Electronic device
View Patent ↗An electronic device is an electronic device including a first unit and a second unit that are detachably attached to each other, and includes a first connector that is provided in the first unit, a socket that is provided in the second unit, the first unit being attached to and detached from the socket in a first direction, a second connector that is provided in the socket, the second connector coming into contact with the first connector in the first direction to be electrically connected, and a lock mechanism that is provided in the socket, the lock mechanism pulling the first unit into a back of the socket in the first direction to maintain contact between the first unit and the socket.
1 . An electronic device including a first unit and a second unit that are detachably attached to each other, the electronic device comprising:
a first connector that is provided in the first unit;
a socket that is provided in the second unit, the first unit being attached to and detached from the socket in a first direction;
a second connector that is provided in the socket, the second connector coming into contact with the first connector in the first direction to be electrically connected; and
a lock mechanism that is provided in the socket, the lock mechanism pulling the first unit into the socket in the first direction for contact between the first unit and the socket, wherein
the first unit includes an annular member,
the lock mechanism includes:
a lock shaft that rotates about a rotation center line extending in the first direction and is shifted in the first direction,
a first rotating member holding the lock shaft, being rotatable about the rotation center line,
a second rotating member being rotatable about the rotation center line, and
a cam member being movable in the first direction, engaging with the second rotating member, and shifting the lock shaft in the first direction,
the second rotating member engages with the first rotating member, and
the first rotating member and the second rotating member rotate synchronously for a state where the lock shaft is caught on the annular member.
2 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the lock shaft includes a hook part having a non-circular shape as viewed in the first direction, and
the annular member has an annular shape that includes a through-hole having the non-circular shape as viewed in the first direction, the hook part being configured to pass through the through-hole, and the hook part of the lock shaft in a state of being rotated at a predetermined rotation angle being caught on the annular member.
3 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a slide member that slides in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and
a knob that is provided in the slide member,
wherein
the first rotating member includes a crank part connected to a claw part of the second rotating member,
the second rotating member has an annular shape, includes a cam follower on an inner peripheral surface, and includes a crank part coupled to the slide member, and
the cam member has a cylindrical shape, includes a cam groove extending in the first direction while extending in a circumferential direction on an outer peripheral surface, and engages with the cam follower.
4 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second connector is provided in the socket to be movable in the first direction, and
an elastic member that supports the second connector in the first direction is provided in the socket.
5 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
a positioning member having a conical shape or a frusto-conical shape elastically deformed is provided in one of the first unit and the socket,
a positioning hole including an inner peripheral surface having a conical surface shape of an inverted cone or a conical surface shape of an inverted frusto-cone and engaging with the positioning member is provided in another of the first unit and the socket, and
in a state where the lock mechanism pulls the first unit into the back of the socket, the positioning member comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the positioning hole to be elastically deformed.
6 . The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein
the positioning member has a square frusto-conical shape, and
the inner peripheral surface of the positioning hole has a conical surface shape of an inverted square frusto-cone.
7 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first unit is a tablet terminal including a touch screen, and
the second unit is a keyboard unit including a keyboard.
8 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first rotating member includes a crank part protruding in a direction orthogonal to the rotation center line, and
the second rotating member includes a claw part that protrudes in an extending direction of the rotation center line and engages with the crank part of the first rotating member.
9 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first rotating member includes a through-hole, and
the lock shaft includes a shaft part having a square cross section engaging with the through-hole.
10 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the cam member, through which the lock shaft passes, includes a lever part that comes into contact with the lock shaft.
11 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the cam member is disposed between the first rotating member and the second rotating member in the first direction.
12 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the cam member is shifted in the first direction to cause the lock shaft in a state of being rotated at a predetermined rotation angle to be shifted in the first direction toward the socket.
13 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a slide member that slides in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and
a housing member that holds the second connector and is shifted in the first direction,
wherein
a plurality of cam follower rollers are attached to the slide member,
a cam groove is formed in the housing member, the cam groove engaging with the plurality of cam follower rollers, and
the housing member is shifted in the first direction by sliding of the slide member in the second direction.
14 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a housing member that holds the second connector and is shifted in the first direction,
wherein
an elastic member is provided in the socket and supports the second connector in the first direction, and
the elastic member is disposed between the second connector and the housing member in the first direction.