TWI398859B - Electronic device capable of playing discs - Google Patents

Description

Electronic device with CD playback function

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and more particularly to an electronic device including an optical drive and a drive structure of the optical drive protection door.

In an electronic device including an optical drive, in order to protect the appearance of the optical drive and the electronic device panel, a protective door is generally disposed on the electronic device panel corresponding to the optical drive tray in and out of the electronic device. When the optical drive tray is extended, the automatic protection door can be automatically pushed open by the optical drive tray; when the optical drive tray is retracted, the protection door can be automatically closed to maintain the original aesthetic design of the chassis panel. However, in the existing electronic device containing the optical drive, the structure of the optical drive protection door is basically a flip-type open structure, and when the optical drive tray is extended to open the protective door, the opened door panel is overturned, which not only occupies the exterior of the electronic device panel. Space, and affect the aesthetics of the chassis panel.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an electronic device including an optical drive. When the optical drive tray protrudes or protrudes from the electronic device, the protective door can be pushed outward without opening to achieve a stealth effect to solve the above problem.

The electronic device includes a host and an optical drive structure. The host includes electronic components and circuits required for the operation of the electronic device. The optical drive structure is disposed in the host for driving the playing optical disc. The optical drive structure includes a tray and a front set. The optical drive tray exit on the panel and an optical drive protection door and an optical drive protection door drive structure, the tray is used for carrying the optical disc, the optical drive protection door is used for protecting the optical drive in the mainframe, and the optical drive protection door drive structure is used for driving the optical drive protection Door to make optical drive protection The door is closed or open. The optical drive protection door driving structure comprises a contact guiding portion respectively connected to the tray and the optical drive protection door, wherein the contact guiding portion is used for conducting the force between the tray and the optical drive protection door when the tray is at When the state is ejected or retracted, the tray acts on the contact push portion, so that the contact push portion drives the support optical drive protection door to open or close.

By the contact guiding portion and the corresponding structural arrangement in the electronic device of the invention, the optical drive protection door is hidden without being turned outward when opened, and the structure is simple and more beautiful.

1‧‧‧Electronic device

10‧‧‧Host

20‧‧‧Tray

30‧‧‧ front panel

101‧‧‧First card hook

102‧‧‧Second card

103‧‧‧Lower door

104‧‧‧Home panel

105‧‧‧First curved piece

106‧‧‧Second curved piece

107‧‧‧Contact guide

108‧‧‧ optical drive protection door

1031, 1041‧‧‧ door fixed end

1032, 1042‧‧‧ door sliding end

1033, 1043‧‧‧ chute

1051, 1061‧‧‧ fixed end of curved piece

1052, 1062‧‧ ‧ sliding end of curved piece

1053, 1063‧‧‧ curved piece support slide

201‧‧‧Tray frame

301‧‧‧ Optical drive tray exit

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic view of the optical drive tray of the electronic device of FIG. 1 when the front panel is not extended.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the tray of FIG. 2 after the tray is omitted.

4 is a schematic view of the optical drive tray of the electronic device of FIG. 1 extending from the front panel.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the tray omitting the tray of Fig. 4.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic diagram of an electronic device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic device 1 includes a host 10 and an optical drive structure (not shown). The optical drive structure is disposed in the host 10 and connected to the host 10. The host 10 includes electronic components and related circuits required for the operation of the electronic device 1 for driving CDs, VCDs, DVDs, and the like. The optical drive structure includes a tray 20, an optical drive tray outlet 301 disposed on the front panel 30, and an optical drive protection door (not shown) and an optical drive protection door drive structure (not shown) for carrying The driven optical disc, since the tray 20 of FIG. 1 protrudes from the main body 10, the optical drive protection door is opened and hidden behind the front panel 30, and the optical drive protection door drive structure is also hidden behind the front panel 30, and thus is not in FIG. The optical drive protection door and the optical drive protection door drive structure are shown. The optical drive protection door is used to protect the optical drive after the optical drive tray exit 301. The tray 20 is triggered by a physical button or a touch of related software on the host The optical drive tray exit 301 can be vertically retracted or ejected relative to the front panel 30 of the main unit 10. During the process of retracting or ejecting the optical disc tray exit 301 of the tray 20, the optical disc drive door is correspondingly closed or opened under the driving of the optical disc drive door driving structure, and is not turned out to the front panel 30 of the main body 10, thereby achieving Invisible effect. In the present embodiment, the electronic device 1 is a computer. In other embodiments, the electronic device 1 can be a device including an optical drive, such as a CD player, a VCD player, a DVD player, and the like.

In the present embodiment, the structure of the tray 20 is bilaterally symmetrical in the direction of the movement of the tray 20, and the structure of the corresponding position on the front panel 30 is also bilaterally symmetrical.

2 and FIG. 3 are schematic diagrams of the optical drive tray 20 of the electronic device 1 when the front panel 30 is not extended, and correspondingly omitted after the tray 20 is omitted. The optical drive protection door drive structure includes a contact guide portion 107 that is in contact with the tray 20 and the optical drive protection door 108, respectively, for conducting force transmission between the tray 20 and the optical drive protection door. When the tray 20 is subjected to the process of triggering the ejection or retraction into the main body 10, the outer frame 201 of the tray 20 acts on the optical drive protection door 108 by the contact derivation portion 107, and the support optical drive protection door 108 is correspondingly opened or closed.

In the present embodiment, the optical drive protection door 108 includes a lower door panel 103 and an upper door panel 104, and the lower door panel 103 and the upper door panel 104 are both triangular. The optical drive protection door driving structure further includes a first hook 101 and a second hook 102 disposed on two sides of the optical drive tray exit 301, and the two hooks 101 and 102 respectively form a track slot (not shown) . The two triangular vertices 1031, 1041 of the lower door panel 103 and the upper door panel 104 are respectively fixed in the track grooves formed by the first hook 101 and the second hook 102, and the lower door panel 103 and the upper door panel 104 and the vertices 1031, 1041 The opposite two triangular bottom sliding ends 1032, 1042 are respectively received in the track grooves of the hook 102 and the hook 101 and are slidable in the track groove. Therefore, the lower door panel 103 can have a fixed end 1031 as a vertex, and the sliding end 1032 rotates in a vertical direction as a rotating end. The upper door panel 104 can have a fixed end 1041 as a vertex and a sliding end 1042 as a rotating end to rotate in a vertical direction.

In an initial state in which the tray 20 is untriggered to eject the front panel 30 of the main body 10, the upper door panel 103 and the lower door panel 104 are tightly closed in the vertical direction to form a rectangular door panel to protect the optical drive protection door 108 located inside the main body 10. Optical drive. In the present embodiment, in order to close the door panels 103, 104 tightly, magnets (not shown) are respectively mounted on the door panels 103, 104 so that the two door panels 103, 104 can be tightly closed without external force. closure. In other embodiments, the shape of the lower door panel 103 and the upper door panel 104 is a fan shape, and the two fan-shaped dots respectively correspond to the fixed ends 1031 and 1041, and the circular arc sides of the two sector shapes respectively correspond to the sliding end 1032. 1042, the lower door panel 103 and the upper door panel 104 are rotatable in the vertical direction with the fixed ends 1031, 1041 as axes, respectively.

In the present embodiment, the contact guide portion 107 includes a first curved piece 105 and a second curved piece 106, and the first curved piece 105 and the second curved piece 106 are respectively disposed at two of the optical drive tray outlets 301. On the side, two ends of one side of the curved piece 105, 106 are respectively provided with fixed ends 1051, 1061 and sliding ends 1052, 1062, and a supporting slide 1053 is disposed between the fixed end 1051 and the sliding end 1052. A supporting slide 1063 is disposed between the fixed end 1061 and the sliding end 1062, and the fixed end 1051 of the first curved piece 105 and the fixed end 1061 of the second curved piece 106 are fixed to the upper door plate 104 and the lower door plate 103, respectively. on.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 together, a schematic diagram of the optical drive tray 20 of the electronic device 1 when the front panel 30 is extended and a schematic view of the tray 20 are omitted. As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, a sliding slot 1033, 1043 is respectively disposed on the lower door panel 103 and the upper door panel 104. The sliding ends 1052 and 1062 of the first curved piece 105 and the second curved piece 106 are respectively respectively. The sliding groove 1033 of the lower door panel 103 and the sliding groove 1043 of the upper door panel 104 are disposed. When the first curved piece 105 and the second curved piece 106 are subjected to the pushing action of the tray 20, the sliding end 1052 of the first curved piece 105 and the sliding end 1062 of the second curved piece 106 may be respectively along The chute 1033 of the lower door panel 103 and the chute 1043 of the upper door panel 104 slide.

When the tray 20 is triggered to prepare to eject the front panel 30, the outer frame 201 of the tray 20 is in two The pushing action of the curved segments 105, 106 is gradually increased, so that the curved piece 105 is rotated at the fixed end 1051 and the sliding end 1052 is rotated along the sliding groove 1033 of the lower door 103. The curved piece 106 rotates along the sliding groove 1043 of the upper door panel 104 with the fixed end 1061 as a vertex and the sliding end 1062 as a rotating end, and at the same time, the supporting sliding bars 1053, 1063 of the curved piece 105, 106 support the upper door plate 104 and The lower door panel 103 is gradually separated by the rotation of the fixed ends 1041, 1031 thereof. When the interval between the two curved sheets 105, 106 reaches the passing width of the tray 20, the opening distance between the upper door panel 104 and the lower door panel 103. When the passing height of the tray 20 is reached, the tray 20 can pass smoothly.

When a part or all of the tray 20 is outside the main body 10, since the passing width of the outer frame 201 of the tray 20 is constant, the magnitude of the resistance of the outer frame 201 of the tray 20 to the two curved sheets 105, 106 is not The support force of the supporting slides 1053, 1063 of the curved sheets 105, 106 received by the two door panels 103, 104 is unchanged, so that the opening distance between the upper door panel 104 and the lower door panel 103 remains unchanged, and the optical drive is changed. The opening state of the protective door 108 is unchanged, and the tray 20 can pass without hindrance.

During the process in which the tray 20 is triggered to retract, from the tray 20 to the main body 10, and the tray 20 is returned to the initial state, the outer frame 201 of the tray 20 pushes the curved sheets 105, 106 on both sides. Slowly decreasing, and with the mutual attraction of the magnets on the upper and lower door panels 104, 103, the curved piece 105 will be slid with the fixed end 1051 as the apex and the sliding end 1052 as the rotating end along the lower door 103. The groove 1033 is rotated to rotate the curved piece 106 with the fixed end 1061 as the apex and the sliding end 1062 as the rotating end along the sliding groove 1043 of the upper door panel 104, and at the same time, the supporting slides 1053 of the curved pieces 105, 106, The support panel 104 and the lower door panel 103 of the 1063 are gradually closed by the rotation of the fixed ends 1041 and 1031 thereof until they are completely closed. Due to the attraction of the magnets on the two door panels 103, 104, the two door panels 103, The 104 can be sucked together without external force to protect the optical drive located behind the protective door 108.

The optical drive protection door 108 and the optical drive protection door driving structure in the optical drive structure of the present invention can protect the optical drive in the electronic device 1, and the optical drive protection door 108 does not need to be turned outward when opening. The structure is simple and more beautiful.

1‧‧‧Electronic device

10‧‧‧Host

20‧‧‧Tray

30‧‧‧ front panel

301‧‧‧ Optical drive tray exit

Claims (7)

An electronic device includes a host and an optical drive structure, the host includes electronic components and circuits required for the operation of the electronic device, and the optical drive structure is disposed in the host for driving the playing optical disc. The optical drive structure includes a tray and a set The optical drive tray exit on the front panel and an optical drive protection door and an optical drive protection door drive structure for carrying the optical disc, the optical drive protection door is used for protecting the optical drive in the main body, and the optical drive protection door drive structure is used for driving the optical drive The protection door is closed or opened, and the optical drive protection door comprises an upper door panel and a lower door panel, which can be tightly closed in a vertical direction; the optical drive protection door driving structure comprises: a contact guiding portion, respectively Connected to the tray and the optical drive protection door, the contact guiding portion is used for conducting the force between the tray and the optical drive protection door. When the tray is in the pop-up or retracted state, the tray acts on the contact guiding portion to make the contact guide The upper door panel and the lower door panel of the partial drive supporting optical drive protection door are relatively opened or closed in the vertical direction. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the upper door panel and the lower door panel have a triangular shape and are closed to form a rectangular door panel. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the upper door panel and the lower door panel have a fan shape. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the optical drive protection door driving structure is provided with a first hook and a second hook on both sides of the tray outlet, and the two hooks respectively form a track a slot, the apex of the upper door panel is fixed in the track slot formed by the second hook, the side opposite to the apex is received in the track slot formed by the first hook; one apex of the lower door plate is fixed on the first hook In the track groove, the side opposite to the apex is received in the track groove formed by the second hook, and the upper panel and the lower door plate are respectively rotatable with the fixed end as an axis in the vertical direction. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the contact guiding portion comprises a first curved piece and a second curved piece, and the two curved pieces are respectively fixed on one side thereof. a supporting slide bar is disposed between the fixed end and the sliding end, and a sliding slot is respectively disposed on the upper door panel and the lower door panel, and the fixed end of the first curved piece is fixed on the upper door panel, The fixed end of the second curved piece is fixed on the lower door panel, and the sliding ends of the first curved piece and the second curved piece are respectively disposed in the sliding grooves of the lower door plate and the upper door plate, and can be along the lower door panel and the upper door panel The chute slides. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein a magnet is disposed on the upper door panel and the lower door panel such that the upper door panel and the lower door panel are tightly closed without an external force. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is one of a computer, a CD player, a VCD player, or a DVD player.