US20070227409A1

US20070227409A1 - UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure

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Publication number: US20070227409A1
Application number: US11/391,403
Authority: US
Inventors: Ching-Shan Chu
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-03-29
Filing date: 2006-03-29
Publication date: 2007-10-04

Abstract

A UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure comprises an inner tube pivotally mounted into an outer tube wherein a table panel and a wireless data-receiving monitor are respectively located at the upper section of the inner tube to work with a keyboard and a UPS system, and an ascending/descending device is mounted inside the bottom end of the outer tube and controlled by an ascending/descending button. The ascending/descending device has a transmission motor with a spiral-shaped rod to mesh with a driven gear of a threaded shaft screw-joined to a screw-threaded hole of an operational tube. A base panel attached to the upper end of the operational tube is secured to the inner tube. Therefore, the ascending/descending button is pressed to actuate the ascending/descending device spinning lineally upwards or downwards to adjust the position of the table panel and the monitor, providing more convenient and ergonomic design thereby.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure wherein an ascending/descending device having a transmission motor is utilized to cooperatively work with an IC control panel equipped with a set of ascending and descending buttons; whereby, the ascending or descending button is simply pressed to actuate an operational tube of the ascending/descending device spinning lineally upwards or downwards along a threaded shaft to adjust the position of an inner tube so as to precisely locate a table panel and a monitor at desired positions thereby, providing more convenient and ergonomic design thereby.
Conventional UPS uninterruptible power supply portable computer table is characterized by the use of pneumatic cylinders or elastic cords to control the ascending and descending movement of a monitor and a table panel thereby. In application, pressing force is exerted onto the table panel so as to lower downwards an inner tube. In case of an excessive force applied thereto, the inner tube will descend too fast and fail to locate the table panel and the monitor precisely at desired positions. Thus, the computer table must be readjusted to reach the demanded position, which is quite inconvenient in both application and adjustment.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

It is, therefore, the primary purpose of the present invention to provide a UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure wherein a transmission motor of an ascending/descending device is utilized to cooperatively work with an IC control panel equipped with a set of ascending and descending buttons; whereby, the ascending or descending button is simply pressed to actuate an operational tube spinning lineally upwards or downwards along a threaded shaft to adjust the position of an inner tube and locate a base panel and a monitor at desired positions thereby, permitting accurate adjustment of the computer table without the repeated operation of the pneumatic cylinders or elastic cords of the conventional portable computer table to provide more a convenient and ergonomic design in application and adjustment thereby.
It is, therefore, the second purpose of the present invention to provide a UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure wherein the ascending/descending device is accommodated into an outer tube with an inner tube joined therein and, via rectangular passageways preset at a platform of the ascending/descending device and a base panel, the inner and outer tubes are reciprocally communicated so that wires respectively linked to the transmission motor, the IC control panel, the monitor and storage battery can be guided there-through and concealed at the inner and outer tubes therein, permitting free movement of the computer table without being interfered by the wires thereof as well as allowing a clean and neat appearance thereof.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flat and lateral side view of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of an ascending/descending device with a set of inner and outer tubes of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the ascending/descending device of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an assembled cross sectional view of the ascending/descending device of the present invention in rotating operation thereof.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the ascending/descending device of the present invention in uplifting operation thereof.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a table panel, a monitor and the inner tube of the present invention in uplifting operation thereof.
FIG. 8 is another assembled perspective view of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the assembled positions of an outer tube, the inner tube and a guide sliding unit of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the guide sliding unit of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is another diagram showing the assembled positions of the outer tube, the inner tube, and the guide sliding unit of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a third diagram showing the assembled positions of the outer tube, the inner tube, and the guide sliding unit of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the inner tube of the present invention in uplifting operation thereof.
FIG. 14 is another assembled cross sectional view of the present invention as shown in FIG. 11.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Please refer to FIG. 1 showing an assembled perspective view of the present invention. The present invention relates to a UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer working table structure, comprising a mobile computer table 10 composed of an outer tube 11 and an inner tube 12 pivotally mounted to the interior of the outer tube 11 wherein both outer and inner tubes 11, 12 are identically shaped into an oval and hollow tubular configuration, and a set of conjoining edges 111 are disposed extending vertically at both lateral sides of the outer tube 11 to match to conjoining grooves 121 defining both lateral sides of the inner tube 12 thereon. Support feet 14 with casters 13 attached thereto are provided symmetrically extending at the lower section of the conjoining edges 111 of the outer tube 11 thereon, and a table panel 15 is fixed at the upper section of the inner tube 12 thereon. The bottom side of the table panel 15 can have a drawer chamber 151 (or without the drawer chamber 151 as shown in FIG. 8) attached thereto, and beneath the drawer chamber 151 is set a pullout panel 152 for the location of a keyboard 153 thereon. An extension rack 16 equipped with an angle-adjustable seat 161 as shown in FIG. 2 is provided protruding at the top edge of the inner tube 12 for the mounting of a monitor 162 thereto. The monitor 162 cooperatively works with a UPS uninterruptible power supply system so as to function normally for wireless receiving/inquiring information (e.g. case histories). The table panel 15 has an ascending button 154, a descending button 155, and a power supply signal light 156 disposed at one side thereon that are conductively linked to an IC control panel 157 to control the operation of an ascending/descending device 20 as shown in FIG. 3 thereby. The ascending/descending device 20 is made up of a U-shaped support frame 21 mounted to the internal bottom end of the outer tube 11 and synchronically locked to the support feet 14 for location thereby. A platform 211 similarly shaped like the outer tube 11 is attached to the topside of the support frame 21 wherein an L-shaped support plate 212 and a U-shaped retaining plate 213 are respectively situated at both sides of the platform 211 thereon, and a transmission motor 22 is mounted to the support plate 212 at one side thereof. The other side of the transmission motor 22 is fixed to an outer cover 23 made up of a pair of opposite housings 231 that are correspondingly engaged with each other as shown in FIG. 4, permitting a spiral-threaded rod 221 of the transmission motor 22 to extend precisely through one housing 231 and accommodate at the interior of the outer cover 23 therein. The housings 231 are respectively equipped with a fixing plate 232 extending at the bottom edges thereon to clamp the U-shaped retaining plate 213 there-between and securely locked thereto. Both housings 231 have a restricting cavity 233 disposed at one internal corresponding side thereon respectively, and a threaded shaft 24 equipped with a bearing 241 and a driven gear 242 is mounted into the restricting cavities 233 for location thereby. The driven gear 242 thereof has helical teeth defining the circumferential surface thereon to precisely mesh with the spiral-shaped rod 221 thereby, and the two restricting cavities 233 have a through hole 234 formed at the top surface thereon for the threaded shaft 24 to extend there-through and protrude outside the outer cover 23 thereby. An operational tube 25 with a screw-threaded hole 251 defining the bottom end thereon is provided to screw-join to the threaded shaft 24 thereby wherein the inner diameter of the operational tube 25 is larger than the threaded shaft 24 and the top of the threaded shaft 24 has a stop side 243 larger than the screw-threaded hole 251 thereof. A sleeve cylinder 26 is positioned to abut against the topside of the outer cover 23 so as to sheath and hide the operational tube 25 in the interior thereof. A sealing cap 262 defined by a pivoting hole 261 thereon is attached to the top edge of the sleeve cylinder 26 for the extension of the operational tube 25 there-through. The operational tube 25 also includes a set of assembling holes 252 symmetrically drilled at the opposite side of the upper end thereon. And a base panel 27 with a pivoting tube 271 protruding thereon is securely locked to the bottom edge of the inner tube 12 thereof. The pivoting tube 271 has a set of assembled holes 272 symmetrically cut at both opposite sides thereon to match and secure to the assembling holes 252 thereby when the operational tube 25 is guided to extend through the pivoting tube 271 thereof. In addition, one side of the platform 211 and the center of the base panel 27 are respectively defined by a rectangular passageway 2111, 273 thereon (referring to FIG. 3) so as to communicate the outer tube 11 and the inner tube 12 with each other thereby. Thus, wires A respectively linked to the transmission motor 22, the IC control panel 157, the monitor 162, and storage battery 30 can be guided to extend through the rectangular passageways 2111, 273 and conceal inside the inner and outer tubes 11, 12 thereby.
To adjust the position of the table panel 15 and the monitor 162 in height (referring to FIGS. 5, 6), the transmission motor 22 of the ascending/descending device 20 is utilized to cooperatively work with the IC control panel 157 equipped with the ascending button 154 and the descending button 155 thereof. In operation, the ascending button 154 (or the descending button 155) is pressed downwards, and the spiral-shaped rod 221 of the transmission motor 22 is then conducted to rotate counterclockwise (or clockwise) and synchronically actuate the driven gear 242 and the threaded shaft 24 to spin oppositely in clockwise (or counterclockwise) movement accordingly. Meanwhile, the top edge of the operational tube 25 is securely locked to the pivoting tube 271 of the base panel 27, permitting the screw-threaded hole 251 actuated by the clockwise (or counterclockwise) rotation of the threaded shaft 24 to screw upwards and ascend (or screw downwards and descend) in a lineal movement therewith. Thus, the base panel 27, the inner tube 12, the table panel 15 and the monitor 162 are synchronically actuated therewith to lift upwards (or lower downwards) along the outer tube 11 (as shown in FIG. 7) till reaching a desired position. Then, when the ascending button 154 (or the descending button 155) is stopped from the pressing operation, the transmission motor 22, the threaded shaft 24, and the inner tube 12 will immediately cease the movement so that the monitor 162 and the table panel 15 can be precisely controlled to locate at an adjusted position with an accuracy, omitting the repeated operation of the pneumatic cylinder or elastic cords shown in the conventional portable computer tables. Therefore, the mobile computer table 10 of the present invention offers a more convenient and ergonomic design in application and adjustment thereof.
Furthermore, when the operational tube 25 keeps screwing upwards to reach the top edge of the threaded shaft 24, the operational tube 25 will be hindered by the stop side 243, and the threaded shaft 24 with the transmission motor 22 will be ceased from operation so as to protect the transmission motor 22 avoiding idle spinning thereby. Besides, the operational tube 25 can be prevented from climbing upwards continuously so as to avoid the risk of detaching from the threaded shaft 24 thereof. Otherwise, when the operational tube 25 is screwed to descend downwards till reaching the top surface of the restricting cavities 233 and stopped thereby, the threaded shaft 24 and the transmission motor 22 will immediately cease the operation thereof. Therefore, the operational tube 25 and the inner tube 12 are restricted to ascend or descend between a topmost point and a bottommost point and automatically positioned there-between, achieving the best application state of the present invention.
Please refer to FIG. 9. The conjoining edges 111 and the conjoining grooves 121 thereof can be disposed at the circumferential surface of both lateral sides or four sides (as shown in FIG. 14) of the outer and inner tubes 11, 12 thereon wherein the conjoining grooves 121 thereof can be molded into a dove-tailed groove configuration respectively, and a guide sliding unit 40 is mounted into each conjoining groove 121 thereof. The guide sliding unit 40 (as shown in FIGS. 10, 11) is made up of a fixed element 41, an actuating element 42, and a linking element 43 equipped with a plurality of rolling balls 431 arranged at both lateral sides thereon. The fixed element 41 and the actuating element 42 are formed into U-shaped plates that are correspondingly joined to each other and respectively riveted to the upper section of the conjoining edge 111 of the outer tube 11 and the preset position of the conjoining groove 121 of the inner tube 12 for secure attachment thereto as shown in FIG. 12. The linking element 43 is situated to sandwich between the fixed element 41 and the actuating element 42 thereof, permitting the rolling balls 431 attached at both lateral sides of the linking element 43 to precisely contact and abut against both lateral sidewalls of the fixed element 41 and the actuating element 42 with a lubricating effect formed thereby. A positioning stop portion 421 is bent to extend horizontally at the top edge of the actuating element 42 so as to contact evenly with the topside of the fixed element 41 thereby.
When the ascending/descending device 20 is started to adjust the height of the inner tube 12 as shown in FIG. 13, the actuating element 42 of the guide sliding unit 40 will be synchronically moved therewith. Meanwhile, the conjoining edges 111 and the conjoining grooves 121 of the outer and inner tubes 11, 12 thereof can offer a positioning effect to restrict the fixed element 41 and the actuating element 42 of the guide sliding unit 40 thereby, permitting the actuating element 42 moved by the inner tube 12 thereof to simply climb upwards along the fixed element 41 and the rolling balls 431 of the linking element 43 thereof to achieve the guiding and sliding effect thereby. Therefore, the inner tube 12 is accurately limited by the guide sliding unit 40 to ascend or descend in a stable and smooth manner, efficiently preventing the vibration of the monitor 162 and the table panel 15 in the adjusting operation to achieve the best state of application thereby.

Claims

1. A UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure, comprising a mobile computer table composed of an inner tube pivotally mounted to the interior of an outer tube wherein a table panel and a wireless data receiving monitor are respectively located in place at the upper section of the inner tube to cooperatively work with a keyboard and a UPS uninterruptible power supply system, permitting the monitor to function normally without any interruption and receive data without wires; besides, support feet with casters are symmetrically attached at the lower section of the outer tube, permitting the mobile computer table to freely move around for application; the present invention being characterized by that,

the table panel having an ascending button and a descending button disposed at one side surface thereon to control the operation of an ascending/descending device thereby wherein the ascending/descending device is accommodated and fixed inside the bottom end of the outer tube to cooperatively work with a transmission motor having a spiral-shaped rod attached thereto, and a threaded shaft equipped with a bearing and a driven gear with helical teeth defining the circumferential surface thereon to precisely mesh with the spiral-shaped rod thereby; besides, the spiral-shaped rod, the bearing, and the driven gear are accommodated inside an outer cover with the threaded shaft thereof protruding outwards from the top of the outer cover thereof; an operational tube with a screw-threaded hole defining the bottom end thereon is provided to screw-join to the threaded shaft thereby wherein the inner diameter of the operational tube is larger than the threaded shaft, and the top of the threaded shaft has a stop side larger than the screw-threaded hole thereof; a base panel is attached to the upper end of the operational tube and fixedly locked the bottom edge of the inner tube thereof; therefore, in operation, the ascending button or the descending button is simply pressed downwards, and the spiral-shaped rod of the transmission motor is then conducted to revolve and synchronically actuate the driven gear and the threaded shaft to spin in the opposite direction, permitting the screw-threaded hole actuated by the rotation of the threaded shaft to screw upwards or downwards in a lineal ascending or descending movement therewith; meanwhile, the base panel, the inner tube, the table panel and the monitor are synchronically actuated therewith to lift upwards or lower downwards along the outer tube till reaching a desired position; then, when the ascending button or the descending button is stopped from the pressing operation, the transmission motor, the threaded shaft, and the inner tube will immediately cease the movement so that the monitor and the table panel can be precisely controlled to locate at an adjusted position with an accuracy, providing a more convenient and ergonomic design of the mobile computer table in application and adjustment thereof.

2. The UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein the operational tube also includes a set of assembling holes symmetrically drilled at the opposite positions of the upper end thereon.

3. The UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein the base panel thereof is equipped with a pivoting tube to which the operational tube is guided for extension and secure locking therewith.

4. The UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure as claimed in claim 3 wherein the pivoting tube has a set of assembled holes symmetrically cut at both opposite positions of the top edge thereon.

5. The UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein the ascending/descending device is equipped with a support frame locked to the outer tube thereby, and a platform disposed at the topside of the support frame; the platform has a support plate and a retaining plate situated at both sides thereon for the location of the transmission motor and the outer cover thereby respectively; besides, the platform is identically shaped like the outer tube, and a rectangular passageway is set at one side of the platform thereon.

6. The UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein the base panel has a rectangular passageway disposed at the center thereon.

7. The UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein the outer cover is secured at one side of the transmission motor and is made up of two corresponding housings each having a fixing plate extending at the bottom edge thereon and a restricting cavity disposed at the inner side thereon for the accommodation of the bearing and the driven gear of the threaded shaft therein; besides, a through hole is formed at the top surface of the two restricting cavities thereon so that the threaded shaft can extend there-through to protrude outside the outer cover thereby.

8. The UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein a sleeve cylinder is secured to the topside of the outer cover so as to sheath and hide the operational tube in the interior thereof, and a sealing cap defined by a pivoting hole thereon is disposed at the ton edge of the sleeve cylinder for the extension of the operational tube there-through.

9. The UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein an extension rack equipped with an angle-adjustable seat is provided protruding at the top edge of the inner tube for the mounting of the monitor thereto.

10. The UPS uninterruptible power supply mobile computer table structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein the circumferential surface of both lateral sides or four sides of the outer tube and the inner tube can have vertically-extending conjoining edges and conjoining grooves symmetrically disposed thereon respectively; each set of the conjoining edge and the conjoining groove cooperatively works with a guide sliding unit made up of a fixed element, an actuating element, and a linking element with a plurality of rolling balls attached at both lateral sides thereon wherein the fixed element and the actuating element are formed into U-shaped plates that are correspondingly joined to each other and respectively riveted to the upper section of the conjoining edge of the outer tube and the preset position of the conjoining groove of the inner tube; besides, the linking element is situated to sandwich between the fixed element and the actuating element, permitting the rolling balls attached at both lateral sides of the linking element to precisely contact and abut against both lateral sidewalls of the fixed element and the actuating element with a lubricating effect formed thereby; a positioning stop portion is bent to extend horizontally at the top edge of the actuating element so as to contact evenly with the topside of the fixed element thereby.