# US 11,079,795 B2 · Portable electronic device

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- Number: US 11,079,795 B2
- Document ID: US11079795B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/143,483
- Filed: 2018-09-27
- Published: 2019-04-04
- Granted: 2021-08-03
- Earliest claimed: 2017-09-29
- Assignees: Compal Electronics, Inc.
- Applicants: I-Lung Chen; Wang-Hung Yeh; Yi-Hsuan Wu; Shang-Che Lee; Hsiao-Ching Hung
- Inventors: I-Lung Chen; Wang-Hung Yeh; Yi-Hsuan Wu; Shang-Che Lee; Hsiao-Ching Hung
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11079795B2

## CPC

- 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 1/1613: {for portable computers (cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202)}
- G06F 1/1624: {with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display}
- G06F 1/1632: {External expansion units, e.g. docking stations}
- G06F 1/1656: {Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203)}
- G06F 1/166: {related to integrated arrangements for adjusting the position of the main body with respect to the supporting surface, e.g. legs for adjusting the tilt angle}
- G06F 1/1669: {Detachable keyboards}
- G06F 1/1679: {for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA (G06F1/1681 takes precedence)}
- G06F 2200/1633: Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a pivot assembly, and a protective assembly. The pivot assembly is pivoted to the first body and the second body and includes a shaft. The first body pivots relative to the second body via the shaft. The protective assembly is slidably disposed at periphery of the first body and the second body and includes at least one guide structure and at least one sliding structure. When the first body moves relative to the second body from a lock position to an open position, the protective assembly drives the guide structure and the sliding structure to slide along the periphery of the first body and the second body and drive the guide structure to be coaxially arranged with the shaft to allow the protective assembly to rotate with the first body relative to the second body.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A portable electronic device, comprising:
a first body;
a second body;
a pivot assembly, pivoted to the first body and the second body, and comprising a shaft, wherein the first body pivots relative to the second body via the shaft; and
a protective assembly, slidably disposed at periphery of the first body and the second body, the protective assembly comprising at least one guide structure and at least one sliding structure, the guide structure being slidably connected to the second body, the sliding structure being slidably connected to the first body, wherein when the first body moves relative to the second body from a lock position to an open position, the protective assembly slides to drive the at least one guide structure and the at least one sliding structure to slide along the periphery of the first body and the second body and drive the at least one guide structure to be coaxially arranged with the shaft, so as to allow the protective assembly to rotate with the first body relative to the second body,
wherein the first body comprises a main body and a back plate, the main body is pivoted to the back plate, and when the first body is located at the open position relative to the second body, the main body rotates an angle relative to the back plate,
wherein the protective assembly further comprises a first part, a second part opposite to the first part, and a pair of third parts opposite to each other and connected to the first part and the second part,
wherein the at least one sliding structure comprises two sliding blocks respectively disposed on the pair of the third parts, each of a pair of first side plates opposite to each other of the first body has a sliding groove, and the sliding blocks are adapted to be respectively and slidably disposed in the sliding grooves,
wherein the at least one guide structure comprises two guide structures respectively disposed on the pair of the third parts, each of a pair of second side plates opposite to each other of the second body has a guide groove, and the guide structures are adapted to be respectively and slidably disposed in the guide grooves,
wherein when the first body is located at the lock position relative to the second body, a horizontal distance is provided between the first part and the first body and the second body, so as to allow the first part to be held, when the first body moves relative to the second body from the lock position to an unlock position, the first part is held to push the protective assembly in a horizontal direction so that the sliding blocks respectively slide in the sliding grooves, the guide structures respectively slide in the guide grooves to drive the guide structures to be coaxially arranged with the shaft, and the second part gradually moves away from the first body and the second body.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the sliding blocks has a first length, each of the guide structures has a second length, and the first length is greater than the second length.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second body has a receiving space, the second part of the protective assembly has a receiving groove, and when the first body is located at the lock position relative to the second body, the receiving groove is located in the receiving space.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the first body is rotated relative to the second body from the unlock position to the open position, the protective assembly rotates relative to the second body with the first body, so that the second part is allowed to stand on a surface to support the first body.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein when the first body is located at the lock position or the unlock position relative to the second body, the sliding grooves are parallel to the guide grooves.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein when the first body is located at the open position relative to the second body, an included angle is provided between the sliding grooves and the guide grooves.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 3, further comprising an adaptor disposed in the receiving groove.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a keyboard module detachably disposed on the second body.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first body is a display module, and the second body is a system base.

### Claim 10

A portable electronic device, comprising:
a first body;
a second body;
a pivot assembly, pivoted to the first body and the second body and comprising a shaft, wherein the first body pivots relative to the second body via the shaft; and
a protective assembly, slidably disposed at periphery of the first body and the second body and comprising a first part and a second part opposite to each other, wherein the protective assembly rotates relative to the second body with the first body so that a horizontal distance is provided between the first part and the first body and the second body to allow the first part to be held or to allow the second part to stand on a surface to support the first body,
wherein the first body comprises a main body and a back plate, the main body is pivoted to the back plate, and when the first body is located at the open position relative to the second body, the main body rotates an angle relative to the back plate,
wherein the protective assembly further comprises a pair of third parts, at least one sliding structure, and at least one guide structure, the pair of third parts opposite to each other and connected to the first part and the second part, the at least one sliding structure comprising two sliding blocks respectively disposed on the pair of the third parts, the at least one guide structure comprising two guide structures respectively disposed on the pair of the third parts,
wherein each of a pair of first side plates opposite to each other of the first body has a sliding groove, the sliding blocks are adapted to be respectively disposed in the sliding grooves, each of a pair of second side plates opposite to each other of the second body has a guide groove, and the guide structures are adapted to be respectively and slidably disposed in the guide grooves,
wherein when the protective assembly rotates relative to the second body with the first body, the sliding blocks respectively slide in the sliding grooves, the guide structures respectively slide in the guide grooves to drive the guide structures to be coaxially arranged with the shaft, and the second part gradually moves away from the first body and the second body.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein when the horizontal distance is provided between the first part and the first body and the second body to allow the first part to be held, the sliding grooves are parallel to the guide grooves.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein when the second part stands on the surface to support the first body, an included angle is provided between the sliding grooves and the guide grooves.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the second body has a receiving space, the second part of the protective assembly has a receiving groove, and when the horizontal distance is provided between the first part and the first body and the second body to allow the first part to be held, the receiving groove is located in the receiving space.