ANGLE ADJUSTING APPARATUS

• US 20150021457A1
• Filed: 02/18/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LIU, PO-CHUN
• Application Number:
  US14/183,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20150021457A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/688
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/38 by folding , e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• 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

Abstract

An angle adjusting apparatus for adjusting a supporting angle of an electronic device includes an inputting member defining a sliding slot, a sliding member slidably received in the sliding slot, a hinge rotatably connected to the sliding member, and a supporting arm rotatably connected to the hinge. When the supporting arm moves the sliding member relative to the inputting member via the hinge, the sliding member partially slides out of the sliding slot. The supporting arm is rotated around the hinge to support the electronic device. The electronic device is supported at different angles by the supporting arm according to different positions of the sliding member.

Claims

1. An angle adjusting apparatus for adjusting an angle of an electronic device, comprising:

an inputting member defining a sliding slot at a bottom of the inputting member;

a sliding member slidably received in the sliding slot;

a hinge rotatably connected to the sliding member; and

a supporting arm rotatably connected to the hinge;

wherein when the supporting arm moves the sliding member relative to the inputting member via the hinge, the sliding member partially slides in the sliding slot;

the supporting arm is rotated round the hinge, the electronic device is placed on a connecting position between the inputting member and the sliding member;

the supporting arm supporting the electronic device thereon; and

the electronic device has an angle relative to the inputting member.

2. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the electronic device is rotated to a required angle, the hinge is rotated to substantially parallel to the inputting member round the sliding member.

3. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the electronic device and the supporting arm are substantially parallel to the inputting member and the sliding member, and the hinge is substantially perpendicular to the sliding member and the supporting arm when the electronic device and the inputting member are at an original state.

4. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 3, wherein a first portion of the sliding member is received in the sliding slot;

and a second portion of the sliding member is rotatably connected to a first portion of the hinge.

5. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 4, wherein a second portion of the hinge is rotatably connected to a first portion of the supporting arm;

and a second portion of the supporting arm movably supports a side surface of the electronic device thereon.

6. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 5, wherein when the supporting arm is rotated to a required angle round the hinge, the first portion of the hinge is rotated to substantially parallel to the inputting member and the sliding member round the second portion of the sliding member;

and the second portion of the supporting arm supports the side surface of the electronic device thereon.

7. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 6, wherein as the electronic device is rotated further away from the inputting member, the sliding member slides further out of the sliding slot;

and when the electronic device is rotated to the required angle, the second portion of the supporting arm supports the side surface of the electronic device thereon.

8. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 7, wherein as the electronic device is rotated toward the inputting member, the sliding member slides further in the sliding slot;

and

when the electronic device is rotated to the required angle, the second portion of the supporting arm supports the side surface of the electronic device thereon.

9. An angle adjusting apparatus for adjusting an angle of an electronic device, comprising:

an inputting member defining a sliding slot at a bottom of the inputting member;

a sliding member slidably received in the sliding slot;

a hinge rotatably connected to the sliding member; and

a supporting arm rotatably connected to the hinge;

wherein when the supporting arm moves the sliding member relative to the inputting member via the hinge, the sliding member partially slides in the sliding slot;

the supporting arm is rotated round the hinge and supports the electronic device thereon; and

the electronic device is supported at different angles by the supporting arm according to different positions the sliding member sliding out of the inputting member.

10. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 9, wherein when the electronic device is rotated to a required angle, the hinge is rotated to substantially parallel to the inputting member round the sliding member.

11. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 10, wherein the electronic device and the supporting arm are substantially parallel to the inputting member and the sliding member, and the hinge is substantially perpendicular to the sliding member and the supporting arm when the electronic device and the inputting member are at an original state.

12. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 11, wherein a first portion of the sliding member is received in the sliding slot;

and a second portion of the sliding member is rotatably connected to a first portion of the hinge.

13. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 12, wherein a second portion of the hinge is rotatably connected to a first portion of the supporting arm;

and a second portion of the supporting arm movably supports on a side surface of the electronic device.

14. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 13, wherein when the supporting arm is rotated to a required angle round the hinge, the first portion of the hinge is rotated to substantially parallel to the inputting member and the sliding member round the second portion of the sliding member;

and the second portion of the supporting arm supports on the side surface of the electronic device.

15. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 14, wherein as the electronic device is rotated further away from the inputting member, the sliding member slides further out of the sliding slot;

and when the electronic device is rotated to the required angle, the second portion of the supporting arm supports the side surface of the electronic device thereon.

16. The angle adjusting apparatus of claim 15, wherein as the electronic device is rotated toward the inputting member, the sliding member slides further in the sliding slot;

and when the electronic device is rotated to the required angle, the second portion of the supporting arm supports the side surface of the electronic device thereon.