US 2013/0170122 A1Published application

Electronic apparatus and hinge structure thereof

AssigneePegatron Corporation

InventorsWei-Chih LAI, Kuang-Jui CHENG, Yung-Sheng LEE, Chien-Feng MA, Tien-Wen LIN

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Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a first casing, a second casing and a hinge structure. The hinge structure is pivotally connected to the first and second casings, and has a base, a rotating base, a first connecting element and a second connecting element. The base is disposed on the first casing. The rotating base is disposed on the second casing. Two ends of the first connecting element are pivotally connected to the base and the rotating base, respectively, and two ends of the second connecting element are also pivotally connected to the base and the rotating base, respectively. The rotating base rotates with respect to the base between a first position and a second position through the first and second connecting elements. When the first connecting element contacts the second connecting element, the rotating base is located at the second position.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A hinge structure for pivotally connecting a first casing to a second casing capable of being open and closed with respect to the first casing, comprising:

a base disposed at the first casing;
a rotating base disposed at the second casing;
a first connecting element having a retaining trough, wherein two ends of the first connecting element are pivotally connected to the base and the rotating base, respectively;
and
a second connecting element, two ends of which pivotally connected to the base and the rotating base, respectively, the shape of a part of the second connecting element being matched with the retaining trough, and a distance between positions on the rotating base where the first connecting element and the second connecting element are pivotally connected is smaller than a distance between positions on the base where the first connecting element and the second connecting element are pivotally connected,
wherein the rotating base rotates between a first position and a second position with respect to the base through the first connecting element and the second connecting element, when the second casing is closed with respect to the first casing, the rotating base is at the first position, and when the second casing is open with respect to the first casing, the rotating base is at the second position.

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An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a first casing;
a second casing capable of being open and closed with respect to the first casing;
and
a hinge structure pivotally connecting the first casing to the second casing, the hinge structure comprising:
a base disposed at the first casing;
a rotating base disposed at the second casing;
a first connecting element having a retaining trough, wherein two ends of the first connecting element are pivotally connected to the base and the rotating base, respectively;
and
a second connecting element, two ends of which pivotally connected to the base and the rotating base, respectively, the shape of a part of the second connecting element being matched with the retaining trough, and a distance between positions on the rotating base where the first connecting element and the second connecting element are pivotally connected is smaller than a distance between positions on the base where the first connecting element and the second connecting element are pivotally connected,
wherein the rotating base rotates between a first position and a second position with respect to the base through the first connecting element and the second connecting element, when the second casing is closed with respect to the first casing, the rotating base is at the first position, and when the second casing is open with respect to the first casing, the rotating base is at the second position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.