Electronic apparatus

• US 20030061684A1
• Filed: 09/27/2002
• Published: 04/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kawatsuri, Masaya, Tanaka, Hironori, Tsubai, Mitsuo
• Application Number:
  US10/255,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20030061684A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 16/337
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 11/103 frictionally clamped
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/041 for balancing rotational movement of the head
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1679 for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA G06F1/1681 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1681 Details related solely to hinges hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0295 Mechanical mounting details of display modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00496 Constructional details of the interface or console not otherwise provided for, e.g. rotating or tilting means

Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide an electronic apparatus capable of holding a panel unit at a desired tilt angle θ and smoothly angularly displacing the panel unit irrespective of the weight of the panel unit. An attachment portion protruding while facing the panel unit is provided on a lower cabinet, a frictional member made of silicone rubber having flexibility and elasticity is detachably attached to the attachment portion, and sliding members that slide on the frictional member are provided on the rear surface of the panel unit which rear surface faces the attachment portion, whereby a tilt holding force optimum for the weight of the panel unit is caused.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an electronic apparatus body;

a tilting portion provided on the electronic apparatus body so as to be angularly displaceable about a rotation axis line;

an attachment portion provided on the electronic apparatus body so as to protrude while facing the tilting portion;

a frictional member made of a material having flexibility and elasticity, and attached to the attachment portion; and

a sliding member provided on a rear surface of the tilting portion which rear surface faces the attachment portion, for sliding on the frictional member over an angular displacement range of the tilting portion.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sliding member includes a plate for sliding on a side of the frictional member over the angular displacement range of the tilting portion.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sliding member includes a plate spring for elastically pushing a free end of the frictional member over the angular displacement range of the tilting portion.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sliding member includes a plate for sliding on a side of the frictional member over the angular displacement range of the tilting portion, an area of contact of the sliding member with the side of the frictional member decreases as the tilting portion is angularly displaced in an opening direction with respect to the electronic apparatus, and the area of contact of the sliding member with the side of the frictional member increases as the tilting portion is angularly displaced in a closing direction with respect to the electronic apparatus.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sliding member includes a plate spring for elastically pushing a free end of the frictional member over the angular displacement range of the tilting portion, and the plate spring has a rough sliding surface having a higher sliding frictional force on the frictional member than that of the plate spring.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sliding member includes a plate spring for elastically pushing a free end of the frictional member over the angular displacement range of the tilting portion, and on the plate spring, a plurality of bent portions convexly bent outward with respect to the rear surface of the tilting portion is formed.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the frictional member is detachably attached to the attachment portion.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the attachment portion includes a protrusion which is inserted into the frictional member and a latching portion formed integrally with the protrusion so as to bend downward from the tip of the protrusion, and the frictional member includes an insertion hole formed so as to be opened downward through an opening to allow the latching portion to pass therethrough and is detachably attached to the attachment portion.