Patent ID: 8141206
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: E05D,E05Y,G06F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A two-stage torsion pivot hinge mounted on a set of foldable electronic equipment including a screen and a main body of a keyboard, and comprising: a base which is fixed in said main body of said keyboard; an axle which has a connecting section in connecting with said base, and has a shaft; a spring tube having a bush tightly slipping over said shaft and having an extension plane plate; said bush forms an axial cut at a connecting area with said extension plane plate; and said bush forms a first protrusion element and a second protrusion element respectively extending out of its two ends; said first and said second protrusion elements respectively have a first and a second end face; a supporting member which is fixedly connected in said screen and is connected with said extension plane plate of said spring tube; and two torsion sleeves tightly slipping over said shaft, being respectively provided adjacent to said two ends of said bush, and each of said torsion sleeves has an axial cut and has two contact elements extending respectively toward said two ends of said bush; said contact elements respectively interfere with said first and said second protrusion elements and also both have a first and a second end face; wherein: before said foldable screen of said electric equipment is rotated from its closed position to a vertical angular position relative to said main body of said keyboard, only said bush is rotated relative to said shaft, so that torsion force for said pivot hinge is smaller; after that, said first end faces of both said first and said second protrusion elements of said bush contact said first end faces of both said contact elements of said two torsion sleeves respectively, in order that said bush and said two torsion sleeves rotate relative to said shaft simultaneously, so that torsion force for said pivot hinge is increased, thus said screen and said main body of said keyboard are rotated to a maximum opening angular position; before said screen is rotated from said maximum opening angular position to said vertical angular position relative to said main body of said keyboard, said first end faces of both said first and said second protrusion elements of said bush are separated from said first end faces of both said contact elements of said two torsion sleeves respectively, only said bush is rotated relative to said shaft, so that torsion force for said pivot hinge is smaller; after that, said second end faces of both said first and the second protrusion elements of said bush contact said second end faces of both said contact elements of said two torsion sleeves respectively, in order that said bush and said two torsion sleeves rotate relative to said shaft simultaneously, so that torsion force for said pivot hinge is increased, thus said screen and said main body of said keyboard are rotated to a closed position.