US 12,435,751 B2
Electronic device and hinge mechanism thereof
Chih-Wei Kuo, New Taipei (TW); Yu-Chun Hung, New Taipei (TW); Che-Yen Chou, New Taipei (TW); Chen-Wei Tsai, New Taipei (TW); and Hsiang-Wen Huang, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to WISTRON CORPORATION, New Taipei (TW)
Filed by Wistron Corporation, New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/155,278.
Claims priority of application No. 111139722 (TW), filed on Oct. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0133421 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0229858 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); F16M 11/10 (2006.01); F16M 11/22 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 11/04 (2013.01) [F16M 11/105 (2013.01); F16M 11/22 (2013.01); F16M 2200/022 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a monitor stand;
a hinge mechanism, comprising:
a back plate, fixed to the monitor stand;
a speed reduction assembly, comprising an input plate and a speed reduction member, wherein the speed reduction member is arranged on the input plate; and
a friction assembly, arranged between the back plate and the input plate; and
an operation element, connected to the speed reduction member, wherein a rotation center of the operation element coincides with an axis of the back plate and the speed reduction member are coaxially arranged;
wherein the friction assembly comprises a friction member and a force application member, the friction member has a fixed surface and a friction surface, the force application member is located between the input plate and the friction member, the force application member is a magnet, and the back plate is made of a ferromagnetic material, the friction surface abuts against the back plate.