Patent ID: 7412752

Claim:
A positioning structure for a pivotal shaft comprising: a positioning device for use in the pivotal shaft, the positioning structure for the pivotal shaft being located between a base and a lid of an electronic product, the lid comprising: an upper cover; a lower cover; a push-button switch mounted on the top edge of the lid; a shaft hole on each of two opposite ends, a gap on a bottom center of the lower cover; and two positioning pillars respectively on one side of the lower cover and the base in a proper spacing; the base comprising: a buttonhole corresponding to the push-button switch; a pair of reception trenches in positions corresponding to the center of the lid; a vertical rod on each side of the reception trench; a compression spring inserted by each vertical rod; and a locking hole located above the vertical rod; the pivotal shaft comprising: an outer sleeve; an inner sleeve; a fixing rod on a respective end of the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve; a through hole and a notch on each fixing rod; an elastic device locked to the notches on the fixing rods in opposite ends; and an axial rod on an axial of the outer sleeve for being inserted into the elastic device, the inner sleeve being pivotally connected to the inside of the outer sleeve, the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve being pre-rotated corresponding to one another, the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve being fixed on the positioning pillars through the through holes; and the positioning device comprising: a rotation ring and a ring cover, the rotation ring comprising: a limit block on an edge of the rotation ring; a toothed ring on each side; an axial shaft extended out of both ends of the rotation ring; an arc-shaped flange on each side of the ring cover for being coupled to an arc-shaped flange of the base to form a protrudent rod; a locking trench defined by two protrudent parts on the inside of the ring cover; and a protrudent pillar on the inside of the ring cover corresponding to the locking hole of the base, the axial shaft being pivotally mounted in the reception trenches of the base to lean on the compression springs, the ring cover being locked on the toothed rings, and the toothed rings being inserted into the locking trench, wherein an anti-twist force is accumulated between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve by pre-rotation of the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve, the lid is lifted up by the anti-twist force to generate an automatic, pivotal rotation when the push-button switch is separated from the buttonhole, the rotation ring is rotatable and adjustable when the rotation ring is separated from the locking trench of the ring cover by pressing, the rotation ring is pushed upward by the compression springs to lock the toothed rings in the locking trench again after the rotation ring is released, and the lower edge of the lid is exactly stopped by the limit block protrudent from the rotation ring for positioning the lid to a predetermined angle automatically when the lid is lifted up by rotation.