An electronic device, comprising a flexible screen, a first housing, a second housing, and a folding mechanism, wherein the folding mechanism comprises a base, a first housing seat, a second housing seat, a first screen support plate, a second screen support plate, and a third screen support plate, wherein the first housing is fixedly connected to the first housing seat, the second housing is fixedly connected to the second housing seat, and the flexible screen is disposed on the first housing, the second housing, the first screen support plate, the second screen support plate, and the third screen support plate;
- wherein
- the first housing seat is rotatably disposed on the first screen support plate, the first housing seat and the first screen support plate are disposed on a first side of the base, the second housing seat is rotatably disposed on the second screen support plate, the second housing seat and the second screen support plate are disposed on a second side of the base, the first side and the second side are disposed opposite to each other, and the third screen support plate is movably connected to the base in a support direction of the third screen support plate;
- the folding mechanism further comprises a swing arm assembly and a cover, wherein the swing arm assembly comprises a first swing arm, a second swing arm, a third swing arm, and a fourth swing arm, the first swing arm and the third swing arm are disposed on a same side as the first housing seat, and the second swing arm and the fourth swing arm are disposed on a same side as the second housing seat;
- a first end of the first swing arm is rotatably connected to the base, a second end of the first swing arm is rotatably connected to the first housing seat, a first end of the third swing arm is rotatably connected to the base, a second end of the third swing arm is slidably fitted into the first housing seat, the second end of the third swing arm and the first screen support plate can slide relatively and are rotatably fitted, and a rotation axis of the first end of the first swing arm is spaced apart from a rotation axis of the first end of the third swing arm;
- a first end of the second swing arm is rotatably connected to the base, a second end of the second swing arm is rotatably connected to the second housing seat, a first end of the fourth swing arm is rotatably connected to the base, a second end of the fourth swing arm is slidably fitted into the second housing seat, the second end of the fourth swing arm and the second screen support plate can slide relatively and are rotatably fitted, and a rotation axis of the first end of the second swing arm is spaced apart from a rotation axis of the first end of the fourth swing arm;
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- the cover is mounted on the base, and the cover is disposed on one side that is of the base and that faces away from the third screen support plate;
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- the folding mechanism has an expanded state and a folded state, wherein in the expanded state, respective screen support surfaces of the first screen support plate, the second screen support plate, and the third screen support plate are coplanar, there is a first spacing between a part that is of the base and that faces the third screen support plate and the third screen support plate in the support direction, and the cover covers the first end of the first swing arm;
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- in the folded state, there is a second spacing between the part that is of the base and that faces the third screen support plate and the third screen support plate in the support direction, and the second spacing is less than the first spacing.