Foldable terminal
AssigneeGuangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
InventorsYugui Lin, Maozhao Huang
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a foldable terminal, including an elastic sheet. The elastic sheet provides an elastic force in a state, so as to keep the housing in a folded state, and the elastic sheet provides another elastic force in another state, so as to keep the housing in an unfolded state. When the foldable terminal is in the unfolded state, the elastic sheet supports an inner side of the flexible screen.
Claims18
A foldable terminal, comprising a housing and an elastic sheet, the elastic sheet being disposed at an inner side of the housing and in the middle of the housing,
- wherein when the foldable terminal is in a folded state, a middle portion of the elastic sheet protrudes towards the housing;
- when the foldable terminal is in a unfolded state, the middle portion of the elastic sheet deforms and protrudes in a direction opposite to the direction in which the middle portion of the elastic sheet protrudes when the foldable terminal is in the folded state,
- wherein when the foldable terminal is in the folded state or the unfolded state, the middle portion of the elastic sheet has an arc shape, and the arc middle portion of the elastic sheet has an equal height when the foldable terminal is in the folded state or the unfolded state.
A foldable terminal, comprising a housing, an elastic sheet and a flexible screen, wherein the housing comprises two shells and a bending portion which is bendable and deformable, and the bending portion is connected between the two shells;
- the elastic sheet is sandwiched between the housing and the flexible screen, two ends of the elastic sheet are disposed in correspondence to the two shells, and a middle portion of the elastic sheet is disposed in correspondence to the bending portion;
- the elastic sheet is configured to provide an elastic force in a state, so as to keep the housing in a folded state, and the elastic sheet is configured to provide another elastic force in another state, so as to keep the housing in a unfolded state;
- when the foldable terminal is in the unfolded state, the elastic sheet supports an inner side of the flexible screen,
- wherein when the foldable terminal is in the unfolded state, a middle portion of the elastic sheet protrudes towards the flexible screen;
- when the foldable terminal is in the folded state, the middle portion of the elastic sheet protrudes in a direction running away from the flexible screen,
- wherein when the foldable terminal is in the folded state or the unfolded state, the middle portion of the elastic sheet has an arc shape, and the arc middle portion of the elastic sheet has an equal height when the foldable terminal is in the folded state or the unfolded state.
A foldable terminal, comprising two bodies, an elastic sheet and a flexible screen, wherein two ends of the elastic sheet are fixedly connected with the two bodies correspondingly, and two ends of the flexible screen are connected to the two bodies correspondingly;
- the elastic sheet is configured to provide an elastic force in a state, so as to keep the two bodies in a folded state, and the elastic sheet is configured to provide another elastic force in another state, so as to keep the two bodies in a unfolded state;
- when the foldable terminal is in the unfolded state, the elastic sheet supports the flexible screen,
- wherein when the foldable terminal is in the unfolded state, a middle portion of the elastic sheet protrudes towards the flexible screen;
- when the foldable terminal is in the folded state, the middle portion of the elastic sheet protrudes in a direction running away from the flexible screen,
- wherein when the foldable terminal is in the folded state or the unfolded state, the middle portion of the elastic sheet has an arc shape, and the arc middle portion of the elastic sheet has an equal height when the foldable terminal is in the folded state or the unfolded state.
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