IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,644,863
Granted Patent B2
US 11,644,863 · App. 17/473,086 · Granted May 9, 2023

Electronic device

Inventors: Zhigang Na (Beijing, CN); Dehong Meng (Beijing, CN); Shuhui Cai (Beijing, CN); Jinshan Chen (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
G06F1/1601F16M11/105F16M11/2021F16M11/2028G06F1/1622G06F1/1679
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Patent No.
US 11,644,863
App. No.
17/473,086
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a connection device, and a bearing mechanism. The first body includes a support plane. The connection device is arranged at the support plane and is configured to connect the first body and the second body. The bearing mechanism is arranged at the first body. The connection device includes a plurality of connection members between the first body and the second body, and the second body rotates on the support plane through movements and rotations of the connection members in a plurality of slideways located on the support plane. The bearing mechanism is connected with the connection members and drives the connection members to move on the support plane to bear gravity of the second body.

Claims (23)

1. An electronic device comprising: a first body including a support plane and a support plate, the support plane is a surface of the support plate; a second body; a connection device arranged at the support plane and configured to connect the first body and the second body, the connection device including a connection mechanism and a housing, the connection mechanism being arranged within a space enclosed by the housing and the support plate; a positioning mechanism including, a slot opened at the second body; a lock member provided on the support plate; a second elastic member that drives the lock member to extend to make the lock member extending into the slot; an operation member slidably arranged at surface of the housing; and a transmission member slidably arranged within the housing, wherein the lock member is extended to outside the housing and is retracted to inside the housing, one end of the transmission member is fixedly connected with the operation member and moves in a direction parallel to the support plate driven by the operation member, and another end of the transmission member has a bevel slidably matched with the lock member, the moving transmission member driving the lock member to move in a retraction direction in order to allow relative rotation between the second body and the first body; and a bearing mechanism arranged at the first body, wherein: the connection device includes a plurality of connection members between the first body and the second body, and the second body rotates on the support plane through movements and rotations of the connection members in a plurality of slideways located on the support plane; and the bearing mechanism is connected with the connection members and drives the connection members to move on the support plane to bear gravity of the second body.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the second body is rotatably arranged at the first body through the connection device arranged between the first body and the second body; and

the connection device is blocked by the first body in a first direction and is blocked by the second body in a second direction, the first direction and the second direction being opposite directions.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the bearing mechanism includes at least one of a first bearing mechanism and a second bearing mechanism;

the first bearing mechanism is a swing mechanism that drives the connection member to swing by swinging on the support plane, and the swing connection member has a displacement in direction of gravity; and

the second bearing mechanism is a sliding mechanism that drives the connection member to rise and fall in the direction of gravity by sliding on the support plane.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein:

in a case where the bearing mechanism includes the first bearing mechanism, the first bearing mechanism includes a swing member, a first end of the swing member being hinged with the first body, and a second end of the swing member being hinged with the second body and rotates on the support plane around a hinge point of the first end, a hinge member hinged between the second end and the second body is a first connection member, and an arc trajectory formed by rotation of the second end coincides with a first strip hole, the swing member pushing the second body to have a displacement in the direction of gravity through the second end during a swinging motion; and

in a case where the bearing mechanism includes the second bearing mechanism, the second bearing mechanism includes a sliding rail arranged on the support plane, a sliding member slidably arranged at the sliding rail, and a first elastic member arranged at the first body and connected with the sliding member, the sliding rail being arranged along the direction of gravity of the second body, the sliding member being connected to the second body and moving synchronously with the second body, a sliding trajectory of the sliding member coinciding with a third strip hole, a connection member connecting the sliding member and the second body being a third connection member, and direction of a tension force exerted by the first elastic member is opposite to the direction of gravity of the second body.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the connection device includes the plurality of the slideways and the plurality of the connection members, both numbers of the slideways and the connection members being not less than three, and the connection members and the slideways having one-to-one correspondence.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein:

the slideways are strip holes on the support plane including a first strip hole, a second strip hole, and a third strip hole;

the connection member includes a first connection member, a second connection member, and a third connection member that are respectively rotatably and movably arranged within the first strip hole, the second strip hole, and the third strip hole;

the first strip hole and the second strip hole are both arc holes with arc extension trajectory and extend in different directions on the support plane, and the extension trajectory of the first strip hole is a convex arc in opposite direction of gravity; and

the third strip hole is a straight hole with a straight extension trajectory and is located between the first strip hole and the second strip hole.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

wires that enable electrical coupling between the second body and the first body are routed within the connection device; and

the connection device is provided with a wire management structure including:

a wire assembly arranged on a support plate of the first body and forming a wiring channel that fixes a plurality of wires and makes the plurality of wires evenly and parallelly distributed; and

a threading port on the support plate allowing the wires to be drawn from the connection device.

8. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the electronic device is an all-in-one computer, the first body includes a support member at which a host device of the computer is arranged, and the second body is a display device of the computer the connection device includes the plurality of connection members between the first body and the second body, and the second body rotates on the support plane through movements and rotations of the connection members in the plurality of slideways located on the support plane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: NA, ZHIGANG; MENG, DEHONG; CAI, SHUHUI; CHEN, JINSHAN
To: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060171/0471 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011063055.9 · Sep 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220100225A1 · Mar 31, 2022
Cited By (1)
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