Hinge of a mobile terminal having an inward-foldable flexible screen and a mobile terminal having an inward-foldable flexible screen
View Patent ↗The invention provides a hinge of a mobile terminal having an inward-foldable flexible screen, which comprises a middle U-shaped cover, a left support frame, and a right support frame, and the left support frame, the right support frame and the U-shaped cover are rotatably connected; a foldable and unfoldable flexible screen support plate is connected to the left support frame, and the right support frame and the U-shaped cover, the flexible screen support plate is located inside the hinge; the flexible screen support plate is composed of a rotatable first left support plate, a second left support plate, a first right support plate and a second right support plate; the first left support plate is provided with a short lever arm that takes the shaft as a fulcrum to pull and support the second left support plate, and the first right support plate is provided with a short lever arm that takes the shaft as a fulcrum to pull and support the second right support plate. The invention also provides an inward-foldable flexible screen mobile terminal using the above hinge. The invention has a simple structure, can make the middle mechanism of the hinge not to be exposed after the hinge is closed and provide a space for accommodating the bending portion of the flexible screen, and provides a better sense of operation experience.
1. A hinge of a mobile terminal having an inward-foldable flexible screen, wherein the hinge comprises a middle U-shaped cover, a left support frame, and a right support frame, wherein the left support frame, the right support frame, and the U-shaped cover are rotatably connected; a foldable and unfoldable flexible screen support plate is connected to the left support frame, the right support, and the U-shaped cover, and the flexible screen support plate is located inside the hinge to provide support for the flexible screen when the hinge is opened and flattened and provide space for storing flexible parts of the flexible screen in a folded state when the hinge is folded;
the flexible screen support plate is composed of a rotatable first left support plate, a second left support plate, a first right support plate and a second right support plate; an inner end of the first left support plate is rotatably connected with an outer end of the second left support plate, and a first shaft is connected with an upper left side of the U-shaped cover; the inner end of the first right support plate is rotatably connected with an outer end of the second right support plate, and a second shaft is connected with an upper right side of the U-shaped cover; the outer end of the first left support plate, the inner end of the second left support plate, the outer end of the first right support plate and the inner end of the second right support plate are all free ends; the second left support plate and the second right support plate rotate in the space provided by the U-shaped cover; the outer end of the first left support plate and the outer end of the first right support plate are movably connected with the left support frame and the right support frame respectively, and a guide mechanism for movably connecting is arranged between them;
the first left support plate and the second left support plate are movably connected to the first shaft, and the first left support plate is provided with a short lever arm that takes the first shaft as a fulcrum to pull and support the second left support plate; the first right support plate and the second right support plate are movably connected with the second shaft, and the first right support plate is provided with a short lever arm that takes the second shaft as a fulcrum to pull and support the second right support plate.
2. The hinge of a mobile terminal having an inward-foldable flexible screen according to claim 1 , wherein the inner ends of the left support frame and the right support frame are respectively connected with a synchronous mechanism, so that the left support frame and the right support frame can rotate synchronously and reversely.
3. The hinge of a mobile terminal having an inward-foldable flexible screen according to claim 1 , wherein the guide mechanism comprises a guide groove provided on the left support frame and the right support frame, and a guide pin or guide shaft on the first left support plate and the first right support plate, and the guide grooves on the left support frame and the right support frame are symmetrically arranged.
4. The hinge of a mobile terminal having an inward-foldable flexible screen according to claim 2 , wherein a mounting cavity is provided at the end of the U-shaped cover, and the synchronization mechanism is installed in the mounting cavity.
5. A mobile terminal having an inward-foldable flexible screen, wherein the mobile terminal is provided with the hinge according to claim 1 , and the flexible screen is laid on the inner side of the mobile terminal.