LINKAGE MECHANISM

• US 20180073613A1
• Filed: 08/31/2017
• Published: 03/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Chen, Pai-Feng, Chen, Mao-Da, Tsai, Chih-Hsueh
• Granted Patent: US 10,208,842 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 19/001 for conveying reciprocating or limited rotary motion
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 25/08 for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion F16H23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 25/18 for conveying or interconverting oscillating or reciprocating motions
• 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

Abstract

A linkage mechanism includes a pivot assembly, a gear assembly, and a linkage assembly. The pivot assembly pivots around a first rotation axis. The gear assembly is pivoted with the pivot assembly and moves in conjunction with the pivot assembly. The gear assembly includes a cam, and the cam pivots around a second rotation axis. The second rotation axis is not parallel to the first rotation axis. The linkage assembly is disposed at a side of the gear assembly and contacts the cam. When the pivot assembly drives the gear assembly to pivot, the linkage assembly abuts against the cam to produce a relative movement with the cam.

Claims

1. A linkage mechanism, comprising:

a pivot assembly pivoting around a first rotation axis;

a gear assembly pivoted with the pivot assembly and moving in conjunction with the pivot assembly, the gear assembly comprising a cam pivoting around a second rotation axis, wherein the second rotation axis is not parallel to the first rotation axis; and

a linkage assembly disposed at a side of the gear assembly and contacting the cam, wherein when the pivot assembly drives the gear assembly to pivot, the linkage assembly abuts against the cam to produce a relative movement with the cam.

2. The linkage mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein the pivot assembly comprises a hinge cap and a shaft, the hinge cap and the shaft are assembled to each other, and the gear assembly is sleeved on the shaft.

3. The linkage mechanism as recited in claim 2, wherein the pivot assembly further comprises a fixing member mounted on the hinge cap and disposed parallel to the shaft.

4. The linkage mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein the gear assembly further comprises:

a first gear sleeved on the pivot assembly and pivoting around the first rotation axis;

a second gear engaging with the first gear and pivoting around the second rotation axis;

a third gear engaging with the second gear and pivoting around the second rotation axis, wherein the second gear is positioned between the first gear and the third gear, and the cam is sleeved on the third gear and rotates with the third gear coaxially.

5. The linkage mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein the linkage assembly comprises:

a linkage comprising a linkage portion and a protrusion portion connected to the linkage portion, wherein a first extension direction of the linkage portion is perpendicular to a second extension direction of the protrusion portion, and the linkage portion abuts against the cam to produce the relative movement with the cam;

a position-limiting member having an accommodating region, the protrusion portion of the linkage positioned in the accommodating region, wherein the position-limiting member limits a displacement of the linkage in a direction that is parallel to the first extension direction of the linkage portion, and a gap exists between the position-limiting member and the linkage portion of the linkage; and

an elastic member disposed inside the gap and contacting the linkage portion of the linkage and the position-limiting member, wherein the elastic member is elastically deformed by the relative movement produced between the linkage portion of the linkage and the cam.

6. The linkage mechanism as recited in claim 5, wherein the linkage portion of the linkage has an interference bump, and an outer contour of the cam contacts and interferes with the interference bump.

7. The linkage mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein the cam comprises a tangent cam or a triangular cam.

8. The linkage mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein when the pivot assembly drives the gear assembly to pivot to a first state, the linkage assembly abuts against the cam to move from an original position to a predetermined position horizontally.

9. The linkage mechanism as recited in claim 8, wherein when the pivot assembly drives the gear assembly to pivot from the first state to a second state, the linkage assembly resists the cam that abuts against the linkage assembly to be maintained in the predetermined position.

10. The linkage mechanism as recited in claim 9, wherein when the pivot assembly drives the gear assembly to pivot from the second state to a third state, the linkage assembly abuts against the cam to move from the predetermined position to the original position horizontally.