US 10,653,024 B2Granted

Door opening and closing mechanism

AssigneeMeidensha Corporation

InventorsKunihiko Watanabe, Akihiko Kodama, Noboru Shiozawa, Makoto Miwa, Shigenori Ikeda

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Abstract

A door opening and closing mechanism includes: a door configured to open and close a front side opening of a housing, wherein an electronic device is housed in the housing and is exposed through the front side opening; and an accommodation mechanism configured to accommodate the door in the housing when the door is in open state. The accommodation mechanism includes: an opening and closing action unit configured to cause an opening action and a closing action of the door; and a retracting action unit configured to retract the opening and closing action unit into the housing so as to accommodate the door in the housing, when the door is brought in open state by the opening and closing action unit.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A door opening and closing mechanism comprising:

a door configured to open and close a front side opening of a housing, wherein an electronic device is housed in the housing and is exposed through the front side opening;
and
an accommodation mechanism configured to accommodate the door in the housing when the door is in open state;
wherein:
the accommodation mechanism includes;
an opening and closing action unit configured to cause an opening action and a closing action of the door;
and
a retracting action unit configured to retract the opening and closing action unit into the housing so as to accommodate the door in the housing, when the door is brought in open state by the opening and closing action unit;
the retracting action unit includes:
a first body mounted in the housing, and configured to travel forward and rearward in a longitudinal direction of the housing;
a pulling member being extensible and contractible and configured to pull the first body rearward of the housing under a condition that the pulling member is connected to an inside of the housing;
and
an action regulation part configured to regulate action of the opening and closing action unit;
and
the opening and closing action unit includes:
a second body, wherein an action of the second body in the longitudinal direction is regulated by the action regulation part under a condition that the second body is mounted to the first body and configured to travel forward and rearward in the longitudinal direction with respect to the first body;
and
a connecting member configured to be caused by movement of the second body to open and close the door under a condition that the connecting member is pivotally connected to the second body and the door.

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A door opening and closing mechanism comprising:

a door configured to open and close a front side opening of a housing, wherein an electronic device is housed in the housing and is exposed through the front side opening;
and
an accommodation mechanism configured to accommodate the door in the housing when the door is in open state;
wherein:
the accommodation mechanism includes:
an opening and closing action unit configured to cause an opening action and a closing action of the door;
and
a retracting action unit configured to retract the opening and closing action unit into the housing so as to accommodate the door in the housing, when the door is brought in open state by the opening and closing action unit;
and
the retracting action unit includes:
a first body mounted in the housing, and configured to travel forward and rearward in a longitudinal direction of the housing;
a first pulling member being extensible and contractible and configured to pull the first body rearward of the housing under a condition that the first pulling member is connected to an inside of the housing;
and
a second pulling member being extensible and contractible and configured to pull the opening and closing action unit forward of the housing under a condition that the second pulling member is connected to first body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.