Hinge mechanism with locking function and electronic device

Abstract

The present invention is a hinge structure with locking function, which includes: a first component with a fixed piece and a tube shaft with an outer latch hole. A second component has a fixed piece and a tube shaft. The tube shaft is more protruding in the radial direction, and a hollow pivot joint is provided to penetrate into the tube shaft of the first component. The pivot joint has an inner latch hole; a locking component, Penetrating and fixed in the tube shaft of the second component, the lock assembly has a lock core that can form a locked state and an unlocked state, and when the lock core is in an unlocked state, the lock core protrudes through the inner latch hole and the outer latch hole, and when the lock core forms an unlocked state, the lock core retracts to release the lock. With this component, the first component fixing piece and the second component fixing piece are respectively fixed on the cover and the main body of the foldable electronic device, and the folding electronic device can be locked by the locking component.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a hinge structure suitable for a foldable electronic device, in particular to a hinge structure and an electronic device with a locking function that can lock or unlock the casing of the foldable electronic device. Background technique [0002] Known portable electronic devices such as notebook computers (Notebook), foldable personal digital assistants (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA) or foldable mobile phones, etc., take a pen computer as an example, see Figure 1A The illustrated combined perspective view of the hinge structure of the prior art applied to a notebook computer, and Figure 1B draw Figure 1A Schematic diagram of the application to a notebook computer. The known hinge structure 10 is formed by pivoting a movable end 11 and a fixed end 12. When it is applied to the notebook computer 13, the movable end 11 is fixed on the cover shell 14 thereof, and the fixed end 11 is fixed. The end 12 is fixed on the h...

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In addition, in order to protect personal privacy or confidential information, the general method used is to use a software lock and cover the outer cover housing 14 to prevent others from operating foldable electronic devices such as notebook computers 13, but this method can temporarily prevent The peeping of those who are interested, but still can rotate the known hinge mechanism 10 as mentioned above to lift the cover casing 14 of the notebook computer 13 and access the operation panel, so that other people have the opportunity to use it

[0003] On the other hand, when using a software lock to prevent others from entering the data, most of them use the method of asking for a password. This method of using software sometimes has problems with software or electronic failures. If you set a password with too many numbers, it is easy to forget

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