Electronic device
View Patent ↗An electronic device includes a first unit, a second unit, and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism includes: an engagement projection provided on a third side surface of the first unit; a latch provided on a fourth side surface of the second unit, the latch being rotatable around a rotation axis provided perpendicular to the fourth side surface between a first rotational position where the latch does not engage with the engagement projection and a second rotational position where the latch is engageable with the engagement projection, and an urging member that urges the latch to be positioned at the second rotational position. The latch has an inclined part. When the latch is located at the second rotational position and the first unit is changed to a closed state from a state where the first unit is not closed, the inclined part abuts on the engagement projection during the change.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first unit including a first electronic component and having a first principal surface, a first side surface being perpendicular to the first principal surface, and a third side surface other than the first side surface;
a second unit including a second electronic component and having a second principal surface, a second side surface being perpendicular to the second principal surface, and a fourth side surface other than the second side surface;
a hinge that couples the first side surface of the first unit and the second side surface of the second unit directly or via a support member allowing the first unit and the second unit to be relatively rotatable; and
a lock mechanism that locks the first unit in the second unit with the first unit being in a closed state where the first unit facing the second unit,
wherein the lock mechanism includes:
an engagement projection provided on an outside of the third side surface of the first unit, a latch provided on an outside of the fourth side surface of the second unit so as to be directly rotatable by a user around a rotation axis extending perpendicular to the fourth side surface between a first rotational position where the latch does not engage with the engagement projection and a second rotational position where the latch is engageable with the engagement projection, and
an urging member that urges the latch to be positioned at the second rotational position,
the latch has an inclined part, and when the latch is located at the second rotational position and the first unit is changed to the closed state from a state where the first unit is not closed, the inclined part abuts the engagement projection of the first unit during the change, and
the inclined part is inclined so as to rotate the latch toward the first rotational position when the engagement projection abuts on the inclined part.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the latch has a surface facing the second unit and a rib protruding from the surface toward the second unit, and the inclined part is constituted of the rib.
3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first principal surface includes a display and wherein the second principal surface opposes the first principal surface with the first unit being in the closed state.
4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second principal surface includes a keyboard.