Support apparatus and bendable apparatus
Provided is a support apparatus. The support apparatus is disposed on a back side of a bendable structure, and includes: a plurality of adjustment structures that are sequentially connected, wherein each of the plurality of adjustment structures is configured to be connected to the back side of the bendable structure, and any two adjacent adjustment structures of the plurality of adjustment structures are rotatable relative to each other.
1. A support apparatus, disposed on a back side of a bendable structure, comprising:
a plurality of adjustment structures that are sequentially connected, wherein each of the plurality of adjustment structures is configured to be connected to the back side of the bendable structure, and any two adjacent adjustment structures of the plurality of adjustment structures are rotatable relative to each other,
wherein each of the adjustment structures comprises a fixing member and a rotating member; wherein
the fixing member is connected to the rotating member, and is configured to fixedly connect the rotating member to the bendable structure; and
the rotating member is rotatably connected to the rotating member of an adjacent adjustment structure,
wherein the rotating member comprises a body structure, and a first lug and a second lug that are disposed on two sides of the body structure respectively; wherein
the body structure is provided with a first through hole, the fixing member being fixedly connected to the bendable structure by passing through the first through hole; and
the first lug is rotatably connected to a second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure,
wherein each of the first lug and the second lug comprises a first side face and a second side face that are opposite to each other; wherein the second side face is closer to the first through hole relative to the first side face, and both the first side face and the second side face are parallel to an axial direction of the first through hole; and
the first side face of the first lug is in contact with a first side face of the second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure, or
the second side face of the first lug is in contact with a second side face of the second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure.
2. The support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the any two adjacent adjustment structures are rotatable relative to each other in a plane perpendicular to the back side of the bendable structure.
3. The support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a roughness of a side, in contact with another lug, of each of the lugs is greater than a roughness threshold.
4. The support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first lug is provided with a second through hole, and the second lug is provided with a third through hole; and each of the adjustment structures further comprises a connecting member;
wherein the connecting member is disposed in the second through hole of the first lug, and the third through hole of the second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure, and the first lug is connected to the second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure by the connecting member; and
an extension direction of the second through hole is perpendicular to the first side face of the first lug, and an extension direction of the third through hole is perpendicular to the first side face of the second lug.
5. The support apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the connecting member is a first screw; and a thread is present inside the second through hole or the third through hole;
wherein the first screw is connected to one of the second and third through holes with the thread by passing through the other of the second and third through hole without the thread;
or
the second side face of the first lug is in contact with a second side face of the second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure; and the second side face of the first lug is provided with a protrusive structure, and the second side face of the second lug is provided with a groove; wherein the protrusive structure in the first lug is configured to be connected to the groove of the second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure.
6. The support apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the first side face of the first lug is in contact with the first side face of the second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure; and
the first side face of the first lug is provided with a protrusive structure, and the first side face of the second lug is provided with a groove; wherein the protrusive structure in the first lug is configured to be connected to the groove of the second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure.
7. The support apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the protrusive structure comprises two protrusive sub-structures disposed on two sides of the second through hole respectively, and the groove comprises two sub-grooves disposed on two sides of the third through hole respectively;
wherein each of the protrusive sub-structures of the first lug is configured to be connected to one sub-groove of the second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure.
8. The support apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein an orthographic projection of each of the protrusive sub-structures on the first side face of the first lug is fan-shaped, and an orthographic projection of each of the sub-grooves on the first side face of the second lug is fan-shaped; wherein a first fan-shaped angle of each of the sub-grooves is greater than a second fan-shaped angle of each of the protrusive sub-structures.
9. The support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the body structure, the first lug, and the second lug are integrally formed.
10. The support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a first side face of the first lug, a first side face of the second lug, and a first side face of the body structure are coplanar.
11. The support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first through hole is a strip-shaped through hole.
12. The support apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the fixing member is a second screw; and
a ring-shaped first boss is disposed inside the first through hole; wherein a diameter of a head of the second screw is greater than an inner diameter of the first boss, and is less than an inner diameter of the first through hole.
13. The support apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein a distance between a first face of the first boss and a first end face of the body structure is equal to a distance between a second face of the first boss and a second end face of the body structure; and
the first face and the second face of the first boss are parallel to each other, the first end face and the second end face of the body structure are parallel to each other, and the second end face is a face connected to the back side of the bendable structure.
14. A bendable apparatus, comprising a bendable structure and at least one support apparatus comprising: a plurality of adjustment structures that are sequentially connected;
wherein the support apparatus is disposed on a back side of the bendable structure, and is connected to the back side of the bendable structure, and any two adjacent adjustment structures of the plurality of adjustment structures are rotatable relative to each other,
wherein each of the adjustment structures comprises a fixing member and a rotating member; wherein
the fixing member is connected to the rotating member, and is configured to fixedly connect the rotating member to the bendable structure; and
the rotating member is rotatably connected to the rotating member of an adjacent adjustment structure,
wherein the rotating member comprises a body structure, and a first lug and a second lug that are disposed on two sides of the body structure respectively; wherein
the body structure is provided with a first through hole, the fixing member being fixedly connected to the bendable structure by passing through the first through hole; and
the first lug is rotatably connected to a second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure,
wherein each of the first lug and the second lug comprises a first side face and a second side face that are opposite to each other; wherein the second side face is closer to the first through hole relative to the first side face, and both the first side face and the second side face are parallel to an axial direction of the first through hole; and
the first side face of the first lug is in contact with a first side face of the second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure, or
the second side face of the first lug is in contact with a second side face of the second lug of the adjacent adjustment structure.
15. The bendable apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein
the bendable structure is a flexible display panel;
or
the bendable apparatus further comprises: a plurality of support apparatuses; wherein a plurality of adjustment structures in each of the plurality of support apparatuses are arranged along a target direction.
16. The bendable apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the flexible display panel comprises a flexible display screen and a flexible backplane; wherein
the flexible backplane is disposed on a non-display side of the flexible display screen, and is fixedly connected to the flexible display screen; and
the support apparatus is disposed on a side, distal from the flexible display screen, of the flexible backplane, and is fixedly connected to the flexible backplane.
17. The bendable apparatus according to claim 16 , further comprising: a plurality of ring-shaped second bosses disposed on the side, distal from the flexible display screen, of the flexible backplane; wherein a thread is present inside each second boss; wherein
the fixing member in the support apparatus is in threaded connection with one of the second bosses.