US 11,914,270 B2
Electronic apparatus and slide mechanism
Keita Ishikawa, Yokohama (JP); Masato Itoh, Yokohama (JP); Tabito Miyamoto, Yokohama (JP); and Takehito Yamauchi, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed by LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/647,637.
Claims priority of application No. 2021109830 (JP), filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0004068 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G03B 11/04 (2021.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 11/041 (2013.01) [G03B 11/043 (2013.01); G06F 1/1605 (2013.01); G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 1/1686 (2013.01); H04M 1/0264 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a chassis having a display;
an optical device in the chassis and in a facing forward direction;
a slider that is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the chassis;
a shield cover in the slider, the shield cover being configured to cover a front of the optical device when the slider is in the first position and configured to be away from the front of the optical device when the slider is in the second position;
a movable magnet at the slider; and
a fixed magnet at the chassis,
the movable magnet and the fixed magnet face each other so that, when the slider is in the first position and the second position, the movable magnet and the fixed magnet attract each other, and when the slider is located between the first position and the second position, the movable magnet and the fixed magnet repel each other;
a first contact portion configured to contact the slider located at the first position and to restrict a movement of the slider; and
a second contact portion configured to contact the slider located at the second position and to restrict another movement of the slider,
wherein
the movable magnet and the fixed magnet are disposed so that N-poles on one of the magnets and S-poles on the other magnet are displaced in a moving direction of the slider and thereby press the slider in the first position against the first contact portion, and are disposed so that the N-poles on one of the magnets and the S-poles on the other magnet are displaced in the moving direction of the slider and thereby press the slider in the second position against the second contact portion.