Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a supporting structural member and a display device, which are used for supporting a display panel in multiple directions and improving the stability of the display panel in use.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a support structure for a display panel, including: a first support member; the second support piece can be telescopically connected with the first support piece along a first direction, and is provided with a rotatable support rod; wherein at least a portion of the support rod extends along a second direction to support the display panel in a state where the second support member extends out of the first support member, the second direction intersecting the first direction.
According to one aspect of the present invention, the first support has first protruding portions spaced apart from each other in the second direction, first grooves located between the first protruding portions, and first connecting portions connecting ends of the first protruding portions away from the second support; preferably, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.
According to one aspect of the invention, the second support is provided with second extending parts distributed at intervals in the second direction, and the second extending parts are matched with the first grooves to realize telescopic connection; the supporting rod is arranged on one side of the second extending part close to the display panel; preferably, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.
According to one aspect of the invention, the device further comprises a driving component for driving the supporting rod to rotate so as to enable the supporting rod to rotate to extend along the second direction; the driving assembly comprises a toothed strip and a gear set, the toothed strip is arranged at one end of each first extending part, and the gear set is arranged on the second extending part and connected with the supporting rod; when the second supporting piece extends out of the first supporting piece, each gear in the gear set is meshed with the tooth-shaped strip to rotate so as to drive the supporting rod to rotate; preferably, an extending direction of each of the support rods is perpendicular to an extending direction of the second extending portion in a state where the second support extends out of the first support.
According to one aspect of the invention, the gear set comprises a driving gear and a transmission gear which are meshed with each other, the driving gear is used for being meshed with the tooth-shaped strip to rotate, and the transmission gear is connected with the middle point of the supporting rod.
According to one aspect of the invention, the second extending part is provided with a gear cavity extending along the first direction, the gear set is arranged in the gear cavity, the number of the transmission gears is multiple, the transmission gears are arranged along the first direction, and the total length of the transmission gears in the gear cavity is greater than or equal to one half of the length of the supporting rod; preferably, the radius of the driving gear is larger than that of the transmission gear.
According to one aspect of the invention, two opposite ends of the support rod are respectively provided with magnetic parts with different magnetism, and when the second support member extends out of the first support member, two adjacent support rods are attracted and distributed through the magnetic parts with different magnetism.
According to one aspect of the invention, the supporting rods are provided with hollow cavities, a fixed plate and magnetic stripes which are respectively connected with the opposite surfaces of the fixed plate through elastic pieces are arranged in the hollow cavities, and the magnetic stripes of two adjacent supporting rods are extended out of the hollow cavities and are in suction connection with each other when the second supporting pieces are extended out of the first supporting pieces.
According to an aspect of the present invention, the second support further includes a drum portion for fixing the display panel, the drum portion being provided at an end of the second support away from the first support.
Another aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a display device, including: the support structure, such as the support structure and the display panel in any of the above embodiments, is fixed to the support structure.
Compared with the prior art, the supporting structure provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a first supporting piece and a second supporting piece, wherein the second supporting piece is provided with a rotatable supporting rod, the supporting rod is rotated to extend along the second direction and intersect with the first direction when the second supporting piece extends out of the first supporting piece, in particular, the supporting structure is applied to a display panel, and the supporting rod is rotated to extend along the second direction when the display panel is unfolded and extended, so that the display panel is supported in multiple directions, the display panel is prevented from sinking due to the fact that part of the display panel is not supported, and the stability of the display panel in use is improved.
Detailed Description
Features and exemplary embodiments of various aspects of the present invention will be described in detail below. In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details. The following description of the embodiments is merely intended to provide a better understanding of the present invention by illustrating examples of the present invention.
It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
For a better understanding of the present invention, a supporting structure and a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 10.
Referring to fig. 1 to 2, an embodiment of the invention provides a supporting structure for a display panel, including: afirst support 1; the second supportingpiece 2 can be telescopically connected to the first supportingpiece 1 along a first direction, and the second supportingpiece 2 is provided with a rotatable supportingrod 3; wherein, at least part of thesupport rods 3 extend along a second direction to support the display panel under the state that thesecond support member 2 extends out of thefirst support member 1, and the second direction is crossed with the first direction.
The supporting structure provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a first supportingpiece 1 and a second supportingpiece 2, and the second supportingpiece 2 is provided with a rotatable supportingrod 3. When the second supportingmember 2 extends out of the first supportingmember 1, specifically, when the supporting structural member is applied to thedisplay panel 6, the supportingrod 3 rotates to extend along the second direction when thedisplay panel 6 is in an extended state, and the second direction is intersected with the first direction of the second supportingmember 2 relative to the first supportingmember 1 in a telescopic motion manner, so that thedisplay panel 6 is supported in multiple directions, thedisplay panel 6 is prevented from sinking due to the fact that a part of the display panel is not supported, and the stability of thedisplay panel 6 in use is improved.
It should be noted that the second supportingmember 2 is telescopically connected to the first supportingmember 1, specifically, the second supportingmember 2 can be retracted to the first supportingmember 1, corresponding to the retracted state of thedisplay panel 6. Thesecond support 2 may also extend beyond thefirst support 1 to have a larger supporting area to support thedisplay panel 6, and thedisplay panel 6 is in the unfolded state.
Optionally, the surfaces of the first and second supportingmembers 1 and 2 and the supportingrod 3 for supporting thedisplay panel 6 are located on the same plane, so as to ensure the flatness of thedisplay panel 6. Specifically, a groove may be formed in thesecond support member 2, and thesupport rod 3 may be disposed in the groove.
Optionally, the surface of thefirst support 1 for supporting thedisplay panel 6 and the surface of thesupport rod 3 on thesecond support 2 for supporting thedisplay panel 6 are located on the same plane, so as to ensure the flatness of thedisplay panel 6. Specifically, the height of thesecond support member 2 may be slightly reduced, and thesupport rod 3 is convexly disposed on the surface of thesecond support member 2 close to the display panel.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in some alternative embodiments, the first supportingmember 1 has first protrudingportions 11 spaced apart from each other in the second direction,first grooves 12 located between the first protrudingportions 11, and first connectingportions 13 connecting ends of the first protruding portions away from the second supportingmember 2; optionally, the second direction may intersect the first direction; optionally, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; .
It can be understood thatfirst extension 11 is at the interval distribution in the second direction, specifically separates throughfirst recess 12, simultaneously, is provided with first connectingportion 13 in order to connect eachfirst extension 11 fixedly, can adopt detachable connection between first connectingportion 13 and eachfirst extension 11, conveniently maintains the change.
In order to realize the telescopic connection with the first supportingmember 1, in some alternative embodiments, the second supportingmember 2 is provided with second extendingportions 21 distributed at intervals in the second direction, and the second extendingportions 21 are matched with thefirst grooves 12 to realize the telescopic connection; thesupport bar 3 is disposed on a side of the second extendingportion 21 close to the display panel.
Specifically, thesecond support member 2 further includes asecond groove 22 located between the second extending portions, and a second connectingportion 23 connecting each second extending portion to a end of the first support member, and each first extendingportion 11 and eachsecond extending portion 21 can be rectangular, and have regular shapes, so that thesecond support member 2 can be conveniently stretched.
In order to ensure that the respective second protrudingparts 21 can be protruded or retracted relative to the first protrudingparts 11, optionally, the width of thefirst groove 12 between the respectivefirst protruding parts 11 is greater than or equal to the width of the respective second protrudingparts 21, and correspondingly, the interval between the respectivesecond protruding parts 21 is greater than or equal to the width of the respective first protrudingparts 11, so that the respectivesecond protruding parts 21 can be just inserted into thefirst support 1. Since the plurality ofsecond protrusions 21 are provided at intervals. Therefore, when thesecond protruding portion 21 protrudes beyond thefirst protruding portion 11, the portion of the second protrudingportion 21 protruding has a space in the second direction, and the space region cannot support the display panel, which easily causes sagging of the display panel, resulting in unstable display. The support rod is installed through being close to onsecond extension 21 the part of second connectingportion 23, when the second support piece stretches out when first support piece, through rotatingbracing piece 3 to make it extend to the interval part along the second direction, with the part that supportsdisplay panel 6 and be located the interval region, further improve the stability ofdisplay panel 6 when using.
It is understood that the number of thesupport rods 3 disposed on eachsecond extension portion 21 may be selected according to the length of thesecond extension portion 21 extending out of thefirst extension portion 11, i.e., the extendable length of thedisplay panel 6, so as to ensure that the extended portion of thedisplay panel 6 can be effectively supported.
Referring to fig. 4 to 6, in order to realize the rotation of the supportingrod 3, in some alternative embodiments, adriving assembly 4 is further included for driving the supportingrod 3 to rotate so that the supportingrod 3 rotates to extend along the second direction.
Specifically, the drivingassembly 4 may adopt a motor assembly, and directly drives the supportingrod 3 to rotate through an electric control mode or other driving modes, for example, the drivingassembly 4 includes atoothed bar 41 and a gear set, thetoothed bar 41 is disposed at the free end of each first extendingportion 11, and the gear set is disposed at the second extendingportion 21; when the second supportingpart 2 extends out of the first supportingpart 1, each gear in the gear set is meshed with thetoothed bar 41 to rotate so as to drive the supportingrod 3 to rotate; alternatively, the extending direction of eachsupport rod 3 in the state where thesecond support member 2 extends out of thefirst support member 1 is perpendicular to the extending direction of the second extendingportion 21.
In the above embodiment, when thesecond support member 2 extends or retracts from thefirst support member 1, the rack and the gear set are engaged, and the gear set rotates by the relative movement between thesecond support member 2 and thefirst support member 1, so as to drive the rotation angle of thefirst support member 1, and the rotation angle of thefirst support member 1 can be adjusted by setting the length of the rack and the size of each gear in the gear set, so that in a state where thesecond support member 2 extends from thefirst support member 1, the extending direction of eachsupport rod 3 is perpendicular to the extending direction of the second extendingportion 21, that is, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction, so as to increase the supporting range of thesupport rods 3; it is also possible to realize that the extending direction of each supportingrod 3 is parallel to the extending direction of the second extendingportion 21 in the state that the second supportingmember 2 is retracted into the first supportingmember 1, that is, the second direction is parallel to the first direction, so as to increase the supporting range of the supportingrods 3
Specifically, thetooth bar 41 is disposed at a free end of each first extendingportion 11, i.e., an end of the first extendingportion 11 away from the first connectingportion 13 of the first extendingportion 11.
In some alternative embodiments, the gear set includes adriving gear 42 and atransmission gear 43, which are meshed with each other, thedriving gear 42 is used for meshing with thetoothed bar 41, and thetransmission gear 43 is connected with the middle point of thesupport rod 3.
It should be noted that thedriving gear 42 can be meshed with thetoothed bar 41 for rotation, and thetransmission gear 43 does not need to be meshed with thetoothed bar 41, so that the size of the radius, the number of teeth, and the like of thedriving gear 42 is different from the size of thetransmission gear 43, optionally, the radius of thedriving gear 42 is larger than the radius of thetransmission gear 43, so as to avoid interference between thetransmission gear 43 and thetoothed bar 41, and thetransmission gear 43 is connected with the midpoint of the supportingrod 3, specifically, the supportingrod 3 may be a long strip, and a connecting shaft is disposed at the midpoint of the supportingrod 3 and connected.
In order to place the gear set reasonably, in some alternative embodiments, the second protrudingportion 21 has a gear cavity extending along the first direction, the gear set is disposed in the gear cavity, the number of the transmission gears 43 is multiple, and the total length occupied by the transmission gears 43 arranged in the gear cavity along the first direction is greater than or equal to one half of the length of thesupport rod 3; alternatively, the radius of thedriving gear 42 is larger than that of thetransmission gear 43.
It should be noted that, in order to avoid the interference between the gear set and the supportingrod 3, a partition plate may be disposed between the gear chamber and the supportingrod 3, and the connecting shaft of the supportingrod 3 passes through the partition plate and is connected to thetransmission gear 43, specifically, the plurality of transmission gears 43 are arranged along the first direction, the supportingrod 3 is connected to thetransmission gear 43 of the second connectingportion 23 of the second supportingmember 2 in the plurality of transmission gears 43, that is, thetransmission gear 43 at the end, and meanwhile, in order to avoid the interference between the supportingrod 3 and the first extendingportion 11 during the rotation process, the total length occupied by the plurality of transmission gears 43 arranged in the gear chamber along the first direction is set to be greater than or equal to one half of the length of the supportingrod 3, that is, when the supportingrod 3 starts to rotate, the supportingrod 3 already extends out of the first supportingmember 1 and then starts to rotate after extending, it cannot rotate normally. Specifically, the number of the transmission gears 43 is 3, the number of the driving gears 42 is 1, the 3 transmission gears 43 are sequentially arranged along the first direction, and thedriving gear 42 is located at one end of the second comb-tooth portion 20 away from the second connectingportion 23, but the number of the transmission gears 43 is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and may be selected according to the length of thesupport rod 3.
In order to avoid the rotation of the supportingrods 3 when thedisplay panel 6 is in use, in some alternative embodiments, opposite ends of the supportingrods 3 are respectively provided with magnetic portions with different magnetism, and when the second supportingmember 2 extends out of the first supportingmember 1, two adjacent supportingrods 3 are attracted and distributed through the different magnetic portions.
It should be noted that, because eachsecond extension portion 21 is provided with asupport rod 3, twoadjacent support rods 3 of eachsecond extension portion 21 are attracted by different magnetic portions and arranged in a linear manner, and can be connected into a whole along the second direction, so that the support strength of the support surfaces of all thesupport rods 3 is effectively enhanced, a better touch feeling is provided for a user, and the display panel can be better protected. And because the existence of magnetic attraction, can effectively avoid the bracingpiece 3 to take place to rotate, and when needs retractsecond extension 21first extension 11, because the mutual meshing effect of profile oftooth strip 41 and gear portion, can offset the magnetic attraction of magnetic part, drive bracingpiece 3 and rotate to the state of extending along first direction. It should be noted that the magnetic part of the supportingrod 3 may be magnetized at two ends of the supportingrod 3, or made of a magnetic material, or additionally provided with magnetic members at two ends of the supportingrod 3.
Referring to fig. 7 and 8, in order to providemore support rods 3, in other embodiments, thesupport rods 3 have hollow cavities, in which a fixingplate 31 andmagnetic strips 33 respectively connected to opposite surfaces of the fixingplate 31 throughelastic members 32 are disposed, and in a state where thesecond support member 2 extends out of thefirst support member 1, themagnetic strips 33 of twoadjacent support rods 3 extend out of the hollow cavities to be connected in an attraction manner.
Wherein,elastic component 32 specifically is the spring, parts such as Z type shell fragment, be in under the natural state atelastic component 32, eachmagnetic stripe 33 contracts in well plenum chamber, stretch out under the state offirst support piece 1 atsecond support piece 2, themagnetic stripe 33 of two adjacent bracingpieces 3 stretches out well plenum chamber and inhales mutually and connects, each bracingpiece 3 links into a whole throughmagnetic stripe 33 promptly, and owing to set upmagnetic stripe 33 into the telescopic form, can make bracingpiece 3's length shorter, thereby can do more intensive bracingpieces 3, make supporting structure's homogeneity better.
In some optional embodiments, the sliding assembly further includes adrum portion 5 for fixing thedisplay panel 6, and thedrum portion 5 is disposed at an end of thesecond support 2 away from thefirst support 1, and may be disposed on thesecond connection portion 23 or thedrum portion 5 is taken as thesecond connection portion 23.
Specifically, one end of the display panel is slidably connected to the outer side surface of thedrum part 5, and the display panel is expanded and contracted by the drum part. When the second supporting piece is far away from or close to the first supporting piece, one end of the display panel is driven by the rotating cylinder part to realize displacement.
Referring to fig. 9 and 10, an embodiment of the invention further provides a display device, including: the support structure, such as the support structure in the above embodiments, and thedisplay panel 6, are fixed to the support structure.
It should be noted that thedisplay panel 6 may specifically be a flexible display panel, thedisplay panel 6 may extend through the telescopic sliding of the under-screen support structure, that is, the display area is increased, and specifically, a sliding groove is disposed in the accommodating cavity of the support structure; one end of thedisplay panel 6 is provided with aslide block 61, and theslide block 61 can move along the slide groove. One end of thedisplay panel 6, which is provided with theslide block 61, is slidably connected to the chute through thedrum part 5 of the sliding assembly, and the other end of thedisplay panel 6 is fixedly connected to the surface of the supporting structural member opposite to the chute.
When the second supportingmember 2 extends out relative to the first supportingmember 1, the slidingblock 61 of thedisplay panel 6 is driven to move by the movement of thedrum part 5, so that a part of thedisplay panel 6 located on the back side of the second supportingmember 2 and the back side of the first supportingmember 1 rotates to the front side of the second supportingmember 2 and the front side of the first supportingmember 1, and the display area is enlarged.
When the second supportingmember 2 retracts relative to the first supportingmember 1, the slidingblock 61 of thedisplay panel 6 is driven to move by the movement of therotating cylinder portion 5, so that a part of thedisplay panel 6 on the back surfaces of the second supportingmember 2 and the first supportingmember 1 rotates to one side far away from the rotating cylinder portion, and the retraction of the display area is realized. The application embodiment can freely realize the drawing and the withdrawal of display panel, and utilize the bracing piece to realize the support display panel at tensile in-process, can realize the drawing of arbitrary length, and can not arouse display panel because the problem of collapsing that tensile overlength arouses, damage display panel when causing the withdrawal, this application is more practical.
As will be apparent to those skilled in the art, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, modules and units described above may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again. It should be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive various equivalent modifications or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and these modifications or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention.
It should also be noted that the exemplary embodiments mentioned in this patent describe some methods or systems based on a series of steps or devices. However, the present invention is not limited to the order of the above-described steps, that is, the steps may be performed in the order mentioned in the embodiments, may be performed in an order different from the order in the embodiments, or may be performed simultaneously.