DETACHABLE PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20100271771A1
• Filed: 02/03/2010
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: YANG, XIN, WU, WEI
• Granted Patent: US 8,238,085 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.170
• 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 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1669 Detachable keyboards

Abstract

A detachable portable computing device is provided. The computing device comprises a display device and a main body. The main body comprises a base and a detachable member. The base is rotatably connected to the display device. The detachable member is detachably connected to the base. The computing device also includes a latching mechanism configured for detachably connecting the detachable member to the base. The latching mechanism comprises a first locking member, a second locking member, and an actuating mechanism. The first locking member is securely connected to one of the base and the detachable member. The second locking member is movably connected to the other one of the base and the detachable member. The second locking member is slidable between a first position and a second position where the second locking member engages and disengages the first locking member.

Claims

1. A detachable portable computing device comprising:

a display device; and

a main body comprising;

a base rotatably connected to the display device;

a detachable member detachably connected to the base; and

a latching mechanism detachably connecting the detachable member to the base, the latching mechanism comprising;

a first locking member fixedly connected to one of the base and the detachable member;

a second locking member movably connected to the other one of the base and the detachable member, the second locking member being slidable between a first position and a second position, wherein the detachable member is connected to the base when the second locking member is in the first position, and detached from the base when the second locking member is in the second position; and

an actuating mechanism attached to the base or the detachable member to actuate the second locking member to move between the first position and the second position.

2. The detachable portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein the base is designed in such a way that the display device is supported on a surface by the base when an angle between the display device and the base keeps in a predetermined range.

3. The detachable portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein the detachable portable computing device is a laptop computer.

4. The detachable portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein the base comprises a first coupling surface opposite to the detachable member, the first coupling surface defines a receiving space extending along a width of the base, the receiving space is configured for receiving the second locking member.

5. The detachable portable computing device according to claim 4, wherein the detachable member comprises a second coupling surface opposite to the first coupling surface, the first locking member is connected to the second coupling surface.

6. The detachable portable computing device according to claim 5, wherein the first locking member comprises at least one locking pin and the second locking member comprises at least one hook, the at least one hook engages the at least one locking pin when the second locking member is in the first position, the at least one hook disengages the at least one locking pin when the second locking member is in the second position.

7. The detachable portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein the second locking member comprises an actuation receiver, the actuating mechanism comprises a frame connected to the base and an actuating paddle pivotably connected to the frame, the actuating paddle is configured for selectively engaging the actuation receiver to enable the second locking member slide between the first position and the second position.

8. The detachable portable computing device according to claim 7, wherein the actuating mechanism further comprises a restoring mechanism configured for returning the actuating paddle to its original position.

9. The detachable portable computing device according to claim 8, wherein the restoring mechanism comprises two magnetic members attached to the actuating paddle and the frame, the two magnetic members are opposite to each other and have opposite poles.

10. The detachable portable computing device according to claim 7, wherein the actuating paddle comprises a post and the actuation receiver defines a groove adapted to receive the post therein, the post and the groove cooperate to convert rotation of the actuating paddle to slide movement of second locking member.

11. The detachable portable computing device according to claim 4, wherein the base comprises a pair of sloped portions at two sides of the receiving space, the detachable member comprises a pair of matching sloped portions which cooperates with the sloped portions to assist alignment of the base and the detachable member during connection of the detachable member to the base.