CN106102368B

CN106102368B - electronic equipment and watch chain shaft mechanism thereof

Info

Publication number: CN106102368B
Application number: CN201610474672.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨峰; 尤德涛
Original assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Current assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Priority date: 2016-06-24
Filing date: 2016-06-24
Publication date: 2020-01-31
Anticipated expiration: 2036-06-24
Also published as: CN106102368A

Abstract

The application discloses kinds of watch chain shaft mechanisms, including a plurality of rotating shafts arranged in parallel and a plurality of hinge structures arranged on the rotating shafts, any two adjacent rotating shafts are connected through the hinge structures, and the outer surfaces of all the hinge structures are covered with wrapping layers.

Description

electronic equipment and watch chain shaft mechanism thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to watch chain shaft mechanisms, and further relates to electronic equipment which can be opened and closed in a turnover mode and is provided with the watch chain shaft mechanisms.

Background

In the existing electronic equipment such as notebook computers, mobile phones and the like, a screen part and a host part which can be turned over and opened and closed relatively are connected through a rotating shaft mechanism.

As shown in fig. 1, the watch chain shaft mechanism comprises a plurality of ( is at least three) rotating shafts 01 arranged in parallel, wherein the two outer rotating shafts positioned at the outermost side are rotating shafts connected with the screen part of the electronic equipment through a screen connecting bracket 02, and rotating shafts connected with the main machine part of the electronic equipment through a main machine connecting bracket 03, and a plurality of hinge structures 04 are arranged on the rotating shafts 01 at intervals along the axial direction thereof, wherein the hinge structures can realize the linkage of all the rotating shafts, as shown in fig. 2, each hinge structure 04 comprises a transmission part 041 and a torsion part 042 connected with all the rotating shafts 01, when the rotating shafts 01 connected with the screen connecting bracket 02 rotate along with the screen part, the transmission part 041 can transmit power to the rest rotating shafts 01, so that all the rotating shafts 01 are linked, thereby realizing the relative rotation of the screen part and the main machine part, and during the rotation of the rotating shafts 01, the rotating shafts 01 and the rotation parts are kept at the positions by friction, so that the rotating shafts 01 and the screen part and the rotating shafts are kept at the positions are stopped.

In the prior art, after the watch chain shaft mechanism is installed on the electronic equipment, the watch chain shaft mechanism is exposed on the surface of the electronic equipment, and in order to ensure the appearance beauty and consistency of the electronic equipment, the appearance of the watch chain shaft mechanism needs to be improved, modes are to improve the processing precision of the watch chain shaft mechanism and add procedures such as surface treatment and the like, so that the appearance is more delicate, but the processing difficulty and the cost of the modes are high, and the mass production of the electronic equipment is not facilitated, and more convenient modes are to cover the decorative piece on the outer surface of the watch chain shaft mechanism so as to keep consistency of materials, colors and the like with the outer surface of other parts of the electronic equipment.

Therefore, how to improve the compatibility between the watch chain axle mechanism and other parts of the electronic device has become a problem to be solved by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides watch chain shaft mechanisms, which can better match with the appearances of other parts of an electronic device after being mounted on the electronic device, so as to improve consistency of the appearances of the electronic device and make the appearances of the electronic device more beautiful, and the present invention also provides electronic devices having the watch chain shaft mechanisms.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:

kind table link mechanism, including parallel arrangement's a plurality of pivots, and set up a plurality of hinge structure in the pivot, wherein, arbitrary adjacent two the pivot all passes through hinge structure connects, and is whole all it has the parcel layer to cover on hinge structure's the surface.

Preferably, in the watch chain shaft mechanism, the wrapping layer is a plastic layer or an aluminum layer covering the entire outer peripheral surface of the hinge structure.

Preferably, in the above watch chain axle mechanism, each of the rotary shafts includes a plurality of connecting sections provided at intervals in an axial direction thereof, and a plurality of extending sections provided between adjacent connecting sections, and all of the hinge structures are provided on the connecting sections.

Preferably, in the above watch chain axle mechanism, all the hinge structures are provided in a staggered manner in each of the connecting sections.

Preferably, the watch chain axle mechanism further includes a decorative member disposed on the extension section to cover the rotation shaft.

Preferably, in the above watch chain shaft mechanism, the hinge structure includes:

the th gear and the second gear are respectively arranged on two adjacent rotating shafts;

a gear shaft disposed between the th gear and the second gear and engaged with the th gear and the second gear;

the friction plates are sleeved on the rotating shafts, each friction plate is penetrated by two rotating shafts at the same time, and all the friction plates are arranged in a fit mode.

Preferably, in the watch chain shaft mechanism, the th gear and the second gear are both helical gears, and the gear teeth on the gear shaft are helical gear teeth.

Preferably, in the watch chain shaft mechanism, two outer rotating shafts located on the outermost side of the rotating shafts are respectively connected with the screen connecting support and the host connecting support through connecting pieces.

electronic equipment, comprising a screen part, a host machine part and a watch chain shaft mechanism, wherein the watch chain shaft mechanism is the watch chain shaft mechanism.

The watch chain shaft mechanism provided by the invention is characterized in that a plurality of hinge structures are arranged on a plurality of rotating shafts arranged in parallel, each hinge structure is connected with any two rotating shafts arranged adjacently, in all the rotating shafts, every inner rotating shafts between two outer rotating shafts positioned at the outermost side are connected with at least two hinge structures, so that all the rotating shafts are connected through the plurality of hinge structures, and the outer surfaces of all the hinge structures are covered with wrapping layers with higher sensibility to or compared with the appearance of other parts of electronic equipment.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a watch chain shaft mechanism in the prior art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the hinge structure of FIG. 1;

FIGS. 3 and 4 are schematic views of the shaft before and after a change in position;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view (4-axis structure) of a watch chain axle mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view (3-axis structure) of a watch chain axle mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the portion of the hinge structure of FIG. 6 without a wrapping layer;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the hinge structure of FIG. 7 without the wrapping;

FIG. 9 is a left side view of the hinge structure of FIG. 8 with a wrapping layer;

fig. 10 is a schematic view of the installation of the hinge structure in the 4-axis structure.

In fig. 1-4:

01-a rotating shaft, 02-a screen connecting support, 03-a host connecting support and 04-a hinge structure;

041-transmission part, 042-torsion part;

in fig. 5-10:

1-a rotating shaft, 2-a hinge structure, 3-a wrapping layer, 4-a decoration piece, 5-a connecting piece, 6-a screen connecting support and 7-a host connecting support;

11-connecting section, 12-extending section, 21- th gear, 22-second gear, 23-gear shaft and 24-friction plate.

Detailed Description

The invention provides watch chain shaft mechanisms, which can be better matched with the appearance of other parts of an electronic device after being installed on the electronic device, thereby improving consistency of the appearance of the electronic device and leading the appearance of the electronic device to be more beautiful.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only partial embodiments of of the present invention, rather than all embodiments.

As shown in fig. 5-10, the watch chain axle mechanism provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a plurality of rotating shafts 1 arranged in parallel and hinge structures 2 connecting the rotating shafts 1, wherein each hinge structure 2 connects any two adjacent rotating shafts 1 to , and the outer surfaces of all the hinge structures 2 are covered with the wrapping layers 3. each hinge structure 2 connects any two adjacent rotating shafts 1 in a manner that every connecting sections 11 (the connecting sections 11 refer to the partial areas of the rotating shafts 1 used for arranging the hinge structures 2) of all the rotating shafts 1 are respectively connected with hinge structures 2 on the two outer rotating shafts 1 on the outermost side, and at least two hinge structures 2 are connected on each inner rotating shaft 1 between the two outer rotating shafts 1, as shown in fig. 8 and 10, so that all the rotating shafts 1 can be connected into the watch chain axle mechanism through the hinge structures to enable the watch chain axle mechanism to work normally.

After the arrangement in the above manner, connection units are formed by every hinge structures 2 and two rotation shafts 1 connected with the hinge structures 2, and the connection units jointly form a watch chain shaft mechanism, when the watch chain shaft mechanism works, that is, when an electronic device is turned over and opened, two rotation shafts 1 in the connection units rotate, because each connection unit has only two rotation shafts 1, in the process of relative rotation, the distance between the two rotation shafts 1 cannot change due to the connection of the hinge structures, that is, there is no change of the relative position, after the wrapping layer 3 is covered on the outer peripheral surface of the hinge structures 2, because the wrapping layer 3 cannot affect the normal rotation of the rotation shafts 1, and meanwhile, no change of the relative position occurs between the two rotation shafts 1, the wrapping layer 3 cannot interfere the normal operation of the two rotation shafts 1, the change of the relative position of the rotation shafts 1 occurs between different connection units, and cannot affect the wrapping layer 3 arranged on each connection unit, as shown in fig. 8-10.

The watch chain shaft mechanism that this embodiment provided, through the mode that uses hinge structure 2 with the two liang of built-up connection of pivot 1 of adjacent setting, replace the mode of whole pivot 1 built-up connection in the current structure, make only take place relative rotation between two pivot 1 of interconnect, and do not take place the displacement change, the relative change of displacement only takes place between the combination (the linkage unit) of difference between pivot 1, thereby make parcel layer 3 in its outside can not form the interference to the normal work of pivot 1, under the prerequisite of guaranteeing watch chain shaft mechanism normal work, can form the cover to whole surfaces of watch chain shaft mechanism, decorate, make of electronic equipment outward appearance send nature and can improve, the appearance is more pleasing to the eye.

In order to further optimize the technical solution, in the watch chain axle mechanism provided in this embodiment, the wrapping layer 3 is a plastic layer or an aluminum layer covering the entire outer peripheral surface of the hinge structure 2, as shown in fig. 5-7 and 9, in the present application, the purpose of disposing the wrapping layer 3 is to improve the appearance compatibility with other parts of the electronic device, so the material of the wrapping layer 3 is preferably the same plastic or aluminum as the material of the housing of the screen part and the host part of the electronic device, and the color of the wrapping layer 3 is preferably the same as the color of the housing of the screen part and the host part of the electronic device.

In this embodiment, it is preferable that each of the rotating shafts 1 includes a plurality of connecting sections 11 arranged at intervals in the axial direction thereof, and a plurality of extending sections 12 arranged between the adjacent connecting sections 11, and all of the hinge structures 2 are arranged on the connecting sections 11. The overall structure of the watch chain shaft is preferably arranged in a segmented and interval hinged mode in the embodiment, as shown in fig. 5-7, the structure of the watch chain shaft can be simplified to the greatest extent by the arrangement mode on the premise that the watch chain shaft mechanism normally works, the manufacturing difficulty is reduced, the production cost is saved, and the appearance aesthetic feeling is improved.

Preferably, all the hinge structures 2 are arranged in a staggered manner in each connecting section 11, as shown in fig. 8 and 10, the staggered arrangement means that the arrangement of the hinge structures 2 from top to bottom in fig. 8 and 10 is left, right and left … …, and is arranged alternately on the premise that the rotating shaft 1 is sufficient.

In order to improve the decoration effect of the watch chain shaft mechanism to the maximum extent, on the basis that the outer surface of the hinge structure 2 is covered with the covering layer 3, the watch chain shaft mechanism provided by the embodiment is also preferably provided with the decoration 4 which has higher compatibility with the appearance or of other parts of the electronic equipment on the extension section 12 of the watch chain shaft mechanism, so that the overall covering and decoration of the outer surface of the watch chain shaft mechanism are realized, and the appearance of the electronic equipment is improved to the maximum extent.

As shown in fig. 8, the hinge structure 2 in this embodiment includes gear 21 and second gear 22 respectively disposed on two adjacent rotating shafts 1, a gear shaft 23 disposed between gear 21 and second gear 22 and engaged with gear 21 and second gear 22, and a plurality of friction plates 24 fitted on the rotating shafts 1, each friction plate 24 being penetrated by two rotating shafts 1 simultaneously, and all the friction plates 24 being fitted together, in this hinge structure 2, the rotating shafts 1, gear 21, second gear 22 and gear shaft 23 together constitute a transmission member, when the outer rotating shaft 1 rotates along with the screen portion, power is transmitted between the hinge structures 2 through the transmission member, and power can be transmitted to all the rotating shafts 1, so as to ensure normal operation of the watch chain shaft mechanism, while all the friction plates 24 form a torsion member, when the rotating shaft 1 rotates, friction force is generated between the friction plates 24 penetrated by the rotating shaft 1 and the rotating shaft 1, friction force is also generated between different friction plates 24 fitted, friction plates 2 are kept at a position where friction force is generated, and a hinge structure is more compact, and a hinge structure is more attractive than a hinge structure in which is provided with a structure in a case where a hinge structure having a structure in which a case where a structure is not to be folded, and a hinge structure having a more compact structure having a less difficulty in a case where a part of being folded, and a structure having a structure in which is provided, and a structure in which is.

Of course, the hinge structure 2 is not limited to the above structure, and it may be the hinge structure shown in fig. 1 and 2, but in this embodiment, each hinge structure only connects two rotating shafts 1 to form connecting units, and all the connecting units are also arranged in a staggered manner, and the normal arrangement of the wrapping layer 3 may also be achieved, or alternatively, hinge structures may be structures in which two gears engaged with each other are used instead of the th gear 21, the second gear 22 and the intermediate gear shaft 23 in fig. 8 and 10, and the normal arrangement of the wrapping layer 3 may also be achieved.

More preferably, the th gear 21 and the second gear 22 are both helical gears, and the gear teeth on the gear shaft 23 are also helical gears, as shown in fig. 8 and 10.

Specifically, two outer rotating shafts 1 located on the outermost sides of the rotating shafts 1 are respectively connected with a screen connecting support 6 and a host connecting support 7 through connecting pieces 5, as shown in fig. 8-10, the rotating connection structure is simple, the overall structure of the watch chain shaft mechanism can be simplified, the assembly difficulty is reduced, and the connecting pieces 5 can be made of the same material and color as other parts of the electronic equipment, so that is further improved, and the appearance of the electronic equipment is improved.

Based on the watch chain shaft mechanism provided in the above embodiment, an embodiment of the present invention also provides kinds of electronic devices having the watch chain shaft mechanism provided in the above embodiment.

Since the electronic device adopts the watch chain shaft mechanism provided in the above embodiment, please refer to corresponding parts in the above embodiment for the beneficial effects brought by the watch chain shaft mechanism of the electronic device, which are not described herein again.

In the present application, the electronic device is preferably a notebook computer, but may also be other electronic devices that can be turned over and opened and closed, such as a mobile phone.

The embodiments are described in a progressive manner in the specification, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the rest of the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other.

Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

Claims

The watch chain shaft mechanism is characterized in that any two adjacent rotating shafts are connected through the hinge structures, wrapping layers cover the outer surfaces of all the hinge structures, the two rotating shafts connected with the hinge structures do not interfere with the wrapping layers, and the two rotating shafts connected with the hinge structures can rotate.
2. The watch chain axle mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said wrapping layer is a plastic or aluminum layer covering the entire outer periphery of said hinge structure.
3. The watch chain shaft mechanism according to claim 1, wherein each of said rotary shafts includes a plurality of connecting sections disposed at intervals in an axial direction thereof, and a plurality of extending sections disposed between adjacent ones of said connecting sections, all of said hinge structures being disposed on said connecting sections.
4. A watch chain axle mechanism as claimed in claim 3, wherein in each of said connecting sections all of said hinge formations are staggered.
5. A watch chain axle mechanism as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a decorative member provided on the extension to form a cover for the hinge.
6. The watch chain axle mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said hinge structure comprises:

the th gear and the second gear are respectively arranged on two adjacent rotating shafts;

a gear shaft disposed between the th gear and the second gear and engaged with the th gear and the second gear;

the friction plates are sleeved on the rotating shafts, each friction plate is penetrated by two rotating shafts at the same time, and all the friction plates are arranged in a fit mode.
7. The watch chain axle mechanism of claim 6 wherein said th gear and said second gear are both bevel gears and said gear teeth on said gear shaft are bevel gear teeth.
8. The watch chain axle mechanism of any of claims 1-7, wherein two outer pivots located on the outermost side of the pivots are connected to the screen connecting bracket and the host connecting bracket respectively by a connecting member.
An electronic device of the kind 9, , comprising a screen portion, a main body portion and a watch chain axle mechanism, wherein the watch chain axle mechanism is a watch chain axle mechanism of any of claims 1-8 .