute;

One second housing is slidedly arranged on this first housing and has one second chute;

One foot rest is slidedly arranged between this first housing and this second housing, and this foot rest has one second tooth bar;

One gear train, have one first engaging piece and one second engaging piece, and be hubbed at this second housing along a rotating shaft, wherein this first engaging piece is engaged in this first tooth bar, and this second engaging piece is engaged in this second tooth bar, when this first housing along a direction of operating relatively this second housing translation one first apart from the time, this first housing rotates by this gear train of this first rack drives, and this foot rest by this second tooth bar by this gear set drive, and this second housing translation is greater than a second distance of this first distance relatively along this direction of operating, and wherein this foot rest comprises:

One sliding part is slidedly arranged on this first housing and this by this first chute and this second chute

Between two bodies; And

One support portion is articulated in this sliding part.

2. hand-hold electronic device according to claim 1, wherein this gear train comprises:

One first gear has this first engaging piece; And

One second gear has this second engaging piece, and wherein this second gear is fixedly arranged on this first gear and is hubbed at this second housing, and this rotating shaft is by the center of rotation of this first gear and the center of rotation of this second gear.

3. hand-hold electronic device according to claim 2, wherein this first housing has one the 3rd chute, and this first gear is positioned at the 3rd chute, and this first tooth bar is located at the 3rd chute inwall, makes the engagement of this first gear and this first tooth bar.

4. hand-hold electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the bearing of trend of the 3rd chute is parallel in fact this direction of operating.

5. hand-hold electronic device according to claim 1, wherein this foot rest comprises:

One elastic component is connected between this sliding part and this support portion, makes this support portion along pivoting with respect to this sliding part away from the direction of this first housing so that a moment to be provided.

6. hand-hold electronic device according to claim 1, wherein this first tooth bar and this second tooth bar are positioned at the same side of this gear train.

7. hand-hold electronic device according to claim 1 also comprises a screen, is disposed at this first housing, and wherein this screen lays respectively at the relative both sides of this first housing with this second housing.

8. hand-hold electronic device according to claim 1, also comprise loudspeaker, be disposed at this second housing towards a side of this first housing, along this direction of operating relatively after this first distance of this second housing translation, this first housing exposes this loudspeaker at this first housing.

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