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US 2004/0106314 A1Published application
Portable apparatus with inward-pushing triggered mechanism for ejecting add-on device
AssigneeBenq Corporation
InventorsYu-Yuan Chen, Hung-Cheng Lee
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Abstract
A portable apparatus with a mechanism for ejecting an add-on device contained in a socket of the portable apparatus. In a preferred embodiment, the ejecting mechanism comprises two engaging parts that can respectively rotate by rotating along two pivots, and a flexible band connected between the two engaging parts for engaging with the add-on device with a contact surface. When a user pushes the two engaging parts toward the socket, an opposite end across the pivot of each engaging part will move outward from the socket, and the flexible band will be stretched and eject the add-on device.
Claims20
A portable apparatus, the portable apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a socket installed on the housing for accommodating an add-on device, wherein the socket comprises a bottom formed in a horizontal direction;
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- an ejecting mechanism installed in one side of the socket, the ejecting mechanism comprising:
- an engaging part installed in one end of the socket by rotating along a pivot, wherein the engaging part comprises a first port and a second port respectively installed in opposite sides of the pivot;
- a connecting port installed in another end of the socket opposite to the engaging part so that the second port and the connecting port are respectively installed in the opposite ends of the bottom;
- a flexible band installed along the horizontal direction, wherein one end of the flexible band is connected to the second port of the engaging part, and another end of the flexible band is connected to the connecting port;
- the flexible band comprising a contact face that is installed between the two ends of the flexible band;
- the add-on device comprising a joint face corresponding to the contact face;
- wherein when the add-on device is installed inside the socket, a position of the joint face of the add-on device corresponds to position of the contact face of the flexible band, and when the first port of the engaging part is pushed toward the socket, the engaging part will rotate along the pivot to make the second port push outward from the socket and to straighten the flexible band so that the contact face of the flexible band moves upward along a vertical direction and the add-on device will be ejected from the bottom along the vertical direction.
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A portable apparatus, the portable apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a socket installed on the housing for accommodating an add-on device, wherein the socket comprises a bottom formed in a horizontal direction;
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- an ejecting mechanism installed in one side of the socket, the ejecting mechanism comprising:
- an engaging part installed in one end of the socket by rotating along a pivot, wherein the engaging part comprises a first port and a second port respectively installed in opposite sides of the pivot;
- a connecting port installed in another end of the socket opposite to the engaging part so that the second port and the connecting port are respectively installed in the opposite ends of the bottom;
- a flexible band installed along the horizontal direction, wherein one end of the flexible band is connected to the second port of the engaging part, and another end of the flexible band is connected to the connecting port;
- the flexible band comprises a contact face that is installed between the two ends of the flexible band;
- the add-on device comprises a joint face corresponding to the contact face;
- wherein when the add-on device is installed inside that socket, a position of the joint face of the add-on device corresponds to position of the contact face of the flexible band;
- when the first port of the engaging part is pushed toward the socket, the engaging part will rotate along the pivot to make the second port push outward from the socket and the flexible band will be compressed to bend along a vertical direction so that the contact face of the flexible band moves upward along the vertical direction and the add-on device will be ejected from the bottom along the vertical direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.