IP Library Granted Patent US 12,731,928
Granted Patent B2
US 12,731,928 · App. 18/463,258 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Electronic device

Inventors: Dong-Yu Wang (New Taipei City, TW); Chun-Hung Wen (New Taipei City, TW); An-Cheng Lee (New Taipei City, TW)
Assignee: Acer Incorporated
H01R12/91H01R12/7058H01R13/502H01R2201/06
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Patent No.
US 12,731,928
App. No.
18/463,258
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device including a body and a female connector is disclosed. The body has an opening and a positioning structure disposed corresponding to the opening. The female connector is disposed in the body corresponding to the opening and is pivotally connected to the positioning structure. A male connector is adapted to pass through the opening and plugged into the female connector, and the female connector is adapted to be driven by the male connector to rotate around a rotation axis passing through the positioning structure.

Claims (15)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a body having an opening and a positioning structure disposed corresponding to the opening, wherein the body comprises a first casing and a second casing installed on the first casing, and the positioning structure comprises a first positioning post on the first casing and a second positioning post on the second casing;

a female connector disposed in the body corresponding to the opening and pivotally connected to the positioning structure, a male connector adapted to pass through the opening and plugged into the female connector, and the female connector adapted to be driven by the male connector to rotate around a rotation axis passing through the positioning structure; and

a circuit board disposed in the body, wherein the female connector is fixed on the circuit board and the circuit board is pivotally connected to the positioning structure, wherein the female connector and the circuit board are adapted to be driven by the male connector to rotate around the rotation axis simultaneously,

wherein the circuit board has a bottom surface, a top surface opposite to the bottom surface, and a positioning through hole penetrating the bottom surface and the top surface, the rotation axis passes through the positioning through hole, and the positioning through hole is sleeved on the first positioning post,

wherein the first positioning post is disposed in alignment with the second positioning post, and the circuit board is positioned between the first positioning post and the second positioning post, the first positioning post contacts the bottom surface, and the second positioning post contacts the top surface.

2 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the body further has a first surface and a second surface connected to the first surface, the rotation axis is perpendicular to the first surface, and the opening is located on the second surface.

3 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first positioning post has a positioning protrusion inserted into the positioning through hole, and the second positioning post covers a side of the positioning through hole to be in contact with the positioning protrusion.

4 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board has two arc-shaped limiting grooves, the two arc-shaped limiting grooves are symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the rotation axis, the body further has two arc-shaped limiting portions, and the two arc-shaped limiting portions are slidably disposed in the two arc-shaped limiting grooves, respectively.

5 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board has an arc-shaped limiting groove, the female connector and the arc-shaped limiting groove are respectively located on opposite sides of the rotation axis, the body further has an arc-shaped limiting portion, and the arc-shaped limiting portion is slidably disposed in the arc-shaped limiting groove.

6 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the body further has two limiting portions, the two limiting portions are symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the rotation axis, and the two limiting portions are located on a rotation path of the circuit board.

7 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board further has an arc-shaped groove connected to the positioning through hole, the female connector and the arc-shaped groove are respectively located on opposite sides of the rotation axis, the positioning structure has an arc-shaped protrusion, and the arc-shaped protrusion is slidably disposed in the arc-shaped groove.

8 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board further has an arc-shaped protrusion located in the positioning through hole, the female connector and the arc-shaped protrusion are respectively located on opposite sides of the rotation axis, the positioning structure has an arc-shaped groove, and the arc-shaped protrusion is slidably disposed in the arc-shaped groove.

9 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the female connector is adapted to be driven by the male connector to rotate around the rotation axis within a first angle in a first rotational direction or within a second angle in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction.

10 . The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the first angle is equal to the second angle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2023
From: WANG, DONG-YU; WEN, CHUN-HUNG; LEE, AN-CHENG
To: ACER INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 064866/0377 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 112125348 · Jul 6, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250015525A1 · Jan 9, 2025
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