CN110353370B

CN110353370B - Chain assembly and wearable equipment

Info

Publication number: CN110353370B
Application number: CN201910580645.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 里强; 王德全
Original assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-06-28
Filing date: 2019-06-28
Publication date: 2021-05-18
Anticipated expiration: 2039-06-28
Also published as: CN110353370A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a chain assembly and wearable equipment, wherein the chain assembly comprises: the clamping piece is used for connecting the front chain link and the rear chain link; the left end part and the right end part of each chain link extend upwards to form a first clamping part and a second clamping part, and the top ends of the first clamping part and the second clamping part are sunken downwards to form a first groove and a second groove; the clamping piece comprises a supporting piece, a first clamping piece and a second clamping piece, wherein the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are arranged on the left end face and the right end face of the supporting piece and extend downwards; the first clamping part and the second clamping part, and the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are provided with connecting through holes close to the positions corresponding to the front end and the rear end for rotatably connecting the chain links and the clamping piece. Two front and back chain links are connected through the clamping piece, and the clamping piece slides between the two front and back chain links simultaneously, has solved the chain subassembly and has been stretched and compressed problem in the process of buckling, and the clamping piece realizes hovering through the elasticity degree of adjustment centre gripping.

Description

Chain assembly and wearable equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of wearable equipment, in particular to a chain assembly and the wearable equipment.

Background

The smart watch is a wearable computer, and can keep uninterrupted communication under the condition that the device with larger size is inconvenient to use after being connected with other host devices such as a smart phone and a tablet personal computer. The watchband of common intelligent wrist-watch on the existing market adopts two side watchbands more, and this kind of watchband is when wearing, because the watchband of both sides is all unfixed, and the watchband all is flexible usually, and the watchband of controlling both sides simultaneously is difficult to, leads to inconvenient wearing, and the user may choose to grip the use under some circumstances simultaneously, and the watchband can't keep specific angle and gesture under this kind of circumstances, leads to using inconveniently.

Meanwhile, with the development of the flexible screen, the application of the flexible screen on the wearable device has become a hot topic, and the flexible screen material has a characteristic of being bendable, but the flexible screen is required to be not excessively stretched and extruded in the bending process when being applied, otherwise the flexible screen is easily damaged, so that when the flexible screen is applied to the wearable device, a watch bracelet is required to have a certain activity in the bending and stretching processes, the screen is prevented from being extruded and stretched, and the watch bracelet is required to have the functions of stretching and limiting in the rotating process.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a chain component and wearable equipment, and aims to solve the problems that when the existing chain component is applied to intelligent wearable equipment, the flexible screen can be stretched and compressed due to bending and straightening of the chain component, and the flexible screen cannot be limited and suspended.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a chain assembly for wearable device, including: the clamping piece is used for connecting the front chain link and the rear chain link;

the left end part and the right end part of the chain link respectively vertically extend upwards to form a first clamping part and a second clamping part, the top ends of the first clamping part and the second clamping part are downwards sunken to form a first groove and a second groove, and the vertical direction is the direction towards the outside when the chain is bent;

the clamping piece comprises a supporting piece, and a first clamping piece and a second clamping piece which are arranged on the left end surface and the right end surface of the supporting piece and extend downwards, and the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are inserted into the corresponding first groove and the second groove when the chain is assembled and slide in the first groove and the second groove in the process of bending the chain;

the first clamping part, the second clamping part, the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are provided with connecting through holes at positions corresponding to the positions close to the front end and the rear end, and the connecting through holes are used for rotatably connecting the chain links and the clamping pieces.

Optionally, the chain link further comprises: the first extension piece and the second extension piece that bilateral symmetry set up, first extension piece with the second extend the piece set up with first clamping part with between the second clamping part, and with correspond first clamping part with the second clamping part is connected perpendicularly.

Optionally, the connecting piece fixedly connected with the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion at the bottom of the chain link is an arc-shaped connecting piece, the left side and the right side of the connecting piece are arc surfaces, and the front side and the rear side of the connecting piece are end surfaces.

Optionally, the side walls of the first groove and the second groove are provided with a strip-shaped anti-slip groove, and the anti-slip groove is used for increasing the friction coefficients of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion and the corresponding first clamping piece and the second clamping piece.

Optionally, the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece further include: an anti-slip structure;

the anti-slip structure is arranged on the side walls of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece, and the structure of the method is a strip-shaped anti-slip strip protruding out of the surface slightly.

Optionally, the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece further include: a limiting structure;

the limiting structure is arranged on the bottom end faces of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece and is gradually sunken towards the middle from the front end and the rear end of the bottom end face.

Optionally, the arc-shaped connecting piece, the first extending piece, the second extending piece, the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion of the chain link are integrally formed and formed by bending and pressing a steel sheet;

the support sheet of the clamping piece, the first clamping sheet and the second clamping sheet are integrally formed and are formed by bending and pressing a steel sheet.

Optionally, a connecting plate is further arranged on the supporting sheet of the clamping piece, and the connecting plate isolates the chain link at the lower end of the chain assembly from the wearable device at the upper end.

Optionally, the front and rear pieces of chain links are connected by the clamping piece; the clamping piece is characterized in that a first clamping piece and a second clamping piece of the clamping piece are inserted into a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion of a front-end chain link and are simultaneously inserted into a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion of a rear-end chain link, a connecting through hole in the front end of the first clamping piece and a connecting through hole in the rear end of the second clamping portion are rotatably connected with a connecting through hole in the front end of the first clamping piece and a connecting through hole in the rear end of the second clamping piece, and the connecting through hole in the rear end of the first clamping piece and the connecting through hole in the front end of the second clamping portion are rotatably connected with the connecting through hole in the rear end of the first clamping.

Furthermore, the invention also provides wearable equipment, which comprises an equipment body and the chain assembly, wherein the equipment body is fixedly connected with the chain assembly.

Advantageous effects

The invention provides a chain assembly and wearable equipment, and aims to solve the problems that a flexible display screen can be compressed and stretched and cannot be suspended in the folding process of the conventional chain assembly, the chain assembly comprises: the clamping piece is used for connecting the front chain link and the rear chain link; the left end part and the right end part of each chain link respectively vertically extend upwards to form a first clamping part and a second clamping part, the top ends of the first clamping part and the second clamping part are downwards sunken to form a first groove and a second groove, and the vertical direction is the direction towards the outside when the chain is bent; the clamping piece comprises a supporting piece, and a first clamping piece and a second clamping piece which are arranged on the left end surface and the right end surface of the supporting piece and extend downwards, and the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are inserted into the corresponding first groove and the second groove when the chain is assembled and slide in the first groove and the second groove in the process of bending the chain; the first clamping part and the second clamping part, and the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are provided with connecting through holes close to the corresponding positions of the front end and the rear end for rotatably connecting the chain links and the clamping piece. Two front and back chain links are connected through the clamping piece, and the clamping piece can also slide between two front and back chain links simultaneously, has solved the chain subassembly and has been stretched and compressed problem in the process of buckling, and the clamping piece can also realize hovering through the elasticity degree of adjustment centre gripping.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of an implementation manner of a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a hardware schematic diagram of an implementation of a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a chain assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a chain assembly at a connecting through hole according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a clamping member according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a partial schematic view of a chain after assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural component diagram of a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

In the following description, suffixes such as "module", "component", or "unit" used to denote elements are used only for facilitating the explanation of the present invention, and have no specific meaning in itself. Thus, "module", "component" or "unit" may be used mixedly.

The wearable device provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises mobile wearable devices such as a smart band, a smart watch and a smart phone. With the continuous development of screen technologies, screen forms such as flexible screens and folding screens appear, and mobile wearable devices such as smart phones can also be used as wearable devices. The wearable device provided in the embodiment of the present invention may include: a Radio Frequency (RF) unit, a WiFi module, an audio output unit, an a/V (audio/video) input unit, a sensor, a display unit, a user input unit, an interface unit, a memory, a processor, and a power supply.

In the following description, a wearable device will be taken as an example, please refer to fig. 1, which is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a wearable device for implementing various embodiments of the present invention, where the wearable device 100 may include: RF (Radio Frequency) unit 101, WiFi module 102, audio output unit 103, a/V (audio/video) input unit 104, sensor 105, display unit 106, user input unit 107, interface unit 108, memory 109, processor 110, and power supply 111. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the wearable device structure shown in fig. 1 does not constitute a limitation of the wearable device, and that the wearable device may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or a different arrangement of components.

The following describes the various components of the wearable device in detail with reference to fig. 1:

the rf unit 101 may be configured to receive and transmit signals during information transmission and reception or during a call, and specifically, the rf unit 101 may transmit uplink information to a base station, in addition, the downlink information sent by the base station may be received and then sent to the processor 110 of the wearable device for processing, the downlink information sent by the base station to the radio frequency unit 101 may be generated according to the uplink information sent by the radio frequency unit 101, or may be actively pushed to the radio frequency unit 101 after detecting that the information of the wearable device is updated, for example, after detecting that the geographic location where the wearable device is located changes, the base station may send a message notification of the change in the geographic location to the radio frequency unit 101 of the wearable device, and after receiving the message notification, the message notification may be sent to the processor 110 of the wearable device for processing, and the processor 110 of the wearable device may control the message notification to be displayed on the display panel 1061 of the wearable device; typically, radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 101 may also communicate with a network and other devices through wireless communication, which may specifically include: the server may push a message notification of resource update to the wearable device through wireless communication to remind a user of updating the application program if the file resource corresponding to the application program in the server is updated after the wearable device finishes downloading the application program. The wireless communication may use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), CDMA2000 (Code Division Multiple Access 2000), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access), FDD-LTE (Frequency Division duplex Long Term Evolution), and TDD-LTE (Time Division duplex Long Term Evolution).

In one embodiment, the wearable device 100 may access an existing communication network by inserting a SIM card.

In another embodiment, the wearable device 100 may be configured with an esim card (Embedded-SIM) to access an existing communication network, and by using the esim card, the internal space of the wearable device may be saved, and the thickness may be reduced.

It is understood that although fig. 1 shows the radio frequency unit 101, it is understood that the radio frequency unit 101 does not belong to the essential constituents of the wearable device, and can be omitted entirely as required within the scope not changing the essence of the invention. The wearable device 100 can implement communication connection with other devices or a communication network through the wifi module 102 alone, which is not limited by the embodiments of the present invention.

WiFi belongs to short-distance wireless transmission technology, and the wearable device can help a user to send and receive e-mails, browse webpages, access streaming media and the like through the WiFi module 102, and provides wireless broadband Internet access for the user. Although fig. 1 shows the WiFi module 102, it is understood that it does not belong to the essential constitution of the wearable device, and may be omitted entirely as needed within the scope not changing the essence of the invention.

The audio output unit 103 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 101 or the WiFi module 102 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output as sound when the wearable device 100 is in a call signal reception mode, a talk mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, or the like. Also, the audio output unit 103 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the wearable device 100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 103 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The a/V input unit 104 is used to receive audio or video signals. The a/V input Unit 104 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, the Graphics processor 1041 Processing image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 106. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 1041 may be stored in the memory 109 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 101 or the WiFi module 102. The microphone 1042 may receive sounds (audio data) via the microphone 1042 in a phone call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and may be capable of processing such sounds into audio data. The processed audio (voice) data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 101 in case of a phone call mode. The microphone 1042 may implement various types of noise cancellation (or suppression) algorithms to cancel (or suppress) noise or interference generated in the course of receiving and transmitting audio signals.

In one embodiment, the wearable device 100 includes one or more cameras, and by turning on the cameras, capturing of images can be realized, functions such as photographing and recording can be realized, and the positions of the cameras can be set as required.

The wearable device 100 also includes at least one sensor 105, such as light sensors, motion sensors, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 1061 and/or the backlight when the wearable device 100 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used for applications of recognizing the posture of the mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like.

In one embodiment, the wearable device 100 further comprises a proximity sensor, and the wearable device can realize non-contact operation by adopting the proximity sensor, so that more operation modes are provided.

In one embodiment, the wearable device 100 further comprises a heart rate sensor, which, when worn, enables detection of heart rate by proximity to the user.

In one embodiment, the wearable device 100 may further include a fingerprint sensor, and by reading the fingerprint, functions such as security verification can be implemented.

The display unit 106 is used to display information input by a user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 106 may include a Display panel 1061, and the Display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

In one embodiment, the display panel 1061 is a flexible display screen, and when the wearable device using the flexible display screen is worn, the screen can be bent, so that the wearable device is more conformable. Optionally, the flexible display screen may adopt an OLED screen body and a graphene screen body, in other embodiments, the flexible display screen may also be made of other display materials, and this embodiment is not limited thereto.

In one embodiment, the display panel 1061 of the wearable device may take a rectangular shape to wrap around when worn. In other embodiments, other approaches may be taken.

The user input unit 107 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the wearable device. Specifically, the user input unit 107 may include a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect a touch operation performed by a user on or near the touch panel 1071 (e.g., an operation performed by the user on or near the touch panel 1071 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or accessory), and drive a corresponding connection device according to a predetermined program. The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 110, and can receive and execute commands sent by the processor 110. In addition, the touch panel 1071 may be implemented in various types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 1071, the user input unit 107 may include other input devices 1072. In particular, other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like, and are not limited to these specific examples.

In one embodiment, the side of the wearable device 100 may be provided with one or more buttons. The button can realize various modes such as short-time pressing, long-time pressing, rotation and the like, thereby realizing various operation effects. The number of the buttons can be multiple, and different buttons can be combined for use to realize multiple operation functions.

Further, the touch panel 1071 may cover the display panel 1061, and when the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel 1071 transmits the touch operation to the processor 110 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 110 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 1, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the wearable device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the wearable device, and is not limited herein. For example, when receiving a message notification of an application program through the rf unit 101, the processor 110 may control the message notification to be displayed in a predetermined area of the display panel 1061, where the predetermined area corresponds to a certain area of the touch panel 1071, and perform a touch operation on the certain area of the touch panel 1071 to control the message notification displayed in the corresponding area on the display panel 1061.

The interface unit 108 serves as an interface through which at least one external device is connected to the wearable apparatus 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 108 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the wearable apparatus 100 or may be used to transmit data between the wearable apparatus 100 and the external device.

In one embodiment, the interface unit 108 of the wearable device 100 is configured as a contact, and is connected to another corresponding device through the contact to implement functions such as charging and connection. The contact can also be waterproof.

The memory 109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 109 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 110 is a control center of the wearable device, connects various parts of the entire wearable device by various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the wearable device and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 109 and calling up data stored in the memory 109, thereby performing overall monitoring of the wearable device. Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The wearable device 100 may further include a power source 111 (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components, and preferably, the power source 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system.

Although not shown in fig. 1, the wearable device 100 may further include a bluetooth module or the like, which is not described herein. The wearable device 100 can be connected with other wearable devices through bluetooth, so that communication and information interaction are realized.

The wearable device in the embodiment of the invention comprises a flexible screen. When the wearable device is unfolded, the flexible screen is in a strip shape; when the wearable device is in a wearing state, the flexible screen is bent to be annular.

Based on the above embodiments, it can be seen that, if the device is a watch, a bracelet, or a wearable device, the screen of the device may not cover the watchband region of the device, and may also cover the watchband region of the device. Here, the present invention provides an optional embodiment, in which the device may be a watch, a bracelet, or a wearable device, and the device includes a screen and a connection portion. The screen can be a flexible screen, and the connecting part can be a watchband. Optionally, the screen of the device or the display area of the screen may partially or completely cover the wristband of the device. As shown in fig. 2, fig. 2 is a hardware schematic diagram of an implementation of a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where a screen of the wearable device extends to two sides, and a part of the screen is covered on a watchband of the wearable device. In other embodiments, the screen of the device may also be completely covered on the watchband of the device, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.

First embodiment

This embodiment provides a chain component, and this chain component mainly is applied to wearing of wearable equipment that can go out wearing equipment and connects, and the chain component includes: the clamping piece is used for connecting the front chain link and the rear chain link; the left end part and the right end part of each chain link respectively vertically extend upwards to form a first clamping part and a second clamping part, the top ends of the first clamping part and the second clamping part are downwards sunken to form a first groove and a second groove, and the vertical direction is the direction towards the outside when the chain is bent; the clamping piece comprises a supporting piece, and a first clamping piece and a second clamping piece which are arranged on the left end surface and the right end surface of the supporting piece and extend downwards, and the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are inserted into the corresponding first groove and the second groove when the chain is assembled and slide in the first groove and the second groove in the process of bending the chain; the first clamping part and the second clamping part, and the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are provided with connecting through holes close to the corresponding positions of the front end and the rear end for rotatably connecting the chain links and the clamping piece.

Specific structure can be seen in fig. 3 and 4, fig. 3 is an exploded schematic view of a chain assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a chain assembly at a connecting through hole according to the present embodiment. The chain assembly includes: at least two pieces of chain links 200 and a clamping piece 300 connecting the front and rear pieces of chain links; the left end and the right end of the chain link 200 respectively vertically extend upwards to form a first clamping part 201 and a second clamping part 202, the top ends of the first clamping part 201 and the second clamping part 202 are recessed downwards to form a first groove 203 and a second groove 204, the vertical direction is the direction towards the outside when the chain is bent, and the direction of an arrow A in the figures 3 and 4 is the inner side of the chain bending; the clamping piece 200 comprises a supporting piece 303 and a first clamping piece 301 and a second clamping piece 302 which are arranged at the left end surface and the right end surface of the supporting piece 303 and extend downwards, when the chain is assembled, the first clamping piece 301 and the second clamping piece 302 are inserted into the corresponding first groove 201 and second groove 202 and slide in the first groove 203 and second groove 204 in the chain bending process; the first and second clamping portions 201 and 202, and the first and second clamping pieces 301 and 302 are provided with connecting through holes near the corresponding positions of the front and rear ends, as can be seen from fig. 3, in fig. 3, connecting through holes are provided at both the front and rear ends of the chain link and the connecting piece, and pins need to be inserted into the connecting through holes when the chain is assembled to realize the rotational connection and fixation of the chain link and the clamping piece.

In this embodiment, the link further comprises: the first extension piece and the second extension piece that bilateral symmetry set up, first extension piece and second extend the piece setting and first clamping part and second clamping part between, and with the first clamping part and the perpendicular connection of second clamping part that correspond.

Specifically, referring to fig. 4, in fig. 4, a first extending piece 205 and a second extending piece 206 are further disposed between the first clamping portion 201 and the second clamping portion 202, the first extending piece 205 and the second extending piece 206 are used for increasing structural strength of the chain link, and avoiding the problem that the chain link is deformed in the bending process, so that the chain link is jammed in rotation and unsmooth in rotation, and meanwhile, the first extending piece 205 and the second extending piece 206 can also function as supporting pieces, a part of a circuit or a battery of the wearable device can be disposed on the platforms of the first extending piece 205 and the second extending piece 206, so that space utilization rate of the chain is increased, and the size of the wearable device disposed on the chain can be effectively reduced.

In this embodiment, the connecting sheet of the bottom of the chain link, which is fixedly connected with the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion, is an arc-shaped connecting sheet, the left side and the right side of the connecting sheet are arc surfaces, and the front side and the rear side of the connecting sheet are end surfaces.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3 and 4, the direction of arrow a in fig. 3 and 4 is the inside of the chain bend, so the direction of arrow a is the bottom of the chain link, the bottom of the chain link is a connecting piece 207 in the shape of an arc, the arcs of the left and right ends of the connecting piece 207 are fixedly connected with the first clamping portion 201 and the second clamping portion 202, and the front end and the rear end of the connecting piece 207 are the end faces of the cylindrical surface of the arc. It should be noted that, since the chain link is formed by bending and pressing a piece of steel sheet in the schematic view shown in fig. 4, the circular arc connecting piece 207 in fig. 4 is not directly connected to the left and right first clamping portions 201 and the second clamping portions 202, but it is understood that in some chain links manufactured by a cutting process or a casting process, the circular arc connecting piece 207 may be directly connected and fixed to the left and right first clamping portions 201 and the second clamping portions 202.

In this embodiment, be provided with bar antiskid ribbed tile on the lateral wall of first recess and second recess, antiskid ribbed tile is used for increasing the coefficient of friction of first clamping part and second clamping part and the first centre gripping piece and the second centre gripping piece that corresponds.

Because the chain assembly provided by the embodiment needs to realize the hovering function in the bending process, in order to realize the hovering function, increasing the fastening degrees of the first clamping part, the second clamping part and the corresponding first clamping piece and the second clamping piece during clamping is very important for realizing the hovering function; meanwhile, the chain link and the clamping piece can relatively slide in the bending process, so that in order to increase the sliding friction coefficient and avoid excessive abrasion of the clamping piece, the anti-skid area is arranged into a strip shape, the area of the sliding friction can be reduced, the abrasion can be reduced, meanwhile, other substances and materials can be filled in the anti-skid groove to achieve the purposes of increasing the friction and reducing the friction loss, for example, the anti-skid groove can be filled with materials with hardness smaller than that of the chain link and the clamping part but larger roughness, so that the purposes of increasing the friction coefficient and reducing the friction loss are achieved.

In this embodiment, the first and second clamping pieces further include: an anti-slip structure; the anti-slip structure is arranged on the side walls of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece, and the method structure is a strip-shaped anti-slip strip protruding out of the surface slightly.

Similarly, in order to increase the sliding friction coefficient of the first clamping portion, the second clamping portion, the corresponding first clamping piece and the second clamping piece during clamping, the anti-slip region can be further disposed on the side walls of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece of the clamping portion, specifically, see fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the clamping piece provided by this embodiment, in fig. 5, the anti-slip structure 304 is an anti-slip strip disposed on the side walls of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece, and the anti-slip strip can effectively increase the sliding friction coefficient of the first clamping portion, the second clamping portion, the corresponding first clamping piece and the second clamping piece during clamping, thereby realizing the hovering function.

It can be understood that, in this embodiment, the anti-slip region may be only disposed on the sidewalls of the first groove and the second groove, may also be only disposed on the sidewalls of the first clamping sheet and the second clamping sheet, or all of the sidewalls of the first groove, the second groove, the first clamping sheet, and the second clamping sheet, which is not limited to this embodiment.

In this embodiment, the first and second clamping pieces further include: a limiting structure; the limiting structure is arranged on the bottom end surfaces of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece and is gradually sunken from the front end and the rear end of the bottom end surface to the middle.

Referring to fig. 5, in fig. 5, the limiting structure is on the bottom end surfaces of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece, and the limiting structure is gradually recessed from the front end and the rear end of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece to the middle. Fig. 6 can be referred to in a specific limiting function implementation manner of the limiting structure, a partial schematic view of the assembled chain of this embodiment of fig. 6 is shown, a bending direction of the chain in fig. 6 is a direction a, when the chain is bent, the arc-shaped connecting pieces of the front chain link and the rear chain link gradually get close, and meanwhile, the front first clamping portion and the rear first clamping portion also gradually get close, so that an arc length on the top end surface is kept unchanged, when the first clamping portion of the front chain link and the first clamping portion of the rear end are bent to a maximum angle, the bottom of the first groove of the first clamping portion can be in contact with the bottom end surface of the first clamping piece, so that the bending angle is prevented from being continuously enlarged, if a larger bending angle is required to be realized, only the depth of the middle recess of the first clamping piece needs to be increased.

In this embodiment, the circular arc connecting piece, the first extending piece, the second extending piece, the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion of the chain link are integrally formed and formed by bending and pressing a steel sheet, and refer to fig. 7 specifically; the support sheet, the first clamping sheet and the second clamping sheet of the clamping member are integrally formed and formed by bending and pressing a steel sheet, and particularly, refer to fig. 5.

In this embodiment, a connecting plate is also provided above the support plate of the clamp, which separates the links at the lower end of the chain assembly from the wearable device at the upper end. Specifically, referring to fig. 3 and 4, in fig. 3 and 4, a connecting plate 400 is disposed above the support plate 303 of the clip 300, the connecting plate 400 is typically a one-piece, integral steel plate and is disposed at the upper end of the chain when the chain is assembled, and functions to isolate the wearable device component at the upper end from the chain component at the lower end, and the connecting plate 400 is typically fixed directly above the chain component by welding or bolting.

In the embodiment, the front and the rear chain links are connected by the clamping piece; the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece of the clamping piece are inserted into the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion of the front-end chain link and simultaneously inserted into the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion of the rear-end chain link, the connecting through holes in the front ends of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are rotatably connected with the connecting through holes in the rear ends of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion of the front ends, and the connecting through holes in the rear ends of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are rotatably connected with the connecting through holes in the front ends of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion of the rear ends. Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, a clamping portion is disposed between the front and rear links to connect the front and rear links, wherein after the connecting through holes of the clamping member are aligned with the connecting through holes of the links, the clamping member and the links are fixed and rotatably connected together, usually by pins.

This embodiment (advantageous effects).

This implementation provides a chain link assembly, this chain assembly includes: the clamping piece is used for connecting the front chain link and the rear chain link; the left end part and the right end part of each chain link respectively vertically extend upwards to form a first clamping part and a second clamping part, the top ends of the first clamping part and the second clamping part are downwards sunken to form a first groove and a second groove, and the vertical direction is the direction towards the outside when the chain is bent; the clamping piece comprises a supporting piece, and a first clamping piece and a second clamping piece which are arranged on the left end surface and the right end surface of the supporting piece and extend downwards, and the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are inserted into the corresponding first groove and the second groove when the chain is assembled and slide in the first groove and the second groove in the process of bending the chain; the first clamping part and the second clamping part, and the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are provided with connecting through holes close to the corresponding positions of the front end and the rear end for rotatably connecting the chain links and the clamping piece. Two front and back chain links are connected through the clamping piece, and the clamping piece can also slide between two front and back chain links simultaneously, has solved the chain subassembly and has been stretched and compressed problem in the process of buckling, and the clamping piece can also realize hovering through the elasticity degree of adjustment centre gripping.

Second embodiment

The present embodiment provides a wearable device, and as shown in fig. 7, is a schematic structural composition diagram of the wearable device provided in the present embodiment, the wearable device provided in the present embodiment includes a device body and a link assembly provided in the first embodiment; the equipment body is fixedly connected with the chain assembly.

A hardware structure diagram of the wearable device in this embodiment can be seen in fig. 2. According to the wearable device structure in fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the device body further includes a flexible display screen 600; the flexible display screen 600 is disposed over the connecting tabs 400 of the chain assembly, as can be seen in particular in fig. 3 and 4.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are merely for description and do not represent the merits of the embodiments.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (e.g., ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for causing a wearable device to perform the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A chain assembly for a wearable device wearing connection, the chain assembly comprising: the clamping piece is used for connecting the front chain link and the rear chain link;

the left end part and the right end part of the chain link respectively vertically extend upwards to form a first clamping part and a second clamping part, the top ends of the first clamping part and the second clamping part are downwards sunken to form a first groove and a second groove, and the vertical direction is the direction towards the outside when the chain assembly is bent;

the chain link further comprises: the first extending piece and the second extending piece are arranged between the first clamping part and the second clamping part and are vertically connected with the corresponding first clamping part and the second clamping part; the connecting piece fixedly connected with the first clamping part and the second clamping part at the bottom of the chain link is an arc-shaped connecting piece, the left side and the right side of the arc-shaped connecting piece are arc surfaces, and the front side and the rear side of the arc-shaped connecting piece are end surfaces; the arc-shaped connecting sheet, the first extending sheet, the second extending sheet, the first clamping part and the second clamping part of the chain link are integrally formed and are formed by bending and pressing a steel sheet;

the clamping piece comprises a supporting piece, and a first clamping piece and a second clamping piece which are arranged on the left end surface and the right end surface of the supporting piece and extend downwards, and the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are inserted into the corresponding first groove and the second groove when the chain assembly is assembled, and slide in the first groove and the second groove in the bending process of the chain assembly;

the first clamping part and the second clamping part, and the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are provided with connecting through holes at positions corresponding to the front end and the rear end, and pins are required to be inserted into the connecting through holes when the chain is assembled, so that the chain links and the clamping pieces are rotatably connected and fixed.

2. The chain assembly of claim 1, wherein the side walls of the first and second grooves are provided with strip-shaped anti-slip grooves for increasing the coefficient of friction of the first and second clamping portions with the corresponding first and second clamping plates.

3. The chain assembly of claim 1, wherein said first clamping bar and said second clamping bar further comprise: an anti-slip structure;

the anti-slip structure is arranged on the side walls of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece, and the anti-slip structure is a strip-shaped anti-slip strip protruding out of the surface slightly.

4. The chain assembly of claim 1, wherein said first clamping bar and said second clamping bar further comprise: a limiting structure;

5. The chain assembly of any one of claims 1-4, wherein a connecting plate is further disposed over the support plate of the clamp, the connecting plate isolating a link at a lower end of the chain assembly from a wearable device at an upper end.

6. The chain assembly of any one of claims 1-4, wherein the front and rear chain links are connected by the clamping member; the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece of the clamping piece are inserted into the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion of the front-end chain link and simultaneously inserted into the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion of the rear-end chain link, the connecting through holes in the front ends of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are rotatably connected with the connecting through holes in the rear ends of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion of the front ends, and the connecting through holes in the rear ends of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are rotatably connected with the connecting through holes in the front ends of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion of the rear ends.

7. A wearable device, characterized in that the wearable device comprises a device body and a chain assembly according to any of claims 1-6, the device body being fixedly connected with the chain assembly.