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US 12,114,446 B2Granted
Folding display device
AssigneeWuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorZikang Feng
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Abstract
A folding display device is provided in an embodiment of the present application. The folding display device includes a housing, a folding mechanism, a flexible display panel, and a linkage slider. The housing includes a first housing and a second housing. The folding mechanism is accommodated in the housing and rotatably connected to the first housing and the second housing. The flexible display panel is provided on one side of the first housing, the second housing, and the folding mechanism. The linkage slider is provided between the first housing or the second housing and the folding portion, and is slidably connected along a longitudinal symmetry axis of a folding portion.
Claims20
A folding display device, comprising:
- a housing comprising a first housing and a second housing;
- a folding mechanism accommodated in the housing and connected to the first housing and the second housing, wherein the folding mechanism is rotatably connected to the first housing and the second housing and comprises a folding portion;
- a flexible display panel disposed in the housing and on a side of the first housing, the second housing, and the folding mechanism;
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- a linkage slider disposed between the first housing or the second housing and the folding portion, and slidably connected along a longitudinal symmetry axis of the folding portion, wherein a first end of the linkage slider is slidably connected to a side of the first housing close to the folding portion, and a second end of the linkage slider is slidably connected to a side of the second housing close to the folding portion;
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- wherein the first housing, the second housing, and the folding mechanism are on a same plane when the folding display device is in an unfolded state;
- the first housing and the second housing are disposed symmetrically relative to a longitudinal symmetry axis of the folding mechanism when the folding display device is in an inwardly folded state;
- and an orthographic projection of the first housing on the flexible display panel overlaps with an orthographic projection of the second housing on the flexible display panel when the folded display device is in a fully folded state;
- wherein the folding mechanism further comprises:
- a first support plate and a first rotating plate disposed on a first side of the folding portion and corresponding to the first housing;
- and
- a second support plate and a second rotating plate disposed on a second side of the folding portion and corresponding to the second housing;
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- wherein the first support plate is connected to the first housing, a first end of the first rotating plate is slidably connected to the first support plate, a second end of the first rotating plate is rotatably connected to the first side of the folding portion, a first end of the second rotating plate is slidably connected to the second support plate, and a second end of the second rotating plate is slidably connected to the second side of the folding portion;
- wherein a first arc-shaped chute is provided within the first housing, a first arc-shaped protrusion corresponding to the first arc-shaped chute is provided on the first support plate, a second arc-shaped chute is provided within the second housing, and a second arc-shaped protrusion corresponding to the second arc-shaped chute is provided on the second support plate;
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- wherein the first arc-shaped protrusion and the second arc-shaped protrusion are disposed symmetrically relative to the longitudinal symmetry axis of the folding portion.
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A folding display device, comprising:
- a housing comprising a first housing and a second housing;
- a folding mechanism accommodated in the housing and connected to the first housing and the second housing, wherein the folding mechanism is rotatably connected to the first housing and the second housing and comprises a folding portion;
- a flexible display panel disposed in the housing and on a side of the first housing, the second housing, and the folding mechanism;
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- a linkage slider disposed between the first housing or the second housing and the folding portion, and slidably connected along a longitudinal symmetry axis of the folding portion, wherein a first end of the linkage slider is slidably connected to a side of the first housing close to the folding portion, and a second end of the linkage slider is slidably connected to a side of the second housing close to the folding portion;
- wherein the folding mechanism further comprises:
- a first support plate and a first rotating plate disposed on a first side of the folding portion and corresponding to the first housing;
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- a second support plate and a second rotating plate disposed on a second side of the folding portion and corresponding to the second housing;
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- wherein the first support plate is connected to the first housing, a first end of the first rotating plate is slidably connected to the first support plate, a second end of the first rotating plate is rotatably connected to the first side of the folding portion, a first end of the second rotating plate is slidably connected to the second support plate, and a second end of the second rotating plate is slidably connected to the second side of the folding portion;
- wherein the linkage slider comprises:
- a slider body disposed parallel to a direction of a bottom of the housing and slidably connected to the folding portion at a longitudinal symmetry axis of the folding portion;
- a cylindrical slider disposed at either end of the slider body and slidably connected to a first chute on an inner side of the first housing or the second housing;
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- a rectangular slider located on the slider body, wherein a longitudinal symmetry axis of the rectangular slider overlaps with the longitudinal symmetry axis of the folding portion, and the rectangular slider is slidably connected to a second chute on an inner side of the folding portion;
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- when the folding display device is in an unfolded state, the cylindrical slider is located on a same horizontal plane with a bottom of the folding portion;
- and when the folding display device is in the folded state, a top of the rectangular slider is located on a same horizontal plane with a top of the folding portion.
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A folding display device, comprising:
- a housing comprising a first housing and a second housing;
- a folding mechanism accommodated in the housing and connected to the first housing and the second housing, wherein the folding mechanism is rotatably connected to the first housing and the second housing and comprises a folding portion;
- a flexible display panel disposed in the housing and on a side of the first housing, the second housing, and the folding mechanism;
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- a linkage slider disposed between the first housing or the second housing and the folding portion, and slidably connected along a longitudinal symmetry axis of the folding portion, wherein a first end of the linkage slider is slidably connected to a side of the first housing close to the folding portion, and a second end of the linkage slider is slidably connected to a side of the second housing close to the folding portion;
- wherein the folding mechanism further comprises:
- a first support plate and a first rotating plate disposed on a first side of the folding portion and corresponding to the first housing;
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- a second support plate and a second rotating plate disposed on a second side of the folding portion and corresponding to the second housing;
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- wherein the first support plate is connected to the first housing, a first end of the first rotating plate is slidably connected to the first support plate, a second end of the first rotating plate is rotatably connected to the first side of the folding portion, a first end of the second rotating plate is slidably connected to the second support plate, and a second end of the second rotating plate is slidably connected to the second side of the folding portion;
- wherein at any time, in a direction perpendicular to a cross section of the folding portion, an angle between the first support plate and the first housing, an angle between the second support plate and the second housing, an angle between the first rotating plate and the first housing, and an angle between the second rotating plate and the second housing are equal;
- an angle between the first rotating plate and the folding portion is different from an angle between the first housing and the folding portion;
- and an angle between the second rotating plate and the folding portion is different from an angle between the second housing and the folding portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.