CN110500357B - Flexible structure and assembly with same - Google Patents

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CN110500357B
CN110500357B CN201810478069.3A CN201810478069A CN110500357B CN 110500357 B CN110500357 B CN 110500357B CN 201810478069 A CN201810478069 A CN 201810478069A CN 110500357 B CN110500357 B CN 110500357B
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F16CSHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
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    • G09F9/301Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED

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The invention relates to a flexible structure, which comprises a plurality of segments and two elastic supporting bodies which are parallel to each other, wherein the segments are sequentially arranged on one side of a first elastic supporting body, adjacent segments are alternately inserted and mutually pulled to generate relative sliding so as to form relative opening and closing to perform state conversion between a flat state and a bent state, channels are concavely arranged on two opposite sides of the segments to be matched with state conversion to be separated or connected with each other, and a hollow part is formed between two opposite end parts of a second elastic supporting body, so that the two opposite sides of the second elastic supporting body are respectively provided with the channels on each side and clamp the segments; and at least two flexible structures are matched with the two end parts of the base and the at least one intermediate connector to form a combined body with a flexible structure.

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Flexible structure and assembly with same
Technical Field
The invention relates to a flexible structure and a combination body with the flexible structure, which can be arranged in an electronic device, so that the electronic device can be switched between a flat state and a bent state, wherein the flat state can be used as a handheld electronic device (such as a smart phone, a tablet computer and the like) for operation by a user, and the bent state can be used as a folding electronic device (such as a notebook computer) for operation by the user, and can be bent to a folded state for storage and carrying.
Background
In a general handheld electronic device, a large-sized screen is continuously favored by users, and in addition to a flexible display device (flexible display device) developed in recent years, a foldable handheld electronic device equipped with a flexible display device becomes one of the items that a person skilled in the art is interested in developing, for example, a hinge module for a flexible display device (2016, 8/24/8/l) disclosed in chinese grant publication No. CN103228114B includes a plurality of hinge bodies, a guide shaft, a connecting lever and an angle keeping device, wherein the hinge body further includes a first main hinge body, a second main hinge body and a plurality of link bodies, and the link bodies are respectively disposed between the first and second main hinge bodies through respective guide shafts matching with a shaft hole and a pair of guide holes of the connecting lever, the angle keeping device further comprises a plate spring and an elastic component, wherein one part of a sliding plate connected with the plate spring is fixed on the first main hinge body, the other part of the sliding plate is arranged on the second main hinge body in a sliding mode, and the elastic component is matched to limit the position movement of the plate spring, so that a certain bending angle is kept when the flexible display device is bent.
However, in the above patent documents, since it is necessary to form the connection at the opposite sides of the link bodies by two connecting levers and one reinforcing lever, and it is necessary to combine the guide shafts with the detachable shaft brackets, and further to fixedly combine the guide shafts with the opposite sides of the link bodies, respectively, and to pass the sliding plates of the plate spring between the opposite sides of the link bodies, the link bodies are designed as rectangular long bars, so that the reduction degree of the overall volume is limited; further, since the number of the hinge bodies (the first and second main hinge bodies, the link bodies, and the like) must be increased in order to accommodate the components such as the plurality of shaft brackets having the guide shafts and the plurality of connecting levers, which are connected to each other, the number of components to be assembled tends to be increased, the number of assembling processes is increased, and particularly, the burden and the error are more likely to be increased after the structural size is reduced.
Therefore, in order to match with a flexible display device (hereinafter, collectively referred to as a flexible display device) to adapt to the development trend of thinning, the guide shaft and the connecting rod body are integrated to reduce the volume and form modularization, and the structural design of the connecting rod body for the sliding plate of the plate spring to pass through is improved, so that the required components are reduced, the assembly and disassembly are facilitated, and the overall volume is reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a flexible structure, which is a modified design directly aiming at the structure of the sections, wherein adjacent sections are inserted between adjacent sections in a staggered manner, and then the sections are matched with two elastic supporting bodies, and one elastic supporting body is used for clamping the sections, so that the flexible structure is not limited by the elastic supporting bodies easily in structural size, the overall volume can be effectively reduced, and the flexible structure is beneficial to forming mutual restraint in action during state conversion, and is prevented from forming dislocation with the other elastic supporting body.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide an assembly with a flexible structure, which mainly employs at least two of the above-mentioned modularized flexible structures, and matches two end bases and at least one intermediate connector, and besides the advantages of the above-mentioned flexible structures, the size type of the matched flexible display device can be used as a basis, so as to facilitate flexible connection, reduce parts and increase application range in design and assembly, and in addition, the side edges of the end bases contact each other in time to make the magnetic attraction pieces magnetically attract each other to form positioning.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a flexible structure comprising: a first elastic support; the segment group comprises a plurality of segments which are sequentially arranged on one side of the first elastic support body, the segments are alternately inserted and mutually pulled by adjacent segments to generate relative sliding so as to form relative opening and closing, the state of the segment group is converted between a flat state and a bent state, the segments comprise two end segments and a plurality of middle segments between the end segments, channels are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of preset positions of the middle segments and the end segments, and the channels on each side are matched and converted to form mutual separation or connection; and a second elastic support body parallel to the first elastic support body, the second elastic support body having two positioning end portions and forming a hollow portion between the positioning end portions, and opposite two side edges of the hollow portion being respectively disposed in the channels on each side for holding the intermediate segments and the predetermined portions of the end segments.
In order to achieve still another object of the present invention, there is provided a combination having a flexible structure, including: two flexible structures parallel to each other, said flexible structures being as described above; two end bases which are parallel to each other, wherein the two opposite ends of one end base are respectively connected with the end sections of the two flexible structures, the two opposite ends of the other end base are respectively connected with the other end sections of the two flexible structures, and the side edges of the end bases are respectively provided with a magnetic attraction piece; and at least one intermediate connector parallel between the two end mounts, opposite ends of the at least one intermediate connector being connected to at least one intermediate section of the two flexible structures, respectively; therefore, the two flexible structures can synchronously carry out state conversion between the flattening shape and the bending shape, and the side edges of the end part base are contacted with each other in time, so that the magnetic parts are magnetically attracted to each other to form positioning.
The features of the above-described embodiments, as well as additional features depending therefrom, together with the advantages afforded by those features, will now be described in detail below, in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the flexible structure of the present invention in a flattened configuration.
Fig. 2 is an exploded schematic view of fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the flexure mechanism of the present invention shown flattened at another viewing angle.
Fig. 4 is a top view of fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a side view of fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of line a to a in fig. 4.
Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of line B to B in fig. 4.
Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the flexure mechanism of the present invention shown in a curved configuration from another perspective.
Fig. 9 is a side view of fig. 8.
Fig. 10 is a schematic view of the flexible structure of fig. 6 after being bent.
Fig. 11 is a schematic view of the flexible structure of fig. 7 after being bent.
Fig. 12 is a schematic view of the assembly of the present invention in a flattened configuration (the flexible display device is shown in phantom mounted to the assembly).
Fig. 13 is an exploded schematic view of the assembly of fig. 12 with the flexible display device removed (for convenience of illustration, at least one intermediate connector is shown in phantom).
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As shown in fig. 1 to 11, the present invention provides a flexible structure 51, which comprises a segment group 20 and a first elastic support body 10 and a second elastic support body 30 parallel to each other, which are indicated by X, Y, Z axial direction in the drawing, and further subdivide X, Y, Z axial direction into front, rear, left, right, top, bottom, etc. directions or positions as an auxiliary explanation, and an arrow is indicated as a positive direction (front, left, top), wherein the first elastic support body 10 and the second elastic support body 30 respectively have a length in X axial direction, a width in Y axial direction, and a thickness in Z axial direction, the segment group 20 is formed by sequentially linearly arranging a plurality of segments on one side of the first elastic support body 10 in Z axial direction along the X axial direction, the segments are interleaved with adjacent segments and pulled each other to generate relative sliding, so that the segments respectively form an included angle gap between adjacent and near opposite sides for relative opening and closing, the segment group 20 is switched between a flat state and a bent state, the segments comprise two end segments 21 and a plurality of middle segments 22 and 23 between the end segments 21, channels 211, 221 and 231 along the X-axis direction are respectively concavely arranged on two opposite sides of preset positions of the middle segments 22 and 23 and the end segments 21 facing the Y-axis direction, and the channels 211, 221 and 231 on each side are matched with the state of the segment group 20 to form discontinuous separation or continuous long channels; the second elastic support 30 has two positioning ends 31, a hollow portion 33 is formed between the positioning ends 31, and two opposite sides 32 of the hollow portion 33 are respectively disposed and embedded in the channels 211, 221, 231 of each side for clamping the predetermined portions of the middle segments 22, 23 and the end segment 21.
In the above, the preset portion of the end segment 21 is provided with the first intermediate channel 212 on the narrow side facing to one of the directions of the X axis, the intermediate segment groups further include the modular plurality of first intermediate segments 22 and the plurality of second intermediate segments 23, two opposite narrow sides of the second intermediate segments 23 facing to the X axis are penetrated by the second intermediate channel 232, so as to insert the first intermediate segments 22 into the preset portions of the second intermediate segments 23 and the end segment 21, so that the channels 211, 221, 231 on each side are respectively provided on the wide side of the preset portion of the end segment 21, the wide side of the first intermediate segment 22, and the wide side of the second intermediate segment 23, so as to facilitate the insertion of the hollow portion 33 extending in the X axis after the adjacent first intermediate segments 22 are directly inserted and hidden in the preset portion of the end segment 21 and the second intermediate segments 23, therefore, the structural size of the segments is not limited by the two elastic supporting bodies, so that the overall volume can be effectively reduced, and the segments can be clamped by the two opposite side edges 32 of the hollow part 33 in the Y-axis direction to form a supporting effect after being sequentially linearly arranged, so as to be beneficial to being subsequently fixed on the side surface of the first elastic supporting body 10, so that the first elastic supporting body 10 can form an additional supporting effect on the segments, and the flexible display device 60 (see fig. 12) is more favorably combined with the opposite side surface in the Z-axis direction because the first elastic supporting body 10 is difficult to generate telescopic change; when the two elastic supports are bent, the side of the first elastic support 10 is allowed to abut against the segments, and the hollow portion 33 of the second elastic support 30 is mutually constrained with the first and second intermediate segments 22, 23 and the predetermined portions of the two end segments 21, so that the opposite side ends of the elastic supports are respectively aligned or approximately aligned with the opposite side ends of the other elastic support, thereby preventing misalignment and avoiding squeezing.
Between the segment set 20 and the first elastic support body 10, one side of the first middle segment 22 has an arc concave surface facing the Z-axis, one side of the end segment 21 has a plane facing the Z-axis and one side of the second middle segment 23 has a plane facing the Z-axis, and the plane is provided with a fixing portion 24, the side of the first elastic support body 10 in the Z-axis is provided with a plurality of corresponding fixing portions 11 at intervals, the corresponding fixing portions 11 are linearly arranged on the side of the first elastic support body 10 along the X-axis, the corresponding fixing portions 11 are respectively fixed to the fixing portions 24 of the segments correspondingly, and the fixing manner adopts known technical means, such as convex-bolt matching concave holes and screw-bolt matching holes, so that the preset portions of the two end segments 21 of the segment set 20 are respectively positioned at the opposite ends of the side of the first elastic support body 10 in the X-axis, while the second intermediate segments 23 of the segment group 20 respectively grip said first intermediate segment 22 to be positioned between the opposite side ends of the side of the first elastic support body 10; thus, the flat segment group 20 is abutted with the flat surface of the second intermediate segments 23 by the first elastic support body 10, or the curved segment group 20 is abutted with the curved concave surface of the first intermediate segments 22 and the flat surface of the second intermediate segments 23 by the first elastic support body 10.
Secondly, in order to protect the relative sliding and restraining effects between the segments, two end arc protrusions 222 and 223 extend from two opposite wide side surfaces of the first middle segment 22, first arc guide grooves 213 are respectively and concavely formed on the two opposite wide side surfaces of the first middle channel 212, one end arc protrusion 222 and 223 of the adjacent first middle segment 22 is accommodated in the first arc guide groove 213 for protection, and the end arc protrusions 222 and 223 are contacted with one end of the first arc guide groove 213 to form a stop, second arc guide grooves 233 are respectively and concavely formed on the two opposite wide side surfaces of the second middle channel 232, the second arc guide grooves 233 are accommodated with one end arc protrusion 222 and 223 of the two adjacent first middle segments 22 and are also protected, and the two end arc protrusions 222 and 223 can be contacted with each other to stop or be separated from each other to be contacted with two opposite ends of the same second arc guide groove 233 to form a stop, thus, when the stopper is formed in the generally flat shape, referring to fig. 7, the front and rear end arc protrusions 222 and 223 of the adjacent first intermediate segment 22 are respectively accommodated in the first arc guide grooves 213 of the front and rear end segments 21, except that the front end arc protrusion 222 touches the bottom end of the first arc guide groove 213 of the front end segment 21, and the rear end arc protrusion 223 touches the bottom end of the first arc guide groove 213 of the rear end segment 21, and as for the second arc guide groove 233 of the second intermediate segment 23, the front first intermediate segment 22 is accommodated with the rear end arc protrusion 223 touching the front end arc protrusion 222 of the rear first intermediate segment 22 to form the mutual stopper, until the front and rear end arc protrusions 222 and 223 in the first arc guide grooves 213 slip reversely to the opposite ends of the respective first arc guide grooves 213 when the overall shape is curved as shown in fig. 11, at this time, the front and rear end arc protrusions 222, 223 in the second arc guide groove 233 are far away from each other and respectively touch the two opposite ends of the same second arc guide groove 233, which also forms a stop function; since the end sections 21 of the present invention are designed to have modular structures at their respective predetermined locations and thus can be interchanged with one another, they are also applicable after intermodulation at the front and rear positions.
Moreover, no matter the whole body is in a flat state or in different bending states, the second intermediate section 23 forms different relative opening degrees and an included angle gap exists, in order to reduce the shaking caused by the gap, the intermediate convex parts 224 respectively extend from the two opposite wide sides of the first intermediate section 22 and between the pair of end arc convex parts 222 and 223, so that the intermediate convex parts 224 are respectively accommodated between the adjacent second intermediate sections 23 and between the adjacent second intermediate section 23 and the preset part of the end section 21, the corresponding arc surfaces are respectively arranged at the two opposite sides of the intermediate convex parts 224 and the narrow sides corresponding to the second intermediate section 22, and the stopping parts adjacent to the arc surfaces are respectively arranged at the two opposite narrow sides of the second intermediate section 23, so that when the section group 20 is in a flat state, the adjacent second intermediate section 23 and the other second intermediate section 23 are respectively arranged, The corresponding narrow sides of the predetermined portions of the second intermediate section 23 and the end section 21 are stopped by the respective stops and the intermediate protrusions 224 (see fig. 7), and at the same time, since the first intermediate section 22 is hidden in the predetermined portions of the second intermediate section 23 and the end section 21, the corresponding narrow sides of the adjacent first intermediate section 22 and the other first intermediate section 22 are stopped by each other (see fig. 6), and in addition, two first intermediate sections 22 are inserted into the predetermined portions of the end section 21, respectively, and the respective narrow sides and the inner walls of the narrow sides of the first intermediate channel 212 form a mutual stop, so as to share the stops and the related forces, and during the different bending states of the segment group 20, due to the adjacent first intermediate sections 22, the adjacent second intermediate sections 23, and the adjacent second intermediate sections 23 and the predetermined portions of the end section 21, are relatively open with angular gaps, the segments of the segment group 20 are guided against each other by corresponding arcuate surfaces to facilitate relative movement (see fig. 7 and 11) to reduce wobble.
On the other hand, the channels 221 of the first middle section 22 are respectively recessed in the middle protrusion 224, and the channels 221 are formed with a wider interval between the two opposite inner walls in the Z-axis direction, which means that the interval is wider than the channels 211 of the predetermined portion of the end section 21 and the channels 231 of the second middle section 23, so as to form a safe elastic adjustment interval, thereby accommodating the displacement of the first middle section 22 during the state transition and preventing the opposite sides of the second elastic support body 30 from being pressed. For convenience of description, hereinafter, the channel 221 of the first middle segment 22 is referred to as a wide channel, the channel 211 of the predetermined portion of the end segment 21 is referred to as a first narrow channel, and the channel 231 of the second middle segment 23 is referred to as a second narrow channel, and in addition, the opposite inner walls of the channels 211, 221, 231 respectively have an arc surface and a plane surface, in the wide channel 221, the trench top inner wall and the trench bottom inner wall are respectively a plane surface and an arc (concave) surface, and in the first narrow channel 211 and the second narrow channel 231, the trench top inner wall and the trench bottom inner wall are respectively an arc surface and a plane surface, so that a neck portion can be formed between the first narrow channel 211 and the second narrow channel 231; so that, when the segment group 20 assumes a flattened shape, the opposite side edges 32 of the second elastic support 30 abut respectively against the plane of said first narrow channel 211, against the plane of said wide channel 221 and against the plane of said second narrow channel 231; or when the segment group 20 is curved, the two opposite side edges 32 of the second elastic support 30 respectively abut against the arc surface of the first narrow channel 211, the arc (concave) surface of the wide channel 221, and the arc surface of the second narrow channel 231.
To facilitate the modular first middle section 22 to be respectively hidden in or exposed from the second middle section 23 and the predetermined portion of the end section 21 in accordance with the overall state transition, the end section 21 is further designed to be modular and includes two detachable halves 214, a top layer 215 and a bottom layer 216, the first narrow channels 211 on each side of the end section 21 are respectively located on the sides of the halves 214 in the Y-axis direction, and the bottom layer 216 is abutted to the top layer 215 by using known technical means, such as convex bolt matching concave hole, screw matching concave hole, and screw matching screw hole, and is used to clamp the positioning end 31 of the second elastic support 30, so that the first narrow channels 211 on each side extend to between the two layers in the X-axis direction, so that the positioning end 31 therein can be movably slid between the two layers although being clamped by the top and bottom layers 215, 216 of the end section 21, the opposite positioning end 31 is held and locked by the top and bottom layers 215, 216 of the other end section 21, thereby restraining the second elastic support 30 from sliding, and the second intermediate section 23 is further designed to be modular and comprises two detachable halves 234, so that the two halves 214, 234 are symmetrically arranged to hold the adjacent first intermediate section 22.
In addition, in order to form different lifting angle positions of the screen of the notebook computer relative to the keyboard, the invention further has a multi-stage positioning state, the end section 21 is also provided with a containing part 217 for communicating with each side channel 211 of the preset part of the end section 21, the positioning end part 31 of the second elastic support body 30 is introduced into and slides in the containing part 217, so that the containing part 217 provides a movable space for the second elastic support body 30 to deform, the opposite positioning end part 31 of the second elastic support body 30 is fixed on the other end section 21 and is restrained by the other end section 21, and the opposite positioning end parts 31 of the second elastic support body 30 are also protected by the end section 21; even the end segment 21 further accommodates a positioning member 40 in the accommodating portion 217, the positioning member 40 includes a cover 41, a spring 42 and a cover 43, the cover 43 covers one end of the spring 42, the other end of the spring 42 is inserted into a positioning boss in the cover 41, the spring 42 and the cover 43 are accommodated in the cover 41, a through hole is formed through the positioning end 31 of the second elastic support 30 and two blocking pieces 34 are spaced apart from each other to clamp the cover 41 for locking, the positioning member 40 is fixed to the positioning end 31, the cover 43 further has a protruding braking protrusion 431 penetrating through the through hole of the positioning end 31, and a corresponding positioning portion 218 is disposed on one side of the accommodating portion 217, the corresponding positioning portion 218 includes a plurality of concave points (such as slots or holes) linearly arranged on the top side of the accommodating portion 217 along the X-axis, On any one of the bottom side, the left side or the right side, the positioning element 40 slides in the accommodating portion 217 along with the positioning end portion 31, or the positioning element 40 is positioned at one of the concave points of the corresponding positioning portion 218 by the braking convex portion 431 penetrating through the positioning end portion 31, so that the segment group 20 is positioned in the flat state or the different curved state, during the state transition of the segment group 20, the positioning element 40 slides in the accommodating portion 217 along with the positioning end portion 31, and when the segment group 20 is positioned in the flat state or the different curved state, the braking convex portion 431 is guided into one of the concave points of the corresponding positioning portion 218 to form the positioning.
In addition, in order to increase the size of the flexible display device 60, the present invention may employ two or more modular flexible structures 51 connected in parallel with each other by structural connectors to form a flexible structure assembly 50, as shown in fig. 12 to 13, which includes two flexible structures 51 parallel to each other, two end bases 52 parallel to each other, and a plurality of intermediate connectors 53 parallel to each other; the two flexible structures 51 are disposed symmetrically in the X-axis direction and parallel to each other, and the flexible structures 51 are not described again, but the two end bases 52 are disposed in the Y-axis direction, so that opposite ends of one end base 52 are respectively connected to end sections of the two flexible structures 51, opposite ends of the other end base 52 are respectively connected to other end sections of the two flexible structures 51, magnetic attraction members 521 are respectively disposed at sides of the end bases 52, the at least one intermediate connecting body 53 is disposed in the Y-axis direction and arranged in parallel between the two end bases 52, opposite ends of the at least one intermediate connecting body 53 are respectively connected to at least one intermediate section of the two flexible structures 51 so as to be parallel to the end bases 52, so as to fit the size of the flexible display device 60 in the Y-axis direction through the two end bases 52 and the at least one intermediate connecting body 53, the two flexible structures 51 can be switched between the flat state and the curved state synchronously, so as to avoid damaging the flexible display device 60, and the two magnetic parts 521 are magnetically attracted to each other to form positioning when the sides of the end base 52 contact each other.
Therefore, the invention has the following advantages:
the invention adopts a plurality of segments to match the first elastic support body and the second elastic support body, wherein, the channels at the two sides of the segments are matched with the two opposite sides of the hollow part of the second elastic support body to form inlaying, so that the second elastic support body is used for clamping the segments, and the adjacent segments are inserted between the adjacent segments in a staggered way, thus the structural size of the segments is not limited by the second elastic support body easily besides the convenient assembly, the integral volume can be effectively reduced, the mutual restraint is formed in the action during the state conversion period, and the dislocation with the first elastic support body is prevented.
The invention is provided with a positioning piece at one end part of the second elastic support body and an accommodating part at one end part section, and the positioning piece is led into the accommodating part, thereby generating the functions of sliding and limiting and stopping to assist the function of restraining between the second elastic support body and the section group, and leading the whole body to form a positioning state when the whole body is flattened or bent differently.
The flexible display device is formed by connecting two or more modularized flexible structures in parallel through two end part bases and at least one intermediate connecting body, so that the flexible structures are convenient to switch in a synchronous state, the flexible display device can adapt to the size type of the flexible display device, the application range is enlarged, the flexibility in design and assembly is provided, and in addition, the magnetic parts are mutually magnetically attracted to form positioning when the side edges of the end part bases are mutually contacted in time.
In summary, the present invention can achieve the intended purpose and has great industrial utility value according to the disclosure, so that the invention patent application is legally proposed; in addition, although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, they are not intended to limit the structural features of the present invention, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that any changes or modifications that are easily conceived are possible within the technical spirit of the present invention and are covered by the claims of the present invention.
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The first elastic supporting body 10 corresponds to the fixing portion 11
Segment set 20 end segment 21
Channel 211 first intermediate channel 212
First arcuate guide channel 213 for half 214
Top layer 215 and bottom layer 216
The accommodating portion 217 corresponds to the positioning portion 218
First intermediate section 22 channel 221
End arcuate projections 222, 223 and intermediate projection 224
Second intermediate section 23 channel 231
Second intermediate channel 232 second arc-shaped guide channel 233
Fixing part 24 of half 234
Positioning end 31 of second elastic support 30
Side 32 hollow 33
Flap 34 positioning member 40
Spring 42 of cover 41
Housing 43 stop projection 431
Flexible structure 51 of combined body 50 with flexible structure
End base 52 magnetic attraction piece 521
Intermediate connector 53 flexible display device 60

Claims (16)

1. A flexible structure, comprising:
a first elastic support;
a segment group, which comprises a plurality of segments arranged on one side of the first elastic support body in sequence, wherein the segments are interleaved and mutually drawn by adjacent segments to generate relative sliding so as to form relative opening and closing, so that the segment group is subjected to state conversion between a flat state and a bent state, the segments comprise two end segments and a plurality of middle segments between the end segments, the opposite sides of the preset parts of the middle segments and the end segments are provided with channels, and the channels on each side are matched and state converted to form mutual separation or mutual continuity; and
and a second elastic support body parallel to the first elastic support body, wherein the second elastic support body is provided with two positioning end parts, a hollow part is formed between the two positioning end parts, and the channels respectively arranging two opposite side edges of the hollow part on each side are used for clamping the middle sections and the preset parts of the end sections.
2. The flexible structure according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined portion of the end segment is perforated on a narrow side with a first intermediate channel, the groups of intermediate segments further comprising a plurality of first intermediate segments and a plurality of second intermediate segments, opposite narrow sides of the second intermediate segments being intersected by a second intermediate channel for inserting the first intermediate segments in the predetermined portions of the second intermediate segments and the end segment; the channels of each side are provided on the broad side of the predetermined portion of the end section, on the broad side of the first intermediate section and on the broad side of the second intermediate section.
3. The flexible structure according to claim 2, wherein two end arc protrusions extend from opposite broad sides of the first intermediate section, wherein first arc-shaped guide grooves are respectively recessed in opposite broad side wall surfaces of the first intermediate channel, and each of the first arc-shaped guide grooves receives one of the end arc protrusions of the adjacent first intermediate section, so that the end arc protrusion touches one end of the first arc-shaped guide groove to form a stop, and wherein second arc-shaped guide grooves are respectively recessed in opposite broad side wall surfaces of the second intermediate channel, and each of the second arc-shaped guide grooves receives one of the end arc protrusions of the two first intermediate sections that are adjacent, so that the two end arc protrusions touch each other to block or separate from each other, and touch opposite ends of the same second arc-shaped guide groove to form a stop.
4. A flexure structure according to claim 2, wherein opposite broad sides of the first intermediate section each extend with an intermediate protrusion, such that the intermediate protrusions are received between adjacent second intermediate sections and predetermined portions of the end sections, to form a mutual stop when the group of sections assumes the flattened configuration, and wherein the channel of the first intermediate section is recessed in the intermediate protrusions, such that the channel of the first intermediate section is wider than the channel of the predetermined portions of the end sections and the channel of the second intermediate section.
5. A flexible structure according to claim 2, wherein said end section further comprises two removable halves, a top piece and a bottom piece, said second intermediate section further comprises two removable halves, said two halves being symmetrically arranged to hold said first intermediate section in proximity, said top and bottom pieces of said end section being adapted to hold said positioning end of said second resilient support.
6. The flexible structure according to claim 2, wherein the first intermediate section has a concave arc surface on one side, and a flat surface on both the end section and the second intermediate section and a fixing portion on the flat surface, and a plurality of corresponding fixing portions are provided at intervals on the side surface of the first elastic support body, and the corresponding fixing portions are respectively fixed to the fixing portions; so that the flat segment group is abutted by the first elastic supporting body with the plane of the second middle segments, or the curved segment group is abutted by the first elastic supporting body with the arc concave surfaces of the first middle segments and the plane of the second middle segments.
7. A flexible structure according to claim 1 or 5, wherein the end section has a housing for communication with the channels of the respective sides of the end section, the positioning end of the second elastic support body being introduced and slipped in the housing, the opposite positioning end of the second elastic support body being fixed to the other end section.
8. The flexible structure according to claim 7, wherein the end segment further comprises a positioning element received in the receiving portion, two blocking pieces are disposed at an interval at the positioning end of the second elastic support to fix the positioning element to the positioning end, and corresponding positioning portions are disposed at one side of the receiving portion, so that the positioning element slides in the receiving portion along with the positioning end or the positioning element is positioned at one of the corresponding positioning portions by a braking protrusion extending out of the positioning end, so that the segment group is positioned in a flat or different curved shape.
9. A combination having a flexible structure, comprising:
two flexible structures according to claim 1 parallel to each other;
two end bases which are parallel to each other, wherein the two opposite ends of one end base are respectively connected with the end sections of the two flexible structures, the two opposite ends of the other end base are respectively connected with the other end sections of the two flexible structures, and the side edges of the end bases are respectively provided with a magnetic attraction piece; and
at least one intermediate connector parallel between the two end mounts, opposite ends of the at least one intermediate connector being connected to at least one intermediate section of the two flexible structures, respectively; therefore, the two flexible structures can synchronously carry out state conversion between the flattening shape and the bending shape, and in addition, the side edges of the end part base are mutually contacted to enable the magnetic parts to be mutually magnetically attracted to form positioning.
10. The flexible structure combination of claim 9, wherein the end segments are provided with a first intermediate channel on the narrow side of the predetermined portion, the intermediate segment groups further comprising a plurality of first intermediate segments and a plurality of second intermediate segments, opposite narrow sides of the second intermediate segments being penetrated by second intermediate channels for inserting the first intermediate segments into the predetermined portions of the second intermediate segments and the end segments; the channels of each side are provided on the broad side of the predetermined portion of the end section, on the broad side of the first intermediate section and on the broad side of the second intermediate section.
11. A combination with a flexure mechanism according to claim 10, wherein two end arc protrusions extend from opposite broad sides of the first intermediate section, wherein the first intermediate channel has first arc-shaped guide grooves recessed in opposite broad side walls, the first arc-shaped guide groove receiving one end arc protrusion of an adjacent first intermediate section to stop the end arc protrusion from contacting one end of the first arc-shaped guide groove, and wherein the second intermediate channel has second arc-shaped guide grooves recessed in opposite broad side walls, the second arc-shaped guide groove receiving one end arc protrusion of two adjacent first intermediate sections to stop the end arc protrusions from contacting each other and stopping or separating each from contacting each other and contacting opposite ends of the same second arc-shaped guide groove.
12. A combination having a flexure mechanism according to claim 10, wherein opposite broad sides of the first intermediate section each extend with an intermediate protrusion, such that the intermediate protrusions are received between adjacent second intermediate sections and predetermined portions of the end sections to form a mutual stop when the group of sections is in the flattened configuration, and wherein the channel of the first intermediate section is recessed into the intermediate protrusions such that the channel of the first intermediate section is wider than the channel of the predetermined portions of the end sections and the channel of the second intermediate section.
13. The flexible structure combination of claim 12, wherein the first intermediate section has a concave arc surface on one side, and has a flat surface on both the end section and the second intermediate section, and a fixing portion is provided on the flat surface, and a plurality of corresponding fixing portions are provided at intervals on the side surface of the first elastic support body, and the corresponding fixing portions are respectively fixed to the fixing portions; so that the flat segment group is abutted by the first elastic supporting body with the plane of the second middle segments, or the curved segment group is abutted by the first elastic supporting body with the arc concave surfaces of the first middle segments and the plane of the second middle segments.
14. A combination with a flexible structure according to claim 12, wherein said end section further comprises two detachable halves, a top and a bottom half, and said second intermediate section further comprises two detachable halves, which are symmetrically arranged to hold said first intermediate section in close proximity, said top and bottom halves of said end section being adapted to hold said positioning end of said second elastic support.
15. A combination with a flexible structure according to claim 9 or 14, wherein the end section has a receptacle for communicating with each side channel of the end section, the positioning end of the second elastic support body is guided and slid in the receptacle, and the opposite positioning end of the second elastic support body is fixed to the other end section.
16. The flexible structure assembly of claim 15, wherein the end segment further comprises a positioning element received in the receiving portion, two blocking pieces are spaced apart from each other at the positioning end of the second elastic support to fix the positioning element to the positioning end, and a corresponding positioning portion is disposed at each side of the receiving portion, such that the positioning element slides in the receiving portion along with the positioning end or the positioning element is positioned at one of the corresponding positioning portions by a braking protrusion extending out of the positioning end, such that the segment group is positioned in a flat shape or a different curved shape.
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