TWM537376U - Flexible display equipment and supporting device - Google Patents

Description

Flexible display device and support device

The present invention relates to a display device, and also relates to a flexible display device and a support device.

When the existing supporting device is bent, since the total length of the pivot module in the supporting device is maintained before and after bending, the bending radius of the plate member installed on the inner side of the supporting device due to bending (R) The angle is smaller than the bending radius of the above-mentioned hinge module, so the plate member is compressed by the hinge module, which may cause the plate to be deformed. That is to say, when the flexible display screen is mounted on the existing supporting device and bent, the soft display screen mounted on the inner side of the supporting device is easily compressed by the supporting device, which may cause damage to the flexible display screen.

Therefore, the creator felt that the above defects could be improved. He devoted himself to research and cooperated with the application of scientific principles, and finally proposed a creation that is reasonable in design and effective in improving the above defects.

The present invention provides a flexible display device and a supporting device for solving the problems that may occur in the existing supporting device.

The present invention discloses a flexible display device, comprising: two supporting devices, each comprising: a pivot module comprising: a plurality of pivot axes arranged in parallel with each other; and a plurality of torsion units arranged in a plurality of a plurality of the pivoting units, and each of the plurality of torsion units has a positioning portion and a driving portion on opposite sides; and two buffer modules respectively located on opposite outer sides of the column of the pivots and respectively mounted on Two positioning portions, two of the buffer modules respectively corresponding to two of the driving portions, each of the The punching module comprises: an outer connecting member fixed to the corresponding positioning portion; an inner connecting member which is slidably disposed on the outer connecting member, and the inner connecting member is provided with one facing the outer connecting member a rack; and a gear engaged with the corresponding driving portion and the rack; wherein the hub module can be pivoted with at least one of the plurality of pivots Actuated between a flat position and an in-fold position; when the hinge module is in the flattened position, the support device has a flat shape; when the hinge module is in the inner folded position, the support device is curved And the two inner joints are located inside the support device; a plurality of the torque units are configured to provide a corresponding torque to enable the hub module to be in the flattened position The inner folding position is stopped at any time; when the pivot module is moved from the flattened position toward the inner folding position, in each of the buffer modules, the corresponding driving portion passes through the gear Driving the rack to make the inner connector relative to the outer connector A plurality of sliding in a direction away from said pivot; a carrier plate fixed to the two inner connection member support means; and a flexible display is mounted on the carrier plate.

The present invention also discloses a supporting device, comprising: a pivot module comprising: a plurality of pivots arranged in parallel with each other; and a plurality of torsion units, sleeved on the plurality of pivots, and a plurality of The torsion unit has a positioning portion and a driving portion on opposite sides; and two buffer modules respectively located on opposite outer sides of the column of the pivot and respectively mounted on the two positioning portions, two The buffer modules respectively correspond to the two driving portions, and each of the buffer modules comprises: an outer connecting member fixed to the corresponding positioning portion; and an inner connecting member disposed at a relatively sliding position The outer member is provided with a rack facing the outer member; and a gear is engaged with the corresponding driving portion and the rack; wherein the hub module can At least one of the plurality of pivots is pivoted to operate between a flattened position and an inwardly folded position; and when the hinge module is in the flattened position, the support device has a flat shape; When the hinge module is located at the inner folded position, Supporting means is curved, and the inner contact member positioned inside said two of said support means; a plurality of torsion of the torsion unit is configured to provide a corresponding, so that the hub The module can be stopped at any time between the flattened position and the inner folded position; when the pivot module is actuated from the flattened position toward the inner folded position, in each of the buffer modules The corresponding driving portion drives the rack through the gear to slide the inner connecting member in a direction away from the plurality of pivots with respect to the outer connecting member.

In summary, the flexible display device and the supporting device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention can be moved by the inner connecting member relative to the outer connecting member when the pivoting module is bent, so as to avoid pressing or compressing the inner component of the pivot module (for example). : Soft display or carrier board). Therefore, the appearance of the flexible display screen of the flexible display device can be consistent with the hinge module, so that the flexible display screen can be effectively supported by the support device.

In order to further understand the features and technical contents of the present invention, please refer to the following detailed description of the present invention and the accompanying drawings, but the drawings are only for reference and description, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

100‧‧‧Soft display device

1‧‧‧Support device

11‧‧‧ Hub Module

111‧‧‧ pivot

112‧‧‧Torque unit

1121‧‧‧ Positioning Department

1122‧‧‧Drive Department

113‧‧‧Link unit

12‧‧‧ Buffer module

121‧‧‧External parts

1211‧‧‧ board

1212‧‧‧Flange

1213‧‧‧Fixed Department

1214‧‧‧ Guide pin

1215‧‧ ‧ gap

122‧‧‧Interconnects

1221‧‧‧Connecting plate

1222‧‧‧Roller

1223‧‧‧Track hole

1224‧‧‧Rack

123‧‧‧ Gears

124‧‧‧ pivot rod

2‧‧‧Connecting parts

3‧‧‧Connecting tube

4‧‧‧Bearing board

41‧‧‧metal layer

42‧‧‧Cushion

5‧‧‧Soft display

FIG. 1A is a perspective view of the creation of a flexible display device.

FIG. 1B is a partially enlarged plan view of FIG. 1A.

2A is a perspective view of the flexible display device of FIG. 1A after being bent 180 degrees.

2B is a partially enlarged plan view of FIG. 2A.

Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of Fig. 1A (the soft display screen is omitted).

4 is an exploded perspective view of another perspective of FIG. 1A (the soft display screen is omitted).

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the creation support device.

Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is an exploded perspective view of another perspective of Figure 5.

Please refer to FIG. 1A to FIG. 7 . For the embodiment of the present invention, it should be noted that the related quantity and appearance mentioned in the embodiment are only used to specifically describe the present embodiment. The implementation of the creation is to facilitate understanding of the content of this creation, rather than to limit the scope of protection of this creation.

As shown in FIG. 1A to FIG. 4 , the present embodiment discloses a flexible display device 100 including two supporting devices 1 , two connecting members 2 connecting the two supporting devices 1 , a plurality of connecting tubes 3 , and a carrying board 4 . And a soft display 5. The carrier board 4 is mounted on one side of the supporting device 1, the connecting member 2, and the connecting tube 3 (the bottom side in FIG. 1A), and the flexible display screen 5 is disposed on the carrying board 4. In particular, the present embodiment refers to a soft display device 100 that can be bent inwardly to 180 degrees (as shown in FIG. 2A ) without damage to the soft display screen 5 corresponding to the portion of the support device 1 , but this creation does not Limited by this.

It should be noted that the interlocking relationship in the flexible display device 100 is a relative motion, but in the drawings of the present embodiment, a description will be made in a manner of fixing a part of the member to facilitate understanding of the present creation. Furthermore, although the present embodiment is described with respect to the application of the support device 1 to the flexible display device 100, the support device 1 can be applied to other devices, and is not limited to the flexible display device 100.

Hereinafter, the description will be given of the respective component configurations when the flexible display device 100 is in the form of a flat plate, and then the respective component connection relationships of the flexible display device 100 and the respective component actuation relationships when the flexible display device 100 is bent will be described as appropriate. Wherein, since the configurations of the two supporting devices 1 are substantially the same or symmetrical, in order to avoid redundancy, only the detailed configuration of one of the supporting devices 1 will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 , the support device 1 includes a hinge module 11 and two buffer modules 12 mounted on opposite sides of the hinge module 11 . The maximum height of the hub module 11 in the embodiment is about 2 mm, and the pivot module 11 includes a plurality of pivots 111 arranged in parallel with each other, and is sleeved on the plurality of pivots. The plurality of torsion units 112 of the shaft 111 and the plurality of coupling units 113. The pivot shaft 111 is a round rod in the present embodiment and is provided in total twelve, but the present creation is not limited thereto. The connecting unit 113 may be a single piece and a plurality of stacked sheets. It is intended to be combined, and each of the joint units 113 is two pivot shafts 111 that are sleeved adjacent but are provided with different torque units 112.

The torsion unit 112 can be any combination of a single gear, a plurality of stacked teeth, and a plurality of stacked spacers, and each of the torsion units 112 can be sleeved on a single pivot 111, two The pivot shaft 111 or the three pivot shafts 111, and in the present embodiment, any two adjacent torsion units 112 in the same row are engaged with each other. Furthermore, the torsion units 112 of the present embodiment are arranged in a plurality of rows, and at least one of the plurality of torsion units 112 of the plurality of torsion units 112 is located on the opposite side and each has a strip-shaped positioning portion 1121; Two of the plurality of torsion units 112 of the other of the plurality of torsion units 112 are located on opposite sides and each has a strip-shaped driving portion 1122.

In the present embodiment, the two torsion units 112 that are located on the same row and have the positioning portion 1121 are respectively disposed on the outermost two pivots 111 of the column pivot 111, and the two positioning portions 1121 Located outside the column pivot 111. Specifically, the torsion unit 112 of the present embodiment has a total of six positioning portions 1121 for respectively connecting the two hub modules 11 , but is not limited thereto. Furthermore, in one of the adjacent two rows of torsion units 112, a torsion unit 112 having no positioning portion 1121 and sleeved on the two pivots 111 is included, and the two pivot shafts 111 are respectively disposed in the other of the columns. Two intermeshing torque units 112.

In addition, each driving portion 1122 is formed in one of the torsion units 112 in the present embodiment, and any one of the torsion units 112 formed with the driving portion 1122 is sleeved on the plurality of pivots 111 (eg, formed with The plurality of pivots 111 of the one of the torsion units 112 of the driving portion 1122 are sequentially arranged inward from the outermost side of the pivot shaft 111 of the column, and the plurality of driving portions 1122 are located at the column pivot The outer side of the 111 is used to drive the two hub modules 11 respectively. The number (eg, three) of the pivots 111 that are formed by any one of the torsion units 112 of the driving unit 1122 is larger than that of any of the torsion units 112 that are not formed with the driving unit 1122. The number of pivots 111 is described, but the embodiment is not limited thereto.

Thereby, the pivot module 11 can be centered on at least one of the pivots 111 of the plurality of pivots 111 in a flattened position (as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B) and an inwardly folded position (as shown in the figure). Actuated between 2A and 2B). Wherein, when the pivot module 11 is in the flattened position, the support device 1 has a flat shape; when the hinge module 11 is in the inner folded position, the support device 1 is curved, and the two buffer modules 12 ( The inner connector 122) is located inside the support device 1. In the present embodiment, the position of the hinge module 11 bent to 180 degrees as shown in FIG. 2A is defined as the above-mentioned inner folding position, but is not limited thereto. Furthermore, when the bending module 11 is flexed, the corresponding torque is provided by the torque unit 112 or/and the connecting unit 113 so that the pivot module 11 can be between the flattened position and the inwardly folded position. Stop at any time at any time.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the two buffer modules 12 are respectively located on opposite outer sides of the column pivots 111 , and the two buffer modules 12 are respectively mounted on the positioning portions 1121 located on opposite sides of the plurality of torsion units 112 . And the two buffer modules 12 also correspond to the plurality of driving portions 1122, respectively. In the above, since the configurations of the two buffer modules 12 are substantially the same or symmetrical, in order to avoid redundancy, only the detailed configuration of one of the buffer modules 12 will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , the buffer module 12 includes an external component 121 fixed to the corresponding positioning portion 1121 and an inner connector 122 that is slidably disposed on the outer connector 121 and movably connected to each other. The two gears 123 of the driving portion 1122 and the inner connecting member 122 and the pivoting rods 124 fixed to the corresponding positioning portions 1121 and pivoted to the two gears 123 are pivoted. The outer connector 121 and the inner connector 122 can maintain a relative position when the driving member 123 and the linking member 124 are stationary, and the engaging member 123 and the connecting member 1121 are engaged with the inner connecting member 122, and When the driving member 123 and the linking member 124 actuate, the relative movement occurs.

In more detail, the outer connector 121 is provided for a cover plate (not shown), thereby shielding the two supporting devices 1, the connecting member 2 and the connecting tube 3 through the covering plate to avoid the above two supports. The device 1, the connector 2, and the connecting tube 3 are injured to the user. The outer connector 121 has a plate body 1211, two flanges 1212 extending from the opposite ends of the plate body 1211 toward the carrier plate 4, and at least one fixing portion 1213 formed on the plate body 1211 (eg, opening) And at least one guide pin 1214 disposed on the plate body 1211. Moreover, the number of the fixing portions 1213 is equivalent to the corresponding number of the positioning portions 1121 in the embodiment, and the outer connecting member 121 is fixed to the corresponding positioning portion 1121 of the hinge module 11 by the fixing portion 1213.

The inner connecting member 122 has a connecting plate 1221 , a plurality of rollers 1222 mounted at two ends of the connecting plate 1221 (such as two rollers 1222 disposed at each end of the connecting plate 1221 ), and two facing the outer connecting member 121 Rack 1224. The inner connecting member 122 can be fixed to the carrying plate 4 through the connecting plate 1221, and the connecting plate 1221 is formed with an elongated at least one track hole 1223, and the guiding pin 1214 of the outer connecting member 121 is movably The rail hole 1223 is bored. The two flanges 1211 of the outer member 121 are slidably disposed on the plurality of rollers 1222 located at opposite ends of the connecting plate 1221.

Further, the plate body 1211 of the outer connector 121 is formed at each end portion (such as the top and bottom of the plate body 1211 in FIG. 6) with a notch 1215 corresponding to at least a portion of the rack 1224, and the corresponding drive The portion 1122 and the gear 123 are exposed from the outer connector 121 via the notch 1215. And the notch 1215 can communicate with one of the fixing portions 1213.

However, in the embodiment, the two flanges 1212 are respectively disposed on the roller 1222. However, in an embodiment not shown, the outer connector 121 may only form one flange 1212. The connector 122 forms a roller 1222 corresponding to the flange 1212. Furthermore, the outer member 121 may be formed with only one rack 1224, and each supporting device 1 corresponds to the one rack 1224 and only one gear 123 and one driving portion 1122 are connected.

Each of the gears 123 is engaged with a corresponding driving portion 1122 and a rack 1224. Thereby, the two gears 123 can drive the two racks 1224 of the inner joint 122 respectively through the corresponding driving portions 1122. Since each of the gears 123 has substantially the same or the same symmetry and structure as the driving portions 1122 and the racks 1124 that are engaged with each other, only a set of the gears 123, the driving portion 1122, and the rack 1124 that are matched with each other will be described as an example. . In more detail, the gear 123 is a spur gear in this embodiment and is pivotally connected to the adjacent positioning portion 1121 by the pivoting rod 124. The center axis of the gear 123 is preferably perpendicular to the positioning. The length direction of the portion 1121, but the present creation is not limited thereto.

Thereby, when the pivot module 11 is bent (please refer to FIG. 1B and FIG. 2B and timely refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 ), the driving portion 1122 of the pivot module 11 makes the gear 123 relative to the positioning portion. The 1121 is rotated to drive the intermeshing rack 1224 so that the inner member 122 slides relative to the outer member 121.

That is, when the pivot module 11 is actuated from the flattened position (as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B) toward the inwardly folded position (as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B), in each of the buffer modules 12 The corresponding driving portion 1122 drives the rack 1224 of the inner connecting member 122 through the gear 123 to slide the inner connecting member 122 in a direction away from the plurality of the pivot shafts 111 with respect to the outer connecting member 121. The sliding distance of the inner connecting member 122 relative to the outer connecting member 121 is preferably proportional to the bending amplitude of the hinge module 11, but is not limited thereto.

Wherein, as shown in FIG. 1B, when the guiding pin 1214 is relatively moved to one of the two ends of the track hole 1223 (such as the right end of the track hole 1223 in FIG. 1B), the guiding pin 1214 and the track hole 1223 are restrained. Therefore, the external member 121 cannot be further moved to the left relative to the inner member 122, so the hinge module 11 is maintained in the flattened position. As shown in FIG. 2B, when the guide pin 1214 is relatively moved to the other end of the track hole 1223, the other end (such as the left end of the track hole 1223 in FIG. 2B), the guide pin 1214 and the track hole 1223 are restrained. Therefore, the external component 121 cannot be further moved to the right relative to the inner connector 122, so the hinge module 11 is maintained at the inner folding position. Set.

3 and 4, the connecting member 2 is an elongated piece, and each connecting piece 2 is a two connecting member 122 that is fixedly adjacent but belongs to different supporting devices 1 (such as the upper left in FIG. 3). The side inner joint 122 and the lower left inner joint member 122) are adjacent to each other but are different from the two inner joint members 122 of the support device 1 (the connecting plate 1221) in the embodiment The connecting member 2 is an integrally formed structure, but is not limited thereto. One ends of the plurality of connecting tubes 3 (such as the top end in FIG. 3) are respectively sleeved on the plurality of pivots 111 of one of the supporting devices 1, and the other ends of the plurality of connecting tubes 3 (as shown in the top of FIG. 3) Each of the plurality of pivots 111 of the other supporting device 1 is sleeved. Thereby, by providing the above-described connecting member 2 and the connecting pipe 3, it is possible to assist the two supporting devices 1 to operate more smoothly.

The carrier plate 4 is fixed to the connector piece 2 of the inner connector 122 of the two supporting devices 1 and the connecting member 2. The carrier board 4 includes a metal layer 41 and a cushion layer 42. The cushion layer 42 is fixed to the connecting member 122 of the two supporting devices 1 and the connecting member 2. And the flexible display screen 5 is mounted, and the metal layer 41 is sandwiched between the cushion layer 42 and the two supporting devices 1.

In addition, although the present embodiment is described as an example in which the flexible display panel 5 is attached to the carrier board 4, it is not limited thereto. For example, in another embodiment not shown, the flexible display screen 5 also has a connecting plate 1221 that can be directly fixed to the inner joints of the two supporting devices 1.

As shown in FIG. 1A to FIG. 2B , the flexible display device 100 disclosed in the present embodiment can pass through the inner connector 122 when the pivot module 11 is bent between the flattened position and the inwardly folded position. Moving with the connector 2) relative to the connector 121 prevents the hub module 11 from compressing or compressing the flexible display 5 (or the carrier panel 4). Therefore, The appearance of the flexible display screen 5 can be kept in line with the hinge module 11 so that the flexible display screen 5 can be effectively supported by the two supporting devices 1 described above.

Furthermore, the flexible display device 100 is designed such that the pivot module 11 of each support device 1 is difficult to move from the flattened position toward the non-inwardly folded position, thereby avoiding the soft display. 5 (or the carrier plate 4) is folded outward to cause damage.

In addition, each of the above-mentioned pivot modules 11 is C-shaped when located in the inner folded position (as shown in FIG. 2A ), and corresponds to the soft display screen 5 of each of the plurality of connecting modules 3 and the plurality of connecting tubes 3 The inward bending is C-shaped, and the portions of the flexible display screen 5 corresponding to the plurality of buffer modules 12 and the two connecting members 2 are parallel to each other.

The above description is only the preferred and feasible embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. All the equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the present application should be covered by the present invention.

100‧‧‧Soft display device

1‧‧‧Support device

11‧‧‧ Hub Module

111‧‧‧ pivot

12‧‧‧ Buffer module

121‧‧‧External parts

122‧‧‧Interconnects

2‧‧‧Connecting parts

3‧‧‧Connecting tube

4‧‧‧Bearing board

5‧‧‧Soft display

Claims (10)

A flexible display device comprising: two supporting devices, each comprising: a pivot module comprising: a plurality of pivots arranged in parallel with each other; and a plurality of torsion units sleeved on the plurality of pivots And the plurality of torsion units respectively have a positioning portion and a driving portion on opposite sides; and two buffer modules respectively located on opposite outer sides of the column of the pivots and respectively mounted on the two positioning positions The two buffer modules respectively correspond to the two driving portions, and each of the buffer modules comprises: an outer connecting member fixed to the corresponding positioning portion; and an inner connecting member capable of sliding relative to each other Positioning on the outer connector, and the inner connector is provided with a rack facing the outer connector; and a gear meshing with the corresponding driving portion and the rack; wherein the hub The module can be actuated between a flattened position and an inwardly folded position with at least one of the plurality of pivots as an axis; the support device when the pivot module is in the flattened position Formed in a flat shape; the hinge module is located in the inner fold The support device is curved, and the two inner joints are located inside the support device; the plurality of the torque units are configured to provide a corresponding torque to enable the hub module to Stopping between the flattened position and the inwardly folded position; when the pivoting module is actuated from the flattened position toward the inwardly folded position, corresponding to each of the buffer modules The driving portion drives the rack through the gear to slide the inner joint relative to the outer joint in a direction away from the plurality of pivots; a carrier plate is fixed to the two An inner connector of the support device; and a flexible display screen mounted to the carrier plate. The flexible display device of claim 1, wherein the support device is provided in any one of In each of the buffer modules, the gear is a spur gear and is pivotally connected to the positioning portion adjacent thereto, and a center axis of the gear is perpendicular to a length direction of the positioning portion. The flexible display device of claim 1, wherein each of the hinge modules is C-shaped when the inner hinge position is located, and the flexible display screen is bent corresponding to a portion of each of the hinge modules. The shape of the flexible display screen corresponding to the plurality of buffer modules is parallel to each other. The flexible display device of claim 1, wherein in each of the buffer modules of any one of the supporting devices, the outer connecting member is formed with a notch corresponding to at least a part of the rack, corresponding to The drive unit and the gear are exposed from the outer member via the notch. The flexible display device of claim 1, wherein in each of the buffer modules of any one of the supporting devices, the inner connecting member comprises a plurality of rollers, and the outer connecting member is formed with a flange. And the flange is slidably disposed on the plurality of rollers. The flexible display device of claim 1, wherein in any one of the supporting devices, the inner connecting member of each of the buffer modules is formed with an elongated track hole and on the outer connector. a guiding pin movably disposed through the track hole, the hub module being maintained at the exhibition when the guiding pin is relatively moved to one end of the two ends of the track hole a flat position; the hinge module is maintained at the inner folded position when the guide pin is relatively moved to the other end of the two ends of the track hole. The flexible display device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising two connecting members and a plurality of connecting tubes, adjacent to each other but different from the supporting device a structure integrally formed with one of the connecting members, one end of each of the connecting tubes is respectively sleeved to a plurality of the pivots of one of the supporting devices, and the other ends of the plurality of connecting tubes are respectively sleeved A plurality of said pivots connected to the other of said support means. The flexible display device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein each of the driving portions is formed in one of the torsion units, and any one of the torsion units in which the driving portion is formed is a sleeve Provided in a plurality of said pivots. The flexible display device of claim 8, wherein the plurality of pivots of the torsion unit formed by any one of the driving portions are sequentially oriented from the outermost side of the pivot axis of the column Arranging internally; the number of the pivots that are set by any one of the torsion units formed with the driving portion is greater than the pivoting of the torsion unit that is not formed with the driving portion quantity. A support device comprising: a pivot module comprising: a plurality of pivots arranged in parallel with each other; and a plurality of torsion units sleeved on the plurality of pivots, and wherein the plurality of torsion units are opposite Each of the two sides has a positioning portion and a driving portion; and two buffer modules are respectively located on opposite outer sides of the column of the pivot and are respectively mounted on the two positioning portions, and the two buffer modules respectively Corresponding to the two driving portions, each of the buffer modules includes: an outer connecting member fixed to the corresponding positioning portion; an inner connecting member that is slidably disposed on the outer connecting member, and The inner connecting member is provided with a rack facing the outer connecting member; and a tooth transmission is engaged with the corresponding driving portion and the rack; wherein the pivot module can have a plurality of the pivots At least one pivot of the shaft is an axis and is operated between a flattened position and an inwardly folded position; when the hinge module is in the flattened position, the supporting device has a flat shape; the pivot module When the inner folding position is located, the supporting device is curved And the two inner joints are located inside the support device; the plurality of the torque units are configured to provide a corresponding torque to enable the pivot module to be in the flattened position and the inner fold Stopping between positions at any time; when the hub module is actuated from the flattened position toward the inwardly folded position, in each of the buffer modules, relative The drive unit is configured to drive the rack by the gear to slide the inner joint relative to the outer joint in a direction away from the plurality of pivots.