Portable electronic device

• US 20080180892A1
• Filed: 01/30/2007
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Lai, Yiu-Wai
• Granted Patent: US 7,611,113 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/680
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• 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: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/918 Ancillary device support associated with a video display screen

Abstract

A portable electronic device including a secondary body having a touch screen and a primary body having a keyboard is provided. The secondary body slides and rotates relative to the primary body, such that the secondary body selectively makes the touch screen is back towards the primary body and cover the keyboard, so as to provide a first operation mode for operating the touch screen; or the secondary body is inclined relative to the primary body at a certain angle to show the keyboard on the primary body, so as to provide a second operation mode for operating the keyboard. Thus, various operation and accommodation aspects are provided.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a primary body having a guide slot disposed in an edge of each of two sides of the primary body;

a sliding base being movable relative to the primary body and spanning over the guiding slots;

at least one pivoting base disposed on the sliding base and having a rotatable revolving shaft; and

a secondary body having edges being fixed to the revolving shaft;

wherein the secondary body rotates around the revolving shaft relative to the primary body, and slides relative to the primary body via the sliding base.

2. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the primary body has a front wall and a rear wall opposite to the front wall, the guide slots extend from positions near the rear wall towards the front wall, and a sliding slot is arranged in a wall of each of the guide slots.

3. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the primary body has a front wall and a rear wall opposite to the front wall, the guide slots extend from positions near the rear wall to positions near the front wall, and a sliding slot is arranged in a wall of each of the guide slots.

4. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein an accommodation portion is formed at a position near the front wall of each of the guide slots;

a blocking member is disposed at a position corresponding to each of the accommodation portions, and each of the blocking members is at a limiting position of each of the guide slots; and

when the sliding base moves along each of the guide slots, the sliding base is only allowed to move to the limiting position.

5. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein a keyboard is disposed on the primary body, and the secondary body moves along the guide slots via the sliding base, so as to cover or expose the keyboard.

6. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sliding base includes a supporting portion that spans over an end surface of the primary body, and the supporting portion has a plurality of through holes arranged thereon and has two interference portions relatively extending from positions corresponding to the guide slots on two ends, and each of the interference portions has a hook extending into each of the sliding slots.

7. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the pivoting base includes a fixing portion and a revolving shaft disposed on an edge of the fixing portion, and the revolving shaft is rotatable relative to the fixing portion.

8. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein a snapping slot is arranged at a position corresponding to the pivoting base on the secondary body, the fixing portion is located at a position of the snapping slot, so as to be locked on the supporting portion via a plurality of locking members.

9. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the revolving shafts are disposed at positions near the snapping slots.