ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20140290009A1
• Filed: 02/25/2014
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kasai, Koichi, Yamaguchi, Shigeru, Murayama, Kazunori
• Granted Patent: US 9,598,886 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 16/386
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 3/12 with two parallel pins and one arm
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/022 The hinge comprising two parallel pivoting axes

Abstract

An electronic device includes a first casing rotatably supported by a first rotation axis, a second casing rotatably supported by a second rotation axis that is parallel to the first rotation axis, a first cam that is provided on the first rotation axis, rotates about the first rotation axis in accordance with rotation of the first casing, and causes the first casing to move together with the first rotation axis in a direction away from the second rotation axis, a second cam that is provided on the second rotation axis, rotates about the second rotation axis in accordance with rotation of the second casing, and causes the second casing to move together with the second rotation axis in a direction away from the first rotation axis, and an elastic member that applies a force in a direction in which the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis become closer.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first casing rotatably supported by a first rotation axis;

a second casing rotatably supported by a second rotation axis that is parallel to the first rotation axis;

a first cam that is provided on the first rotation axis, rotates about the first rotation axis in accordance with rotation of the first casing, and causes the first casing to move together with the first rotation axis in a direction away from the second rotation axis;

a second cam that is provided on the second rotation axis, rotates about the second rotation axis in accordance with rotation of the second casing, and causes the second casing to move together with the second rotation axis in a direction away from the first rotation axis; and

an elastic member that applies a force in a direction in which the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis become closer.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the first cam causes the first rotation axis to move to a position where the first casing does not interfere with the second casing when the first casing rotates,

and the second cam causes the second rotation axis to move to a position where the second casing does not interfere with the first casing when the second casing rotates.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the first cam protrudes from the first rotation axis toward a first edge section of the first casing that faces the second casing when the first casing rotates,

and the second cam protrudes from the second rotation axis toward a second edge section of the second casing that faces the first casing when the second casing rotates.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3,

wherein the first cam has a height such that, in a state in which the first casing rotates and the apex of a cam crest is positioned on a straight line that joins the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis, the distance obtained by adding the distance from the first rotation axis to the apex of the cam crest of the first cam and the distance from the second rotation axis to the apex of the cam crest of the first cam is longer than the distance obtained by adding the distance from the apex of the first edge section to the first rotation axis and the distance from a surface of the second casing that faces the first casing when the first casing rotates, to the second rotation axis,

and the second cam has a height such that, in a state in which the second casing rotates and the apex of a cam crest is positioned on a straight line that joins the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis, the distance obtained by adding the distance from the first rotation axis to the apex of the cam crest of the second cam and the distance from the second rotation axis to the apex of the cam crest of the second cam is longer than the distance obtained by adding the distance from the apex of the second edge section to the second rotation axis and the distance from a surface of the first casing that faces the second casing to the first rotation axis.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the elastic member is an M-shaped spring that has bent sections in which the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis are separately housed.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein, in the first cam and the second cam, the load torque when the first casing turns and the load torque when the second casing turns are different.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6,

wherein, in the first cam and the second cam, when the first casing and the second casing open, the load torque when the first casing turns is less than the load torque when the second casing turns, and when the first casing and the second casing close, the load torque when the first casing turns is greater than the load torque when the second casing turns.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7,

wherein, the inclination angle at the side where a cam receiver for the first cam is pressed when the first casing and the second casing open is less than the inclination angle at the side where a cam receiver for the second cam is pressed, and the inclination angle at the side where the cam receiver for the first cam is pressed when the first casing and the second casing close is greater than the inclination angle at the side where the cam receiver for the second cam is pressed.