1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a rotation hinge, and particularly to a rotation hinge configured in a portable electrical device capable of allowing a sub-housing of the portable electrical device rotating on a main housing of the portable electrical device.
2. The Related Art
According to the current development of communication technology, portable electrical devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants and others, are capable of providing wireless communication. One kind of the portable electrical devices includes a rotation-type configuration. The rotation-type configuration has a rotation hinge configured therein capable of allowing a sub-housing of the portable electrical devices rotating on a main housing of the portable electrical devices. In consideration of carrying and downsizing issues, the sub-housing rotates above the main housing to an open position for the operation purpose. Otherwise, the sub-housing rotates to cover the main housing to a close position for an idle or standby situation.
There is a rotation-type wireless communication device disclosed in United States Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0018862. It shows the wireless communication device including a first housing with a housing support and a second housing positioned upon the housing support, or a portion thereof, so that the second housing may rotate around the housing support. Also, the second housing includes a circular portion positioned upon the housing support, and an extending portion extends from the circular portion. When the device is in a closed position, the circular and extending portions of the second housing are adjacent to the first housing. When the device is in an opened position, the circular portion is adjacent to the first housing and the extending portion is away from the first housing. In addition, the second housing may have multiple positions relative to the first housing in which each position activates a particular function of the device.
However, the above described rotation-type wireless communication device generally needs to be opened and closed by separately gripping each housing portion and repositioning or rotating the housing portion relative to one another. This generally requires that the user free up both hands for opening the rotation-type wireless communication device. Consequently, there is a need for a self-operating opening and closed mechanism for configuring in a hand-held portable electrical device to make the housing portion self-rotating to one another.
An object of the present invention is to provide a rotation hinge configured in a portable electrical device capable of allowing a sub-housing of the portable electrical device rotating on a main housing of the portable electrical device.
According to the invention, the rotation hinge includes a tube sequentially stringed a base fixed to the main housing of the portable electrical device, a cam module and a fixing plate fixed to the sub-housing of the portable electrical device, and engaged with a riveting plate to make the base, the cam module and the fixing plate sequentially stack. The cam module has a designed curve surface with at least two recesses. Each section of the designed curve surface between the recesses has an arc-shape projection portion. Each recess of the designed curve surface connects an elastic sliding portion.
While the sub-housing of the portable electrical device rotates on the main housing of the portable electrical device by receiving a external force, the cam module also rotates following the rotation of the sub-hosing of the portable electrical device. The elastic sliding portion moves from the recess of the cam module and then moves to the arc-shape projection portion of the cam module according to the rotation of the cam module, and thus stores a compression force. While the elastic sliding portion contacts the arc-shape projection portion of the cam module, the compression force stored in the elastic sliding portion is therefore maximized. In consequence, the cam module and the sub-housing of the portable electrical device are advanced to rotate together because the elastic sliding portion releases the compression force to press the designed curve surface of the cam module.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a rotation hinge configured in a portable electrical device capable of allowing a sub-housing of the portable electrical device rotating clockwise and anti-clockwise on a main housing of the portable electrical device.
According to the invention, the cam module of the rotation hinge has an upper cam and a lower cam. The upper cam has a first recess and a second recess arranged at the designed curve surface. Further, the lower cam has a third recess and a fourth recess arranged at the designed curve. The arc-shape projection portion of the upper cam adjoins one side of the first and second recesses. However, the arc-shape projection portion of the lower cam adjoins exclusive side of the third and fourth recesses. A first elastic sliding portion and a second elastic sliding portion respectively contact the first recess of the upper cam and the third recess of the lower cam.
In this case, the cam module and the sub-housing of the portable electrical device will be advanced to rotate clockwise together according to the first elastic sliding portion presses the designed curve surface of the upper cam by releasing the compression force stored therein. Furthermore, because the designed curve face of the lower cam is pressed by the compression force releasing from the second elastic sliding portion, the cam module will be advanced to rotate anti-clockwise. So the sub-housing of the portable electrical device will be brought to rotate anti-clockwise via the rotation of the cam module.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a rotation hinge configured in a portable electrical device capable of allowing a sub-housing of the portable electrical device rotating on a main housing of the portable electrical device to an open position.
According to the invention, the base has a block portion. A rotation plate having an opening and a rotation disc having a stopping portion are sequentially arranged upon the cam module. The stopping portion of the rotation disc is arranged in the opening of the rotation plate. While the sub-housing of the portable electrical device rotates on the main housing, the rotation plate also rotates to follow the sub-housing. The opening of the rotation plate will connect the stopping portion of the rotation disc.
In this case, the rotation disc is advanced to rotate by the rotation of the rotation plate after the opening of the rotation plate connects the stopping portion of the rotation disc. While the stopping portion of the rotation disc rotates to contact the block of the base, the block blocks the rotation of the rotation plate and the rotation disc. Therefore, the sub-housing of the portable electrical device rotates on the main housing of the portable electrical device to the open position.
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:
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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.
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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 (
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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 (
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
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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
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
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.
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