CN115405616A - Folding device and display device - Google Patents

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CN115405616A
CN115405616A CN202211182853.2A CN202211182853A CN115405616A CN 115405616 A CN115405616 A CN 115405616A CN 202211182853 A CN202211182853 A CN 202211182853A CN 115405616 A CN115405616 A CN 115405616A
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邓琼
袁波
李骄阳
朱修剑
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Hefei Visionox Technology Co Ltd
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16CSHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16CSHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C11/00Pivots; Pivotal connections
    • F16C11/04Pivotal connections
    • F16C11/10Arrangements for locking
    • F16C11/103Arrangements for locking frictionally clamped
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16CSHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C11/00Pivots; Pivotal connections
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    • G06F1/1613Constructional details or arrangements for portable computers
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    • G06F1/1675Miscellaneous details related to the relative movement between the different enclosures or enclosure parts
    • G06F1/1681Details related solely to hinges
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04MTELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0206Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings
    • H04M1/0208Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings characterized by the relative motions of the body parts
    • H04M1/0214Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
    • H04M1/0222Foldable in two directions, i.e. using a two degree of freedom hinge
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05KPRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
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Abstract

The utility model relates to a folding device and display device, folding device includes the folding portion, the folding portion is used for with treat folding part and be connected, the folding portion can rotate and treat folding part with the drive and change to preset position, wherein, the folding portion includes the mounting, pivot and flexible subassembly, the mounting has the chamber of holding, the pivot sets up in holding the chamber and passing the mounting along self axial, flexible subassembly includes the extensible member that the circumference interval of pivot set up more than two, the one end of every extensible member is connected and other end butt in the inner wall of mounting with the pivot, wherein, the pivot can use self axis to rotate and drive the relative mounting of flexible subassembly and rotate as the center, when rotating to preset position, flexible subassembly butt lives the mounting so that the pivot is static. According to the scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the part to be folded can be relatively fixed, and free hovering during folding is realized.

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Folding device and display device
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of screen folding, in particular to a folding device and a display device.
Background
Foldable electronic products in the market can provide bigger screen for the user at present, have improved user's operation experience, more can embody its science and technology sense to portable, therefore foldable electronic products have become the high-end intelligent product of each big electron manufacturer's overall arrangement.
The prior art has basically solved the basic folding function of foldable electronic products, and the foldable electronic products on the market are characterized in that the folding rotating shaft is utilized to realize the inward folding and outward folding forms of the screen, so as to realize the expansion of the screen.
However, when two screens of present collapsible electronic product can't realize buckling and be certain angle, the relative position of two screens is fixed, realizes freely hovering of collapsible electronic product screen, has influenced user's use and has experienced, consequently, need for a neotype display device urgently.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the application provides a folding device and a display device, which can realize free hovering at any angle when a display panel is folded.
On the one hand, according to this application embodiment provides a folding device, including the folding portion, the folding portion is used for with treat folding part and be connected, the folding portion can rotate in order to drive and treat folding part and change to preset position, wherein, the folding portion includes the mounting, pivot and flexible subassembly, the mounting has the chamber of holding, the pivot sets up in holding the chamber and passes the mounting along self axial, flexible subassembly includes the extensible member that the circumference interval of pivot set up more than two, the one end of every extensible member is connected with the pivot and other end butt in the inner wall of mounting, wherein, the pivot can use self axis to rotate and drive the relative mounting of flexible subassembly and rotate as the center, when rotating to preset position, flexible subassembly butt live the mounting so that the pivot is static.
According to an aspect of the embodiment of the application, the telescopic part comprises a telescopic part and an elastic part, one end of the telescopic part is connected to the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft, the other end of the telescopic part is abutted against the inner wall of the fixing part, and the elastic part is sleeved on the telescopic part and can move telescopically along with the telescopic part;
preferably, the telescopic part comprises a telescopic column and the elastic part comprises a spring.
According to an aspect of the embodiment of the application, the number of the folding portions is two, the rotating shafts of the two folding portions are arranged in parallel at intervals, the folding device further comprises a connecting portion, the two folding portions are connected through the connecting portion, and the rotating shaft of any folding portion can rotate relative to the rotating shaft of the other folding portion.
According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present application, the connecting portion includes a connecting band surrounding and wrapping at least a portion of the two fixing members in a radial direction of the rotation shaft to connect the two folded portions, and the two fixing members are spaced apart in the connecting band in the radial direction.
According to an aspect of the embodiment of the application, the telescopic pieces are arranged in pairs, and the telescopic pieces arranged in pairs are symmetrically distributed by taking the rotating shaft as a center.
According to one aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the inner wall of the fixed member has alternately arranged concave portions and convex portions, the concave portions are concavely arranged toward the rotation shaft, the convex portions are convexly arranged toward the rotation shaft, and the extensible member is compressed when passing through the convex portions and is extended when passing through the concave portions;
preferably, the number of the telescopic members in the telescopic assembly is equal to the sum of the concave parts and the convex parts, and the distance between the ends, which abut against the fixing part, of the two adjacent telescopic members is equal to the distance between the adjacent concave parts and the adjacent convex parts.
According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present application, the concave portions are arranged in pairs, the concave portions are symmetrically distributed around the rotation axis, the convex portions are arranged in pairs, and the convex portions are symmetrically distributed around the rotation axis.
According to an aspect of this application embodiment, the folded portion still includes the adaptor, and the adaptor has the through-hole that runs through along the axial, and the pivot is pegged graft in the through-hole and is connected with the extensible member through the adaptor, and the one end of extensible member is passed through the adaptor and is connected and other end butt in the inner wall of mounting with the pivot, and the pivot can drive the adaptor and rotate in order to drive the relative mounting rotation of extensible member.
According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present application, the folding portion further includes a limiting member, the limiting member is sleeved on the rotating shaft, one end of the limiting member is connected to the rotating shaft, and the other end of the limiting member abuts against the adaptor, and the limiting member is configured to block the adaptor from moving in the axial direction;
preferably, the folding portion has two limiting members, and the two limiting members are respectively disposed on two sides of the adaptor in the axial direction.
According to an aspect of the embodiment of the application, the folding portion further comprises a shielding piece, the shielding piece is arranged between the limiting piece and the adapter, the adapter can rotate relative to the shielding piece, and one end of the limiting piece is connected to the rotating shaft, and the other end of the limiting piece abuts against the shielding piece.
In another aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a display device, which includes a display panel and a folding device as described above, where the folding device is connected to the display panel to make the display panel foldable.
The embodiment of the application provides a folding device and display device, folding portion wherein is through setting up the flexible subassembly between pivot and mounting, both can realize being connected of pivot and mounting, can utilize the mounting again to the reverse action power that flexible subassembly provided to in the pivot, and then form the extrusion to the pivot from the multi-angle, make it static get off and fix on preset position, because the pivot with treat folding unit and be connected, when the pivot drives and treats folding unit arbitrary angle pivoted, realized treating folding unit and being fixed when certain angle hover, user's use experience has been improved, the user has satisfied the demand that the folding unit is treated to fixed the hovering of folding unit.
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Features, advantages and technical effects of exemplary embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a folding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a folding device according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of a folding device according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 4 is a front view of a fold of a folding apparatus of an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5 is a front view of two folds of a folding device according to an embodiment of the present application.
Reference numerals are as follows:
100-a folding device; 10-a fold; 20-a connecting part; 21-a connecting band;
x-axial direction; y-radial; z-circumferential direction;
1-a fixing piece; 11-a recess; 12-a convex part; 101-a containment chamber; 2-a rotating shaft;
3-a telescopic member;
4-an adaptor; 41-through holes; 5-a limiting part; 6-a shield.
In the drawings, like parts are provided with like reference numerals. The figures are not drawn to scale.
Detailed Description
Features and exemplary embodiments of various aspects of the present application will be described in detail below. In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present application may be practiced without some of these specific details. The following description of the embodiments is merely intended to provide a better understanding of the present application by illustrating examples thereof. In the drawings and the following description, at least some well-known structures and techniques have not been shown to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the present application; also, the dimensions of some of the structures may be exaggerated for clarity. Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.
The following description is given in terms of orientation as shown in the drawings and not intended to limit the specific construction of the folding device of the present application. In the description of the present application, it is also to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, e.g., as being either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood as appropriate by one of ordinary skill in the art.
For a better understanding of the present application, the folding device and the display device of the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 1 to 5.
Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a folding apparatus 100 provided in an embodiment of the present application includes a folding portion 10, the folding portion 10 is used for being connected to a to-be-folded member, the folding portion 10 can rotate to drive the to-be-folded member to rotate to a predetermined position, wherein the folding portion 10 includes a fixing member 1, a rotating shaft 2 and a telescopic assembly, the fixing member 1 has an accommodating cavity 101, the rotating shaft 2 is disposed in the accommodating cavity 101 and penetrates through the fixing member 1 along a self axial direction X, the telescopic assembly includes more than two telescopic members 3 disposed at intervals along a circumferential direction Z of the rotating shaft 2, one end of each telescopic member 3 is connected to the rotating shaft 2 and the other end of each telescopic member abuts against an inner wall of the fixing member 1, wherein the rotating shaft 2 can rotate around the self axis and drive the telescopic assembly to rotate relative to the fixing member 1, and when the rotating to the predetermined position, the telescopic assembly abuts against the fixing member 1 to make the rotating shaft 2 static.
The folding device 100 in the embodiment of the present application can be disposed between two screens of a folding electronic product, and can realize folding of the two screens with the folding device 100 as a center and fixed hovering of any one of the screens, for example, can be applied to a folding screen mobile phone.
Alternatively, the member to be folded may be a display screen, and the folding device 100 is connected to the member to be folded through the folding portion 10 and drives the member to be folded to rotate to any angle and then hover.
The fixing member 1 in the folding portion 10 has a receiving cavity 101, and it is understood that the fixing member 1 is a hollow structure, alternatively, the fixing member 1 may be provided as a cylindrical structure, and after penetrating along its own axis, the middle portion thereof forms the receiving cavity 101, and the application does not specially limit the specific structural shape of the fixing member 1.
Optionally, the accommodating cavity 101 is of a cylindrical structure, the inner wall profile of the accommodating cavity is arc-shaped, the arc of the inner wall profile can be discontinuous, the radius size, the concave-convex orientation and the extension length of the inner wall profile can be adjusted to be different from each other, and the inner wall profile can be set to be multiple and connected in succession, and the specific structure of the accommodating cavity 101 is not particularly limited in the present application.
The rotating shaft 2 penetrates through the accommodating cavity 101 of the fixing piece 1 along the axial direction X of the rotating shaft 2, two ends of the rotating shaft 2 are exposed and can be used for connecting a part to be folded, the rotating shaft 2 can rotate clockwise or anticlockwise in the accommodating cavity 101, and the rotating shaft can be manually driven to rotate manually.
Set up flexible subassembly between the inner wall of pivot 2 and mounting 1, flexible subassembly specifically includes a plurality of extensible members 3, and the one end of every extensible member 3 is connected and other end butt in the inner wall of mounting 1 with pivot 2 to be connected pivot 2 and mounting 1, no matter where of extensible member 3 butt in the inner wall, all need to ensure extensible member 3 and be in compression state at least, so that it forms reaction force and acts on pivot 2.
Optionally, the telescopic portion in the telescopic member 3 may be a telescopic column or other structure, which can perform the functions of stretching and supporting, and the elastic portion sleeved on the telescopic portion may adopt a damping mechanism such as a spring, both of which have the flexibility, so that the elastic portion and the elastic portion can perform telescopic reciprocating motion in the accommodating cavity 101 to provide a balance force for the fixed hovering of the rotating shaft 2.
Because the plurality of telescopic parts 3 are arranged to form a reaction force to act on the rotating shaft 2, when the rotating shaft 2 rotates to a preset position, the rotating shaft 2 is fixed in the accommodating cavity 101 of the fixing member 1 by the mutual action and cooperation of the plurality of telescopic parts 3.
Optionally, a plurality of extensible members 3 are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction Z of the rotating shaft 2, so that the rotating shaft 2 is stressed at multiple angles of the circumferential direction Z, the extensible members are fixed in the accommodating cavity 101 in a balanced manner, the more the number of the extensible members 3 are, the better the balance stability of the rotating shaft 2 in the accommodating cavity 101 is, and the specific number of the extensible members 3 is not limited by the application.
Because one end of the telescopic part 3 is connected with the rotating shaft 2, the telescopic part 3 can rotate along with the rotating shaft 2, while the other end of the telescopic part 3 abuts against the inner wall of the fixing part 1, which can be understood as movable contact, the other end of the telescopic part 3 can rotate relative to the inner wall of the fixing part 1 and form sliding friction, and here, the small sliding friction between the two needs to be controlled so as to facilitate the rotation of the telescopic part 3.
When pivot 2 drove 3 rotations of extensible member, extensible member 3 received the compression that comes from 1 inner wall of mounting equally, forms reaction force effect to pivot 2 on, but because the diversified reaction force of extensible assembly can be overcome to the drive power in self circumference Z that pivot 2 received, and control reduces above-mentioned sliding friction, therefore pivot 2 still can be convenient for artifical manual rotation.
The embodiment of the application provides a folding device 100, folding portion 10 wherein is through setting up the flexible subassembly between pivot 2 and mounting 1, both can realize being connected of pivot 2 and mounting 1, can utilize mounting 1 again to act on to pivot 2 the reverse action power that flexible subassembly provided, and then form the extrusion to pivot 2 from the multi-angle, make it static get off and fix on preset position, because pivot 2 with treat folding unit and be connected, when pivot 2 drives and treats folding unit arbitrary angle pivoted, realized treating folding unit and being the fixed when certain angle hover, user's use experience has been improved, the user has satisfied the user and has treated the fixed demand of hovering of folding unit.
As an alternative embodiment, please continue to refer to fig. 1 to fig. 3, the number of the folding portions 10 is two, the rotating shafts 2 of the two folding portions 10 are spaced and arranged in parallel, the folding apparatus 100 further includes a connecting portion 20, the two folding portions 10 are connected by the connecting portion 20, and the rotating shaft 2 of any folding portion 10 can rotate relative to the rotating shaft 2 of the other folding portion 10.
The two folding portions 10 can be arranged, and the rotating shafts 2 of the two folding portions 10 are arranged in parallel and keep a certain distance, so that mutual interference caused by structural interference of the two folding portions is avoided.
Alternatively, the two folded portions 10 may be connected to form a whole by the connecting portion 20, so that the whole control of the folded portions is facilitated, and the distance between the two folded portions 10 is not excessively large, so as to reduce the formed gap.
The specific structure and connection manner of the connection portion 20 are not particularly limited in the present application, and the two folded portions 10 may be integrally connected.
The rotating shaft 2 of any one of the folding parts 10 can rotate relative to the rotating shaft 2 of the other folding part 10, for example, one of the rotating shafts 2 can be rotated, and the other rotating shaft 2 can be kept still.
Optionally, the two rotating shafts 2 can also be rotated simultaneously, and can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise, and the rotating directions and the rotating speeds of the two rotating shafts can be manually adjusted, so that the two rotating shafts rotate relatively to form different hovering angles, and different adjustment requirements are met.
The folding device 100 provided by the embodiment of the application can control and adjust simultaneously by arranging the two folding parts 10 in the folding device 100, has multiple adjusting modes and adaptive working conditions, realizes the bidirectional adjustment of the folding parts to be treated, improves the adjustment flexibility, can further form more hovering states on the basis of hovering completion, and meets more hovering requirements of users.
As an alternative embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the connecting portion 20 includes a connecting band 21, the connecting band 21 surrounds and wraps at least a portion of the two fixing members 1 along the radial direction Y of the rotating shaft 2 to connect the two folding portions 10, and the two fixing members 1 are arranged at intervals along the radial direction Y in the connecting band 21.
Alternatively, the connecting portion 20 may employ a connecting band 21, the connecting band 21 is in a ring-shaped closed structure, the fixing members 1 of the two folding portions 10 are wound by the connecting band 21 in one turn along the radial direction Y, and part of the surfaces of the two fixing members 1 are wrapped by the wound connecting band 21 and are connected in a contact manner, so that the two folding portions 10 and the connecting portion 20 form an integral structure.
Since both fastening elements 1 are stationary, they can be held at a distance from each other in the connecting strip 21 in the radial direction Y, or can be brought into contact with each other in order to reduce the distance between the two folds 10.
The connecting portion 20 in the present application is not limited to the structure of the connecting band 21, and may also be a connecting rod, a connecting plate, or two fixing members 1 directly contacting and connecting into a whole, as long as it can satisfy that two folding portions 10 form a whole, the present application does not specially limit the specific structure of the connecting portion 20.
According to the folding device 100 provided by the embodiment of the application, the connecting part 20 adopts the structure of the connecting belt 21, a feasible connecting mode is provided, two folding parts 10 are connected to form an integral structure, and are also coated, so that the internal rotation is not influenced by the outside, certain isolation protection is formed, and the service life of the folding device 100 is prolonged.
As an alternative embodiment, please refer to fig. 4 and 5, the telescopic members 3 are arranged in pairs, and the telescopic members 3 arranged in pairs are symmetrically distributed around the rotating shaft 2.
Alternatively, the telescopic members 3 are provided in pairs, and it can be seen that the total number of the telescopic members 3 is an even number, and the specific number of the telescopic members 3 is not particularly limited in the present application.
Each pair of telescopic parts 3 are symmetrically distributed by taking the rotating shaft 2 as a center, and in the pair of telescopic parts 3, the acting forces of the single telescopic part 3 on the rotating shaft 2 are opposite, so that the acting forces of each pair of telescopic parts 3 on the rotating shaft 2 can be balanced mutually, and the rotating shaft 2 can be still in the accommodating cavity 101.
The extensible member 3 that sets up in pairs can be located 2 circumference Z of pivot arbitrary angular position departments, and what set up so many can carry out balanced processing to pivot 2 on the multi-angle of pivot 2 to extensible member 3, have further improved the stability of pivot 2.
The embodiment of the application provides a folding device 100, through setting up extensible member 3 in pairs and make it around 2 symmetric distributions of pivot, make pivot 2 have better balance performance, avoid 2 skew of pivot rotation in-process, improved the stability when pivot 2 is static and when moving.
As an alternative embodiment, with continued reference to fig. 4 and 5, the inner wall of the fixing member 1 has alternately arranged concave portions 11 and convex portions 12, the concave portions 11 are arranged to be concave toward the rotating shaft 2, the convex portions 12 are arranged to be convex toward the rotating shaft 2, and the expansion member 3 is compressed when passing through the convex portions 12 and is expanded when passing through the concave portions 11.
The inner walls of the fixing member 1 in this embodiment are irregular profiles, and may be all configured as circular arc profiles, and only the local orientation is adjusted, so as to form an alternating structure having the concave portions 11 and the convex portions 12.
The recesses 11 formed therein are recessed toward the rotating shaft 2, which may be understood as a partial hollowing process of the inner wall of the fixing member 1, and the protrusions 12 are protruded toward the rotating shaft 2, which may be understood as a partial raising process of the inner wall of the fixing member 1, so that they are alternately arranged such that the inner wall of the fixing member 1 has an uneven structure.
Alternatively, the concave part 11 and the convex part 12 of the inner wall of the fixing member 1 may have different arc lengths and radii from each other, so that the radial distances Y from the middle rotating shaft 2 to the inner wall of the fixing member 1 are different from each other, in addition to different orientations.
It will be appreciated that the recesses 11 and the protrusions 12 of the inner wall of the fixing member 1 are alternately distributed in succession in the circumferential direction Z, so as to form a petaloid inner wall.
When the expansion piece 3 is abutted to the inner wall of the fixing piece 1 to rotate, the expansion piece 3 is always in a reciprocating motion state of compression and expansion due to the existence of the uneven petal-shaped inner wall, and has contraction elasticity.
When the telescopic piece 3 passes through the convex part 12 of the inner wall, the radial Y distance from the rotating shaft 2 to the inner wall is reduced, so that the convex part 12 compresses the telescopic piece 3, and the telescopic piece 3 gradually enters a compression state; when the telescopic member 3 passes through the recess 11 of the inner wall, the telescopic member 3 gradually enters the extended state due to the increase of the radial Y distance from the rotating shaft 2 to the inner wall.
The telescopic member 3 is gradually extended when passing through the concave portion 11 of the inner wall, and the extension process is only relative to the extension process when passing through the convex portion 12, the whole telescopic member 3 is compressed when passing through the concave portion 11, and reverse elasticity is always applied to the rotating shaft 2, so that the balanced fixation of the rotating shaft 2 is ensured.
For the rotation of the telescopic member 3 in the rugged inner wall, it is more necessary to reduce the sliding friction of the telescopic member 3 with the inner wall so that the telescopic member 3 smoothly transitions in the inner wall where the recesses 11 and the protrusions 12 are alternately distributed.
The embodiment of the application provides a folding device 100, through setting the inner wall of mounting 1 to the petal profile that has concave part 11 and convex part 12, can make pivoted extensible member 3 be in flexible reciprocating motion's state all the time, thereby it provides the reaction force to last pivot 2, dynamic maintenance pivot 2's balance is hovered, form the buffer protection to pivot 2, extensible member 3's elasticity can adapt to the inner wall structure of different profiles simultaneously, can use in more rotation environment, better application adaptability has.
As an alternative embodiment, with continued reference to fig. 4 and 5, each telescoping member 3 of the telescoping assembly is spaced apart from the shaft 2 by a corresponding recess 11 and/or protrusion 12.
The specific position of the telescopic member 3 on the rotating shaft 2 can be determined according to the contour of the inner wall of the fixing member 1, for example, the concave part 11 and/or the convex part 12 of the telescopic member 3 corresponding to the inner wall is connected to the rotating shaft 2.
Alternatively, the telescopic members 3 may be disposed on the rotating shaft 2 only corresponding to the recesses 11 of the inner wall, and when the telescopic members are at rest, one end of each telescopic member 3 in the telescopic assembly is connected to the rotating shaft 2, and the other end of each telescopic member abuts against the position of each recess 11 on the inner wall.
Similarly, the telescopic member 3 may be disposed on the rotating shaft 2 only corresponding to the convex portion 12 of the inner wall at rest, or the telescopic member 3 may be disposed on the rotating shaft 2 corresponding to both the convex portion 12 and the concave portion 11 of the inner wall, so that the telescopic member 3 corresponds to both the convex portion 12 and the concave portion 11 of the inner wall.
With this arrangement, the extensible member 3 can abut against the concave portion 11 and/or the convex portion 12 of the inner wall at rest, a reaction force can be regularly provided to the rotary shaft 2 even when the rotary shaft is rotated, and the extensible member 3 can abut against the concave portion 11 and/or the convex portion 12 of the inner wall at least in a certain state, so that the rotary shaft 2 can be balanced and fixed.
According to the folding device 100 provided by the embodiment of the application, the concave part 11 and/or the convex part 12 of the telescopic part 3 corresponding to the inner wall are/is arranged on the rotating shaft 2 when the telescopic part is static, so that the arrangement of the telescopic component on the rotating shaft 2 has certain regularity, and when the telescopic part 3 rotates to the corresponding concave part 11 and/or convex part 12, the elastic force formed by the telescopic part 3 corresponds to a minimum value and/or a maximum value, so that the telescopic component is in an extreme value state as a whole, and the optimal hovering balance state is achieved.
As an alternative embodiment, please refer to fig. 4 and 5, the concave portions 11 are arranged in pairs, the concave portions 11 are symmetrically distributed around the rotating shaft 2, the convex portions 12 are arranged in pairs, and the convex portions 12 are symmetrically distributed around the rotating shaft 2.
The symmetrical structure of the petal-shaped inner wall is provided in the embodiment, so that the concave parts 11 are symmetrically distributed in pairs, and the convex parts 12 are symmetrically distributed in pairs, and the overall regularity is further improved.
In this way, the telescopic parts 3 arranged on the rotating shaft 2 corresponding to the concave parts 11 and/or the convex parts 12 are also symmetrically distributed in pairs, so that the telescopic parts 3 are further regularly distributed, and mutually provide opposite and equal acting elastic forces for the rotating shaft 2, so that the rotating shaft 2 is more stably balanced regardless of rotation or hovering.
The number of pairs of the concave portions 11 and the convex portions 12 on the inner wall of the fixing member 1 is not particularly limited, and the specific number determines the number of the telescopic members 3 and the density of arrangement, so long as the smooth transition of the inner wall and the interval between the corresponding telescopic members 3 can be ensured.
The folding device 100 that this application embodiment provided is symmetrical structure through adjustment petal form inner wall, makes concave part 11 and convex part 12 use pivot 2 respectively as central symmetry and distributes, wholly has the regularity, more is favorable to the overall arrangement of extensible member 3 on pivot 2, corresponds to have the regularity equally after setting up, can be better provide the effort and offset the balance to extensible member 3, further improve the stability that pivot 2 hovered.
As an alternative embodiment, please refer to fig. 2 to 5, the folding portion 10 further includes an adaptor 4, the adaptor 4 has a through hole 41 penetrating along the axial direction X, the rotating shaft 2 is inserted into the through hole 41 and connected to the telescopic member 3 through the adaptor 4, one end of the telescopic member 3 is connected to the rotating shaft 2 through the adaptor 4, and the other end of the telescopic member abuts against the inner wall of the fixing member 1, the rotating shaft 2 can drive the adaptor 4 to rotate so as to drive the telescopic member 3 to rotate relative to the fixing member 1.
Optionally, an adapter 4 is disposed between the rotating shaft 2 and the telescopic member 3, in order to adapt to the structure of the rotating shaft 2, the adapter 4 may be disposed in a cylindrical structure, and since the adapter 4 is located between the rotating shaft 2 and the telescopic member 3, it is required to ensure that the radial Y dimension of the adapter 4 is smaller than the radial Y dimension of the fixing member 1, so that the adapter 4 can be located in the accommodating cavity 101 of the fixing member 1.
A cylindrical through hole 41 penetrating along the axial direction X is formed in the adaptor 4, so that the rotating shaft 2 is inserted into the through hole 41, the axial direction X of the adaptor 4 is smaller than the length of the rotating shaft 2, and at least two ends of the rotating shaft 2 can be exposed for connecting a component to be folded.
The rotating shaft 2 is inserted into the through hole 41 of the adapter 4, and the rotating shaft and the adapter form tight connection, so that the rotation of the rotating shaft 2 can drive the adapter 4 to rotate together, and clockwise or anticlockwise rotation can be performed.
Because the rotating shaft 2 is inserted into the adapter 4, and the adapter 4 can rotate along with the rotating shaft 2, one end of the telescopic part 3 needs to be connected to the adapter 4 to form indirect connection with the rotating shaft 2, the other end of the telescopic part abuts against the inner wall of the fixing part 1 as usual, and the telescopic part 3 is driven to rotate by the rotation of the adapter 4.
When rotating to the preset position, the reverse acting force formed by the telescopic part 3 firstly acts on the adaptor part 4, and the telescopic assembly integrally forms a pressing force to the adaptor part 4, so that the adaptor part 4 statically hovers in the accommodating cavity 101, and the inserted rotating shaft 2 also keeps statically hovering.
The embodiment of the application provides a pair of folding device 100, through set up adaptor 4 cover in folding portion 10 and locate pivot 2 on, make and form indirect connection between pivot 2 and the extensible member 3, on realizing driven basis, avoided extensible member 3 and 2 direct contact of pivot, formed local isolation protection to pivot 2, reduced the wearing and tearing of rotation in-process, improved the life of structure.
As an alternative embodiment, please refer to fig. 2 to fig. 5, the folding portion 10 further includes a limiting member 5, the limiting member 5 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 2, one end of the limiting member 5 is connected to the rotating shaft 2, and the other end of the limiting member 5 abuts against the adaptor 4, and the limiting member 5 is configured to block the adaptor 4 from moving along the axial direction X.
Alternatively, the limiting member 5 may be a spring structure, or may be a block structure, and may form a block in the axial direction X for the connecting member 4.
Specifically, the exposed part of the rotating shaft 2 can be sleeved with the limiting part 5, one end of the limiting part 5 is fixed, the other end of the limiting part forms butt joint with the adaptor 4, when the rotating shaft 2 drives the adaptor 4 to rotate, if the adaptor 4 moves along the axial direction X, the limiting part 5 arranged can prop against the adaptor 4, so that the adaptor 4 is blocked, and the offset is prevented.
If the limiting piece 5 adopts a spring structure, certain buffer can be formed on the connecting piece 4 in the axial direction X, and damage caused by hard extrusion between structures is avoided.
Optionally, the folding portion 10 has two limiting members 5, and the two limiting members 5 are respectively disposed on two sides of the adaptor 4 in the axial direction X, so that both ends of the adaptor 4 can be blocked, and the adaptor 4 is prevented from moving back and forth on the rotating shaft 2.
According to the folding device 100 provided by the embodiment of the application, the limiting part 5 is arranged in the folding part 10, the connecting part 4 can be fixed in the axial direction X, the forward and backward movement of the connecting part 4 on the rotating shaft 2 is avoided, the telescopic part 3 on the connecting part 4 is ensured to be always abutted against the inner wall of the fixing part 1, the rotating shaft 2 is enabled to be fixedly suspended, and the suspension reliability of the rotating shaft 2 is improved.
As an alternative embodiment, please refer to fig. 2 to 5, the folding portion 10 further includes a shielding member 6, the shielding member 6 is disposed between the limiting member 5 and the adaptor 4, the adaptor 4 can rotate relative to the shielding member 6, one end of the limiting member 5 is connected to the rotating shaft 2, and the other end of the limiting member abuts against the shielding member 6.
Considering that the adaptor 4 needs to rotate, the limiting member 5 is arranged to be in direct contact with the adaptor 4, and the shielding member 6 can be arranged between the two members to avoid mutual abrasion.
Optionally, the shielding member 6 is a plate-shaped structure, and the shielding member 6 has a through hole, the rotating shaft 2 passes through the through hole of the shielding member 6 and then is inserted into the adaptor 4, and the shielding member 6 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 2 and is stationary with respect to the rotating shaft 2.
The limiting piece 5 is abutted against the shielding piece 6, so that the direct contact with the adapter piece 4 to cause abrasion is avoided while the indirect blocking is formed for the adapter piece 4.
The folding device 100 provided by the embodiment of the application can separate the limiting part 5 from the adaptor 4 by arranging the shielding part 6 in the folding part 10, so that the direct contact between the limiting part and the adaptor 4 is avoided, the abrasion caused by rotation is reduced, the safety performance between rotating parts is improved, the service life between structures is prolonged, and meanwhile, the shielding part 6 can also form axial X-direction blocking on the adaptor 4 and has certain limiting capacity.
The display device provided by the embodiment of the application comprises a display panel and the folding device 100 as described above, wherein the folding device 100 is connected with the display panel so that the display panel can be folded.
It should be noted that the display device in this embodiment may be an electronic device such as a mobile phone and a tablet computer, and any device having a foldable display panel may be folded by the folding device 100 to achieve free hovering at any angle.
The embodiment of the application provides a folding device 100 and display device, folding portion 10 wherein is through setting up the flexible subassembly between pivot 2 and mounting 1, both can realize being connected of pivot 2 and mounting 1, can utilize mounting 1 again to the reverse action power that flexible subassembly provided to the pivot 2, and then form the extrusion to pivot 2 from the multi-angle, make it static get off and fix on preset position, because pivot 2 with treat folding unit and be connected, when pivot 2 drives and treats folding unit arbitrary angle pivoted, realized treating folding unit and being the fixed when certain angle hover, user's use experience has been improved, the user has satisfied the fixed demand of hovering of treating folding unit.
While the application has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, various modifications may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the application. In particular, the technical features mentioned in the embodiments can be combined in any way as long as there is no structural conflict. The present application is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments disclosed herein but is to cover all embodiments that may fall within the scope of the appended claims.

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1. A folding device, comprising a folding portion for connecting with a component to be folded, wherein the folding portion comprises:
a fixture having a receiving cavity;
the rotating shaft is arranged in the accommodating cavity and penetrates through the fixing piece along the axial direction of the rotating shaft;
the telescopic assembly comprises more than two telescopic pieces arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, one end of each telescopic piece is connected with the rotating shaft, and the other end of each telescopic piece is abutted against the inner wall of the fixing piece;
the rotating shaft can rotate by taking the axis of the rotating shaft as a center and drive the telescopic assembly to rotate relative to the fixing piece.
2. The folding device of claim 1, wherein the telescopic member comprises a telescopic portion and an elastic portion, one end of the telescopic portion is connected to the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft, the other end of the telescopic portion abuts against the inner wall of the fixing member, and the elastic portion is sleeved on the telescopic portion and can move in a telescopic manner along with the telescopic portion;
preferably, the telescopic part comprises a telescopic column, and the elastic part comprises a spring.
3. The folding device of claim 1, wherein the number of the folding portions is two, the rotating shafts of the two folding portions are spaced and arranged in parallel, the folding device further comprises a connecting portion, the two folding portions are connected by the connecting portion, and the rotating shaft of any one folding portion can rotate relative to the rotating shaft of the other folding portion;
preferably, the connecting portion includes a connecting band, the connecting band surrounds and covers at least part of the two fixing members along the radial direction of the rotating shaft, so that the two folding portions are connected, and the two fixing members are arranged along the radial direction.
4. The folding device of claim 1, wherein the pair of telescoping members are arranged in pairs, and the pair of telescoping members are symmetrically distributed about the rotating shaft.
5. The folding apparatus of claim 1, wherein the inner wall of the fixed member has alternately concave portions and convex portions, the concave portions being concavely disposed toward the rotation shaft, the convex portions being convexly disposed toward the rotation shaft, the extensible member being compressed when passing the convex portions and extended when passing the concave portions;
preferably, the number of the telescopic members in the telescopic assembly is equal to the sum of the number of the concave parts and the number of the convex parts, and the distance between two adjacent telescopic members and the distance between two adjacent concave parts and convex parts are equal.
6. The folding apparatus of claim 5, wherein said pair of concave portions are disposed symmetrically about said axis of rotation, and said pair of convex portions are disposed symmetrically about said axis of rotation.
7. The folding device of claim 1, wherein the folding portion further comprises an adapter, the adapter has a through hole penetrating in the axial direction, the rotating shaft is inserted into the through hole and connected to the extensible member through the adapter, one end of the extensible member is connected to the rotating shaft through the adapter and the other end of the extensible member abuts against the inner wall of the fixing member, and the rotating shaft can drive the adapter to rotate so as to drive the extensible member to rotate relative to the fixing member.
8. The folding device according to claim 7, wherein the folding portion further comprises a limiting member, the limiting member is sleeved on the rotating shaft, one end of the limiting member is connected to the rotating shaft, and the other end of the limiting member abuts against the adaptor, and the limiting member is configured to block the adaptor from moving in the axial direction;
preferably, the folding portion has two limiting members, and the two limiting members are respectively disposed on two sides of the adaptor in the axial direction.
9. The folding device of claim 8, wherein the folding portion further comprises a shielding member disposed between the limiting member and the adapter member, the adapter member is rotatable relative to the shielding member, one end of the limiting member is connected to the rotating shaft, and the other end of the limiting member abuts against the shielding member.
10. A display device comprising a display panel and a folding device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, the folding device being connected to the display panel so as to make the display panel foldable.
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