CN103270469A - Folding keyboard having a double hinge structure - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a folding keyboard that is characterized such that it comprises: a first arm and a second arm that are hinge-coupled to one another at respective ends so as to be capable of folding and unfolding; and a first keyboard piece and a second keyboard piece that are respectively hinge-coupled to the bodies of the first and the second arms by each edge so as to be capable of folding and unfolding.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of Foldable keyboard, more specifically, relate to the Foldable keyboard that a kind of improvement is used for the hinge arrangement of Foldable keyboard.
Background technology
The present invention to be serve as for 10-2011-0083424 number basis opinion right of priority at korean patent application 10-2010-0081123 number of on August 21st, 2010 application with at the korean patent application of application on August 22nd, 2011, and all the elements that disclose in the application's instructions and drawing all are applied at the present invention.
As the input equipment of computer and widely used keyboard, intensive thereon have a plurality of keys such as the Chinese/English keyboard, numerical key, special symbol key, function key, so the very difficult miniaturization of its structure, even and if be made as small-sized, because therefore the size of user's hand is inconvenient to import data.
Especially, portable electric appts such as the smart mobile phone that rises or UMPC generally are equipped with the display part about 10 feet recently, and the imaginary keyboard that provides of the one-piece type keyboard by being fixed in main body or touch-screen, its size is also very little, uses inconvenience, therefore, need improve keyboard structure.
In order to improve keyboard structure, in the open utility model communique of Korea S 1995-25665 number (the assembly type keyboard of portable computer), disclosed the keyboard of following structure, namely, form the accommodation section in the two sides of keyboard body and take care of auxiliary keyboard to hold, thereby take out auxiliary keyboard in use also in conjunction with the both sides that are assembled in keyboard body.But described assembly type keyboard owing to carry out disassembling section continually, therefore has the terminal that is electrically connected between keyboard body and the auxiliary keyboard and is worn or speckles with foreign matter and the bad problem of contact takes place.
As other examples, in 1998-28435 number open utility model communique of (portable computer with Foldable keyboard) and Korea S of Korea S's publication communique 1999-001643 number (the Foldable keyboard structure of portable computer), disclosed the keyboard that can stretch the size of keyboard by collapsible structure.
But existing Foldable keyboard only provides the merely function of Foldable keyboard, therefore, not only can not dwindle keyboard effectively, also has the problem of being inconvenient to carry.
Summary of the invention
The present invention proposes for solving described problem, and its purpose is, provides a kind of raising degree of freedom and can to carry out diaxon folding, thereby easy to carry, and the Foldable keyboard with dual hinge arrangement of the associativity of improvement and portable electric appts.
For reaching described purpose, the invention provides Foldable keyboard, it is characterized in that comprise: the first arm and second arm, one side end are hinged and can fold and launch; The first keyboard piece and the second keyboard piece, one side acies are articulated in the main body of described the first arm and second arm respectively and can fold and launch.
Preferably, be used for first rotating shaft of hinged described the first arm and second arm and to be used for second rotating shaft of the hinged first keyboard piece and the second keyboard piece orthogonal.
Under the state that launches the described first keyboard piece and the second keyboard piece, along with described the first arm and second arm are converted to folding or deployed condition, thus can be towards the laterally or vertical direction of the described first keyboard piece of conversion and the second keyboard piece mutually.
Preferably, the angle between described the first arm and second arm can be adjusted in the scope of 0-180 degree.
The electrical connection of the described first keyboard piece and the second keyboard interblock can be finished by stube cable, and described stube cable is extended for the inside via described the first arm and second arm and its hinge portion.
Preferably, the described first keyboard piece and the second keyboard piece form mutually identical quadrilateral of area, and the whole lateral length that launches the keyboard under the state of described the first arm and second arm fully is 2 times of whole longitudinal length that fold the keyboard under the state of described the first arm and second arm fully.
At least one possessed articulation structure in described the first arm and second arm.
According to Foldable keyboard of the present invention, fold and launch by dual hinge, therefore have and can be folded into shape easy to carry, and the advantage good with the associativity of portable electric appts.
According to Foldable keyboard of the present invention, because the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion be arranged on the main body of arm (Arm) with being spaced from each other, it is good and can support the advantage of the edge part of keyboard securely therefore to have permanance.
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Drawing among the present invention shows the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and works to be more readily understood technological thought of the present invention with detailed description of the present invention described later, therefore, and the item that the present invention is not limited to put down in writing in the drawing.
Fig. 1 is the schematic perspective view of the structure of Foldable keyboard according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the schematic perspective view of structure of the arm component of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the side schematic view of the folded state of Foldable keyboard according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 is the rear view of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 utilizes the second hinge portion to come the master of the state of unfolded formula keyboard to look synoptic diagram in Fig. 3.
Fig. 6 utilizes the first hinge portion to come unfolded formula keyboard in Fig. 5, thereby the master who finishes the state of keyboard looks synoptic diagram.
Fig. 7 looks synoptic diagram by the summary master that stube cable is electrically connected according to the first keyboard piece of the present invention and the second keyboard piece.
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100: the first hinge portions, 100a: the first arm, 100b: second arm, 100c, 100d: axis hole, 101,102: the second hinge portions, 103: the first keyboard pieces, 104: the second keyboard pieces, 105: stube cable
Embodiment
Below, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.As mentioned above; can not limited interpretation be usually or the implication on the dictionary at the employed term of this specification and claims or word; the inventor is in order self to invent with best method explanation; in the concept that can suitably define term in principle, should be interpreted as implication and the concept of technological thought according to the invention.Therefore, be recorded in the embodiment and the structure that is illustrated in drawing of this instructions, only a most preferred embodiment of the present invention does not replace whole technological thought of the present invention, therefore, be interpreted as when the application, having various equipollents and the variation that can replace them.
Fig. 1 is the schematic perspective view of the structure of Foldable keyboard according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
As shown in Figure 1, Foldable keyboard according to a preferred embodiment of the invention comprises: arm component, and it possesses the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b that a side end is hinged; The first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104, it is articulated in the main body of described the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b respectively.
As shown in Figure 2, the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b possess rod (bar) the shape main body of equal length mutually, and a side end is hinged by the first hinge portion 100 respectively and can folds (Folding) and launch (Unfol ding).
Preferably, the angle between the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b can be adjusted in the scope of 0-180 degree.
Be respectively arranged with axis hole 100c, 100d with the hinge axis (omitting diagram) that holds the first keyboard piece 103 and the hinge axis of the second keyboard piece 104 in the main body of the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b.
The second hinge portion 101 of one side acies of the first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104 by possessing described hinge axis and axis hole 100c, 100d, 102 and be articulated in the main body of the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b respectively.At this, preferred, first rotating shaft that is provided by the first hinge portion 100 and second rotating shaft that is provided by the second hinge portion 101,102 are orthogonal.
Though not shown, in the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b one or both sides can further arrange articulation structure to provide folding or to launch the function of arm.At this moment, can segment the keyboard piece more.For example, when the center section of the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b arranges articulation structure respectively, possess 2 keyboard pieces respectively on the both sides of the articulation structure of each arm, therefore can provide integral body to be combined with the Foldable keyboard of 4 keyboard pieces.By as above constructing, can be with multiple shape Foldable keyboard piece.
When becoming 0 degree angle as folding the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b, the first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104 can fold and expansion mutually.Angle between the first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104 can be adjusted in the scope of 0-180 degree.More preferably, the angle between the first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104 can be adjusted in the scope of 0-360 degree.In order to understand the present invention, Fig. 1 shows the first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104 is folded to form 360 degree angles backwards.
The first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104 have area identical quadrilateral mutually.The angle between the first arm and second arm of launching the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b so that the lateral lengths that the angle between the first arm and second arm is 180 degree finishes the keyboard integral body under the state of keyboard arrangement are folding the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b is 2 times of longitudinal length of the keyboard integral body of 0 degree.
Fig. 3 shows the folding first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104 makes it have 0 degree angle.In order to protect keyboard, be preferably under folded state, the keyboard of the keyboard of the first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104 is set to face one another.
As shown in Figure 4, under the state of the folding first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104, considers easy to carryly, be preferably designed for the outstanding length d that is exposed to the first outside hinge portion 100 and lack as far as possible.
Below, illustrate to have the operation of the Foldable keyboard according to a preferred embodiment of the invention of structure as mentioned above.
As described in Figure 3, carry according to a preferred embodiment of the invention Foldable keyboard with folded state.
Under the state of folding Foldable keyboard, when utilizing the second hinge portion 101, the 102 expansion first keyboard pieces 103 and the second keyboard piece 104 to make it become 180 degree angles, as shown in Figure 5, the keyboard of the first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104 exposes outside.
Then, utilize the first hinge portion 100 that the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b are converted to deployed condition, at this moment, the vertical direction that laterally reaches of the first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104 is reversed mutually, thereby as shown in Figure 6, keyboard is stretched and is finished the arrangement of keyboard.
In the present invention, as shown in Figure 7, electrical connection between the described first keyboard piece 103 and the second keyboard piece 104 can be finished by stube cable 105, and described stube cable is extended for the inside of and its hinge portion local via the main body of the first arm 100a and the second arm 100b.At this, the soft flat cable of stube cable 105 preferred uses.
As mentioned above, Foldable keyboard according to the present invention folds and launches keyboard by the dual hinge that is provided by arm component, can become portable shape thereby have, and the advantage good with the associativity of portable electric appts such as smart mobile phone or portable computer.
More than, though by embodiment and the drawing that limits the present invention has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto, and can carry out multiple modification and distortion by those skilled in the art in the impartial scope of technological thought of the present invention and claim scope.
Industry is utilized possibility
The invention provides the portable folding formula keyboard that can stretch size compared to the keyboard that is applicable to portable electric appts such as smart mobile phone or portable computer, thereby can conveniently import data.
Claims (7)
1. a Foldable keyboard is used in portable electric appts, it is characterized in that, comprising:
The first arm and second arm, one side end are hinged and can fold and launch;
The first keyboard piece and the second keyboard piece, one side acies are articulated in the main body of described the first arm and second arm respectively and can fold and launch.
2. Foldable keyboard according to claim 1 is characterized in that, is used for first rotating shaft of hinged described the first arm and second arm and is used for second rotating shaft of the hinged described first keyboard piece and the second keyboard piece orthogonal.
3. Foldable keyboard according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, under the state that launches the described first keyboard piece and the second keyboard piece, along with described the first arm and second arm being converted to folding or deployed condition, thus can be towards the laterally or vertical direction of the described first keyboard piece of conversion and the second keyboard piece mutually.
4. Foldable keyboard according to claim 3 is characterized in that, the angle between described the first arm and second arm can be adjusted in the scope of 0-180 degree.
5. Foldable keyboard according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, electrical connection between the described first keyboard piece and the second keyboard piece can be finished by stube cable, and described stube cable is extended for the inside via described the first arm and second arm and its hinge portion.
6. Foldable keyboard according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, the described first keyboard piece and the second keyboard piece form mutually identical quadrilateral of area, and the whole lateral length that launches the keyboard under the state of described the first arm and second arm fully is 2 times of whole longitudinal length that fold the keyboard under the state of described the first arm and second arm fully.
7. Foldable keyboard according to claim 1 is characterized in that, at least one in described the first arm and second arm possesses articulation structure.
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| KR1020110083424A KR101314674B1 (en) | 2010-08-21 | 2011-08-22 | Foldable keyboard having double hinge structure |
| PCT/KR2011/006194 WO2012026728A2 (en) | 2010-08-21 | 2011-08-22 | Folding keyboard having a double hinge structure |
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