BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art by reading the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof, with reference to the attached drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 shows an exploded view of a rotation hinge according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the rotation hinge;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a front side of a cam module of the rotation hinge;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a rear side of the cam module of the rotation hinge;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a portable electrical device configured with the rotation hinge in a close position;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the rotation hinge in the close position;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a sub-housing of the portable electrical device rotating clockwise on a main of the portable electrical device;
FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the cam module of the rotation hinge rotating clockwise;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the rotation hinge rotating clockwise to an open position;
FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the portable electrical device rotating clockwise to the open position;
FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing that the rotation hinge may also rotate anti-clockwise to the open position in a different direction; and
FIG. 12 is a portion perspective view showing the portable electrical device rotating anti-clockwise to the open position from another direction.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Firstly referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, a preferred embodiment of a rotating hinge 100 according to the present invention is configured in a portable electrical device 200. In this case, the portable electrical device 200 is a mobile phone. The rotating hinge 100 includes a tube 17 sequentially stringed a base 1, a cam module 7, a rotation plate 9, a rotation disc 11 and a fixing plate 13, and engaged with a riveting plate 15. Therefore, the cam module 7, the rotation plate 9, the rotation disc 11, the fixing plate 13 and the riveting plate 15 are sequentially stacked. In this case, the base 1 couples to a main housing 201 of the mobile phone 200 and the fixing plate 13 couples to a sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200.
The base 1 includes a receiving space 101 formed in an up surface of the base 1. A first groove 103 and a second groove 105 are horizontally formed in the base 1. The first groove 103 is arranged higher than the second groove 105. One end of the first and second grooves 103, 105 respectively leads to the receiving space 101. A first through hole 107 perpendicularly through the base 1 is arranged at a central area of the receiving space 101 of the base 1. A block 109 is positioned in the receiving space 101 of the base 1 and connects inner wall of the receiving space 101 of the base 1.
Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the cam module 7 is received in the receiving space 101 of the base 1. The came module 7 has an upper cam 71, a lower cam 73 connected to the upper cam 7, and a first engaging through hole 75 perpendicularly through the cam module 7. The upper cam 71 has a designed curve surface 711, a first recess 713 and a second recess 715. The first and second recesses 713, 715 are positioned on the designed curve surface 711 respectively. The lower cam 73 also has a third recess 733 and a fourth recess 735 respectively positioned on a designed curve surface 731 of the lower cam 73. In this case, the first recess 713 of the upper cam 71 is opposite to the second recesses 715 of the upper cam 71 and the third recess 733 of the lower cam 73 is opposite to the fourth recesses 735 of the lower cam 73. Furthermore, the first recess 713 of the upper cam 71 leads to the fourth recesses 735 of the lower cam 73 and the third recess 733 of the lower cam 73 leads to the second recess 715 of the upper cam 71.
Each section of the designed curve surfaces 711, 731 between the recesses 713, 715 and 733, 735 respectively have arc-shape projection portions 717, 719 and 737, 739. Further, the arc-shape projection portions 717, 737 respectively adjoin the first recess 713 (FIG. 4) and the third recess 733 (FIG. 3), and are arranged at a first side 75 of the upper cam 71 and the lower cam 73. The arc-shape projection portions 719, 739 respectively adjoin the second recess 715 (FIG. 3) and the fourth recess 735 (FIG. 4), and are arranged at the other side 77 of the upper and lower cam 71, 73 opposite to the first side 75 of the upper and lower cam 71, 73. In this case, the arc-shape projection portions 717, 719 of the upper cam 71 are exclusively arranged to the arc-shape projection portions 737, 739 of the lower cam 73.
Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 6. A first elastic sliding portion 3 includes a sliding shaft 31, a compression spring 33 and a roller 35. Particularly, a second elastic sliding portion 5 is similar to the first elastic sliding portion 3. The second elastic sliding portion 5 also has a sliding shaft 51 and a compression spring 53 and a roller 55. For instances, the sliding shafts 31, 51 of the first and second elastic sliding portion 3, 5 are respectively passed through the compression spring 33, 53 and received in the first and second grooves 103, 105. The roller 33, 35 respectively couple to the sliding shafts 31, 51 and contact the first recess 713 of the upper cam 71 and the third recess 733 of the lower cam 73.
Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 again, the rotation plate 9 is located upon the cam module 7 having a rotation space 91 formed in a surface of the rotation plate 9. An opening 93 is opened at one side of the rotation plate 9 and leaded to the rotation space 91. A second engaging through hole 95 is formed in a central area of the rotation space 91 and perpendicularly through the rotation plate 9. The rotation disc 11 is received in the rotation space 91 having a stopping portion 111 projected from an edge of the rotation disc 11 and located in the opening 93 of the rotation plate 9, and the second through hole 113 perpendicularly through the rotation disc 11. The fixing plate 13 is located upon the rotation disc 11 having fixing portions 131, 133 arranged at an edge of the fixing plate 13 for coupling to the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200, and the third engaging through hole 135 opened in central area of the fixing plate 13 and perpendicularly through the fixing plate 13.
Still referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the riveting plate 15 is located upon the fixing plate 13. In this case, the riveting plate 15 is an E-ring for securing and assembling purposes. The tube 17 includes a post-shape body 171, a bottom portion 173 arranged at one end of the post-shape body 171 and a neck portion 175 formed in another end of the post-shape body 171. Furthermore, a diameter of the bottom portion 173 is bigger than a diameter of the post-shape body 171 and a diameter of the neck portion 175 is smaller than the diameter of the post-shape body 171.
Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 again. While the rotation hinge 100 is assembled, the post-shape body 173 of the tube 17 sequentially passes through the first through hole 107 of the base 1, the first engaging through hole 75 of the cam module 7, the second engaging through hole 95 of the rotation plate 9, the second through hole 113 of the rotation disc 11 and the third engaging through hole 135 of the fixing plate 13. Moreover, the post-shape body 171 of the tube 17 engages with the cam module 7, the rotation plate 9 and the fixing plate 13. In this case, the bottom portion 175 of the tube 17 contacts a bottom surface of the base 1 and the riveting plate 15 engages with the neck portion 175 of the tube 17. Therefore, the base 1, the cam module 7, the rotation plate 9, the rotation disc 11, the fixing plate 13 and the riveting plate 15 are sequentially stacked. That is to say, while the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 rotates on the main housing 201 of the mobile phone 200, the cam module 7, the rotation plate 9 and the fixing plate 13 would be brought to rotate by the tube 17.
As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, while the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 is in a close position, therefore the rotation hinge 100 is in the close position, the block 109 of the base 1 is arranged the opposite to the stopping portion 111 of the rotation plate 9. The rollers 35, 55 of the first elastic portion 3 and the second elastic portion 5 respectively contact the first recess 713 of the upper cam 71 and the third recess 733 of the lower cam 73. The first and second elastic portions 3, 5 will be stored no compression force if the distance between the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 and the grooves 103, 105 of the base 1 is the longest.
Please refer to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8. While the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 rotates clockwise on the main housing 201 of the mobile phone 200 by receiving an external force, the cam module 7 would be brought to rotate clockwise by the tube 17. The rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 respectively move out the first recess 713 of the upper cam 71 and the third recess 733 of the lower cam 73. Therefore, the roller 35 of the first elastic sliding portion 3 moves to the arc-shape projection portion 717 along the designed curve surface 711 of the upper cam 71. Thus the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 are respectively and progressively pushed to slide to the grooves 103, 105 by rotation of the upper and lower cams 71, 73 and the sliding shafts 31, 51 respectively push the compression spring 33, 53.
Referring to FIG. 8, again, the distance between the rollers 35, 55 and the grooves 103, 105 are getting close. So the compression springs 33, 53 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 progressively store compression force by receiving a pushed force from the sliding shafts 31, 51. While the roller 35 of the first elastic sliding portion 3 just moves on the arc-shape projection portion 717 of the upper cam 71, the compression force stored in the compression spring 33 is therefore maximized and thus the distance between the roller 35 of the first elastic sliding portion 3 and the groove 103 of the base 1 is the shortest.
Still referring to FIG. 8, while the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 and the cam module 7 of the rotation hinge 100 still rotate clockwise together, the roller 35 of the first elastic portion 3 moves out the arc-shape projection portion 717 of the upper cam 71. Therefore, the cam module 7 is advanced to rotate clockwise by the compression force releasing from the compression spring 33 of the first elastic sliding portion 3. The rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 respectively move to the second recess 715 of the upper cam 71 and the fourth recess 735 of the lower cam 73 along the designed curve surfaces 711, 731 of the upper and lower cams 71, 73. The distance between the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 and the grooves 103, 105 of the base 1 is getting far away.
In FIG. 6, while the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 and the cam module 7 of the rotation hinge 100 rotate clockwise together, the rotation plate 9 would be brought to rotate clockwise by the tube 17. A first side 930 of the opening 93 of the rotation plate 9 firstly contacts a first side 1110 of the stopping portion 111 of the rotation disc 11 for modifying a rotation degree of the rotation hinge 100 and then the rotation disc 11 would rotate clockwise following the rotation plate 9.
As shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, while the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 and the cam module 7 of the rotation hinge 100 rotate clockwise to an open position, in this case, the sub-housing 202 and the cam module 7 rotate clockwise to 180 degree, the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 respectively contact the second recess 715 of the upper cam 71 and the fourth recess 735 of the lower cams 73. The distance between the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 and the grooves 103, 105 of the base 1 is back to the longest. A second side 1111 of the stopping portion 111 of the rotation disc 11 opposite to the first side of the stopping portion 111 contacts a first side 1090 of the block 109 of the base 1 and then the block 109 blocks the stopping portion 111 rotating clockwise. Therefore, the cam module 7, the rotation plate 9 and the fixing plate 13 would stop rotating via the block 109 of the base 1 blocking the stopping portion 111 of the rotation disc 9 rotating clockwise and thus the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 is in the open position.
While the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 rotates on the main housing 201 of the mobile phone 200 anti-clockwise from the open position to the close position by receiving the external force, the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 gradually move out the second recess 715 and the fourth recess 735. The roller 55 of the second elastic sliding portion 5 move to the arc-shape projection portion 739 along the designed curve surface 731 of the lower cam 73. Thus the sliding shaft 51 of the second elastic sliding portion 5 slide to the groove 105 of the base 1 and pushes the compression spring 53. Therefore, the compression spring 53 is stored the pushed force from the sliding shaft 51 and thus the distance between the roller 55 and the groove 105 is getting close.
While the roller 55 of the second elastic 5 contacts the arc-shape projection portion 739 of the lower cam 73, the compression force stored in the compression spring 53 is therefore maximized and thus the distance between the roller 55 of the second elastic sliding portion 5 and the groove 105 of the base 1 is the shortest. While cam module 7 of the rotation hinge 100 still rotates anti-clockwise, the roller 55 of the second elastic portion 5 moves out the arc-shape projection portion 739 of the lower cam 73. Therefore, the cam module 7 is advanced to rotate anti-clockwise by the compression force releasing from the compression spring 53 of the second elastic sliding portion 5 and thus the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 would be brought to rotate anti-clockwise by the rotation hinge 100. The distance between the roller 55 of the second elastic sliding 5 and the groove 105 of the base 1 is getting far away.
While the cam module 7 of the rotation hinge 100 rotates anti-clockwise, the rotation plate 9 would be brought to rotate anti-clockwise by the tube 17. A second side 931 of the opening 93 of the rotation plate 9 opposite to the first side 930 of the opening 93 firstly contacts the second side 1111 of the stopping portion 111 of the rotation disc 11 (FIG. 6), and then the rotation disc 11 rotates anti-clockwise following the rotation plate 9. So the stopping portion 111 of the rotation disc 11 would leave the block 109 of the base 1.
While the cam module 7 of the rotation hinge 100 rotates anti-clockwise to the close position, the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 respectively back to the first recess 713 of the upper cam 71 and the third recess 733 of the lower cams 73. The distance between the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 and the grooves 103, 105 of the base 1 is still back to the longest. Therefore, the sub-housing 202 also rotates on the main housing 201 of the mobile phone 200 and back to the close position (as shown in FIG. 5).
Please refer to FIG. 11. While the rotation hinge 100 rotates anti-clockwise from the close position to the open position by receiving the external force, firstly, the cam module 7 rotates anti-clockwise and the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 respectively move out the first recess 713 of the upper cam 71 and the third recess 733 of the lower cams 73. The sliding shafts 31, 51 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 are respectively pushed to slide to the grooves 103, 105 by rotation of the cam module 7. Therefore, the sliding shafts 31, 51 respectively push the compression spring 33, 53 and the compression springs 33, 53 store compression force by receiving the pushed force from the sliding shafts 31, 51. The distance between rollers 35, 55 and the grooves 103, 105 are getting close.
While the roller 55 of the second elastic 5 just moves on the arc-shape projection portion 737, the compression force stored in the compression spring 53 of the second elastic sliding portion 5 is therefore maximized and thus the distance between the roller 55 and the groove 105 is the shortest. While cam module 7 of the rotation hinge 100 still rotates anti-clockwise, the roller 55 of the second elastic portion 5 moves out the arc-shape projection portion 737 of the lower cam 73. Therefore, the cam module 7 is advanced to rotate anti-clockwise by the compression force releasing from the compression spring 55 of the second elastic sliding portion 5 and thus the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 would be brought to rotate anti-clockwise by the cam module 7 of the rotation hinge 100. Therefore, the distance between the roller 55 of the second elastic sliding 5 and the groove 105 of the base 1 is getting far away.
While the cam module 7 of the rotation hinge 100 rotates anti-clockwise to the open position, the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 respectively contact the second recess 715 of the upper cam 71 and the fourth recess 735 of the lower cam 73. The distance between the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 and the grooves 103, 105 of the base 1 is the longest. The first side 1110 of the stopping portion 111 of the rotation disc 11 contacts a second side 1091 of the of the block 109 of the base 1 opposite to the first side 1090 of the block 109 and then the block 109 blocks the stopping portion 111 rotating anti-clockwise. Therefore, the cam module 7, the rotation plate 9 and the fixing plate 13 would stop rotating via the block 109 of the base 1 blocking the stopping 111 of the rotation disc 9 rotating anti-clockwise and thus the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 is in the open position (as shown in the FIG. 12).
While the sub-housing 202 rotates on the main housing 201 of the mobile phone 200 clockwise from the open position to the close position by receiving the external force, the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 move out the second recess 715 of the upper cam 71 and the fourth recess 735 of the lower cam 73. The roller 35 of the first elastic sliding portion 5 progressively moves to the arc-shape projection portion 717 of the upper cam 71 along the designed curve surface 711 of the upper cam 71. The sliding shaft 31 of the first elastic sliding portion 3 also progressively slides to the groove 103 of the base 1 and pushes the compression spring 33. Therefore, the compression force receiving from the sliding shaft 31 is progressively stored in the compression spring 33 and the distance between the roller 35 and the groove 103 is getting close.
While the roller 35 of the first elastic 3 exactly moves on the arc-shape projection portion 717, the compression force stored in the compression spring 33 is therefore maximized and thus the distance between the roller 35 of the first elastic sliding portion 3 and the groove 103 of the base 1 is the shortest. While cam module 7 of the rotation hinge 100 still rotates clockwise, the roller 35 of the first elastic portion 3 moves out the arc-shape projection portion 717 of the upper cam 71. Therefore, the cam module 7 is advanced to rotate clockwise by the compression force releasing from the compression spring 33 of the first elastic sliding portion 3 and thus the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 would be brought to rotate clockwise by the rotation hinge 100. The distance between the roller 35 of the first elastic sliding 3 and the groove 103 of the base 1 is getting far away.
While the cam module 7 of the rotation hinge 100 rotates clockwise to back the close position, the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 are respectively back to the first recess 713 of the upper cam 71 and the third recess 733 of the lower cam 73. The distance between the rollers 35, 55 of the first and second elastic sliding portions 3, 5 and the grooves 103, 105 of the base 1 is still back to the longest. Therefore, the sub-housing 202 also rotates on the main housing 201 of the mobile phone 200 to back to the close position (as shown in FIG. 5).
The operation of the rotation hinge 100 via the first elastic sliding portion 3 and the upper cam 71 of the cam module 7 to make the sub-housing 202 be advanced rotating on the main housing 201 of the mobile phone 200 clockwise to the open position and the close position. Furthermore, the rotation hinge 100 via the second elastic sliding portion 5 and the lower cam 73 of the cam module 7 to make the sub-housing 202 be advanced rotating on the main housing 201 of the mobile phone 200 anti-clockwise to the open position and the close position. The block 109 of the base 1 blocks the stopping portion 111 of the rotation disc 11 rotating clockwise and anti-clockwise for limiting the rotation range. That is to say, the rotation hinge 100 only receives the external fore and then is advanced to rotate clockwise and anti-clockwise to the open position and the close position and thus the sub-housing 202 of the mobile phone 200 is advanced to rotate on the main housing 201 of the mobile phone 200 clockwise and anti-clockwise to the open position and the close position.
The foregoing description of various implementations has been presented for the purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the scope to the precise form disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. Such modifications and variations are intended to be included within the scope of this invention as defined by the accompanying claims.