Portable electronic device and connecting port thereof

• US 8,920,180 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2012
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Chang, Hung-Tien, Huang, Chien-Chia, Shih, Po-Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrams, Neil
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN
• Application Number:
  US13/562,301
• Publication Number:
  US 20130034979A1
• Time in Patent Office: 883 Days
• Field of Search: 439/131
• US Class Current: 439/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/447 Shutter or cover plate
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/501 comprising an integral hinge or a frangible part
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/60 Means for supporting coupling part when not engaged
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/06 for computer periphery

Abstract

A portable electronic device including a main body and a connecting port is provided. The main body has an containing cavity. The connecting port includes a base and at least one movable component. The base is disposed at the main body. The movable component is movably connected to the base and moves between an accommodated position and an operation position relatively to the base. When the movable component is located at the accommodated position, the height of the connecting port is less than or equal to the height of the containing cavity such that the connecting port is adapted to be accommodated in the containing cavity. When the movable component is located at the operation position, the height of the connecting port is greater than the height of the containing cavity, and a connector is adapted to be fixed between the base and the movable component.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a main body, having a containing cavity; and

a connecting port, comprising;

a base, disposed at the main body;

at least one movable component, movably connected to the base and moving between an accommodated position and an operation position relatively to the base, wherein when the movable component is located at the accommodated position, height of the connecting port is less than or equal to height of the containing cavity such that the connecting port is adapted to be accommodated in the containing cavity; and

when the movable component is located at the operation position, height of the connecting port is greater than height of the containing cavity; and

two rods, wherein both ends of each of the rods are respectively pivoted at the base and the movable component, the movable component, the two rods and the base together form a parallel four-bar linkage mechanism, and the movable component is adapted to be lifted from the accommodated position to the operation position through the rotations of the two rods.

2. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein quantity of the at least one movable component is two and the two movable components are respectively located at two opposite sides of the base.

3. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting port is slidably disposed at the containing cavity, when the connecting port is located in the containing cavity, the movable component is position-limited at the accommodated position by the main body;

and when the connecting port slides out of the containing cavity, the movable component is adapted to move to the operation position and the connecting port is position-limited outside the containing cavity by the movable component.

4. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movable component is pivoted at the base and adapted to rotate to a side-end of the base to arrive at the accommodated position or rotate to a top-end of the base to arrive at the operation position.

5. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base is fixed in the containing cavity, the movable component is adapted to move into the containing cavity to arrive at the accommodated position or outstretch out of the containing cavity to arrive at the operation position.

6. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movable component is pivoted at the base and has a clasp-lever, and when the movable component rotates to the operation position, the clasp-lever is adapted to press down a connector to at the base.

7. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movable component is slidably disposed at the base and adapted to slide between the accommodated position and the operation position relatively to the base.

8. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the connecting port further comprises an elastic component, the elastic component is connected between the main body and the movable component, and the movable component is adapted to move from the accommodated position to the operation position through the elastic force of the elastic component.

9. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the connecting port further comprises a position-limiting component, the position-limiting component is movably disposed at the main body and adapted to withstand the elastic force of the elastic component to limit the movable component at the accommodated position.

10. A connecting port, suitable for a portable electronic device, wherein the portable electronic device comprises a main body and the main body comprises a containing cavity;

the connecting port comprising;

a base, disposed at the main body;

at least one movable component, movably connected to the base and moving between an accommodated position and an operation position relatively to the base, wherein when the movable component is located at the accommodated position, height of the connecting port is less than or equal to height of the containing cavity such that the connecting port is adapted to be accommodated in the containing cavity; and

when the movable component is located at the operation position, height of the connecting port is greater than height of the containing cavity; and

two rods, wherein both ends of each of the rods are respectively pivoted at the base and the movable component, the two rods and the base together form a parallel four-bar linkage mechanism, and the movable component is adapted to be lifted from the accommodated position to the operation position through the rotations of the two rods.

11. The connecting port as claimed in claim 10, wherein quantity of the at least one movable component is two and the two movable components are respectively located at two opposite sides of the base.

12. The connecting port as claimed in claim 10, wherein the connecting port is slidably disposed at the containing cavity, when the connecting port is located in the containing cavity, the movable component is position-limited at the accommodated position by the main body;

when the connecting port slides out of the containing cavity, the movable component is adapted to move to the operation position and the connecting port is position-limited outside the containing cavity.

13. The connecting port as claimed in claim 10, wherein the movable component is pivoted at the base and adapted to rotate to a side-end of the base to arrive at the accommodated position or rotating to a top-end of the base to arrive at the operation position.

14. The connecting port as claimed in claim 10, wherein the base is fixed in the containing cavity, the movable component is adapted to move into the containing cavity to arrive at the accommodated position or outstretch out of the containing cavity to arrive at the operation position.

15. The connecting port as claimed in claim 10, wherein the movable component is pivoted at the base and has a clasp-lever, and when the movable component rotates to the operation position, the clasp-lever is adapted to press down a connector to at the base.

16. The connecting port as claimed in claim 10, wherein the movable component is slidably disposed at the base and adapted to slide between the accommodated position and the operation position relatively to the base.

17. The connecting port as claimed in claim 16, wherein the connecting port further comprises an elastic component, the elastic component is connected between the main body and the movable component, and the movable component is adapted to move from the accommodated position to the operation position through the elastic force of the elastic component.

18. The connecting port as claimed in claim 17, wherein the connecting port further comprises a position-limiting component, the position-limiting component is movably disposed at the main body and adapted to withstand the elastic force of the elastic component to limit the movable component at the accommodated position.