Dual-shaft synchronous motion device

• US 8,978,206 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2013
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: First Dome Corporation
• Original Assignee: First Dome Corporation
• Inventors: Hsu, An Szu, Lin, Ya Ching
• Primary Examiner(s): O BRIEN, JEFFREY D
• Application Number:
  US13/895,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20140338482A1
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 163/02, 163/54, 163/66, 163/65, 163/68, 163/69, 163/70, 163/42, 162/27, 361/679.08, 361/679.11, 361/679.02, 361/679.15, 361/679.27, 455/90.3, 455/575.1, 455/575.3, 455/575.8, 379/433.12, 379/433.13, 348/373, 348/333.01, 348/333.06, 348/794
• US Class Current: 16/302
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 3/06 with two or more pins E05D7/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 3/12 with two parallel pins and one arm
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 7/00 Hinges or pivots of special construction used for special suspension arrangements E05D15/00; so as to be self-closing E05F1/06, E05F1/12; with means for raising wings before being turned E05F7/02
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/62 Synchronisation of transmission members
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/606 for electronic devices
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 19/005 for conveying oscillating or limited rotary motion
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 19/08 for interconverting rotary motion and oscillating motion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1618 the display being foldable up to the back of the other housing with a single degree of freedom, e.g. by 360° rotation over the axis defined by the rear edge of the base enclosure
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/022 The hinge comprising two parallel pivoting axes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18856 Oscillating to oscillating

Abstract

A dual-shaft synchronous motion device includes a first shaft and a second shaft; a first rotor disposed on the first shaft and turned synchronously; a second rotor disposed on the second shaft and turned synchronously; and a tractive member disposed between the first rotor and the second rotor. When the first shaft drives the first rotor to turn, the tractive member brings the second rotor to turn reversely relative to the first rotor so that the first and second shafts are turned synchronously.

Claims

1. A dual-shaft synchronous motion device, comprising:

a first shaft driving a first rotor synchronously and a second shaft driving a second rotor synchronously, the first rotor and the second rotor respectively having a cylindrical main body; and

a tractive member connected between the first rotor and the second rotor, the first rotor and the second rotor being turned synchronously;

wherein the first rotor and the second rotor are in the form of a roller and comprise main portions and secondary portions to mate with each other;

wherein the main portions and the secondary portions each have a groove to define an accommodation room for accommodating and positioning the tractive member when the main portions and the secondary portions are assembled together to form the first rotor and the second rotor.

2. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first rotor is directly mounted on the first shaft;

the second rotor is directly mounted on the second shaft;

the first shaft and the second shaft respectively have a fixed end and a pivot end;

when the first shaft drives the first rotor to turn, the tractive member brings the second rotor to turn reversely relative to the first rotor so that the first and second shafts are turned synchronously.

3. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first rotor and the second rotor assembled by the first portions and the secondary portions each have a shoulder portion and a shaft hole for insertion of the first shaft and the second shaft.

4. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the main body has a width less than that of the shoulder portion.

5. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the shaft hole corresponds in shape to the pivot ends of the first and second shafts.

6. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the pivot ends of the first and second shafts and the shaft hole have a rectangular cross-section.

7. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main portions each have a plug and the secondary portions each have a cavity corresponding in position to the plug to receive the plug so that the main portions and the secondary portions are assembled to form the first rotor and the second rotor.

8. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main portions each have a cavity and the secondary portions each have a plug corresponding in position to the cavity so that the main portions and the secondary portions are assembled to form the first rotor and the second rotor.

9. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tractive member is in the form a flexible wire and has a first end and a second end;

the first end of the tractive member is wound and secured to the main body of the first rotor; and

the second end of the tractive member is wound and secured to the main body of the second rotor.

10. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the tractive member is in the form a flexible wire and has a first end and a second end;

the first end of the tractive member is wound and secured to the main body of the first rotor; and

the second end of the tractive member is wound and secured to the main body of the second rotor.

11. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the tractive member is in the form a flexible wire and has a first end and a second end;

the first end of the tractive member is wound and secured to the main body of the first rotor; and

the second end of the tractive member is wound and secured to the main body of the second rotor.

12. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second ends of the tractive member each have a fixing section;

and the fixing section is in the form of a linear section to be received and positioned in the accommodation room defined by the grooves of the main portions and the secondary portions so that the first and second ends of the tractive member are respectively secured to the first rotor and the second rotor.

13. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first and second ends of the tractive member each have a fixing section;

and the fixing section is in the form of a linear section to be received and positioned in the accommodation room defined by the grooves of the main portions and the secondary portions so that the first and second ends of the tractive member are respectively secured to the first rotor and the second rotor.

14. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tractive member disposed on the first and second rotors has a figure-8 shape.

15. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the tractive member disposed on the first and second rotors has a figure-8 shape.

16. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tractive member is wound from the right of the first rotor to the left of the second rotor;

and the tractive member is wound back from the right of the second rotor to the left of the first rotor.

17. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the tractive member is wound from the right of the first rotor to the left of the second rotor;

and the tractive member is wound back from the right of the second rotor to the left of the first rotor.

18. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein after the first rotor is turned 180 degrees, the length of the tractive member, wound on the first rotor, is at least equal to a half of the periphery of the first rotor.

19. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 2, wherein after the first rotor is turned 180 degrees, the length of the tractive member, wound on the first rotor, is at least equal to a half of the periphery of the first rotor.

20. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein after the second rotor is turned 180 degrees, the length of the tractive member, wound on the second rotor, is at least equal to a half of the periphery of the second rotor.

21. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first shaft and the second shaft are mounted in a casing.

22. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first shaft and the second shaft are mounted in a casing.

23. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fixed ends of the first and second shafts cooperate with a fixed seat for the first and second shafts to be fixed to a display module and a machine body module of an electronic article.

24. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second rotors and the tractive member in cooperation with a fixture assembly are assembled on the first shaft and the second shaft.

25. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first and second rotors and the tractive member in cooperation with a fixture assembly are assembled on the first shaft and the second shaft.

26. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first shaft drives the first rotor, the tractive member brings the second rotor to turn reversely relative to the first rotor.

27. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first shaft drives the first rotor, the tractive member brings the second rotor to turn reversely relative to the first rotor.

28. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first shaft is turned in the range of 0-180 degrees, and the second shaft is turned synchronously and reversely in the range of 0-180 degrees.

29. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first shaft is turned in the range of 0-180 degrees, and the second shaft is turned synchronously and reversely in the range of 0-180 degrees.

30. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 21, wherein the first and second shafts are fixed to a display module and a machine body module of an electronic article, the display module drives the first shaft to turn in the range of 0-180 degrees, and the second shaft and the machine body module are turned synchronously and reversely in the range of 0-180 degrees.

31. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 22, wherein the first and second shafts are fixed to a display module and a machine body module of an electronic article, the display module drives the first shaft to turn in the range of 0-180 degrees, and the second shaft and the machine body module are turned synchronously and reversely in the range of 0-180 degrees.

32. The dual-shaft synchronous motion device as claimed in claim 23, wherein the display module drives the first shaft to turn in the range of 0-180 degrees, and the second shaft and the machine body module are turned synchronously and reversely 30 in the range of 0-180 degrees.