Flexible device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10534444-B2
Application number	US-201616080013-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2016
Priority date	Jul 6, 2016
Publication date	Jan 14, 2020
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020

Abstract

A flexible device, comprising a housing (10) and a flexible element (20), and further comprising a driving element (30) received in the housing (10). The driving element (30) may drive the flexible element (20) to be received in the housing (10) when working. By enabling the housing (10) to receive the driving element (30), the length of the flexible device can he effectively reduced, so that the flexible device is easy to carry.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flexible device, comprising:
a housing,
a flexible element, and
a driving element accommodated in the housing, wherein the driving element is configured to drive the flexible element to be accommodated in the housing;
wherein the housing defines a first cavity and a second cavity, the first cavity and the second cavity are separated from each other, and each of the first cavity and the second cavity is provided with a speaker.

2. The flexible device according to claim 1 , wherein the first cavity is opened to a first end of the housing and the second cavity is opened to a second end of the housing opposite to the first end, and sound production directions of two speakers are from the ends of the flexible device to outside and opposite to each other.

3. The flexible device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving element is located between the first cavity and the second cavity.

4. The flexible device according to claim 1 , wherein the first cavity and the second cavity are separated by at least one partition.

5. The flexible device according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one partition comprises a plurality of partitions arranged in the housing and an electronic device cavity is formed between two adjacent partitions for accommodating the driving element.

6. The flexible device according to claim 5 , further comprising a controller and a battery disposed in the electronic device cavity.

7. The flexible device according to claim 5 , wherein the electronic device cavity is defined in the middle of the housing and between the first cavity and the second cavity, a volume of the electronic device cavity is smaller than that of any one of the first cavity and the second cavity.

8. A flexible device, comprising:
a housing,
a flexible element,
a driving element accommodated in the housing, the driving element configured to drive the flexible element to be accommodated in the housing; and
an inner casing accommodated in the housing, wherein the flexible device is wound around the inner casing when accommodated in the housing.

9. The flexible device according to claim 8 , wherein the driving element is accommodated in the inner casing.

10. The flexible device according to claim 8 , wherein the inner casing comprises a fixed member and a movable member that is movable relative to the fixed member.

11. The flexible device according to claim 10 , wherein the fixed member is fixed to the housing and an end of the movable member is movably connected with an end of the fixed member.

12. The flexible device according to claim 10 , wherein the first cavity is defined in the fixed member and the second cavity is defined in the movable member.

13. The flexible device according to claim 10 , wherein the driving element is fixed to the fixed member and operated to drive the movable member to rotate.

14. The flexible device according to claim 10 , wherein an end of the flexible element comprises a first portion and a second portion connected to each other, the first portion corresponds to the fixed member but is separated from the fixed member and the second portion corresponds to the movable member and is fixed to movable member.

15. The flexible device according to claim 14 , wherein a rigid support member is provided at an end of the flexible element, and comprises a fixed part fixedly connected to the second portion and a connecting part fixedly connected to the first portion.

16. The flexible device according to claim 15 , wherein the fixed part of the support member is fixed on the movable member, and the connecting part of the support member is separated from the fixed member.

17. The flexible device according to claim 8 , wherein the flexible element comprises a functional surface and a support surface opposite to the functional surface, and the functional surface is bent to and faced to the inner casing when the flexible element is accommodated in the housing.

18. The flexible device according to claim 17 , wherein a plurality of first positioning portions is formed on the support surface, the driving element comprises a rotating wheel provided with a plurality of second positioning portions, in which the driving element is operated to drive the rotating wheel to rotate, such that the second positioning portions are engaged with the respective first positioning portions sequentially, so as to drive the flexible device to move.

19. A flexible device, comprising:
a housing;
a flexible element; and
a driving element accommodated in the housing, the driving element configured to drive the flexible element to be accommodated in the housing;
wherein the housing defines a first cavity and a second cavity and the driving element is located between the first cavity and the second cavity.

20. The flexible device according to claim 19 , wherein the first cavity and the second cavity are separated by a plurality of partitions;
wherein the partitions are arranged in the housing and an electronic device cavity is formed between two adjacent partitions for accommodating the driving element.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Qi

Classifications

• G06F1/1666

  Arrangements for reducing the size of the integrated keyboard for transport, e.g. foldable keyboards, keyboards with collapsible keys (G06F1/1664 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/0221 Primary

  Arrangements for reducing keyboard size for transport or storage, e.g. foldable keyboards, keyboards with collapsible keys (G06F3/0216 takes precedence; for keyboards integrated in a laptop computer G06F1/1666) · CPC title

• H04R1/028

  associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles · CPC title

• G06F3/041

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title

• H04R5/023

  in a chair, pillow · CPC title