TWM628957U - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device includes a casing, a positioning bracket, a touch panel and a linkage bar. The casing includes an opening. The positioning bracket is disposed under the casing and coupled to the casing. The touch panel is disposed between the casing and the positioning bracket and includes a touch portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the touch portion. The opening exposes the touch portion and the peripheral portion extended under a lower surface of the casing. The linkage bar includes a main shaft portion and a plurality of bended portions connected to two opposite ends of the main shaft portion. The main shaft portion is extended along a side of the touch panel and the bended portions movably lean between the touch panel and the positioning bracket.

Description

electronic device

The novel creation relates to an electronic device with a touch panel.

Generally speaking, in order to reduce the overall structure space of the touch panel of a portable electronic device (such as a notebook computer, etc.), there have been some in the industry that integrate the push switch directly on the touch circuit board and use the direct pressing down to touch the touch panel. The design of the trigger is carried out in the way of the board, so as to further omit the configuration of the above-mentioned left and right juxtaposed buttons, so as to facilitate the thin design of the touch computer.

However, in the above-mentioned design, when the user presses a position on the touchpad that is far away from the push switch (such as the periphery of the touchpad), the casing of the electronic device is easily deformed due to insufficient structural strength, thereby causing touch The height difference between the two ends of the control panel is easy to occur during assembly, so the overall structure of the touch panel is often deflected and tilted and cannot move left and right at the same time. The balance is poor, so it is difficult for the user to exert force on the push switch and not easily feel the pressure. Whether the switch has been triggered, which leads to problems such as poor user's pressing feeling and the pressing switch of the touch circuit board cannot be accurately triggered.

The novel creation provides an electronic device, which includes a casing, a fixing bracket, a touch panel and a balance link. The housing includes an opening. The fixing bracket is disposed under the casing and coupled to the casing. The touch panel is arranged between the casing and the fixing bracket and includes a touch portion and an edge portion surrounding the touch portion. The opening exposes the touch portion and the edge portion extends to the lower surface of the housing. The balance link includes a main rod portion and a plurality of bent portions connecting opposite ends of the main rod portion, wherein the main rod portion is extended along one side of the touch panel, and the plurality of bent portions are movably abutted against the touch panel between the plate and the fixing bracket.

Based on the above, in the electronic device created in the present invention, the main rod portion of the balance link is extended along one side (cantilever side) of the touch panel, and the bent portion of the balance link is movably abutted against the touch panel and fixed between the brackets. In this configuration, the bent portions abut against the opposite ends of the cantilever side of the touch panel, so that the bent portions with the same height can maintain the same height (movable distance) at the opposite ends of the touch panel on the cantilever side, reducing the The height difference between the opposite ends of the cantilever side of the touchpad. In addition, when the user presses any position of the touchpad, the bent part against the lower surface of the touchpad is pressed and moved (for example, rotated), and moves together with the bent part at the other end through the main rod. (for example, rotation), and then the opposite sides of the touchpad can be driven to perform the same displacement, so as to achieve the effect that the movement strokes of the two sides are substantially the same, so that the user's experience can be improved.

100: Electronics

110: Shell

112: Opening

114: Fixed part

120: Trackpad

122: Touch Department

124: Edge

126: Contacts

130: Fixed bracket

132: Limit groove

134: Make way slot

140: Support frame

142: Trigger bump

144: Snaps

148: Make way for an opening

150: Balance link

152: main rod

154: Bending part

1541: Platform Department

160: Lock firmware

S1: first side

S2: Second side

S3, S4: side

h1: height

FIG. 1 is a partial top view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. View diagram.

FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic diagram of some components of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic partial bottom view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the electronic device of FIG. 1 taken along the line A-A.

Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the electronic device of Fig. 1 taken along the line B-B'.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a partial three-dimensional schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The aforementioned and other technical contents, features and effects of the novel creation will be clearly presented in the following detailed description of each embodiment with reference to the drawings. The directional terms mentioned in the following embodiments, such as "up", "down", "front", "rear", "left", "right", etc., only refer to the directions of the attached drawings. Therefore, the directional terms used are intended to illustrate, rather than limit, the present invention. Also, in the following embodiments, the same or similar elements will be given the same or similar reference numerals.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 at the same time, the electronic device 100 may include a casing 110 and a touch panel module, wherein the casing 110 includes an opening 112, and the touch panel module may be disposed in the opening 112 and may include a touch panel module plate 120, fixing bracket 130 and balance link 150 and other components. As shown in FIG. 1 , in one embodiment, the opening 112 of the casing 110 exposes at least part of the touch panel 120 , so that the user can conveniently touch the touch panel 120 to perform touch operations on the electronic device 100 . And trigger the key function (such as clicking an icon or opening a menu, etc.). In this embodiment, the electronic device 100 is a notebook computer as an example, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 can also be other common electronic devices with touch function. In this embodiment, for the sake of brevity, the electronic device 100 omits the main components (such as a liquid crystal screen, a motherboard, a keyboard, etc.) other than the touch panel module in a general electronic device. Those skilled in the art It should be understood that the electronic device 100 may also include other elements.

FIG. 3 is a schematic partial bottom view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the electronic device of FIG. 1 taken along the line A-A. Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the electronic device of Fig. 1 taken along the line B-B'. FIG. 1 is a partial schematic top view of the electronic device 100 viewed from top to bottom from the direction of the user, and FIG. 3 is a partial schematic bottom view of the electronic device 100 viewed from the opposite direction to FIG. 1 from bottom to top, so as to show the components inside the electronic device structure. 4 and 5 are schematic cross-sectional views along the line A-A and line BB' from the perspective of FIG. 1 (from top to bottom), while FIG. 3 shows the line AA' and line BB' to present the corresponding section position.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 5 first, in this embodiment, the fixing bracket 130 is disposed below the casing 110 and coupled to the casing 110 . Specifically, in one embodiment, the housing 110 may further include a plurality of fixing portions 114 disposed around the opening 112 , wherein the fixing portions 114 may protrude from the lower surface of the housing 110 as shown in FIG. 5 , and The fixing brackets 130 are respectively fixed to the plurality of fixing portions 114 , and can be connected to the plurality of fixing portions 114 through the protruding fixing portions 114 . A distance is maintained between the casings 110 . In one embodiment, the fixing bracket 130 can be respectively locked to the corresponding fixing portion 114 through a plurality of locking members 160 . For example, the locking member 160 may include screws, and the fixing bracket 130 may have a plurality of screw holes corresponding to the fixing portion 114 , so that the locking member 160 may pass through the screw holes on the fixing bracket 130 and be respectively locked to on the corresponding fixing portion 114 . In this embodiment, the fixing bracket 130 may be located on (adjacent to) one side of the touch panel 120 (eg, the first side S1 shown in FIG. 2 ).

In this embodiment, the electronic device 100 may further include a support frame 140 disposed between the touch panel 120 and the fixing bracket 130 . In one embodiment, the support frame 140 is attached to the lower surface of the touch panel 120 to provide structural support to the touch panel 120 . In some embodiments, the touchpad 120 may have a contact 126 , which may be located (adjacent to) the first side S1 of the touchpad 120 , and the support frame 140 may have a trigger bump corresponding to the contact 126 . Therefore, the trigger bump 142 is also located on (adjacent to) the first side S1 of the touchpad 120 . In this embodiment, the trigger bumps 142 are disposed on the lower surface of the support frame 140 away from the touch panel 120 .

In this configuration, when the user touches the touchpad 120 with a finger to drive the touchpad 120 to move down, the contacts 126 of the touchpad 120 contact the trigger bumps 142 of the support frame 140 and drive the trigger bumps 142 It is electrically connected with the switch on the lower touch circuit board to perform touch operation on the electronic device 100 and trigger the button function. Of course, the arrangement positions of the trigger bumps 142 and the corresponding switches in this embodiment may vary with the actual configuration and application of the touch panel 120 .

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 at the same time, in one embodiment, the touch panel 120 is disposed between the housing 110 and the fixing bracket 130 , and includes a touch portion 122 and a surrounding touch panel 120 . the edge portion 124 of the control portion 122 . In one embodiment, the opening 112 exposes the touch portion 122 and the edge portion 124 may extend to the lower surface of the casing 110 as shown in FIG. The lower surfaces of 110 are overlapped, so that the touchpad 120 is movably limited in the opening 112 of the casing 110 . In this embodiment, please refer to FIG. 4 , the second side S2 of the touchpad 120 opposite to the first side S1 can be fixed on the casing 110 by, for example, the locking member 160 , and the first side S1 of the touchpad 120 It can be in a cantilever state, and the edge portion 124 can be disposed at least on the opposite sides S3 and S4 adjacent to the first side S1 of the touchpad 120 , so that when the touchpad 120 moves upward toward the housing 110 , The lower surface of the casing 110 interferes, and the configuration in this way enables the touch panel 120 to move back and forth in the vertical direction to a limited extent.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a partial three-dimensional schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that FIG. 6 is a simplified schematic cross-sectional view of FIG. 5 with some components omitted, so as to more clearly show the relationship between the balance link 150 and other components. In some embodiments, since the structural strength of the casing 110 at the opening 112 is relatively weak, the surrounding area of the opening 112 is easily deformed (eg, collapsed, concave or inclined), thereby causing the relative two sides of the touchpad 120 to be deformed. The downward strokes of the sides (for example, the opposite sides S3 and S4 ) are inconsistent, so the pressing force required by the user is also different, which affects the user's experience. In view of this, please refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 at the same time, the electronic device 100 may include a balance link 150 extending along one side (eg, the first side S1 ) of the touch panel 120 . In the present embodiment, the balance link 150 includes a main rod portion 152 and a plurality of bent portions 154 connecting opposite ends of the main rod portion 152 , wherein the main rod portion 152 moves along the touch One side (eg, the first side S1 ) of the board 120 is extended, and the bent portion 154 is movably abutted between the touch panel 120 and the fixing bracket 130 .

In one embodiment, the bent portions 154 are movably abutted against opposite ends of the first side S1 of the touch panel 120 (corresponding to the opposite sides S3 and S4 ), so that the bent portions 154 with the same height can be used to The heights (movable distances) of the opposite sides S3 and S4 of the touchpad 120 are kept the same. In this embodiment, the main rod portion 152 of the balance link 150 may be disposed on the support frame 140 . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7 , the support frame 140 may include a plurality of latches 144 for latching the main rod portion 152 of the balance link 150 . Correspondingly, as shown in FIG. 2 , the fixing bracket 130 may include a limiting groove 132 for accommodating the main rod portion 152 so as to limit the main rod portion 152 between the support frame 140 and the fixing bracket 130 . In the present embodiment, the fixing bracket 130 may further include an escape slot 134 for accommodating the fastener 144 of the supporting frame 140 . In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7 , the support frame 140 may further include a plurality of openings 148 , which correspond to the bent portions 154 of the balance link 150 respectively, so that the bent portions 154 are located in the openings 148 respectively. The lower surface of the touch panel 120 can be abutted through the opening 148 .

In this embodiment, the balance link 150 may further include a plurality of platform portions 1541 , which are respectively connected to the bending portions 154 . In detail, please refer to FIG. 6 , the main rod portion 152 extends along the upper surface of the fixing bracket 130 and rises up to the predetermined height h1 to the bending portion 154 . Move itinerary. The extending direction of the platform portion 1541 may be substantially parallel to the extending direction of the main rod portion 152 so as to abut against the lower surface of the first side S1 of the touch panel 120 . That is, the two bent portions 154 (together with the platform portion 1541 thereof) can abut against the cantilever side of the touch panel 120 (ie, The opposite ends of the first side S1 ) are used to reduce the height difference between the opposite ends of the cantilever side of the touch panel 120 , so that the movable strokes of the touch panel 120 are substantially the same.

In this configuration, when the touchpad 120 is not subjected to external force, the balance link 150 can maintain the distance ( That is, the height h1) is the same. In addition, when the user presses any position of the touchpad 120, the touchpad 120 and the supporting frame 140 below move down, and at the same time, the bent portion 154 abutting against the lower surface of the touchpad 120 is pressed to Move (for example, rotate), and move (for example, rotate) together with the bending portion 154 at the other end through the main rod portion 152, so that the opposite sides of the touchpad 120 can be driven in the same way under the action of the balance link 150. Displacement to achieve the effect that the movement strokes on both sides are substantially the same.

To sum up, in the electronic device of the present invention, the main rod portion of the balance link extends along one side (cantilever side) of the touch panel, and the bent portion of the balance link movably abuts against the touch panel between the fixed bracket. In this configuration, the bent portions abut against the opposite ends of the cantilever side of the touch panel, so that the bent portions with the same height can maintain the same height (movable distance) at the opposite ends of the touch panel on the cantilever side, reducing the The height difference between the opposite ends of the cantilever side of the touchpad. In addition, when the user presses any position of the touchpad, the bent part against the lower surface of the touchpad is pressed and moved (for example, rotated), and moves together with the bent part at the other end through the main rod. (for example, rotation), and then the opposite sides of the touchpad can be driven to perform the same displacement, so as to achieve the effect that the movement strokes of the two sides are substantially the same, so that the user's experience can be improved.

110: Shell

112: Opening

120: Trackpad

122: Touch Department

124: Edge

130: Fixed bracket

142: Trigger bump

150: Balance link

152: main rod

154: Bending part

1541: Platform Department

160: Lock firmware

h1: height

Claims (10)

An electronic device, comprising: a casing including an opening; a fixing bracket disposed under the casing and coupled to the casing; a touch panel disposed between the casing and the fixing bracket and including a a touch part and an edge part surrounding the touch part, wherein the opening exposes the touch part and the edge part extends to the lower surface of the casing; and a balance link includes a main rod part and is connected to the main part A plurality of bent portions at opposite ends of the rod portion, wherein the main rod portion is extended along one side of the touch panel, and the plurality of bent portions movably abut against the touch panel and the fixed bracket between. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casing further comprises a plurality of fixing portions disposed around the opening, wherein the plurality of fixing portions protrude from the lower surface of the casing, and the fixing brackets are respectively fixed to A distance is maintained between the plurality of fixing portions and the casing. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the fixing bracket is respectively locked to the plurality of fixing portions through a plurality of locking members. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the fixing bracket is located on the side of the touch panel. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a support frame disposed between the touch panel and the fixing bracket, and the main rod portion is disposed on the support frame. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the support frame further comprises a plurality of fasteners for engaging the main rod portion. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the support frame further comprises a plurality of openings, and the bending portions are respectively located in the openings for abutting through the openings. the trackpad. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the fixing bracket further comprises a limiting groove for accommodating the main rod portion. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the support frame further includes a trigger bump located on the side of the touch panel. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of bent portions are movably abutted against opposite ends of the side of the touch panel.

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