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US 12,274,014 · App. 17/676,566 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Electronic device and foldable assembly

Inventors: Jie Li (Guangdong, CN); Zekuan Zheng (Guangdong, CN); Jiao Cheng (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H05K5/0226F16C11/04H05K5/0017
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Patent No.
US 12,274,014
App. No.
17/676,566
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device and a foldable assembly are provided, the electronic device includes a first main body, a second main body, and a rotating shaft mechanism which includes a rotating shaft base, a first rotating member, a second rotating member, and a linkage assembly; and the linkage assembly includes a first linkage member and a second linkage member, the first linkage member and the second linkage member each have sliding blocks, the first rotating member and the second rotating member each have sliding portions in sliding fit with sliding blocks. The first rotating member further has a first main body portion, the first sliding portion is disposed at one side of the first main body portion, and the first sliding block is in sliding fit and rotating fit with a first sliding groove defined between the first sliding portion and the first main body portion.

Claims (32)

1. An electronic device comprising a first main body, a second main body, and a rotating shaft mechanism, wherein

the rotating shaft mechanism comprises a rotating shaft base, a first rotating member, a second rotating member, and a linkage assembly, and the first rotating member is connected with the first main body and the second rotating member is connected with the second main body;

the linkage assembly comprises a first linkage member and a second linkage member, the first linkage member and the second linkage member are each rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, the first linkage member has a first sliding block, the second linkage member has a second sliding block, the first rotating member has a first sliding portion in sliding fit with the first sliding block, the second rotating member has a second sliding portion in sliding fit with the second sliding block; wherein the first rotating member further has a first main body portion fixedly connected with the first sliding portion, the first sliding portion is disposed at one side of the first main body portion, a first sliding groove is defined between the first sliding portion and the first main body portion, and the first sliding block is in sliding fit and rotating fit with the first sliding groove;

the first rotating member has a first rotating portion, the first rotating portion is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, the first rotating portion and the first sliding portion are arranged side by side in a direction of a rotation axis-line of the first linkage member, an orthographic projection of the first linkage member on a plane where the first rotating portion is located at least partially falls into the first rotating portion, and an orthographic projection of the first sliding portion on the plane where the first rotating portion is located at least partially falls into the first rotating portion; and

the second rotating member has a second rotating portion, the second rotating portion is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, the second rotating portion and the second sliding portion are arranged side by side in a direction of a rotation axis-line of the second linkage member, an orthographic projection of the second linkage member on a plane where the second rotating portion is located at least partially falls into the second rotating portion, and an orthographic projection of the second sliding portion on the plane where the second rotating portion is located at least partially falls into the second rotating portion.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first linkage member has a first rotating shaft and a first push rod fixedly connected with the first rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, a rotation axis-line of the first rotating shaft is parallel to a rotation axis-line of the first rotating member, and the first sliding block is disposed at an end of the first push rod away from the first rotating shaft; and

wherein the second linkage member has a second rotating shaft and a second push rod fixedly connected with the second rotating shaft, the second rotating shaft is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, a rotation axis-line of the second rotating shaft is parallel to a rotation axis-line of the second rotating member, the second rotating shaft and the first rotating shaft are linked with each other, and the second sliding block is disposed at an end of the second push rod away from the second rotating shaft.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the rotating shaft base defines an accommodating groove, the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are each received in the accommodating groove, and a plane defined by the rotation axis-line of the first rotating member and the rotation axis-line of second rotating member is located at a side of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft away from bottom of the accommodating groove.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the accommodating groove has an opening and a bottom surface opposite to the opening; and a distance between a plane defined by the rotation axis-line of the first rotating shaft and the rotation axis-line of the second rotating shaft and the bottom surface is a first distance, a distance between a plane defined by the rotation axis-line of the first rotating member and the rotation axis-line of the second rotating member and the bottom surface is a second distance, and the first distance is less than the second distance.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein a distance between the rotation axis- line of the first rotating shaft and the rotation axis-line of the second rotating shaft is less than a distance between the rotation axis-line of the first rotating member and the rotation axis-line of the second rotating member.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a direction in which the second sliding block is opposite to the first sliding block is parallel to a plane defined by a rotation axis-line of the first rotating member and a rotation axis-line of the second rotating member.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein a sliding direction of the first sliding block relative to the first rotating member is perpendicular to a direction of the rotation axis-line of the first rotating member.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the first rotating member has a first rotating portion fixedly connected with the first main body portion.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first main body portion has a first rotating end and a first connecting end opposite to the first rotating end, the first rotating portion is disposed at the first rotating end, and in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the first sliding block relative to the first rotating member, the size of the first sliding groove close to the first rotating end is greater than that of the first sliding groove close to the first connecting end.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the rotating shaft base has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the first rotating portion is located at a side of the first linkage member adjacent to the first end, the second rotating portion is located at a side of the second linkage member adjacent to the second end, and the first rotating portion is at least partially overlapped with the second rotating portion when the first main body and the second main body are unfolded.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first rotating portion has a first connecting structure extending in an arc, the first rotating portion is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base through the first connecting structure, the second rotating portion has a second connecting structure extending in an arc, the second rotating portion is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base through the second connecting structure, and a distance between a rotation axis-line of the first rotating portion and a rotation axis-line of the second rotating portion is less than a sum of a radius of the first connecting structure and a radius of the second connecting structure.

12. An electronic device comprising a first housing, a second housing, a rotating shaft mechanism, and a flexible display screen; wherein

the rotating shaft mechanism comprises a rotating shaft base, a first rotating member, a second rotating member, and a linkage assembly, and the first rotating member is connected with the first housing and the second rotating member is connected with the second housing;

the linkage assembly comprises a first linkage member and a second linkage member, the first linkage member and the second linkage member are each rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, the first linkage member has a first sliding block, the second linkage member has a second sliding block, the first rotating member has a first sliding portion in sliding fit with the first sliding block, the second rotating member has a second sliding portion in sliding fit with the second sliding block; the first rotating member further has a first main body portion connected with the first sliding portion, the first sliding portion is disposed at one side of the first main body portion, and the first sliding portion is rotatably and slidingly connected with the first sliding block;

the flexible display screen has a first display portion, a second display portion arranged opposite to the first display portion, and a bendable display portion fixedly connected with the first display portion and the second display portion, the first display portion is fixed to the first housing, the second display portion is fixed to the second housing, and the first housing is configured to rotate relative to the second housing through the rotating shaft mechanism to drive the bendable display portion to bend;

the first rotating member has a first rotating portion, the first rotating portion is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, the first rotating portion and the first sliding portion are arranged side by side in a direction of a rotation axis-line of the first linkage member, an orthographic projection of the first linkage member on a plane where the first rotating portion is located at least partially falls into the first rotating portion, and an orthographic projection of the first sliding portion on the plane where the first rotating portion is located at least partially falls into the first rotating portion; and

the second rotating member has a second rotating portion, the second rotating portion is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, the second rotating portion and the second sliding portion are arranged side by side in a direction of a rotation axis-line of the second linkage member, an orthographic projection of the second linkage member on a plane where the second rotating portion is located at least partially falls into the second rotating portion, and an orthographic projection of the second sliding portion on the plane where the second rotating portion is located at least partially falls into the second rotating portion.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first linkage member has a first rotating shaft and a first push rod fixedly connected with the first rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, a rotation axis-line of the first rotating shaft is parallel to a rotation axis-line of the first rotating member, and the first sliding block is disposed at an end of the first push rod away from the first rotating shaft;

wherein the second linkage member has a second rotating shaft and a second push rod fixedly connected with the second rotating shaft, the second rotating shaft is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, a rotation axis-line of the second rotating shaft is parallel to a rotation axis-line of the second rotating member, the second rotating shaft and the first rotating shaft are linked with each other, and the second sliding block is disposed at an end of the second push rod away from the second rotating shaft.

14. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first rotating member further has a first rotating portion, the first main body portion and the first sliding portion constitutes a first baffle plate, and the first baffle plate is fixedly connected with the first rotating portion; and

the first baffle plate defines a first sliding groove, the first baffle plate is in rotating fit and sliding fit with the first sliding block through the first sliding groove.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the first main body portion has a first rotating end and a first connecting end opposite to the first rotating end, the first rotating end is close to the rotating shaft base relative to the first connecting end, and in a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by a rotation axis-line of the first rotating member and a rotation axis-line of the second rotating member, an opening size of the first sliding groove close to the first rotating end is greater than that of the first sliding groove close to the first connecting end.

16. A foldable assembly comprising a first housing, a second housing, and a rotating shaft mechanism; wherein

the rotating shaft mechanism comprises a rotating shaft base, a first rotating member, a second rotating member, and a linkage assembly, and the first rotating member is connected with the first housing and the second rotating member is connected with the second housing; and

the linkage assembly comprises a first linkage member and a second linkage member, the first linkage member and the second linkage member are each rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, the first linkage member has a first sliding block, the second linkage member has a second sliding block, the first rotating member has a first sliding portion in sliding fit with the first sliding block, the second rotating member has a second sliding portion in sliding fit with the second sliding block; wherein the first rotating member further has a first main body portion fixedly connected with the first sliding portion, the first sliding portion is disposed at one side of the first main body portion, a first sliding groove is defined between the first sliding portion and the first main body portion, and the first sliding block is in sliding fit and rotating fit with the first sliding groove;

the first rotating member has a first rotating portion, the first rotating portion is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, the first rotating portion and the first sliding portion are arranged side by side in a direction of a rotation axis-line of the first linkage member, an orthographic projection of the first linkage member on a plane where the first rotating portion is located at least partially falls into the first rotating portion, and an orthographic projection of the first sliding portion on the plane where the first rotating portion is located at least partially falls into the first rotating portion; and

the second rotating member has a second rotating portion, the second rotating portion is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, the second rotating portion and the second sliding portion are arranged side by side in a direction of a rotation axis-line of the second linkage member, an orthographic projection of the second linkage member on a plane where the second rotating portion is located at least partially falls into the second rotating portion, and an orthographic projection of the second sliding portion on the plane where the second rotating portion is located at least partially falls into the second rotating portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2022
From: LI, JIE; ZHENG, ZEKUAN; CHENG, JIAO
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059206/0134 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910826925.4 · Aug 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020102109 · Jul 15, 2020
Related Publication 20220174830A1 · Jun 2, 2022
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