Multifunction electronic device
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a sliding and clamshell mechanism for an electronic device which comprises a first part comprising a first side, and a second side opposite to the first side, and further comprises a movable second part attached to the first part by a hinge, where the hinge is adapted to slide in an essentially longitudinal direction of the first part of the electronic device when the second part is turned with relation to the first part of the electronic device so that the longitudinal axis of the first part and the second part of the electronic device are essentially parallel to each other and where the second part is adapted to move from the second side of the first part of the electronic device toward the first side of the first part of the electronic device around the hinge by a rotation movement.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first part having a first side, and a second side opposite to the first side,
a movable second part attached to the first part by a hinge,
the hinge configured to slide in an essentially longitudinal direction of the first part of the electronic device when the second part is turned with relation to the first part of the electronic device so that the longitudinal axis of the first part and the second part of the electronic device are essentially parallel to each other, and
the second part configured to move from the second side of the first part of the electronic device toward the first side of the first part of the electronic device around the hinge by a rotation movement,
wherein the hinge further comprises a first part with a connector element and a second part with a counterpart connector element, and the connector element in the first part configured to be twisted and the connector element in the second part configured to be not twisted, when said parts are turned relative to each other.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second part of the electronic device is further configured to turn around the hinge toward the second side of the electronic device so that the angle between the backside of the second part of the electronic device and the second side of the first part of the electronic device is equal to or less than 90 degrees, whereas the second part of the electronic device operates as a support member for the electronic device or the first part of the electronic device.
3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation movement around the hinge is configured to happen when the hinge is essentially at a bottom edge of the first part.
4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first part of the electronic device comprises a display.
5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the display is a touchpad display.
6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second part of the electronic device comprises a keyboard.
7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , the electronic device comprising a display having a display space, where the display space is configured to being divided or scaled when the electronic device is used in a clamshell mode.
8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the hinge comprises at least one connector in order to form an electric connection in between the first part of the electronic device and the second part of the electronic device.
9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first part of the electronic device further comprises a groove essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first part of the electronic device, and the hinge is compatible with the groove so that the hinge, through which the second part of the electronic device is attached to the first part of the electronic device, is configured to slide along the groove in an essentially longitudinal direction of the first part of the electronic device when the second part of the electronic device is turned with relation to the first part of the electronic device so that the longitudinal axis of the first part of the electronic device and the second part of the electronic device are essentially parallel to each other.
10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the groove is implemented by a slide rail in the first part of the electronic device and the hinge is implemented by two parts so that the second part of the hinge is configured to slide in the groove.
11. An electronic device comprising:
a first part, the first part having a first side, and a second side opposite to the first side,
a movable second part attached to the first part by a hinge,
the hinge is configured to slide in an essentially longitudinal direction of the first part of the electronic device when the second part is turned with relation to the first part of the electronic device so that the longitudinal axis of the first part and the second part of the electronic device are essentially parallel to each other, and
the second part configured to move from the second side of the first part of the electronic device toward the first side of the first part of the electronic device around the hinge by a rotation movement,
wherein the hinge further comprises a first part with a connector element and a second part with a counterpart connector element, and the connector element in the first part configured to be twisted and the connector element in the second part configured to be not twisted, when said parts are turned relative to each other.
12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the second part of the electronic device is further configured to turn around the hinge toward the second side of the electronic device so that the angle between the backside of the second part of the electronic device and the second side of the first part of the electronic device is equal to or less than 90 degrees, whereas the second part of the electronic device operates as a support member for the electronic device or the first part of the electronic device.