This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. ยง119(a) on Patent Application No(s). 104101716 filed in Taiwan, R.O.C. on Jan. 19, 2015, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a charging apparatus, a power supply component and a rack module, and more particularly to a charging apparatus for charging electronic devices.
E-learning is the use of electronic educational technology in distance education in order to help people who are willing to study but unable to go to residential school. Accordingly, electronic devices are used for E-learning. For example, the electronic devices are notebook computers or tablet computers.
In addition, with the rapid development of the technology in recent years, E-learning is not limited to time or location, and there are lots of applications installed in the electronic devices to assist teaching. With respect to these advantages, E-learning has widely been applied in schools or cram schools.
Hence, manufacturers develop many kinds of charging apparatuses which are able to charge a large quantity of the electronic devices in schools or cram schools. For example, charging apparatuses are charging carts or charging cabinets. However, because the charging apparatuses accommodate lots of the electronic devices, power cables of the electronic devices are increased, causing the power cables to be tangled with each other. Furthermore, most of traditional charging apparatuses are designed for tablet computers users, and these are universal serial bus (USB) type, That is, these charging apparatuses are not designed for notebook computers which have power transformers as one of charging equipments. Thus, most of the traditional charging apparatuses do not have enough space exclusively designed for accommodating the transformers. When the power cables are placed into the charging apparatus, the power cables and the transformers are more likely to get tangled with the each other. Space of the charging apparatus for accommodating the electronic devices is occupied by these transformers, and thus it is hard for users to take or place the electronic devices. Even more, schools have to buy another charging apparatus which is larger in size for solving aforementioned problems.
One embodiment of the disclosure provides a charging apparatus for charging at least one electronic device and accommodating at least one electronic device and at least one power cable which is connected to the at least one electronic device. The power cable has at least one transformer. The charging apparatus includes a case body, at least one partition member and at least one power supply component. The case body has an accommodation space, and the accommodation space has a main accommodating zone, a power supply zone and at least one sub-accommodating zone. The power supply zone is located above the main accommodating zone, the at least one sub-accommodating zone is located on a side of the main accommodating zone, and the sub-accommodating zone is for accommodating the at least one transformer. The at least one partition member is disposed in the main accommodating zone, and the main accommodating zone is divided into a plurality of housing spaces by the at least one partition member. The plurality of housing spaces are for accommodating the at least one electronic device. The at least one power supply component is disposed in the power supply zone for being coupled to the at least one power cable.
Another embodiment of the disclosure provides a power supply component for being fixed on an object and charging at least one electronic device. The power supply component includes a power supply part and at least one locking part. The power supply part has a plurality of receptacles. The at least one locking part is disposed on the power supply part, and the at least one locking part has a first extension section and a second extension section. An extension direction of the first extension section and an extension direction of the second extension section are intersected to each other, and both the first extension section and the second extension section are located on two sides of two ends of the power supply part which are adjacent to each other, respectively. Each of the first extension section and the second extension section has a locking groove. The power supply component is locked to the object via the locking groove of the first extension section or the locking groove of the second extension section.
Yet another embodiment of the disclosure provides a rack module for being disposed on an object and accommodating at least one electronic device. The rack module includes a fixing seat and a plurality of partition members. The fixing seat is detachably disposed on the object. The plurality of partition members is detachably disposed on the fixing seat, a housing space being located between the partition members. The housing space is for accommodating the at least one electronic device.
In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent, however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are schematically shown in order to simplify the drawings.
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In this embodiment, the charging apparatus 1 includes a case body 100, a partition module 200, a rack module 300 and a power supply component 400.
In detail, there are a first accommodation opening 100a and a second accommodation opening 100b located on two surfaces of the case body 100 that are adjacent to each other, respectively. The case body 100 includes two side plates 103, a bottom plate 105 and a rear plate 107. A direction of the first accommodation opening 100a is substantially the same as a normal direction of a surface of the rear plate 107. A direction of the second accommodation opening 100b is substantially the same as a normal direction of a surface of the bottom plate 105. The two side plates 103 are disposed on two sides of the bottom plate 105 that are opposite to each other, respectively. The two side plates 103 are disposed on two sides of the rear plate 107 that are opposite to each other, respectively. The bottom plate 105 and the rear plate 107 are connected to each other. Hence, the two side plates 103, the bottom plate 105 and the rear plate 107 form an accommodation space S therein. The partition module 200, the rack module 300 and the power supply component 400 are disposed in the accommodation space S. The first accommodation opening 100a and the second accommodation opening 100b both communicate with the accommodation space S, respectively.
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In this embodiment, the front plate 203 includes a plurality of slots 2031. The slots 2031 are able to communicate with the power supply zone Z2 for being penetrated by the power cables 31.
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In addition, in this embodiment, the charging apparatus 1 further includes a lid 500, two doors 600, a first locking component 610 and a second locking component 620. The lid 500 is detachably disposed on the case body 100. The lid 500 is able to cover or close the second accommodation opening 100b. Thus, users are able to cover the second accommodation opening 100b by the lid 500 when the power cable 31 is placed into the charging apparatus 1. Moreover, the two doors 600 are pivotally disposed at two ends of the case body 100 that are opposite to each other, respectively. Specifically, the two doors 600 are pivoted to two sides of the first accommodation opening 100a that are opposite to each other, respectively. Thus, users are able to close or expose the first accommodation opening 100a by rotating the two doors 600. Users are able to close the first accommodation opening 100a when the electronic device 30 is placed into the charging apparatus 1 for being charged. The first locking component 610 and the second locking component 620 are able to be locked to each other, and are disposed to the doors 600, respectively, for locking the doors 600, but the embodiment is not limited to the configuration of the locking components. In addition, the disclosure is not limited to the lid 500, the two doors 600, the first locking component 610 and the second locking component 620, which means these components are optional. For example, in some embodiments, any one of these components is able to be removed.
In this embodiment, the rack module 300 is disposed on the bottom plate 105 of the case body 100 and located within the aforementioned main accommodating zone Z1 for accommodating and housing the electronic devices 30.
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In this and some embodiments, each of the fixing parts 311 includes a plurality of hollow tubes 311a, and two ends of each of the partition members 320 are inserted into the hollow tubes 311a of the fixing parts 311, respectively, for combining with the two fixing parts 311 of the fixing seat 310.
In addition, in this and some embodiments, each of the fixing parts 311 includes ribs 3111 disposed on a periphery of each of the hollow tubes 311a, in order to enhance the strength of that the partition members 320 disposed inside the hollow tubes 311a of the fixing seat 310.
In this and some embodiments, the protective members 330 are disposed on the partition members 320, respectively, and the partition members 320 are sleeved by the protective member 330, respectively. For example, the protective members 320 are made of foam or other elastic material, e.g., rubber or sponge. Thus, when the electronic device 30 is positioned between any two of the partition members 320 adjacent to each other, the protective members 330 are able to protect the electronic device 30 as well as absorbing an external impact applying to the electronic device 30. In addition, the protective members 330 are able to prevent the electronic devices 30 from being scratched by directly contacting the partition members 320.
In this embodiment, the power supply component 400 is disposed on the aforementioned top plate 201 and located within the power supply zone Z2 for being electrically connected to the power cable 31. It is understood by people skilled in the art that the power supply component 400 is able to be electrically connected to the external power via cables in order to provide power for the power cables 31.
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Hence, users are able to lock the power supply component 400 to the top plate 201 through the locking groove 420a of the first extension section 421 or the second extension section 423 according to actual requirement. As shown in
In addition, the present disclosure is not limited to the quantity of the power supply component 400. For example, users are able to alter the quantity of the power supply component 400.
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An operation method of the charging apparatus 1 is described in the following description.
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It is understood by people skilled in the art that the power cables 31 and the transformers 32 are normally retained and stored in the power supply zone Z2 and the sub-accommodating zone Z3, respectively. Thus, users are able to charge the electronic device 30 without carrying the power cable 31 and the transformer 32 along. The users are able to charge the electronic device 30 by placing the electronic device 30 into the housing space 321 and plugging the power cable 31.
In addition, in this embodiment, because the shelves 700 are detachably disposed in the sub-accommodating zones Z3, respectively, and the specification of the shelves 700 are optional. Thus, the shelves 700 are able to adapt different sizes of the transformers 32. In some embodiments, the shelves 700 are removed, and the transformers 32 are directly disposed within the sub-accommodating zones Z3.
According to the charging apparatus as discussed above, the accommodation space of the case body is divided into the main accommodating zone, the power supply zone and the sub-accommodating zone. Specifically, the main accommodating zone includes the partition members for dividing the main accommodating zone into the plurality of housing spaces for accommodating the electronic devices. The sub-accommodating zone is for accommodating the transformers. The power supply component, which is disposed in the power supply zone, is for being electrically connected to the power cable. Hence, the electronic devices, the power cables and the transformers are disposed in the aforementioned zones, respectively in order to prevent the power cables from being tangled with each other. Furthermore it prevents the space in the charging apparatus from becoming a mess because of the unorganized transformers. In addition, in the power supply zone, users are able to adjust the direction of the power supply component to supply power in order to adapt different sizes of the plugs according to different standards.
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104101716 | Jan 2015 | TW | national |