CN115059685A - Folding mechanism and electronic equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
The application discloses folding mechanism and electronic equipment, folding mechanism includes: the first folding part comprises a first rotating shaft and a first connecting wall which are connected; the second folding part comprises a second rotating shaft and a second connecting wall which are connected, the first folding part and the second folding part can rotate relatively to enable the first connecting wall to be in a hovering state or a moving state relative to the second connecting wall, and at least one of the first connecting wall and the second connecting wall is provided with a first convex surface; and the hovering part is connected with at least one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft, and a second convex surface is arranged on the hovering part, wherein the first convex surface and the second convex surface are arranged oppositely in a hovering state. The folding mechanism has the hovering function, saves cost and occupies the whole machine space.
Description
Technical Field
The application belongs to the technical field of electronic equipment, and particularly relates to a folding mechanism and electronic equipment.
Background
At present, the foldable electronic device is popular among consumers because of its advantages such as large display area and high portability.
In the related art, the folding electronic device realizes the folding function and the unfolding function through the rotating device, and generates resistance torque to realize hovering through the hovering mechanism formed by the spring and the cam on the rotating device.
Disclosure of Invention
The application aims at providing a folding mechanism and electronic equipment, and it is great to solve the space that mechanism took at least to hover, is unfavorable for the complete machine to subtract heavy and attenuate the design, one of the higher problem of design cost.
In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:
in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a folding mechanism, including: the first folding part comprises a first rotating shaft and a first connecting wall which are connected; the second folding part comprises a second rotating shaft and a second connecting wall which are connected, the first folding part and the second folding part can rotate relatively to enable the first connecting wall to be in a hovering state or a moving state relative to the second connecting wall, and at least one of the first connecting wall and the second connecting wall is provided with a first convex surface; the hovering part is connected with at least one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft, and a second convex surface is arranged on the hovering part, wherein the first convex surface and the second convex surface are arranged oppositely in a hovering state.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including: a folding mechanism as set forth in any one of the first aspect.
In an embodiment of the present application, the folding mechanism includes a first folding portion, a second folding portion, and a hovering portion, the first folding portion includes a first rotating shaft and a first connecting wall, the second folding portion includes a second rotating shaft and a second connecting wall, the hovering portion is connected to at least one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft, and the first folding portion and the second folding portion are capable of rotating relative to each other, so that the first connecting wall can be in a hovering state or a moving state relative to the second connecting wall. The first convex surface is arranged on at least one of the first connecting wall and the second connecting wall, and the second convex surface is arranged on the hovering part, so that the first connecting wall is in a hovering state relative to the second connecting wall in the process that the first folding part and the second folding part rotate relative to each other and under the condition that the first convex surface and the second convex surface are arranged relatively to each other, the playability of a user to the electronic equipment is improved, the use scene of the electronic equipment is enlarged, and the use experience of the user is improved. Simultaneously, the folding mechanism that this application provided, compare in the mechanism of hovering that cam and spring constitute among the correlation technique, saved the cost and to the occupation of the space of complete machine, simultaneously, the cooperation position of first convex surface and second convex surface can be adjusted in a flexible way.
Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.
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FIG. 1 is one of the schematic diagrams of a folding mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a hovering portion according to an embodiment of the present application in a mating relationship with a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a folding mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application in a folded state;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a folding mechanism in a hovering state according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a folding mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application in an unfolded state;
FIG. 6 is a second schematic view of a folding mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a first rotating shaft according to an embodiment of the present application.
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the suspension type suspension device comprises a first folding portion, a first rotating shaft 10, a first connecting portion 102, a rotating member 104, a first connecting wall 12, a first convex surface 120, an elastic wall 122, a second folding portion 2, a second rotating shaft 20, a flat shaft 200, a second connecting wall 22, a suspension portion 3, a second connecting portion 30, a second convex surface 32, a first suspension portion 34, a second suspension portion 36, a connecting rod 38, a through hole 39, a synchronizing member 4 and a swing arm 5.
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Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application without making any creative effort belong to the protection scope of the present application.
The features of the terms first and second in the description and in the claims of the present application may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features.
In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "top", "axial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, are used only for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present application.
In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in this application will be understood to be a specific case for those of ordinary skill in the art.
A folding mechanism and an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 7.
As shown in fig. 1, a folding mechanism according to some embodiments of the present application includes: a first folder 1 including a first rotation shaft 10 and a first connection wall 12 connected thereto; the second folding part 2 comprises a second rotating shaft 20 and a second connecting wall 22 which are connected, the first folding part 1 and the second folding part 2 can rotate relatively to enable the first connecting wall 12 to be in a hovering state or a folded state relative to the second connecting wall 22, and at least one of the first connecting wall 12 and the second connecting wall 22 is provided with a first convex surface 120; and a hovering part 3 connected to at least one of the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20, wherein a second convex surface 32 is disposed on the hovering part 3, and the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32 are disposed opposite to each other in a hovering state.
The folding mechanism according to the embodiment of the present application includes a first folding portion 1, a second folding portion 2, and a hovering portion 3, the first folding portion 1 includes a first rotating shaft 10 and a first connecting wall 12, the second folding portion 2 includes a second rotating shaft 20 and a second connecting wall 22, the hovering portion 3 is connected to at least one of the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20, and the first folding portion 1 and the second folding portion 2 are capable of rotating relative to each other, so that the first connecting wall 12 can be in a hovering state or a moving state relative to the second connecting wall 22. In the process that the first folding part 1 and the second folding part 2 rotate relatively, under the condition that the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32 are arranged relatively, the first connecting wall 12 is in a hovering state relative to the second connecting wall 22, the playability of a user on the electronic device is improved, the use scene of the electronic device is enlarged, and the use experience of the user is improved. Meanwhile, compared with a hovering mechanism formed by a cam and a spring in the related art, the folding mechanism provided by the application saves the cost and occupies the space of the whole machine, and meanwhile, the matching parts of the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32 can be flexibly adjusted.
As shown in fig. 2, 3 and 7, according to some embodiments of the present application, a first connection portion 102 is disposed on at least one of the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20, a second connection portion 30 is disposed on the hovering portion 3, and the first connection portion 102 and the second connection portion 30 are threadedly connected.
In this embodiment, the first connection portion 102 and the second connection portion 30 are connected by screw threads, so that when the first folding portion 1 and the second folding portion 2 rotate, the first connection portion 102 and the second connection portion 30 rotate relatively, so that the hovering portion 3 moves along the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and the hovering function of the folding mechanism is realized.
In specific application, an external thread is arranged on the first connecting portion 102, an internal thread is arranged on the second connecting portion 30, the internal thread is in threaded connection with the external thread, and when the first folding portion 1 and the second folding portion 2 rotate, the second connecting portion 30 with the internal thread moves along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 10, so that the hovering portion 3 is driven to move along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 10 as a whole.
Specifically, the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32 are elastic structures, or the first connecting wall 12 and the second connecting wall 22 include an elastic wall 122, the first convex surface 120 is disposed on the elastic wall 122, the first connecting wall 12 rotates to drive the first rotating shaft 10 to rotate, when the first rotating shaft 10 rotates, under the cooperation of the first connecting portion 102 and the second connecting portion 30, the second connecting portion 30 drives the hovering portion 3 to move along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 10, and then the hovering portion 3 drives the second convex surface 32 to move along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 10, so that the second convex surface 32 can contact with the first convex surface 120, when the top of the second convex surface 32 is opposite to the top of the first convex surface 120, the elastic wall 122 deforms, thereby achieving soft extrusion of the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32, the first convex surface 120 cooperates with the second convex surface 32 to generate a resisting torque, when the generated resisting torque is equal to the resisting force of the folding mechanism, a hover function is implemented.
As shown in fig. 1, 3, 4 and 5, according to some embodiments of the present application, the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20 are disposed in parallel, the rotating members 104 are disposed on the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20, respectively, and the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20 are rotated synchronously by the rotating members 104.
In this embodiment, the first and second rotating shafts 10 and 20 are arranged in parallel and rotated synchronously by the rotating member 104. In the process of folding or unfolding the folding mechanism, the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20 rotate synchronously, so that the folding and unfolding reliability of the folding mechanism is ensured.
In a specific application, the hovering part 3 is connected to the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20, respectively. Further, the first connecting portion 102 is disposed on each of the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20, the two second connecting portions 30 are disposed on the hovering portion 3, and the two second connecting portions 30 are respectively connected to the first connecting portion 102 on the first rotating shaft 10 and the second connecting portion 30 on the second rotating shaft 20, so that the movement stability of the hovering portion 3 is improved.
In another specific application, the first connection portion 102 is disposed on the first rotating shaft 10, the hovering portion 3 is disposed on the second connection portion 30, and the first connection portion 102 and the second connection portion 30 are connected by screw threads, so as to realize axial movement of the hovering portion 3.
Specifically, the lengths of the first and second rotating shafts 10 and 20 are the same. The rotating element 104 on the first rotating shaft 10 and the rotating element 104 on the second rotating shaft 20 are disposed opposite to each other, and can be directly connected or connected through other components, so as to implement synchronous rotation of the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20.
As shown in fig. 2, according to some embodiments of the present application, the hovering portion 3 includes a first hovering portion 34, a second hovering portion 36 and a connecting rod 38, the first hovering portion 34 and the second hovering portion 36 are disposed at two ends of the connecting rod 38, the first hovering portion 34 is sleeved on the first rotating shaft 10, the second hovering portion 36 is sleeved on the second rotating shaft 20, at least one of the first hovering portion 34 and the second hovering portion 36 is provided with the second connecting portion 30, and the first hovering portion 34 and the second hovering portion 36 are respectively provided with the second convex surface 32 thereon.
In this embodiment, the hovering portion 3 includes a first hovering portion 34, a second hovering portion 36 and a connecting rod 38 disposed between the first hovering portion 34 and the second hovering portion 36, the first hovering portion 34 is connected with the first rotating shaft 10, and the second hovering portion 36 is connected with the second rotating shaft 20, so that, when the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20 rotate synchronously, the first hovering portion 34 and the second hovering portion 36 can move synchronously through the connecting rod 38 to enable the folding mechanism to fold, hover or unfold reliably. At least one of the first hovering part 34 and the second hovering part 36 is provided with a second connecting part 30, and the first hovering part 34 and the second hovering part 36 are axially moved by the cooperation of the first connecting part 102 and the second connecting part 30, so that the second convex surface 32 is matched with the first convex surface 120, and the folding mechanism has a hovering state.
In a specific application, a first connecting portion 102 is disposed on the first rotating shaft 10, a second connecting portion 30 is disposed in a mounting hole of the first hovering portion 34, the first hovering portion 34 is sleeved on the first rotating shaft 10, so that the first connecting portion 102 is in threaded connection with the second connecting portion 30, when the first rotating shaft 10 rotates, the second rotating shaft 20 rotates synchronously with the first rotating shaft 10 through the cooperation of the rotating member 104, the first hovering portion 34 rotates axially of the first rotating shaft 10 through the cooperation of the first connecting portion 102 and the second connecting portion 30, the second hovering portion 36 moves synchronously with the first hovering portion 34 through the connecting rod 38, so that the second convex surface 32 on the first hovering portion 34 is matched with the first convex surface 120 on the first connecting wall 12, and the second convex surface 32 on the second hovering portion 36 is matched with the first convex surface 120 on the second connecting wall 22, so that the first folding portion 1 and the second folding portion 2 can move simultaneously, a hover function is implemented.
Further, the second convex surface 32 on the first hovering portion 34 extends in an arc shape on the first hovering portion 34 along the circumferential direction of the first rotating shaft 10, and the second convex surface 32 on the second hovering portion 36 extends in an arc shape on the second hovering portion 36 along the circumferential direction of the second rotating shaft 20.
As shown in fig. 3 to 5, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first connecting wall 12 and the second connecting wall 22 respectively include an elastic wall 122, and the first convex surface 120 is disposed on the elastic wall 122, wherein, in the hovering state, the elastic wall 122 is in a deformed state, and a top of the first convex surface 120 is disposed opposite to a top of the second convex surface 32.
In this embodiment, the first connecting wall 12 and the second connecting wall 22 respectively include an elastic wall 122, the first convex surface 120 is disposed on the elastic wall 122, such that when the first rotating shaft 10 rotates, the second connecting portion 30 drives the hovering portion 3 to move along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 10 under the cooperation of the first connecting portion 102 and the second connecting portion 30, and then the hovering portion 3 drives the second convex surface 32 to move along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 10, such that the second convex surface 32 can contact with the first convex surface 120, when the top of the second convex surface 32 is disposed opposite to the top of the first convex surface 120, the elastic wall 122 deforms, thereby achieving soft extrusion of the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32, and the first convex surface 120 cooperates with the second convex surface 32 to generate a resistance torque, and when the generated resistance torque is equal to the rebound force of the folding mechanism, the hovering function is achieved.
In a specific application, as shown in fig. 1 and 6, the first connecting wall 12 and the second connecting wall 22 further include a swing arm 5, the swing arm 5 is fixedly connected to the corresponding first rotating shaft 10 or the second rotating shaft 20, and the swing arm 5 moves to drive the first rotating shaft 10 or the second rotating shaft 20 to move, so as to drive the hovering portion 3 to move.
As shown in fig. 2, according to some embodiments of the present application, in a case where one of the first and second rotating shafts 10 and 20 is provided with the first connecting portion 102, the other of the first and second rotating shafts 10 and 20 includes a flat position shaft 200; one of the first hovering part 34 and the second hovering part 36 is provided with the second connecting part 30, and the other is provided with a through hole 39; the flat shaft 200 is disposed in the through hole 39 and can rotate in the through hole 39, and the first connecting portion 102 is screwed to the second connecting portion 30.
In this embodiment, in the case where the first connection portion 102 is provided on one of the first and second rotating shafts 10 and 20, the other of the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20 includes a flat shaft 200, one of the first hovering part 34 and the second hovering part 36 is provided with the second connecting part 30, the other is provided with a through hole 39, thus, the first connection portion 102 and the second connection portion 30 are screwed, the flat shaft 200 is disposed in the through hole 39, when the first and second rotating shafts 10 and 20 rotate synchronously, by the screw connection of the first and second connection parts 102 and 30, such that one of the first and second hovers 34, 36 moves in the axial direction of the first or second shafts 10, 20, and the connecting rod 38 drives the other to move along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 10, so that the first hovering part 34 and the second hovering part 36 move synchronously, and the friction force between the hovering part 3 and the first rotating shaft 10 or the second rotating shaft 20 is reduced.
It can be understood that the flat shaft 200 is a round shaft, so that a flat plane is formed on the shaft, and the contact area between the shaft and the through hole 39 is reduced, so as to reduce the friction between the hovering part 3 and the first rotating shaft 10 or the second rotating shaft 20.
Specifically, the oblate shaft 200 includes two oppositely disposed facets that reduce the friction between the oblate shaft 200 and the through hole 39.
In addition, one of the first hovering portion 34 and the second hovering portion 36, on which the second connecting portion 30 is provided, is provided with a mounting hole, and the second connecting portion 30 is provided on an inner wall surface of the mounting hole.
As shown in fig. 1, according to some embodiments of the present application, the folding mechanism further comprises: the synchronizer 4 is located between the rotor 104 of the first rotating shaft 10 and the rotor 104 of the second rotating shaft 20, and is connected with the rotor 104 of the first rotating shaft 10 and the rotor 104 of the second rotating shaft 20.
In this embodiment, the folding mechanism further includes a synchronizing member 4, and the synchronizing member 4 is disposed between the rotating member 104 of the first rotating shaft 10 and the rotating member 104 of the second rotating shaft 20, and is connected to the two rotating members 104, so that when one of the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20 rotates, the other rotating member can be driven by the synchronizing member 4 to rotate, so that the first folding portion 1 and the second folding portion 2 move synchronously, and further the folding, hovering, and unfolding functions of the folding mechanism are realized.
As shown in fig. 1, according to some embodiments of the present application, the synchronizing member 4 includes a first gear, and the rotating member 104 includes a second gear, the first gear being in meshing connection with the second gear.
In this embodiment, the synchronizing member 4 includes a first gear, and the rotating member 104 includes a second gear, so that the reliability and smoothness of the synchronous motion of the first rotating shaft 10 and the second rotating shaft 20 are improved through the meshing transmission of the first gear and the second gear.
According to some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 3, the folding mechanism further includes a folded state in which the first convex surface 120 is located below the second convex surface 32 in the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 10; as shown in fig. 5, in the expanded state, the first convexities 120 are located above the second convexities 32 in the axial direction of the first rotation shaft 10.
In this embodiment, along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 10, in the folded state, the first convex surface 120 is located below the second convex surface 32, and in the unfolded state, the first convex surface 120 is located above the second convex surface 32, so that in the process of switching the folded mechanism from the unfolded state to the folded state or from the folded state to the unfolded state, the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32 generate relative movement along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 10, so that the first convex surface 120 is in contact with the second convex surface 32, and when the top of the first convex surface 120 is engaged with the top of the second convex surface 32, the hovering function is realized.
In a specific application, the hovering function mainly means that a user can realize hovering at different angles by controlling the opening and closing angles of a screen. The hovering function is realized through the following modes:
1) the user unfolds the folding mechanism to enable the swing arm 5 to rotate;
2) a second gear and a thread are arranged on the first rotating shaft 10 to form a gear screw, the swing arm 5 drives the gear screw to rotate, and the first gear synchronously rotates to enable the angles of the two sides to be consistent, as shown in fig. 1;
3) the matching surface of the gear screw and the hovering part 3 is a threaded screw, and the hovering part 3 is driven to move downwards along with the rotation of the threaded screw, as shown in fig. 2 and 7;
4) the hovering part 3 moves downwards, the positions of the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32 are changed from the positions in the folded state of fig. 3 to the positions in the hovering state of fig. 4, the elastic wall 122 deforms so as to realize soft extrusion of the second convex surface 32 of the hovering part 3 and the first convex surface 120 of the elastic wall 122, the two convex surfaces are mutually engaged to generate resistance torque, and when the generated resistance torque is equal to the rebounding force of the folding mechanism, the hovering function is realized.
5) When the folding mechanism is fully unfolded, the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32 are not engaged, and the state is shown in fig. 5;
6) when the folding mechanism is in the process from the unfolding state to the folding state, the motion mode of the hovering part 3 is opposite to that described above, and in the closing process of the folding mechanism, the swing arm 5 is driven to rotate, so that the gear screw is driven to rotate, the hovering part 3 is driven to move upwards, the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32 are meshed to realize hovering, and finally, the folding mechanism is closed, and the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32 are not meshed.
In the schematic diagrams shown in fig. 3 and 4, only the positions of the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32 are shown, and the positions of the first folded part 1 and the second folded part 2 are not shown.
The folding mechanism that this application provided utilizes the screw drive of screw thread, and the second convex surface 32 that drives portion 3 of hovering and the first convex surface 120 on the elastic wall 122 realize hovering through intermeshing, brings following beneficial effect: the whole cam and spring mechanism in the related technology is eliminated, so that the cost and the space of the whole machine are saved; the hovering part 3 and the elastic wall 122 can be flexibly adjusted in the design space.
According to some embodiments of the present application, there is provided an electronic device including: the folding mechanism of any of the first aspect.
In the embodiments proposed in the present application, the folding mechanism proposed in any of the above embodiments is included, so that the overall beneficial effects of the folding mechanism are achieved.
According to some embodiments of the application, the electronic device further comprises: and the flexible screen covers the first folding part 1 and the second folding part 2.
In this embodiment, the electronic device further comprises a flexible screen, which is overlaid on the first folding portion 1 and the second folding portion 2, and which is caused to fold, hover or unfold therewith by the relative movement of the first folding portion 1 and the second folding portion 2.
When the first rotating shaft 10 or the second rotating shaft 20 rotates, under the cooperation of the first connecting portion 102 and the second connecting portion 30, the second connecting portion 30 drives the hovering portion 3 to move along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 10, and then the hovering portion 3 drives the second convex surface 32 to move along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 10, so that the second convex surface 32 can contact with the first convex surface 120, when the top of the second convex surface 32 is meshed with the top of the first convex surface 120, the elastic wall 122 deforms, so that soft extrusion of the first convex surface 120 and the second convex surface 32 is realized, the first convex surface 120 is matched with the second convex surface 32, resistance torque is generated, and when the generated resistance torque is equal to the bounce of the flexible screen, the hovering function is realized.
In particular, the electronic device may be a smartphone, a tablet computer, an electronic reader, a wearable device, and so on, which are not enumerated herein.
In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.
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1. A folding mechanism, comprising:
the first folding part comprises a first rotating shaft and a first connecting wall which are connected;
the first folding part and the second folding part can rotate relatively to enable the first connecting wall to be in a hovering state or a moving state relative to the second connecting wall, and at least one of the first connecting wall and the second connecting wall is provided with a first convex surface;
a hovering part connected with at least one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft, wherein a second convex surface is arranged on the hovering part,
wherein, in the hovering state, the first convex surface is disposed opposite to the second convex surface.
2. The folding mechanism of claim 1,
at least one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft is provided with a first connecting part, the hovering part is provided with a second connecting part, and the first connecting part is in threaded connection with the second connecting part.
3. The folding mechanism of claim 2,
the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are arranged oppositely, the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are respectively provided with a rotating part, and the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft pass through the rotating part to rotate synchronously.
4. The folding mechanism of claim 3,
the hovering part comprises a first hovering part, a second hovering part and a connecting rod, the first hovering part and the second hovering part are arranged at two ends of the connecting rod, the first hovering part is sleeved on the first rotating shaft, the second hovering part is sleeved on the second rotating shaft, at least one of the first hovering part and the second hovering part is provided with the second connecting part, and the first hovering part and the second hovering part are respectively provided with the second convex surface.
5. The folding mechanism of claim 4,
the first connecting wall and the second connecting wall respectively comprise elastic walls, the first convex surface is arranged on the elastic walls, wherein in the hovering state, the elastic walls are in a deformation state, and the top of the first convex surface is opposite to the top of the second convex surface.
6. The folding mechanism of claim 4,
in a case where one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft is provided with the first connecting portion, the other of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft includes a flat position shaft;
one of the first hovering part and the second hovering part is provided with the second connecting part, and the other one is provided with a through hole;
the flat position shaft is arranged in the through hole and can rotate in the through hole, and the first connecting part is in threaded connection with the second connecting part.
7. The folding mechanism of claim 3, further comprising:
the synchronous piece is located on the first rotating shaft, the rotating piece is connected with the rotating piece on the second rotating shaft, and the synchronous piece is connected with the rotating piece on the first rotating shaft.
8. The folding mechanism of claim 7,
the synchronous piece comprises a first gear, the rotating piece comprises a second gear, and the first gear is in meshed connection with the second gear.
9. The folding mechanism of any of claims 1 to 8,
the folding mechanism further comprises a folded state and an unfolded state, and in the folded state, the first convex surface is positioned below the second convex surface along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft;
in the expanded state, the first convex surface is located above the second convex surface in an axial direction of the first rotating shaft.
10. An electronic device, comprising:
the folding mechanism of any one of claims 1 to 9.
11. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising:
the flexible screen covers in the first folding portion with the second folding portion.
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