Display apparatus and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12045093-B2
Application number	US-202117770248-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2021
Priority date	Jun 3, 2020
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

A displaying device and an electronic device. The displaying device includes: a first housing, a second housing, a flexible screen, a supporting strip and a telescopic rod; first housing and second housing face each other, and the first housing is provided with an opening at a position facing the second housing; one end of flexible screen is winded inside first housing, and the other end protrudes out of opening and is fixed to second housing; one end of supporting strip is winded inside first housing, the other end protrudes out of opening and is fixed to second housing, and a portion of supporting strip that protrudes out of first housing clings to a bottom of flexible screen; and telescopic rod is disposed at a bottom of supporting strip, and one end of telescopic rod is fixed to first housing, and the other end is fixed to the second housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A displaying device, the displaying device comprising a first housing, a second housing, a flexible screen, a supporting strip and a telescopic rod, wherein
the first housing and the second housing face each other, and the first housing is provided with an opening at a position facing the second housing;
one end of the flexible screen is winded inside the first housing, and an other end protrudes out of the opening and is fixed to the second housing;
one end of the supporting strip is winded inside the first housing, the other end protrudes out of the opening and is fixed to the second housing, and a portion of the supporting strip that protrudes out of the first housing clings to a bottom of the flexible screen; and
the telescopic rod is disposed at a bottom of the supporting strip, one end of the telescopic rod is fixed to the first housing, and the other end is fixed to the second housing;
a ferromagnetic film is disposed at the bottom of the flexible screen; and
the supporting strip comprises a bottom film and a plurality of metal sheets, the plurality of metal sheets are adhered to the bottom film side by side in a direction of deployment of the supporting strip, the metal sheets are closer to the flexible screen, and the metal sheets and the ferromagnetic film are connected by magnetic attraction.

2. The displaying device according to claim 1 , wherein a slot is disposed on one side of the metal sheets that is closer to the flexible screen, and a magnetic piece is embedded inside the slot.

3. The displaying device according to claim 2 , wherein an outer surface of the magnetic piece and an outer surface of the metal sheets are flush.

4. The displaying device according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of slots are disposed on each of the metal sheets, and the plurality of slots are at least arranged at a central region and edge regions at two ends of the metal sheet.

5. The displaying device according to claim 1 , wherein the metal sheets are made from a magnetic material.

6. The displaying device according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom film comprises at least one of a polyimide thin film, a thermoplastic-polyester film and a woven fabric.

7. The displaying device according to claim 1 , wherein a range of a thickness of the ferromagnetic film is 20 micrometers to 150 micrometers.

8. The displaying device according to claim 1 , wherein the ferromagnetic film is made from a ferromagnetic material.

9. The displaying device according to claim 1 , wherein a first scroll rolling mechanism and a second scroll rolling mechanism are disposed inside the first housing;
the one end of the flexible screen is fixed to the first scroll rolling mechanism, and is winded to the first scroll rolling mechanism; and
the one end of the supporting strip is fixed to the second scroll rolling mechanism, and is winded to the second scroll rolling mechanism.

10. The displaying device according to claim 9 , wherein the first scroll rolling mechanism comprises a driving shaft and a driven shaft that face each other and are separately arranged, and a caterpillar band winded outside the driving shaft and the driven shaft;
the one end of the flexible screen is fixed to the caterpillar band, and is winded to the caterpillar band;
the driving shaft and the driven shaft are rotatably connected inside the first housing; an d the driving shaft is connected to a first driving member, and the first driving member is configured for driving the driving shaft to rotate, to drive the caterpillar band to rotate in a direction that curls the flexible screen into the first housing.

11. The displaying device according to claim 10 , wherein the first driving member is a torsional spring.

12. The displaying device according to claim 10 , wherein
a plurality of projections are disposed on an outer surface of the driving shaft; and
a plurality of slots are disposed on a surface of the caterpillar band that clings to the driving shaft, the slots and the projections are engaged, and a surface of the caterpillar band that is further from the driving shaft is a smooth surface.

13. The displaying device according to claim 9 , wherein the second scroll rolling mechanism comprises a rotation shaft and a second driving member;
one end of the supporting strip is fixed to the rotation shaft, and is winded to the rotation shaft;
the rotation shaft is rotatably connected inside the first housing; and
the second driving member is connected to the rotation shaft, and the second driving member is configured for driving the rotation shaft to rotate, to drive the rotation shaft to rotate in a direction that curls the supporting strip into the first housing.

14. The displaying device according to claim 13 , wherein the second driving member is a torsional spring.

15. The displaying device according to claim 1 , wherein the telescopic rod comprises a plurality of connecting rods that are sequentially slidably connected, and between any two neighboring instances of the connecting rods, one of the connecting rods is embedded in the other of the connecting rods; and
first side faces of the plurality of connecting rods that are connected to the supporting strip are flush with each other.

16. The displaying device according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying device further comprises a clamping mechanism, the clamping mechanism is disposed inside the first housing, and is adjacent to the opening, and the clamping mechanism clamps the flexible screen and the supporting strip, so that the portion of the supporting strip that protrudes out of the first housing clings to the bottom of the flexible screen.

17. The displaying device according to claim 16 , wherein the clamping mechanism comprises a first roller wheel and a second roller wheel that face each other and are separately arranged, and the flexible screen and the supporting strip are clamped between the first roller wheel and the second roller wheel.

18. An electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises the displaying device according to claim 1 .

19. The displaying device according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying device further comprises a clamping mechanism, the clamping mechanism is disposed inside the first housing, and is adjacent to the opening, and the clamping mechanism clamps the flexible screen and the supporting strip, so that the portion of the supporting strip that protrudes out of the first housing clings to the bottom of the flexible screen.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chu Shangchieh
• Luo Xiaofei
• Yang Yanyan
• Zhu Hong
• Wang Zongyuan

Classifications

• G09F9/301 Primary

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

• G06F1/1624

  with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display · CPC title

• G06F1/1656

  Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203) · CPC title

• G06F1/1652 Primary

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• G06F1/1679

  for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA (G06F1/1681 takes precedence) · CPC title