DUAL-AXIS HINGE STRUCTURE AND ELECTRIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME

• US 20130016492A1
• Filed: 11/23/2011
• Published: 01/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Original Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Inventors: WANG, Chun-Wen, CHANG, Shan-Feng
• Granted Patent: US 8,385,991 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/820
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 3/18 with sliding pins or guides
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 1/1246 with a coil spring perpendicular to the pivot axis
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/638 Cams; Ramps
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/606 for electronic devices
• 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: H05K 5/0226 Hinges

Abstract

A dual-axis hinge structure and electric device having the same are provided, and the dual-axis hinge structure includes a hinge base having a pushed portion, a first pivot portion having a first cam and a first shaft, a second pivot portion having a second cam and a second shaft, and a restoring member connected both the first pivot portion and the second pivot portion. The first shaft is pivoted on the hinge base, and the first cam is fixed on the first shaft, and the first cam is contacted with one lateral side of the pushed portion. The second shaft is parallel to the first shaft, and is pivoted on the hinge base, and the second cam is fixed on the second shaft, and the second cam is contacted with another lateral side of the pushed portion.

Claims

1. A dual-axis hinge structure, comprising:

a hinge base comprising;

at least one pushed portion having two opposite contacting surfaces thereof;

a first pivot portion comprising;

a first rotary shaft pivotally disposed on one end of the hinge base; and

at least one first cam non-rotatably disposed on the first rotary shaft, and contacting to one of the opposite contacting surfaces of the pushed portion, wherein the first cam has a first summit thereon;

a second pivot portion comprising;

a second rotary shaft pivotally disposed on the other end of the hinge base, and being parallel to the first rotary shaft; and

at least one second cam non-rotatably disposed on the second rotary shaft, and contacting to the other of the opposite contacting surfaces of the pushed portion, wherein the second cam has a second summit thereon;

a restoring member interposed between the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft, and coupling to the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft,

wherein when both the first cam and the second cam rotate such that the first summit and the second summit respectively contact the opposite contacting surfaces of the pushed portion, the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft are reversely moved away from the pushed portion.

2. The dual-axis hinge structure according to claim 1, wherein the first cam comprises:

a first wheel body having a circumferential surface thereof, and non-rotatably penetrated through by the first rotary shaft; and

a first convex potion protruding on the circumferential surface of the first wheel body, having two lateral surfaces, wherein the first summit is an intersection of the lateral surfaces of the first convex potion.

3. The dual-axis hinge structure according to claim 1, wherein the second cam comprises:

a second wheel body having a circumferential surface thereof, and non-rotatably penetrated through by the second rotary shaft; and

a second convex potion protruding on the circumferential surface of the second wheel body, having two lateral surfaces, wherein the second summit is an intersection of the lateral surfaces of the second convex potion.

4. The dual-axis hinge structure according to claim 1, wherein the hinge base further comprises:

a bracket comprising a bottom plane and two opposite sidewalls extending unidirectionally outwards the bottom plane in parallel,

wherein the bottom plane and the opposite sidewalls mutually surround a containing space, and the pushed portion is disposed in the containing space.

5. The dual-axis hinge structure according to claim 4, wherein each of the opposite sidewalls comprises:

two elongate slits respectively disposed on two opposite ends of the sidewall.

6. The dual-axis hinge structure according to claim 1, wherein a cross-section of the pushed portion has a symmetrical shape.

7. The dual-axis hinge structure according to claim 6, wherein the symmetrical shape is in a circular, rectangular, hexagonal or octagonal shape.

8. The dual-axis hinge structure according to claim 6, wherein a rotating route that the first cam rotates before the first summit contacts the pushed portion is same as a rotating route that the first cam rotates after the first summit contacts the pushed portion, and

a rotating route that the second cam rotates before the second summit contacts the pushed portion is same as a rotating route that the second cam rotates after the second summit contacts the pushed portion.

9. The dual-axis hinge structure according to claim 1, wherein the restoring member is a coil spring or a plate spring.

10. An electric device comprising:

a dual-axis hinge structure according to claim 1;

a first member fixedly disposed on the first rotary shaft; and

a second member fixedly disposed on the second rotary shaft,

wherein when the first member and the second member are positioned abreast, a first gap is formed between the first member and the second member,

when the first summit and the second summit respectively contact the opposite contacting surfaces of the pushed portion, a second gap which is larger than the first gap, is formed between the first member and the second member.

11. The electric device according to claim 10, wherein the electric device is a foldable electric device.