Rotating mechanism, supporting apparatus, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12438970-B2
Application number	US-202217921665-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2022
Priority date	May 27, 2021
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

A rotating mechanism, a supporting apparatus, and an electronic device are provided. The rotating mechanism includes a base, a first connecting piece, a second connecting piece, a lifting plate, a force applying structure, and a supporting structure. The first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are both rotatably connected to the base; and when the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are in an unfolding position, the force applying structure applies, to the lifting plate, a tensile force from the lifting plate to a side of the lifting plate away from a fitting surface, and the supporting structure applies, to the lifting plate, a first supporting force that counterbalances the tensile force.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotating mechanism, comprising a base, a first connecting piece, a second connecting piece, a lifting plate, a force applying structure, and a supporting structure; wherein
both the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are rotatably connected to the base; the lifting plate is located between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece; the lifting plate is provided with a fitting surface, and the fitting surface is used for fitting a part of a flexible display; and the lifting plate is provided with a lifting space, the force applying structure is located on at least one side in a circumference of the lifting space, and the force applying structure is connected to the lifting plate; and
the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece can rotate between an unfolding position and a folding position relative to the base; and when the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are in the unfolding position, the force applying structure applies, to the lifting plate, a tensile force from the lifting plate to a side of the lifting plate away from the fitting surface, the lifting plate is supported on the supporting structure, and the supporting structure applies, to the lifting plate, a first supporting force that counterbalances the tensile force.

2. The rotating mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein when the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece rotate from the unfolding position to the folding position, the supporting structure moves away from the fitting surface to withdraw the first supporting force, and the lifting plate moves down under an action of the tensile force from the force applying structure; and
when the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece rotate from the folding position to the unfolding position, the supporting structure moves towards the fitting surface to apply a second supporting force to the lifting plate, wherein the second supporting force can overcome the tensile force from the force applying structure to push the lifting plate to move up.

3. The rotating mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the force applying structure comprises a first force applying structure and a second force applying structure, and the first force applying structure and the second force applying structure are located on two opposite sides in the circumference of the lifting space; and
when the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are in the unfolding position, the first force applying structure and the second force applying structure each apply, to the lifting plate, a tensile force from the lifting plate to a side of the lifting plate away from the fitting surface.

4. The rotating mechanism according to claim 3 , wherein the first connecting piece is rotatably connected to the base by using a first rotating shaft, the second connecting piece is rotatably connected to the base by using a second rotating shaft, the first force applying structure is a first torsion spring, and the second force applying structure is a second torsion spring;
the first torsion spring comprises a first spiral body and a first torsion arm, wherein the first spiral body is sleeved on the first rotating shaft, one end of the first spiral body is fastened relative to the base, one end of the first torsion arm is fastened to the other end of the first spiral body, and the other end of the first torsion arm is fastened to the lifting plate;
the second torsion spring comprises a second spiral body and a second torsion arm, wherein the second spiral body is sleeved on the second rotating shaft, one end of the second spiral body is fastened relative to the base, one end of the second torsion arm is fastened to the other end of the second spiral body, and the other end of the second torsion arm is fastened to the lifting plate; and
when the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are in the unfolding position, the first torsion arm and the second torsion arm are in a deformed state of swinging towards the fitting surface, so as to apply, to the lifting plate, an elastic tensile force from the lifting plate to a side of the lifting plate away from the fitting surface.

5. The rotating mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein when the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are in the unfolding position, swing-deformation angles of the first torsion arm and the second torsion arm towards the fitting surface are greater than 0° and equal to or less than 85°.

6. The rotating mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein the other end of the first torsion arm is slidably connected to the lifting plate in a first direction, wherein the first direction is parallel with the lifting plate and perpendicular to the first rotating shaft; and
the other end of the second torsion arm is slidably connected to the lifting plate in the first direction.

7. The rotating mechanism according to claim 6 , wherein a mounting part is provided on the first torsion arm;
a hook is provided on a surface of the lifting plate away from the fitting surface, and the hook is provided with a guiding section that extends in the first direction; and
the first torsion arm is mounted to the hook by using the mounting part, and can slide along the guiding section.

8. The rotating mechanism according to claim 7 , wherein the first spiral body comprises a first spiral part and a second spiral part, both the first spiral part and the second spiral part are sleeved on the first rotating shaft, and the first spiral part and the second spiral part are separated from each other in a length direction of the first rotating shaft;
one end of the first spiral part close to the second spiral part is a first end of the first spiral part, and one end of the second spiral part close to the first spiral part is a first end of the second spiral part; and
the first torsion arm is n-shaped, two ends of the first torsion arm are respectively fastened to the first end of first spiral part and the first end of the second spiral part, and a middle bent part of the first torsion arm forms the mounting part.

9. The rotating mechanism according to claim 8 , wherein one end of the first spiral part away from the second spiral part is a second end of the first spiral part, and one end of the second spiral part away from the first spiral part is a second end of the second spiral part; and
the first spiral body is fastened to the base by using the second end of the first spiral part and the second end of the second spiral part.

10. The rotating mechanism according to claim 3 , wherein the first force applying structure is a first spring piece, and the second force applying structure is a second spring piece;
one end of the first spring piece and one end of the second spring piece are fastened relative to the base, and the other end of the first spring piece and the other end of the second spring piece are connected to the lifting plate; and
when the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are in the unfolding position, the first spring piece and the second spring piece are in a deformed state of bending towards the fitting surface, so as to apply, to the lifting plate, an elastic tensile force from the lifting plate to a side of the lifting plate away from the fitting surface.

11. The rotating mechanism according to claim 3 , wherein the first force applying structure is a first spiral telescopic spring, and the second force applying structure is a second spiral telescopic spring;
one end of the first spiral telescopic spring and one end of the second spiral telescopic spring in their stretching directions are connected

Assignees

• Honor Device Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Jian
• Zhang Yaolei
• Li Haifei
• Wang Yuan
• Zhou Guotong
• Yuan Leibo

Classifications

• H04M1/022 Primary

  The hinge comprising two parallel pivoting axes · CPC title

• G06F1/1681

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

• G06F1/1652

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

• G06F1/1616

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title

• H04M1/0268 Primary

  including a flexible display panel · CPC title