CN113286026A

CN113286026A - Electronic device

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Publication number: CN113286026A
Application number: CN202110570156.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 欧阳文斌
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-25
Filing date: 2021-05-25
Publication date: 2021-08-20

Abstract

The application discloses electronic equipment belongs to electronic equipment technical field. The electronic device includes: the first shell and the second shell are oppositely arranged; a display screen disposed on the first housing and the second housing; the screen supporting mechanism who is connected with first casing and second casing, screen supporting mechanism include a plurality of supporting component and set up the extending structure between two adjacent supporting component, and extending structure is used for adjusting the interval distance between two supporting component, and extending structure includes: the two ends of the spring are respectively connected with the supporting component; when the spring has a first length, a first distance is reserved between the first shell and the second shell, and the electronic equipment is in an extension state; when the spring has a second length, a second distance is reserved between the first shell and the second shell, and the electronic equipment is in a contraction state; wherein the first length is greater than the second length and the first distance is greater than the second distance.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of electronic equipment, and particularly relates to electronic equipment.

Background

With the development of intelligent terminal device application, the flexible screen is gradually becoming a trend on the terminal device.

To flexible screen cell-phone of extending structure, adopt the casing to support the screen usually, this kind of mode is because of the interval grow of casing when the cell-phone is in the state of stretching out, can't realize the effective support to the screen, has the screen to press the problem of sinking.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an electronic equipment, can solve current extending structure's electronic equipment because of the interval grow between the casing when being in the state of stretching out, can't realize the effective support to the screen, has the screen and presses the problem of sinking.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including:

the first shell and the second shell are oppositely arranged;

a display screen disposed on the first housing and the second housing;

with first casing with the screen supporting mechanism that the second casing is connected, screen supporting mechanism includes a plurality of supporting components and sets up the extending structure between two adjacent supporting components, extending structure is used for adjusting the interval distance between two supporting components, extending structure includes: the two ends of the spring are respectively connected with the supporting component;

when the spring has a first length, the first shell and the second shell have a first distance therebetween, and the electronic device is in an extended state; when the spring has a second length, the first housing and the second housing have a second distance therebetween, and the electronic device is in a retracted state; wherein the first length is greater than the second length and the first distance is greater than the second distance.

In this application embodiment, through set up screen supporting mechanism in the below of display screen, and the interval distance between two at least backup pads of screen supporting mechanism adjusts along with electronic equipment's extension and shrink state under the effect of spring to this realizes the effective support to the screen, avoids the screen to press the condition appearance of sinking.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device in a collapsed state according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device in an extended state according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a connection structure between support plates;

FIG. 4 is one of the schematic views of the telescoping arrangement;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the direction X in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a mating structure of the spring housing and the spring pusher;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the arrangement position of the limiting block;

fig. 8 is a schematic distribution position diagram of the limiting block, the guide rail and the screen supporting mechanism.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It will be appreciated that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application may be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the terms "first," "second," and the like are generally used herein in a generic sense and do not limit the number of terms, e.g., the first term can be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail by specific embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 8, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device 10, including:

a first housing 110 and a second housing 120 disposed opposite to each other;

a display screen 400 disposed on the first case 110 and the second case 120;

a screen supporting mechanism 200 connected to the first housing 110 and the second housing 120, wherein the screen supporting mechanism 200 includes a plurality of supporting members 210 and a telescopic structure 230 disposed between two adjacent supporting members 210, the telescopic structure 230 is used for adjusting a spacing distance between the two supporting members 210, and the telescopic structure 230 includes: the two ends of the spring 233 are respectively connected with the supporting component 210;

wherein, when the spring 233 has a first length, the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 have a first distance therebetween, and the electronic device is in an extended state; when the spring 233 has a second length, the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 have a second distance therebetween, and the electronic device is in a retracted state; wherein the first length is greater than the second length and the first distance is greater than the second distance.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the springs 233 are used to adjust the distance between the supporting components 210, so that the screen supporting mechanism 200 can smoothly and effectively support the display screen 400 in different original and unfolded scenes, and the screen is prevented from being pressed and sagged, thereby reducing the risk of screen failure.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first casing 110 and the second casing 120 are oppositely disposed to form a casing frame for supporting the display screen 400, the display screen 400 is distributed on one side of the casing frame, and the screen supporting mechanism 200 in the embodiment of the present invention is located in the casing frame below the display screen 400. The display screen 400 in the embodiment of the present application can be contracted and expanded to provide different display states, and the spacing distance between at least two support members 210 is adjusted by the springs 233 according to the expanded area of the display screen 400, so that the display screen 400 is effectively supported.

It should be further noted that the screen supporting mechanism 200 may be connected to the first casing 110 and the second casing 120 in the following manner, and specifically, the electronic device of the embodiment of the present application further includes:

a guide 300, wherein the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 are connected to the screen support mechanism 200 through the guide 300, and the first housing 110, the second housing 120 and the screen support mechanism 200 can slide along the guide 300.

It should be further noted that the cooperation between the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 and the guide rail 300 can be achieved as follows: optionally, a sliding groove may be disposed on a side of the guide rail 300 opposite to the first housing 110 and the second housing 120, a sliding column may be disposed on the second housing 110 and the second housing 120, and the sliding of the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 along the guide rail 300 is achieved through the cooperation between the sliding column and the sliding groove; optionally, a sliding column may be disposed on a surface of the guide rail 300, which faces the first housing 110 and the second housing 120, a sliding groove may be disposed on the second housing 110 and the second housing 120, and the sliding of the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 along the guide rail 300 is realized through the cooperation between the sliding column and the sliding groove; it should be further noted that, because the second housing 110 and the second housing 120 both include a side wall perpendicular to the display surface of the display screen 400 and a side wall parallel to the display surface of the display screen 400, in a specific implementation of the embodiment of the present application, a sliding column and a sliding groove that are mutually matched may be disposed on the side wall parallel to the display surface of the display screen 400 and the side of the guide rail 300 opposite thereto, and a sliding column and a sliding groove that are mutually matched may also be disposed on the side wall perpendicular to the display surface of the display screen 400 and the side of the guide rail 300 opposite thereto.

It should be noted that, by providing the guide rail 300, the screen supporting mechanism 200 can be assisted to slide along the first casing 110 and the second casing 120, and the guide rail 300 has a simple structure and can reduce the production cost.

In general, in order to ensure that the screen supporting mechanism 200 can move smoothly, as shown in fig. 8, the guide 300 may optionally include:

a first guide rail 310 and a second guide rail 320 which are oppositely arranged;

a first end of the screen supporting mechanism 200 is connected to first ends of the first casing 110 and the second casing 120 through the first guide rail 310, and a second end of the screen supporting mechanism 200 is connected to second ends of the first casing 110 and the second casing 120 through the second guide rail 320.

In this case, it can be considered that the screen supporting mechanism 200 is symmetrical along an axis parallel to the guide rail 300, that is, the two ends of the screen supporting mechanism 200 are respectively provided with the supporting block and the telescopic structure, and the two ends are respectively connected with the first casing 110 and the second casing 120 through one guide rail, and this arrangement can ensure that the screen supporting mechanism 200 can move smoothly.

It should be noted that the length of the guide rail 300 in the embodiment of the present application should be greater than or equal to the width occupied by the screen support mechanism 200 when the screen support mechanism 200 is fully unfolded (i.e., the state that the screen support mechanism 200 assumes when the separation distance between each two support plates reaches the maximum) (the width is the length of the screen support mechanism 200 along the direction of the guide rail).

Optionally, in order to ensure that at least two support assemblies 210 can slide along the guide rail 300, as shown in fig. 3, the support assembly 210 of the embodiment of the present application includes:

a support plate 211 for supporting the display screen 400;

and a support block 212 connected to the support plate 211, wherein the support block 212 is engaged with the guide rail 300 and can slide along the guide rail 300.

It should be noted that the supporting plates 211 and the supporting blocks 212 in the embodiment of the present application are in one-to-one correspondence, and the supporting blocks 212 are matched with the guide rail 300 to ensure the stable movement of the supporting blocks 212, so as to adjust the spacing distance between the supporting plates 211 to adapt to the unfolding area of the display screen 400.

It should be further noted that the cooperation between the supporting block 212 and the guiding rail 300 can be achieved by the following method: alternatively, a sliding groove may be formed in a surface of the guide rail 300 facing the supporting block 212, and a sliding column is arranged on the supporting block 212, so that the supporting block 212 slides along the guide rail 300 through the cooperation of the sliding column and the sliding groove; alternatively, a sliding column may be disposed on a surface of the guide rail 300 opposite to the supporting block 212, and a sliding groove is disposed on the supporting block 212, so that the supporting block 212 slides along the guide rail 300 through cooperation of the sliding column and the sliding groove. It should be noted that the present application only provides two matching manners of the guide rail 300 and the supporting block 212, and the specific implementation is not limited to the implementation manners provided in the present application, and all implementations that can achieve the purpose of moving the supporting block 212 along the guide rail 300 belong to the protection scope of the present application.

In order to ensure that the supporting blocks 212 can move smoothly, a spring 233 of the telescopic structure 230 is connected between two adjacent supporting blocks, namely, two ends of the spring 233 are respectively connected with the supporting blocks 212; the spring 233 serves the purpose of adjusting the spacing distance between the at least two support members 210 by adjusting the distance between the support blocks 212.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the telescopic structure 230 further includes:

a spring housing 231;

a fixing post 232 disposed at a first end of the spring housing 231, wherein the fixing post 232 is connected to one of the two adjacent supporting assemblies 210;

a spring pusher 234;

the spring 233 is located in the spring housing 231, and a first end of the spring 233 is connected to the fixing post 232, a second end of the spring 233 is connected to a first end of the spring pushing rod 234, and a second end of the spring pushing rod 234 is connected to the other of the two adjacent supporting assemblies 210.

It should be noted that, the arrangement of the telescopic structure 230 can ensure the structural stability thereof, and further can ensure the stable movement of the supporting component 210.

It should be noted that, in the arrangement structure of the telescopic structure 230, the fixing column 232 is connected with the supporting block 212 of the supporting component 210, and is usually connected by means of dispensing or welding; the spring pusher 234 is also connected to the support block 212 of the support assembly 210, typically by gluing or welding. In the embodiment of the present application, the connection manner between the fixing column 232 and the supporting block 212 and the connection manner between the spring pushing rod 234 and the supporting block 212 are not limited, and any manner of implementing the connection therebetween is within the scope of the present application.

Further, in order to effectively limit the position of the spring pusher 234 during the movement process, as shown in fig. 6, a first limiting strip 2311 is disposed on the spring housing 231 in the embodiment of the present application, a second limiting strip 2341 is disposed on the spring pusher 234, and the first limiting strip 2311 cooperates with the second limiting strip 2341 to realize that the spring pusher 234 slides along the spring housing 231.

In fig. 6, 4 first limiting strips 2311 are uniformly arranged along the inner wall of the spring housing 231, and 4 second limiting strips 2341 matched with the first limiting strips 2311 are uniformly arranged on the outer wall of the corresponding spring pusher 234.

It should be noted that the first and second limiting

strips

2311 and 2341 can be implemented by a groove and a protrusion, for example, the first limiting strip is a groove provided on the inner portion of the spring housing 231, and the second limiting strip is a protrusion guiding strip provided on the outer wall of the spring pusher 234; alternatively, the second limiting strip is a groove disposed on the inner wall of the spring housing 231, and the first limiting strip is a convex guide rail strip disposed on the outer wall of the spring push rod 234; through the cooperation of the guide rail bar and the groove, the movement limit of the spring push rod 234 under the thrust of the spring can be ensured, and the radial displacement in the sliding process is prevented.

It should be noted that fig. 6 is only a structural illustration of the spring housing and the spring push rod, and does not limit the embodiments of the present application. Meanwhile, the first limiting bar 2311 and the second limiting bar 2341 in the embodiment of the present application may be a pair (where one first limiting bar 2311 corresponds to one second limiting bar 2341, which is called a pair), or may be multiple pairs.

Further, in order to effectively position the spring pusher 234 when moving to a specific state, as shown in fig. 5, a first position-limiting device 2312 is disposed on the spring housing 231, and a second position-limiting device 2342 is disposed on the spring pusher 234, so that during the movement of the spring pusher 234, the spring pusher 234 is position-locked by the cooperation of the first position-limiting device 2312 and the second position-limiting device 2342, so as to ensure the stability of the supporting assembly 210 in the specific state.

It should be noted that the first limiting device 2312 and the second limiting device 2342 may be matched by a snap and a slot, or may be matched by a magnetic attraction. For example, corresponding to the position where the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 move to the maximum distance, the spring housing 231 is provided with a snap, and the spring push rod 234 is provided with a slot, so that the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 can be locked to the position of the maximum distance through the cooperation of the two; for example, a magnetic attraction piece is disposed on the spring housing 231 and a magnetic attraction piece is disposed on the spring pushing rod 234 corresponding to the position of the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 moving to the maximum distance, so that the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 can be locked to the maximum distance by the cooperation of the two.

In order to limit the position of the screen supporting mechanism 200, as shown in fig. 7, in the embodiment of the present application, the method further includes:

a first stopper 111 disposed on the first housing 110 and a second stopper 121 disposed on the second housing 120;

the screen supporting mechanism 200 is disposed between the first limiting block 111 and the second limiting block 121, a supporting block on a first side of the screen supporting mechanism 200 is fixedly connected to the first limiting block 111, and a supporting block on a second side of the screen supporting mechanism is fixedly connected to the second limiting block 121.

It should be further noted that, generally, the first stopper 111 and the second stopper 121 are disposed on the side walls of the first casing 110 and the second casing 120 parallel to the display surface of the display screen 400, that is, in terms of structure, the first stopper 111 and the second stopper 121 are located on the first casing 110 and the second casing 120 directly below the display screen 400.

It should be noted that, the first stopper 111 and the second stopper 121 are arranged to limit the position of the screen supporting mechanism 200, so as to prevent the screen supporting mechanism 200 from being separated from the guide rail 300 under the action of the spring 233, and ensure the structural stability of the screen supporting mechanism 200.

In order to ensure that the screen supporting mechanism can be effectively limited, two ends of the first casing 110 are respectively provided with a first limiting block 111, and two ends of the second casing 120 are respectively provided with a second limiting block 121, that is, the screen supporting mechanism is limited within a rectangular range by the first limiting block 111 and the second limiting block 121, so as to ensure the structural stability of the screen supporting mechanism during the moving process of the first casing 110 and the second casing 120.

It should be noted that the first stopper 111 is connected to the first housing 110 by bonding or welding, and the second stopper 121 is connected to the second housing 120 by bonding or welding; in the embodiment of the present application, the connection manner between the two is not limited, and any manner for achieving connection between the two belongs to the protection scope of the present application.

The expansion and contraction principle of the support component 210 of the screen support mechanism 200 of the embodiment of the present application is as follows:

when the display screen 400 is not unfolded and the first housing and the second housing are in the original retracted state, at this time, due to the action of the first stopper 111 and the second stopper 121, the spring of the telescopic structure 230 is in a compressed state, and the support assembly 210 is in a retracted state; when the first shell 110, the second shell 120 and the display screen 400 extend towards two sides, the first limiting block 111 and the second limiting block 121 move towards two sides along with the first shell 110 and the second shell 120, the telescopic structure 230 extends, and the support assembly 210 also extends, so that the display screen 400 is supported; when the first housing 110, the second housing 120 and the display screen 400 are retracted towards the middle, the first stopper 111 and the second stopper 121 are retracted towards the middle along with the first housing 110 and the second housing 120, the supporting block 221 slides towards the middle under the thrust of the first stopper 111 and the second stopper 121, the telescopic structure 230 is compressed, and the supporting assembly 210 is retracted.

It should be further noted that the electronic device further includes:

a drive device;

the driving device is respectively connected with the first shell and the second shell;

the driving device is used for adjusting the distance between the first shell and the second shell so as to adjust the unfolding area of the display screen.

It should be noted that this drive arrangement can be the motor, in this application embodiment, the display screen drives first casing 110 and second casing 120 horizontal motion through the motor in flexible in-process, supporting component 210 connects through extending structure 230, in the in-process of first casing 110 and second casing 120 to the both sides motion, extending structure 230 extends, drive supporting component 210 and extend, reach the effect of supporting the display screen with whole screen supporting mechanism extension simultaneously, this application embodiment, all have levelly and smoothly, support effectively to the display screen under original and different scenes that expand, thereby reduce the risk of failure of display screen, with this risk that has reduced electronic equipment and has damaged.

It should be further noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may be a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, or may also be a tablet computer or an intelligent wearable device.

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. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

the first shell and the second shell are oppositely arranged;

a display screen disposed on the first housing and the second housing;

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the telescoping structure further comprises:

a spring housing;

the fixing column is arranged at the first end of the spring shell and is connected with one of the two adjacent supporting assemblies;

a spring push rod;

the spring is positioned in the spring shell, a first end of the spring is connected with the fixed column, a second end of the spring is connected with a first end of the spring push rod, and a second end of the spring push rod is connected with the other of the two adjacent supporting components.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein a first position-limiting strip is disposed on the spring housing, and a second position-limiting strip is disposed on the spring rod, and the first position-limiting strip cooperates with the second position-limiting strip to enable the spring rod to slide along the spring housing.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein a first position-limiting device is disposed on the spring housing, and a second position-limiting device is disposed on the spring plunger, so that the spring plunger is locked in position by cooperation of the first position-limiting device and the second position-limiting device during movement of the spring plunger.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

the first shell and the second shell are connected with the screen supporting mechanism through the guide rail, and the first shell, the second shell and the screen supporting mechanism can slide along the guide rail.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the support assembly comprises:

a support plate for supporting the display screen;

and the supporting block is connected with the supporting plate, is matched with the guide rail and can slide along the guide rail.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein each end of the spring is connected to a respective support block.

8. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the rail comprises:

the first guide rail and the second guide rail are oppositely arranged;

the first end of the screen supporting mechanism is connected with the first end of the first shell and the first end of the second shell through the first guide rail, and the second end of the screen supporting mechanism is connected with the second end of the first shell and the second shell through the second guide rail.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

the first limiting block is arranged on the first shell, and the second limiting block is arranged on the second shell;

the screen supporting mechanism is arranged between the first limiting block and the second limiting block, a supporting component on the first side of the screen supporting mechanism is fixedly connected with the first limiting block, and a supporting component on the second side of the screen supporting mechanism is fixedly connected with the second limiting block.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a drive device;

the driving device is used for adjusting the distance between the first shell and the second shell.