US 2015/0189773 A1Published application

Cover opening structure

AssigneeAcer Incorporated

InventorsChun-Wei Chang, Shun-Bin Chen, Wu-Chen Lee, Shih-Huai Chan

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Abstract

A cover opening structure including a case, a cover, a pushing button, a pushing unit and an axle is provided. The cover has a first portion having a first side, a second portion having a second side connected to the case, and a connecting portion connected therebetween, wherein the connecting portion is softer than the first and second portions. The pushing button disposed on the case has a body and an inserting portion extended from the body. The pushing unit has a first end, a second end and a leaning portion connected therebetween and is inserted between the body and the first end. The axle is disposed at the case while the leaning portion leans against the axle. The pushing unit rotates about the axle while the first end moves downward and the second end moves upward to push up the first portion when the pushing button is moved.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A cover opening structure comprising:

a case;
a cover having at least one first portion, a second portion and a connecting portion connected to the first portion and the second portion, wherein the connecting portion is softer than the first portion and the second portion, the first portion has a first side and the second portion has a second side, wherein the second side is connected to the case;
a pushing button disposed on the case and suitable for moving horizontally in relative to the case, wherein the pushing button has a body and an inserting portion extended from the body;
a pushing unit having a first end, a second end and a leaning portion connected between the first end and the second end, and the inserting portion located between the body and the first end;
and
an axle disposed at the case, the leaning portion leaning against the axle, and the inserting portion enabling the pushing unit to rotate about the axle while the first end moves downward and the second end moves upward when the pushing button is moved, so as to push up the first portion of the cover.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/210,471Filed 14 Mar 2014
Priority: TW 10222452026 Dec 2013
Published: 2 Jul 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H05K 5/0217
Details: mechanical details of casings
G06F 1/1626
For portable computers: with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
G06F 1/1675
Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626:…
H05K 5/0086
Casings, cabinets or drawers for electric apparatus: portable, e.g. battery operated apparatus