CN214476080U - Folding equipment with good protection effect on screen - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a folding equipment that has good guard action to the screen belongs to the technical field of flexible screen, and this folding equipment includes: a hinge housing; the hinge assembly comprises shell assemblies symmetrically arranged on two sides of a hinge shell, each shell assembly is connected with a hinge rotating shaft, the other end of each hinge rotating shaft is hinged to the hinge shell, and each hinge rotating shaft is movably connected with a connecting rotating shaft; the rotating module arranged in the hinge shell drives the connecting rotating shafts to synchronously rotate through the rotating module so as to meet the requirements of panels, manufacturers, terminal manufacturers and market users on the service life of the folding equipment.

Description

Folding equipment with good protection effect on screen

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of flexible screen equipment, particularly, relate to a folding equipment that has good guard action to the screen.

Background

When the folding equipment in the existing market is designed and actually operated, the role of solving the compensatory problem between the mechanism of the folding equipment and the flexible screen carried on the equipment is lacked. The concrete expression is as follows: the folding rotary hinge mechanism can form extrusion force on the flexible screen in the movement process of the whole machine, so that the service life of the flexible screen is reduced.

In order to prolong the service life of the flexible screen and prolong the integral bending times of the folding equipment, the movement track of the flexible screen is limited by using the linkage mechanism, so that the screen is bent according to the limited track, the extrusion force applied to the flexible screen is reduced, and the damage to the screen is reduced. In addition, the smoothness of the rotating hinge mechanism can also bring good supporting and protecting effects to the flexible screen.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem that prior art exists, the utility model aims at providing a folding equipment that has good guard action to the screen in order to reach the requirement that satisfies panel and firm, terminal firm and market user to folding equipment life.

The utility model discloses the technical scheme who adopts does: a folding apparatus having a good protection effect on a screen, the folding apparatus comprising:

a hinge housing;

the hinge assembly comprises shell assemblies symmetrically arranged on two sides of a hinge shell, each shell assembly is connected with a hinge rotating shaft, the other end of each hinge rotating shaft is hinged to the hinge shell, and each hinge rotating shaft is movably connected with a connecting rotating shaft;

and the rotating module is arranged in the hinge shell and drives the connecting rotating shafts to synchronously rotate through the rotating module.

Further, the folding apparatus further includes:

the movable guide plate is arranged between the hinge shell and the shell component, one side of the movable guide plate is connected to the shell component through a hinge pair, and the other side of the movable guide plate is movably sleeved with a rotating plate which is hinged to the hinge shell.

Furthermore, one end of the hinge rotating shaft is fixedly connected with the shell component, and the other end of the hinge rotating shaft is provided with a rotating column which is rotatably assembled on the inner side of the end part of the hinge shell.

Furthermore, the end of the hinge rotating shaft is provided with a rotating arm, one side of the rotating arm is provided with the rotating column, and the hinge shell is provided with a limiting notch matched with the rotating arm.

Furthermore, a strip-shaped guide slot hole is formed in the hinge rotating shaft, a connecting column matched with the guide slot hole is arranged at the end part of the connecting rotating shaft, and the connecting column is movably sleeved in the guide slot hole.

Further, the rotation module includes:

the rotating shaft fixing piece is arranged in the hinge shell;

the main gear shafts are respectively connected with the connecting rotating shaft, each main gear shaft is rotatably sleeved in the rotating shaft fixing piece, and the main gear shafts are synchronously transmitted through the gear pair.

Further, the gear pair includes:

the main gears are respectively sleeved on the main gear shaft and synchronously rotate with the main gear shaft;

the auxiliary gear shaft is arranged on the rotating shaft fixing piece, an auxiliary gear is sleeved on the auxiliary gear shaft, and the main gear and the auxiliary gear are in meshed transmission with each other.

Further, the rotation module further includes:

the main gear shafts are sleeved on the cam seats;

the cams are sleeved on the main gear shafts respectively and rotate synchronously with the main gear shafts, the cams are in snap fit with the cam seats, and the cams are respectively provided with elastic pieces for providing thrust to the cams.

Further, the rotation module further includes:

the elastic piece is a spring which is sleeved on the main gear shaft, and two ends of the spring respectively abut against the spring guide piece and the cam.

Further, the hinge pair includes:

the guide block is connected to the shell component, and an arc-shaped guide groove is formed in the guide block;

and the sliding block is connected to the movable guide plate, a guide block matched with the guide groove is arranged on the sliding block, and the guide block is assembled in the guide groove in a sliding manner.

Furthermore, a guide rail groove is formed in the side edge of the movable guide plate, and the rotating plate is sleeved in the guide rail groove, and the other end of the rotating plate is hinged to the hinge shell through a hinge shaft.

Further, the open end of the hinge shell is provided with a center plate matched with the hinge shell, and the center plate is positioned through the rotating module.

The utility model has the advantages that:

1. adopt the utility model provides a folding equipment that has good guard action to the screen, under the effect of rotating the module, can realize the synchronous linkage and rotate to reduce folding equipment and rotate the in-process, rotate the extrusion force of module to the flexible screen body, reduce the impaired probability of flexible panel, thereby improve the life of flexible panel and folding equipment, and then can satisfy the requirement of panel producer and terminal producer to the regional screen smoothness of hinge structure.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the folding device with good protection effect on the screen provided by the present invention when unfolded;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the folding device with good protection effect on the screen when the folding device is closed;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an internal partial schematic view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of the disassembled structure of FIG. 4;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of an assembly structure of a movable guide plate in a folding device with good protection effect on a screen according to the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a movable guide plate in a folding device with good protection effect on a screen provided by the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of a split structure of a hinge pair in a folding device with a good protection effect on a screen according to the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of a split structure of a rotating module in a folding device with a good protection effect on a screen according to the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a cam seat in a folding device with a good protection effect on a screen according to the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the rotating module in the folding apparatus with good protection effect on the screen according to the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic view of the whole structure of the rotating module at another viewing angle in the folding apparatus with good protection effect on the screen according to the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a hinge rotating shaft in a folding device with a good protection effect on a screen according to the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a connection rotating shaft in the folding device with good protection effect on the screen according to the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a folding apparatus with good screen protection provided by the present invention in a folded state;

the drawings are labeled as follows:

1-shell component, 2-central plate, 3-movable guide plate, 4-hinge shell, 5-connecting rotating shaft, 6-hinge rotating shaft, 7-rotating plate, 8-rotating module, 9-guide block, 10-slide block, 11-guide rail groove, 12-spring guide piece, 13-cam, 14-main gear shaft, 15-cam seat, 16-main gear, 17-rotating shaft fixing piece, 18-pinion, 19-arc guide rail groove, 20-rotating column, 21-guide slotted hole, 22-connecting column and 23-screen space.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the 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.

It should be noted that, in the present invention, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that the indication of the position or the positional relationship is based on the position or the positional relationship shown in the drawings, or the position or the positional relationship that the utility model is usually placed when using, or the position or the positional relationship that the skilled person conventionally understands, or the position or the positional relationship that the utility model is usually placed when using, and is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but does not indicate or suggest that the indicated device or element must have a specific position, be constructed and operated in a specific position, and thus, cannot be understood as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used merely to distinguish one description from another, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be further noted that unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "disposed" and "connected" should be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases for a person of ordinary skill in the art; the drawings in the embodiments are provided to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Example 1

In this embodiment, specifically provide a folding equipment that has good guard action to the screen, aim at through this folding equipment promotion flexible screen's life to improve flexible screen and folding equipment's life, this folding equipment mainly includes: the hinge assembly comprises a housing assembly 1, a hinge housing 4, a rotating module 8 and a movable guide plate 3, and as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the hinge assembly is specifically designed as follows:

hinge shell

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the hinge housing 4 is a main body part of the folding apparatus carrying the rotation module 8, and the hinge housing 4 serves as a rotational symmetry center of the two-sided housing assembly 1. In the present embodiment, the hinge housing 4 is provided as a shell structure with an opening at one end, the hinge housing 4 itself is a symmetric structure, the length of the hinge housing 4 should be adapted to the housing assembly 1, and in order to ensure that the appearance of the folding device is beautiful when the folding device is folded, the appearance structure of the hinge housing 4 should be rounded properly.

The rotation modules 8 are respectively installed inside two ends of the hinge housing 4, the rotation modules 8 are used as main components for driving the housing assemblies 1 on two sides to synchronously rotate, and preferentially, the rotation modules 8 are fixedly connected to the hinge housing 4 through screws.

② casing component

As shown in fig. 3, 5, and 12, the housing assemblies 1 are symmetrically disposed on two sides of the hinge housing 4, the side portions of the two housing assemblies 1 are respectively connected with the hinge rotating shafts 6, that is, two sides of each housing assembly 1 are respectively connected with the hinge rotating shafts 6, and two sides of one end of the hinge housing 4 are respectively connected with one hinge rotating shaft 6, and the hinge rotating shafts 6 located on two sides of the same end of the hinge housing 4 are symmetrically disposed relative to the center line of the hinge housing 4. The other end of each hinge rotating shaft 6 is hinged to the hinge shell 4, and each hinge rotating shaft 6 is movably connected with a connecting rotating shaft 5.

As shown in fig. 13, the hinge shaft 6 is mounted in the following manner: with hinge pivot 6's one end and shell subassembly 1 fixed connection, be about to the tip of hinge pivot 6 pass through bolt fixed connection on shell subassembly 1's inner structure frame, the other end is equipped with rotates post 20, be equipped with the assembly slotted hole that corresponds the matching with rotating post 20 in the tip inboard of hinge shell 4 and will rotate post 20 and rotate the assembly in the assembly slotted hole of hinge shell 4 tip inboard, in order to realize when needs rotate, under hinge pivot 6's effect, the shell subassembly 1 of both sides rotates for hinge shell 4's central line, and then realize opening or closing of folding equipment.

As shown in fig. 13 and 14, the hinge rotating shaft 6 and the connecting rotating shaft 5 are assembled in the following manner: a strip-shaped guide slot 21 is formed in the hinge rotating shaft 6, the guide slot 21 is formed along the length direction of the hinge rotating shaft 6, a connecting column 22 matched with the guide slot 21 is arranged at the end part of the connecting rotating shaft 5, and the connecting column 22 is movably sleeved in the guide slot 21. In the process of movement, the connection column 22 on the connection rotating shaft 5 can rotate relative to the hinge rotating shafts 6 and can also slide relative to the hinge rotating shafts 6, so that when the two hinge rotating shafts 6 rotate, under the constraint of the connection rotating shaft 5, synchronous linkage of the two hinge rotating shafts 6 can be realized.

In order to further prevent the two-side shell component 1 from bending excessively in the rotating process, the optimized design is as follows:

a rotating arm is arranged at the end part of the hinge rotating shaft 6, the rotating column 20 is arranged on one side of the rotating arm, and a limiting notch matched with the rotating arm is formed in the hinge shell 4; when the two shell assemblies 1 of the folding device are completely in a horizontal state, the side face of one side of the rotating arm is just attached to the limiting notch of the hinge shell 4, so that the rotation of the shell assemblies 1 is limited well, and the phenomenon of over-bending is prevented, and a good protection effect is achieved on the flexible screen.

③ rotating module group

As shown in fig. 9-12, two rotation modules 8 are provided, and the two rotation modules 8 are respectively disposed at two end portions inside the hinge housing 4, and the rotation modules 8 drive the connection rotation shafts 5 to rotate synchronously. The specific design of the rotating module 8 is as follows:

and a rotating shaft fixing part 17 arranged in the hinge shell 4, wherein the rotating shaft fixing part 17 is connected to the hinge shell 4 through a bolt. Two main gear shafts 14 are rotatably sleeved on the rotating shaft fixing member 17, and the two main gear shafts 14 are symmetrically arranged relative to the central line of the hinge housing 4.

Two main gear shafts 14 are connected with connecting shaft 5 respectively to drive connecting shaft 5 rotational motion, and two through gear pair synchronous transmission between the gear shaft, under the effect of gear pair, two gear shafts do synchronous rotation, and then drive two connecting shaft 5 and do synchronous rotation, and two connecting shaft 5 retrain hinge pivot 6 of this tip both sides respectively and do synchronous rotation, and then realize this folding equipment when using, can realize that both sides shell subassembly 1 does synchronous rotation.

In practical application, the gear pair is designed as follows: the main gear 16 is sleeved on the main gear shaft 14 and rotates synchronously with the main gear shaft 14, and the pinion shaft is arranged on the rotating shaft fixing part 17, the pinion 18 is sleeved on the pinion shaft 18, the main gear 16 and the pinion 18 are in mutual meshing transmission, in the embodiment, the pinion 18 is also provided with two pinions 18, and the two pinions 18 are also symmetrically arranged. The rotating module 8 mainly adopts 4 gears with the same parameters to realize synchronous rotation, so that the rotating module has the advantages of accurate transmission, long service life and the like.

For further realizing the function that this folding equipment stopped at arbitrary turned angle, promote the user experience degree of this folding equipment, rotate module 8 and still include: the cam seat 15 and the cam 13 which is respectively sleeved on each main gear shaft 14 and synchronously rotates with the main gear shaft 14, each main gear shaft 14 is movably sleeved on the cam seat 15, and the main gear shaft 14 can freely rotate relative to the cam seat 15; and each cam 13 is provided with an elastic piece for providing pushing force to the cam 13, so that each cam 13 is in snap fit with the cam seat 15. The working principle is as follows:

in practical application, through the angular displacement of the cam 13, at 0-15 degrees, the cam seat 15 and the cam 13 are in a state of inclined surface contact, and the whole mechanism is in a flattening trend by pressing the cam 13 through a spring; when the angle is between 20 and 75 degrees, the cam 13 and the cam seat 15 are in plane contact, and the static friction force is greater than the dynamic friction force by applying pressure through a spring, so that the stop at any angle in the interval can be realized; when the angle is between 75 and 90 degrees, the cam seat 15 and the cam 13 are in a slope contact state, the rotating module 8 has a rebound tendency, and the automatic bouncing function of the folding equipment can be realized.

In the above, in order to ensure good engagement between the cam 13 and the cam seat 15 during movement of the folding apparatus, no wobbling, and stability of engagement of the cam 13, the cam seat 15 is provided with the arc guide groove 19 for guiding the cam 13 to slide in the direction of the main gear shaft 14. The elastic member is selected as a spring, in order to realize the installation of the spring, a spring guide member 12 is arranged in the hinge shell 4, the spring is sleeved on a main gear shaft 14, and two ends of the spring respectively abut against the spring guide member 12 and the cam 13 so as to provide a thrust action for the cam 13.

The working principle under the action of the rotating module 8 is as follows:

the connecting rotating shaft 5 is connected with the main gear shaft 14, when the gear rotates, the connecting rotating shaft 5 and the gear synchronously rotate, the connecting rotating shaft 5 is matched with the hinge rotating shaft 6, the connecting rotating shaft 5 moves in the guide groove hole 21 of the hinge rotating shaft 6, and the connecting rotating shaft 5 is driven to move, so that the whole mechanism synchronously moves.

Fourthly, moving guide plate

As shown in fig. 5-8 and fig. 15, the movable guide 3 is disposed between the hinge housing 4 and the housing assembly 1, one side of the movable guide 3 is connected to the housing assembly 1 through a hinge pair, the other side is movably sleeved with a rotating plate 7, and the rotating plate 7 is hinged to the hinge housing 4.

The design of the hinge pair is as follows: the hinge pair comprises a guide block 9 connected to the shell component 1 and a sliding block 10 connected to the movable guide plate 3, wherein a guide groove in an arc shape is formed in the guide block 9, a guide block matched with the guide groove is arranged on the sliding block 10, and the guide block is assembled in the guide groove in a sliding mode so that the guide block 9 and the sliding block 10 can rotate relatively. A slide block 10 is arranged on the movable guide plate 3, a guide block 9 and a hinge rotating shaft 6 are arranged on the shell, and the three are fixed through screws so as to realize the integral linkage of a hinge mechanism in the folding equipment.

In order to bend the screen in a limited space in the folding process and protect the screen from the influence of tension, a rotating plate 7 is installed on the hinge shell 4, and the installation of the rotating plate 7 is as follows: a guide rail groove 11 is formed in the side edge of the movable guide plate 3, the guide rail groove 11 is matched with the rotating plate 7, the rotating plate 7 and the other end of the rotating plate 7 are connected to the hinge shell 4 in a hinged mode through a hinged shaft in a sleeved mode in the guide rail groove 11, the rotating plate 7 is matched with the guide rail groove 11 in the movable guide plate 3, the guide rail groove 11 limits the movement of the rotating plate 7, the movable guide plate 3 moves according to a specific angle, and therefore the screen is protected.

In practical application, when the shell subassembly 1 of one end moves, guide block 9 drives slider 10 and moves, and then makes removal baffle 3 move, makes the shell subassembly 1 of the other end etc. carry out synchronous motion under the effect of rotation module 8, and then accomplishes the motion of whole mechanism. Meanwhile, in the process, one side of the movable guide plate 3 and the shell component 1 make relative rotation movement, and the other side of the movable guide plate 3 can make relative rotation and relative movement relative to the hinge shell, so that the hinge part can have a length compensation function when the folding equipment is folded and closed (or opened), the effect of extrusion force on the flexible screen is avoided, and the service lives of the flexible screen and the folding equipment are prolonged.

Example 2

In order to prevent the hinge module from causing friction damage to the screen during movement, the present embodiment further designs a screen support protection on the basis of embodiment 1, a central plate 2 adapted to the opening end of the hinge housing 4 is provided at the opening end of the hinge housing, and the central plate 2 also plays a role in shielding internal structural components and a role in dust prevention; and well core plate 2 is fixed a position through rotating module 8, specifically, sets up position locating hole and screw thread center plate hole on well core plate 2, and the position locating hole is fixed a position through the locating pin that rotates on the module 8, and screw thread center plate hole passes through screw fixed connection on hinge shell 4, and its purpose is not taken place to drop for the mechanism rotates the in-process.

When actually designing, well core plate 2 and removal baffle 3 possess good planarization, and its effect still includes plays good supporting role to the screen to make the screen can not cause experience because of the bottom fretwork to feel bad or lead to damaging.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned optional embodiments, and any other products in various forms can be obtained by anyone under the teaching of the present invention, and any changes in the shape or structure thereof, all the technical solutions falling within the scope of the present invention, are within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. A folding apparatus having a good protection effect on a screen, comprising:

a hinge housing;

the hinge assembly comprises shell assemblies symmetrically arranged on two sides of a hinge shell, each shell assembly is connected with a hinge rotating shaft, the other end of each hinge rotating shaft is hinged to the hinge shell, and each hinge rotating shaft is movably connected with a connecting rotating shaft;

and the rotating module is arranged in the hinge shell and drives the connecting rotating shafts to synchronously rotate through the rotating module.

2. A folding apparatus with excellent protection for a screen according to claim 1, characterized in that the folding apparatus further comprises:

the movable guide plate is arranged between the hinge shell and the shell component, one side of the movable guide plate is connected to the shell component through a hinge pair, and the other side of the movable guide plate is movably sleeved with a rotating plate which is hinged to the hinge shell.

3. A folding apparatus with good protection for screen according to claim 1, wherein one end of the hinge rotation shaft is fixedly connected with the housing assembly, and the other end is provided with a rotation column which is rotatably assembled inside the end of the hinge housing.

4. The folding device with good protection effect on the screen as claimed in claim 3, wherein a rotating arm is arranged at the end of the hinge rotating shaft, the rotating column is arranged at one side of the rotating arm, and a limiting notch matched with the rotating arm is formed in the hinge shell.

5. The folding apparatus with good protection effect on the screen as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hinge shaft is provided with a strip-shaped guide slot hole, the end of the connection shaft is provided with a connection column matched with the guide slot hole, and the connection column is movably sleeved in the guide slot hole.

6. A folding apparatus with good protection for screen according to claim 1, wherein said rotation module comprises:

the rotating shaft fixing piece is arranged in the hinge shell;

the main gear shafts are respectively connected with the connecting rotating shaft, each main gear shaft is rotatably sleeved in the rotating shaft fixing piece, and the main gear shafts are synchronously transmitted through the gear pair.

7. The folding apparatus with excellent protection for the screen according to claim 6, wherein said gear pair comprises:

the main gears are respectively sleeved on the main gear shaft and synchronously rotate with the main gear shaft;

the auxiliary gear shaft is arranged on the rotating shaft fixing piece, an auxiliary gear is sleeved on the auxiliary gear shaft, and the main gear and the auxiliary gear are in meshed transmission with each other.

8. The folding apparatus with good protection for the screen of claim 6, wherein the rotation module further comprises:

the main gear shafts are sleeved on the cam seats;

the cams are sleeved on the main gear shafts respectively and rotate synchronously with the main gear shafts, the cams are in snap fit with the cam seats, and the cams are respectively provided with elastic pieces for providing thrust to the cams.

9. The folding apparatus with good protection for the screen of claim 8, wherein the rotation module further comprises:

the elastic piece is a spring which is sleeved on the main gear shaft, and two ends of the spring respectively abut against the spring guide piece and the cam.

10. The folding apparatus with good protection for the screen according to claim 1, wherein the hinge pair comprises:

the guide block is connected to the shell component, and an arc-shaped guide groove is formed in the guide block;

and the sliding block is connected to the movable guide plate, a guide block matched with the guide groove is arranged on the sliding block, and the guide block is assembled in the guide groove in a sliding manner.

11. The folding apparatus with good protection effect for the screen according to claim 2, wherein the side edge of the moving guide plate is provided with a guide rail groove therein, the rotating plate is sleeved in the guide rail groove, and the other end of the rotating plate is hinged to the hinge housing through a hinge shaft.

12. The folding apparatus with good protection for the screen of claim 1, wherein the open end of the hinge housing is provided with a center plate adapted to the open end of the hinge housing, and the center plate is positioned by the rotation module.

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