Disclosure of Invention
The present disclosure provides a hinge member and an electronic apparatus to solve the deficiencies in the related art.
According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a hinge part comprising:
A fixing member;
The movable assembly is arranged side by side with the fixed piece along a first direction when the hinge component is in a unfolding state, and comprises a sliding part which is arranged in a sliding way along a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction;
the compensation piece comprises a first rotating part, a first connecting part and a second connecting part, wherein the center of the first rotating part is positioned outside a central connecting line between the center of the first connecting part and the center of the second connecting part, the first connecting part is in sliding connection with the sliding part, and the second connecting part is in sliding connection with the fixing piece;
When the sliding part slides along the second direction, the compensation piece is driven to rotate relative to the movable assembly based on the first rotating part, the first connecting part moves along with the sliding part and slides relative to the sliding part, the second connecting part slides relative to the fixing piece and acts on the fixing piece to enable the fixing piece to be close to or far away from the movable assembly.
Optionally, the hinge part includes a folded state and an unfolded state, the first connection part is slidably connected with the sliding part along the first direction, and the second connection part is slidably connected with the fixing part along the second direction;
When the hinge part is switched to a folding state, the first connecting part is close to the fixed part and the second connecting part along the first direction to push the fixed part to be far away from the movable assembly; when the hinge component is switched to the unfolding state, the first connecting portion is far away from the fixing piece along the first direction, and the second connecting portion pulls the fixing piece to be close to the movable assembly.
Optionally, the movable component further includes:
the rotating piece is connected with the fixed piece in a sliding way, is connected with the first rotating part in a rotating way and is used for rotating around the second direction;
The transmission piece is connected between the rotating piece and the sliding part and is used for transmitting the power of the rotating piece to the sliding part;
When the rotating piece rotates around the second direction, the fixed piece is driven to rotate relative to the movable assembly, the sliding part is driven to move along the second direction through the transmission piece, and the compensation piece drives the fixed piece and the rotating piece to slide relatively, so that the fixed piece is far away from or near the movable assembly;
and when the rotating piece rotates around the second direction, the part, connected with the compensation piece, of the sliding part is driven to rotate around the second direction.
Optionally, one of the rotating member and the first rotating portion includes a first rotating shaft, and the other includes a first shaft hole that mates with the first rotating shaft.
Optionally, the movable component still includes the pedestal, the rotating member includes second rotation portion, first cooperation portion and second cooperation portion, second rotation portion for the pedestal rotates the setting, first cooperation portion with second cooperation portion all with second rotation portion is connected and all extends towards keeping away from the direction of pedestal, first cooperation portion with mounting sliding connection, second cooperation portion with first rotation portion rotates to be connected.
Optionally, the second rotating part comprises a first tooth part, and the transmission part comprises:
The gear is rotationally connected with the base body, the axial direction of the gear is arranged along a third direction, the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and the gear comprises a second tooth part meshed with the first tooth part;
one end of the connecting rod is rotationally connected with the gear, the other end of the connecting rod is rotationally connected with the sliding part, and the connecting position of the connecting rod and the gear is different from the center of the gear;
The rotating part drives the gear to rotate around the third direction relative to the base body when rotating relative to the base body, and the gear drives the sliding part to slide relative to the base body along the second direction through the connecting rod.
Optionally, the connecting rod includes a first connecting end and a second connecting end, the first connecting end is rotationally connected with the gear, one end of the first connecting end deviating from the gear is connected with the second connecting end, the second connecting end is rotationally connected with the sliding part, and the extending direction of the first connecting end is different from the extending direction of the second connecting end.
Optionally, the pedestal includes the base and with the cover body that the base is connected, the gear with the connecting rod set up in the base with in the space that the cover body encloses, the gear with the base rotates to be connected.
Optionally, the movable component further includes:
The second rotating shaft is rotationally connected with the seat body along the second direction and comprises a first plane extending along the axial direction;
The rotating piece comprises a second plane, the second plane is opposite to the first plane when the rotating piece penetrates through the second rotating shaft, the sliding part comprises a third plane, and the third plane is opposite to the first plane when the sliding part penetrates through the second rotating shaft;
The rotating piece drives the second rotating shaft to rotate around the base body, and the part, connected with the compensation piece, of the sliding part is driven by the second rotating shaft to rotate relative to the base body;
the rotating piece drives the second rotating shaft to rotate around the seat body, and the sliding part is driven to slide relative to the second rotating shaft through the transmission piece.
Optionally, the sliding portion includes:
The first sliding piece is arranged in a sliding manner along the second direction and is connected with the transmission piece;
The second sliding piece is arranged in a sliding manner along the second direction and is in sliding connection with the first connecting part;
when the rotating piece rotates, the first sliding piece is driven to slide along the second direction through the transmission piece, and the first sliding piece pushes the second sliding piece to slide along the second direction;
The rotating piece also drives the second sliding piece to rotate around the second direction when rotating around the second direction.
Optionally, the hinge part comprises a folded state and an unfolded state, the fixing parts comprise a first fixing part and a second fixing part, and the movable assembly is positioned between the first fixing part and the second fixing part when the hinge part is in the unfolded state;
the sliding portion further includes:
a third sliding member slidably disposed along the second direction, wherein the third sliding member is connected to the first compensating member, the second sliding member is connected to the second compensating member,
When the rotating piece rotates, the first sliding piece is driven to slide along the second direction through the transmission piece, the first sliding piece pushes the second sliding piece and the third sliding piece to slide along the second direction respectively, the third sliding piece acts on the first fixing piece through the first compensation piece, and the second sliding piece acts on the second fixing piece through the second compensation piece;
When the rotating piece close to the first fixing piece rotates around the second direction, the third sliding piece is driven to rotate around the second direction;
and when the rotating piece close to the second fixing piece rotates around the second direction, the second sliding piece is driven to rotate around the second direction.
Optionally, the hinge part further includes:
The first magnet is used for being connected with a first equipment end connected with the first fixing piece;
the second magnet is used for being connected with a second equipment end connected with the second fixing piece;
When the hinge member is in a folded state, the first magnet and the second magnet attract each other to maintain a relative positional relationship between a first device end connected to the first fixing member and a second device end connected to the second fixing member.
Optionally, the second sliding piece and the third sliding piece respectively include a third connection portion, a transition portion and a fourth connection portion, where the third connection portion is configured to slide along the second direction, the third connection portion is connected with the transition portion, the transition portion is connected with the fourth connection portion, and the fourth connection portion is connected with the first compensation piece or the second compensation piece;
When the hinge component is in an unfolding state, the extending direction of the transition part is perpendicular to the second direction and the first direction, and the extending direction of the third connecting part and the fourth connecting part is parallel to the first direction.
Optionally, the hinge component comprises a folding state and an unfolding state, the movable component further comprises an elastic piece, one end of the elastic piece is used for fixing, and the other end of the elastic piece is connected with the sliding part;
When the hinge part is switched to a folded state, the sliding part slides along the second direction and compresses the elastic piece, when the hinge part is switched to an unfolded state, the elastic piece resets and pushes the sliding part to slide along the second direction, and the sliding part drives the rotating piece to rotate around the second direction through the transmission piece.
Optionally, the first matching part comprises a protruding part, the hinge part further comprises a screen support piece, the screen support piece comprises a support main body and an extension part extending from the support main body towards the first matching part, the support main body and the first matching part are stacked, the extension part is connected with the protruding part, and when the rotating piece rotates around the second direction, the screen support piece is pushed to rotate relative to the movable assembly through the protruding part.
Optionally, the extension part includes an arc-shaped matching groove, the protruding part is matched with the arc-shaped matching groove, the supporting main body includes an arc-shaped guide rail arranged at the edge, and the fixing piece includes an arc-shaped guide groove matched with the arc-shaped guide rail;
When the rotating part rotates around the second direction, the protruding part slides in the arc-shaped matching groove, the arc-shaped guide rail slides relative to the arc-shaped guide groove, so that the screen support piece is far away from the movable assembly when the hinge part is switched to a folding state, and the screen support piece is close to the movable assembly when the hinge part is switched to an unfolding state.
Optionally, the first matching part comprises a first subsection and a second subsection which are arranged at intervals, and the first subsection and the second subsection are respectively connected with the fixing piece in a sliding manner;
The extension part stretches into between the first subsection and the second subsection, and the protruding part is arranged on the first subsection and/or the second subsection.
Optionally, the rotating member further includes a pin disposed along the second direction, where the pin penetrates through the first portion, the extension portion, and the second portion, and the pin forms the protruding portion.
According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device, comprising:
A housing;
the hinge member as in any one of the above embodiments, wherein the hinge member mount is coupled to the housing.
The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can comprise the following beneficial effects:
As can be seen from the above embodiments, in the present disclosure, the sliding portion drives the compensation member to move, and the rotation of the compensation member drives the fixing member to move toward or away from the movable assembly, so that, in comparison with the related art, the fixing piece and the movable assembly are connected through the connecting piece with one end connected with the movable assembly being arranged in a semicircular shaft shape, so that the fixing piece is driven to be close to or far away from the movable assembly, and manufacturing difficulty and installation difficulty can be reduced.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements, unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary examples are not representative of all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with some aspects of the present disclosure as detailed in the accompanying claims.
The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in this disclosure to describe various information, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The term "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at..once" or "when..once" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context. The following embodiments may be combined with each other without contradiction.
Fig. 1 is a state diagram of a hinge part 100 in an unfolded state according to an exemplary embodiment, fig. 2 is a state diagram of a hinge part 100 in a folded state according to an exemplary embodiment, fig. 3 is a partial diagram of the hinge part 100 in fig. 1, fig. 4 is a partial enlarged diagram of fig. 3, fig. 5 is an exploded diagram of a hinge part 100 according to an exemplary embodiment, and fig. 6 is a structural diagram of a compensator 3 according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 1 to 6, the hinge member 100 may include a fixed member 1, a movable assembly 2 and a compensating member 3, and when the hinge member 100 is in the unfolded state shown in fig. 1, the fixed member 1 and the movable assembly 2 may be disposed side by side in a first direction, which is a direction indicated by an arrow a in fig. 1, and switching of the hinge member 100 between the folded state and the unfolded state may be understood as rotation of the fixed member 1 with respect to the movable assembly 2, and when the fixed member 1 and the movable assembly 2 are unfolded side by side, the hinge member 100 is switched to the unfolded state, and when the fixed member 1 is rotated to an inclined state or a vertical state with respect to the movable assembly 2, the hinge member 100 is switched to the folded state, which will be described later in detail.
The movable assembly 2 may include a sliding portion 21 provided in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, as indicated by an arrow B in fig. 1. The compensator 3 may include a first rotating portion 31, a first connecting portion 32 and a second connecting portion 33, and the center of the first rotating portion 31 is located outside the center line of the first connecting portion 32 and the center line of the second connecting portion 33, it may be understood that the compensator 3 may be disposed in a regular or irregular shape, and the compensator 3 may have three turning portions, which may be defined as the first rotating portion 31, the first connecting portion 32 and the second connecting portion 33, respectively, and the first rotating portion is offset from the connecting line of the first connecting portion 32 and the second connecting portion 33 to form a radius of rotation of the compensator 3 at the time of subsequent rotation.
The first connecting portion 32 may be slidably connected to the sliding portion 21, the second connecting portion 33 may be slidably connected to the fixing member 1, and the first rotating portion 31 may be rotatably disposed relative to the movable assembly 2, and may be specifically rotatably connected to another structure of the movable assembly 2 different from the sliding portion 21. In this way, when the sliding portion 21 slides in the second direction, the first connecting portion 32 may move along with the sliding portion 21 in the second direction, the first rotating portion 31 may be driven to rotate relative to the movable assembly 2 by the first connecting portion 32, while the first connecting portion 32 and the sliding portion 21 may slide relatively, so as to compensate for the displacement of the first connecting portion 32 caused by the rotation of the first rotating portion 31 by the relative sliding between the first connecting portion 32 and the sliding portion 21, further, due to the rotation of the first rotating portion 31 relative to the movable assembly 2, the second connecting portion 33 may generate a force acting on the fixing member 1, by which the fixing member 1 may be driven to move away from or approach the movable assembly 2, and while the second connecting portion 33 may slide relatively to the fixing member 1, so as to compensate for the relative positional shift between the second connecting portion 33 and the fixing member 1 caused by the movement of the fixing member 1 relative to the movable assembly 2. In other figures provided by the present disclosure, the first direction and the second direction in other figures may be determined according to the other figures and the azimuth switch in fig. 1.
In this embodiment, the compensator 3 is driven to move by the sliding part 21, and then the fixing part 1 is pushed to move close to or away from the movable component 2 by the rotation of the compensator 3, compared with the prior art, by setting one end of the connecting piece connecting the fixing part 1 and the movable component 2 to be semi-circular shaft shape, the technical scheme that the center position of the semi-circular shaft shape changes when the connecting piece rotates to drive the fixing part 1 to move is utilized, and the manufacturing difficulty and the installation difficulty can be reduced by the technical scheme that the fixing part 1 is driven to move close to or away from the movable component 2 in the disclosure.
In this embodiment, the first connecting portion 32 may be slidably connected to the sliding portion 21 in the first direction, and the second connecting portion 33 may be slidably connected to the fixing member 1 in the second direction. Based on this, when the hinge member 100 is switched to the folded state, the first rotating portion 31 of the compensator 3 rotates relative to the movable assembly 2, the first connecting portion 32 can approach the fixed member 1 in the first direction, the second connecting portion 33 can push the fixed member 1 away from the movable assembly 2 in the first direction, and at the same time, the second connecting portion 33 can slide in the second direction relative to the fixed member 1 to compensate for the displacement of the second connecting portion 33 in the second direction caused by the rotation of the compensator 3, so as to avoid seizing, and when the hinge member 100 is switched to the unfolded state, the first connecting portion 32 can move away from the fixed member 1 in the first direction, while the second connecting portion 33 can pull the fixed member 1 in the first direction so as to approach the movable assembly 2, and at the same time, the second connecting portion 33 can slide in the second direction relative to the fixed member 1 to compensate for the displacement of the second connecting portion 33 in the second direction caused by the rotation of the compensator 3 in the second direction, so as to avoid seizing. In the embodiment provided in the present disclosure, sliding grooves may be respectively provided on the sliding portion 21 and the fixing member 1, and the first connecting portion 32 and the second connecting portion 33 may respectively include sliding bars, and sliding connection between the first connecting portion 32 and the sliding portion 21 and sliding connection between the second connecting portion 33 and the fixing member 1 may be achieved through cooperation of the sliding grooves and the sliding bars.
In the above embodiments, the movable assembly 2 may include the rotating member 22 and the transmission member 23, one end of the rotating member 22 may be slidably coupled with the fixed member 1 and the rotating member 22 may be rotatably coupled with the first rotating portion 31, and the transmission member 23 may be coupled between the sliding portion 21 and the rotating member 22, and power generated when the rotating member 22 rotates may be transmitted to the sliding portion 21 through the transmission member 23, thereby pushing the sliding portion 21 to move in the second direction when the rotating member 22 rotates around the second direction. The rotating member 22 is configured to rotate around the second direction, and when the rotating member 22 rotates around the second direction, the fixing member 1 may be driven to rotate relative to the movable assembly 2 through one end slidably connected with the fixing member 1, and meanwhile, the sliding portion 21 may be driven to move along the second direction through a power transmission effect of the transmission member 23, and the sliding portion 21 may drive the compensating member 3 to rotate relative to the rotating member 22, so that the compensating member 3 may drive the fixing member 1 to slide relative to the rotating member 22, and under a guiding effect of the rotating member 22, the fixing member 1 may be close to the movable assembly 2 when the hinge member 100 switches towards the unfolded state, and may be far away from the movable assembly 2 when switching towards the folded state.
In this way, the rotation of the fixing member 1 relative to the movable assembly 2 is achieved through the rotation member 22, and the relative sliding between the fixing member 1 and the rotation member 22 is driven through the cooperation of the transmission member 23, the sliding portion 21 and the compensation member 3, so that when the hinge component 100 is applied to a folding electronic device, the rotation of the fixing member 1 is driven through the rotation member 22 to achieve folding of the folding electronic device, and the fixing member 1 is far away from the rotation member 22 through the relative sliding between the fixing member 1 and the rotation member 22, as shown in fig. 2, a bending region of a flexible display panel of the folding electronic device can be avoided, deformation of the bending region of the flexible display panel is prevented from being increased due to the squeezing action of the fixing member 1, and internal stress of the flexible display panel is reduced. The rotational connection between the rotating member 22 and the first rotating portion 31 may be achieved in various manners, for example, in the embodiment provided in the present disclosure, the rotating member 22 may include a first shaft hole 221, the first rotation may include a first rotation shaft 311, the axial direction of the first rotation shaft 311 is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, respectively, and the rotational connection between the rotating member 22 and the compensating member 3 is achieved through the cooperation of the first rotation shaft 311 and the first shaft hole 221, which is not limited in the present disclosure, but of course, in other embodiments, the rotating member 22 may include the first rotation shaft 311, and the first rotating portion 31 may include the first shaft hole 221.
Of course, since the rotating member 22 drives the fixed member 1 to rotate relative to the movable assembly 2, the second connecting portion 33 of the compensating member 3 also rotates along with the fixed member 1, so that, in order to adapt to the rotation of the compensating member 3, when the rotating member 22 rotates around the second direction, the portion of the sliding portion 21 connected to the compensating member 3 can also be driven to rotate around the second direction, so that the locking of the compensating member 3 can be avoided, and the fixed member 1 cannot rotate relative to the movable assembly 2. The rotation of the portion of the sliding portion 21 connected to the compensator 3 about the second direction is understood to mean that when the sliding portion 21 includes only one part, the one part rotates about the second direction, and when the sliding portion 21 includes a plurality of parts that cooperate with each other, the part of the plurality of parts connected to the first connecting portion 32 of the compensator 3 may rotate about the second direction, which may be specifically designed as needed, and the disclosure is not limited thereto.
Further, the movable assembly 2 may further include a base 24, for example, in some embodiments, the base 24 may include a base 241 and a cover 242 connected to the base 241, and the base 241 and the cover 242 may be detachably connected or fixedly connected to each other, and in other embodiments, the base 24 may be an integrated base 24, which is not limited in this disclosure. As shown in fig. 7, the rotating member 22 may include a second rotating portion 222, a first engaging portion 223 and a second engaging portion 224, where the second rotating portion 222 may be rotatably disposed with respect to the base 24, the first engaging portion 223 and the second engaging portion 224 are respectively connected with the second rotating portion 222, and the first engaging portion 223 and the second engaging portion 224 may extend from the second rotating portion 222 in a direction away from the base 24, the first engaging portion 223 may be slidably connected with the fixing member 1, and the second engaging portion 224 may be rotatably connected with the first rotating portion 31 on the compensating member 3, that is, the first rotating shaft 311 or the first shaft hole 221 may be disposed on the second engaging portion 224, so as to implement the rotational connection of the first rotating portion 31 with the movable assembly 2. Based on this, the second rotating portion 222 can realize the rotation of the rotating member 22 relative to the base 24, so as to drive the first engaging portion 223 and the second engaging portion 224 to rotate respectively relative to the base 24, while the first engaging portion 223 can drive the fixing member 1 to rotate relative to the base 24, and the second engaging portion 224 can drive the compensating member 3 to rotate relative to the base 24, so as to realize the fluency of movement and avoid jamming.
The following will exemplarily explain the interaction between the rotation member 22, the transmission member 23, and the sliding portion 21. The second rotating portion 222 includes a first tooth portion 2221, the driving member 23 may include a gear 231 and a connecting rod 232, the gear 231 may be rotationally connected with the base 24, specifically, an axial direction of the gear 231 may be set along a third direction, the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, the gear 231 may be disposed in a space enclosed by the base 241 and the cover 242, and the gear 231 may be rotationally connected with the base 241. The gear 231 may include a second tooth portion 2311 engaged with the first tooth portion 2221, one end of the link 232 may be rotatably coupled to the gear 231, and the coupling position of the link 232 and the gear 231 is different from the center of the gear 231, the other end of the link 232 may be coupled to the sliding portion 21, and the link 232 may be disposed in a space defined by the base 241 and the cover 242 to enhance the aesthetic appearance of the hinge member 100.
When the second rotating portion 222 rotates with respect to the housing 24, power can be transmitted to the gear 231 through engagement between the first tooth portion 2221 and the second tooth portion 2311 to drive the gear 231 to rotate in the third direction, and since the link 232 is rotatably connected to the gear 231, a force acting on the link 232 can be generated when the gear 231 rotates, an end of the link 232 connected to the gear 231 rotates in the third direction along with the gear 231, a force acting on the sliding portion 21 can be generated at an end of the link 232 connected to the sliding portion 21, and the gear 231 can drive the sliding portion 21 to slide with respect to the housing 24 in the second direction through the link 232. Based on this, the power generated when the second rotating portion 222 rotates can be transmitted to the compensator 3 through the path of the second rotating portion 222-the gear 231-the connecting rod 232-the sliding portion 21-the compensator 3, so that the first rotating portion 31 of the compensator 3 is driven to rotate relative to the second matching portion 224, and no additional driving is required for the compensator 3, thereby avoiding the situation that the fixing member 1 cannot timely avoid the flexible display panel due to the out of synchronization of the movements of the second rotating portion 222 and the compensator 3.
In an embodiment, the connecting rod 232 may include a first connecting end 2321 and a second connecting end 2323, the first connecting end 2321 may be rotationally connected with the gear 231, one end of the first connecting end 2321, which is away from the gear 231, is connected with the second connecting end 2323, the second connecting end 2323 is rotationally connected with the sliding portion 21, and the extending direction of the first connecting end 2321 is different from the extending direction of the second connecting end 2323, so that the connecting rod 232 may be provided in a bent shape, and the bent area is located at the connecting position of the first connecting end 2321 and the second connecting end 2323, which can avoid the dead point occurring in the movement of the connecting rod 232 and can not drive the sliding portion 21 to slide, thereby being beneficial to improving the smoothness of the movement. The first connection end 2321 is rotationally connected to the gear 231 through a guide rod and a round hole which are axially parallel to the third direction, and the second connection end 2323 is rotationally connected to the sliding portion 21 through a guide rod and a round hole which are axially parallel to the third direction, so that force transmission is realized while jamming is avoided.
In other embodiments, regarding the rotational connection of the gear 231 and the base 24, the rotational connection of the second rotating portion 222 and the base 24, and the sliding connection of the sliding portion 21 and the base 24 may be respectively realized by a structure, or as provided in the present disclosure, the rotational connection of the gear 231 and the base 24, the rotational connection of the second rotating portion 222 and the base 24, and the sliding connection of the sliding portion 21 and the base 24 may be realized by the same structure. Specifically, the movable assembly 2 may further include a second rotating shaft 4, where the second rotating shaft 4 may be rotatably connected to the base 24 along a second direction, specifically, the second rotating shaft 4 may be rotatably connected to the base 241, or the second rotating shaft 4 may be rotatably connected to a shaft hole surrounded by the base 241 and the cover 242, so as to facilitate installation. The second rotating shaft 4 may include a first plane 41, the first plane 41 may be disposed along an axial direction of the second rotating shaft 4, the second rotating portion 222 of the rotating member 22 may include a second plane, the rotating member 22 may penetrate the second rotating shaft 4 and the second plane may be disposed opposite to the first plane 41, and similarly, the sliding portion 21 may include a third plane, which may be disposed opposite to the first plane 41 when the sliding portion 21 penetrates the second rotating shaft 4.
On the basis of this, when the second rotating portion 222 rotates relative to the base 241, the second rotating shaft 4 can be driven to rotate relative to the base 241 by the limiting action between the first plane 41 and the second plane, and the portion of the sliding portion 21 connected to the compensating member 3 can be driven to rotate relative to the base 24 by the limiting action between the first plane 41 and the third plane through the second rotating shaft 4, and at the same time, since the rotation of the second rotating portion 222 drives the gear 231 to rotate, the rotation of the gear 231 can drive the link 232 to generate displacement change in the second direction, and thus the sliding portion 21 can be driven to slide relative to the second rotating shaft 4 through the link 232. Of course, the transmission member 23 includes the gear 231 and the link 232 as an example, and in other embodiments, the transmission member 23 may also include other guide rods and other parts, which is not limited in this disclosure. In this way, the sliding part 21 can be driven to slide relative to the base 24 by the action of the rotating member 22 and the transmission member 23, and the part of the sliding part 21 connected with the compensation member 3 can be driven to rotate relative to the base 24 by the second rotating shaft 4, so that the compensation member 3 can drive the fixing member 1 to slide relative to the first matching part 223 while rotating relative to the base 24, thereby realizing the synchronization and fluency of movement.
Based on the above embodiments, in some cases, the sliding portion 21 may include a single slider connected to the second connection portion 33 of the compensator 3, in other cases, the sliding portion 21 may also include a plurality of sliders, as in the embodiments provided in the present disclosure, the sliding portion 21 may include a first sliding member 211 and a second sliding member 212, the first sliding member 211 may be slidably disposed along the second direction, and the first sliding member 211 is connected to the transmission member 23, specifically, the first sliding member 211 may be slidably connected to the second rotation shaft 4 to enable the sliding disposition of the first sliding member 211 relative to the base 24, the first sliding member 211 may be rotatably connected to the link 232, the second sliding member 212 may be slidably disposed along the second direction, specifically, the second sliding member 212 may be engaged with the second rotation shaft 4 to guide the sliding direction of the second sliding member 212 through the second rotation shaft 4, and the second sliding member 212 may also be slidably connected to the first connection portion 32 of the compensator 3.
In this embodiment, when the second rotating portion 222 of the rotating member 22 rotates relative to the base 24, the first sliding member 211 can be driven to slide along the second direction by the guiding action of the second rotating shaft 4 through the transmission member 23, the first sliding member 211 can drive the second sliding member 212 to slide along the second direction by the guiding action of the second rotating shaft 4, so that the first rotating portion 31 of the compensating member 3 can be driven to rotate relative to the second matching portion 224 of the rotating member 22 when the second sliding member 212 slides along the second direction, and the third plane of the sliding portion 21 is disposed on the second sliding member 212, so that when the rotating member 22 rotates around the second direction, the second sliding member 212 can be driven to rotate around the second direction through the second rotating shaft 4, and the second connecting portion 33 of the compensating member 3 can be driven to rotate relative to the base 24 through the rotation of the second sliding member 212, thereby avoiding the problem that the first connecting portion 32 is fixed and blocked due to the rotation of the second connecting portion 33 of the compensating member 3 along with the fixing member 1.
In some embodiments, the first sliding member 211 and the second sliding member 212 may be directly connected, such as by a locking member such as a screw, to ensure that the second sliding member 212 is driven to slide in the second direction when the first sliding member 211 slides in the second direction, and in other embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, the second sliding member 212 may include a receiving groove 2121, the second rotating shaft 4 may be disposed through the receiving groove 2121, and a portion of the first sliding member 211 engaged with the second rotating shaft 4 may be disposed in the receiving groove 2121, so that when the first sliding member 211 slides along the second rotating shaft 4 under the force of the connecting rod 232, the first sliding member 211 may transmit the force to the second sliding member 212 through the side wall of the receiving groove 2121, thereby driving the second sliding member 212 to slide along the second rotating shaft 4.
In some cases, a third surface opposite to the first plane 41 of the second rotating shaft 4 may be provided on the first sliding member 211, so that the first sliding member 211 may also rotate with respect to the base 24 by the action between the first plane 41 and the third plane when the second rotating portion 222 of the rotating member 22 rotates, and in other cases, the third plane may not be provided on the first sliding member 211, and the first sliding member 211 may only slide along the second rotating shaft 4. Specifically, the design can be performed according to actual sport requirements, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
For example, as shown in fig. 3 and 8, the fixing member 1 includes a first fixing member and a second fixing member, when the hinge member 100 is in a unfolded state, the first fixing member, the second fixing member and the movable assembly 2 may be disposed side by side, such as shown in fig. 3 and 8, the first fixing member is located on the left side of the movable assembly 2, the second fixing member is located on the right side of the movable assembly 2, the movable assembly 2 is located between the first fixing member and the second fixing member, and then when the hinge member 100 is applied to a foldable electronic device, the housings located on two sides may be respectively fixed by the first fixing member and the second fixing member, so as to fold and unfold the electronic device. The connection manner between the first fixing element and the movable assembly 2 and the compensation element 3 may refer to the foregoing embodiment, and the connection manner between the second fixing element and the movable assembly 2 and the compensation element 3 may refer to the foregoing embodiment, which is not described herein in detail.
The compensating member 3 includes a first compensating member and a second compensating member, for example, in the embodiment provided in the present disclosure, the first compensating member may be slidably connected to the first fixing member, the second compensating member may be slidably connected to the second fixing member, and the structures of the first compensating member and the second compensating member may be specifically referred to the foregoing embodiments, which are not described herein in detail. The sliding portion 21 may further include a third sliding member 213, where the third sliding member 213 may be slidably disposed along the second direction, and specifically, the third sliding member 213 may be matched with the second rotating shaft 4 to be slidably disposed relative to the base 24, where the third sliding member 213 is disposed on the left side, the second sliding member 212 is disposed on the right side, and the third sliding member 213 may be slidably connected with the first compensating member, so as to drive the first compensating member to rotate relative to the rotating member 22 disposed near the first fixing member when the third sliding member 213 slides along the second direction, and further drive the first fixing member to be far away from or near the base 24.
The second sliding member 212 may be slidably connected to the second compensating member, and the third sliding member 213 may also be engaged with the first sliding member 211, and the specific engagement may refer to the engagement between the first sliding member 211 and the second sliding member 212. Based on this, when the second rotating portion 222 of the rotating member 22 rotates relative to the base 24, the first sliding member 211 may be driven to slide along the second direction by the second rotating shaft 4, and further the second compensating member may be driven to rotate relative to the second engaging portion 224 of the rotating member 22 by the second sliding member 212, and the first compensating member may be driven to rotate relative to the rotating member 22 located on the same side as the first compensating member by the third sliding member 213; the third sliding member 213 may be provided with a third plane, the movable assembly 2 may include a second rotating shaft 4 disposed near the first fixing member and a second rotating shaft 4 disposed near the second fixing member, the second rotating shaft 4 disposed near the first fixing member may be threaded through the rotating member 22, the first sliding member 211 and the third sliding member 213 disposed near the first fixing member, the second rotating shaft 4 disposed near the second fixing member may be threaded through the rotating member 22, the first sliding member 211 and the second sliding member 212 disposed near the second fixing member, so that when the rotating member 22 near the first fixing member or the rotating member 22 near the second fixing member rotates relative to the base 24, the second sliding member 212 and the third sliding member 213 may be synchronously driven by the first sliding member 211 to slide in the second direction, so that synchronous movement of the first compensating member and the second compensating member may be realized, the first fixing member and the second fixing member may be synchronously separated from the base 24 or near the base 24, so that the first fixing member and the second fixing member on the hinge member 100 may be threaded through the rotating member 22 near the second fixing member, when the second fixing member 22 near the second fixing member is driven by the first sliding member 213 around the second compensating member in the second direction, and when the second fixing member is driven by the second compensating member is driven by the second rotating member in the second direction, the second sliding member 212 can be driven to rotate around the second direction, so as to drive the second compensating member to rotate along with the second sliding member 212, and the second compensating member is adapted to be driven by the second fixing member to move. The first slider 211, the second slider 212 and the third slider 213 cooperate to achieve synchronous folding between the first and second fixing members, which is advantageous to simplify the structure of the hinge member 100, compared to the scheme of achieving synchronization by using the gear 231 structure in the related art.
In the above embodiment, the first sliding member 211 is used to synchronously drive the second sliding member 212 and the third sliding member 213 to move, and in other embodiments, a plurality of first sliding members 211 may be used, where one first sliding member 211 is matched with the second sliding member 212, one first sliding member 211 is matched with the third sliding member 213, and then the plurality of first sliding members 211 are synchronously driven to slide by the transmission member 23, so that the first fixing member and the second fixing member may be synchronously driven to be away from the base 24 or approach to the base 24. In this embodiment, rotation of the first slider 211 relative to the base 24 is avoided, so that the first slider penetrates the hole of the second rotating shaft 4.
In this embodiment, in order to maintain the hinge member 100 in the folded state, the hinge member 100 may further include a first magnet (not shown) which may be used to be connected to a first device end of an electronic device in which the hinge member 100 is disposed, and a second magnet (not shown) which may be used to be connected to a second device end of an electronic device in which the hinge member 100 is disposed, the first and second fixtures being disposed opposite each other when the hinge member 100 is in the folded state, the first and second device ends being folded in half so that the first and second magnets attract each other, and a relative positional relationship between the first device end connected to the first fixture and the second device end connected to the second fixture, such as to maintain the first and second device ends in the folded state, by a force generated by the mutual attraction between the first and second magnets.
It will be appreciated that, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the first and second fixing members are substantially perpendicular to the housing 24 of the movable assembly 2 when the hinge member 100 is switched to the folded state, so that in order to avoid that the second and third sliding members 212 and 213 protrude a part due to rotation relative to the housing 24 to affect parts in the electronic device or occupy space in the electronic device when switched to the folded state. Taking the second sliding member 212 as an example, the second sliding member 212 may include a third connecting portion 2122, a transition portion 2123 and a fourth connecting portion 2124, the third connecting portion 2122 may be slidably disposed along a second direction with respect to the base 24, specifically, the third connecting portion 2122 may be penetrated by the second rotating shaft 4, the accommodating groove 2121 may be disposed in the third connecting portion 2122, one end of the transition portion 2123 is connected to the third connecting portion 2122, the other end is connected to the fourth connecting portion 2124, and when the hinge member 100 is in the unfolded state, the extending directions of the transition portion 2123 are perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, respectively, and the extending directions of the third connecting portion 2122 and the fourth connecting portion 2124 are parallel to the first direction, respectively. Based on this, when the hinge member 100 is switched from the unfolded state to the folded state, the third connecting portion 2122, the transition portion 2123, and the fourth connecting portion 2124 are rotated by about 90 ° with respect to the base 24, respectively, and there is no additional protruding portion to occupy space. The structure of the third sliding member 213 may refer to the structure of the second sliding member 212, and will not be described herein.
In each of the above embodiments, the movable assembly 2 may further include an elastic member 25, where the elastic member 25 may be used for fixing, specifically, the elastic member 25 may be disposed between the base 241 and the cover 242, one end of the elastic member 25 is used for being fixedly connected to the base 241, and the other end of the elastic member 25 may be connected to the sliding portion 21, specifically, may be connected to the first sliding member 211, and of course, when the sliding portion 21 includes a single part, that is, connected to the single part, the deformation direction of the elastic member 25 is set along the second direction. Based on this, when the hinge member 100 is switched to the folded state, the second rotating portion 222 of the rotating member 22 may rotate relative to the base 24, the sliding portion 21 may slide along the second direction and compress the elastic member 25, so that the elastic member 25 deforms and accumulates force, and the elastic member 25 may be prevented from being deformed by the limiting effect of the first magnet and the second magnet, although in other embodiments, the relative position relationship between the fixing member 1 and the base 24 may be limited by other parts in the folded state, the disclosure does not limit this, and when the hinge member 100 is subjected to the force to switch to the unfolded state, the elastic member 25 resets to push the sliding portion 21 to slide along the second direction, the sliding portion 21 pushes the connecting rod 232 and the gear 231 of the driving member 23 to move, and the gear 231 may drive the rotating member 22 to rotate around the second direction, so that the effort-saving purpose may be achieved in the process of switching the hinge member 100 to the unfolded state.
In the above-described respective embodiments, as shown in fig. 9, the first fitting portion 223 of the rotation member 22 may further include a protrusion 2231, the hinge member 100 may further include a screen supporter 5, the screen supporter 5 may include a support body 51 and an extension portion 52 extending from the support body 51 toward the first fitting portion 223, the support body 51 may be substantially plate-shaped, and the support body 51 disposed in a plate shape may be stacked with the first fitting portion 223, as shown in fig. 9, the support body 51 is located above the first fitting portion 223, and the support body 51 may be subsequently used to support a flexible display panel of an electronic device configuring the hinge member 100, which is advantageous in reducing deformation of the flexible display panel. The extending portion 52 can be connected with the protruding portion 2231, so that when the rotating member 22 rotates around the second direction, the screen supporting member 5 can be pushed to rotate relative to the movable assembly 2 by the protruding portion 2231 on the first matching portion 223, so as to adapt to the deformation of the electronic device caused by the fixing member 1, and avoid pulling the flexible display screen of the electronic device.
Specifically, the extension 52 includes an arc-shaped coupling groove 521, the protrusion 2231 may extend into the arc-shaped coupling groove 521 to couple with the arc-shaped coupling groove 521, the support body 51 may include an arc-shaped guide rail 511 provided at an edge, and the fixing member 1 may include an arc-shaped guide groove 11 coupled with the arc-shaped guide rail 511, wherein the protrusion 2231 may slide in the arc-shaped coupling groove 521 when the rotation portion rotates about the second direction with respect to the base 24, and the arc-shaped guide rail 511 slides with respect to the arc-shaped guide groove 11, such that the screen supporter 5 is far from the movable assembly 2 when the hinge member 100 is switched toward the folded state, and the screen supporter 5 is near the movable assembly 2 when the hinge member 100 is switched toward the unfolded state. Based on this, when the hinge member 100 is switched to the folded state, the change in the relative position between the fixing member 1 and the supporting body 51 can be accommodated by the cooperation of the arc-shaped guide groove 11 and the arc-shaped guide rail 511, avoiding the movement of the fixing member 1 from being locked.
The arc guide rail 511 may be disposed in a semicircular manner, the cross section of the arc guide rail 11 may also be disposed in a semicircular manner, and the radius of the arc guide rail 511 may be smaller than that of the arc guide rail 11, the semicircular arc guide rail 511 may extend into the semicircular arc guide rail 11, and when the fixing member 1 rotates relative to the base 24 under the action of the rotating member 22, and is far away from or near the base 24 under the action of the compensating member 3, the position change of the fixing member 1 and the screen support member 5 may be adapted through the movement of the arc guide rail 511 in the arc guide rail 11, so that the fixing member 1 is prevented from dragging the screen support member 5 to move, and the flexible display screen of the electronic device is prevented from being pulled. Of course, the arc guide 511 and the arc guide 11 are only described herein as being semicircular, and in other embodiments, the arc guide 511 and the arc guide 11 may be disposed in other arc shapes, which is not limited in this disclosure. The arcuate mating slot 521 in the extension 52 may be designed to follow the path of relative movement between the support body 51 and the housing 24.
In some cases, the first engaging portion 223 may be elongated, and two sides of the elongated first engaging portion 223 are respectively disposed on a sliding groove or a sliding rail where the fixing member 1 is engaged, and the protruding portion 2231 may be disposed on the elongated first engaging portion 223 without interference. In other cases, as in the embodiments provided in the present disclosure, the first fitting portion 223 may include a first part 2232 and a second part 2232 disposed at intervals, the first part 2232 and the second part 2232 may be slidably connected with the fixing member 1, respectively, and the extension 52 may extend between the first part 2232 and the second part 2232, and the protrusion 2231 is disposed on at least one of the first part 2232 and the second part 2232. In this way, the extension 52 is accommodated in the gap between the first section 2232 and the second section 2232, which is beneficial to reducing the thickness of the hinge member 100, and meets the trend of light and thin electronic devices. In some cases, the protruding portion 2231 may be formed to extend from a surface of the first portion 2232 or the second portion 2232, and in other cases, the rotating member 22 may further include a pin disposed along the second direction, and the pin may sequentially penetrate the first portion 2232, the extending portion 52, and the second portion 2232, and the pin forms the protruding portion 2231, thereby achieving the connection between the extending portion 52 and the first mating portion 223. It should be noted that, when the fixing member 1 includes a first fixing member and a second fixing member, the screen support 5 may also include a first screen support member that is matched with the first fixing member and a second screen support member that is matched with the second fixing member, and the specific implementation may refer to the foregoing embodiment, which is not described herein again.
According to the technical solution of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, there is further provided an electronic device 200, where the electronic device 200 may include a housing 201 and the hinge component 100 described in any of the foregoing embodiments, and the housing 201 may be connected to the fixing member 1 of the hinge component 100, so that when the fixing member 1 moves relative to the movable component 2, the housing 201 may be synchronously driven to move relative to the movable component 2, so as to implement bending of the electronic device 200. When the fixing member 1 includes a first fixing member and a second fixing member, the electronic device 200 may include two housings 201 independent of each other, the first fixing member may be connected to one of the housings 201, the second fixing member may be connected to the other housing 201, and folding and unfolding between the two housings 201 are achieved by movement of the first fixing member and the second fixing member with respect to the movable assembly 2, thereby achieving folding and unfolding of the electronic device so as to be switchable between a state shown in fig. 10 and a state shown in fig. 11.
Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any adaptations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following the general principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.
It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.