TWI653003B - A flexible structure and an assembly with the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a flexible structure comprising a plurality of segments and two elastic support bodies parallel to each other, the segments being overlapped with each other by adjacent segments, and sequentially arranged on one side of the first elastic support body, and Between the adjacent segments, the openings can be relatively open to perform the attitude conversion between the flat and curved shapes, and the opposite sides of the segments are recessed with channels to separate or connect with each other in accordance with the posture conversion. And at least one hollow portion is formed between opposite end portions of the second elastic support body, so that the opposite sides of the two sides are respectively disposed on the opposite sides and the segments are clamped; and further at least two scratches are further The structure is combined with a two-end joint and a plurality of intermediate structural beams to form a combination having a flexible structure.

Description

Flexible structure and combination with flexible structure (2)

The invention relates to a flexible structure and a combination of flexible structures, which can be mounted in an electronic device, so that the electronic device can perform posture conversion between flat and curved shapes, and can be used in a curved posture. The wearer wears on the wrist to operate as a wearable electronic device, and in a flat posture, can also be operated by the user as a handheld electronic device.

In order to be able to wear a general handheld electronic device on the wrist, in addition to the technical development of the display, how to design a structure for the handheld electronic device to be bent into a wearable electronic device has been an interest of various industry players. One of the developed projects, for example, the following Patent Documents 1 to 3, followed by a brief description of each structure:

1. Patent Document 1: Patent No. 7,209,114 issued to the United States on April 24, 2007.

2. Patent Document 2: "Wearable multi-modal input device for augmented reality", published on June 12, 2014, in the U.S. Patent No. 2014/0160055.

3. Patent Document 3: "Wearable device", Patent No. 9,668,550, published on June 6, 2017 in the United States.

In the early days, from Patent Document 1, it has been revealed that a bracelet is hinged through a plurality of segments, each of which has an inclined face on opposite sides and is adjacent to each other. Each of the segments is connected by a link, and each of the links is respectively disposed on an opposite side of each of the segments. The studs are matched with the grooves are part circular, which acts as an activity restriction, enabling the bracelet to perform attitude change between flat and curved.

In recent years, since a flexible display device has been developed, in the wearable input device of Patent Document 2, the exposed structure is a plurality of elongated rib members. a top flexible support, a bottom flexible support, a plurality of overlapping scales, and a magnetic latch, wherein the adjacent ones are adjacent The elongated rib members are respectively connected by a projection with a cavity, and a gap having an angle is formed between the adjacent elongated rib members, the top flexible support (top) Flexible support) is attached to the top surface of the elongated rib members, and the bottom flexible support passes through the bottoms of the elongated rib members and sequentially overlaps the bottom portion through a plurality of overlapping scales Underneath the flexible support member to connect to the bottom surfaces of the adjacent elongated rib members, and in the three magnetic partners included in the magnetic lock, between the two magnetic members Provided on the top flexible support member, another magnetic member is disposed on the bottom flexible support member for synchronous operation, and is adjacent to the adjacent slotted left hole and right hole of each of the overlapping sheets Each of the elongated rib members is also limited in motion, and the wearable input device can also perform posture change between the flat and curved shapes.

Further, other manufacturers have developed different structures. For example, in the wearable device of Patent Document 3, the disclosed structure includes a plurality of segment members, a plurality of connecting members, and a connecting member. a bistable spring and a flexible display device, wherein the flexible display device is located at a top cover or top portion, and the bistable spring is The through slots are sequentially passed through the tops of the segment members, and the connecting members are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the segment members in the width direction, on the same side. The plurality of connecting members are sequentially overlapped and pivotally connected to the respective segment members, and the two guide slots of each of the connecting members are matched with the adjacent segment members as an activity restriction, and the same is also The wearable device is capable of performing attitude conversion between a flat shape and a curved shape.

However, in the structures of the above Patent Documents 1 to 3, it is necessary to form a connection through one or more constituent members between adjacent ones of the segments (pieces) and between adjacent ones of the elongated rib members. For example, a plurality of links of Patent Document 1, a plurality of overlapping scales of Patent Document 2, and a plurality of connecting members of Patent Document 3, since these constituent members as a connection need to be matched with each The number of the segments (pieces) or the respective elongated rib members causes an increase in the number of components to be assembled, and also increases the assembly process, and in particular, it is easier to increase the burden and error after the structural size is reduced.

Furthermore, in the above Patent Document 1, the outer surface of each of the segments is an information exchange area having a display and input function, in other words, it can be understood that each of the segments itself is also an inflexible display. In the device, although the length of each segment is shortened, the width and thickness are still limited by the occupation of electronic components required for display and input functions, and it is difficult to be greatly reduced, so that the structures of the above Patent Documents 2 and 3 are suitable for flexibility. The display device is superior to the structure of Patent Document 1 described above, and conforms to the trend of thinning the product and makes the posture transition smoother. However, the flexible display device also needs to provide support through other constituent members, so Patent Document 2 adopts The top and bottom flexible support members each provide space for each of the elongated rib members to receive and pass the bottom flexible support member, and Patent Document 3 uses a bistable spring to match the flexible display device and The segment members each provide a hollow groove to accommodate and pass the bistable spring, thereby allowing the structures of Patent Documents 2 and 3 to have a supporting effect, but regardless of Which technical means, in reducing the width, each of the elongated rib members and each of the segment members is limited by the width of the bottom flexible support member and the width of the bistable spring, and also limits the reduction of the overall volume. degree.

In view of this, in order to match the flexible display device in response to the trend of thinning, and in order to enable each of the segments (pieces) or the respective elongated rib members to be directly connected to each other, without indirectly passing through a More than one component member forms a connection to reduce the required components, and the overall volume can be reduced, which is the problem to be solved by the present invention.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a flexible structure in which the structure of each segment is directly modified so that adjacent segments can be directly overlapped with each other, and then the segments can be matched with two Elastic support, and one of the elastic supports is used to separate and hold the segments, in addition to helping to reduce components and facilitate assembly, the structural dimensions of the segments are not easily limited by the The elastic support body can also effectively reduce the overall volume, and facilitate the formation of mutual pinching during the posture change, thereby preventing the formation of misalignment with the other elastic support body, so that the segments of the flexible structure do not need to be like the above Patent Documents 1 to 3 are formed by connecting one or more constituent members.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a combination having a flexible structure, mainly using at least two of the above modular flexible structures, with two end joints and a plurality of intermediate structural beams, in addition to retaining the above flexibility In addition to the advantages of the structure, depending on the size type of the flexible display device, it is convenient to flexibly connect and increase the scope of application in design and assembly.

For the purpose of the above invention, the technical solution of the present invention is a flexible structure, comprising: a first elastic support body; a segment group, wherein a plurality of segments are sequentially arranged on one side of the first elastic support body And the segments overlap each other and form a relative opening between the adjacent sides adjacent to each other, so that the segment group performs posture conversion between the flat and curved shapes, and The segments include two end segments and a plurality of intermediate segments between the end segments, each of the intermediate segments being disposed on opposite sides of a predetermined portion of each of the end segments Channels, the channels on each side cooperate to form a separation or abutment; and a second elastic support parallel to the first elastic support, the second elastic support has two positioning ends And forming at least one hollow portion between each of the positioning end portions, and arranging opposite side edges of the at least one hollow portion on the channels on each side, To clamp the intermediate segments and the preset portions of the end segments.

Still another object of the invention is to achieve a combination of flexible structures comprising: two flexible structures parallel to each other, each of the flexible structures being as described above; parallel to each other Two end connecting seats, wherein opposite ends of one end connecting seat are respectively connected to one end section of the two flexible structures, and opposite ends of the other end connecting seat are respectively connected to the other two flexible structures An end segment; and a plurality of intermediate structural beams parallel to each other, spaced apart between the two end connecting blocks, and opposite ends of each of the intermediate structural beams are respectively connected to the plurality of intermediate segments of the two flexible structures Thereby, the two flexible structures can synchronously perform attitude conversion between the flat and curved shapes.

In order to facilitate a better understanding of the present invention, features of the above-described technical solutions, and other dependent patent application features attached to the above technical solutions, together with the advantages of these features, are described in detail later:

10‧‧‧First elastic support

11‧‧‧Corresponding to the fixed department

Sections 20a, 20b, 20c‧‧

21a, 21b‧‧‧ end segments

211‧‧‧Channel

22a, 22b‧‧‧ first intermediate segment

221‧‧‧Channel

23a, 23b‧‧‧second intermediate section

231‧‧‧Channel

24‧‧‧Fixed Department

25‧‧‧ hook

251‧‧‧ longitudinal cantilever

252‧‧‧Horizontal shaft

26‧‧‧ docking slot

261‧‧‧ shallow trough area

262‧‧‧ Deep trough area

27‧‧‧ top piece

271‧‧‧Bump

28‧‧‧The bottom piece

281‧‧‧ shallow groove

29‧‧‧ 容部

291‧‧‧ Corresponding positioning department

30‧‧‧Second elastic support

31‧‧‧ positioning end

311‧‧‧Central hole

312‧‧‧ surrounding holes

32‧‧‧ side

33‧‧‧ Hollow

331‧‧‧Main hollow

332‧‧‧Sub hollow

40‧‧‧ Positioning parts

41‧‧‧Common cover

411‧‧‧ recess

412‧‧‧Carmen

42‧‧‧ mother layer cover

421‧‧‧through hole

422‧‧‧榫孔

43‧‧‧Shell cover

431‧‧‧Brakes

44‧‧‧ Spring

50‧‧‧Combination with flexible structure

51a, 51b, 51c‧‧‧Flexible structure

52‧‧‧End connector

53‧‧‧Intermediate structural beams

60‧‧‧Flexible display device

1 is a schematic perspective view of a flexible structure of the present invention in a curved shape.

2 is a schematic perspective view of the flexible structure of the present invention in a flat shape.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the second elastic support of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing the flexible structure of the present invention in a flat view from another perspective.

Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a plan view of Figure 2.

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the line segments A to A in Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view showing the line segments B to B in Figure 7.

Figure 10 is a schematic view showing the flexible structure of Figure 8 being bent.

Figure 11 is a schematic view showing the flexible structure of Figure 9 being bent.

Figure 12 is a cross-sectional view showing the second embodiment of the flexible structure of the present invention.

Figure 13 is a cross-sectional view showing the third embodiment of the flexible structure of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is a perspective exploded perspective view showing the combination of the present invention in a flat shape.

Fig. 15 is a schematic view showing the combination of the present invention in a flat form. (The virtual line in the figure reveals that a flexible display device is mounted in the combination)

Figure 16 is a perspective view of the combination of the present invention in a curved shape. (The virtual line in the picture reveals a scratch Sex display device installed in the combination)

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 11, the present invention is a flexible structure 51a including a segment group 20a and a first elastic support body 10 and a second elastic support body 30 which are parallel to each other, and are supplemented by X in the drawing. The Y and Z axes are arranged to facilitate the explanation, wherein the segment group 20a is a plurality of segments arranged in sequence along the X axis on a side of the first elastic support body 10 facing the Z axis, and the segments are The adjacent segments are overlapped with each other and an angle gap is formed between the adjacent sides adjacent to each other for relative opening, so that the segment group 20a performs posture conversion between the flat and curved shapes, and The segments comprise two end segments 21a and a plurality of intermediate segments 22a, 23a between each of the end segments 21a, each of the intermediate segments 22a, 23a and each of the end segments 21a The opposite sides of the preset portion facing the Y-axis are respectively recessed with channels 211, 221, 231 extending along the X-axis, and the channels 211, 221, 231 on each side are separated from each other by the attitude of the segment group 20a to form a separation from each other. Forming a discontinuous shape or forming a continuous continuous channel; the second elastic support 30 has two positioning ends 31 At least one hollow portion 33 is formed between each of the positioning end portions 31, and the opposite side edges 32 of the at least one hollow portion 33 are respectively disposed in the channels 211, 221, 231 embedded on the respective sides for clamping the holes The intermediate segments 22a, 23a and the respective end segments 21a are preset portions.

Thereby, the invention can reduce the components and facilitate assembly, and the adjacent segments are directly overlapped with each other, and the second elastic support body 30 is embedded with at least one hollow portion 33 extending in the X-axis direction. Therefore, the structural size of each segment is not limited to the two elastic supports, and the overall volume can be effectively reduced. After the segments are sequentially overlapped and linearly arranged, the at least one hollow portion 33 can be used. The support is formed by clamping on the opposite side edges 32 of the Y-axis to facilitate the subsequent fixing to the side of the first elastic support body 10, so that the first elastic support body 10 can form the segments. Another supporting action, and because the first elastic supporting body 10 is difficult to produce a telescopic change, it is more advantageous to recombine on the opposite side of the Z-axis. a flexible display device 60 (see FIG. 15); when the two elastic supports are bent, as shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the side of the first elastic support 10 is made available for the The segments are abutted, and at least one hollow portion 33 of the second elastic support body 30 is mutually restrained from the intermediate segments 22a, 23a together with the predetermined portions of the two end segments 21a, so that the relative positions of the elastic support bodies are The ends of the two sides are respectively aligned or approximately aligned with the opposite side ends of the other elastic support body to prevent misalignment, thereby avoiding the situation of squeezing.

In the above, the first elastic support body 10 and the second elastic support body 30 respectively have a length in the X-axis direction and a width in the Y-axis direction, wherein one side of each of the segments is in the shape of an arc in the Z-axis direction. And a fixing portion 24 is disposed. The first elastic supporting body 10 is spaced apart from the side surface of the Z-axis to provide a plurality of corresponding fixing portions 11 so that the corresponding fixing portions 11 are linearly arranged along the X-axis. The side surface of the elastic support body 10, the corresponding fixing portions 11 are respectively fixed to the fixing portions 24 of the respective segments, and the fixing means are fixed to each other by a conventional technical means, for example, the protruding bolts are matched with the concave holes, the screws are matched with the screw holes, so that the The two end segments 21a of the segment group 20a are respectively positioned at opposite side ends of the side of the first elastic support body 10 in the X-axis direction, and the intermediate segments 22a of the segment group 20a, 23a is positioned between opposite side ends of the side of the first elastic support body 10.

On the other hand, the second elastic support body 30 further includes the at least one hollow portion 33 including one main hollow portion 331 and two sub-hollow portions 332, each having a length in the X-axis direction, with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 As shown in FIG. 6, the main hollow portion 331 is shorter than each of the sub-hollow portions 332, and serves as a reference for facilitating the posture-converting operation after assembly and assembly. Each of the sub-hollow portions 332 is located in the main hollow portion 331. Between each of the positioning end portions 31, a space is formed such that opposite side edges of the second elastic supporting body 30 are parallel to each other, so that at least one intermediate segment of the segment group 20a (the symbol 23a in the figure) The element, but may also be the element of symbol 22a, is located in the main hollow portion 331 and is held by the opposite side edges 32 of the main hollow portion 331 as a central reference, while the remaining remaining plurality of intermediate segments 22a, 23a The predetermined portions are respectively divided into at least two groups along with the respective adjacent end segments 21a, which are respectively located in the respective sub-hollow portions 332 and are respectively clamped by the opposite side edges 32 of the sub-hollow portions 332 in the Y-axis direction. In other words, a group of other intermediate sections The segments 22a, 23a together with the adjacent one end segment 21a are located in a pair of hollow portions 332 and are clamped, and the other group is other other intermediate segments 22a, 23a along with the adjacent other end segment. The preset portions of the 21a are located in the other hollow portion 332 and are clamped, so that the main and auxiliary hollow portions 331, 332 of the second elastic support body 30 are separated and grouped during the posture conversion of the segment group 20a. The segments are clamped, and the segments can also prevent the second elastic support 30 from sliding to avoid misalignment of the two elastic supports.

Secondly, between each of the end segments 21a and the adjacent intermediate segments 22a, 23a, and between the intermediate segments 22a and the adjacent other intermediate segments 23a, a card is used. The hook 25 overlaps the mating groove 26, and each of the mating slots 26 is connected to the channels 211, 221, 231 of the respective sides, so that the hooks 25 can loosen or hook the respective mating slots 26, and the first elasticity can be accessed. The support body 10 or the side of the second elastic support body 30 forms a stop function to limit the movement of each of the hooks 25 between the two elastic support bodies; thus, the segment group 20a is made according to the segments The lap joint forms three embodiments, the following segment description, and for the purpose of auxiliary explanation, the relative directions of the X, Y, and Z axes are respectively subdivided into front, rear, left, right, top, bottom, etc. or positions. .

For the first embodiment of the segment group 20a, please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 11 again, and the hooks 25 are respectively extended at the side ends of the preset portions of the end segments 21a to serve as a common segment. The intermediate segments 22a, 23a are further divided into a first intermediate segment 22a and a second intermediate segment 23a that are interlaced, and a plurality of first intermediate segments 22a are interspersed into the plurality of second intermediate segments 23a. The front and rear side ends of each of the second intermediate sections 23a respectively extend the hooks 25 as a common section, and are respectively associated with the end sections 21a. Each of the adjacent intermediate segments is two of the first intermediate segments 22a, and the top surfaces of the front and rear end portions of the adjacent first intermediate segments 22a are respectively recessed with the docking groove 26 , as a female segment, respectively for the hooks 25 of the adjacent end segments 21a and a hook 25 of each of the second intermediate segments 23a, wherein each of the first intermediate segments 22a All of them are integrally formed, and each side channel 221 is located at the bottom of each of the mating grooves 26 to form a communication, and the inner wall and the groove of each side channel 221 are formed. The inner bottom walls are respectively a plane and a circular arc surface to form a neck portion in the middle of each side channel 221; and each of the end segments 21a and each of the second intermediate portions adjacent to each of the first intermediate segments 22a The segments 23a each include a detachable set of top layer members 27 and a bottom member 28, with the difference that the hooks 25 and the side channels 211 of each of the end segments 21a are limited to a predetermined portion, and each of the second intermediate portions The segment 23a is not particularly divided into predetermined portions; therefore, at each of the end segments 21a, the respective top layer members 27 are provided with the hooks 25 at the side ends of the predetermined portions, and each of the top members 27 are respectively a bottom flat protrusion protrusion 271 of the preset portion, and the bottom member 28 of each end portion 21a is recessed with a shallow groove 281 at a top circular arc surface of each preset portion to abut the convex portion of each of the top members 27 The column 271 is formed such that each side channel 211 of each of the end segments 21a is formed between the bottom plane and the top arc surface of the two layer members, and at each side channel 211 (near the receiving portion 29) Forming a neck portion respectively; and at each of the second intermediate segments 23a, the hooks 25 are provided on opposite side ends of the respective top layer members 27, The bottom surface of each of the top members 27 is raised by the protrusions 271, and the top surface of each of the bottom members 28 is recessed with a shallow groove 281, which is also abutting the protrusions 271 of the top members 27, and The side channels 231 of the second intermediate section 23a are formed between the bottom plane and the top circular arc surface of the two layer members, and a neck portion is formed between the side channels 231 of each of the second intermediate sections 23a.

As described in the above paragraph, the two end sections 21a can be regarded as the front and rear end sections, respectively, and the hooks 25 on the rear side of the front end section 21a overlap the front side of the adjacent first intermediate section 22a. The docking groove 26, the docking groove 26 on the rear side of the first intermediate segment 22a is overlapped by the hook 25 on the front side of the adjacent second intermediate segment 23a, and the hook 25 on the rear side of the second intermediate segment 23a Then, the mating groove 26 is overlapped on the front side of the other adjacent first intermediate section 22a, and the subsequent overlapping manners of the other intermediate sections 22a, 23a are analogized until the Nth first intermediate section 22a is located. The butt groove 26 on the rear side is overlapped by the hook 25 on the front side of the rear end section 21a, so that in addition to the two first intermediate sections 22a adjacent to the front and rear end sections 21a, respectively, The abutting grooves 26 of the front and rear sides of an intermediate section 22a respectively receive a hook 25 on the rear side of the second intermediate section 23a and a hook 25 on the front side of the other second intermediate section 23a, so that the first intermediate portion The segments 22a are interspersed with each of the second intermediate segments 23a to form a front and rear staggered overlap, and then the second elastic The left and right side edges 32 of the support body 30 are respectively embedded in the channels 211, 221, 231 on the left and right sides of the segment group 20a, and are used for clamping the segments, and can be matched with the posture conversion. a plane or a circular arc surface of the grooves 211, 221, 231; in addition, the present invention not only adopts the first intermediate segments 22a integrally formed, but each of the second intermediate segments 23a adopts a detachable structure. Optionally, each of the first intermediate segments 22a can be detachably assembled, and each of the second intermediate segments 23a can be integrally formed, or the intermediate segments can be uniformly integrated or detachable. The structure of the group.

The second embodiment of the segment group 20b is as shown in Fig. 12, and the technical means is to change each of the end segments 21b of the first embodiment described above to a parent segment, adjacent to each of the end segments 21b. Each of the intermediate segments is two of the second intermediate segments 23a, and the second embodiment is characterized in that the top surfaces of the preset portions of the end segments 21b are respectively recessed and docked. The groove 26 is formed as a female segment, and each of the butting grooves 26 is respectively located at a predetermined portion of the top piece 27 of each of the end segments 21a, so that the side channels 211 are formed on the bottom plane and the top of the two layers. Between the arcuate faces, and connecting the bottoms of the mating grooves 26, and the two hooks 25 of the two second intermediate segments 23a are respectively overlapped and docked adjacent to the adjacent end segments 21b. a groove 26 and a pair of joint grooves 26 of each of the first intermediate segments 22a; accordingly, the abutting groove 26 on the rear side of the current end segment 21b is overlapped by the hook 25 on the front side of the adjacent second intermediate segment 22a, The hook 25 on the rear side of the second intermediate section 23a is overlapped with the mating groove 26 on the front side of the adjacent first intermediate section 22a, and the pair of the rear side of the first intermediate section 22a The slot 26 is again overlapped by the hooks 25 on the front side of the other adjacent second intermediate section 22a, and the subsequent overlapping manners of the other intermediate sections are similarly analogized until the second intermediate section located at the Nth The hooks 25 on the rear side of the 22a overlap the mating grooves 26 on the front side of the rear end section 21b, so that the second intermediate sections 23a are interspersed with the first intermediate sections 22a to form a front and a rear interlacing. Similarly, the left and right side edges 32 of the second elastic support body 30 are respectively embedded in the channels 211, 221, 231 on the left and right sides of the segment group 20b for clamping the segments, and The plane or the arc surface of the channels 211, 221, 231 can be abutted with the attitude change; in addition, in the second embodiment, the structures of the first and second intermediate segments 22a, 23a are only implemented. One of the technical means may also be the first embodiment described above. As described, the choice is made in one piece or in a detachable group.

The third embodiment of the segment group 20c is as shown in FIG. 13, and the technical means is to take the one end segments 21a, 21b of the first and second embodiments, and design the first and second intermediate segments. The same structure of the segments is sequentially overlapped, and the non-dissimilar structure is interspersed with the features of the front and back interlacing. The difference of the third embodiment is that each of the intermediate segments refers to each of the intermediate segments. One end of the first and second intermediate segments 22b, 23b is recessed with abutment groove 26, and at opposite side ends of each of the intermediate segments 22b, 23b, a hook 25 is extended, and each intermediate section is further The segments 22b, 23b are integrally formed such that the side channels 221, 231 are located at the bottom of the mating groove 26 and lower than the hook 25, and the hooks 25 are extended at the side end of the predetermined portion of the one end segment 21a. The hook 25 is located at a side end of a predetermined portion of the top piece 27 of the end section 21a to overlap the docking groove 26 of the adjacent intermediate section 22b, and is also at the top of the preset portion of the other end section 21b. The recess is provided with a docking groove 26 which is located at a predetermined portion of the top piece 27 of the other end segment 21b to be adjacent to the intermediate segment 23b. The hooks 25 are overlapped; accordingly, since the front side of each of the intermediate sections 22b, 23b is the docking groove 26 and the rear side is the hook 25, the structures of the intermediate sections 22b, 23b are identical, and the current end section The hook 25 on the rear side of the 21a overlaps the mating groove 26 on the front side of the intermediate section 22b, and the hook 25 on the rear side of the intermediate section 22b overlaps the mating groove 26 on the front side of an adjacent intermediate section 23b. The hooks 25 on the rear side of the adjacent intermediate section 23b are overlapped with the mating slots 26 on the front side of the other adjacent intermediate section 22b, and the subsequent overlapping manners of the other intermediate sections 22b, 23b are analogized by analogy until The hooks 25 on the rear side of the Nth adjacent intermediate section 23b are overlapped with the mating grooves 26 on the front side of the rear end section 21b, and the opposite side edges of the second elastic support body 30 are respectively embedded in the same After the channels 211, 221, 231 on the left and right sides of the segment group 20c are used to clamp the segments, the planes or arc surfaces of the channels 211, 221, 231 can be adhered to with the attitude change.

In the above three embodiments, each of the hooks 25 includes an associated longitudinal cantilever 251 and a transverse shaft 252, each of the lateral shafts 252 being in the Y-axis direction, and each of the longitudinal cantilevers 251 is in the X-axis direction. The thickness of the shaft 252 is greater than the thickness of each of the longitudinal cantilevers 251, and each of the mating slots 26 is recessed in each of the The arcuate surface on the top side of the segment, and each of the mating slots 26 includes an associated shallow groove region 261 and a deep groove region 262 corresponding to each of the longitudinal cantilever 251 and each of the lateral shafts 252, so that the hooks 25 are respectively Forming a corresponding T-shape with each of the mating slots 26, respectively, helps to loosen or hook each of the hooks 25, and form a relative pivoting effect, also due to the docking slot in the figure. The 26 series has a T-shape, so that the predetermined end portion of the end section 21b provided with the mating groove 26 and the side end portions of the intermediate segments 22a, 22b, 23b are approximated to the claw hook structure, so that the overlapping manner is also visible. It is convenient to use the docking groove as a description for the hook, but it is more convenient to use the docking groove as a description; moreover, each of the deep groove region 262 and each of the lateral shafts 252 are correspondingly gradually converging, and each of the deep groove regions The groove depth shape of the 262 is gradually expanded from the second elastic support body 30 toward the first elastic support body 10, and the rod diameter shape of each of the lateral shafts 252 is from the first elastic support body 10 to the The direction of the second elastic support body 30 is gradually converged, such that one side of each of the lateral shafts 252 and one of the deep groove regions 262 The arcuate faces respectively corresponding to the same center of rotation are provided for facilitating each of the hooks 25 to be led out or introduced into the mating slots 26 during the relative pivoting, and the opposite sides of the lateral shafts 252 and the respective sides The opposite sides of the deep groove region 262 respectively have corresponding planes, which facilitate the action of stabilizing each other.

In addition, referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 6 to FIG. 11, each of the end segments 21a of the segment group 20a is respectively provided with a receiving portion 29 for communicating each side groove of each end segment 21a. Each of the positioning ends 31 of the second elastic support body 30 is respectively introduced into each of the accommodating portions 29, so that the positioning end portions 31 of the second elastic supporting body 30 are respectively at the end portions. A relative displacement is formed in the accommodating portion 29 of the segment 21a, and each of the end portions 21a, 21b further receives a positioning member 40 in each of the accommodating portions 29, and each of the positioning members 40 is fixed to each of the positioning ends. 31, and a corresponding positioning portion 291 is disposed on one side of each of the accommodating portions 29, and each of the corresponding positioning portions 291 includes at least two concave points (such as grooves or holes) linearly arranged along the X axis. One of the top side, the bottom side, the left side or the right side of the accommodating portion 29, and each of the positioning end portions 31 of the second elastic supporting body 30 respectively penetrates the central hole 311 and a plurality of surrounding portions in the Z-axis direction The hole 312, wherein as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 6, each of the positioning members 40 includes a male cover 41, a mother cover 42, a cover 43 and a spring 44, and each of the cover 4 1 is provided with a recess 411 in the center and a plurality of cassettes 412 around, each of the mothers Each of the layer covers 42 is provided with a through hole 421 at the center and a plurality of holes 422 are arranged around the respective holes 312, and then the respective holes 312 are respectively connected to the respective holes 422 to make the common layers The cover 41 abuts each of the mother layer covers 42 to form a tight fit, and clamps each of the positioning end portions 31 between each other, so that the springs 44 and the respective cover 43 are accommodated in the male and female cover portions. A central hole 311 of each of the positioning end portions 31 is respectively disposed between 41 and 42 . Each of the cover 43 covers one end of the spring 44, and the other end of each spring 44 is introduced and touched. The recess 411 in the common cover 41 also has a protrusion 431 protruding from each of the covers 43 and respectively passing through the central through hole 421 of each of the mother layer covers 42 so as to be in the segment groups 20a, 20b, 20c. During the posture switching, each of the positioning members 40 is slid in each of the accommodating portions 29 with the positioning end portions 31, and when the segment groups 20a, 20b, and 20c are positioned in a flat shape or a curved shape. Each of the braking protrusions 431 is correspondingly introduced into one of the corresponding points of the corresponding positioning portion 291 to form a positioning.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 9 again, when the entire flexible structure 51a is positioned in a flat shape, each of the segments is formed to be relatively open and has an angular gap, and the second elastic support is disposed. The side 32 of the 30 passes through the channels 211, 221, 231 of the segments to abut against the planes of the channels 211, 221, 231, and the hooks 25 are respectively hooked into the mating slots 26 and respectively touch the second elastic support 30. The side 32, and in each of the end segments 21a, each of the positioning members 40 abuts against the inner side wall of each of the receiving portions 29 near the predetermined portion of the end segment 21a, and The braking protrusion 431 is introduced into one of the corresponding points of the corresponding positioning portion 291 near the preset portion of the end segment 21a, thereby forming a positioning; and when the entire flexible structure 51a is positioned in a curved shape, as shown in the figure 10 and FIG. 11 , each of the segments forms a mutual closing, and the side of the second elastic supporting body 30 abuts against the arc surface of the channels 211 , 221 , 231 , the side of the first elastic supporting body 10 . Abutting the arc surfaces of the segments, each of the hooks 25 respectively releases the mating slots 26 and respectively touches the first elastic support body 1 In the end portion 21a, each of the positioning members 40 abuts against the inner side wall of each of the receiving portions 29 away from the predetermined portion of each end portion 21a, and The brake protrusion 431 is introduced into the other one of the corresponding positions of the corresponding positioning portion 291 away from the predetermined portion of the end segment 21a, and the positioning is also formed; thus, during the posture transition of the entire flexible structure 51a, The braking protrusions 431 of the positional member 40 are led out of the respective concave points and are respectively slid between the two concave points in the respective accommodating portions 29 as the positioning end portions 31 are respectively slid.

Furthermore, in order to increase the size of the flexible display device 60, the present invention can take two or more modular flexible structures 51a, 51b, 51c and pass through the structural connectors between each other. A combination 50 having a flexible structure, such as shown in FIGS. 14 to 16, wherein the flexible structure 51a is implemented by the segment group 20a of the first embodiment for convenience of explanation, so the combination of the present invention The invention comprises two flexible structures 51a parallel to each other, two end connecting seats 52 parallel to each other, and a plurality of intermediate structural beams 53 parallel to each other: the two flexible structures 51a are symmetrically arranged in the X-axis direction and mutually Parallel, each of the flexible structures 51a has been previously explained, and will not be described again. The two end connecting seats 52 are disposed in the Y-axis direction, so that the opposite ends of the one end connecting seat 52 are respectively connected to the two-scissors. The one end section 21a of the structural structure 51a further connects the opposite ends of the other end connecting seat 52 to the other end section 21a of the two flexible structures 51a, respectively, and the intermediate structural beams 53 are in the Y-axis. Arranged at intervals between the two end connecting blocks 52, The opposite ends of the intermediate structural beam 53 are respectively connected to the plurality of intermediate segments 22a, 23a of the two flexible structures 51a so as to be parallel to the end connecting blocks 52, thereby passing through the two end connecting blocks 52 and The intermediate structural beams 53 are matched to the size of the flexible display device 60 in the Y-axis direction, so that the two flexible structures 51a can synchronously perform posture conversion between the flat and curved shapes, and avoid damage to the flexible display. Device 60.

Therefore, the present invention has the following advantages:

The present invention is characterized in that a plurality of segments arranged in sequence are matched with the first and second elastic support bodies, wherein the channel passing through the sides of each segment is matched with the relative of at least one hollow portion of the second elastic support body. The two sides are formed with inlays, so that the second elastic support body is used for separating and clamping the segments, so that the assembly is convenient, and the structural size of each segment is not easily limited by the elastic support body. The overall volume can be effectively reduced, and it is more advantageous to form a mutual restraint on the action during the posture transition, thereby preventing the formation of a misalignment with the first elastic support.

2. The invention enables the adjacent segments to be directly overlapped with each other, which helps to reduce the components and the assembly process, and further passes through the T-shaped hooks with the T-shaped docking grooves, so as to facilitate The lap joints are arranged in series, and are also easily disassembled, and each of the hooks and each of the mating grooves are restrained between the two elastic support bodies to form a pinning to facilitate pivoting during the posture transition.

3. The present invention is respectively provided with positioning members at opposite end portions of the second elastic supporting body, and a receiving portion is provided at both end segments of the segments, and each of the positioning members is respectively introduced into the respective portions. The accommodating portion thereby generates a sliding and a limit stop function, so that the positioning posture is formed when the whole is flat or curved.

4. The present invention is formed by two end joints and a plurality of intermediate structural beams for two or more modular flexible structures to be connected in parallel, which facilitates synchronous attitude conversion of each of the flexible structures. In addition, depending on the type of flexible display device, the scope of application can be increased, and design and assembly flexibility can be provided.

In summary, according to the content disclosed above, the present invention can achieve the intended purpose, and has the value of industrial use, and the invention patent application is filed according to law; further, the present invention discloses the above object for achieving the above object. The preferred embodiment is not intended to limit the structural features of the present invention, and it is obvious to those skilled in the art that any change or modification that is easily conceived is possible in the technical spirit of the present invention. All are covered by the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

Claims (18)

A flexible structure comprising: a first elastic support body; a segment group, wherein a plurality of segments are sequentially arranged on one side of the first elastic support body, the segments being mutually adjacent to each other of the segments Laying and respectively forming a relative opening between opposite sides adjacent to each other, causing the segment group to perform a posture transition between the flat and curved shapes, and the segments comprise two end segments and each a plurality of intermediate segments between the end segments, each of the intermediate segments and opposite sides of each of the end segments of the end segments are provided with a channel, and the channels on each side cooperate with each other Forming a separation or a connection with each other; and a second elastic support body parallel to the first elastic support body, the second elastic support body having two positioning ends and forming at least one hollow portion between each of the positioning ends And the opposite side edges of the at least one hollow portion are respectively disposed on the channels on each side for clamping the intermediate segments and the preset portions of the end segments; wherein the at least a hollow portion includes a main hollow portion and two sub-hollow portions, each of the sub-hollow portions respectively Between the main portion and each of the positioning of the hollow end portion, and forming a spacer, so that at least a segment group is located in the intermediate section of the main hollow portion is sandwiched, and the other remaining segments together with the respective plurality of intermediate The adjacent preset portions of the respective end segments are respectively located in the respective sub-hollow portions and are respectively clamped. The flexible structure of claim 1, wherein one side of each of the segments is arcuate and has a fixing portion, and a plurality of corresponding fixings are disposed on the side of the first elastic supporting body. The corresponding fixing portions are respectively fixed to the fixing portions. The flexible structure according to claim 1, wherein the side ends of the preset portions of the end segments respectively extend out of the hooks, and the intermediate segments are further divided into the first intermediate portions of the staggered overlap. a hook portion is formed on each of the opposite side ends of each of the second intermediate segments, and opposite ends of the adjacent first intermediate segments are respectively recessed with abutting groove. Separating the hooks of the adjacent end segments and a hook of each of the second intermediate segments, respectively, and respectively connecting the docking slots When the hooks are loosened or hooked to the mating slots, the first elastic support body or the second elastic support body side can be accessed. The flexible structure according to claim 1, wherein the preset portions of the end segments are respectively recessed with the docking slots, and the intermediate segments are further divided into the first intermediate segments of the staggered overlap. And a second intermediate section, the opposite side ends of each of the first intermediate sections are respectively recessed with abutting groove, and the opposite side ends of the adjacent second intermediate sections respectively extend the hooks, respectively And abutting groove of each of the adjacent end segments and a pair of connecting grooves of each of the first intermediate segments, and each of the matching grooves is respectively connected to the channel on each side, so that the hooks are loosened When the mating grooves are hooked, the first elastic support body or the side of the second elastic support body can also be touched. The flexible structure according to claim 1, wherein each of the intermediate segments has the same structure and is provided with abutting grooves at one end of each side, and extends at opposite side ends of each of the intermediate segments. And the hook is extended at the side end of the preset portion of the one end segment to overlap the docking groove of the adjacent middle segment, and the docking groove is recessed at the preset portion of the other end segment And being overlapped by the hooks of the adjacent intermediate segments, and each of the mating slots is respectively connected to the channels on each side, so that when the hooks loosen or hook the respective docking slots, the hooks can be touched The first elastic support body or the side of the second elastic support body. The flexible structure of claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein each of the end segments further comprises a detachable set of top and bottom members, each of the top members being respectively a bottom planar protruding protrusion of the preset portion, each of the bottom members respectively having a shallow groove recessed in a top circular arc surface of each preset portion to abut each of the protruding columns so that each side channel of each end segment Formed between the bottom plane and the top arc surface of the two layers; further, each of the intermediate segments further includes a detachable set of top and bottom members, and the bottom portion of the top member protrudes from the bottom, each of which The top arc surface of the bottom member is concavely provided with shallow grooves to abut the respective columns, so that the side channels of each of the intermediate segments are formed between the bottom plane and the top arc surface of the two layers. The flexible structure as claimed in claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein each of the The hook comprises an associated longitudinal cantilever and a transverse shaft, each of the transverse shafts having a thickness greater than a thickness of each of the longitudinal cantilevers, each of the mating slots comprising an associated shallow trough region and a deep trough region corresponding to each of the longitudinal cantilevers And each of the lateral shafts, wherein each of the hooks and each of the mating grooves respectively form a corresponding T-shape. The flexible structure of claim 7, wherein each of the deep groove regions and each of the lateral shafts has a corresponding progressive convergence shape, such that one side of each of the lateral shafts and each of the deep groove regions One side of each has a corresponding arcuate surface of the same rotation center, and the opposite sides of each of the lateral shafts and the opposite sides of each of the deep groove regions respectively have corresponding planes. The flexible structure of claim 1, wherein each end segment of the segment group is respectively provided with a receiving portion for communicating each side channel, and the positioning of the second elastic supporting body The end portions are respectively introduced into the respective accommodating portions, and a slip is formed in each of the accommodating portions. The flexible structure of claim 9, wherein each of the end segments further receives a positioning member in each of the receiving portions, and each of the positioning members is respectively fixed to each of the positioning ends, and One side of each of the accommodating portions is provided with a corresponding positioning portion, and each of the positioning members is respectively slid in each of the accommodating portions or respectively positioned in one of the corresponding positioning portions. Where the segment group is positioned in a flat or curved shape. The flexible structure of claim 10, wherein each of the positioning members comprises a male cover, a mother cover, a cover and a spring, and each cover covers one end of each of the springs. And contacting the other end of each spring into each of the common cover, each of the common cover abutting each of the mother cover and clamping each of the positioning ends to each other, so that the springs together with the covers The positioning ends are disposed between the male and female cover layers, and each of the cover protrusions has a braking protrusion for respectively passing through the respective parent layer covers. A combination having a flexible structure comprising: two flexible structures parallel to each other, each of the flexible structures being as described in claim 1; two end joints parallel to each other, wherein one end of the joint The opposite ends are respectively connected to the One end section of the second flexible structure, and opposite ends of the other end joint are respectively connected to the other end section of the two flexible structures; and a plurality of intermediate structural beams parallel to each other, spaced apart from the two Between the end connecting seats, opposite ends of each of the intermediate structural beams are respectively connected to the plurality of intermediate segments of the two flexible structures; thereby enabling the two flexible structures to be simultaneously spread between the flat and curved shapes Posture conversion. The combination having a flexible structure according to claim 12, wherein one side of each of the segments is arc-shaped and provided with a fixing portion, and is further disposed on the side of the first elastic supporting body. Corresponding fixing portions are respectively fixed to the fixing portions. The combination of the flexible structure according to claim 12, wherein the side ends of the preset portions of the end segments respectively extend out of the hooks, and the intermediate segments are further divided into staggered overlaps. The first intermediate section and the second intermediate section, the opposite side ends of each of the second intermediate sections respectively extend out of the hooks, and the opposite side ends of the adjacent first intermediate sections are respectively recessed The docking groove is respectively connected to the hooks of the adjacent end segments and a hook of each of the second intermediate segments, and each of the docking slots is respectively connected to the channel on each side, so that each When the hooks loosen or hook each of the mating slots, the first elastic support body or the side of the second elastic support body can also be accessed. The combination of the flexible structure according to claim 12, wherein the preset portions of the end segments are respectively recessed with the docking slots, and the intermediate segments are further divided into the staggered overlapping portions. An intermediate section and a second intermediate section, wherein opposite end sides of each of the first intermediate sections are respectively recessed with abutting groove, and opposite side ends of the adjacent second intermediate sections respectively extend out of the card The hooks are respectively overlapped with the adjacent groove of each of the end segments and the pair of slots of each of the first intermediate segments, and each of the mating slots is respectively connected to the channel of each side, so that the cards are respectively When the hook loosens or hooks each of the mating slots, the first elastic support body or the side of the second elastic support body can also be accessed. The combination having a flexible structure according to claim 12, wherein each of the intermediate segments has the same structure and is provided with abutting groove at one end of each side, and at each of the intermediate segments The hook is extended from the opposite side end, and the hook is extended at the side end of the preset portion of the one end section to overlap the docking groove of the adjacent middle section, and the preset portion of the other end section is concave. a docking groove is provided to be overlapped by hooks of adjacent intermediate segments, and each of the mating slots is respectively connected to the channel on each side, so that each of the hooks loosens or hooks each of the mating slots The first elastic support body or the side of the second elastic support body can also be accessed. The combination of the flexible structures of claim 12, wherein each of the end segments of the segment group is provided with a receiving portion for communicating the side channels, each of the second elastic supporting bodies The positioning end portions are respectively introduced into the respective accommodating portions, and a slip is formed in each of the accommodating portions. The combination of the flexible structure according to claim 17, wherein each of the end segments further receives a positioning member in each of the receiving portions, and each of the positioning members is respectively fixed to each of the positioning ends. Corresponding positioning portions are respectively disposed on one side of each of the accommodating portions, and each of the positioning members is respectively slid in each of the accommodating portions or respectively positioned in each of the corresponding positioning portions. In one of the places, the segment group is positioned in a flat or curved shape.