CN214474731U

CN214474731U - Electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN214474731U
Application number: CN202120612881.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 石添元; 王建伟; 竹岩
Original assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-25
Filing date: 2021-03-25
Publication date: 2021-10-22
Anticipated expiration: 2031-03-25

Abstract

An embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which includes: a first body, a second body, a third body, and a flexible display panel; the first body includes a receptacle; the second main body comprises a matching part and an extending part extending from one end part of the matching part to the accommodating part of the first main body, and the extending part can freely slide in the accommodating part, so that at least one part of the extending part is accommodated in the accommodating part; the third main body is connected with the other end of the matching part through a connecting piece; the flexible display panel covers the first main body, the second main body, the connecting piece and the third main body; the first end part of the flexible display panel is fixedly arranged at one end of the third main body, which is far away from the connecting piece; the second end of the flexible display panel is fixedly arranged in the accommodating part. The flexible screen can reduce the probability of screen damage, and further can guarantee that the flexible screen has a longer service life.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to electronic equipment.

Background

With the continuous development of communication technology, a great deal of electronic devices such as smart phones, tablet computers and notebook computers are widely popularized and applied, and the electronic devices are developed towards diversification and individuation and increasingly become indispensable terminals in life and work of people. Nowadays, electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers become electronic devices that people carry with them daily, and the application program industry of terminals develops rapidly, such as game software, video software, working software, and the like, so that more and more large-screen touch screen smart phones appear, the convenience requirement of users in terminal operation is gradually improved, and the electronic devices with fixed-size display screens on the market cannot meet the user requirement.

At present, most manufacturers set a folding screen on a terminal, so that a user can use the mobile phone by unfolding the mobile phone when needing large-screen operation, and can fold the screen to operate the mobile phone when needing small-size operation. However, in the folding process of the folding screen on the current electronic device, the folding screen is folded in half in the middle, so that the bent part in the middle of the screen is stretched, thereby increasing the probability of screen damage and reducing the service life of the folding screen.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an electronic equipment, through providing the electronic equipment that is provided with sliding connection's first main part and second main part and third main part through connecting portion connection to can reduce the probability that the screen damaged, and then can guarantee that flexible screen has higher life.

An embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which includes:

a first body, a second body, a third body, and a flexible display panel;

the first body includes a receptacle;

the second main body comprises a matching part and an extending part extending from one end part of the matching part to the accommodating part, and the extending part can freely slide in the accommodating part so that at least one part of the extending part is accommodated in the accommodating part;

the third main body is connected with the other end of the matching part through a connecting piece;

the flexible display panel covers the first main body, the second main body, the connecting piece and the third main body; the first end part of the flexible display panel is fixedly arranged at one end of the third main body, which is far away from the connecting piece; the second end of the flexible display panel is fixedly arranged in the accommodating part.

Optionally, in this application embodiment, the connecting piece is a hinge, one end of the hinge is fixedly connected with the matching portion, and the other end of the hinge is fixedly connected with one end of the third main body close to the matching portion.

Optionally, in this application embodiment, the connecting piece is a hinge, one end of the hinge with the cooperation portion is for dismantling the connection, the other end of the hinge with the third main body is close to one end fixed connection of cooperation portion.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, a fastening piece is disposed at one end of the hinge close to the matching portion, a fastening position is disposed at one end of the matching portion far from the extending portion, and the fastening piece is fastened to the fastening position to achieve fastening matching, so that one end of the hinge is detachably connected to the matching portion;

when the buckling piece is separated from the buckling position, the first end portion of the flexible display panel is separated from one end, far away from the connecting piece, of the third main body, moves towards the first end of the first main body, and the first end of the first main body is the end, far away from the matching portion, of the first main body until the first end portion of the flexible display panel is flush with the edge, far away from the extending portion, of the matching portion.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the first main body further includes a bottom plate and a plurality of side plates, the side plates are fixedly disposed at one end portion of the bottom plate, the side plates and the bottom plate are in a perpendicular relationship, and the plurality of side plates fixedly disposed on the same side of the bottom plate and the bottom plate form the accommodating portion; the extension part slides freely in the containing part through the sliding mechanism, the sliding mechanism comprises a sliding block and a sliding groove, the sliding groove is arranged on one side, provided with the side plate, of the bottom plate, the sliding block is arranged on one side of the extension part, and the sliding block is used for sliding in the sliding groove so as to drive the extension part to slide freely in the containing part.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: the chain plate rotating shaft is used for forming meshing transmission with the chain plate; the chain plate rotating shaft is fixedly arranged at one end of the accommodating part far away from the matching part, and the accommodating part is used for accommodating the chain plate rotating shaft; the first end part of the chain plate is fixedly arranged at one end of the extension part close to the matching part and is arranged on one side surface of the extension part, which is far away from the bottom plate; the second end of the chain plate is arranged in the accommodating part, the first side surface of the chain plate is correspondingly attached to the side surface of the extending part, and the flexible display panel is attached to the second side surface of the chain plate;

when the extending portion moves towards the first end of the accommodating portion, the first end of the accommodating portion is an end of the accommodating portion away from the matching portion, and the extending portion drives the second end portion of the chain plate to move towards a direction close to the matching portion, so that the chain plate drives the first end portion of the flexible display panel to move towards a direction close to the first end of the first main body, and simultaneously drives the second end portion of the flexible display panel to move towards an end close to the third main body, wherein the first end of the first main body is an end of the first main body away from the matching portion, and the end of the third main body is an end away from the connecting member;

when the extending portion moves towards the second end of the accommodating portion, the second end of the accommodating portion is the end of the accommodating portion close to the matching portion, and the extending portion drives the second end portion of the chain plate to move towards the direction away from the matching portion, so that the chain plate drives the first end portion of the flexible display panel to move towards the direction away from the first end of the first main body, and simultaneously drives the second end portion of the flexible display panel to move towards the direction away from one end of the third main body, wherein the first end of the first main body is the end of the first main body away from the matching portion, and the one end of the third main body is the end away from the connecting piece.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: the first driving device is electrically connected with the chain plate rotating shaft to drive the chain plate rotating shaft to rotate.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the length of the extension portion is smaller than the length of the bottom plate, so that the accommodating portion completely accommodates the extension portion; the accommodating part and the matching part are the same in thickness, so that the upper surface of the first main body is flush with the upper surface of the second main body, and the lower surface of the first main body is flush with the lower surface of the second main body.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, a reel and a second driving device are disposed in the accommodating portion, the second driving device is electrically connected to the reel, and the reel is fixedly connected to the second end of the flexible display panel;

when the second driving device drives the reel to rotate in a first direction, the reel drives the second end of the flexible display panel to rotate in the first direction so as to accommodate the flexible display panel;

when the second driving device drives the reel to rotate in a second direction, the reel drives the second end of the flexible display panel to rotate in the second direction, so that the flexible display panel is unfolded.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the display device further includes a circuit board, the circuit board is disposed in the first main body or the second main body, and the flexible display panel is electrically connected to the circuit board.

An embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which includes: a first body, a second body, a third body, and a flexible display panel; the first body includes a receptacle; the second main body comprises a matching part and an extending part extending from one end part of the matching part to the accommodating part, and the extending part can freely slide in the accommodating part so that at least one part of the extending part is accommodated in the accommodating part; the third main body is connected with the other end of the matching part through a connecting piece; the flexible display panel covers the first main body, the second main body, the connecting piece and the third main body; the first end part of the flexible display panel is fixedly arranged at one end of the third main body, which is far away from the connecting piece; the second end of the flexible display panel is fixedly arranged in the accommodating part. The electronic equipment of the first main part and the second main part that are provided with sliding connection and the second main part and the third main part that connect through connecting portion promotes the electronic equipment screen and accounts for the ratio, can reduce the probability that the screen damaged, and then can guarantee that flexible screen has higher life.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is another schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a schematic side view structural diagram of a flexible display panel according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a schematic partial structure diagram of a display panel assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating state switching of a display panel assembly 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. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present application and not all embodiments. 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.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present application, "means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the application. In order to simplify the disclosure of the present application, specific example components and arrangements are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present application. Moreover, the present application may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples, such repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, examples of various specific processes and materials are provided herein, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or use of other materials. In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

An embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which may include: such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or a personal computer. The electronic device will be described in detail below. It should be noted that the following description of the embodiments is not intended to limit the preferred order of the embodiments.

The present application will be described in detail with reference to the drawings and the detailed description, referring to fig. 1 to 5.

The embodiment of the application provides electronic equipment. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the electronic device includes a first body 11, a second body 12, a third body 13, and a flexible display panel 14. The first body 11 includes a receiving portion 111, and the second body 12 includes a matching portion 122 and an extending portion 121 extending from an end of the matching portion 122 to the receiving portion 111; the extending portion 121 can slide freely in the accommodating portion 111, so that at least a portion of the extending portion 121 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 111. The third body 13 is connected to the other end of the fitting portion 122 by a connecting member 15. In addition, the flexible display panel 14 is provided to cover the first body 11, the second body 12, the connector 15, and the third body 13. The first end of the flexible display panel 14 is fixedly disposed at one end of the third body 13 away from the connecting member 15, and the second end of the flexible display panel 14 is fixedly disposed in the accommodating portion 111.

The flexible display panel 14 is used for displaying an electronic document, and the flexible display panel 14 may display information such as an image, a video, or a text. The flexible display panel 14 may include a front surface to display information, and a back surface on the opposite side of the front surface. The display panel assembly of the cover and the flexible display panel 14 serves as a front housing of the electronic device 10 and forms an enclosed space with the housing, and the formed enclosed space can be used for accommodating other electronic components of the electronic device 10. Meanwhile, the display panel assembly forms a display surface of the electronic device 10 for displaying information such as images, text, and the like. Among them, the flexible display panel 14 may be electrically connected to a printed circuit board provided on the first body 11 or the second body 12 via a flexible printed circuit.

Further, the flexible display panel 14 is mounted over the first body 11, the second body 12, the third body 13 and the connecting member 15 to form a display surface of the electronic device 10. A cover plate may be further disposed above the flexible display panel 14, the cover plate is mounted on the flexible display panel 14 and disposed in front of the flexible display panel 14 to cover the flexible display panel 14, and the cover plate and the flexible display panel 14 may be combined by processing to form a display panel assembly. The cover may be a clear glass cover so that the flexible display panel 14 transmits light through the cover for display. The cover plate in the embodiment of the present application is a flexible glass cover plate, which can be bent/bent. In some embodiments, the cover plate may be a glass cover plate made of a material such as sapphire. In the present embodiment, "front" refers to a direction in which a side of the flexible display panel 14 on which information is displayed faces, and "rear" refers to a direction opposite to "front".

In one embodiment, the connection 15 may be a hinge. One end of the hinge may be fixedly connected to the matching portion 122, specifically, the hinge may be fixedly connected to an end of the matching portion 122 far from the extending portion 121, and the other end of the hinge is fixedly connected to an end of the third body 13 near the matching portion 122.

In order to reduce the space occupation of the electronic device 10 when being carried, the electronic device is convenient for a user to carry. In one embodiment, the connection 15 may be a hinge. One end of the hinge is detachably connected to the matching portion 122, specifically, the hinge may be detachably connected to an end of the matching portion 122 away from the extending portion 121, and the other end of the hinge is fixedly connected to an end of the third body 13 close to the matching portion 122. For example, a fastening member is disposed at an end of the hinge close to the engaging portion 122, and a fastening position is disposed at an end of the engaging portion 122 far from the extending portion 121; the fastening member is fastened to the fastening position to form a fastening fit, so that one end of the hinge is detachably connected to the fitting portion 122. Based on the above structure, when the fastening member and the fastening position are in a separated state, the first end of the flexible display panel 14 is separated from the end of the third main body 13 away from the connecting member 15, and the first end of the flexible display panel 14 moves towards the first end of the first main body 11, and the first end of the first main body 11 is the end of the first main body 11 away from the matching portion 122 until the first end of the flexible display panel 14 is flush with the edge of the matching portion 122 away from the end of the extending portion 121. At this time, one end of the flexible display panel 14 may be fixedly disposed at one end of the fitting portion 122 of the second body 12 away from the extension portion 121. When the fastening member and the fastening position are in a fastening state (fastening fit), the first end of the flexible display panel 14 is fixedly disposed at an end of the third main body 13 away from the fitting portion 122, and the first end of the flexible display panel 14 is flush with an edge of an end of the third main body 13 away from the fitting portion 122.

Alternatively, the hinge may be detachably connected to an end of the fitting portion 122 away from the extending portion 121, and the other end of the hinge may be detachably connected to an end of the third body 13 close to the fitting portion 122.

Optionally, the hinge may be composed of a plurality of same hollow strip-shaped members, the strip-shaped fastener is provided with a limiting barb, and two adjacent strip-shaped members are fixedly connected through the limiting barb to realize the bending function of the hinge.

Optionally, a first magnetic attraction member may be disposed on a surface of the third main body 13 attached to the flexible display panel 14, and a second magnetic attraction member may be disposed on a surface of the flexible display panel 14 attached to the third main body 13. The magnetic pole of the first magnetic attraction component and the magnetic pole of the second magnetic attraction component are different magnetic poles, so that the first magnetic attraction component and the second magnetic attraction component can attract each other within a certain distance, and one side of the third main body is attached to one side of the flexible display panel.

Specifically, the first body 11 further includes a bottom plate and a plurality of side plates, the side plates are fixedly disposed at one end of the bottom plate, the side plates and the bottom plate are perpendicular to each other, and the plurality of side plates fixedly disposed at the same side of the bottom plate and the bottom plate form the accommodating portion 111. Further, the extension 121 is freely slidable in the accommodating portion 111 by a sliding mechanism. The sliding mechanism includes a sliding block and a sliding groove, the sliding groove is disposed on one side of the bottom plate where the side plate is disposed, the sliding block is disposed on one side of the extending portion 121, and the sliding block is configured to slide in the sliding groove to drive the extending portion 121 to freely slide in the accommodating portion 111.

Further, the number of the plurality of side plates may be three, and then the side plates may include a first side plate, a second side plate, and a third side plate, and the bottom plate includes four end portions. The first side plate is fixedly arranged at one end part of the bottom plate, and the first side plate and the bottom plate are in a vertical relation; the second side plate is fixedly arranged at the other end of the bottom plate, and the second side plate and the bottom plate are in a vertical relation; the third side plate is fixedly disposed at another end of the bottom plate, the third side plate is perpendicular to the bottom plate, and the first side plate, the second side plate and the third side plate are fixedly disposed at the same side of the bottom plate to form an accommodating portion 111, so that the extending portion 121 can freely slide in the accommodating portion 111 through a sliding mechanism.

Referring to fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4 together, fig. 4 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of a dotted frame a in fig. 3. In one embodiment, the electronic device 10 may further include a link plate 112 and a link plate rotation shaft 113, wherein the link plate rotation shaft 113 is configured to form a meshing transmission with the link plate 112. The link plate rotating shaft 113 is fixedly disposed at an end of the accommodating portion 111 away from the engaging portion 122, and the accommodating portion 111 is used for accommodating the link plate rotating shaft 113. The first end of the chain plate 112 is fixedly disposed at one end of the extending portion 121 close to the engaging portion 122, and is disposed on a side of the extending portion 121 facing away from the base plate. The second end of the chain plate 112 is disposed in the accommodating portion 111, the first side surface of the chain plate 112 is correspondingly attached to the side surface of the extending portion 121, and the flexible display panel 14 is attached to the second side surface of the chain plate 112. Based on the above structure, when the extending portion 121 moves towards the first end of the accommodating portion 111, the first end of the accommodating portion 111 is the end of the accommodating portion 111 away from the engaging portion 122, and the extending portion 121 drives the second end portion of the link plate 112 to move towards the engaging portion 122, so that the link plate 112 drives the first end of the flexible display panel 14 to move towards the first end of the first body 11, and simultaneously drives the second end of the flexible display panel 14 to move towards the end of the third body 13. The first end of the first body 11 is an end of the first body 11 away from the matching portion 122, and the end of the third body 13 is an end away from the connecting member 15. When the extending portion 121 moves towards the second end of the accommodating portion 111, the second end of the accommodating portion 111 is the end of the accommodating portion 111 close to the engaging portion 122, and the extending portion 121 drives the second end of the link plate 112 to move towards the direction away from the engaging portion 122, so that the link plate 112 drives the first end of the flexible display panel 14 to move towards the direction away from the first end of the first body 11, and simultaneously drives the second end of the flexible display panel 14 to move towards the direction away from the end of the third body 13. The first end of the first body 11 is an end of the first body 11 away from the matching portion 122, and the end of the third body 13 is an end away from the connecting member 15.

Further, the electronic device 10 may further include a first driving device. The first driving device is electrically connected to the link plate rotating shaft 113 to drive the link plate rotating shaft 113 to rotate. The link plate rotating shaft 113 is fixedly disposed at an end of the accommodating portion 111 away from the engaging portion 122, and the accommodating portion 111 is used for accommodating the link plate rotating shaft 113. One end of the link plate 112 is fixedly arranged at one end of the extending part 121 close to the matching part 122, the other end of the link plate 112 is arranged at one side of the bottom plate provided with the side plate, and the link plate 112 and the link plate rotating shaft 113 form meshing transmission. This application embodiment is through setting up first drive arrangement, and this first drive arrangement can carry out electric connection with the circuit board, thereby rotates with first direction or second direction through the first drive arrangement of electronic equipment's control, drives the link joint pivot and rotates and drive the link joint and remove to expand or accomodate flexible display panel, wherein, first direction and second direction are opposite direction. For example, the first direction is clockwise and the second direction is counterclockwise.

Specifically, the length of the extension portion 121 is smaller than that of the bottom plate, so that the accommodating portion 111 completely accommodates the extension portion 121. The accommodating portion 111 and the fitting portion 122 have the same thickness, so that the upper surface of the first body 11 is flush with the upper surface of the second body 12, and the lower surface of the first body 11 is flush with the lower surface of the second body 12, so that when the extending portion 121 is completely accommodated in the accommodating portion 111, the surface formed between the first body 11 and the second body 12 is smooth.

In one embodiment, a spool and a second drive device may be disposed within the receptacle 111. Specifically, the second driving device is electrically connected to the reel, and the reel may be fixedly connected to the second end of the flexible display panel 14. Based on the above structure, when the second driving device drives the reel to rotate in the first direction, the reel will drive the second end of the flexible display panel 14 to rotate in the first direction, so as to receive the flexible display panel 14; when the second driving device drives the reel to rotate in the second direction, the reel drives the second end of the flexible display panel 14 to rotate in the second direction, so as to unfold the flexible display panel 14. Wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions. For example, the first direction is clockwise and the second direction is counterclockwise.

Specifically, the electronic device 10 further includes a circuit board. The circuit board is disposed in the first body 11 or the second body 12, and the flexible display panel 14 is electrically connected to the circuit board.

Further, the circuit board is mounted inside the first body 11 or the second body 12 to be received in the closed space formed by the flexible display panel 14 and the body. The circuit board may be a motherboard of the electronic device 10. The circuit board is provided with a grounding point so as to realize the grounding of the circuit board. Functional components such as a camera and a processor can be integrated on the circuit board. Meanwhile, the flexible display panel 14 may be electrically connected to a circuit board.

In some embodiments, a display control circuit is disposed on the circuit board. The display control circuit outputs an electrical signal to the flexible display panel 14 to control the flexible display panel 14 to display information.

The first body 11, the second body 12 and the third body 13 are used to form the outer contour of the electronic device 10. The main body may be made of plastic or metal. Alternatively, the first body 11, the second body 12 and the third body 13 may also be metal bodies, such as magnesium alloy, stainless steel and the like. It should be noted that the materials of the first body 11, the second body 12 and the third body 13 in the embodiment of the present application are not limited to this, and other manners may also be adopted, such as: the first body 11, the second body 12 and the third body 13 may be plastic housings. Also for example: the first body 11, the second body 12 and the third body 13 are ceramic housings. A glass housing may also be used.

In some embodiments, a battery may be mounted inside the first body 11 or the second body 12 to house the battery in the closed space formed by the flexible display panel 14 and the body. The battery can be logically connected with the processor through the power management system, so that the functions of charging, discharging, power consumption management and the like can be managed through the power management system. The battery may also include any component of one or more dc or ac power sources, recharging systems, power failure detection circuitry, power converters or inverters, power status indicators, and the like.

Further, the circuit board may further include a Radio Frequency (RF) circuit, a memory including one or more computer-readable storage media, an input unit, a display unit, a sensor, an audio circuit, a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) module, a processor including one or more processing cores, a control circuit, a battery, a front camera, a rear camera, and a fingerprint unlocking module antenna structure.

The control circuit is installed in a circuit board, the control circuit may be a motherboard of the electronic device 10, and one, two or more functional components of a motor, a microphone, a speaker, an earphone interface, a universal serial bus interface, a front camera, a rear camera, a distance sensor, an ambient light sensor, a receiver, and a processor may be integrated on the control circuit.

In some embodiments, the control circuit may be fixed within the circuit board. Specifically, the control circuit can be screwed on the circuit board through screws, and can also be clamped on the circuit board in a buckling mode. It should be noted that, the way that the control circuit is specifically fixed to the circuit board according to the embodiment of the present application is not limited to this, and other ways, such as a way of fixing by a snap and a screw together, are also possible.

In some embodiments, the circuit board may include a plastic part and a metal part, and the circuit board may be a housing structure in which metal and plastic are matched with each other, specifically, the metal part may be formed first, for example, a magnesium alloy substrate is formed by injection molding, and then plastic is injected on the magnesium alloy substrate to form a plastic substrate, so as to form a complete housing structure. It should be noted that the material and process of the circuit board are not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, in the embodiment of switching the electronic device 10 from the unfolded state to the folded state and the collapsed state, the following implementation principle is implemented. The electronic device 10 may be switched from the expanded state to the collapsed state first, or may be switched from the expanded state to the collapsed state first. In the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device 10 is first switched from the extended state to the retracted state. Specifically, at this time, the accommodating portion 111 of the first body 11 only accommodates one end portion of the extending portion 121 close to the first body 11, and the area of the flexible display panel 14 displayed in this state is the largest, that is, the display area is the largest at this time. When the end of the extending portion 121 far from the first main body 11 moves to the side close to the first main body 11, the slider in the extending portion 121 moves in the sliding slot of the accommodating portion 111, so that the end of the extending portion 121 far from the first main body 11 moves to the side close to the first main body 11; meanwhile, the chain plate 112 and the chain plate rotating shaft 113 are in meshing transmission, and the chain plate 112 rotates along with the chain plate rotating shaft 113, so as to drive the flexible display panel 14 attached to the surface of the chain plate 112 to move, specifically, to drive the first end of the flexible display panel 14 to move towards the end of the accommodating portion 111 close to the matching portion 122, that is, the first end of the flexible display panel 14 moves towards the end of the first main body 11 away from the matching portion 122, until the extending portion 121 is completely accommodated in the accommodating portion 111, at this time, the first end of the flexible display panel 14 is flush with the edge of the end of the third main body 13 away from the extending portion 121. Then, the electronic apparatus 10 in the embodiment of the present application is switched to the folded state. Specifically, when the electronic device 10 is in the retracted state, the extension portion 121 is completely accommodated in the accommodating portion 111, when the connecting member 15 is bent, the third main body 13 is driven to move until one side of the third main body 13 overlaps with the side of the first main body 11 and the second main body 12, at this time, the flexible display panel 14 originally located on the same plane is changed, due to the position change of the third body 13, the flexible display panel 14 attached to the surface of the third body 13 is driven to move, and at this time, the flexible display panel 14 corresponding to the surface area of the first body 11 and the second body 12 is disposed at the opposite side to the flexible display panel 14 corresponding to the surface area of the third body 13, therefore, folding state switching is achieved, the occupied space of the electronic equipment 10 is reduced, meanwhile, the probability of screen damage can be reduced, and the flexible screen can be guaranteed to have a long service life.

It should be noted that the electronic device 10 provided in the embodiment of the present application can be switched among the extended state, the retracted state, and the folded state, and there is no limitation on the switching sequence, and detailed descriptions of other switching states are not repeated herein.

In summary, the embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device 10, where the electronic device 10 includes: a first body 11, a second body 12, a third body 13, and a flexible display panel 14; the first body 11 comprises a housing 111; the second body 12 includes a matching portion 122 and an extending portion 121 extending from one end of the matching portion 122 to the accommodating portion 111, and the extending portion 121 is capable of sliding freely in the accommodating portion 111, so that at least a part of the extending portion 121 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 111; the third body 13 is connected to the other end of the fitting portion 122 through a connecting member 15; the flexible display panel 14 covers the first body 11, the second body 12, the connecting member 15, and the third body 13; a first end portion of the flexible display panel 14 is fixedly arranged at one end of the third main body 13 far away from the connecting piece 15; the second end of the flexible display panel 14 is fixedly disposed in the accommodating portion 111. The electronic device 10 provided with the first main body 11 and the second main body 12 which are connected in a sliding mode and the second main body 12 and the third main body 13 which are connected through the connecting portion is provided, so that the screen damage probability can be reduced while the screen occupation ratio of the electronic device 10 is improved, and the flexible screen can be guaranteed to have a long service life.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments. The embodiments described above are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. 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 foregoing describes in detail an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application, and a specific example is applied in the embodiment of the present application to explain the principle and the implementation of the present application, and the description of the foregoing embodiment is only used to help understand the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising: a first body, a second body, a third body, and a flexible display panel;

the first body includes a receptacle;

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member is a hinge, one end of the hinge is fixedly connected to the fitting portion, and the other end of the hinge is fixedly connected to one end of the third body close to the fitting portion.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the connecting member is a hinge, one end of the hinge is detachably connected to the fitting portion, and the other end of the hinge is fixedly connected to one end of the third body close to the fitting portion.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein a fastening member is disposed at an end of the hinge close to the engaging portion, a fastening position is disposed at an end of the engaging portion away from the extending portion, and the fastening member and the fastening position are in fastening engagement, so that one end of the hinge is detachably connected to the engaging portion;

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first body further comprises a bottom plate and a plurality of side plates, the side plates are fixedly disposed at one end of the bottom plate and are perpendicular to the bottom plate, and the plurality of side plates fixedly disposed on the same side of the bottom plate and the bottom plate form the accommodating portion; the extension part freely slides in the accommodating part through a sliding mechanism, the sliding mechanism comprises a sliding block and a sliding groove, the sliding groove is arranged on one side, provided with the side plate, of the bottom plate, the sliding block is arranged on one side of the extension part, and the sliding block is used for sliding in the sliding groove so as to drive the extension part to freely slide in the accommodating part.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, further comprising: the chain plate rotating shaft is used for forming meshing transmission with the chain plate; the chain plate rotating shaft is fixedly arranged at one end of the accommodating part far away from the matching part, and the accommodating part is used for accommodating the chain plate rotating shaft; the first end part of the chain plate is fixedly arranged at one end of the extension part close to the matching part and is arranged on one side surface of the extension part, which is far away from the bottom plate; the second end of the chain plate is arranged in the accommodating part, the first side surface of the chain plate is correspondingly attached to the side surface of the extending part, and the flexible display panel is attached to the second side surface of the chain plate;

7. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising: the first driving device is electrically connected with the chain plate rotating shaft to drive the chain plate rotating shaft to rotate.

8. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the extension portion has a length less than a length of the base plate such that the receiving portion completely receives the extension portion; the accommodating part and the matching part are the same in thickness, so that the upper surface of the first main body is flush with the upper surface of the second main body, and the lower surface of the first main body is flush with the lower surface of the second main body.

9. The electronic apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a reel and a second driving device are disposed in the accommodating portion, the second driving device is electrically connected to the reel, and the reel is fixedly connected to the second end of the flexible display panel;

when the second driving device drives the reel to rotate in a second direction, the reel drives the second end of the flexible display panel to rotate in the second direction so as to unfold the flexible display panel; wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a circuit board disposed in the first body or the second body, wherein the flexible display panel is electrically connected to the circuit board.