Resilient lever for a flip top device
View Patent ↗In an embodiment a resilient lever is placed between the top body and the bottom body of a flip top electronic apparatus. The axles of the lever are located so that a front edge of the top body stays near the bottom body during the movement of the top body over a keypad on the bottom body. An end of the top body jumps or slides over the bottom body, e.g. keyboard. The resilient feature gives the locking effect in the open and closed positions of the apparatus. There can be one, two or more resilient members. In an embodiment a rail is positioned to the bottom body. A resilient follower is attached to the top body. The resilient follower is also attached to the rail. Thereby these elements bound top body's front edge to the bottom body. The first body portion can be a top body having a display chassis, for example a lid. The second body portion can be a bottom body having a keyboard or a keypad, for example the second body portion can be an engine block having a chassis. Thereby the first body portion slides or jumps over the second body portion so that a user can comfortable hold the apparatus. The fingers do not discomfort the visibility of the display. The bodies are substantially parallel with respect to each other.
1. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus, comprising:
a first body,
a second body,
a joint member allowing movement between the first and second bodies, and
at least one resilient member arranged relative to the joint member so that in a substantial closed position of the apparatus an end of the first body is arranged to be pressed to the second body, and in a substantial open position of the apparatus said end is arranged to be also pressed to the second body, where between the substantially closed and open positions the end is spaced from the second body.
2. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the substantial closed position another end of the first body is arranged to be pressed to the second body and in the substantial open position said another end is arranged to separate from the second body.
3. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first body is arranged to move generally in parallel with respect to the second body.
4. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an angle between the first and second bodies is arranged to be less than 45 degrees.
5. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a pressure force between the first and second bodies is arranged be smaller between the open and the closed positions than in the closed position or the open position.
6. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient member comprises a resilient lever.
7. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient member comprises a resilient follower.
8. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first body comprises a display for the apparatus and the second body comprises a keyboard for the apparatus, and both the first and second bodies establish a chassis of the apparatus.
9. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one rail arranged to guide the resilient member.
10. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein said rail is further arranged to attach the resilient member into the second body.
11. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said end is arranged to slide along the surface of the second body during a movement between the opening and the closing positions.
12. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising another joint member coupling said resilient member and said second body.
13. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first body comprises said resilient member and said another joint member is attached to the rail of the second body.
14. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising another resilient member.
15. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient members are positioned generally close to edges of the apparatus so that a keyboard or a display can be positioned between the resilient members.
16. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said end comprises said resilient member.
17. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said end is resilient.
18. A portable wireless digital communication apparatus, comprising:
first body,
second body,
means for allowing movement between the first and second bodies, and
at least one resilient means for allowing movement so that in a substantial closed position of the apparatus an end of the first body is arranged to be pressed to the second body, and in a substantial open position of the apparatus said end is arranged to be also pressed to the second body,
where the first and second bodies are substantially parallel in the substantially closed position, and where the first body substantially immediately becomes angled relative to the second body as the first body is initially moved away from the closed position.
19. An electronic device, comprising
a first body and a second body,
said first and second bodies arranged to be positioned substantially parallel in a first operational mode,
and said first and second bodies having an obtuse disposition in a second operational mode,
wherein the first and second bodies are resiliently coupled for relative movement such that relative movement between the first and second bodies has a first transition region where relative movement is opposed and a second transition region where relative movement is unopposed, where between the closed and open positions an end of the first body is spaced from the second body, and where at the closed and open positions the end of the first body is in contact with the second body.
20. An apparatus as in claim 18 where between the closed and open positions the end is spaced from the second body.