Electronic device with support mechanism

• US 8,934,221 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2012
• Issued: 01/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Guo, Ji-Bing
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Jerry
• Application Number:
  US13/588,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20130242472A1
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.3, 36167901-67909, 3616791-67919, 36167931-67945, 36167955-6796, 361724-747, 345/156, 345/157, 345/168, 345/169, 345/184, 455/575.1, 455/575.3, 455/575.4, 455/575.8, 248 80- 88, 2481551-1555, 248166-173, 2481801-1862, 2482291-23151, 248/271.4, 248/292.14, 2483161-3168, 292 1- 62, 292/113, 29216911-16923, 29234111-34119, 74141-169, 74380-387
• US Class Current: 361/679.01
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/005 integral with the apparatus or articles to be supported
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/022 by friction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/166 related to integrated arrangements for adjusting the position of the main body with respect to the supporting surface, e.g. legs for adjusting the tilt angle
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/0807 Sliding and hooked end
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/702 Pivoted or swinging
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/1555 Rotary driven element

Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing, a display and a support mechanism. The housing includes a bottom plate and a peripheral wall. The display screen is mounted to the housing and positioned above the bottom plate. The support mechanism is movably and adjustably assembled to the bottom plate of the housing, away from the display screen. The support mechanism includes a retracting assembly and a support assembly. The retracting assembly is releasably mounted to the bottom plate and received within the housing. The support assembly is rotatably hinged to the bottom plate of the housing, and further hinges with the retracting assembly for supporting the housing at different viewing angles.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing comprising a bottom plate and a peripheral wall;

a display screen mounted to the housing and positioned above the bottom plate; and

a support mechanism movably and adjustably assembled to the bottom plate of the housing, away from the display screen;

the support mechanism comprising;

a retracting assembly releasably mounted to the bottom plate and comprising a retracting tube, a sliding member slidably assembled with the retracting tube and a bushing, the retracting tube slidably sleeved on the sliding member and received within the housing;

the bushing slidably sleeved on the retracting tube for adjusting a distance between the sliding member and the retracting tube, and fixedly holding the sliding member and the retracting tube at a preset position; and

a support assembly rotatably hinged to the bottom plate of the housing, and further hinged with the sliding member by a connecting rod for supporting the housing at a plurality of viewing angles.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the retracting tube comprises a main body and a connecting body coaxially extending from a first end of the main body, a second end of the main body of the retracting tube passes through the peripheral wall and exposed to the outside of the housing;

an end portion extending from the connecting body and positioned away from the main body is slidably sleeved on the sliding member, the retracting assembly further comprises an elastic member sleeved on the connecting body of the retracting tube together with the bushing, two ends of the elastic member respectively elastically resist against the first end of the main body and the bushing.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the bottom plate defines a sliding slot;

the peripheral wall defines a mounting hole positioned on a length direction of the sliding slot;

the sliding member comprises a base portion, a hinged portion formed on the base portion, and a sliding post protrudes from an end surface of the base portion, one end of the retracting tube passes through the mounting hole and exposed to the outside of the housing, the other end of the retracting tube is slidably sleeved with the sliding post;

the hinged portion of the sliding member passes through the sliding slot and hinged with the support assembly.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the housing further comprises a fixing sleeve portion formed on an inner bottom surface of the bottom plate along a longitudinal direction of the sliding slot, and positioned between the sliding slot and the mounting hole;

the retracting tube is coaxially and slidably assembled to the fixing sleeve portion, the retracting tube comprises a main body, a connecting body coaxially extending from a first end of the main body, and an assembling shaft hole defined through the main body and the connecting body, the connecting body is sleeved with the sliding post of the sliding member;

a second end of the main body aligns with and movably passes through the corresponding mounting hole of the housing.

5. The support mechanism of claim 4, wherein the retracting tube further comprises two clamping arms oppositely extend from a distal end of the connecting body, and a sleeving end formed on the distal end of the two clamping arms;

the bushing is slidably sleeved on the connecting body together with the elastic member and is capable of being tightly sleeved on the sleeving end of the connecting body, such that the sliding post of the sliding member is tightly clamped by the two clamping arms for prevent the sliding post from sliding relative to the retracting tube;

the elastic member is sleeved on the connecting body and elastically sandwiched between the bushing and the first end of the main body.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the housing further comprises a stopping portion formed on inner bottom surface of the bottom plate and positioned between the sliding slot and the fixing sleeve portion, the stopping portion defines a through hole coaxial with the shaft hole of the retracting tube;

the sliding post passes through the through hole of stopping portion and is inserted into the fixing sleeve portion to slidably sleeve with the connecting body of the retracting tube.

7. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the fixing sleeve portion defines a receiving slot away from the sliding slot end and a sleeving hole coaxial with the receiving slot, the connecting body is slidably received within the receiving slot and passes through the sleeving hole of the fixing sleeve portion.

8. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the housing further comprises two hinged blocks oppositely formed on the outer support surface of the bottom plate, and positioned adjacent to a same end of the sliding slot;

the support assembly comprises a connecting rod and a supporting rod, two ends of the connecting rod are respectively hinged with the supporting rod and the hinged portion of the sliding member;

the supporting rod is further rotatably hinged to the two hinged blocks of the housing.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing comprising a bottom plate and a peripheral wall, the bottom plate defining a sliding slot, the peripheral wall defining a mounting hole positioned on a length direction of the sliding slot;

a display screen mounted to the housing and positioned above the bottom plate; and

a support mechanism movably and adjustably assembled to the bottom plate of the housing, away from the display screen;

the support mechanism comprising;

a retracting assembly releasably mounted to the bottom plate and comprising a retracting tube, a sliding member, and a bushing, wherein the retracting tube is received in the housing, passes through the mounting hole, and is exposed out of the housing;

a projection of the retracting tube on the bottom plate and the sliding slot are aligned in line;

the sliding member is slidably assembled to the retracting tube, passes through the sliding slot and exposed out of the housing;

the bushing is slidably sleeved on the retracting tube for adjusting a distance between the sliding member and the retracting tube, and fixedly holding the sliding member and the retracting tube at a preset position; and

a support assembly rotatably hinged to the bottom plate of the housing, and further hinged with the sliding member for supporting the housing at a plurality of viewing angles.