CN113766052A

CN113766052A - Foldable electronic equipment and pressing assembly thereof

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Publication number: CN113766052A
Application number: CN202111183805.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄宏东
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-11
Filing date: 2021-10-11
Publication date: 2021-12-07
Also published as: WO2023060979A1

Abstract

The application provides a folding electronic equipment and pressfitting subassembly thereof, this pressfitting subassembly includes: a pressing part and a connecting part; wherein, the pressing piece is made of flexible material; the opposite ends of the pressing part are respectively used for being connected with a shell of the electronic equipment in a sliding manner in the length extending direction of the pressing part; one end of the connecting piece is connected with the middle part of the pressing piece, and the other end of the connecting piece is fixedly connected with a shell of the electronic equipment. The utility model provides a pressfitting subassembly for location of collapsible electronic equipment flexible display screen, the both ends through the pressfitting spare of making flexible material clamp between flexible display screen and clamp plate (decoration), can realize folding electronic equipment bending zone positive dustproof knot function of preventing, have simple structure, assemble easy characteristics.

Description

Foldable electronic equipment and pressing assembly thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of foldable electronic equipment structures, in particular to foldable electronic equipment and a pressing component thereof.

Background

The structure of the existing folding mobile phone generally comprises a flexible screen, a rotating shaft and a shell. The flexible screen is divided into a bending area and a non-bending area according to the movement condition, the bending area corresponds to the rotating shaft area, and the bending area is in a movement state in the bending process. The gap in the front bending area of the screen is large during movement, so that particle foreign matters can easily enter the screen, and the screen is damaged.

Disclosure of Invention

A first aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a pressing assembly for positioning a flexible display screen of a foldable electronic device, where the pressing assembly includes:

the pressing part is made of flexible materials; the opposite ends of the pressing part are respectively used for being connected with a shell of the electronic equipment in a sliding manner in the length extending direction of the pressing part;

and one end of the connecting piece is connected with the middle part of the pressing piece, and the other end of the connecting piece is fixedly connected with the shell of the electronic equipment.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a foldable electronic device, where the electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display screen, and the press-fit assembly described in any of the foregoing embodiments; the flexible display screen is connected with the shell and can be folded or unfolded along with the relative rotation of the shell, and the pressing components are arranged on two opposite sides of the bending area of the flexible display screen and used for pressing and positioning the bending area of the flexible display screen.

The utility model provides a pressfitting subassembly for location of collapsible electronic equipment flexible display screen, the both ends through the pressfitting spare of making flexible material clamp between flexible display screen and clamp plate (decoration), can realize folding electronic equipment bending zone positive dustproof knot function of preventing, have simple structure, assemble easy characteristics.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an unfolded state of an embodiment of a foldable electronic device of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a folded state structure of the electronic device in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a partially disassembled schematic view of the electronic device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a pressing assembly of the present application;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure at A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of the structure of the pressing assembly engaged with the rotating shaft assembly;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a partial cross-sectional configuration of the electronic device in an unfolded state;

fig. 8 is a partial structural cross-sectional view of the folded state of the electronic device;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a press-fit assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of another embodiment of a compression assembly of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a simplified schematic illustration of a configuration of a compression assembly engaged with a flexible display screen;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural sectional view of the electronic apparatus in an unfolded state;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural sectional view of the folded state of the electronic apparatus;

fig. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a structural composition of an embodiment of an electronic device according to the present application.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be noted that the following examples are only illustrative of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. Likewise, the following examples are only some but not all examples of the present invention, and all other examples obtained by those skilled in the art without any inventive step are within the scope of the present invention.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

As used herein, an "electronic device" (or simply "terminal") includes, but is not limited to, an apparatus that is configured to receive/transmit communication signals via a wireline connection, such as via a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), a digital cable, a direct cable connection, and/or another data connection/network, and/or via a wireless interface (e.g., for a cellular network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a digital television network such as a DVB-H network, a satellite network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter, and/or another communication terminal). A communication terminal arranged to communicate over a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", "wireless terminal" or "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellite or cellular telephones; a Personal Communications System (PCS) terminal that may combine a cellular radiotelephone with data processing, facsimile and data communications capabilities; PDAs that may include radiotelephones, pagers, internet/intranet access, Web browsers, notepads, calendars, and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include a radiotelephone transceiver. A cellular phone is an electronic device equipped with a cellular communication module.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 together, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an unfolded state of an embodiment of a foldable electronic device of the present application, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a folded state of the electronic device in the embodiment of fig. 1; it should be noted that the electronic device in the present application may include an electronic device with a foldable flexible display screen, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, and a wearable device. The electronic device 10 includes, but is not limited to, the following structures: the display device comprises a shell 100, a flexible display screen 200 and a press-fit assembly 300. It should be noted that the terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, in the embodiments of the present application, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or may alternatively include other steps or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3 together, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a partial structure of the electronic device in fig. 1 in a disassembled manner, the flexible display screen 200 is connected to the housing 100 and can be folded (in a state in fig. 2) or unfolded (in a state in fig. 1) along with the relative rotation of the housing 100, and the pressing components 300 are disposed on two opposite sides of a bending region of the flexible display screen 200 and are used for pressing and positioning the bending region of the flexible display screen 200 from a side position of the flexible display screen 200.

Optionally, with continued reference to fig. 3, the housing 100 includes a first housing 110, a second housing 120, and a rotating shaft assembly 130; the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 are respectively connected to the rotating shaft assembly 130, and the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 are rotatable relative to the rotating shaft assembly 130; the detailed structure of the rotating shaft assembly is within the understanding of those skilled in the art, and will not be described herein.

Optionally, the first casing 110 further comprises a first support plate 111 and a first pressure plate 112; the first supporting plate 111 is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft assembly 130; the second housing 120 includes a second support plate 121 and a second pressing plate 122; the second support plate 121 is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft assembly 130; the flexible display screen 200 is disposed on the same side surface of the first support plate 111 and the second support plate 121, and the first pressing plate 112 and the second pressing plate 122 are respectively pressed on the flexible display screen 200 from the edges of the first support plate 111 and the second support plate 121.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a pressing assembly according to an embodiment of the present application, and optionally, the pressing assembly 300 includes a pressing element 310 and a connecting element 320. Wherein, the pressing piece 310 is made of flexible material; specifically, it may be rubber or the like. The pressing member 310 can be bent and has a certain resilience. The opposite ends of the pressing member are respectively used for being slidably connected with the housing 100 of the electronic device in the length extending direction (X direction in the figure) of the pressing member 310. Specifically, referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of a position a in fig. 1, and two ends of the pressing member 310 are respectively inserted into the gap 101 between the first pressing plate 112 and the flexible display screen 200 and the gap 102 between the second pressing plate 122 and the flexible display screen 200. The first pressing plate 112 and the second pressing plate 122 provide a degree of freedom in the Z-direction for the end positions of the pair of pressing members 310, so as to prevent the pair of pressing members 310 from tilting in the Z-direction or being buckled by a user. It should be noted that the terms "first", "second" and "third" in the embodiments of the present application are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," or "third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

Referring to fig. 4, one end of the connecting element 320 is connected to the middle portion of the pressing element 310, and the other end is fixedly connected to the casing 100 of the electronic device. Specifically, the connecting member 320 is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft assembly 130 of the housing 100. Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is an enlarged view of a partial structure of the pressing assembly and the rotating shaft assembly, a mounting groove 131 is formed at an end of the rotating shaft assembly 130, and the connecting member 320 of the pressing assembly 300 is inserted into the mounting groove 131 and fixedly connected to the rotating shaft assembly 130.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8 together, fig. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic device in an unfolded state, and fig. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic device in a folded state; the pressing part 310 is made of flexible materials and can be bent along with the folding of the shell, and the middle position of the pressing part 310 is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft assembly 130 through the connecting piece 320, and two ends of the pressing part 310 can slide relative to the shell 100, so that the flexible display screen 200 can be pressed and positioned in a bending area to be sealed in a waterproof and dustproof mode at the position of a gap between the flexible display screen 200 and the rotating shaft assembly 130.

Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a schematic view illustrating a disassembled structure of a press-fit assembly according to an embodiment of the present application, and optionally, the press-fit assembly 300 further includes auxiliary shape-fixing members 330 respectively embedded at two opposite ends of the press-fit member 310; the hardness of the material of the auxiliary shape-fixing member 330 is greater than that of the material of the pressing member 310. Alternatively, the auxiliary form 330 may be metal or hard plastic. Such as stainless steel or metal alloys, etc.

Optionally, with continued reference to fig. 9, the pressing element 310 includes a pressing portion 313, a first connecting portion 311, and a second connecting portion 312, which are integrally formed, specifically, the pressing portion 313, the first connecting portion 311, and the second connecting portion 312 may be integrally injection molded. The first connecting portion 311 and the second connecting portion 312 are respectively connected to two ends of the pressing portion 313, and extend toward the thickness (Z direction in the figure) of the pressing portion 313; the auxiliary shaping element 330 is embedded in the first connecting portion 311 and the second connecting portion 312.

Optionally, the connecting member 320 includes a first connecting member 321 and a second connecting member 322, one end of the first connecting member 321 is connected with the pressing portion 313 of the pressing member 310 by injection molding, the other end of the first connecting member is connected with the second connecting member 322, and the second connecting member 322 is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft assembly 130 of the housing 100 of the electronic device. Optionally, the material of the connecting member 320 may be metal or rigid plastic. Such as stainless steel or aluminum alloy, etc.

The pressing component in the embodiment, the manufacturing process thereof may be that the soft glue (pressing component 310) is molded together with the SUS (auxiliary shape fixing part 330, the first connecting piece 321) in the mold, the SUS is welded with the metal pressing block (second connecting piece 322) or fixed together by glue dispensing, the soft glue on both sides of the first connecting piece 321 can be bent, the first connecting piece 321 is fixed behind the second connecting piece 322, one, the soft glue bending area can be further bent, two, the gap between the soft glue and the metal pressing block can be ensured to be small, and the appearance expressive force is improved. Referring to fig. 7 and 8, when the electronic device is folded, the flexible display 200 pushes the flexible glue (the pressing member 310) to bend, when the electronic device is unfolded, the flexible glue will stick to the flexible display 200 due to its own resilience, and then unfold, and when the electronic device is completely unfolded, the flexible glue is pressed by the decorating members (the first pressing plate 112 and the second pressing plate 122) in the Z direction. Because the flexible display screen 200 can be lifted up when being bent, the SUS (the first connecting part 311) of the pressing component 200 avoids the edge of the flexible display screen 200 for more than 0.2mm in the Z direction, so that the damage to the flexible display screen 200 can be reduced, if the SUS and the screen do not avoid, when the flexible display screen 200 is bent and lifted up, the flexible display screen 200 touches an object with high rigidity, and the probability of damage can be greatly improved.

Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the pressing assembly of the present application, in which the pressing element 310 of the pressing assembly 300 further includes a pressing portion 314, the pressing portion 314 is integrally connected to an edge of the pressing portion 313, the pressing portion 314, the first connecting portion 311, and the second connecting portion 312 are respectively located at two sides of the pressing portion 313 in a width direction (Y direction in the figure), and the extending directions of the pressing portion 314, the first connecting portion 311, and the second connecting portion 312 are the same and both extend toward the same side of the pressing portion 313 in a thickness direction (Z direction in the figure). Referring to fig. 11, fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a structure of the press-fit assembly and the flexible display screen, in which the pressing stop portion 314 is used for abutting against the flexible display screen 200, and the pressing stop portion 314 can appropriately reduce the gap 302 between the press-fit portion 313 and the flexible display screen 200, so as to enhance the appearance performance. It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present application are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

Referring to fig. 12 and 13 together, fig. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating an unfolded state of the electronic device, and fig. 13 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a folded state of the electronic device, wherein the electronic device can be folded and unfolded along the direction of the double-headed arrow in fig. 12. The electronic device in the embodiment of the present application may further include a functional device 400, wherein the functional device 400 may include a battery 410, a circuit board 420, and the like, and wherein the functional device 400 (the battery 410 and the circuit board 420 in the illustration) may be disposed in an accommodating cavity of the housing 100 (the first support plate 111 and the second support plate 121). Other structural features of the electronic device are within the understanding of those skilled in the art, and are not listed and described in detail herein.

Referring to fig. 14, fig. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a structural composition of an embodiment of an electronic device according to the present application, where the electronic device may be a foldable mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a wearable device, and the like, and the embodiment illustrates the foldable mobile phone as an example. The structure of the electronic device 10 may include an RF circuit 910, a memory 920, an input unit 930, a display unit 940 (i.e., the flexible display 200 in the above-described embodiment), a sensor 950, an audio circuit 960, a wifi module 970, a processor 980 (which may be the circuit board 420 in the above-described embodiment), a power supply 990 (which may be the battery 410 in the above-described embodiment), and the like. Wherein the RF circuit 910, the memory 920, the input unit 930, the display unit 940, the sensor 950, the audio circuit 960, and the wifi module 970 are respectively connected with the processor 980; power supply 990 is operable to provide power to the entire electronic device 10.

Specifically, the RF circuit 910 is used for transmitting and receiving signals; the memory 920 is used for storing data instruction information; the input unit 930 is used for inputting information, and may specifically include a touch panel 931 and other input devices 932 such as operation keys; the display unit 940 may include a display panel 941; the sensor 950 includes an infrared sensor, a laser sensor, etc. for detecting a user approach signal, a distance signal, etc.; a speaker 961 and a microphone 962 are connected to the processor 980 through the audio circuit 960 for emitting and receiving sound signals; the wifi module 970 is used for receiving and transmitting wifi signals, and the processor 980 is used for processing data information of the electronic device. For specific structural features of the electronic device, please refer to the related description of the above embodiments, and detailed descriptions thereof will not be provided herein.

The utility model provides a pressfitting subassembly for collapsible electronic equipment, its flexible display screen location, the both ends clamp between flexible display screen and clamp plate (decoration) through the pressfitting spare of making flexible material, can realize folding electronic equipment bending region positive dustproof prevent detaining the function, have simple structure, assemble easy characteristics. The embodiment of the application provides can be applicable to water droplet (the flexible display screen bending region is in the shape under complete electronic equipment fold condition, as shown in fig. 8) screen briquetting structure, realizes the dustproof effect of preventing detaining in the positive pivot district of the folding cell-phone of water droplet, and this briquetting structure also is applicable to U type screen equally.

The above description is only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent devices or equivalent processes performed by the present invention through the contents of the specification and the drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A press-fit assembly for positioning a flexible display screen of a foldable electronic device, wherein the press-fit assembly comprises:

The pressing piece is made of flexible material; the opposite ends of the pressing piece are respectively used for slidably connecting with the casing of the electronic device in the length extension direction of the pressing piece;

A connecting piece, one end of the connecting piece is connected with the middle of the pressing piece, and the other end is fixedly connected with the casing of the electronic device.

2 . The press-fit assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the press-fit assembly further comprises auxiliary shaping parts, and the auxiliary shaping parts are respectively embedded at opposite ends of the press-fitting parts; The material hardness of the setting piece is greater than the material hardness of the pressing piece.

3 . The press-fit assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the press-fit member comprises a press-fit portion, a first connection portion and a second connection portion of an integral structure, the first connection portion and the first connection portion are 3 . The two connecting parts are respectively connected with the two ends of the pressing part and extend toward the thickness direction of the pressing part; the auxiliary shaping part is embedded in the first connecting part and the second connecting part.

4 . The press-fit assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the press-fit member further comprises a press-fit portion, the press-block portion is integrally connected with the edge of the press-fit portion, and the press-fit portion is connected to the edge of the press-fit portion. 5 . The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are respectively located on both sides of the pressing portion in the width direction, and the pressing portion and the extending direction of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are the same.

5. The press-fit assembly according to claim 1, wherein the connector comprises a first connector and a second connector, and one end of the first connector is integrally connected with the press-fit by injection molding, The other end is connected with the second connecting piece, and the second connecting piece is fixedly connected with the housing of the electronic device.

6 . The press-fit assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the material of the connector is metal or hard plastic. 7 .

7 . The pressing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the pressing member is rubber. 8 .

8. A foldable electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises a casing, a flexible display screen, and the press-fit assembly according to any one of claims 1-7; the flexible display screen and the casing and can be folded or flattened with the relative rotation of the casing. The pressing components are arranged on opposite sides of the bending area of the flexible display screen, and are used for the bending area of the flexible display screen. Press-fit positioning.

9 . The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the casing comprises a first casing, a second casing and a rotating shaft assembly; the first casing and the second casing are respectively connected with the The rotating shaft assembly is connected, the first casing and the second casing are rotatable relative to the rotating shaft assembly; the connecting piece of the pressing assembly is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft assembly.

10 . The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the first housing comprises a first support plate and a first pressure plate; the first support plate is rotatably connected to the shaft assembly; the second The casing includes a second support plate and a second pressure plate; the second support plate is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft assembly; the flexible display screen is arranged on the same side surface of the first support plate and the second support plate , the first pressing plate and the second pressing plate press the flexible display screen from the edges of the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate respectively, and the two ends of the pressing member are respectively inserted into the flexible display screen. The gap between the first pressing plate and the flexible display screen and the gap between the second pressing plate and the flexible display screen.