CN101668392B - electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device comprises a first shell, a second shell, a plurality of connecting rods and a connecting piece. The first shell is provided with an upper surface, and one tail end of each connecting rod is connected with the second shell. The connecting piece is provided with a first connecting part and a second connecting part which are connected with each other, wherein the first connecting part is connected with the first shell, the second connecting part is provided with a lower surface and two opposite side surfaces which are adjacent to the first connecting part, the lower surface faces to the upper surface of the first shell and is parallel to the upper surface, each side surface is provided with a sliding groove, and the other tail end of the connecting rod is correspondingly and slidably arranged in the sliding groove, so that the second shell can move relative to the first shell through the sliding groove of the connecting piece and the connecting rod.

Description

electronic device

technical field

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and in particular to an electronic device with good heat dissipation effect.

Background technique

Because notebook computer (notebook) has advantages such as small size, light weight and easy to carry, thereby popularize day by day. However, also because users have more and more demands on the use of notebook computers, the number of systems installed in notebook computers is increasing day by day.

With the increasing number of systems installed in the notebook computer, the appearance design of the notebook computer tends to shrink in size. Under these two conflicting requirements, the configuration between the various systems in the notebook computer is quite crowded, and there is no extra space for the system to effectively dissipate heat. In this way, the heat generated during system operation tends to accumulate in the notebook computer and is difficult to dissipate, which easily affects the overall operation effect of the notebook computer.

Contents of the invention

The invention provides an electronic device with good heat dissipation effect.

The invention provides an electronic device, which includes a first casing, a second casing, a plurality of connecting rods and a connecting piece. The first casing has an upper surface, and the first end of each connecting rod is connected to the second casing. The connector has a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion connected to each other, wherein a surface of the first connecting portion is attached to a side surface of the first housing, and the second connecting portion has a lower surface and is adjacent to the first connecting portion The opposite sides of the part, the lower surface is facing the upper surface of the first housing, and the lower surface is parallel to the upper surface, each side has a slide groove, wherein the second end of each connecting rod is correspondingly slid in the slide groove , and the second housing is movable relative to the first housing by the sliding slot of the connecting piece and the connecting rod.

In an embodiment of the present invention, there is an accommodating space between the above-mentioned second connecting portion and the first casing for accommodating the second casing.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first connecting portion has a bottom surface relatively far away from the second connecting portion, and the bottom surface is disposed on the upper surface of the first casing.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first housing has a plurality of side surfaces connected to the upper surface, wherein the above-mentioned first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are substantially vertically connected, and the first connecting portion has a connection with the second connecting portion. The lower surfaces of the two connecting parts are connected to an inner surface, and the inner surface is connected to one of the side surfaces.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the connecting rod and the second housing form an angle, and the angle is less than 90 degrees.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first casing has a keyboard, and the keyboard is located on a surface of the first casing facing the second casing.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the material of the above-mentioned connecting element includes plastic or metal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, there is a hollow space inside the above-mentioned second connecting portion.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned hollow space is used for accommodating an optical drive or a speaker.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned electronic device further includes a display screen or a plurality of warning lights, and the display screen or the warning lights can be disposed on the surface of the second connecting portion relatively away from the first housing.

The present invention utilizes the arrangement of the connectors to increase the disposition space of the electronic device system, thereby improving the heat dissipation effect of the electronic device.

Description of drawings

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, preferred embodiments will be described in detail below together with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are schematic views of different viewing angles of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1C is a schematic side view of the electronic device shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B .

2A and 2B are schematic views of the electronic device when it is folded.

3A and 3B are schematic views of the second housing moving relative to the first housing through the connecting member.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the rotation of the second housing relative to the first housing.

Detailed ways

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are schematic views of different viewing angles of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1C is a schematic side view of the electronic device of FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B . Please refer to FIG. 1A, FIG. 1B and FIG. 1C at the same time. The electronic device 100 of this embodiment can be a notebook computer, a mobile phone, a mobile PDA, or other foldable electronic devices, wherein FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B show a notebook computer. The electronic device 100 includes a first housing 110 , a second housing 122 , a plurality of connecting rods 124 and a connecting member 130 . The first housing 110 has a keyboard 112 , and the keyboard 112 is located on the upper surface 114 of the first housing 110 facing the second housing 122 . In addition, the first housing 110 also has a plurality of side surfaces 110a. An end 124a of the connecting rod 124 is connected to the second casing 122, wherein the second casing 122 has a display screen for displaying images. In this embodiment, the connecting rod 124 and the second housing 122 form an angle θ, and the angle θ is less than 90 degrees (see FIG. 1B ), but the angle θ is only for the convenience of the user to see, and is not limited thereto. , because this angle θ can be implemented at any angle that the user can watch.

The connecting member 130 has a first connecting portion 132 and a second connecting portion 134 , wherein the first connecting portion 132 and the second connecting portion 134 can be substantially vertically connected to each other (as shown in FIG. 1C ). In other words, the shape of the connecting member 130 may be L-shaped. In this embodiment, the second connecting portion 134 has an upper surface 134b, a lower surface 134c, and opposite side surfaces 134a connected between the upper surface 134b and the lower surface 134c, wherein the lower surface 134c is connected to the upper surface of the first casing 110 The surfaces 114 are parallel, and the side surface 134 a is adjacent to the second connecting portion 134 . Each side 134a is provided with a sliding groove 135, and the other end 124b of the connecting rod 124 is correspondingly arranged in the sliding groove 135, so that the second housing 122 can be opposite to each other through the sliding groove 135 of the connecting piece 130 and the connecting rod 124. The first housing 110 moves; for example, slides or turns.

In addition, the first connecting portion 132 has an inner surface 132 a connected to the lower surface 134 c of the second connecting portion 134 , and the inner surface 132 a is attached to one of the side surfaces 110 a of the first housing 110 .

Although this embodiment is illustrated by connecting the inner surface 132a of the first connecting portion 132 to the side surface 110a of the first casing 110, those skilled in the art can change the connection between the first connecting portion 132 and the first casing 110. Way. For example, the first connecting portion 132 has a bottom surface 132 b relatively away from the second connecting portion 134 , and the bottom surface 132 b is disposed on the upper surface 114 of the first housing 110 .

In particular, there is a distance between the lower surface 134 c of the second connecting portion 134 and the upper surface 114 of the first housing 110 to form an accommodating space, and the accommodating space can accommodate the second housing 122 .

2A and 2B are schematic views of the electronic device when it is folded. First, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B , when the electronic device 100 is in a folded state, the first casing 110 overlaps with the second casing 122 , and the second connecting portion 134 of the connecting member 130 is located on the second casing 122 . In other words, the second housing 122 is located in the accommodating space formed by the second connecting portion 134 and the first housing 110 . At this time, the connecting rod 124 is located at the first position L1.

3A and 3B are schematic views of the second housing moving relative to the first housing by the connecting member. Next, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B , the user can push the second casing 122 by hand, so that the end 124 b of the connecting rod 124 slides in the slide groove 135 on the side surface 134 a of the second connecting portion 134 . It is worth noting that since the second connecting portion 134 is located on the top of the second housing 122, the second connecting portion 134 will limit the second housing 122, and the end 124b of the connecting rod 124 has not yet slid to the second position L2. At this time, the second housing 122 can only move relative to the first housing 110 by the end 124b of the connecting rod 124, but cannot rotate relative to the first housing 110 using the end 124b as a pivot.

When the end 124b of the connecting rod 124 slides from the first position L1 to the second position L2, the second housing 122 is no longer restricted by the second connecting portion 134, and can be pivoted relative to the first housing with the end 124b 110 turns.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the rotation of the second housing relative to the first housing. Then please refer to FIG. 1A and FIG. 4 at the same time. The user pulls the second housing 122 with his hand, so that the second housing 122 can rotate relative to the first housing 110 by the end 124b pivotally arranged in the sliding groove 135, so that The second housing 122 is relatively far away from the first housing 110 . When the user rotates the second housing 122 to the third position L3 (as shown in FIG. 1C ), the user can input an instruction through the keyboard 112 to make the second housing 122 display. The user uses the electronic device 100 normally.

Incidentally, in this embodiment, the end 124 a of the connecting rod 124 is fixedly connected to the second housing 122 . However, in other embodiments, in order for the user to conveniently adjust the angle of use of the display screen of the electronic device 100 relative to the user, the end 124 a of the connecting rod 124 may also be pivotally mounted on the second casing 122 .

Please continue to refer to FIG. 2A, the electronic device 100 of this embodiment can also be provided with a hollow space (not shown) in the second connecting portion 134 of the connecting member 130, and multiple components or systems can be provided in the hollow space, such as Optical drive 140. Compared with known electronic devices, systems such as the optical drive and speakers of the known electronic devices are all arranged in the first housing 110 corresponding to this embodiment, so that the system configurable space in the first housing 110 is considerably limited. limit. If multiple systems are configured, the configuration locations between the systems are quite crowded, which will affect the heat dissipation effect of the electronic device. Or, considering the heat dissipation effect of the electronic device, some system settings must be discarded, so that the functions of the known electronic device are limited.

Due to the arrangement of the connecting member 130 , the optical drive 140 can be moved out of the first casing 110 and be installed in the connecting member 130 instead. Therefore, the system configuration space in the first housing 110 of the electronic device 100 can be relatively generous. The configuration space between the systems is relatively large, which can further improve the heat dissipation effect of the electronic device 100 . In addition, the overall configurable space of the electronic device 100 is increased, and the systems that can be configured with it also increase, and the functions of the electronic device also increase accordingly.

Although in this embodiment, the optical drive 140 is disposed in the second connecting portion 134 , in other embodiments, the speaker or other systems may also be disposed in the second connecting portion 134 of the connecting member 130 . Alternatively, an optical drive 140, a speaker or other systems may also be disposed in the first connection portion 132, depending on usage requirements.

In addition, we can also add a display screen or a warning light on the upper surface 134 b of the second connecting portion 134 of the connecting member 130 , wherein the upper surface 134 b is relatively far away from the upper surface 114 of the first housing 110 . Wherein, the display screen or the warning light can have the functions of display and warning.

When the user finishes using the electronic device 100 or does not need to use the electronic device 100 for a short time, the steps for the user to fold the electronic device 100 are the reverse order of the above steps.

First, as shown in Figure 1C and Figure 4, the user first rotates the second housing 122, so that the second housing 122 is pivoted by the end 124b of the connecting rod 124, and rotates from the third position L3 to the second position L2 to relatively close to the first casing 110 . Next, as shown in FIG. 3B and FIG. 2B , the second housing 122 is pushed, so that the end 124 b of the connecting rod 124 can slide from the second position L2 back to the first position L1 along the slide groove 135 . When the second housing 122 moves as the end 124b of the connecting rod 124 slides from the second position L2 to the first position L1, the electronic device 100 is completely folded.

To sum up, in the electronic device of the present invention, the disposition space of the system of the electronic device can be increased by using the arrangement of the connectors. In this way, the configuration interval between the systems is relatively large, thereby enabling the electronic device to have a good heat dissipation effect. In addition, the system configuration space of the electronic device increases, so that more systems can be added to the electronic device, and the functions of the electronic device are more complete.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the technical field may make some modifications and changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. modification, so the scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the claims.

Claims (10)

1. An electronic device, characterized in that the above-mentioned electronic device comprises: a first housing having an upper surface; second shell; a plurality of connecting rods, wherein the first end of each connecting rod is connected to the second housing; and The connector has a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion connected to each other, the first connecting portion is connected to the first housing, and the second connecting portion has a lower surface and opposite side surfaces adjacent to the first connecting portion , the above-mentioned lower surface faces the above-mentioned upper surface of the above-mentioned first housing, and the above-mentioned lower surface is parallel to the above-mentioned upper surface. The above-mentioned second casing is moved relative to the above-mentioned first casing by the above-mentioned sliding slots and the above-mentioned connecting rods of the above-mentioned connecting piece. 2 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein there is an accommodating space between the second connecting portion and the first housing for accommodating the second housing. 3 . 3 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first connecting portion has a bottom surface relatively far away from the second connecting portion, and the bottom surface is disposed on the upper surface of the first casing. 4 . 4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first casing has a plurality of side surfaces connected to the upper surface, the first connecting portion is vertically connected to the second connecting portion, and the first connecting portion is vertically connected to the second connecting portion. A connecting portion has an inner surface connected to the lower surface of the second connecting portion, and the inner surface is connected to one of the side surfaces. 5 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein an angle is formed between the connecting rods and the second housing, and the angle is less than 90 degrees. 6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first housing has a keyboard located on the upper surface of the first housing. 7 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the connecting member comprises plastic or metal. 8 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein there is a hollow space inside the second connecting portion. 9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the hollow space is used for accommodating an optical drive or a speaker. 10 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a display screen or a plurality of warning lights disposed on a surface of the second connecting portion relatively far from the first casing. 11 .

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