Electronic device

• US 20060250761A1
• Filed: 07/29/2005
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Yeh, Hsiu Wei, Tsai, Chu Chia
• Application Number:
  US11/192,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20060250761A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.60
• 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 1/1622 with enclosures rotating around an axis perpendicular to the plane they define or with ball-joint coupling, e.g. PDA with display enclosure orientation changeable between portrait and landscape by rotation with respect to a coplanar body enclosure
• 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: G06F 1/1683 for the transmission of signal or power between the different housings, e.g. details of wired or wireless communication, passage of cabling

Abstract

An electronic device. A fixed base is fixed to a host. A first rotating base is rotatably disposed on the fixed base and rotates in a first direction with respect to the fixed base. A second rotating base is rotatably disposed on the first rotating base and rotates in a second direction with respect to the first rotating base. The central rotating axis of the second direction is perpendicular to that of the first direction. A supporting frame is rotatably connected to the second rotating base and rotates in a third direction with respect to the second rotating base. The central rotating axis of the third direction is perpendicular to that of the second direction. A monitor is connected to the supporting frame and rotates in the first, second, and third directions with respect to the host by the first rotating base, second rotating base, and supporting frame, respectively.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a host;

a fixed base fixed to the host;

a first rotating base rotatably disposed on the fixed base and rotating in a first direction with respect to the fixed base;

a second rotating base rotatably disposed on the first rotating base and rotating in a second direction with respect to the first rotating base, wherein the central rotating axis of the second direction is perpendicular to that of the first direction;

a supporting frame rotatably connected to the second rotating base and rotating in a third direction with respect to the second rotating base, wherein the central rotating axis of the third direction is perpendicular to that of the second direction; and

a monitor connected to the supporting frame and rotating in the first, second, and third directions with respect to the host by way of the first rotating base, second rotating base, and supporting frame, respectively.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a first pivot disposed in the fixed base and first rotating base, wherein the first rotating base rotates in the first direction with respect to the fixed base by way of the first pivot.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fixed base further comprises a base plate and two first pivoting portions, the first pivoting portions protrude from the base plate, the first rotating base is disposed between the first pivoting portions and separated from the base plate, each first pivoting portion comprises a first pivot hole, the first rotating base comprises a second pivot hole, and the first pivot is disposed in the first and second pivot holes.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second pivot disposed in the first and second rotating bases, wherein the second rotating base rotates in the second direction with respect to the first rotating base by way of the second pivot.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first rotating base further comprises two second pivoting portions, each second pivoting portion comprising a third pivot hole, the second rotating base is disposed between the second pivoting portions and comprises a fourth pivot hole, and the second pivot is disposed in the third and fourth pivot holes.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a third pivot disposed in the supporting frame and second rotating base, wherein the supporting frame rotates in the third direction with respect to the second rotating base by way of the third pivot.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second rotating base further comprises a through hole, through which a signal cable is passed, by means of which the monitor is electrically connected to the host.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second rotating base further comprises an engaging hook, and the host further comprises an engaging hole to which the engaging hook is selectively engaged.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixed base is fixed to one corner of the host.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monitor comprises an LCD monitor.

11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a notebook computer.

12. A multi-directional rotating mechanism, comprising:

a fixed base;

a first rotating base rotatably disposed on the fixed base and rotating in a first direction with respect to the fixed base;

a second rotating base rotatably disposed on the first rotating base and rotating in a second direction with respect to the first rotating base, wherein the central rotating axis of the second direction is perpendicular to that of the first direction; and

a supporting frame rotatably connected to the second rotating base and rotating in a third direction with respect to the second rotating base, wherein the central rotating axis of the third direction is perpendicular to that of the second direction.

13. The multi-directional rotating mechanism as claimed in claim 12, further comprising a first pivot disposed in the fixed base and first rotating base, wherein the first rotating base rotates in the first direction with respect to the fixed base by way of the first pivot.

14. The multi-directional rotating mechanism as claimed in claim 13, wherein the fixed base further comprises a base plate and two first pivoting portions, the first pivoting portions protrude from the base plate, the first rotating base is disposed between the first pivoting portions and separated from the base plate, each first pivoting portion comprises a first pivot hole, the first rotating base comprises a second pivot hole, and the first pivot is disposed in the first and second pivot holes.

15. The multi-directional rotating mechanism as claimed in claim 12, further comprising a second pivot disposed in the first and second rotating bases, wherein the second rotating base rotates in the second direction with respect to the first rotating base by way of the second pivot.

16. The multi-directional rotating mechanism as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first rotating base further comprises two second pivoting portions, each second pivoting portion comprising a third pivot hole, the second rotating base is disposed between the, second pivoting portions and comprises a fourth pivot hole, and the second pivot is disposed in the third and fourth pivot holes.

17. The multi-directional rotating mechanism as claimed in claim 12, further comprising a third pivot disposed in the supporting frame and second rotating base, wherein the supporting frame rotates in the third direction with respect to the second rotating base by way of the third pivot.