CN215494816U

CN215494816U - Display module and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN215494816U
Application number: CN202122132770.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 钟栋祥
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-03
Filing date: 2021-09-03
Publication date: 2022-01-11
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-03

Abstract

The application discloses display module assembly and electronic equipment relates to electron technical field. The display module assembly includes flexible display screen, first bracing piece and a plurality of second bracing piece, and a plurality of second bracing pieces are connected in a side with flexible display screen, along the direction of encircleing first bracing piece, and a plurality of second bracing pieces are the contained angle setting at the first end of first bracing piece, and every second bracing piece is with the first end swing joint of first bracing piece, and the contained angle between every second bracing piece and the first bracing piece is adjustable, wherein: under the condition that the included angle between every second bracing piece and the first bracing piece changes, a plurality of second bracing pieces drive flexible display screen, can adjust to fold condition or extend to fold condition by the state of unfolding.

Description

Display module and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of electron, concretely relates to display module assembly and electronic equipment.

Background

With the rapid development of electronic technology, electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers are becoming more and more popular and becoming indispensable tools in people's daily life. In order to meet the requirement of a user on the display effect of the electronic equipment, the size of a display screen of the electronic equipment is larger and larger. However, when the size of the display screen of the electronic device is set to be too large, portability of the electronic device carried by the user is degraded. Therefore, how to ensure the portability of the electronic device while increasing the size of the display screen of the electronic device is an urgent problem to be solved.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application aims to provide an electronic device, and at least the portability of the electronic device is ensured under the condition that the size of a display screen of the electronic device is increased.

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

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a display module, including a flexible display screen, a first support rod, and a plurality of second support rods, where the plurality of second support rods are connected to a side of the flexible display screen, and along a direction around the first support rod, the plurality of second support rods are located at a first end of the first support rod, and each of the second support rods is movably connected to the first end of the first support rod, and an included angle between each of the second support rods and the first support rod is adjustable, where:

every the second bracing piece with under the condition that contained angle between the first bracing piece changed, a plurality of second bracing pieces drive flexible display screen can be adjusted to fold condition or extend to fold condition by the state of expansion.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including the display module according to the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, the included angle between each second supporting rod and the first supporting rod in the plurality of second supporting rods is changed, so that the flexible display screen can be switched between the unfolded state and the folded state under the support of the plurality of second supporting rods, namely, the flexible display screen can be unfolded when the display module is used for displaying; and when not using the display module assembly, can fold flexible display screen. So, under the condition of the flexible display screen size of the display module under the expansion state, because the flexible display screen can be contracted to the folding state, the whole volume of the display module when the display screen is contracted can not be increased, namely, the portability of the display module is ensured.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic bottom view of a display module according to an embodiment of the present application when a flexible display screen of the display module is in an unfolded state;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of a display module according to an embodiment of the present application when a flexible display screen thereof is in a collapsed state;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a display module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure without a flexible display screen;

FIG. 4 is a second schematic view of the display module according to the embodiment of the present application without a flexible display screen;

FIG. 5 is a third schematic view of a display module without a flexible display according to an embodiment of the present disclosure

Fig. 6 is a schematic top view of a display module according to an embodiment of the present application when a flexible display screen of the display module is in an unfolded state;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of a part of a flexible display screen of a display module according to an embodiment of the present application when the flexible display screen is in a folded state;

fig. 8 is a partial structural schematic view of a display module according to an embodiment of the present application when a flexible display screen of the display module is in a folded state.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting 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.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a display module, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the display module includes a flexible display screen 10, a first supporting rod 20, and a plurality of second supporting rods 30, the plurality of second supporting rods 30 are connected to a side surface of the flexible display screen 10, in a direction surrounding the first supporting rod 20, the plurality of second supporting rods 30 are disposed at an included angle at a first end of the first supporting rod 20, each of the second supporting rods 30 is movably connected to the first end of the first supporting rod 20, and an included angle between each of the second supporting rods 30 and the first supporting rod 20 is adjustable, wherein:

every under the condition that the contained angle between the second bracing piece 30 with first bracing piece 20 changes, a plurality of second bracing pieces 30 drive flexible display screen 10 can be adjusted to fold condition by the state of expanding or extend to the state of expanding by fold condition.

Based on this, by changing the included angle between each second support rod 30 of the plurality of second support rods 30 and the first support rod 20, the flexible display screen 10 can be switched between the unfolded state and the folded state under the support of the plurality of second support rods 30, that is, when the display module is used for displaying, the flexible display screen 10 can be unfolded; when the display module is not used, the flexible display screen 10 can be folded. So, under the condition of the flexible display screen 10 that increases display module assembly under the size of expansion state, because flexible display screen 10 can contract to fold condition to can not lead to the whole volume increase of display module assembly when its display screen contracts, in order to guarantee display module assembly's portability promptly.

In the embodiment of the present application, the flexible display screen 10 may be understood as a display screen having a flexible characteristic and being capable of being bent, and the flexible display screen 10 may be in an unfolded state and a folded state.

The unfolded state may be understood as a state in which the flexible display 10 is unfolded and the display area is greater than or equal to a preset area threshold, for example, it may be a state in which all display areas of the flexible display 10 are in the same plane, for example, as shown in fig. 1; or the flexible display screen 10 may be in a state of forming a curved display screen in a preset radian, and the like; the folded state may be understood as that part or all of the display area of the flexible display 10 is folded and the volume of the flexible display is contracted compared to the volume of the flexible display in the unfolded state, for example, as shown in fig. 2.

The first support bar 20 may have any rod-like structure that can support the plurality of second support bars 30.

The shape, size, material, and the like of the first support bar 20 may be set according to actual needs, for example, the first support bar 20 may be a support bar having a rectangular or circular cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof, and the first support bar 20 may be a metal bar or a plastic bar, and the like, and is not limited herein.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of second supporting rods 30 are connected to a side surface of the flexible display screen 10, in a direction surrounding the first supporting rod 20, the plurality of second supporting rods 30 are disposed at an included angle at the first end of the first supporting rod 20, each second supporting rod 30 is movably connected to the first end of the first supporting rod 20, and the included angle between each second supporting rod 30 and the first supporting rod 20 is adjustable.

Each of the second support rods 30 may be any rod-shaped structure capable of providing a supporting force to the flexible display panel 10 when the flexible display panel 10 is in the unfolded state, and the shape, length, material, and the like of the second support rods 30 may be set according to actual needs, which is not limited herein.

In addition, in the direction surrounding the first support rod 20, the plurality of second support rods 30 are disposed at an included angle at the first end of the first support rod 20, and each second support rod 30 is disposed at an included angle at the first end of the first support rod 20, which may be that in the direction surrounding the first support rod 20, a plurality of rotatable components corresponding to the plurality of second support rods 30 are disposed at the first end of the first support rod 20, and different rotatable components rotate in different planes where the first support rod 20 is located, and each second support rod 30 is connected to the first end of the first support rod 20 through the corresponding rotatable component.

For example, as shown in fig. 3, a plurality of first rotatable buckles 40 (i.e., rotatable components) may be disposed at the first end surrounding the first support rod 20, each first rotatable buckle 40 may include a clamping groove body and a connection bolt, one end of the second support rod 30 is disposed in the clamping groove body and movably connected with the clamping groove body through the connection bolt, and the second support rod 30 may rotate around the connection bolt in the clamping groove body, so as to change an included angle between the second support rod 30 and the first support rod 20.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the flexible display screen is in the unfolded state, a first included angle may be formed between each of the second supporting rods 30 and the first supporting rod 20.

The first included angle may be an included angle within a first preset range, and the flexible display screen 10 is in an unfolded state when the plurality of second supporting rods 30 and the first supporting rods 20 are all within the first preset range. For example, the first preset range may be greater than or equal to 60 ° and less than or equal to 120 °, and so on.

In addition, the plurality of second support bars 30 may not be in the same plane when the plurality of second support bars and the first support bar 20 have a first included angle therebetween, that is, the flexible display screen is in the unfolded state.

Or, in some embodiments, when a first included angle is formed between each of the second support bars 30 and the first support bar 20, that is, the flexible display screen is in the unfolded state, the plurality of second support bars 30 are in the same plane, for example, as shown in fig. 4, the first included angle α may be set to be 90 °, that is, each of the second support bars 30 is perpendicular to the first support bar 20, so that the support surfaces where the plurality of second support bars 30 are located are in the same plane, so that the flexible display screen is in the unfolded state, and the display effect of the display module can be improved.

In addition, the plurality of second support bars 30 are disposed at the first end of the first support bar 20 along the direction surrounding the first support bar 20, and the included angle between two adjacent support bars along the direction surrounding the first support bar 20 may be the same or different, in the case that the first included angle is formed between each first support bar 20 and each second support bar 30.

In some embodiments, when a first included angle is formed between each of the second support rods 30 and the first support rod 20, that is, the flexible display screen is in the unfolded state, in a direction surrounding the first support rod 20, included angles between two adjacent second support rods 30 are the same, so that when the flexible display screen 10 is in the unfolded state, the support force distribution provided by the plurality of second support rods 30 on the flexible display screen 10 is balanced, the support performance of the plurality of second support rods 30 when the flexible display screen 10 is in the unfolded state is improved, and the display quality of the flexible display screen 10 is further improved.

It should be noted that the number of the second support rods 30 may be set according to actual needs, and three or more support rods may be set to ensure the support performance of the plurality of support rods on the flexible display screen 10.

For example, as shown in fig. 4, the plurality of second support bars 30 may include four second support bars 30, and in a case that the included angle β between each second support bar 30 and the first support bar 20 is adjusted to be 90 °, two of the four second support bars 30 are perpendicularly arranged, that is, the included angle between any two adjacent second support bars 30 is 90 °.

In this embodiment, when the flexible display screen is in the retracted state, a second included angle may be formed between each of the second support bars 30 and the first support bar 20.

Wherein, above-mentioned second contained angle is less than first contained angle, and this second contained angle can be in the second and predetermine the contained angle of within range, and is in under the condition of this second predetermine within range at the contained angle between a plurality of second bracing pieces 30 and first bracing piece 20, and above-mentioned flexible display screen 10 contracts to fold condition, and under this fold condition, display module's volume is less than the volume that flexible display screen 10 is under the expansion state. For example, the above-mentioned second preset range may be set to 30 ° or less, and so on.

In the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned adjustment of the included angle between each second support bar 30 and the first support bar 20 may be implemented by a user through a plurality of angle adjustment operations, and each angle adjustment operation is used to adjust the angle between one second support bar 30 and the first support bar 20.

For example, in the case that the plurality of second support bars 30 are all perpendicular to the first support bar 20, as shown in fig. 4, the user may apply a pressure along the direction a to any one of the second support bars 30 in a plane where the second support bar 30 and the first support bar 20 are located together, so that the included angle between each of the second support bars 30 and the first support bar 20 is reduced, and the plurality of second support bars 30 are retracted, as shown in fig. 5; conversely, when the plurality of second support bars 30 are in the contracted state as shown in fig. 5, the user can apply a pulling force along the direction B to any one of the second support bars 30 in the plane where the second support bar 30 and the first support bar 20 are located together, so that the included angle between each second support bar 30 and the first support bar 20 is increased, and the plurality of second support bars 30 are unfolded as shown in fig. 4.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the display module further includes a movable member 50 and a plurality of third supporting rods 60;

the movable member 50 is disposed around the first support rod 20, and the movable member 50 is movable along the length direction of the first support rod 20;

the plurality of third support bars 60 are disposed corresponding to the plurality of second support bars 30, a first end of each of the third support bars 60 is movably connected to the movable member 50, and a second end of each of the third support bars 60 is movably connected to the corresponding second support bar 30, wherein:

under the condition that the movable member 50 moves along the length direction of the first support bar 20, the movable member 50 drives the second support bar 30 corresponding to the third support bar 60 to move through each third support bar 60, so that the included angle between the second support bar 30 and the first support bar 20 is changed.

Based on this, the above-mentioned moving part 50 and the above-mentioned a plurality of third bracing pieces 60 are set up on the display module assembly, can pass through the cooperation of moving part 50 at first bracing piece 20, a plurality of third bracing pieces 60 and a plurality of second bracing pieces 30, under the condition that the moving part 50 is movable along the length direction of first bracing piece 20, drive a plurality of second bracing pieces 30 motion by a plurality of third bracing pieces 60, make the contained angle between a plurality of second bracing pieces 30 and the first bracing piece 20 change simultaneously, thereby it is more convenient to make the operation of realizing the regulation to the display module assembly.

The third support bar 60 may be any rod-shaped structure for supporting the corresponding second support bar 30, and two ends of the third support bar 60 are movably connected to the movable member 50 and the corresponding second support bar 30, respectively.

It should be noted that, both ends of the third supporting rod 60 are movably connected to the movable element 50 and the corresponding second supporting rod 30, and may be a connection point between the third supporting rod 60 and the movable element 50, and a connection point between the third supporting rod 60 and the corresponding second supporting rod 30 is provided with a rotatable structure, so that both ends of the third supporting rod 60 can rotate in a plane where the third supporting rod 60, the movable element 50, and the corresponding second supporting rod 30 of the third supporting rod 60 are located.

For example, as shown in fig. 3, a second rotatable buckle 70 may be provided at the connection point of any third supporting rod 60 and the movable member 50, the second rotatable buckle 70 is similar to the first rotatable buckle 40, and in the case that the movable member 50 moves along the length direction of the first supporting rod 20, the third supporting rod 60 rotates in the second rotatable buckle 70 where it is located; in addition, a bayonet (not shown) may be provided at an end of the third support rod 60 away from the movable member 50, and the second support rod 30 is movably connected to the corresponding bayonet of the third support rod 60 through the connection bolt, so that the third support rod 60 can rotate around the connection bolt and the second support rod 30 when the movable member 50 is movable.

In addition, the second end of each third support bar 60 is movably connected to the corresponding second support bar 30, and the third support bar 60 may be connected to any position of the second support bar 30. Specifically, the second end of each third support bar 60 may be movably connected to the center of the corresponding second support bar 30, so as to improve the support stability of the third support bar 60 on the second support bar 30.

In the embodiment of the present application, after the included angle between each of the plurality of second supporting bars 30 and the first supporting bar 20 is adjusted to any angle, in a case that each of the plurality of second supporting bars 30 is not subjected to an adjusting force, in order to support the flexible display screen 10 by the plurality of second supporting bars 30 without changing the angle, the angle between the plurality of second supporting bars 30 and the first supporting bar 20 may be locked.

The display may lock the angle between the second support bar 30 and the first support bar 20 without changing, and may be implemented by providing a rotatable member connecting the first support bar 20 and the second support bar 30 with a self-locking function, for example, the first rotatable member may be a damping hinge, and the like.

Or, in a case that the display module further includes the movable element 50 and the plurality of third support bars 60, the movable element 50 may be configured to be locked with the first support bar 20, and specifically, in a case that the movable element 50 does not move along the length direction of the first support bar 20, the movable element 50 is locked with the first support bar 20, so that the plurality of second support bars 30 support the flexible display screen 10 more stably.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first supporting rod 20 and the flexible display 10 may be separately disposed.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, the flexible display screen 10 is fixedly connected to the first end of the first support rod 20.

Based on this, the first support rod 20 can also support the flexible display screen 10, and increase the support stress point of the flexible display screen 10, so that the stability of the flexible display screen 10 in the unfolded state can be further improved, and the service life of the flexible display screen 10 is prolonged.

Under the condition that the flexible display screen 10 is fixedly connected to the first end of the first supporting rod 20, when the plurality of second supporting rods 30 drive the flexible display screen 10 to expand or contract, the fixed positions of the flexible display screen 10 and the first end of the first supporting rod 20 are not changed.

In addition, in the case where the flexible display panel 10 is fixedly connected to the first end of the first support rod 20, the first end of the first support rod 20 may be any position fixedly connected to the flexible display panel 10.

Specifically, the connection point of the flexible display screen 10 and the first end of the first support is located at the center 11 of the flexible display screen 10, as shown in fig. 6. Furthermore, the flexible display screen further comprises a non-deformation display area, wherein the non-deformation display area is located in the central position and is a display area with a screen-off display function.

Based on this, not only can promote the atress equilibrium of flexible display screen 10, can also promote the display function of display module assembly.

The non-deformation display area has a screen-off display function, and can display clocks, electric quantity, notification messages and the like when the foldable display screen is in a screen-off state.

It should be noted that, under the condition that the flexible display screen 10 is in the folded state, at least one folding portion 80 may be extended from the fixed connection portion of the flexible display screen 10 and the first support bar 20 to the edge of the flexible display screen 10 on the flexible display screen 10, and when the plurality of second support bars 30 drive the flexible display screen 10 to be folded, the flexible display screen 10 is folded at the at least one folding portion 80.

For example, as shown in fig. 6, the plurality of second support bars 30 is four second support bars 30, and when the flexible display screen 10 is in the unfolded state, the four second support bars 30 respectively support four screen areas 12 of the flexible display screen 10, and assuming that two folds 80 are provided in any one screen area 12 of the flexible display screen 10, when the flexible display screen 10 is folded, the screen in each screen area 12 can be folded along the two folds 80 provided therein, that is, as shown in fig. 7, so that the screen in any screen area is in the folded state shown in fig. 8.

Certainly, the display module may further include a base 90, and the base 90 may be used to fix the display module and facilitate the user to hold the display module; the base 90 may be used to install a body of an electronic device, and the body of the electronic device may include a processor, a main board, a battery, and the like, so that the display module and the body of the electronic device are integrated, thereby improving the portability of the electronic device.

The embodiment of the application also provides electronic equipment which comprises the display module.

In some embodiments, the body of the electronic device is disposed in the base 90 of the display module.

Since the specific structure of the display module is described in the above embodiments, the body structure of the electronic device is known to those skilled in the art, and will not be described in detail here.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A display module assembly, comprising a flexible display screen, a first supporting rod and a plurality of second supporting rods, wherein the plurality of second supporting rods are connected to a side surface of the flexible display screen, and arranged along a direction surrounding the first supporting rod, the plurality of second supporting rods are arranged at a first end of the first supporting rod at an included angle, each second supporting rod is movably connected with the first end of the first supporting rod, and the included angle between each second supporting rod and the first supporting rod is adjustable, wherein:

2. The display module according to claim 1, wherein the display module further comprises a movable member and a plurality of third support rods;

the movable piece is arranged around the first supporting rod and can move along the length direction of the first supporting rod;

the plurality of third bracing pieces with the plurality of second bracing pieces correspond the setting, every the first end of third bracing piece with moving part swing joint, just the second end of third bracing piece and its second bracing piece swing joint that corresponds, wherein:

under the condition that the moving part moves along the length direction of the first supporting rod, the moving part drives the second supporting rod corresponding to the third supporting rod to move through each third supporting rod, so that the included angle between the second supporting rod and the first supporting rod is changed.

3. The display module assembly according to claim 2, wherein the movable member is locked with the first support rod when the movable member is not movable along the length direction of the first support rod.

4. The display module of claim 1, wherein the flexible display screen is fixedly connected to the first end of the first support rod.

5. The display module assembly of claim 4, wherein the connection between the flexible display screen and the first end of the first support is located at the center of the flexible display screen;

the flexible display screen further comprises a non-deformation display area, wherein the non-deformation display area is located in the central position and is a display area with a screen-off display function.

6. The display module of claim 1, wherein the plurality of second support rods are in the same plane when the flexible display screen is in the unfolded state.

7. The display module according to claim 1, wherein an included angle between two adjacent second support rods is the same in a direction around the first support rod when the flexible display screen is in the unfolded state.

8. The display module assembly of claim 1, further comprising a base, wherein the base is fixedly connected to the second end of the first support rod.

9. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises a display module according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the body of the electronic device is disposed in the base of the display module.