Damping mechanism, folding hinge and electronic device
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of foldable display devices, in particular to a damping mechanism, a foldable hinge and an electronic device.
Background
With the development of intelligent electronic devices and the shift of user's demand for electronic device functions, foldable electronic devices have become high-end intelligent products for manufacturers of various large electronic devices. Folding electron device can provide bigger screen for the user, and the operation of more novelty is experienced, and is more portable, more can embody science and technology and feel.
The folding electronic devices in the market have basically solved the basic folding function of the folding electronic devices, and the folding electronic devices in the market are characterized in that the folding rotating shaft is used for realizing the inward folding and outward folding forms of the screen and expanding the screen. However, when the current folding electronic device cannot bend two screens to form a certain angle, the relative positions of the two screens are fixed, and the folding electronic device can be suspended freely.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention discloses a damping mechanism, a folding hinge and an electronic device, which are used for improving the smooth and stable folding function and realizing the free hovering of the folding electronic device.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
in a first aspect, the present invention provides a damping mechanism comprising: the base is provided with a limiting groove;
the damping shaft penetrates through the limiting groove;
the synchronous connecting plate is fixed at one end of the damping shaft and used for providing rotating force for the damping shaft;
the sliding block can move along the axis direction of the damping shaft and can be sleeved on the damping shaft in a rotating manner along with the damping shaft; the sliding block is abutted against the inner wall of the limiting groove, and the contact surfaces of the sliding block and the inner wall of the limiting groove are respectively provided with damping teeth; when the damping shaft rotates, the tooth peaks of the inner wall of the limiting groove are in contact with the tooth peaks of the sliding block, or the tooth valleys of the inner wall of the limiting groove are in contact with the tooth peaks of the sliding block;
arrange in the spacing groove, and with the sliding block deviates from the elastic component of spout inner wall one end butt, the elastic component is in the compression energy storage state, so that the sliding block with the spacing groove has the inner wall butt of damping tooth.
The damping mechanism provided by the invention comprises a base, wherein the base is provided with a limiting groove, a damping shaft penetrates through the limiting groove, one end of the damping shaft is fixedly provided with a synchronous connecting plate, and the synchronous connecting plate provides rotating force for the damping shaft, so that the damping shaft can rotate relative to the base. The last cover of damping axle is equipped with the damping sliding block, and the spacing groove is equipped with the elastic component, and this elastic component supports and locates between one side inner wall of sliding block and spacing groove for the sliding block is close to one side inner wall butt of synchronous connection board with the spacing groove all the time. It is noted that the elastic member is always in a stored energy state to provide a pressing force to the sliding block. Damping teeth are arranged between the inner wall of one side of the limiting groove close to the synchronous connecting plate and the contact surface of the sliding block. When the damping shaft rotates, the sliding block rotates along with the damping shaft, and the tooth peak of the sliding block is contacted with the tooth peak of the inner wall of one side of the limiting groove, which is close to the synchronous connecting plate; when the sliding block continues to rotate to a certain position along with the damping shaft, the tooth valley of the sliding block is in contact with the tooth peak of the inner wall of one side of the limiting groove, which is close to the synchronous connecting plate. In the rotating process, the damping tooth state between the inner wall of one side of the sliding block and the inner wall of one side of the limiting groove, which are close to the synchronous connecting plate, is changed, and the tooth peak-to-tooth peak state between the sliding block and the base is changed into the tooth peak-to-tooth valley state. In the changing process, the sliding block moves relative to the limiting groove along the axial lead direction of the damping shaft. In other words, when the synchronous connecting plate drives the damping shaft to rotate, the sliding block can slide relative to the damping shaft while rotating along with the damping shaft. The damping mechanism provided by the invention specifically works in the following processes: when the synchronous connecting plate rotates, the synchronous connecting plate drives the damping shaft and the sliding block to rotate together, the damping teeth of the sliding block extrude the damping teeth on the inner wall of one side, close to the synchronous connecting plate, of the limiting groove, and the damping teeth move towards the inner wall of one side, close to the synchronous connecting plate, far away from the limiting groove along the axial lead direction of the damping shaft and compress the elastic part in the process, and when the tooth peak of the inner wall of one side, close to the synchronous connecting plate, of the limiting groove is in contact with the tooth peak of the sliding block, the elastic part provides damping force opposite to the moving direction of the sliding.
The elastic piece in the damping mechanism provided by the invention provides damping force for the sliding block. When the limiting groove is close to the inner wall of one side of the synchronous connecting plate and the damping tooth peak of the sliding block to the tooth peak, friction force exists between the limiting groove and the damping tooth peak, and the damping mechanism provided by the invention can realize the hovering effect of the synchronous connecting plate at any position by utilizing the friction force. Meanwhile, the damping mechanism provided by the invention is simple in structure and convenient to control.
Further, the crest of the damping tooth has a plateau.
Further, the elastic member is a spring.
In a second aspect, the present invention provides a folding hinge comprising: a gear pair; any one of the two damping mechanisms in the first aspect is in meshing transmission through the gear pair;
wherein, gear pair includes: a first gear pair; the second gear pair is in meshing transmission with the first gear pair;
the damping mechanism includes: two synchronous connecting plates;
one of the synchronous connecting plates is connected with the first gear pair, and the other synchronous connecting plate is connected with the second gear pair.
The folding hinge drives the gear pair to move through two damping mechanisms of the first aspect and has double-track movement, the damping mechanisms are connected with the first gear pair through synchronous connecting plates, and the other synchronous connecting plate is connected with the second gear pair; synchronous connection board adopts the gear pair to realize synchronous linkage to make the motion more accurate, and two synchronous connection boards can realize the simultaneous movement.
Further, the first gear pair includes: the first driving gear is positioned at one end of one of the synchronous connecting plates, which is provided with the damping shaft; a first driven gear meshed with the first driving gear;
the second gear pair includes: the second driving gear is positioned at one end of the other synchronous connecting plate, which is provided with the damping shaft; a second driven gear meshed with the second driving gear;
the first driven gear is in meshed transmission with the second driven gear.
Further, the folding hinge further includes: rotating the connecting plate; the rotating connecting plate is connected with the synchronous connecting plate through a synchronous shaft;
the rotating connecting plates and the synchronous connecting plates are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence mode.
Further, the base is provided with a sliding groove; the rotating connecting plate is provided with a sliding rail corresponding to the sliding groove.
In a third aspect, the present invention provides an electronic device, including: a first housing, a second housing, and a folding hinge as described in the second aspect;
the first housing and the second housing are connected by the folding hinge;
the folding hinge is detachably connected with the first shell, and the folding hinge is detachably connected with the second shell; so that the first and second housings are bent along the folding hinge.
Through using the folding hinge of the second aspect for when first casing and second casing are folding, because the folding hinge simple structure of second aspect, smooth stable motion can be realized to the gear pair meshing transmission among the folding hinge in addition, thereby when first casing and second casing folding motion, can realize the steady folding function of first casing and second casing, promote user experience.
Further, comprising: a flexible screen; the folding flexible is mounted on the first housing and the second housing and covers the folding hinge.
Further, a bottom shell is installed on one side, facing away from the flexible screen, of the first shell and the second shell;
the bottom shell is used for accommodating the folding hinge.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an internal structure of a damping mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of an internal structure of a base according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a folding hinge according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of a folding hinge provided by an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the internal structure of a folding hinge according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a top view of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present invention without a flexible screen mounted thereon;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present invention without a flexible screen;
fig. 8 is a schematic view illustrating an unfolded state of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a folded state of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 10 is a hovering diagram of an electronic device at a first position according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a hovering diagram of an electronic device at a second position according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 12 is an exploded view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention.
Icon: 100-a damping mechanism; 110-a base; 111-a limiting groove; 112-a chute; 120-a damping shaft; 130-a synchronous connection board; 140-a boss; 150-a slider; 160-damping teeth; 170-an elastic member; 200-a folding hinge; 210-a first gear pair; 211 — a first driving tooth; 212-a first driven gear; 220-second gear set; 221-a second drive gear; 222-a second driven gear; 230-rotating the connecting plate; 231-a slide rail; 240-synchronizing shaft; 300-a first housing; 400-a second housing; 500-a flexible screen; 600-a bottom shell; 700-screw.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a damping mechanism 100, including: a base 110, the base 110 having a limiting groove 111;
a damping shaft 120 penetrating the limiting groove 111;
a synchronizing connection plate 130 fixed to one end of the damping shaft 120 for providing a rotational force to the damping shaft 120;
a sliding block 150 capable of moving along the axial line direction of the damping shaft 120 and rotatably sleeved on the damping shaft 120 along with the damping shaft 120; the sliding block 150 abuts against the inner wall of the limiting groove 111, and as shown in fig. 1, the base 110 has a boss 140 on one side of the limiting groove 111 facing the sliding block 150. The contact surfaces of the sliding block 150 and the inner wall of the limit groove 111 are respectively provided with damping teeth 160, which are equivalent to the damping teeth 160 formed by the lug boss 140; when the damping shaft 120 rotates, the tooth peaks of the bosses 140 contact the tooth peaks of the sliding blocks 150, or the tooth valleys of the bosses 140 contact the tooth peaks of the sliding blocks 150;
the elastic piece 170 is arranged in the limiting groove 111 and is abutted with one end of the sliding block 150, which is far away from the inner wall of the sliding groove, and the elastic piece 170 is in a compressed energy storage state so that the damping teeth 160 of the sliding block 150 are abutted with the damping teeth 160 of the boss 140.
The damping mechanism 100 provided by the invention comprises a base 110, wherein the base 110 is provided with a limiting groove 111, the limiting groove 111 is provided with a damping shaft 120 in a penetrating way, one end of the damping shaft 120 is fixed with a synchronous connecting plate 130, and the synchronous connecting plate 130 provides a rotating force for the damping shaft 120, so that the damping shaft 120 can rotate relative to the base 110. The damping shaft 120 is sleeved with a damping sliding block 150, the limiting groove 111 is provided with an elastic piece 170, and the elastic piece 170 is abutted between the sliding block 150 and the inner wall of one side of the limiting groove 111, so that the sliding block 150 is always abutted against the inner wall of one side of the limiting groove 111 close to the synchronous connecting plate 130. It should be noted that the elastic member 170 is always in the energy storage state to provide the pressing force to the sliding block 150. Damping teeth 160 are provided between the contact surfaces of the boss 140 and the slider 150. When the damping shaft 120 rotates, the sliding block 150 rotates along with the damping shaft 120, and the tooth peaks of the sliding block 150 are in contact with the tooth peaks of the boss 140; when the sliding block 150 continues to rotate to a certain position with the damping shaft 120, the valleys of the sliding block 150 contact the peaks of the protrusions 140. In the above-described rotation process, the state of the damping teeth 160 between the slide block 150 and the boss 140 changes from the peak-to-peak state to the valley-to-peak state between the slide block 150 and the base 110, and in this change process, the slide block 150 moves relative to the stopper groove 111 along the axial line direction of the damping shaft 120. In other words, when the synchronous connecting plate 130 rotates the damping shaft 120, the sliding block 150 slides relative to the damping shaft 120 while rotating with the damping shaft 120. The damping mechanism 100 provided by the invention specifically works as follows: when the synchronous connecting plate 130 rotates, the synchronous connecting plate 130 drives the damping shaft 120 and the sliding block 150 to rotate together, at this time, the damping teeth 160 of the sliding block 150 extrude the damping teeth 160 of the boss 140, and in the process, the damping teeth 160 of the sliding block 150 move in the direction away from the boss 140 along the axis direction of the damping shaft 120 and compress the elastic member 170; when the teeth of the boss 140 contact the teeth of the sliding block 150, the elastic member 170 provides a damping force opposite to the moving direction of the sliding block 150.
The elastic member 170 of the damping mechanism 100 of the present invention provides a damping force to the slider 150. When the damping teeth 160 of the anti-protruding platform 140 and the sliding block 150 are peak-to-peak, a friction force exists between the two, and the damping mechanism 100 provided by the invention can realize the hovering effect of the synchronous connecting plate 130 at any position by using the friction force. Meanwhile, the damping mechanism 100 provided by the invention has a simple structure and is convenient to control.
Specifically, the elastic member 170 may be, for example, a spring or a torsion spring, which can provide a pre-tightening force.
Specifically, the peaks of the damping teeth 160 have plateaus.
Thus, when the damping teeth 160 of the boss 140 and the sliding block 150 are opposite to each other, the sliding block 150 rotates along with the damping shaft 120, and the tooth peaks have platforms, so that the tooth peaks of the boss 140 and the sliding block 150 can be in continuous contact on the platforms for a period of time, so as to ensure that the friction force between the boss 140 and the sliding block 150 is always and continuously, and the friction force between the boss 140 and the sliding block 150 is matched with the pre-tightening force provided by the elastic piece 170 for the sliding block 150, so that the synchronous connecting plate 130 can realize hovering at any position.
For example, the peak-to-peak contact time of the damping teeth 160 of the boss 140 and slider 150 may be controlled by setting the extension length of the platform.
As shown in fig. 3 and referring to fig. 4, in a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a folding hinge 200, including: a gear pair; the two damping mechanisms 100 in the first aspect are in meshing transmission through a gear pair;
wherein, gear pair includes: a first gear pair 210; a second gear pair 220 in meshing transmission with the first gear pair 210;
the damping mechanism 100 includes: two synchronizing connection plates 130;
one of the synchronization connection plates 130 is connected to the first gear pair 210, and the other synchronization connection plate 130 is connected to the second gear pair 220.
It should be noted that, the folding hinge 200 drives the gear pair to move through the two damping mechanisms 100 of the first aspect, and has a dual-track motion, the damping mechanism 100 is connected to the first gear pair 210 by using the synchronous connecting plate 130, and the other synchronous connecting plate 130 is connected to the second gear pair 220; synchronous connection plate 130 adopts the gear pair to realize synchronous linkage to make the motion more accurate, and two synchronous connection plates 130 can realize the simultaneous movement.
Specifically, the first gear pair 210 includes: a first driving gear 211 at one end of one of the timing connection plates 130 where the damping shaft 120 is installed; a first driven gear 212 engaged with the first driving gear 211;
the second gear pair 220 includes: a second driving gear 221 provided at one end of the other synchronizing connecting plate 130 where the damping shaft 120 is installed; a second driven gear 222 engaged with the second driving gear 221;
the first driven gear 212 is in meshing transmission with the second driven gear 222.
In addition, the folding hinge 200 further includes: a rotation connecting plate 230; the rotation connecting plate 230 is connected with the synchronization connecting plate 130 through a synchronization shaft 240;
the rotation link plates 230 are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the synchronizing link plates 130.
As shown in fig. 5, specifically, the base 110 has a chute 112; the rotation connecting plate 230 has a slide rail 231 corresponding to the slide groove 112.
Here, the rotating connecting plate 230 is connected to the synchronizing connecting plate 130 through a synchronizing shaft 240, the rotating connecting plate 230 rotates to drive the synchronizing connecting plate 130 to move, a moving track in a rotating process of the rotating connecting plate 230 passes through the base 110, and the rotating connecting plate 230 has a circular arc-shaped sliding rail 231; the base 110 is provided with a circular arc chute 112; the sliding rail 231 and the sliding groove 112 are in contact fit through an arc surface, so that the arc-shaped sliding rail 231 of the rotating connecting plate 230 rotates according to the track of the arc-shaped sliding groove 112 arranged on the base 110; in this manner, the movement locus of the rotation connecting plate 230 in the base 110 can be determined.
As shown in fig. 6 to fig. 11, in a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including: a first housing 300, a second housing 400, and the folding hinge 200 as in the second aspect;
the first case 300 and the second case 400 are connected by a folding hinge 200;
the folding hinge 200 is detachably connected with the first housing 300, and the folding hinge 200 is detachably connected with the second housing 400; so that the first and second housings 300 and 400 are bent along the folding hinge 200.
It should be noted that, by using the folding hinge 200 of the second aspect, when the first housing 300 and the second housing 400 are folded, because the structure of the folding hinge 200 of the second aspect is simple, and in addition, the gear pair engagement transmission in the folding hinge 200 can realize smooth and stable movement, so that when the first housing 300 and the second housing 400 are folded, the stable folding function of the first housing 300 and the second housing 400 can be realized, and the user experience is improved.
In order to facilitate the detachment of the folding hinge 200 from the first and second housings 300 and 400, the folding hinge 200 is attached to the first and second housings 300 and 400 by screws 700 or bolts.
As shown in fig. 12, an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes: a flexible screen 500; the folding flexible is mounted on the first and second housings 300 and 400 and covers the folding hinge 200.
Here, the rotating connecting plate 230 is connected to the synchronizing connecting plate 130 through a synchronizing shaft 240, the rotating connecting plate 230 rotates to drive the synchronizing connecting plate 130 to move, a moving track in a rotating process of the rotating connecting plate 230 passes through the base 110, and the rotating connecting plate 230 has a circular arc-shaped sliding rail 231; the base 110 is provided with a circular arc chute 112; the sliding rail 231 and the sliding groove 112 are in contact fit through an arc surface, so that the arc-shaped sliding rail 231 of the rotating connecting plate 230 rotates according to the track of the arc-shaped sliding groove 112 arranged on the base 110; the sliding rail 231 and the sliding groove 112 are in contact fit through the cambered surfaces, so that the sliding rail can rotate according to a set arc track; the given circular arc motion trajectory is also a compensation trajectory for the flexible screen 500, and the compensation of the flexible screen 500 is already calculated when the circular arc trajectory is designed.
In addition, a bottom case 600 installed at a side of the first and second cases 300 and 400 facing away from the flexible screen 500;
the folding hinge 200 is hidden by the bottom case 600 for the sake of beauty, and the bottom case 600 serves to accommodate the folding hinge 200.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include such modifications and variations.