Sliding structure and terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11050864-B2
Application number	US-201816979659-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2018
Priority date	Mar 12, 2018
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

A sliding structure includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate. Two first slide grooves are disposed at a first end of the upper substrate, and the two first slide grooves are disposed opposite to each other. Two first slide rails are disposed at a first end of the lower substrate, and the two first slide rails are disposed opposite to each other. The two first slide rails are respectively assembled in the two first slide grooves. Two second slide rails are disposed at a second end of the upper substrate, and the two second slide rails are disposed opposite to each other. Two second slide grooves are disposed at a second end of the lower substrate, and the two second slide grooves are disposed opposite to each other. The two second slide rails are respectively assembled in the two second slide grooves.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal, comprising:
an upper slider;
a lower slider; and
a sliding structure coupling the upper slider to the lower slider, wherein the sliding structure comprises:
an upper substrate coupled to the upper slider and comprising:
two first slide grooves disposed at a first end of the upper substrate, wherein the two first slide grooves are disposed opposite to each other; and
two first slide rails disposed at a second end of the upper substrate, wherein the two first slide rails are disposed opposite to each other; and

a lower substrate coupled to the lower slider and comprising:
two second slide rails disposed at a first end of the lower substrate, wherein the two second slide rails are disposed opposite to each other, wherein the second slide rails are respectively assembled in the two first slide grooves, and wherein the second slide rails are configured to slide in cooperation with the first slide grooves; and
two second slide grooves disposed at a second end of the lower substrate, wherein the two second slide grooves are disposed opposite to each other, wherein the two first slide rails are respectively assembled in the two second slide grooves, and wherein the first slide rails are configured to slide in cooperation with the second slide grooves.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the upper slider comprises a display and a front housing, wherein the display is fixedly assembled with the front housing, wherein the front housing is fastened to the upper substrate, wherein the lower slider comprises a rear housing, and wherein the rear housing is fastened to the lower substrate.

3. The terminal of claim 2 , wherein the lower slider further comprises a mainboard, a battery, and a housing that are fixedly assembled.

4. The terminal of claim 2 , wherein the upper slider further comprises a mainboard or a battery, and wherein the display, the mainboard, and the front housing are fixedly assembled, the display, the battery, and the front housing are fixedly assembled or the display, the mainboard, the front housing, and the battery are fixedly assembled.

5. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising an auxiliary slide rail fastened between the upper slider and the lower slider.

6. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the auxiliary slide rail comprises a slide component and a slide groove component, wherein the slide component is configured to slide relative to the slide groove component, and wherein the slide component is fastened to the upper slider, the slide groove component is fastened to the lower slider, or the slide component is fastened to the lower slider and the slide groove component is fastened to the upper slider.

7. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the slide groove component has a slide groove, wherein the slide component is configured to slide in the slide groove, wherein the slide component is fastened to the upper slider using the slide groove when the slide component is fastened to the upper slider, and wherein the slide component is fastened to the lower slider using the slide groove when the slide component is fastened to the lower slider.

8. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the slide component is fastened to a front housing in the upper slider and the slide groove component is fastened to a rear housing in the lower slider, or wherein the slide component is fastened to the rear housing in the lower slider and the slide groove component is fastened to the front housing in the upper slider.

9. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the sliding structure does not overlap or intersect the auxiliary slide rail.

10. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the sliding structure is proximate to a bottom of the terminal and the auxiliary slide rail is proximate to a top of the terminal, or wherein the sliding structure is proximate to the top of the terminal and the auxiliary slide rail is proximate to the bottom of the terminal.

11. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first spacing between the first slide grooves and the first slide rails that are located on a same side of the upper substrate; or
a second spacing between the second slide grooves and the second slide rails that are located on a same side of the lower substrate.

12. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first end of the upper substrate is in a position proximate to a bottom of the upper substrate, wherein the second end of the upper substrate is in a position proximate to a top of the upper substrate, wherein the first end of the lower substrate is in a position proximate to a bottom of the lower substrate, and wherein the second end of the lower substrate is in a position proximate to a top of the lower substrate.

13. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first end of the upper substrate is in a position proximate to a top of the upper substrate, wherein the second end of the upper substrate is in a position proximate to a bottom of the upper substrate, wherein the first end of the lower substrate is in a position proximate to a top of the lower substrate, and wherein the second end of the lower substrate is in a position proximate to a bottom of the lower substrate.

14. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein a first length of the first slide grooves is greater than or equal to a second length of the second slide grooves.

15. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein a first length of the second slide grooves is greater than or equal to a second length of the first slide grooves.

16. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising two springs disposed symmetrically, wherein the two springs comprise a first connection end fastened to the lower substrate and a second connection end fastened to the upper substrate.

17. The terminal of claim 16 , wherein the two springs are always in a compressed state.

18. The terminal of claim 16 , wherein the springs are electrically conductive.

19. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
m spring sheets disposed on the lower substrate, wherein m≥1; and
m holes disposed on the upper substrate, wherein a first metal pad and a second metal pad are respectively disposed at two ends of each hole,
wherein the m spring sheets are configured to be in contact with the second metal pad when the upper substrate is located at a start position of sliding relative to the lower substrate, and
wherein the m spring sheets are configured to be in contact with the first metal pad when the upper substrate is located at an end position of sliding relative to the lower substrate.

20. The terminal of claim 19 , wherein the m spring sheets, the first metal pad, and the second metal pad are electrically conductive.

Assignees

• Honor Device Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Yaolei
• Tan Zhengping
• Luo Jianhong
• Huang Qiang
• Yuan Leibo
• Zhang Wei

Classifications

• H04M1/0266

  for a display module assembly · CPC title

• H04M1/0237 Primary

  Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom · CPC title

• H04M1/0277

  for a printed circuit board assembly · CPC title

• H04M1/0262

  for a battery compartment · CPC title

• H04M1/0235 Primary

  Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts · CPC title