TWI461141B - Fastening module and portable electronic device using the same - Google Patents

Description

Clamping module and portable electronic device using same

The invention relates to a clamping module and an electronic device using the same, and particularly relates to a clamping module for quickly disassembling a keyboard and a portable electronic device using the same.

At present, various portable electronic devices often integrate a keyboard on a housing for convenient operation. Taking a notebook computer as an example, the keyboard of a notebook computer is usually integrated on the uppermost layer of the notebook computer, and most of the parts are placed under the keyboard. At the same time, the keyboard is usually designed to be separable from the housing for replacement.

Traditionally, a plurality of resilient hooks are typically provided on the housing to engage the keyboard to the housing. Therefore, when the keyboard is disassembled, the operator needs to apply a force to each of the hooks in order to unlock the state of the keyboard, and then remove the keyboard from the casing. However, in the above process, the operator needs to release the hooks one by one before the keyboard can be removed. In this way, the disassembly operation of the keyboard is not only cumbersome, but also time consuming and laborious.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a snap-in module and a portable electronic device using the same to improve the deficiencies of the prior art.

The invention provides a snap module for use in a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a housing and a keyboard, and the snap module is disposed on the housing such that the keyboard is detachably disposed on the housing. The snap module includes a moving member and at least two engaging members. The moving member is movably disposed on the housing, and the moving member has at least two recesses in the first direction. The engaging members are disposed on the housing and are in one-to-one correspondence with the recessed portions. Each of the engaging members has a body, two fixing portions and two elastic portions. The fixing portions are fixed to the housing, and the elastic portions respectively connect the fixing portions and the body, and the body has an abutting end and an engaging end. When the abutting ends abut against the corresponding recesses, the engaging ends are respectively engaged with the keyboard, so that the keyboard is fixed to the housing. When the moving member moves in the first direction, the engaging members respectively move in the second direction, and the abutting ends are respectively separated from the corresponding recessed portions, and the engaging members are respectively separated from the keyboard to disengage the keyboard from the housing. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

In an embodiment of the invention, the housing has a rail, and the moving member is movably disposed in the rail in a direction opposite to the first direction in the first direction.

In an embodiment of the invention, the housing further has a plurality of hooks and a plurality of retaining walls. One side of the track is formed by the hooks in a first direction, and the other side of the track is formed by the retaining walls in a first direction.

In an embodiment of the invention, the housing has at least one guiding post, and the moving member has at least one limiting long hole, and the guiding post is located in the limiting long hole.

In an embodiment of the invention, the abutting end of each of the engaging members has a curved surface with respect to the contact surface of the corresponding recessed portion.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the engaging ends of the engaging members are respectively wedge-shaped protrusions, and the keyboard has at least two receiving slots, and the receiving slots are in one-to-one correspondence with the engaging ends.

In an embodiment of the invention, the engaging members are respectively integrally formed.

The invention also provides a portable electronic device comprising a housing, a keyboard and a snap module. The keyboard is detachably disposed in the housing. The snap module is disposed on the housing and includes a moving member and at least two engaging members. The moving member is movably disposed on the housing, and the moving member has at least two recesses in the first direction. The engaging members are disposed on the housing and are in one-to-one correspondence with the recessed portions. Each of the engaging members has a body, two fixing portions and two elastic portions. The fixing portions are fixed to the housing, and the elastic portions respectively connect the fixing portions and the body, and the body has an abutting end and an engaging end. When the abutting ends abut against the corresponding recesses, the engaging ends are respectively engaged with the keyboard, so that the keyboard is fixed to the housing. When the moving member moves in the first direction, the engaging members respectively move in the second direction, and the abutting ends are respectively separated from the corresponding recessed portions, and the engaging members are respectively separated from the keyboard to disengage the keyboard from the housing. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

In an embodiment of the invention, the housing has a rail, and the moving member is movably disposed in the rail in a direction opposite to the first direction in the first direction.

In an embodiment of the invention, the housing further has a plurality of hooks and a plurality of retaining walls. One side of the track is formed by the hooks in a first direction, and the other side of the track is formed by the retaining walls in a first direction.

In an embodiment of the invention, the housing has at least one guiding post, and the moving member has at least one limiting long hole, and the guiding post is located in the limiting long hole.

In an embodiment of the invention, the abutting end of each of the engaging members has a curved surface with respect to the contact surface of the corresponding recessed portion.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the engaging ends of the engaging members are respectively wedge-shaped protrusions, and the keyboard has at least two receiving slots, and the receiving slots are in one-to-one correspondence with the engaging ends.

In an embodiment of the invention, the engaging members are respectively integrally formed.

In an embodiment of the invention, the portable electronic device is a notebook computer.

According to the present invention, the engaging module and the electronic device using the same, when the moving member moves in the first direction, the engaging members respectively move in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the abutting ends are respectively separated from the corresponding recesses. The engaging members are respectively separated from the keyboard to disengage the keyboard from the housing. That is, the movement of the moving member in the first direction can simultaneously drive the at least two engaging members to move in the second direction. Thereby, the moving member can simultaneously drive at least two engaging members to engage or disengage the keyboard, so as to prevent the operator from disassembling the respective engaging members one by one. In this way, not only is the operation simple, but also saves time and effort.

The above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent and understood by the appended claims appended claims

1 is an exploded perspective view of a portable electronic device in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the assembly of a portable electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 together.

The portable electronic device 1 provided in this embodiment includes a housing 10, a keyboard 12, and a snap module 14. The snap module 14 is disposed on the housing 10 such that the keyboard 12 is detachably disposed on the housing 10. In this embodiment, the portable electronic device 1 is a notebook computer. However, the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the portable electronic device 1 can be, for example, a netbook or the like. Further, in the present embodiment, the casing 10 is the upper cover of the main body of the notebook computer.

In this embodiment, specifically, the housing 10 has a first side 101 and a second side 102. The first side 101 and the second side 102 are opposite sides of the housing 10. Here, the first side 101 is the front surface of the casing 10, and the second side 102 is the back surface of the casing 10. The housing 10 also has an opening 100. The keyboard 12 is disposed through the opening 100 on the first side 101 of the housing 10. The snap module 14 is disposed on the second side 102 of the housing 10 , and the snap module 14 is adjacent to the opening 100 .

In this embodiment, it should be noted that the display module of the portable electronic device 1 (note computer) and the lower cover of the host are not shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 . Moreover, FIG. 2 illustrates the second side 102 of the housing 10.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 , the engaging module 14 includes a moving member 140 and four engaging members 142 . However, the present invention does not limit the number of the engaging members 142. In other embodiments, the snap module 14 can also include three or five snaps 142. The moving member 140 is movably disposed on the second side 102 of the housing 10 . The engaging member 142 is disposed on the second side 102 of the housing 10 .

Fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view showing a region R of Fig. 2. 4 is a schematic illustration of a snap member 142 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to Figure 1 to Figure 4 together.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the moving member 140 is an elongated flat plate. The moving member 140 has four recessed portions 1402 (only one is shown in FIG. 3) in the first direction D1, and the engaging members 142 are in one-to-one correspondence with the recessed portions 1402. However, the present invention does not limit the number of recesses 1402. In other embodiments, the moving member 140 may also have three or five recessed portions 1402 as long as the number of the recessed portions 1402 coincides with the number of the engaging members 142. Further, in the present embodiment, the depressed portion 1402 is a trapezoidal shaped groove (see FIG. 5). However, the present invention does not limit the shape of the recess 1402.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the housing 10 has a rail 103, and the moving member 140 is movably disposed on the rail in a direction opposite to the first direction D1 in the first direction D1 (ie, the third direction D3). Within 103. Specifically, the housing 10 has a plurality of hooks 104 and a plurality of retaining walls 105. One side of the rail 103 is formed by the hooks 104 in the first direction D1, and the other side of the rails 103 is formed by the retaining walls 105 in the first direction D1. In other words, the track 103 is formed by the hook 104 and the retaining wall 105 respectively arranged in the first direction D1. Here, since the rail 103 is a straight rail, the hook 104 and the retaining wall 105 are arranged in a straight line in the first direction D1, respectively. Moreover, the present invention does not limit the number of hooks 104 and retaining walls 105. The number of the hooks 104 and the retaining wall 105 may be the same (for example, both may be four) or inconsistent (for example, the hooks 104 may be four and the retaining walls 105 may be five).

In addition, in the present embodiment, the housing 10 also has two guide posts 106 (only one is shown in FIG. 3). The moving member 140 has two limiting long holes 1404 (only one is shown in FIG. 3). The guide post 106 is located in the corresponding limiting slot 1404. However, the present invention does not limit the number of the guide post 106 and the limiting elongated hole 1404 as long as the number of the two is uniform. Here, the movement range of the moving member 140 in the first direction D1 and the third direction D3 can be defined by the cooperation of the guide post 106 and the limiting long hole 1404. However, the invention is not limited thereto.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4 , each of the engaging members 142 has a body 1421 , two elastic portions 1424 , and two fixing portions 1426 . The fixing portion 1426 is fixed to the casing 10 . The elastic portion 1424 is symmetrically connected to both sides of the body 1421, and the elastic portion 1424 is connected to the fixing portion 1426 and the body 1421. The body 1421 has an engaging end 1420 and an abutting end 1422. Here, the cross section of the abutting end 1422 is semicircular. However, the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the cross-section of the abutment end can also be other shapes (eg, circular).

In the present embodiment, the contact surface 1428 of the abutting end 1422 and its corresponding recessed portion 1402 is curved. Thereby, the friction between the abutting end 1422 and the recessed portion 1402 can be reduced, and the abutting end 1422 can be disengaged from the recessed portion 1402.

In this embodiment, the engaging member 142 can be integrally formed. However, the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the engaging member 142 can also be assembled from a plurality of sub-portions.

In this embodiment, the engaging end 1420 of the body 1421 of the engaging member 142 is a wedge-shaped protrusion. As shown in FIG. 1, the keyboard 12 has four receiving slots 120. The accommodating groove 120 is in one-to-one correspondence with the engaging end 1420 , and the engaging end 1420 can be engaged in the accommodating groove 120 of the keyboard 12 . However, the present invention does not limit the number of the accommodating grooves 120 as long as it coincides with the number of the engaging ends 1420 of the engaging members 142.

In the present embodiment, the two fixing portions 1426 of the engaging member 142 are heat-sealed to the housing 10, thereby ensuring the positioning of the engaging member 142. However, the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the fixing portion 1426 can also be fixed to the housing 10 by other means such as screwing or fastening.

In this embodiment, the elastic portion 1424 of the engaging member 142 has an inverted U shape. Since the elastic portion 1424 is coupled to the fixing portion 1426 and the body 1421, the body 1421 can be opposite to the fixing portion 1426 in the opposite direction of the second direction D2 from the second direction D2 (ie, the fourth direction D4) by the elastic portion 1424. mobile. The specific operation of the engaging member 142 will be described in detail later.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the moving member 140 is disposed in the rail 103 of the housing 10. In the first direction D1, the moving member 140 has one side of the recessed portion 1402 abutting against the hook 104 and the other side abutting against the retaining wall 105. As such, the moving member 140 can move in the first direction D1 and the third direction D3. In addition, since the hook 104 will hook the side of the moving member 140 having the recessed portion 1402, the abutting end 1422 of the engaging member 142 disposed on the other side of the moving member 140 will abut against the moving member 140 and have the recessed portion 1402. On one side, therefore, when the housing 10 is turned up to the first side 101, the moving member 140 does not disengage from the housing 10 due to gravity. In other words, in the embodiment, the moving direction of the moving member 140 can be limited to the first direction D1 and the third direction D3 by the abutting action of the hook 104, the retaining wall 105, and the engaging member 142.

FIG. 5 is a partial schematic view showing the moving member 140 moving in the first direction D1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The area shown in Fig. 5 corresponds to the area shown in Fig. 3. Please refer to FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 together. Since the arrangement relationship between each of the engaging members 142 and the moving member 140, the keyboard 12 and the casing 10 is the same, the operation of the engaging module 14 will be described in detail below by taking only one engaging member 142 as an example.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, when the abutting end 1422 (shown in FIG. 4) of the engaging member 142 abuts against the corresponding recessed portion 1402, the engaging end 1420 is engaged with the capacity of the keyboard 12. The slot 120 is disposed to allow the keyboard 12 to be secured to the housing 10.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, when the moving member 140 moves in the first direction D1, the engaging member 142 moves in the second direction D2. Specifically, since the recessed portion 1402 of the moving member 140 is a trapezoidal shaped recess, when the moving member 140 moves in the first direction D1, the oblique side 1408 of the trapezoidal shaped recessed portion 1402 is pushed and engaged. The abutting end 1422 of the piece 142 (shown in Figure 4) thereby urges the engaging member 142 to move in the second direction D2. At the same time, since the two fixing portions 1426 of the engaging member 142 are fixed to the housing 10, and the two elastic portions 1424 are respectively connected to the body 1421 and the fixing portion 1426 of the engaging member 142, when the engaging member 142 abuts When the end 1422 is pushed by the bevel 1408 of the recess 1402, the engaging member 142 will only move in the second direction D2 without moving in the normal direction of the first direction D1 or the oblique side 1408 of the recess 1402, thereby ensuring The catch 142 is moved in the second direction D2 to disengage the keyboard 12, thereby causing the keyboard 12 to be disengaged from the housing 10. In this way, the operator can easily and quickly remove the keyboard 12 from the housing 10.

In the present embodiment, the length of the limiting slot 1404 of the moving member 140 may be a distance (for example, 4 mm) in which the moving member 140 moves in the first direction D1. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, when the keyboard 12 is fixed to the housing 10, the guide post 106 of the housing 10 may be located, for example, at the right end of the limiting slot 1404 of the moving member 140. As shown in FIG. 5, when the keyboard 12 is disengaged from the housing 10, the guide post 106 of the housing 10 can be located, for example, at the left end of the limiting slot 1404 of the moving member 140. However, the invention is not limited thereto.

In the present embodiment, the depth of the recessed portion 1402 in the fourth direction D4 is the distance (for example, 0.9 mm) in which the engaging member 142 moves in the second direction D2. The present invention does not limit the depth of the recessed portion 1402 in the fourth direction D4 as long as it is larger than the engagement distance between the engaging end 1420 of the engaging member 142 and the receiving groove 120 of the keyboard 12. Thus, as long as the engaging member 142 moves in the second direction D2 to disengage the recess portion 1402, the engaging end 1420 can be disengaged from the receiving groove 120 of the keyboard 12.

In addition, in this embodiment, since the engaging module 14 is disposed on the second side 102 of the housing 10 (ie, the back side of the housing 10), the operator only needs to remove the housing 10 when the keyboard 12 is detached. The keyboard 12 can be quickly disassembled by flipping it to the back and moving the moving member 140 in the first direction D1. On the contrary, when assembling the keyboard 12, the operator only needs to move the moving member 140 in the third direction D3 to quickly fix the keyboard 12 to the casing 10.

In summary, the engaging module and the electronic device using the same according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the moving member moves in the first direction, the engaging members respectively move in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The abutting ends of the engaging members are respectively separated from the corresponding recessed portions, and the engaging members are respectively separated from the keyboard to disengage the keyboard from the housing. That is, the movement of the moving member in the first direction can simultaneously drive the at least two engaging members to move in the second direction. Thereby, the moving member can simultaneously drive at least two engaging members to engage or disengage the keyboard, so as to prevent the operator from disassembling the respective engaging members one by one. In this way, not only is the operation simple, but also saves time and effort.

In addition, according to the card module and the portable electronic device provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the operator can operate the snap module directly on the back of the housing to disassemble the keyboard. Thereby, the inconvenience caused by insufficient operation space when the small keyboard is detached from the front side of the casing can be avoided.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application.

1. . . Portable electronic device

10. . . case

12. . . keyboard

14. . . Clamping module

100. . . Opening

101. . . First side

102. . . Second side

103. . . track

104. . . The hook

105. . . Retaining wall

106. . . Guide column

120. . . Locating slot

140. . . Moving parts

142. . . Clip

1402. . . Depression

1404. . . Limit long hole

1408. . . hypotenuse

1420. . . Clamping end

1421. . . Ontology

1422. . . Abutting end

1424. . . Elastic part

1426. . . Fixed part

1428. . . Contact surfaces

D1. . . First direction

D2. . . Second direction

D3. . . Third direction

D4. . . Fourth direction

R. . . region

1 is an exploded perspective view of a portable electronic device in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the assembly of a portable electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view showing a region R of Fig. 2.

4 is a schematic view of a snap member in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a partial schematic view of the moving member moving in the first direction in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1. . . Portable electronic device

10. . . case

12. . . keyboard

14. . . Clamping module

102. . . Second side

103. . . track

104. . . The hook

105. . . Retaining wall

140. . . Moving parts

142. . . Clip

D1. . . First direction

D2. . . Second direction

D3. . . Third direction

D4. . . Fourth direction

R. . . region

Claims (13)

A latching module is applied to a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a housing and a keyboard. The latching module is disposed on the housing such that the keyboard is detachably disposed on the shell. The engaging module includes: a moving member movably disposed on the housing, and the moving member has at least two recesses in a first direction; and at least two engaging members, the setting Each of the engaging members has a body, two fixing portions and two elastic portions, and the fixing portions are fixed to the housing, and the elastic portions are respectively respectively corresponding to the recessed portions. Connecting the fixing portion and the body, and the body has an abutting end and an engaging end, wherein when the abutting ends respectively abut the corresponding recesses, the engaging ends are respectively engaged with The keyboard is fixed to the housing, and when the moving member moves in the first direction, the engaging members respectively move in a second direction, and the abutting ends are respectively separated from the corresponding recesses The snap members are respectively detached from the keyboard to disengage the keyboard The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the housing has a track, a plurality of hooks and a plurality of retaining walls, and one side of the track is arranged by the hooks in the first direction The opposite side of the track is formed by the retaining walls along the first direction. The snap module of claim 1, wherein the movement The piece is movably disposed within the track in a direction opposite the first direction from the first direction. The accommodating module of claim 1, wherein the housing has at least one guiding post, and the moving member has at least one limiting long hole, and the guiding post is located in the limiting long hole. The engaging module of claim 1, wherein the abutting end of each of the engaging members has a curved surface with a contact surface of the corresponding recess. The accommodating module of claim 1, wherein the engaging ends of the engaging members are wedge-shaped protrusions, and the keyboard has at least two accommodating grooves, and the accommodating grooves and the accommodating groove These snap ends correspond one-to-one. The snap module of claim 1, wherein the snap members are integrally formed. A portable electronic device includes: a housing having a track, a plurality of hooks and a plurality of retaining walls, one side of the track being formed by the hooks in a first direction, the relative of the track The other side is formed by the retaining walls along the first direction; a keyboard is detachably disposed on the housing; a snap module is disposed on the housing, the snap module includes: a moving member movably disposed on the housing, wherein the moving member has at least two recesses in the first direction; and at least two engaging members disposed on the housing and the recesses One-to-one correspondence, each of the engaging members has a body and two solids a fixing portion and two elastic portions, wherein the fixing portions are fixed to the housing, the elastic portions respectively connecting the fixing portions and the body, and the body has an abutting end and an engaging end, wherein The abutting ends respectively abut the corresponding recesses, and the engaging ends are respectively engaged with the keyboard, so that the keyboard is fixed to the housing, when the moving member moves in the first direction, The engaging members are respectively moved in a second direction, and the abutting ends are respectively separated from the corresponding recessed portions, and the engaging members are respectively separated from the keyboard, so that the keyboard is separated from the housing, and the second direction is perpendicular to the The first direction. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the moving member is movably disposed in the track in a direction opposite to the first direction in the first direction. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the housing has at least one guiding post, and the moving member has at least one limiting long hole, and the guiding post is located in the limiting long hole. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the abutting end of each of the engaging members has a curved surface with a contact surface of the corresponding recessed portion. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the engaging ends of the engaging members are wedge-shaped bumps, and the keyboard has at least two receiving slots, and the receiving slots are The engaging ends are in one-to-one correspondence. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein The engaging members are respectively integrally formed. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the portable electronic device is a notebook computer.