CN212724525U

CN212724525U - Electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN212724525U
Application number: CN202021265006.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗雷; 钟栋祥
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-01
Filing date: 2020-07-01
Publication date: 2021-03-16
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-01

Abstract

The application discloses electronic equipment belongs to electron technical field. The electronic device includes: the flexible screen comprises a driving mechanism, a rotating shaft and a flexible screen; the rotating shaft is connected with the driving mechanism; the flexible screen comprises a first screen area and a second screen area, and the rotating shaft is arranged between the first screen area and the second screen area; the driving mechanism is arranged on the first side of the flexible screen and drives the rotating shaft to rotate, and the rotating shaft drives the flexible screen to rotate, so that the flexible screen is switched between an expanded state and a contracted state; wherein, in the expanded state, the first screen area and the second screen area are in the same plane. The electronic equipment can realize automatic unfolding and storage of the flexible screen, and can effectively solve the problem that the existing flexible screen is not convenient to unfold and store.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of electronics, concretely relates to electronic equipment.

Background

Because the flexible screen has the advantages of being light, thin, rollable, foldable and the like, and the flexible screen can be used for displaying pictures, at present, the flexible screen is widely applied to electronic equipment such as mobile phones, televisions, computers and the like. Existing flexible screens are typically stored in a roll configuration, for example, by rolling the flexible screen within a roll to store the flexible screen.

The inventor finds that the prior art at least has the following problems in the process of researching the prior art: the existing flexible screen usually needs to be unfolded and stored manually, and the screen is easy to touch, so that the screen becomes dirty or damaged. Therefore, the existing flexible screen has the problem of inconvenient storage and unfolding.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application aims to provide electronic equipment, and the problem that the screen of the existing electronic equipment is inconvenient to store and unfold can be solved.

In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:

an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including: the flexible screen comprises a driving mechanism, a rotating shaft and a flexible screen;

the rotating shaft is connected with the driving mechanism;

the flexible screen comprises a first screen area and a second screen area, and the rotating shaft is arranged between the first screen area and the second screen area;

the driving mechanism is arranged on the first side of the flexible screen and drives the rotating shaft to rotate, and the rotating shaft drives the flexible screen to rotate, so that the flexible screen is switched between an expanded state and a contracted state;

wherein, in the expanded state, the first screen area and the second screen area are in the same plane.

In this application embodiment, the electronic device includes actuating mechanism, pivot to and flexible screen, and actuating mechanism is connected with the pivot, and actuating mechanism can drive the pivot and rotate. The flexible screen comprises a first screen area and a second screen area, the rotating shaft is arranged between the first screen area and the second screen area, and the rotating shaft rotates to drive the flexible screen to expand or contract so that the flexible screen is switched between an expansion state and a contraction state, wherein the first screen area and the second screen area are located on the same plane in the expansion state. Therefore, the driving mechanism drives the rotating shaft to rotate, the rotating shaft drives the flexible screen to rotate, automatic expansion or automatic contraction of the flexible screen can be achieved, convenience of expansion or contraction of the flexible screen can be improved, and damage to the flexible screen during manual expansion or contraction can be avoided. Therefore, the flexible screen in the electronic equipment of the application is convenient to store and unfold.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible screen provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a flexible screen in an unfolded state according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a flexible screen provided by an embodiment of the present application in a contracted state;

FIG. 4 is a side view of a flexible screen taken along direction A of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a first housing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a side view of a first housing provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a side view of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a top view of a first housing and a second housing provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a second housing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of an assembly of a first housing and a second housing provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of a sliding connection between a first housing and a second housing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

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

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

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

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present application provides an electronic device including: a driving mechanism 11, a rotating shaft 12 and a flexible screen 13;

the rotating shaft 12 is connected with the driving mechanism 11;

the flexible screen 13 comprises a first screen area 131 and a second screen area 132, and the rotating shaft 12 is arranged between the first screen area 131 and the second screen area 132;

the driving mechanism 11 is disposed on the first side 133 of the flexible screen 13, the driving mechanism 11 drives the rotating shaft 12 to rotate, and the rotating shaft 12 drives the flexible screen 13 to rotate, so that the flexible screen 13 is switched between an expanded state and a contracted state;

wherein, in the unfolded state, the first screen area 131 and the second screen area 132 are in the same plane.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the electronic apparatus includes a driving mechanism 11, a rotation shaft 12, and a flexible screen 13. As shown in fig. 1, the driving mechanism 11 is connected to the rotating shaft 12, wherein the driving mechanism 11 may be a motor, and a rotating shaft of the motor is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 12. The flexible screen 13 includes a first screen area 131 and a second screen area 132, and the rotating shaft 12 is disposed between the first screen area 131 and the second screen area 132, wherein the flexible screen 13 mainly refers to a flexible OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) screen, and the flexible OLED screen is bendable, has good flexibility, and is convenient to store and expand. It is understood that the first screen area 131 and the second screen area 132 may be two different screen areas on the same screen, the first screen area 131 and the second screen area 132 may also be two different screens, and the two screens may be spliced to form the flexible screen 13. Wherein, the rotating shaft 12 can be fixedly connected with the flexible screen 13.

As shown in fig. 1, the drive mechanism 11 is disposed on a first side 133 of the flexible screen 13. When the flexible screen 13 is in the unfolded state, as shown in fig. 2, the first screen area 131 and the second screen area 132 are in the same plane, so that the flexible screen 13 in the unfolded state is convenient for a user to view. In the process of switching the flexible screen 13 from the expanded state shown in fig. 2 to the contracted state shown in fig. 3, the driving mechanism 11 drives the rotating shaft 12 to rotate in the direction B shown in fig. 2, and the rotating shaft 12 drives the flexible screen 13 to rotate in the direction B, so that the flexible screen 13 can be gradually contracted to the contracted state shown in fig. 3. In the process of switching the flexible screen 13 from the contracted state shown in fig. 3 to the expanded state shown in fig. 2, the driving mechanism 11 drives the rotating shaft 12 to rotate in the direction C shown in fig. 3, and the rotating shaft 12 drives the flexible screen 13 to rotate in the direction C, so that the flexible screen 13 can be gradually expanded from the contracted state shown in fig. 3 to the expanded state shown in fig. 2. As can be seen from fig. 2 and 3, the directions B and C are opposite directions. It can be understood that, in the process of switching the flexible screen 13 from the expanded state to the contracted state, the flexible screen 13 is driven by the rotating shaft 12 to rotate along the first direction; in the process of switching the flexible screen 13 from the retracted state to the extended state, the flexible screen 13 is driven by the rotating shaft 12 to rotate along a second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions. Thereby, the flexible screen 13 can be switched between the expanded state and the contracted state. Therefore, the electronic device of the present application can realize automatic expansion or automatic contraction of the flexible screen 14, facilitating storage and expansion.

In summary, the electronic device provided in the embodiments of the present application has at least the following advantages:

in this application embodiment, the electronic device includes actuating mechanism, pivot, flexible screen, and actuating mechanism is connected with the pivot, and actuating mechanism can drive the pivot and rotate. The flexible screen comprises a first screen area and a second screen area, the rotating shaft is arranged between the first screen area and the second screen area, and the rotating shaft rotates to drive the flexible screen to expand or contract so that the flexible screen is switched between an expansion state and a contraction state, wherein the first screen area and the second screen area are located on the same plane in the expansion state. Therefore, the driving mechanism drives the rotating shaft to rotate, the rotating shaft drives the flexible screen to rotate, automatic expansion or automatic contraction of the flexible screen can be achieved, convenience of expansion or contraction of the flexible screen can be improved, and damage to the flexible screen during manual expansion or contraction can be avoided. Therefore, the flexible screen in the electronic equipment of the application is convenient to store and unfold.

Optionally, referring to fig. 1 and 4, the first screen area 131 and the second screen area 132 are each provided with at least one flexible stiffener 14, wherein the stiffness of the flexible stiffener 14 is greater than the stiffness of the flexible screen 13.

Specifically, at least one flexible rib 14 is disposed on each of the first screen area 131 and the second screen area 132 of the flexible screen 13, and the stiffness of the flexible rib 14 is greater than that of the flexible screen 13, so that the flexible rib 14 can support the flexible screen 13 when the flexible screen 13 is in the unfolded state, so as to meet the viewing requirement. Of course, the flexible ribs 14 can also be accommodated in a bent manner, wherein the flexible ribs 14 can be made of fluororubber. In order to enable the flexible screen 13 to realize full-screen display, the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 may be disposed on the first surface 135 of the flexible screen 13, wherein the first surface 135 is a surface away from the display surface 136, so that when the flexible screen 13 is in an unfolded state, the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 are hidden on the back surface of the flexible screen 13, so as to improve the user experience of the user.

Fig. 1 and 4 show a situation that the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 are disposed on both the first side 133 and the second side 134 of the flexible screen 13, as shown in fig. 1, two flexible reinforcing ribs 14 are respectively fixed on the left and right sides of the rotating shaft 12 on the first surface 135 of the flexible screen 13, wherein, as shown in fig. 4, the two flexible reinforcing ribs 14 on the left side are respectively fixed on the first side 133 and the second side 134 of the flexible screen 13, and the two flexible reinforcing ribs 14 on the right side are also respectively fixed on the first side 133 and the second side 134 of the flexible screen 13, so that a better supporting effect can be achieved on the flexible screen 13. Moreover, the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 are simple in structure and small in size, and when the flexible screen 13 contracts, the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 are easy to store and occupy a small space. Of course, the larger the number of the flexible reinforcing ribs 14, the better the display effect when the flexible screen 13 is unfolded, but when the flexible screen 13 is stored, the greater the power is required by the driving mechanism 11 to store the flexible screen 13 and all the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 together. Therefore, the skilled person can set the number of the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 and the specific installation position according to the actual requirement, which is not limited in this application.

Optionally, referring to fig. 2, 5 to 7, the electronic device further includes a first housing 15;

the first shell 15 is connected with the driving mechanism 11, a limiting groove 151 is formed in the first shell 15, and the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 are embedded in the limiting groove 151;

wherein, in the process of switching the flexible screen 13 between the expanded state and the contracted state, the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 slide in the limiting grooves 151.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the electronic apparatus further includes a first housing 15, and as shown in fig. 2, the first housing 15 is connected to the driving mechanism 11. As shown in fig. 6, the first sidewall 152 is provided with a limiting groove 151. As shown in fig. 7, the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 are embedded in the limiting grooves 151, and the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 are slidably connected with the limiting grooves 1221, so that the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 can slide in the limiting grooves 151 in the process of switching the flexible screen 13 between the expanded state and the contracted state. It can be understood that the driving mechanism 11 drives the rotating shaft 12 to rotate, and the rotating shaft 12 drives the flexible screen 13 to switch between the expanded state and the contracted state, wherein the flexible reinforcing ribs 14 of the flexible screen 13 slide in the limiting grooves 151, and the limiting grooves 151 limit the flexible reinforcing ribs 14, so as to switch the flexible screen 13 between the expanded state and the contracted state.

Optionally, a limiting part is arranged on the flexible screen 13, and the limiting part is clamped with the limiting groove 151 when the flexible screen 13 is in a contracted state.

Specifically, the flexible screen 13 is provided with a limiting member, the limiting member may be fixed to an end portion of the flexible screen 13 far away from the rotating shaft 12, and when the flexible screen 13 is in a contracted state, the limiting member is clamped to the first side wall 152 of the first housing 15. It can be understood that the limiting member may be a protruding block structure fixed at an end of the flexible screen 13, when the flexible screen 13 is in a contracted state, the limiting member is connected to the limiting groove 151 in a clamping manner, the limiting member may limit the flexible screen 13 to continue to contract, at this time, the driving mechanism 11 stops driving the rotating shaft 12, the rotating shaft 12 stops rotating, the flexible screen 13 stops contracting, and the limiting member may simultaneously limit the flexible screen 13 to automatically expand, so that the flexible screen 13 may keep in a contracted state when the driving mechanism 11 is not in operation. Thereby, the flexible screen 13 is easily accommodated.

As shown in fig. 3, in a fully unfolded state of the flexible screen 13, the first sidewall 152 is located on a side away from the display surface 136 of the flexible screen 13, so that the first sidewall 152 can be prevented from blocking the display surface 136 of the flexible screen 13, so as to be convenient for a user to view. In addition, as shown in fig. 2, the height direction of the first sidewall 152 is a direction of a connection line between one end of the first sidewall 152 close to the bottom 153 and one end of the first sidewall 152 far from the bottom 153, and the connection line is perpendicular to the bottom 153. As shown in fig. 8, along the height direction of the first sidewall 152, the projection of the first sidewall 152 may be a sector ring shape, where the sector ring shape is a part of a ring-shaped pattern, and in the process of shrinking the flexible screen 13, the sidewall whose projection along the height direction is the sector ring shape does not have an edge portion, which will not block the shrinking of the flexible screen 13, and the sidewall may improve the utilization rate of the receiving space formed by the first sidewall 152, may reduce the size of the space occupied by the first housing 15, and is convenient for carrying. Furthermore, the first side wall 152 may be prevented from touching the flexible screen 13 to prevent damage to the flexible screen 13. Of course, the size of the fan-shaped annular side wall can be determined according to the size of the flexible screen 13 and the state of the flexible screen when the flexible screen is completely contracted, and a person skilled in the art can set the size according to actual requirements, which is not limited in the present application.

Optionally, referring to fig. 9 and 10, the electronic device further includes a second housing 16;

the second housing 16 is detachably connected to the first housing 15, and when the flexible screen 13 is in a contracted state, the flexible screen 13 is accommodated in an accommodating space formed by the second housing 16 and the first housing 15.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 9, the electronic apparatus further includes a second housing 16, and the second housing 16 may include a top 161 and a second sidewall 162. In order to better store and carry the flexible screen 13 when the flexible screen 13 is in the contracted state, the second housing 16 may be detachably connected to the first housing 15, and the top 161 and the second side wall 162 of the second housing 16 may form an accommodating space together with the first side wall 152 and the bottom 153, so as to ensure that the flexible screen 13 may be stored in the first housing 15 and the second housing 16, as shown in fig. 10, and at the same time, the electronic device may have waterproof and dustproof functions, so as to better protect the flexible screen 13 from being damaged. When the flexible screen 13 needs to be used, the second housing 16 can be detached from the first housing 15, so that the flexible screen 13 can be unfolded, the display surface 136 of the flexible screen 13 can be prevented from being shielded, and the watching requirement of a user can be met.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 8 and 11, the first housing 15 is provided with a first slide groove 154, and the second housing 16 is provided with a second slide groove 163;

when the first housing 12 and the second housing 16 are connected, the first sliding groove 154 and the second sliding groove 163 are engaged.

Specifically, the first casing 15 is provided with a first slide groove 154, the second casing 16 is provided with a second slide groove 163, and fig. 8 is a plan view along the height direction of the first side wall 152 and the second side wall 162. In a state where the first housing 15 and the second housing 16 are connected, the first sliding groove 154 is engaged with the second sliding groove 163, and the first sliding groove 154 and the second sliding groove 163 can slide with each other after the engagement, as shown in fig. 11. It can be understood that when the first sliding groove 154 is disposed on the outer surface of the first side wall 152, the second sliding groove 163 is disposed on the inner surface of the second side wall 162 (as shown in fig. 8), and when the first sliding groove 154 is disposed on the inner surface of the first side wall 152, the second sliding groove 163 is disposed on the outer surface of the second side wall 162 (not shown in the drawings), the inner diameter of the second side wall 162 can match the outer diameter of the first side wall 152, so that the second sliding groove 163 can slide in the first sliding groove 154, the connection structure is reliable, and the detachable connection between the first housing 15 and the second housing 16 can be realized. Moreover, second spout 163 slides along first linear direction in first spout 154, flexible strengthening rib 14 slides along second linear direction in spacing groove 151, first straight line and second straight line are located the coplanar, then when flexible screen 13 is the state of contracting completely, flexible strengthening rib 14 inlays and locates in spacing groove 151, second spout 163 can freely slide in first spout 154 this moment, flexible strengthening rib 14 can not cause the interference to the slip of second spout 163, can make first casing 15 and second casing 16 realize smoothly dismantling the connection.

Optionally, the first housing 15 is provided with a first magnetic attraction piece, and the second housing 16 is provided with a second magnetic attraction piece;

under the condition that the first shell 15 is connected with the second shell 16, the first magnetic attraction piece is magnetically attracted with the second magnetic attraction piece.

Specifically, the first housing 15 is provided with a first magnetic attraction member, the second housing 16 is provided with a second magnetic attraction member, and the first magnetic attraction member and the second magnetic attraction member are magnetically attracted and connected when the first housing 12 and the second housing 16 are connected. It is understood that the first magnetic attracting element may be disposed at a position where the first side wall 152 of the first casing 15 contacts the second side wall 162 of the second casing 16, and the position, number, size, etc. of the second magnetic attracting element may match with the first magnetic attracting element. The first shell 15 and the second shell 16 are connected in a magnetic attraction connection mode, and the operation is simple and convenient.

Optionally, the electronic device further comprises a motherboard;

the main board is disposed on the first surface 135 of the flexible screen 13, and the main board is electrically connected to the flexible screen 13.

Specifically, the electronic device further includes a main board disposed on the first surface 135 of the flexible screen 13, and the main board is electrically connected to the flexible screen 13, wherein the main board can be fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 12, and certainly, the main board can be disposed at the position of the rotating shaft 12 instead of the rotating shaft 12, so as to drive the flexible screen 13 to switch between the expansion state and the contraction state. The main board is disposed on the first surface 135 of the flexible screen 13, and the first surface 135 is opposite to the display surface 136, so that the integrity of the display area of the display surface 136 can be ensured. The mainboard is connected with flexible screen 13 electricity, can set up main control chip, memory and display driver etc. in the mainboard, and the file such as video, audio frequency can be saved to the memory, and the display of flexible screen 13 can be controlled to the mainboard.

Of course, the electronic device may further include a battery, the battery is electrically connected to the motherboard and the flexible screen 13, and the battery may be a storage battery and may supply power to the motherboard and the flexible screen 13. The battery is fixed in the bottom of first casing 15, both can avoid the battery to expose in the external environment to promote the life of battery, can also avoid the battery to set up on the mainboard, in order to reduce the mainboard size. Of course, in the present application, the electronic device includes, but is not limited to, a smart phone, a tablet, a television, a computer, and the like.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

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

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising: the flexible screen comprises a driving mechanism (11), a rotating shaft (12) and a flexible screen (13);

the rotating shaft (12) is connected with the driving mechanism (11);

the flexible screen (13) comprises a first screen area (131) and a second screen area (132), and the rotating shaft (12) is arranged between the first screen area (131) and the second screen area (132);

the driving mechanism (11) is arranged on the first side of the flexible screen (13), the driving mechanism (11) drives the rotating shaft (12) to rotate, and the rotating shaft (12) drives the flexible screen (13) to rotate, so that the flexible screen (13) is switched between an expanded state and a contracted state;

wherein, in the unfolded state, the first screen area (131) and the second screen area (132) are in the same plane.

2. Electronic device according to claim 1, characterized in that the first screen area (131) and the second screen area (132) are each provided with at least one flexible stiffener (14), wherein the stiffness of the flexible stiffener (14) is larger than the stiffness of the flexible screen (13).

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, characterized in that it further comprises a first casing (15);

the first shell (15) is connected with the driving mechanism (11), a limiting groove (151) is formed in the first shell (15), and the flexible reinforcing ribs (14) are embedded in the limiting groove (151);

wherein, in the process of switching the flexible screen (13) between the unfolding state and the folding state, the flexible reinforcing ribs (14) slide in the limiting grooves (151).

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein a limiting member is disposed on the flexible screen (13), and the limiting member is engaged with the limiting groove (151) when the flexible screen (13) is in a retracted state.

5. The electronic device of claim 3, further comprising a second housing (16);

the second shell (16) is detachably connected with the first shell (15), and the flexible screen (13) is contained in a containing space formed by the second shell (16) and the first shell (15) when the flexible screen (13) is in a contraction state.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the first housing (15) is provided with a first sliding groove (154), the second housing (16) is provided with a second sliding groove (163), and the first sliding groove (154) and the second sliding groove (163) are engaged with each other when the second housing (16) is connected to the first housing (15).

7. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the first housing (15) is provided with a first magnetic attraction member, the second housing (16) is provided with a second magnetic attraction member, and the first magnetic attraction member and the second magnetic attraction member are magnetically connected when the first housing (15) and the second housing (16) are connected.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a motherboard;

the main board is arranged on the first surface (135) of the flexible screen (13), and the main board is electrically connected with the flexible screen (13).