KR20160107940A

KR20160107940A - One side folding apparatus

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Publication number: KR20160107940A
Application number: KR1020150031565A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 임경원
Original assignee: (주)제이엠씨
Priority date: 2015-03-06
Filing date: 2015-03-06
Publication date: 2016-09-19

Abstract

The single-sided folding apparatus 300 of the present invention includes a first body 310 and a second body 320 which can fold and unfold a single face 340 capable of being folded and unfolded around a rotation axis 330, A first sliding block 360 which is slidably coupled to the first supporting block and is integrated with a lower portion of the single surface, And a second sliding block 380 slidably coupled to the second support block and integrated with another lower portion of the single surface. The present invention is advantageous in that it can be conveniently used in a large area and can be carried in a small size by constituting a folding structure capable of folding or unfolding a display unit composed of a single surface.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a single side folding apparatus,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a single-sided folding apparatus, and more particularly, to a single-sided folding apparatus that folds a display unit composed of a single surface to fold or unfold.

1 is a perspective view of a general folder type mobile phone. As shown in FIG. 1, the folding type mobile phone 100 serves as a body and includes a lower folder 120 to which a rechargeable battery is coupled, and an operation unit having a number of buttons, a call button and a power button, And an upper folder 110 installed therein. On the other hand, the lower folder 120 is provided with a mark as a calling part, and the upper folder 110 is provided with a speaker as a receiving part.

A hinge member 130 is provided between the lower folder 120 and the upper folder 110. Therefore, the upper folder 110 can be opened / closed with respect to the lower folder 120 about the hinge member 130. [ That is, in order to use a cellular phone, the upper folder 110 is opened with respect to the lower folder 120, and when the mobile phone is intended to be carried, the upper folder 110 is closed with respect to the lower folder 120. Therefore, it is easy to carry because of its small volume at the time of carrying, but it is inconvenient to use because the liquid crystal screen is small at the time of use.

On the other hand, most of them have recently used smartphones. The smart phone combines the advantages of a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA), and is an intelligent terminal that adds computer support functions such as internet communication and information search to a mobile phone (cell phone) function.

2 is an illustration of a typical smartphone. As shown in FIG. 2, the smart phone 200 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape and has various electronic systems (devices) therein. The smart phone 200 includes a display unit 210, And a mouthpiece 220 and a mouthpiece 230 are formed on the upper and lower sides of the display unit 210, respectively. That is, the smart phone 200 can transmit characters or search for various information using the large-sized display unit 210. [ As described above, since the display unit 210 occupies most of the area of the smart phone 200, the smart phone 200 has a problem in that it is convenient to use but inconvenient to carry as the volume increases.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2014-0049381 Korea Patent No. 0826611

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a foldable display device capable of folding and unfolding a single- The present invention has as its object to provide a single-sided folding device which is capable of being used.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a single-sided folding device comprising: a first body and a second body which can fold and unfold a single face capable of folding and unfolding around a rotation axis; A first sliding block that is slidably coupled to the first supporting block and integrated with a lower portion of the single surface, a second supporting block coupled to the inside of the second member, And a second sliding block slidably coupled to the second supporting block and integrated with another lower portion of the single surface.

According to the present invention, the first and second bodies are formed such that an inner portion thereof is formed at an upward inclination angle toward a side where the rotation axis is located, and the first support block and the second support block have the single- The first object and the second object slide in a direction parallel to the center of the first object and the second object in the left and right direction and the first object and the second object move in the inward and outward directions at a predetermined inclination, And the first and second bodies are inserted into the first and second bodies, respectively.

In addition, according to the present invention, the first and second bodies may have first and second left and right guide grooves and second right and left guide grooves, which slide in the left and right direction, respectively, on both sides of one side of the first support block and the second support block A first inclined guide groove and a second inclined guide groove in which the first support block and the second support block move in a vertical direction at a predetermined inclination angle are respectively formed on both sides of the other side, And guide pins for respectively moving along the first right and left guide grooves, the second right and left guide grooves, the first inclined guide grooves and the second inclined guide grooves are formed on both sides of the support block.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a support member for supporting the lower side of the single surface while covering the rotation axis by connecting the first support block and the second support block to each other, and capable of folding and unfolding. do.

According to the present invention, a first elastic member is provided between the first sliding block and the first supporting block and provides an elastic force to slide the first sliding block in an outward direction of the first supporting block And further comprising:

According to the present invention, a second elastic member is provided between the second sliding block and the second supporting block and provides an elastic force to slide the second sliding block in an outward direction of the second supporting block And further comprising:

The present invention is advantageous in that it can be conveniently used in a large area and can be carried in a small size by constituting a folding structure capable of folding or unfolding a display unit composed of a single surface.

1 is a perspective view of a general folder type mobile phone,
2 is an exemplary view of a general smartphone,
FIG. 3 is a projection side view showing a state in which a single-side folding device according to an embodiment of the present invention is opened,
FIG. 4 is a projected side view showing the folded single-sided folding apparatus shown in FIG. 3,
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the single-sided folding apparatus shown in FIG. 3 is opened,
FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of the single-sided folding apparatus shown in FIG. 5,
7 is a perspective view showing a folded state of the single-sided folding apparatus shown in Fig.

In the following, preferred embodiments of the single-sided folding device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 3 is a projection side view showing a state in which the single-sided folding apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is opened, and FIG. 4 is a projection side view showing a state in which the single-sided folding apparatus shown in FIG. 3 is folded. FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the single-sided folding apparatus shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the single-sided folding apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a folded state of the single-sided folding device shown in Fig.

3 to 7, the single-sided folding apparatus 300 of this embodiment includes a single face 340 or a single face 340 having a thickness that can be worn or viewed, Mechanism structure. Here, the single surface 340 serves as a display unit of a smart phone or the like.

In other words, the single-sided folding device 300 has two pieces 310 and 320 that can be folded and folded around the rotating shaft 330. At this time, the two objects 310 and 320 may be configured to be folded and unfolded by one or more rotation shafts 330. These two pieces 310 and 320 serve as cases and serve as an upper case or a lower case.

On the other hand, the two entities 310 and 320 are flat at the outer side, while the inner portion is formed at an upward inclination angle toward the side where the rotation axis 330 is located. Therefore, when the two objects 310 and 320 are folded to each other, the thickness of the side on which the rotary shaft 330 is located is thicker and the thickness becomes thinner towards the ends of the two objects 310 and 320.

Among the two entities 310 and 320, the first support block 350 is inserted and coupled to the first entity 310 so as to move in the vertical direction while sliding in the horizontal direction within a predetermined range. In other words, the first support block 350 slides in the left and right directions in the center of the rotation axis 330 and in the outward direction of the first body 310 so that the first support block 350 is parallel when the single face 340 is expanded And is inserted and coupled into the first body 310 so as to move up and down in the inward and outward directions of the first body 310 at a predetermined inclination angle.

Accordingly, the first body 310 is formed with first left and right guide grooves 311 slidable in the left-right direction on both sides of the first support block 350, and the first support block 350 is vertically A first inclined guide groove 312 is formed on both sides of the other side to move at a predetermined inclination angle. Guide pins 351 and 352 that respectively move along the first left and right guide grooves 311 and the first guide guide grooves 312 are formed on both sides of the first support block 350. Here, it is preferable that the first left and right guide grooves 311 are formed to be horizontal.

The first sliding block 360 is coupled to the first support block 350 so as to slide in the left and right directions within a predetermined range. Here, the first sliding block 360 functions to integrally fix a lower portion of the single surface 340 by insert injection, adhesion, or assembly. The first sliding block 360 is moved in a direction toward the center of the rotating shaft 330 or outside the first body 310 in order to adjust the difference in length when the single face 340 is folded and unfolded. And is slidably coupled to the first support block 350 in a manner to wrap the upper surface of the first support block 350 to slide.

A second support block 370 having the same function and configuration as the first support block 350 is inserted and coupled to the second body 320 and the second support block 370 is coupled to the first support block 350. [ The second sliding block 380 having the same function and configuration as the first sliding block 360 is slidably engaged. The second body 320 is formed with the second right and left guide grooves 321 and the second inclined guide grooves 322 and the second support block 370 is formed with the guide pins 371 and 372 .

The single-sided folding apparatus 300 of this embodiment includes a first support block 350 and a second support block 370 which are connected to each other to support the lower side of the single surface 340 while covering the rotation shaft 330 And is further configured to have a support member 390. Here, the support member 390 maintains a state parallel to the first and second sliding blocks 380 when the single-sided folding device 300 is extended, and smoothly when the single-sided folding device 300 is folded . Therefore, in this embodiment, the support member 390 is configured to be foldable. However, if the above-described functions are possible, the support member 390 may have various configurations such as folding and unfolding, such as a bellows.

The single-sided folding device 300 of this embodiment includes a first elastic member (not shown) for providing an elastic force for sliding the first sliding block 360 in the outward direction of the first supporting block 350 1 sliding block 360 and the first support block 350 as shown in FIG. A second elastic member (not shown), which provides an elastic force to move the second sliding block 370 in the outward direction of the second support block 380, is referred to as a second sliding block 370, (380). When the single-sided folding device 300 is folded, the single-sided folding device 300 can be unfolded when the single-sided folding device 300 is folded, The single face 340 can be conveniently folded by adjusting the length of the single face 340.

Hereinafter, the operation of the single-sided folding device of this embodiment will be described.

3, 5 and 6, the guide pins 351 and 371 of the first and second support blocks 350 and 370, when the single-sided folding device 300 of this embodiment is extended, Is slid along the first and second right and left guide grooves 311 and 321 of the first and second bodies 310 and 320 in the direction toward the center where the rotational shaft 330 is located, The guide pins 352 and 372 of the first and second support blocks 350 and 370 are arranged in parallel with the first and second inclination portions 310 and 320 of the first and second bodies 310 and 320 so that the sliding blocks 360 and 380 are parallel. And moves upward along the guide grooves 312, 322. In addition, the support member 390 is unfolded to be parallel to the first and second sliding blocks 360 and 380. As a result, the single surface 340 integrated with the first and second sliding blocks 360, 380 can be spread parallel and taut, so that the single surface 340 can be made large. Therefore, the large-area single surface 340 can be conveniently used as a display unit.

3, 4 and 7, the guide pins 351 and 371 of the first and second support blocks 350 and 370, when folding the single-sided folding device 300 of this embodiment, Is slid in the outward direction of the first and second bodies 310 and 320 along the first and second right and left guide grooves 311 and 321 of the first and second bodies 310 and 320, The guide pins 352 and 372 of the first and second support blocks 350 and 370 are moved downward along the first and second inclined guide grooves 312 and 322 of the first and second bodies 310 and 320 . Further, the support member 390 is folded. Thereby, the single face 340 is folded at the central portion where the rotation axis 330 is located. Therefore, it is possible to carry a small-size single-sided surface 340 in a folded state.

Although the description of the single-sided folding device of the present invention has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is an exemplary description of the best preferred embodiment of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Examples or modifications will also fall within the scope of the claims of this invention.

300: single side folding device 310: first side
320: second object 330: rotating shaft
340: single face 350: first support block
360: first sliding block 370: second supporting block
380: second sliding block 390: supporting member

Claims

A first object and a second object capable of folding and unfolding a single surface capable of folding and unfolding around a rotation axis,
A first support block coupled to the inside of the first entity,
A first sliding block slidably coupled to the first support block and integrated with a lower portion of the single surface,
A second support block coupled to the inside of the second entity,
And a second sliding block slidably coupled to the second support block and integrated with another lower portion of the single surface.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first and second bodies have an inner portion formed at an upward inclination angle toward a side where the rotation axis is located,
The first support block and the second support block are slid in the left and right directions in the center of the rotation axis and in the outward direction of the first and second bodies so that the first support block and the second support block become parallel when the single surface is expanded, Wherein the first and second bodies are respectively inserted and coupled in the first and second bodies so as to move up and down in an inward and outward directions of the first and second bodies at an inclination angle.

The method of claim 2,
Wherein the first and second bodies are formed on both sides of one side of the first and second support blocks and the first and second guide grooves and second guide grooves that slide in the left and right direction, A first inclined guide groove and a second inclined guide groove in which the block and the second support block move up and down at a predetermined inclination angle are formed on both sides of the other side,
Guide pins for respectively moving along the first left and right guide grooves, the second left and right guide grooves, the first guide guide grooves and the second guide guide grooves are respectively formed on both sides of the first support block and the second support block A single side folding device.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a support member for supporting the lower side of the single side while covering the rotation shaft by connecting the first support block and the second support block to each other and capable of folding and unfolding.

The method according to claim 1,
And a first elastic member provided between the first sliding block and the first supporting block to provide an elastic force to slide the first sliding block in an outward direction of the first supporting block. Single face folding device.

The method of claim 5,
And a second elastic member provided between the second sliding block and the second supporting block to provide an elastic force to slide the second sliding block in an outward direction of the second supporting block Single face folding device.