ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20100103611A1
• Filed: 08/04/2009
• Published: 04/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Chen, Yung-Hui, Huang, Jui-Tsen, Yang, Ching-Fu, Ling, Kuo-Nan, Lin, Po-An, Liu, You-Chi, Chang, Hao-Ying
• Application Number:
  US12/534,859
• Publication Number:
  US 20100103611A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.550
• 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 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface

Abstract

An electronic device having a touching function, including a touching region, a housing, a touch module, and a switch module is provided. The touching region is performing the touching function. The touching region is located over the housing. The touch module is disposed in the housing in correspondence with the touching region. The switch module includes at least one switch and is disposed under the touch module. The touch module is bent under force to turn on the switch when the touching region is touched.

Claims

1. An electronic device having a touching function, comprising:

a touching region for being touched to translate the motion and the position an performing the touching function;

a housing wherein the touching region is located over the housing;

a touch module disposed in the housing in correspondence with the touching region, the touch module comprising at least one connecting portion through which the touch module is connected to the housing, wherein the touch module is bent by pressing the touching region; and

a switch module comprising at least one switch and disposed under the touch module, wherein the switch module is turned on when the bent touch module presses the switch module by pressing the touching region.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the touch module comprises a touch panel and the connecting portion extends horizontally from the touch panel.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the touch module comprises a touch panel and a supporting frame, the supporting frame is disposed adjacent the touch panel, and the connecting portion extends horizontally from the supporting frame.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the supporting frame comprises a first frame and a second frame, the touch panel is disposed between the first frame and the second frame, and the connecting portion extends horizontally from the first frame or the second frame.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the touching region is an opening of the housing.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the touching region is a flexible shell.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the switch is a mechanical switch or a membrane switch.

8. =The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the switch module comprises two switches, the touch module comprises a spacer located between the two switches.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the touch module comprises a limiting element which interferes with the housing to limit a movement of the touch module.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the touch module comprises a pressing member positioned in correspondence with the switch.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion is disposed at one side of the touch module, and the switch of the switch module is disposed under an opposite side of the touch module relative to the connecting portion.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion comprises a flexible section, the flexible section comprises a connecting end at a distal end thereof, and each connecting portion is connected to the housing through the connecting end.

13. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion comprises two flexible sections, a connecting end is formed at a junction of the two flexible sections, and each connecting portion is connected to the housing through the connecting end.