CN211554809U

CN211554809U - Folding electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN211554809U
Application number: CN202020502965.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蔡日开; 陈俊辉; 马玉春
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-07
Filing date: 2020-04-07
Publication date: 2020-09-22
Anticipated expiration: 2030-04-07

Abstract

The utility model discloses a foldable electronic equipment, include: a first device main body; the second equipment main body is rotatably connected with the first equipment main body, and one of the first equipment main body and the second equipment main body is provided with a first accommodating space; a function piece provided on the other of the first apparatus main body and the second apparatus main body; in a case where the first apparatus body covers the second apparatus body, the function member is not opposed to the first accommodation space; under the condition that the first equipment main body and the second equipment main body are coplanar, the functional piece is at least partially positioned in the first accommodating space; or, in the case where the first apparatus body covers the second apparatus body, the functional member is located at least partially in the first accommodation space; in a case where the first apparatus body is coplanar with the second apparatus body, the function member is not opposed to the first accommodation space. The scheme can solve the problems that the functional parts of the folding type equipment obstruct the switching between the equipment states and reduce the appearance consistency of the equipment.

Description

Folding electronic device

Technical Field

The embodiment of the utility model provides a relate to communication equipment technical field, especially relate to a foldable electronic equipment.

Background

Along with the user demand to electronic equipment constantly promotes, electronic equipment's screen size constantly enlarges, and the increase of screen size usually can lead to electronic equipment's whole size grow simultaneously, brings the just problem of being not convenient for carry thereupon. Therefore, the larger screen size and portability are now outstanding contradictions for the structural design of electronic devices.

In order to meet the requirements of users for larger screen size and portability, foldable electronic devices have come into use. The folding electronic equipment has a folding state and an unfolding state, and under the unfolding state, the folding electronic equipment is unfolded, so that a larger display area can be obtained; in the folded state, the folding electronic apparatus is bent, and at this time, the entire size of the folding electronic apparatus is reduced, thereby facilitating carrying.

The folding electronic device is generally further provided with functional components, which require additional space, and easily obstruct the switching between the unfolded state and the folded state of the electronic device, and the arrangement of the functional components easily reduces the appearance consistency of the electronic device.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the utility model discloses foldable electronic equipment to solve foldable electronic equipment's function piece and hinder the switching of electronic equipment between expansion state and fold condition easily, and the function piece reduces electronic equipment's the problem of outward appearance uniformity easily.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses a realize like this: an embodiment of the utility model provides a foldable electronic equipment, include:

a first device main body;

the second equipment main body is rotatably connected with the first equipment main body, and one of the first equipment main body and the second equipment main body is provided with a first accommodating space;

a function provided to the other of the first apparatus main body and the second apparatus main body;

the function piece is not opposed to the first accommodation space in a state where the first apparatus body covers the second apparatus body;

the functional piece is at least partially positioned in the first accommodating space under the condition that the first device body and the second device body are coplanar; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the functional piece is at least partially located in the first accommodation space with the first apparatus body covering the second apparatus body;

in a case where the first apparatus body and the second apparatus body are coplanar, the function piece is not opposed to the first accommodation space.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first device body and the second device body can rotate relatively, one of the first device body and the second device body is provided with the first accommodating space, and the other is provided with the functional component, and under the condition that the first device body and the second device body are coplanar, the functional component is at least partially located in the first accommodating space; alternatively, in a case where the first apparatus body covers the second apparatus body, the functional member is located at least partially in the first accommodation space. It can be seen that the first accommodation space can accommodate at least a part of the functional piece, so that the extra occupied space of the functional piece is reduced, the size of the folding electronic device is further reduced, meanwhile, the functional piece of the folding electronic device cannot influence the switching of the electronic device between the unfolding state and the folding state, and the appearance consistency of the electronic device is improved.

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a partial structure of a foldable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of a part of a structure of a foldable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention in another state;

fig. 4 is a perspective view of a partial structure of a folding electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

100-a first device main body, 110-a first connecting part, 111-a first face, 120-a first screen body, 130-a first display face, 200-a second device main body, 210-a second connecting part, 211-a second face, 212-a third face, 220-a second screen body, 230-a second display face, 300-a functional part, 310-a pressing part, 400-a flexible screen body, 500-a rotating shaft, 101-a first accommodating space and 102-a second accommodating space.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, of the embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a foldable electronic device, which includes a first device main body 100, a second device main body 200, and a function piece 300.

The first apparatus body 100 and the second apparatus body 200 may be both main structures of a folding electronic apparatus, and both may be provided with a circuit board, a battery, and the like. The second apparatus body 200 is rotatably coupled to the first apparatus body 100, so that the first apparatus body 100 and the second apparatus body 200 can be relatively rotated, thereby changing the state of the folding electronic apparatus. One of the first and

second apparatus bodies

100 and 200 is provided with a first accommodation space 101.

The function 300 may implement a preset function, optionally, the function 300 includes at least one of a mechanical key (e.g., a switch key, a volume key), a capacitor, and a sensor, and of course, the function 300 may further include other devices, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present invention. The other of the first apparatus body 100 and the second apparatus body 200 is provided with a function 300. Optionally, only one functional element 300 may be provided here, but in order to make the functions of the foldable electronic device more diversified, at least two functional elements 300 may be provided, when the number of the functional elements 300 is at least two, the functional elements 300 are arranged at intervals, the functions of the functional elements 300 may be the same or different, and in addition, the specific arrangement mode of the functional elements 300 may be determined according to the function of each functional element 300, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present invention.

In the process of the relative rotation of the first apparatus body 100 and the second apparatus body 200, there are a state in which the first apparatus body 100 covers the second apparatus body 200 and a state in which the first apparatus body 100 is coplanar with the second apparatus body 200. In the case where the first apparatus body 100 covers the second apparatus body 200, the function piece 300 is not opposed to the first accommodation space 101; in a case where the first apparatus body 100 is coplanar with the second apparatus body 200, the function 300 is at least partially located in the first accommodation space 101. Alternatively, in a case where the first apparatus body 100 covers the second apparatus body 200, the function member 300 is located at least partially in the first accommodation space 101; in the case where the first apparatus body 100 is coplanar with the second apparatus body 200, the function 300 is not opposed to the first accommodation space 101. That is, the first accommodating space 101 may accommodate at least a portion of the function 300 in a case where the folding electronic device is in a folded state, or at least a portion of the function 300 in a case where the folding electronic device is in an unfolded state. It can be seen that the first accommodating space 101 can accommodate at least a part of the functional component 300, so that the space additionally occupied by the functional component 300 is reduced, and the size of the foldable electronic device is reduced, and meanwhile, the functional component of the foldable electronic device does not affect the switching between the unfolded state and the folded state of the electronic device, and the appearance consistency of the electronic device is improved.

When a plurality of the functional pieces 300 are provided in one of the first apparatus main body 100 and the second apparatus main body 200, the first accommodating space 101 may accommodate all the functional pieces 300 at the same time or may accommodate only a part of the functional pieces 300.

Optionally, the first device main body 100 includes a first connecting portion 110, the first connecting portion 110 has a first surface 111, the function piece 300 is disposed on the first surface 111, the second device main body 200 includes a second connecting portion 210, the second connecting portion 210 is rotatably connected to the first connecting portion 110, the second connecting portion 210 has a second surface 211, the first accommodating space 101 is an accommodating groove, and a notch of the accommodating groove is located on the second surface 211. In the case where the first apparatus body 100 covers the second apparatus body 200, the first face 111 and the second face 211 are located on the same side of the folding type electronic apparatus, and the first accommodation space 101 is not opposed to the function piece 300; in the case where the first apparatus body 100 is coplanar with the second apparatus body 200, the first face 111 faces the second face 211, and the functional member 300 is at least partially located in the first accommodation space 101. In the process of relative rotation of the first connecting portion 110 and the second connecting portion 210, at least a part of the functional element 300 can enter the first accommodating space 101 through the notch of the first accommodating space 101 and can move out of the first accommodating space 101 through the notch, so that the relative position of the functional element 300 and the first accommodating space 101 can be changed while the foldable electronic device is folded and unfolded, no additional operation is required to be performed by a user, the operation of the foldable electronic device is simplified, meanwhile, the functional element of the foldable electronic device does not influence the switching of the electronic device between the unfolded state and the folded state, and the appearance consistency of the electronic device is improved.

In a further embodiment, the first device main body 100 further includes a first screen 120, the first screen 120 is connected to the first connection portion 110, the second device main body 200 further includes a second screen 220, and the second screen 220 is connected to the second connection portion 210. In a case where the first apparatus body 100 is coplanar with the second apparatus body 200, the first screen body 120 is coplanar with the second screen body 220, thereby obtaining a larger display area; under the condition that the first device body 100 covers the second device body 200, the first screen body 120 faces the second screen body 220, and the foldable electronic device is an inward-folded electronic device, or the first screen body 120 is opposite to the second screen body 220, and the foldable electronic device is an outward-folded electronic device. The folding electronic equipment can reduce the occupied space per se through folding operation, is convenient to carry, and can obtain larger display area through unfolding operation, thereby improving the display effect.

In an alternative embodiment, the foldable electronic device further includes a flexible screen 400, and the first screen 120 is connected to the second screen 220 through the flexible screen 400. Optionally, the first screen body 120, the second screen body 220 and the flexible screen body 400 may adopt an integral structure, and may also adopt a split structure, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit this. Under the condition that the first device body 100 covers the second device body 200, the first screen body 120 may be opposite to the second screen body 220, the flexible screen body 400, the first connection portion 110 and the second connection portion 210 together enclose a second accommodation space 102, the functional element 300 is at least partially located in the second accommodation space 102, and the first accommodation space 101 is communicated with the second accommodation space 102; in a case where the first apparatus body 100 is coplanar with the second apparatus body 200, the first screen body 120, the second screen body 220, and the flexible screen body 400 may be coplanar, thereby further increasing a display area of the foldable electronic apparatus, and in this state, the function 300 may be under the flexible screen body 400. In this embodiment, the function piece 300 is not easily protruded relative to the first apparatus main body 100 and the second apparatus main body 200, and thus an object in an external environment is not easily collided with the function piece 300, so that the probability that the function piece 300 is erroneously triggered is low, and the function piece 300 is not easily damaged, and meanwhile, the function piece does not affect the switching of the electronic apparatus between the unfolded state and the folded state, and the appearance consistency of the electronic apparatus is further improved.

The functional element 300 can be triggered by sensing, for example, when the relative position between the functional element 300 and the first accommodating space 101 is a preset position, a sensing device (e.g., a proximity switch, a hall device, etc.) of the foldable electronic device can send a sensing signal, and the foldable electronic device can control the functional element 300 to operate according to the sensing signal, but this method has a problem of excessive control cost. Therefore, optionally, the function 300 is provided with a pressing part 310, the pressing part 310 facing the flexible screen body 400 in a state where the first apparatus body 100 covers the second apparatus body 200. When a user needs to use the function 300, the user directly presses the portion of the flexible screen body 400 opposite to the pressing portion 310, so as to press the pressing portion 310, thereby triggering the function 300. This way, the function 300 can be triggered by a simple operation of a user, thereby reducing the control cost of the folding electronic device.

In order to improve stability when the first apparatus body 100 and the second apparatus body 200 are relatively rotated, the first connection part 110 is rotatably connected to the second connection part 210 by a rotation shaft 500. Further, the second connecting portion 210 has a third surface 212 and a fourth surface that are opposite to each other in the extending direction of the rotating shaft 500, and at least one of the third surface 212 and the fourth surface is provided with an opening, and the opening is communicated with the first accommodating space 101. Because the third surface 212 and the fourth surface are the appearance surfaces of the foldable electronic device, when the functional element 300 is at least partially located in the first accommodating space 101, the user can observe at least a part of the functional element 300, and even can touch the functional element 300, so that the user can observe the state of the functional element 300 according to the user requirement and touch the functional element 300, thereby meeting the user requirement according to different use scenes. Alternatively, if the user does not conveniently press the pressing portion 310 through the flexible screen body 400, a finger can be directly inserted into the first accommodating space 101 to directly press the pressing portion 310, so as to trigger the function member 300, and thus the structure is more convenient for the user to use the foldable electronic device.

In further embodiments, the first device body 100 has a first display surface 130, the second device body 200 has a second display surface 230; in a case where the second device body 200 covers the first device body 100, the first display surface 130 faces the second display surface 230, and the first display surface 130 and the second display surface 230 may not be displayed; in the case where the first apparatus body 100 is coplanar with the second apparatus body 200, the first display surface 130 and the second display surface 230 are coplanar, so that a larger display area is obtained through the first display surface 130 and the second display surface 230. This embodiment both can obtain great display area, can also reduce foldable electronic equipment's size to be convenient for the user to carry foldable electronic equipment, simultaneously, the functional part can not cause the influence to electronic equipment in the switching between expansion state and fold condition, and promoted electronic equipment's outward appearance uniformity.

Further, when the first device main body 100 includes the first connection portion 110 and the first screen 120, and the second device main body 200 includes the second connection portion 210 and the second screen 220, the first display surface 130 may be disposed on a surface of the first connection portion 110 departing from the first screen 120, and the second display surface 230 may be disposed on a surface of the second connection portion 210 departing from the second screen 220. In a case where the second device body 200 covers the first device body 100, although the first display surface 130 and the second display surface 230 do not display, at least one of the first screen body 120 and the second screen body 220 may display; in the case where the first apparatus body 100 and the second apparatus body 200 are coplanar, the first display surface 130 and the second display surface 230 may display, at this time, neither the first screen body 120 nor the second screen body 220 may display, or at least one of the two may display. Therefore, the foldable electronic device has multiple display modes, and different display modes can be adopted according to different use scenes, so that the foldable electronic device is more flexible in display.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a foldable electronic equipment can be smart mobile phone, panel computer, electronic book reader, wearable equipment (for example intelligent wrist-watch), equipment such as electronic game machine, the embodiment of the utility model provides a do not restrict foldable electronic equipment's specific kind.

The utility model discloses what the key description in the above embodiment is different between each embodiment, and different optimization characteristics are as long as not contradictory between each embodiment, all can make up and form more preferred embodiment, consider that the literary composition is succinct, then no longer describe here.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and changes may occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A folding electronic device, comprising:

a first apparatus main body (100);

a second apparatus body (200), wherein the second apparatus body (200) is rotatably connected with the first apparatus body (100), and one of the first apparatus body (100) and the second apparatus body (200) is provided with a first accommodating space (101);

a function (300), the other of the first apparatus body (100) and the second apparatus body (200) being provided with the function (300);

the function piece (300) is not opposed to the first accommodation space (101) in a state where the first apparatus body (100) covers the second apparatus body (200);

-said functional element (300) is at least partially located within said first housing space (101) with said first device body (100) coplanar with said second device body (200); alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the function piece (300) is located at least partially within the first accommodation space (101) with the first apparatus body (100) covering the second apparatus body (200);

the function member (300) is not opposed to the first accommodation space (101) in a case where the first apparatus body (100) and the second apparatus body (200) are coplanar.

2. The folding electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first device body (100) includes a first connecting portion (110), the first connecting portion (110) has a first face (111), the functional member (300) is disposed on the first face (111), the second device body (200) includes a second connecting portion (210), the second connecting portion (210) is rotatably connected to the first connecting portion (110), the second connecting portion (210) has a second face (211), the first receiving space (101) is a receiving groove, and a notch of the receiving groove is located on the second face (211);

the first face (111) and the second face (211) are located on the same side of the folding electronic device with the first device body (100) covering the second device body (200);

the first face (111) faces the second face (211) when the first device body (100) is coplanar with the second device body (200).

3. The folding electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the first device body (100) further comprises a first screen body (120), the first screen body (120) being connected to the first connection portion (110), the second device body (200) further comprises a second screen body (220), the second screen body (220) being connected to the second connection portion (210);

the first screen (120) is coplanar with the second screen (220) in the case that the first device body (100) is coplanar with the second device body (200);

the first screen body (120) faces the second screen body (220) when the first device body (100) covers the second device body (200), or the first screen body (120) is opposite to the second screen body (220).

4. A foldable electronic device according to claim 3, further comprising a flexible screen (400), the first screen (120) being connected to the second screen (220) via the flexible screen (400);

under the condition that the first equipment main body (100) covers the second equipment main body (200), the flexible screen body (400), the first connecting part (110) and the second connecting part (210) jointly enclose a second accommodating space (102), the functional piece (300) is at least partially positioned in the second accommodating space (102), and the first accommodating space (101) is communicated with the second accommodating space (102).

5. The folding electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the function member (300) is provided with a pressing portion (310), the pressing portion (310) facing the flexible screen body (400) in a state where the first apparatus body (100) covers the second apparatus body (200).

6. The folding electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the first connecting portion (110) is rotatably connected to the second connecting portion (210) by a hinge (500).

7. The folding electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the second connecting portion (210) has a third surface (212) and a fourth surface that are opposite to each other in an extending direction of the hinge (500), and at least one of the third surface (212) and the fourth surface is provided with an opening that communicates with the first accommodating space (101).

8. The folding electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first device body (100) has a first display surface (130), and the second device body (200) has a second display surface (230);

the first display surface (130) faces the second display surface (230) with the second device body (200) covering the first device body (100);

the first display surface (130) and the second display surface (230) are coplanar when the first device body (100) and the second device body (200) are coplanar.

9. The folding electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the number of the functional members (300) is at least two, and the functional members (300) are arranged at intervals.

10. The folding electronic device of claim 1, wherein the function (300) comprises at least one of a switch key, a volume key, a capacitance, a sensor.