# US 10,768,673 B2 · Portable electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,768,673 B2 - Document ID: US10768673B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/687,642 - Filed: 2019-11-18 - Published: 2020-03-12 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-25 - Assignees: Compal Electronics, Inc. - Applicants: Wei-Chih Hsu; Ya-Hui Tseng; Chang-Kai Liu; Ming-Shun Lu; Wen-Jie Hsiao - Inventors: Wei-Chih Hsu; Ya-Hui Tseng; Chang-Kai Liu; Ming-Shun Lu; Wen-Jie Hsiao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768673B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1681: {Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683)} - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)} - G06F 1/162: {changing, e.g. reversing, the face orientation of the screen with a two degrees of freedom mechanism, e.g. for folding into tablet PC like position or orienting towards the direction opposite to the user to show to a second user} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A hinge structure including a first screw rod, a sliding rod, and a second screw rod is provided. The first screw rod comprises a threaded shaft. The sliding rod is sleeved on the threaded shaft. The second screw rod is sleeved on the sliding rod. The threaded shaft has a first helical slot. The sliding rod has a first guiding portion and a second guiding portion, and the first guiding portion is coupled to the first helical slot. The second screw rod has a second helical slot, and the second guiding portion is coupled to the second helical slot. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable electronic device, comprising a first machine body, having a first upper surface and a first lower surface opposite to each other; a second machine body, having a second upper surface and a second lower surface opposite to each other; and a hinge structure, comprising a passive module, the passive module having a lens, the first machine body and the second machine body is pivoted to each other through the hinge structure, wherein the first upper surface and the second upper surface are opposite to each other in a first state, and the lens is in the first state and exposed on the first upper surface and the second upper surface when an angle included between the first upper surface and the second upper surface falls between 90 degrees and 150 degrees, wherein the first lower surface and the second lower surface are opposite to each other in a second state, and the lens is in the second state and exposed on the first lower surface and the second lower surface when an angle included between the first lower surface and the second lower surface falls between 50 degrees and 90 degrees; wherein when a user rotates the first machine body or the second machine body from the first state to the second state, the rotation cause the passive module to rotate inside the hinge structure and turn the lens from the first state to the second state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hinge structure further comprises: a first screw rod, comprising a threaded shaft, the threaded shaft having at least one first helical slot; a sliding rod, sleeved on the threaded shaft, the sliding rod having a first guiding portion and a second guiding portion opposite to each other, the first guiding portion is coupled to the at least one first helical slot; and a second screw rod, sleeved on the sliding rod and rotatably connected to the passive module, the second screw rod having at least one second helical slot, the second guiding portion is couple to the at least one second helical slot, when the first screw rod rotates along a first rotating direction, the first guiding portion is driven by the at least one first helical slot, such that the sliding rod drives the at least one second helical slot through the second guiding portion, and that the second screw rod rotates along a second rotating direction different from the first rotating direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hinge structure further comprises: a sun gear; an annular gear, surrounding the sun gear, the passive module is rotatably connected to the annular gear; a planetary gear, coupled to the sun gear and the annular gear. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hinge structure further comprises: a first motion member, having a first sawtooth structure; an elastic member; and a second motion member, located between the first motion member and the elastic member and rotatably connected to the passive module, the second motion member having a second sawtooth structure, the second sawtooth structure is configured to be matched with the first sawtooth structure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hinge structure further comprises: a first securing member, secured to the first machine body; a second securing member, secured to the second machine body, the first securing member and the second securing member are pivoted to each other; and a first connection member, at least one portion of the first securing member is inserted in the first connection member, at least one portion of the second securing member is inserted in the first connection member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein when the second machine body rotates relative to the first machine body, the second securing member and the first connection member rotate along with the second machine body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hinge structure further comprises: a third securing member, secured to the first machine body; a fourth securing member, secured to the second machine body, the third securing member and the fourth securing member are pivoted to each other; a second connection member, at least one portion of the third securing member is inserted in the second connection member, at least one portion of the fourth securing member is inserted in the second connection member; and a third connection member, secured to the first machine body, the passive module is pivoted to the third connection member, the third connection member is located between the passive module and the second connection member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein when the second machine body rotates relative to the first machine body, the fourth securing member and the second connection member rotate along with the second machine body, and the passive module rotates along with the second machine body in a reverse direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising: a first magnetic member, secured onto the passive module; and a second magnetic member, secured onto the second screw rod, the second magnetic member and the first magnetic member are aligned with each other and are attracted to each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 9, further comprising: a third magnetic member, secured to the second machine body, the third magnetic member is disposed at a side of the second machine body close to the hinge structure and is disposed corresponding to the first magnetic member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein when the passive module rotates relative to the second screw rod such that the first magnetic member moves away from the second magnetic member, the first magnetic member moves close to the third magnetic member, and the third magnetic member and the first magnetic member are repulsive with each other, such that the passive module rotates along a reverse direction.