Rotating shaft mechanism and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12353254-B2
Application number	US-202218004001-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2022
Priority date	Sep 30, 2021
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

A rotating shaft mechanism includes a shaft cover and first rotating arms disposed on both sides of the shaft cover. A second rotating arm is disposed between the first rotating arm and the shaft cover, and the first rotating arm is slidably connected to the second rotating arm, such that the first rotating arm and the shaft cover form a rotational connection. The second rotating arm includes a connection portion and a slider. The slider separately has a second distance and a third distance from two end faces of the connection portion in a direction of the rotating shaft. The first rotating arm includes a chute, and the chute is slidably connected to the slider, such that the chute overlaps the second rotating arm. The chute extends for a fourth distance in a direction close to the rotating shaft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotating shaft mechanism, comprising:
a shaft cover and first rotating arms disposed on both sides of the shaft cover, wherein the shaft cover comprises a side wall facing one of the first rotating arms; and
a second rotating arm disposed between the one of the first rotating arms and the shaft cover, wherein the one of the first rotating arms is slidably connected to the second rotating arm, and the second rotating arm is configured to rotate relative to the shaft cover, so that the one of the first rotating arms and the shaft cover form a rotational connection, wherein the second rotating arm comprises:
a rotating shaft located on an inner side of the side wall, wherein the inner side of the side wall is a side facing away from the second rotating arm;
a connection portion comprising a first end located between the first rotating arm and the side wall; and
a slider, wherein one end of the slider is connected to the first end of the connection portion, and the other end extends for a first distance along a direction away from the side wall, and wherein the slider separately has a second distance and a third distance from two end faces of the connection portion in a direction of the rotating shaft,

wherein the first rotating arm comprises a chute that is slidably connected to the slider, such that the chute overlaps the second rotating arm,
wherein the chute extends for a fourth distance in a direction close to the rotating shaft,
wherein when the rotating shaft mechanism is being unfolded, an end of the chute that is close to the rotating shaft extends beyond the first end, to increase an overlapping length between the chute and the second rotating arm, and
wherein an opening matching a position of the connection portion in the direction of the rotating shaft is disposed on an end face of the chute that is close to the connection portion, a width of the opening in the direction of the rotating shaft is greater than or equal to a width of the connection portion in the direction of the rotating shaft, and the width of the opening in the direction of the rotating shaft is less than a width of the chute in the direction of the rotating shaft.

2. The rotating shaft mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the opening runs through the one of the first rotating arms in a direction perpendicular to the rotating shaft.

3. The rotating shaft mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the second rotating arm further comprises a rotating portion, wherein the connection portion further comprises a second end located on an inner side of the side wall, and wherein the rotating portion is connected to the second end of the connection portion, the rotating portion rotates relative to the shaft cover, and the rotating portion can rotate around the rotating shaft.

4. The rotating shaft mechanism of claim 3 , wherein the connection portion comprises a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece, and there is an included angle between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece to form an L-shaped structure, wherein one end of the first connecting piece is the second end, and is connected to the rotating portion, wherein the other end of the first connecting piece extends along a direction in which the rotating portion is away from the rotating shaft, and is connected to one end of the second connecting piece, and wherein the other end of the second connecting piece is the first end, and is connected to the slider.

5. The rotating shaft mechanism of claim 4 , wherein a width of the first connecting piece is greater than a width of the second connecting piece, wherein the second connecting piece is disposed between two end faces of the first connecting piece in the direction of the rotating shaft, and wherein the second connecting piece, the slider, and the first connecting piece separately form a first groove and a second groove on both ends of the slider.

6. The rotating shaft mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the second rotating arm further comprises a protruding portion, and wherein one end of the protruding portion is connected to the first end of the connection portion, the other end of the protruding portion extends for a certain distance in a direction close to the side wall, and the slider and the protruding portion are located in a same plane.

7. The rotating shaft mechanism of claim 6 , wherein the second rotating arm comprises two protruding portions, and wherein the two protruding portions are distributed at two ends of the slider in the direction of the rotating shaft.

8. The rotating shaft mechanism of claim 7 , wherein the second rotating arm further comprises a connecting piece, wherein one end of the connecting piece is connected to the first end of the connection portion, the other end of the connecting piece extends for a certain distance in a direction close to the side wall, and the connecting piece and the protruding portions are in a same plane, and wherein end faces of the connecting piece in the direction of the rotating shaft are separately connected to the two protruding portions.

9. The rotating shaft mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the shaft cover comprises a support wall structure having a U-shaped cross-section in a direction perpendicular to the rotating shaft, wherein the support wall structure extends for a certain distance along a direction parallel to the rotating shaft to form a U-shaped wall surface, and wherein the U-shaped wall surface forms two side walls on both sides of an axis of the shaft cover.

10. The rotating shaft mechanism of claim 9 , wherein a first arc surface matching a size and a shape of the side wall is disposed on an end of the one of the first rotating arms that is close to the rotating shaft.

11. An electronic device, comprising:
a middle frame;
a flexible screen connected to the middle frame; and
a rotating shaft mechanism, comprising:
a shaft cover and first rotating arms disposed on both sides of the shaft cover, wherein at least one of the first rotating arms is connected to the middle frame to implement rotation of the middle frame and the flexible screen in response to rotation of the rotating shaft mechanism, and wherein the shaft cover comprises a side wall facing one of the first rotating arms; and
a second rotating arm disposed between the one of the first rotating arms and the shaft cover, wherein the one of the first rotating arms is slidably connected to the second rotating arm, and the second rotating arm is configured to rotate relative to the shaft cover, such that the one of the first rotating arms and the shaft cover form a rotational connection, wherein the second rotating arm comprises:
a rotating shaft located on an inner side of the side wall, wherein the inner side of the side wall is a side facing away from the second rotating arm;
a connection portion comprising a first end located between the first rotating arm and the side wall; and
a slider, wherein one end of the slider is connected to the first end of the connection portion, and the other end extends for a first distance along a direction away from the side wall, and wherein the slider separately has a second distance and a third distance from two end faces of the connection portion in a direction of the rotating shaft,

wherein the first rotating arm comprises a chute that is slidably connected to the slider, such that the chute overlaps the second rotating arm,
wherein the chute extends for a fourth distance in a direction close to the rotating shaft,
wherein when the rotating shaft mechanism is being unfolded, an end of the chute that is close to the rotating shaft extends beyond the first end, to increase an overlapping length between the chut

Assignees

• Honor Device Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yan Bin

Classifications

• H05K5/0226

  Hinges · CPC title

• G06F1/1624

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

• H04M1/0237

  Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom · CPC title

• G06F1/1652

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

• G06F1/1681 Primary

  Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683) · CPC title