CN217010911U

CN217010911U - Electronic device

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Publication number: CN217010911U
Application number: CN202220923084.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 金铭; 张博文
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-04-20
Filing date: 2022-04-20
Publication date: 2022-07-19
Anticipated expiration: 2032-04-20

Abstract

The application belongs to the technical field of electron, discloses an electronic equipment, includes: a housing and a drive assembly; the shell comprises a first shell and a second shell, the first shell and the second shell can move relatively, the first shell and the second shell are provided with functional devices, and the driving assembly is arranged between the shell and the functional devices; the driving assembly comprises a first assembly and a second assembly which are connected with each other, the first assembly is arranged between the first shell and the functional device, the second assembly is arranged between the second shell and the functional device, the driving assembly further comprises a working medium and a first driving piece, and the first driving piece is connected with the first assembly; the first driving piece drives the working medium to enable the first assembly and the second assembly to approach or move away from each other, and further enable the first shell and the second shell to approach or move away from each other.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of electronics, and particularly relates to an electronic device.

Background

With the continuous development of communication technology, terminals such as smart phones, tablet computers and notebook computers are widely popularized and applied, and the terminals are developed towards diversification and individuation, and increasingly become indispensable terminals in life and work of people. Nowadays, terminals such as mobile phones and tablet computers become electronic devices that people carry with them in daily life, and the application program industry of the terminals develops rapidly, such as game software, video software, working software and the like, so that more and more large-screen touch screen smart mobile phones appear, the convenience requirement of users during terminal operation is gradually improved, and the requirement of the screen size of the users under different use conditions cannot be met by the fixed size of the display area of the mobile phone screen.

Most manufacturers in the market set a folding screen at the 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, but the design of the folding screen can increase the thickness of the whole mobile phone, bring difficulty to the user to carry, and influence the using satisfaction degree of the user.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application aims at providing an electronic device which can solve the problem that the thickness of the whole machine can be increased due to the existing folding screen design.

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

an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including: a housing and a drive assembly;

the shell comprises a first shell and a second shell, the first shell and the second shell can move relatively, the first shell and the second shell are provided with functional devices, and the driving assembly is arranged between the shell and the functional devices;

the driving assembly comprises a first assembly and a second assembly which are connected with each other, the first assembly is arranged between the first shell and the functional device, the second assembly is arranged between the second shell and the functional device, the driving assembly further comprises a working medium and a first driving piece, and the first driving piece is connected with the first assembly;

the first driving piece drives the working medium to enable the first assembly and the second assembly to approach or separate from each other, and further enable the first shell and the second shell to approach or separate from each other.

According to the electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the application, the first component is embedded in the first shell, the first component faces to the functional device, the second component is embedded in the second shell, and the second component faces to the functional device.

According to the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the application, the first assembly is provided with an accommodating channel, the working medium is arranged in the accommodating channel, the first driving piece is arranged on the first side of the accommodating channel, and the first side is one side far away from the second shell.

According to an electronic equipment that this application embodiment provided, first subassembly has the guide rail, the guide rail set up in hold the second side of passageway, the second side is for being close to one side of second casing, the second subassembly has the sliding block, the sliding block with second casing fixed connection, just the sliding block inlays to be located the guide rail, working medium is in under the drive of first driving piece, can promote the sliding block is followed the guide rail removes.

According to an embodiment of the present application, the electronic apparatus further includes a second driving member, the second driving member is connected to the accommodating channel, and the second driving member can drive the working medium to flow in the accommodating channel, so as to absorb heat generated on the functional device.

According to an embodiment of the present application, the second driving element is disposed on the first side.

According to the electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the application, the accommodating channels and the guide rails are multiple in number, at least one accommodating channel is connected with one guide rail, and the guide rails are uniformly distributed in the first shell.

According to an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application, the first housing has a first surface and a second surface, the functional device is disposed between the first surface and the second surface, the accommodating channel includes a first accommodating channel and a second accommodating channel, the first accommodating channel is disposed on the first surface, the second accommodating channel is disposed on the second surface, and the first accommodating channel and the second accommodating channel are both connected to the first driving member.

According to the electronic equipment that this application embodiment provided, electronic equipment still includes flexible screen and elastic component, the flexible screen set up in the casing deviates from the surface of functional device, and be in first casing is kept away from under the condition of second casing, the display area of flexible screen increases, the elastic component set up in first casing, and be located first casing is kept away from one side of second casing, the elastic component with the flexible screen is connected.

According to the electronic equipment that this application embodiment provided, electronic equipment still includes the camera, the camera with the casing rotates to be connected.

In the embodiment of the application, in the case where the first driving member drives the working medium to flow in the target direction, the first component and the second component can be moved away from each other while the first housing and the second housing are moved away from each other, thereby expanding the display portion of the electronic apparatus; in the case where the first driving member drives the working medium to flow in the direction opposite to the target direction, the first and second components can be brought close to each other while the first and second housings are brought close to each other, thereby reducing the display portion of the electronic apparatus. Thereby realize through the flow of drive working medium that first casing and second casing are close to each other or keep away from, compare in the adoption driving motor among the prior art and realize folding or expand, can realize electronic equipment's miniaturization.

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 one of schematic structural diagrams of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a second schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 3;

reference numerals:

1. a first driving member; 2. a receiving channel; 3. a second driving member; 4. a camera; 5. a flexible screen; 6. a housing; 7. pressing a key; 8. an elastic member; 9. a flexible chassis; 10. a linear motor; 11. a second housing; 12. a first housing; 13. a functional device; 14. a working medium; 15. a rotating shaft; 16. a guide rail; 17. and a slider.

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 accompanying drawings are illustrative and are 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.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the features of the terms "first", "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features.

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; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in this application will be understood to be a specific case for those of ordinary skill in the art.

Currently, electronic devices include a folding screen assembly that includes a folding screen and a drive mechanism. The folding screen comprises a bending part and a first end part positioned at one end of the folding screen, and the folding screen is unfolded or folded through the bending part. The driving mechanism comprises a driving motor and a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is connected with the first end portion, when the folding screen is in the unfolding state, the driving motor drives the first end portion to be wound on the rotating shaft, and when the folding screen is in the folding state, the driving motor releases the first end portion wound on the rotating shaft.

That is to say, the rotating shaft is driven to rotate by the driving motor so as to realize unfolding or folding, and the whole machine is large in size due to the existence of the driving motor and the rotating shaft.

In order to solve the above problem, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, and fig. 4, an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application includes: a housing and a drive assembly.

The casing can adopt the heat conduction material to make, is equipped with accommodation space in the casing, has placed functional device 13 in the accommodation space, and functional device 13 includes power module, sensing module, control module and communication module etc.. The housing includes a first housing 12 and a second housing 11, and the first housing 12 and the second housing 11 are relatively movable.

The driving assembly comprises a first assembly and a second assembly which are connected with each other, the first assembly is arranged between the first shell 12 and the functional device 13, the second assembly is arranged between the second shell 11 and the functional device 13, the driving assembly further comprises a working medium 14 and a first driving piece 1, and the first driving piece 1 is connected with the first assembly.

The first driving member 1 drives the working medium 14 to move the first component and the second component closer to or away from each other, and further move the first housing 12 and the second housing 11 closer to or away from each other.

It should be noted that the working medium 14 needs to have incompressible property, for example, the working medium 14 may be a liquid, a gas, or a gas-liquid conversion substance.

In the embodiment of the present application, in the case where the first driving member 1 drives the working medium 14 to flow in the target direction, the first component and the second component can be moved away from each other while the first housing 12 and the second housing 11 are moved away from each other, thereby expanding the display portion of the electronic apparatus; in the case where the first driving member 1 drives the working medium 14 to flow in the direction opposite to the target direction, the first component and the second component can approach each other while the first housing 12 and the second housing 11 approach each other, thereby reducing the display portion of the electronic apparatus. By driving the flow of the working medium 14 to move the first housing 12 and the second housing 11 closer to or away from each other, the electronic device can be miniaturized compared to the prior art in which the folding or unfolding is performed by using a driving motor.

In an alternative embodiment, the first component is embedded in the first housing 12 with the first component facing the functional device 13, and the second component is embedded in the second housing 11 with the second component facing the functional device 13.

In order to improve the compactness of the electronic device, the first component is embedded in the first housing 12, and the second component is embedded in the second housing 11.

For example, the first component is integrally formed with the first casing 12, and the second component is integrally formed with the second casing 11, so that the heat generated by the functional device 13 is firstly transferred to the first casing 12, and then transferred from the first casing 12 to the first component located inside the first casing.

In an alternative embodiment, in order to improve the heat dissipation efficiency, the first component is provided on the side of the functional device 13 facing the first housing 12, the second component is provided on the second housing 11, and the second component faces the functional device 13.

In an alternative embodiment, the first component has a receiving channel 2, the working medium 14 is arranged in the receiving channel 2, and the first drive element 1 is arranged on a first side of the receiving channel 2, the first side being the side remote from the second housing 11.

It should be noted that, in the case where the first component is embedded in the first housing 12, the first housing 12 may be manufactured by powder metallurgy or die casting to leave the accommodating passage 2 for storing the working medium 14.

The first driving member 1 may include a movable plate movably disposed on a first side of the receiving channel 2, a space between the movable plate and a second side of the receiving channel 2 in the receiving channel 2 is filled with a working medium 14, and a driving source, which may be an electric push rod, and the movable plate may be driven by the driving source to move relative to the receiving channel 2.

It should be noted that, in the case that the first driving element 1 drives the working medium 14 to flow from the first side of the accommodating channel 2 to the second side of the accommodating channel 2, the first component and the second component can move away from each other, and at this time, the first housing 12 and the second housing 11 move away from each other, so as to expand the display portion of the electronic device; in the case where the first driving member 1 drives the working medium 14 to flow from the second side of the accommodating passage 2 to the first side of the accommodating passage 2, the first component and the second component can approach each other while the first housing 12 and the second housing 11 approach each other, thereby reducing the display portion of the electronic apparatus.

In an alternative embodiment, the first component has a guide rail 16, the guide rail 16 is disposed on a second side of the accommodating channel 2, the second side is a side close to the second housing 11, the second component has a sliding block 17, the sliding block 17 is fixedly connected with the second housing 11, the sliding block 17 is embedded in the guide rail 16, and the working medium 14 can push the sliding block 17 to move along the guide rail 16 under the driving of the first driving member 1.

It should be noted that, in the case that the first component is embedded in the first housing 12, the first component faces the functional device 13, the second component is embedded in the second housing 11, and the second component faces the functional device 13, the accommodating channel 2 is embedded in the first housing 12, the sliding block 17 is embedded in the second housing 11, in the case that the first driving element 1 drives the working medium 14 to flow from the first side of the accommodating channel 2 to the second side of the accommodating channel 2, the working medium 14 can push the sliding block 17 to move along the guide rail 16 in the direction away from the first housing 12, the first component and the second component can be far away from each other, and at this time, the first housing 12 and the second housing 11 are far away from each other, so as to expand the display part of the electronic device; in the case where the first driving member 1 drives the working medium 14 to flow from the second side of the accommodating passage 2 to the first side of the accommodating passage 2, the working medium 14 can push the sliding block 17 to move along the guide rail 16 toward the direction approaching the first housing 12, and the first component and the second component can approach each other while the first housing 12 and the second housing 11 approach each other, thereby reducing the display portion of the electronic apparatus. Whole moving process is smooth-going, can not produce and pause to frustrate, can promote to experience and feel to working medium 14 can in time distribute away the heat that functional device 13 produced, has promoted the radiating efficiency.

In an alternative embodiment, in the case that the first component is disposed on the side of the functional device 13 facing the first housing 12, the second component is disposed on the second housing 11, and the second component faces the functional device 13, the accommodating channel 2 is disposed on the side of the functional device 13 facing the first housing 12, the first component has a guide rail 16, the guide rail 16 is disposed on the second side of the accommodating channel 2, the second side is the side close to the second housing 11, the second component has a sliding block 17, the sliding block 17 is fixedly connected with the second housing 11, and the sliding block 17 is embedded in the guide rail 16, and the working medium 14 can push the sliding block 17 to move along the guide rail 16 under the driving of the first driving member 1.

In an alternative embodiment, the electronic device further comprises a second driving member 3, the second driving member 3 is connected to the accommodating channel 2, and the second driving member 3 can drive the working medium 14 to flow in the accommodating channel, so as to absorb heat generated on the functional device 13.

It should be noted that, in the case that the first driving element 1 does not drive the working medium 14 to flow from the first side of the accommodating channel 2 to the second side of the accommodating channel 2, or does not drive the working medium 14 to flow from the second side of the accommodating channel 2 to the first side of the accommodating channel 2, the working medium 14 is in a static state in the accommodating channel 2, and the heat dissipation efficiency is low at this time, and in order to improve the heat dissipation efficiency, the working medium 14 is driven to flow in the accommodating channel by the second driving element 3, so that active heat dissipation can be achieved.

In the case where the working medium 14 is a liquid, the second drive element 3 may be a liquid pump.

In an alternative embodiment, in order to improve the space utilization of the electronic device, the second driving member 3 is disposed at the first side of the accommodating channel 2 so as not to occupy additional space.

In an alternative embodiment, the number of receiving channels 2 and guide rails 16 is multiple, at least one receiving channel being connected to one guide rail 16, the guide rails 16 being evenly distributed within the first housing 12.

In this case, a receiving channel 2 is connected to a guide rail 16, with a sliding block 17 being arranged slidably on a guide rail 16, i.e. the working medium 14 in a receiving channel 2 pushes a sliding block 17 along the guide rail 16.

Or, a plurality of accommodating channels 2 are connected with one guide rail 16, and on the plurality of guide rails 16, the number of accommodating channels 2 connected with each guide rail 16 is the same, a plurality of sliding blocks 17 are correspondingly connected with the plurality of guide rails 16 one by one, and the working medium 14 in the plurality of accommodating channels 2 pushes one sliding block 17 to move along the corresponding guide rail 16, so that the pushing force is improved.

Alternatively, in the case of the guide rail 16 having three positions, i.e., the upper, middle, and lower positions, the guide rail 16 having the two positions has a larger number of accommodating passages 2 connected thereto, and the guide rail 16 having the middle position has a smaller number of accommodating passages 2 connected thereto. Since the sliding blocks 17 on the two upper and lower guide rails 16 can determine the rotation frequency, the sliding blocks 17 on the intermediate guide rails 16 can play a stabilizing role, in such a case, the sliding blocks 17 corresponding to the intermediate guide rails 16 can be slightly pushed, and the sliding blocks 17 on the two upper and lower guide rails 16 can also move synchronously with the sliding blocks 17 corresponding to the intermediate guide rails 16 when the sliding blocks 17 on the two upper and lower guide rails 16 move the second housing 11.

For example, along the length direction of the electronic device, the guide rails 16 at three positions, namely, the upper, middle and lower positions, are respectively referred to as a first guide rail, a second guide rail and a third guide rail, the first guide rail is correspondingly provided with a first sliding block, the second guide rail is correspondingly provided with a second sliding block, the third guide rail is correspondingly provided with a third sliding block, at this time, the first guide rail is correspondingly connected with three accommodating channels 2, the second guide rail is correspondingly connected with two accommodating channels 2, and the third guide rail is correspondingly connected with three accommodating channels 2. That is, the urging force received by the first slider and the third slider is larger than the urging force received by the second slider.

In an alternative embodiment, the first housing 12 has a first face and a second face, the functional device 13 is arranged between the first face and the second face, the receiving channel 2 comprises a first receiving channel and a second receiving channel, the first receiving channel is arranged on the first face, the second receiving channel is arranged on the second face, and both the first receiving channel and the second receiving channel are connected with the first driving member 1.

Note that, in order to improve the heat dissipation efficiency, the first housing 12 is provided with a first accommodation passage and a second accommodation passage between which the functional device 13 is located.

Or, the first housing 12 further has a third surface, the third surface is located between the first surface and the second surface, the accommodating channel 2 further includes a third accommodating channel, the third accommodating channel is also connected to the first driving member 1, and the first accommodating channel, the second accommodating channel and the third accommodating channel are wrapped on the functional device 13, so that the heat dissipation efficiency can be improved to the maximum extent.

Wherein at least one of the first receiving channel and the second receiving channel is connected with the guide rail 16.

In an optional embodiment, the electronic device further includes a flexible screen 5 and an elastic member 8, the flexible screen 5 is disposed on a surface of the housing facing away from the functional device 13, and in a case where the first housing 12 is away from the second housing 11, a display area of the flexible screen 5 is increased, the elastic member 8 is disposed in the first housing 12 and is located on a side of the first housing 12 away from the second housing 11, and the elastic member 8 is connected to the flexible screen 5.

Wherein the electronic device further comprises a housing 6 and a flexible backplane 9.

The shell 6 is arranged on the outer side of the first shell 12, a gap exists between the shell 6 and the first shell 12, one end of the flexible screen 5 is arranged on the shell 6, the other end of the flexible screen 5 extends along the circumferential direction of the shell and then is connected with the first end of the flexible bottom plate 9, and the second end of the flexible bottom plate 9 is contained in the gap. One end of the elastic member 8 is fixedly arranged in the gap, and the other end of the elastic member 8 is connected with the second end of the flexible bottom plate 9.

The elastic member 8 may be a member having a telescopic property, for example, the elastic member 8 is a spring.

That is, a portion of the flexible substrate 9 is located inside the gap, another portion of the flexible substrate 9 is located outside the gap, and the other end of the flexible screen 5 is always located outside the gap.

It should be noted that, in the initial state, the elastic member 8 is in the original length state, and under the condition that the first casing 12 and the second casing 11 are far away from each other, the elastic member 8 is in the deformation state, and the flexible bottom plate 9 accommodated in the gap can be gradually released, so that the display area of the flexible screen 5 is increased, and under the condition that the first casing 12 and the second casing 11 are close to each other, the elastic member 8 is gradually changed from the deformation state to the original length state, and the flexible bottom plate 9 is gradually accommodated in the gap, so that the display area of the flexible screen 5 is decreased.

Wherein the push button 7 of the first driver 1 can be arranged on the housing 6, the push button 7 being used to control at least one of the first driver 1 and the second driver 3. For example, the key 7 has two buttons for controlling the first and second drivers 1, 3 respectively.

In an alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the electronic device further comprises a camera 4, and the camera 4 is rotatably connected with the top of the housing.

Note that the camera 4 is rotatably connected to the housing, the camera 4 can be switched between the forward-view mode and the backward-view mode, and the thickness of the electronic apparatus can be reduced.

In an alternative embodiment, the electronic device further comprises a hinge 15, the hinge 15 is arranged on the second housing 11, and the non-display side of the flexible screen 5 is wound around the hinge 15.

Note that the non-display side of the flexible panel 5 is wound around the rotation shaft 15, and the flexible panel 5 can be bent by the rotation shaft 15. In the process of contraction or expansion, the flexible screen 5 can be bent through the rotating shaft 15, and the rotating shaft 15 has the supporting and guiding functions, so that the bending of the flexible screen 5 is facilitated, and the contraction or expansion of the flexible screen 5 is facilitated.

The camera 4 is driven to rotate relative to the shell through the motor, in order to facilitate wiring, the rotating shaft 15 is of a hollow structure, and a wiring harness used by the motor and the camera 4 can be integrated in the rotating shaft 15.

In an alternative embodiment, a linear vibration motor (hereinafter, referred to as a linear motor 10) is widely used in electronic devices to implement a vibration function of the electronic devices.

It should be noted that the linear motor 10 is disposed on the main plate, and in this case, the linear motor 10 is disposed at the lower right corner of the main plate, that is, the linear motor 10 needs to avoid the position where the guide rail 16 is disposed.

Of course, in the embodiments of the present application, the electronic device includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like. The embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit the specific type of the electronic device.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "alternative implementations" or the like mean 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. An electronic device, comprising: a housing and a drive assembly;

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first component is embedded in the first housing with the first component facing the functional device, and the second component is embedded in the second housing with the second component facing the functional device.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the first assembly has a receiving channel, the working medium is disposed in the receiving channel, and the first driving member is disposed on a first side of the receiving channel, the first side being a side away from the second housing.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the first assembly has a guide rail disposed on a second side of the receiving channel, the second side is a side close to the second housing, the second assembly has a sliding block fixedly connected to the second housing, the sliding block is embedded in the guide rail, and the working medium is driven by the first driving member to push the sliding block to move along the guide rail.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, further comprising a second driving member connected to the receiving channel, wherein the second driving member can drive the working medium to flow in the receiving channel, so as to absorb heat generated by the functional device.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the second driving member is disposed at the first side.

7. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the number of the receiving channels and the guide rails is plural, at least one of the receiving channels is connected to one of the guide rails, and the guide rails are uniformly distributed in the first housing.

8. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the first housing has a first face and a second face, the functional component is disposed between the first face and the second face, the receiving channel includes a first receiving channel and a second receiving channel, the first receiving channel is disposed on the first face, the second receiving channel is disposed on the second face, and the first receiving channel and the second receiving channel are both connected to the first driving member.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a flexible screen and an elastic member, wherein the flexible screen is disposed on a surface of the housing facing away from the functional device, and a display area of the flexible screen is increased when the first housing is away from the second housing, the elastic member is disposed in the first housing and located on a side of the first housing away from the second housing, and the elastic member is connected to the flexible screen.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a camera rotatably coupled to the housing.