Device for automatically folding flexible display screen

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11051414-B2
Application number	US-202016847724-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2020
Priority date	Sep 19, 2018
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

The present application provides a device for automatically folding a flexible display screen, including: a screen movable supporting component, configured to support a portion of the flexible display screen; a bending driving device, configured to drive the screen movable supporting component to perform a variable radius rotation to perform a bending action of the flexible display screen. The larger a bending angle of the flexible display screen is, the smaller a rotation radius of the screen movable supporting component is.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for automatically folding a flexible display screen, comprising:
a screen movable supporting component supporting the flexible display screen; and
a bending driving device driving the screen movable supporting component to perform a variable radius rotation around a fixed rotating shaft to perform a bending action of the flexible display screen,
wherein the larger a bending angle of the flexible display screen is, the smaller a rotation radius of the screen movable supporting component is.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein when the flexible display screen is changed from a flattened state to a folded state, the rotation radius of the screen movable supporting component is decreased, and when the flexible display screen is changed from the folded state to the flattened state, the rotation radius of the screen movable supporting component is increased.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the bending driving device comprises:
a cam having an arcuate surface with a variable radius of curvature; and
a driving mechanism, configured to drive the screen movable supporting component to rotate along the arcuate surface of the cam.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the driving mechanism comprises:
a motor; and
a driving component disposed between the motor and the cam, wherein the motor rotates to drive the driving component to drive the screen movable supporting component to rotate along the arcuate surface.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the driving component comprises:
a fixing seat, disposed on a motor head of the motor, an end of the fixing seat being connected to the cam;
a rotating linkage, disposed on an end of the fixing seat away from the motor;
a slider, connected to an end of the rotating linkage away from the fixing seat;
a spring, disposed between the cam and the slider;
a slider platen, disposed on an end of the spring away from the slider, the slider platen and the rotating linkage being locked by a screw; and
a bearing, disposed on the rotating linkage, and locked with the rotating linkage by a screw.

6. The device according to claim 3 , further comprising a base, wherein the base comprises a through hole, and the driving mechanism is disposed in the through hole.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein a shape of the base is following shapes: rectangle or circle;
a material of the base is one or more of the following materials: metal and plastic.

8. The device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a driving circuit board, fixed on the base and driving the motor to rotate; and
a cable, disposed on the base, wherein one end of the cable is electrically connected to the driving circuit board, and the other end of the cable is electrically connected to the motor.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the driving circuit board is disposed inside the through hole, or
the driving circuit board is disposed at a side of the base adjacent to the motor, or
the driving circuit board is disposed at a side of the base adjacent to the screen movable supporting component.

10. The device according to claim 6 , further comprising an upper cover, covering a surface of an end of the through hole adjacent to the screen movable supporting component, wherein the cam is disposed inside the upper cover.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein a shape of the upper cover is one or more of the following shapes: rectangle and circle;
a material of the upper cover is one or more of the following materials: metal and plastic.

12. The device according to claim 10 , further comprising a bottom cover, covering a surface of an end of the through hole away from the upper cover.

13. The device according to claim 12 , wherein a shape of the bottom cover is one or more of the following shapes: rectangle and circle;
a material of the bottom cover is one or more of the following materials: metal and plastic.

14. The device according to claim 10 , further comprising a screen fixed supporting component, fixed on an end of the upper cover away from the base, and arranged side by side with the screen movable supporting component on both sides of a folding region of the flexible display screen.

15. The device according to claim 14 , further comprising a soft rubber rotating shaft, disposed between the screen movable supporting component and the screen fixed supporting component, configured to connect the screen movable supporting component with the screen fixed supporting component.

16. The device according to claim 14 , further comprising a screen fixing plate, disposed on the screen fixed supporting component to fix the flexible display screen.

17. The device according to claim 16 , further comprising at least one screen batten fixed on the screen movable supporting component and the screen fixing plate to fix the flexible display screen.

18. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one screen batten includes two screen battens, the screen battens are frame-shaped structures, disposed on opposite ends of a bending line of the flexible display screen respectively, one screen batten is connected to the screen fixed supporting component, and the other screen batten is connected to the screen movable supporting component.

19. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one screen batten includes a plurality of screen battens, distributed on two sides of a bending region of the flexible display screen respectively, the screen batten is formed into a strip, and the plurality of screen battens are connected and fixed to the screen fixed supporting component and the screen movable supporting component respectively.

20. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the motor is a servo motor.

Assignees

• Yungu Guan Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hou Hongqi
• Liao fu
• Ding Liwei
• Wu Yuhua
• Zhu Zhaoji
• Sun Kanglong

Classifications

• F16M11/18 Primary

  with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand · CPC title

• H05K5/0247

  Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring · CPC title

• H05K5/03

  Covers · CPC title

• G09F9/301

  flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED · CPC title

• G09F9/30

  in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements (panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell controlling light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. electro-optical or magneto-optical cell, G02F1/00) · CPC title