JPH11260459A - Electronics - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To save extra labor of opening and closing a connector cover and to prevent damage to a connector due to forgetting to close the cover. SOLUTION: An opening 3 pierced in a main body housing 1 and provided with a connector therein, and a rotation arranged in the main body 1 and parallel to a longitudinal direction (a vertical direction in the drawing in the drawing) of the opening 3. A shaft, a cover 4 rotatably supported by the rotating shaft and capable of closing the opening, means for urging the cover 4 to a position where the opening 3 is closed, and the opening on the surface of the cover 4 And a slope 11 having one end inclined toward the inside of the main body 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus having an opening provided with an internal connector for attaching and detaching an external connector.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, electronic devices such as personal computers and word processors are provided with connectors for connection to external devices for realizing high functionality.

In this type of device, if the connector is exposed when not connected to an external device, the connector may be damaged by external influences. To prevent this, a cover for covering the connector is provided (see FIG. 1). For example, 4-9
No. 622 (G06F1 / 16).

[0004]

However, such a conventional cover had to be manually opened and closed, and not only the attachment and detachment of the connector when attaching and detaching the connector, but also the extra labor of opening and closing the cover was required. . For this reason, although the cover exists, if the cover is forgotten to be closed, there is a problem that the damage cannot be prevented due to the external influence of the connector.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device which can prevent forgetting to close a cover and can automatically open and close the cover even when an external connector is attached. It is characterized by an opening formed in the main body, a rotating shaft arranged in the main body, parallel to one side of the opening surface of the opening, and a rotatable shaft. A cover that is pivotally supported and can close the opening, and a unit that urges the cover to a position that closes the opening;
Means for converting a force substantially perpendicular to the opening surface of the opening provided from the outside of the main body to the cover into a force for rotating the cover against the urging force of the urging means. That is.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 1 to 3 show a cross section of a main part of an embodiment to which the present invention is applied, FIG.
FIG. 5 shows a partial cross-sectional top view of a main part.

In the apparatus of this embodiment, an opening 3 provided with a connector (not shown) that can be connected to the external connector 2 is formed in a side surface of the main body 1 and an opening surface of the opening 3. Has a connector cover 4 that can be closed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the connector cover 4 is rotatably supported at both ends in the longitudinal direction by side walls 5 and 6 of the main body casing constituting left and right walls of the opening 3, and The rotating shaft is fixed to a pair of rotating shafts 7 and 8 extending in the longitudinal direction of the cover 4 with screws 9 and 9. Therefore, the cover 4 rotates with the rotation of the rotation shafts 7 and 8. Further, the cover 4 is provided with the rotating shaft 8.
And is urged by a coil spring 10 so as to always be located at a position where the opening surface of the opening 3 is closed as shown in FIG.

On the surface of the cover 4, as shown in FIG. 1, in a state where the opening 3 is closed.
A slope 11 is formed which inclines toward the inside of the opening 3 as going upward from substantially the center of the opening surface.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lower end of the slope 11 connects the external connector 2 to the connector (not shown) in the opening 3 so that the external connector 2 is inserted into the opening 3 from the opening surface direction. At the time of insertion, the tip of the guide pin 12 of the external connector 2 extends to a position where the guide pin 12 first comes into contact with the cover 4 (hereinafter referred to as a contact position). Further, the contact position is located slightly below the axis of the rotating shafts 7 and 8.

In this embodiment having such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 1, the external connector 2 is connected to the opening 3 from the opening surface direction.
When the guide pin 12 of the external connector 2 first comes into contact with the contact position of the slope 11 of the connector cover 4, an external force inward of the opening 3 of the external connector 2 is applied by the slope 11. Since a part of the force is resisted by a force opposing the urging force of the coil spring 10, the connector cover 4 starts rotating below the opening 3 as shown in FIG. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2, the lower end A of the main body tip of the external connector 2 comes into contact with the inclined upper surface of the connector cover 4.
Is further rotated toward the bottom of the opening 3 so that the opening surface of the opening 3 is completely released as shown in FIG. 3, and the external connector 2 can be completely inserted into the opening 3.

On the other hand, from the state shown in FIG.
Is removed, the force opposing the urging force of the coil spring 10 does not act, and the connector cover 4 returns to the position where the opening surface of the opening 3 is closed as shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, the connector cover 4 is configured to rotate toward the bottom surface of the opening 4 in conjunction with the mounting of the external connector 2, but is configured to rotate toward the top surface. In this case, the slope may be formed so as to be inclined inward toward the inside of the opening 3 as going downward from substantially the center of the opening surface, and the guide pin 1 of the external connector 2 may be formed.
The contact position of the tip of the second to the slope is set slightly above the axis of the rotating shaft.

[0014]

According to the present invention, the cover of the opening is automatically opened / closed in response to the attachment / detachment of the external connector or the like, so that the extra labor of opening / closing the cover can be omitted and the connector caused by forgetting to close the cover. Damage can be reliably prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a main part for describing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a main part for describing the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of a main part for describing the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a main part front view for explaining the connector cover 4 of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of an upper part of a main part for describing attachment of the connector cover 4 of the present embodiment to the main body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body housing 2 External connector 3 Opening 4 Connector cover 7 Rotating shaft 8 Rotating shaft 10 Coil spring 11 Slope 12 Guide pin

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hidekazu Tatsuo 1538 Karo-cho, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture (72) Inventor Naoki Sugimoto 3-860, Yoshikata Onsen, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture Plaza Mansion 401

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An opening formed in a main body, a rotating shaft disposed in the main body, parallel to one side of an opening surface of the opening, and rotatably supported by the rotating shaft. A cover capable of closing the opening, means for urging the cover to a position for closing the opening, and an opening surface of the opening provided to the cover from the outside of the main body; Means for converting a force to be applied into a force for rotating the cover against the urging force of the urging means. 2. An opening formed in the main body, a rotating shaft arranged in the main body, parallel to one side of an opening surface of the opening, and pivotally supported by the rotating shaft. A cover capable of closing the opening, means for urging the cover to a position for closing the opening, and the opening formed on the cover surface and provided to the cover from outside the main body. An electronic device comprising: means for converting a force substantially orthogonal to the opening surface of the device into a force opposing the urging force of the urging means. 3. An opening formed in the main body and having a connector disposed therein, a rotation axis disposed in the main body and parallel to one side direction of an opening surface of the opening, and A cover rotatably supported and capable of closing the opening, means for urging the cover to a position for closing the opening, and another side direction of the opening surface of the opening on the cover surface And a slope that is formed so as to extend inward and that has one end inclined toward the inside of the main body. 4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the external connector is connected to the opening in order to connect an external connector to a connector disposed in the opening with the cover closing the opening. An electronic device, wherein a guide pin of the external connector can be brought into contact with the slope when inserted from a direction orthogonal to the opening surface. 5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein a position at which the guide pin contacts the slope does not coincide with a position of the opening surface at which a plane passing through the rotation axis is substantially orthogonal. Electronic equipment.