CN1183429C - Slidable host upper cover - Google Patents

Abstract

A slidable upper cover of a notebook computer can be easily separated in a slidable manner. The mechanism of the host upper cover at least comprises: the upper cover comprises an upper cover shell, an upper cover sheet metal component and a machine shell fixing element, wherein a plurality of components are arranged between the upper cover shell and the upper cover sheet metal component and are combined with each other by a plurality of locking elements. The upper cover shell is provided with a plurality of fixing holes, so that the upper cover of the host machine and the lower cover of the host machine are combined by using the machine shell fixing element. The upper cover shell at least comprises: a slide hook component and a hook component, which are embedded with the hinge support component; a plurality of tenons, which are used for being clamped with the grooves of the lower cover part of the host machine; and a plurality of protruding members for extending into the lower cover housing of the lower cover portion of the main body.

Description

Slidable host cover

(1) Technical field

The invention relates to a slidable upper cover of a main unit, in particular to a mechanism of a slidable detachable main unit upper cover of a notebook computer.

(2) Background technology

With the continuous innovation of various parts and components and the need for maintenance, users of notebook computers often need to disassemble the top cover of the main computer of the notebook computer to replace, repair or upgrade various important parts and components, such as: central processing CPU, Thermal Module, VGA card, Hard Disk, Keyboard or Touch Pad, etc.

However, for structural and electromagnetic interference (EMI) considerations, conventional notebook computer designs tightly combine the upper and lower covers of the mainframe and lock them with screws, making the steps of separating the upper cover of the mainframe rather complicated and difficult. Ordinary users can only disassemble the keyboard relatively easily, but it is very difficult to separate the entire mainframe from the upper cover of the mainframe, and often need to rely on specialized technicians to disassemble the upper cover of the mainframe smoothly. Not only does it cause great trouble and inconvenience to users in repairing or upgrading laptop computers, but it is also difficult for factories and distributors to assemble or flexibly replace required parts according to order requirements, resulting in inability to ship quickly and inconvenient product maintenance. In addition, this shortcoming is also very unfavorable for " do it yourself " (Do It Yourself; DIY) market enters the field of notebook computer.

The mechanism design of the known notebook computer makes the separation steps of the upper and lower covers of the main unit quite complicated and difficult, which not only causes great troubles for users in the maintenance or upgrade of the notebook computer, but also makes it impossible for factories and distributors to ship products quickly. Maintenance is inconvenient, and it is not conducive to the DIY market to enter the field of notebook computers.

(3) Contents of the invention

Therefore, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a slidable top cover of a notebook computer, so that the entire top cover of the main computer can be completely pulled out in a slidable manner, so that the user can easily complete the assembly and disassembly of the notebook computer. ; At the same time, it can form a good shielding area for electromagnetic interference.

According to the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention provides a slidable upper cover of the main unit of a notebook computer, which is combined with the lower cover of the main unit, wherein the lower cover of the main unit has a lower cover shell, a plurality of grooves and a plurality of first The fixing hole, and the mechanism of the upper cover of the host computer at least includes: the upper cover shell; the upper cover sheet metal component; and a plurality of fixing components of the casing. The upper cover shell includes: a plurality of second fixing holes; two sliding hook elements, located on both sides of the upper cover shell, so as to be respectively fitted with two hinge support (Hinge Support) elements, the two hinge supports The components are installed on the lower cover of the main unit and connected to the display assembly; two hook components are located at one end of the sliding hook component, so as to fit together with the openings of the two hinge support components respectively; multiple tenons are located at One side adjacent to the hook element, so as to engage with the groove of the lower cover part of the host; a plurality of first locking holes; and a plurality of protruding elements, located on the adjacent side of the display assembly, so as to extend into the host The lower cover shell of the lower cover part. The upper cover sheet metal member has a plurality of second locking holes, so as to use a plurality of upper cover fixing elements to pass through the first locking holes and the second locking holes to combine with the upper cover shell. The casing fixing element combines the lower cover part of the main unit and the upper cover shell through the first fixing hole and the second fixing hole.

In order to further illustrate the purpose, structural features and effects of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

(4) Description of drawings

1A to FIG. 1F are schematic diagrams of the steps of separating the slidable mainframe top cover of the notebook computer of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1E is a schematic diagram of the separated mainframe top cover, and FIG. 1F is a schematic diagram of other parts after separation. ;

FIG. 2A is a schematic top view showing a slidable upper cover of the main unit of the notebook computer of the present invention;

FIG. 2B is a schematic bottom view illustrating a slidable upper cover of the notebook computer of the present invention;

FIG. 2C is a schematic side view showing a slidable main body cover of the notebook computer of the present invention;

FIG. 3A is a schematic bottom view showing the upper cover shell and the hinge support element of the present invention, wherein the two are in a separated state;

3B is a schematic bottom view showing the upper cover shell and the hinge support element of the present invention, wherein the two are in a locked state;

3C is a schematic cross-sectional view of the upper cover shell of the present invention viewed from the A-A direction of FIG. 3B;

FIG. 3D is a schematic perspective view showing the upper cover shell and the hinge support element of the present invention, wherein the two are in a locked state; and

4A and 4B are schematic diagrams illustrating the positions of the contact points between the upper cover sheet metal member and components of the present invention, wherein FIG. 4B shows the lower cover of the main engine after the upper cover sheet metal member is removed.

(5) specific implementation

The invention discloses a slidable main body upper cover of a notebook computer, which can easily separate the main machine upper cover in a slidable manner. Please refer to FIG. 1A to FIG. 1F . FIG. 1A to FIG. 1F are schematic diagrams of the steps of separating the upper cover of the slidable main unit of the present invention. First, as shown in FIG. 1A , from the bottom of the lower cover part 100 of the main unit, the housing fixing element 312 is loosened and removed from the fixing hole 112 . Then, as shown in FIG. 1B , the notebook computer is turned over until the display assembly 160 faces upwards, and the display assembly 160 is opened to expose the upper cover shell 210 , in which there are keyboard assembly 212 , touch pad assembly 213 and indicator light assembly 214 . Then, as shown in Figure 1C, the protruding element 211 of the upper cover shell 210 is released from the lower cover shell 170 of the lower cover part 100 of the main body, and the tenon (not shown) at the bottom of the upper cover shell 210 is removed from the main body. The groove 117 (shown in FIG. 1F ) of the cover part 100 is loosened, and then the upper cover 200 of the main machine can be pulled out from the hinge support elements 150a and 150b ( FIG. 1D ) installed on the lower cover part 100 of the main machine, wherein The hinge supporting elements 150 a and 150 b are mounted on two sides of the lower cover part 100 of the main unit and connected to the display assembly 160 . Then, as shown in FIG. 1D , FIG. 1E and FIG. 1F , the upper cover 200 of the main unit can be completely separated from the lower cover part 100 of the main unit, so that users can replace, repair or upgrade various important components, such as: cooling components 120, VGA card 130, hard disk 140 or optical disk drive 142, etc.

The mechanism of the upper cover of the host will be described in detail below:

Please refer to FIG. 1A, FIG. 1E, FIG. 1F and FIG. 2A to FIG. 2C. FIG. 2A, FIG. 2B and FIG. The mechanism of the upper cover of the main engine of the present invention includes an upper cover shell 210 ( FIG. 2A ), an upper cover sheet metal member 300 ( FIG. 2B ) and a plurality of casing fixing elements 312 ( FIG. 1A ). Wherein, the upper cover shell 210 has a plurality of fixing holes 220, so that the fixing elements 312 (for example: screws) of the casing can pass through the fixing holes 112 ( FIG. 1A ) and the fixing holes 220 at the bottom of the lower cover part 100 ( FIG. 1A ) of the main unit to Combine the lower cover part 100 of the host machine and the upper cover shell 210 together.

There are two sliding hook elements 215a and 215b on both sides of the upper cover shell 210, so as to engage with the two hinge supporting elements 150a and 150b (FIG. 1F) respectively. There are hook elements 216a and 216b below the sliding hook elements 215a and 215b respectively, which are also used to engage the upper cover shell 210 with the two hinge support elements 150a and 150b. On the side adjacent to the hook elements 216 a and 216 b, there are a plurality of tenons 217 for engaging with the plurality of grooves 117 ( FIG. 1F ) of the lower cover part 100 of the main engine. In addition, on the side adjacent to the display assembly 160 ( FIG. 1F ), there are a plurality of protruding elements 211 on the upper cover shell 210 so as to extend into the lower cover shell 170 of the lower cover part 100 of the main body ( FIG. 1F ).

Please refer to Fig. 3A to Fig. 3D, Fig. 3A and Fig. 3B are respectively the bottom view diagrams showing the upper cover shell and the hinge support element of the present invention, wherein Fig. 3A is in a separated state; Fig. 3B is in a state The engaged state, and FIG. 3C is a schematic cross-sectional view of the upper cover shell of the present invention viewed from the A-A direction of FIG. 3B, and FIG. The two of them are in a state of engagement.

The upper cover shell 210 has a plurality of locking holes 218, and as shown in FIG. Corresponding to a plurality of locking holes 318, therefore, through the locking holes 218 and the locking holes 318, a plurality of upper cover fixing elements (not shown) can be used to secure the keyboard sheet metal element 302 and the touch pad sheet metal element 304 Combined with the upper cover shell 210 respectively. Multiple components can be installed between the upper cover shell 210 and the upper cover sheet metal member 300 . As shown in FIG. 2A, these components can be, for example: a keyboard assembly 212 installed between the keyboard sheet metal element 302 and the upper cover shell 210, a touch pad installed between the touch pad sheet metal element 304 and the upper cover shell 210 Component 213, and indicator light component 214 and so on.

As shown in FIG. 3A, when the upper cover housing 210 is in a separated state from the hinge support members 150a and 150b, the hook members 216a and 216b of the upper cover housing 210 can be respectively in the openings 152a and 152b of the hinge support members 150a and 150b. The sliding pieces 154a and 154b of the hinge supporting elements 150a and 150b can also freely slide in the sliding hook elements 215a and 215b of the upper cover shell 210 respectively. When the upper cover shell 210 slides toward the hinge support elements 150a and 150b by means of the sliding hook elements 215a and 215b, and the sliding pieces 154a and 154b until the hook elements 216a and 216b respectively engage with the sides of the openings 152a and 152b (Fig. 3C), the upper cover shell 210 is snapped together with the hinge support elements 150a and 150b (Fig. 3B and Fig. 3D), after the tenon 217 is engaged with the plurality of grooves 117 of the lower cover part 100 of the main unit (Fig. 1F) , the upper cover shell 210 is fixed on the lower cover part 100 of the host. When detaching the upper cover of the main engine, since the hook elements 216a and 216b are elastic elements, after the tenon 217 and the groove 117 are loosened, the hook elements 216a and 216b can be respectively connected to the opening 152a and the opening 152a by pushing force. The sides of 152b are separated, and then the sliding hook elements 215a and 215b are slid away from the sliding pieces 154a and 154b respectively, so that the upper cover shell 210 can be easily separated to complete the disassembly of the upper cover of the main engine.

On the other hand, please refer to FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B. FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B are schematic diagrams illustrating the positions of the contact points between the upper cover sheet metal member and the components of the present invention, wherein FIG. The lower cover part of the host behind the gold component. The keyboard sheet metal element 302 is connected with a plurality of sheet metal sheets 306, and the touch pad sheet metal element 304 is connected with a plurality of sheet metal sheets 308, and the sheet metal sheets 306 and 308 are connected to the upper cover sheet metal member 300 by riveting . These sheet metal pieces 306 and 308 are in contact with the hinge support elements 150a and 150b, and produce a plurality of hinge support element contact points 310 and 350; A plurality of lower cover base contact points 330 are generated; the keyboard sheet metal element 302 is in contact with the keyboard assembly to generate a plurality of keyboard contact points 320; the keyboard sheet metal element 302 is in contact with the hard disk assembly to generate a plurality of hard disk contact points 340; The keyboard sheet metal member 302 contacts the optical drive creating a plurality of optical drive contact points 360 and so on. The above-mentioned contact points form a good electromagnetic interference shielding area to reduce electromagnetic interference.

The main advantage of the present invention is to provide a slidable mainframe top cover of a notebook computer. The present invention can completely pull out the entire mainframe top cover in a slidable manner, allowing users to easily complete the assembly and disassembly of the notebook computer.

Another advantage of the present invention is to provide a slidable upper cover of the main unit of the notebook computer. The mechanism of the upper cover of the main unit of the present invention can form a good shielding area for electromagnetic interference.

As those who are familiar with this technology understand, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of patent application of the present invention; All effective changes or replacements shall be included in the scope of patent protection defined by the claims.

Claims (18)

1. sliding upper cover of mainfram, be used for a notebook computer, this notebook computer comprises a display assembly and a main frame lower cover part, this sliding upper cover of mainfram is to mutually combine with this main frame lower cover, and this main frame lower cover partly has cover housing, a plurality of groove and two hinge support elements, it is characterized in that the mechanism of this main frame loam cake comprises at least:

One upper cover shell comprises at least:

Two Slip Hook elements are positioned at the both sides of this upper cover shell, use respectively being entrenched togather with this hinge support element, and this hinge support element is connected in this display assembly;

Two grab elements are positioned at an end of these Slip Hook elements, and the opening of using respectively with this hinge support element is entrenched togather;

A plurality of trips are positioned at one side of adjacent these grab elements of this upper cover shell, and these grooves of using with this main frame lower cover part being fastened togather; And

A plurality of outstanding elements are positioned at one side adjacent with this display assembly, use this time cover housing that stretches into this main frame lower cover part.

2. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this upper cover shell is equipped with a plurality of loam cake spare parts.

3. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, these loam cake spare parts comprise at least:

One keyboard components;

One touches pad assembly; And

One pilot lamp assembly.

4. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, also comprises a loam cake sheet-metal member, between this upper cover shell and this main frame lower cover portion branch.

5. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, this loam cake sheet-metal member comprises at least: a keyboard panel beating element and touches pad panel beating element, this keyboard components is mounted between this keyboard panel beating element and this upper cover shell, and this touches pad assembly and is mounted in this and touches between pad panel beating element and this upper cover shell.

6. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, also includes a plurality of loam cake retaining elements, in order to this loam cake sheet-metal member and this upper cover shell are combined.

7. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, also comprises a plurality of casing retaining elements, and wherein, these casing retaining elements are in order to this main frame lower cover part and this upper cover shell are combined.

8. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, these grab elements are rubber-like elements.

9. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, these casing retaining elements are to be a plurality of screws.

10. sliding upper cover of mainfram, be used for a notebook computer, this notebook computer comprises a display assembly and a main frame lower cover part, this sliding upper cover of mainfram is to mutually combine with this main frame lower cover, and this main frame lower cover partly has this time cover housing, a plurality of groove and a plurality of first fixed orifice, it is characterized in that the mechanism of this main frame loam cake comprises at least:

One upper cover shell comprises at least:

A plurality of second fixed orifices;

Two Slip Hook elements are positioned at the both sides of this upper cover shell, use respectively being entrenched togather with two hinge support elements, and these two hinge support elements are to be installed on this main frame lower cover part, and are connected in this display assembly;

Two grab elements are positioned at an end of these two Slip Hook elements, and two openings using respectively with these two hinge support elements are entrenched togather;

A plurality of trips are positioned at and these two one side that the grab element is adjacent, use with this main frame lower cover these grooves partly to be fastened togather;

A plurality of first locking holes are positioned on the upper cover shell and corresponding with the locking hole of loam cake sheet-metal member, in order to by the loam cake retaining element with keyboard panel beating element with touch pad panel beating element and combine with upper cover shell; And

A plurality of outstanding elements are positioned at one side adjacent with this display assembly, use this time cover housing that stretches into this main frame lower cover part;

One loam cake sheet-metal member, between this upper cover shell and this main frame lower cover portion branch, wherein, this loam cake sheet-metal member has a plurality of second locking holes, use and use a plurality of loam cake retaining elements, come to combine with this upper cover shell by these first locking holes and these second locking holes; And

A plurality of casing retaining elements, wherein, these casing retaining elements are by these first fixed orifices and these second fixed orifices, and this main frame lower cover part and this upper cover shell are combined.

11. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, this upper cover shell is equipped with a plurality of loam cake spare parts.

12. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, these loam cake spare parts comprise at least:

One keyboard components;

One touches pad assembly; And

One pilot lamp assembly.

13. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 12, it is characterized in that, this loam cake sheet-metal member comprises at least: a keyboard panel beating element and touches pad panel beating element, this keyboard components is mounted between this keyboard panel beating element and this upper cover shell, and this touches pad assembly and is mounted in this and touches between pad panel beating element and this upper cover shell.

14. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 13, it is characterized in that, this loam cake sheet-metal member also has a plurality of contact points, cover base once, these two hinge support elements, a keyboard and a plurality of lower cover spare part with this main frame lower cover part contacts respectively, uses the shaded areas that forms electromagnetic interference (EMI).

15. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, these lower cover spare parts comprise at least:

One hard disk is positioned at this main frame lower cover part, and touches pad panel beating element with this and contact; And

One CD drive is positioned at this main frame lower cover part, and contacts with this keyboard panel beating element.

16. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that, this time cover base is to contact with this keyboard panel beating element, and these two hinge support elements are to contact with a plurality of panel beating sheets that are connected to this keyboard panel beating element and this keyboard panel beating element.

17. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, these two grab elements are rubber-like elements.

18. sliding upper cover of mainfram as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, these casing retaining elements are to be a plurality of screws.

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