Middle frame assembly and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12419000-B2
Application number	US-202118026829-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2021
Priority date	Nov 26, 2020
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A middle frame assembly and a display device. The middle frame assembly includes a rotating shaft component, a first middle frame body, a first sliding middle frame, and a first transmission component. The first transmission component includes a first driving bevel gear, a second driving bevel gear, a first driven bevel gear, and a transmission part. The first driving bevel gear and the second driving bevel gear can rotate in a first axial direction under the action of rotation of the first middle frame body relative to the rotating shaft component. A circumference of a pitch circle of the second driving bevel gear is greater than that of the first driving bevel gear. The first driven bevel gear is configured to mesh with the first driving bevel gear in a first state and with the second driving bevel gear in a second state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A middle frame assembly, comprising:
a rotation shaft component;
a first middle frame body rotationally connected to one side of the rotation shaft component along a first axial direction;
a first sliding middle frame configured to be fixedly connected to one end of a flexible panel, wherein the first sliding middle frame is slidably connected to a side of the first middle frame body away from the rotation shaft component along a first direction, and the first direction is a direction along which getting close to or away from the rotation shaft component; and
a first transmission component comprising a first sub-transmission component, wherein the first sub-transmission component comprises:
a first driving bevel gear connected to the first middle frame body and rotatable along the first axial direction under the action of rotation of the first middle frame body relative to the rotation shaft component;
a second driving bevel gear connected to the first middle frame body and rotatable along the first axial direction under the action of the rotation of the first middle frame body relative to the rotation shaft component, wherein a circumference of a pitch circle of the second driving bevel gear is greater than a circumference of a pitch circle of the first driving bevel gear;
a first driven bevel gear fixedly connected to the first middle frame body, and configured to mesh with the first driving bevel gear in a first state and with the second driving bevel gear in a second state, wherein the first driven bevel gear is rotatable along a second axial direction under the action of the first driving bevel gear or the second driving bevel gear; and
a transmission part connected to the first driven bevel gear and the first sliding middle frame, and configured to drive the first sliding middle frame to slide along the first direction relative to the first middle frame body under the action of rotation of the first driven bevel gear;

wherein the first driving bevel gear comprises:
a first conical base; and
a first tooth group formed on a quarter circumference of a conical surface of the first conical base;
the second driving bevel gear comprises:
a second conical base; and
a second tooth group formed on a quarter circumference of a conical surface of the second conical base; and
the first driven bevel gear comprises:
a third conical base;
a third tooth group formed on a conical surface of the third conical base; and
a fourth tooth group formed on the conical surface of the third conical base, wherein the third tooth group and the fourth tooth group are arranged at intervals on the conical surface of the third conical base, and number of teeth of the fourth tooth group is greater than number of teeth of the third tooth group;
wherein the first driven bevel gear meshes with the first tooth group through the third tooth group in the first state, and meshes with the second tooth group through the fourth tooth group in the second state.

2. The middle frame assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second axial direction is parallel to the first direction, and the transmission part comprises:
a first worm fixedly connected to the first driven bevel gear and extending along the second axial direction, wherein the first worm comprises a first threaded part with threaded teeth; and
a first rack fixedly connected to the first sliding middle frame and extending along the first direction, wherein the first rack meshes with the first threaded part.

3. The middle frame assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the first middle frame body comprises:
a first main middle frame slidably connected to the first sliding middle frame; and
a first rotation shaft fixedly connected to the first main middle frame, wherein an axial direction of the first rotation shaft is the same as the first axial direction;
wherein the first driving bevel gear and the second driving bevel gear are coaxially and fixedly connected to the first rotation shaft.

4. The middle frame assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the first main middle frame is rotationally connected to the rotation shaft component via the first rotation shaft.

5. The middle frame assembly according to claim 4 , wherein
the first middle frame body further comprises:
a second rotation shaft fixedly connected to the first main middle frame, wherein the first main middle frame is rotationally connected to the rotation shaft component via the second rotation shaft; and
the first transmission component further comprises:
a second sub-transmission component being of the same structure as the first sub-transmission component, wherein the second sub-transmission component and the first sub-transmission component are arranged at intervals along the first axial direction, and the second sub-transmission component is connected to the second rotation shaft.

6. The middle frame assembly according to claim 5 , wherein
the rotation shaft component comprises:
a rotation shaft body extending along a direction parallel to the first axial direction;
a first connection part fixedly connected to one end of the rotation shaft body along an extension direction of the rotation shaft body, wherein the first connection part is provided with a first through hole; and
a second connection part fixedly connected to the other end of the rotation shaft body along the extension direction of the rotation shaft body, wherein the second connection part is provided with a second through hole; and
the first middle frame body further comprises a first baffle comprising:
a baffle body is fixedly connected to the first main middle frame, wherein the baffle body comprises a first side plate and a second side plate opposite to each other;
a first extension part extending along the first direction and connected with the first side plate of the baffle body, wherein the first extension part is connected to the first rotation shaft; and
a second extension part extending along the first direction and connected with the second side plate of the baffle body, wherein the second extension part is connected to the second rotation shaft;
wherein the first rotation shaft is rotationally connected in the first through hole, and the second rotation shaft is rotationally connected in the second through hole.

7. The middle frame assembly according to claim 3 , wherein
the first sliding middle frame comprises:
a first frame body comprising a third side plate and a fourth side plate arranged oppositely to each other and extending along the first direction;
a first insertion part connected to the third side plate and extending along the first direction; and
a second insertion part connected to the fourth side plate and extending along the first direction; and
the first main middle frame comprises:
a second frame body comprising a fifth side plate and a sixth side plate oppositely to each other and extending along the first direction, wherein the fifth side plate is provided with a first groove extending along the first direction, and the sixth side plate is provided with a second groove extending along the first direction;
wherein the first insertion part is slidably inserted in the first groove, and the second insertion part is slidably inserted in the second groove.

8. The middle frame assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the first rack comprises:
a rack body; and
a sawtooth part located on a side of the rack body in the first axial direction.

9. The middle frame assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the first sub-transmission component further comprises:
a first support part fixedly connected to a side of the first main middle frame away from the flexible panel, wherein the first su

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dong Liming
• Zhang Shouchuan
• Chu Shangchieh

Classifications

• F16C11/04

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• G09F9/301 Primary

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

• Y02E10/50

  Photovoltaic [PV] energy · CPC title

• H05K5/0226 Primary

  Hinges · CPC title

• G06F1/1652 Primary

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