This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202110882746.X, filed on Aug. 2, 2021, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure generally relates to an electronic apparatus.
An electronic apparatus is an apparatus commonly used by people. A flexible body arranged at a surface of the electronic apparatus has a fixed volume, which limits utilization.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic apparatus, including a first body, a second body, a connection device, a first driving device, a flexible body, and an elastic member. The second body forms an accommodation chamber with the first body. The second body includes an opening. The connection device is connected to the first body and the second body. The second body moves relative to the first body through the connection device. The first driving device is configured to drive the second body to move relative to the first body through the connection device. The flexible body is attached to a first surface of the first body and a second surface of the second body. The first surface and the second surface are located on a same side of the electronic apparatus. The elastic member is arranged in the accommodation chamber. A first end of the flexible body is fixedly connected to the first body. A second end of the flexible body is connected to the elastic member through the opening. The elastic member is configured to stretch the flexible body by a deformation force. When the first driving device drives the second body to move relative to the first body through the connection device, a part of the flexible body moves through the opening. The elastic member pulls the second end of the flexible body by the deformation force.
The following drawings are merely examples for illustrative purposes according to various disclosed embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
The technical solutions of the present disclosure are further described in detail below in connection with the accompanying drawings and embodiments of the present disclosure.
In embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise stated and limited, the term “connection” should be understood in a broad sense. For example, the connection may be an electrical connection, the internal communication between two elements, a direct connection, or indirect connection through an intermediate medium. For those of ordinary skill in the art, specific meanings of the above term may be understood according to specific situations.
The term “first\second\third” involved in embodiments of the present disclosure only distinguishes similar objects and does not represent a specific order of the objects. “First\second\third” may interchange a specific order or sequence by allowance. Objects distinguished by the “first\second\third” may be interchanged under appropriate situations so that embodiments of the present disclosure described herein may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein.
When there is no conflict, embodiments of the present disclosure and features of embodiments may be combined. An electronic apparatus of embodiments of the present disclosure may be described in detail below with reference to
The electronic apparatus includes a first body 110, a second body 120, a connection device 170, a first driving device 150, a flexible body 130, and an elastic member 140. The second body 120 and the first body 110 form an accommodation chamber 101. The second body 120 includes an opening 124. The connection device 170 is connected to the first body 110 and the second body 120. The second body 120 may move relative to the first body 110 through the connection device 170. The first driving device 150 may be configured to drive the second body 120 to move relative to the first body 110 through the connection device 170. The flexible body 130 is attached to a first surface of the first body 110 and a second surface of the second body 120. The first surface and the second surface are located on a same side of the electronic apparatus. The elastic member 140 is arranged in the accommodation chamber 101. A first end of the flexible body 130 is fixedly connected to the first body 110. A second end of the flexible body 130 is connected to the elastic member 140 through the opening 124. The elastic member 140 may be configured to stretch the flexible body 130 by a deformation force. When the first driving device 150 drives the second body 120 to move relative to the first body 110 through the connection device 170, a part of the flexible body 130 may move through the opening 124. The elastic member 140 may pull the second end of the flexible body 130 with the deformation force. Thus, a part of the flexible body 130 may move out of the accommodation chamber 101 through the opening 124 to be attached to the second surface. In some other embodiments, a part of the flexible body 130 may move into the accommodation chamber 101 through the opening 124 to cause the part of the flexible body 130 that is attached to the second surface to be accommodated in the accommodation chamber 101. Thus, an area of the part of the flexible body 130 located outside the accommodating chamber 101 may be changed, which facilitates adjusting the area of the flexible body 130 outside the accommodation chamber 101 as needed. Therefore, the adaptability of the electronic apparatus may be greatly improved.
In embodiments of the present disclosure, the structure of the electronic apparatus is not limited. For example, the electronic apparatus may include a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a game console.
In embodiments of the present disclosure, the structure of the first body 110 and the structure of the second body 120 are not limited, as long as the second body 120 and the first body 110 can form the accommodation chamber 101.
The accommodation chamber 101 may be located only in the first body 110, or only in the second body 120, or in the first body 110 and the second body 120. For example, as shown in
The opening 124 may communicate with the accommodation chamber 101. Thus, a part of the flexible body 130 may move into or out of the accommodation chamber 101 through the opening 124.
In embodiments of the present disclosure, the structure of the connection device 170 is not limited, as long as the connection device 170 is connected to the first body 110 and the second body 120, and the second body 120 may move relative to the first body 110 through the connection device 170.
The second body 120 may move relative to the first body 110 through the connection device 170 until the electronic apparatus is in a closed state or an unfolded state. When the electronic apparatus is in the closed state, as shown in
A quantity of connection devices 170 is not limited. For example, as shown in
In embodiments of the present disclosure, a first driving device 150 may be configured to provide power. The first driving device 150 may drive the second body 120 to move relative to the first body 110 through the connection device 170. For example, the first driving device 150 may include a first motor.
For example, the connection device 170 may include a first gear and a first rack that are meshed and connected. The first gear may be rotatably arranged at the first body 110. The first rack may be fixed to the second body 120. When the first gear rotates, the first rack may drive the second body 120 to move relative to the first body 110. The first driving device 150 may include a first motor. The first gear may be sleeved outside an output shaft of the first motor.
In embodiments of the present disclosure, the structure of the flexible body is not limited. For example, the flexible body 130 may include a flexible screen.
The flexible body 130 is attached to the first surface of the first body 110 and the second surface of the second body 120. The first surface and the second surface are located on a same side of the electronic apparatus. Thus, the flexible body 130 may be jointly supported by the first surface of the first body 110 and the second surface of the second body 120.
The first surface and the second surface may satisfy the coplanar condition. That is, the first surface and the second surface are coplanar or substantially coplanar.
In embodiments of the present disclosure, the structure of the elastic member 140 is not limited. For example, the elastic member 140 may include a spring. For another example, the elastic member 140 may also include elastic rubber.
A first end of the flexible body 130 may be fixedly connected to the first body 110 by a glue or a clamp structure.
A second end of the flexible body 130 may be connected to the elastic member 140 through the opening 124. The elastic member 140 may be configured to stretch the flexible body 130 by a deformation force. As such, the flexible body 130 may be prevented from being wrinkled when a part of the flexible body 130 moves through the opening 124.
The elastic member 140 is always in a deformed state. That is, the elastic member 140 stretches the flexible body 130 through the deformation force all the time.
The power for the second end of the flexible body 130 to move in the accommodation chamber 101 is not limited. For example, the power for the second end of the flexible body 130 to move in the accommodation chamber 101 may be from the elastic member 140. For another example, the power for the second end of the flexible body 130 to move in the accommodation chamber 101 may be from the first body 110.
When the first driving device 150 drives the second body 120 to move relative to the first body 110 through the connection device 170, a part of the flexible body 130 moves through the opening 124. The second end of the flexible body 130 moves. The elastic member 140 pulls the second end of the flexible body 130 through the deformation force so that the flexible body 130 is always in a stretched state by the deformation force of the elastic member 140. The deformation force of the elastic member 140 may be a set value. Thus, the elastic member 140 may always provide a constant deformation force for the flexible body 130. Therefore, a magnitude of the deformation force may be set according to the state of the flexible body 130, which can prevent the flexible body 130 from being damaged due to the large deformation force of the elastic member 140 and also prevent the flexible body 130 from wrinkling due to the small deformation force of the elastic member 140.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic apparatus may further include a second driving device 160. The second driving device 160 may be configured to drive the second end of the flexible body 130 to move. The first driving device 150 may drive the second body 120 to move relative to the first body 110 in a first direction through the connection device 170. The second driving device 160 may drive the elastic member 140 to pull the second end of the flexible body 130 to move in a second direction by a deformation force. The second direction and the first direction may satisfy the same condition. The second end of the flexible body 130 may be adaptively moved with the second body 120 relative to the first body 110 by the second driving device 160. Thus, a part of the flexible body 130 may move out of or into the accommodation chamber 101 through the opening 124.
In embodiments of the present disclosure, the structure of the second driving device 160 is not limited, as long as the second driving device 160 can drive the second end of the flexible body 130 to move. For example, the second driving device 160 may include a second motor.
In embodiments of the present disclosure, the second direction and the first direction may satisfy the same condition, which includes that the second direction and the first direction may be the same or substantially the same.
For example, when the first driving device 150 drives the second body 120 to move relative to the first body 110 in the first direction B from the position in
In embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic apparatus may further include a controller. The controller may be electrically connected to the first driving device 150 and the second driving device 160. The controller may be configured to control the first driving device 150 to drive the second body 120 to move a first distance relative to the first body 110. The controller may be further configured to control the second driving device 160 to drive the second end of the flexible body 130 to move a second distance.
A value of the first distance and a value of the second distance may be the same or different. When the value of the first distance and the value of the second distance are the same, a deformation amount of the elastic member 140 may remain constant, and the deformation force of the elastic member 140 may remain constant. Thus, the elastic member 140 may pull the second end of the flexible body 130 with a constant deformation force.
The first driving device 150 may include a first motor, and the second driving device 160 may include a second motor. The controller may control the first motor to drive the second body 120 to move the first distance relative to the first body 110 by controlling the rotation speed of the first motor. The controller may control the second motor to drive the second end of the flexible body 130 to move the second distance by controlling the rotation speed of the second motor. In some embodiments, the controller may also control a movement distance by controlling power of the motor.
In some embodiments, the electronic apparatus may further include a detection device and a controller. The detection device may be configured to detect a first movement position of the second body 120 relative to the first body 110. The detection device may be further configured to detect a second movement position of the second end of the flexible body 130. The controller may be electrically connected to the first driving device 150, the second driving device 160, and the detection device. The controller may be configured to control the first driving device 150 to drive the second body 120 move the first distance relative to the first body 110 based on the first movement position detected by the detection device. The controller may be further configured to control the second driving device 160 to drive the second end of the flexible body 130 to move the second distance based on the second movement position detected by the detection device.
The structure of the detection device is not limited, as long as the detection device can detect both the first movement position of the second body 120 relative to the first body 110 and the second movement position of the second end of the flexible body 130.
For example, the detection device may include a first position sensor and a second position sensor. The first position sensor may be configured to detect the first movement position of the second body 120 relative to the first body 110. The second position sensor may be configured to detect the second movement position of the second end of the flexible body 130.
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In some embodiments, the structure of the connection device 170 is not limited.
For another example, the connection device 170 may include a first connector 171, a second connector 172, a third connector 173, and a fourth connector 174. The first connector 171 may be arranged at the first body 110. The second connector 172 may be arranged at the second body 120. The second connector 172 may be movably connected to the first connector 171. The first driving device 150 may be configured to drive the second connector 172 to drive the second body 120 to move relative to the first connector 171. The third connector 173 may be arranged at the second body 120. The fourth connector 174 may be connected to the elastic member 140. The fourth connector 174 may be movably connected to the third connector 173. The second driving device 160 may be configured to drive the fourth connector 174 to move relative to the third connector 173.
In the example, the structures of the first connector 171 and the second connector 172 are not limited. For example, as shown in
In some embodiments, the structures of the third connector 173 and the fourth connector 174 are not limited. For example, as shown in
The connection device 170 may include a first gear and a first rack that are meshed and connected, and a second gear and a second rack that are meshed and connected. The first connector 171 may include the first gear. The second connector 172 may also include the first rack. The third connector 173 may include the second gear rotatably arranged at the first body 110. The fourth connector 174 may include the second rack. When the second motor drives the second gear, the second rack may drive the elastic member 140 to move relative to the second gear. The second rack may pull the second end of the flexible body 130 through the elastic member 140 to move. Thus, when the second body 120 moves relative to the first body 110, the second end of the flexible body 130 may move adaptively. The first gear and the first rack have been described above, which is not repeated here.
In embodiments of the present disclosure, the first driving device 150 may drive the second body 120 to move relative to the first body 110 in a third direction D through the connection device 170 from a position in
In some embodiments, the second end of the flexible body 130 may move adaptively through the first driving device 150 and the elastic member 140 when the second body 120 moves relative to the first body 110. The elastic body 130 may remain in the stretched state by the deformation force of the elastic member 140 without another driving device, which greatly simplifies the drive structure of the electronic apparatus.
In some embodiments, the deformation force of the elastic member 140 may be a set value. That is, the deformation force of the elastic member 140 may remain constant. In some other embodiments, the deformation force of the elastic member 140 may also be a variable value. For example, the elastic member 140 may include a constant force spring.
In some embodiments, the structure of the connection device 170 is not limited.
For example, the connection device 170 may include a first connector 171 and a second connector 172. The first connector 171 may be arranged at the first body 110. The second connector 172 may be arranged at the second body 120. The second connector 172 may be movably connected to the first connector 171. The first driving device 150 may be configured to drive the second connector 172 to drive the second body 120 to move relative to the first connector 171.
In some embodiments, the structures of the first connector 171 and the second connector 172 are not limited. For example, as shown in
The first connector 171 may also include a first gear, and the second connector 172 may also include a first rack.
In some embodiments, as shown in
The structures of the first adsorption member 191 and the second adsorption member 192 are not limited. For example, the first adsorption member 191 and the second adsorption member 192 may both be magnetic structures. For another example, one of the first adsorption member 191 and the second adsorption member 192 may be a magnetic structure. The other one of the first adsorption member 191 and the second adsorption member 192 may be an iron structure.
In embodiments of the present disclosure, the first body 110 may include a first plate member 111. A first part of the flexible body 130 may be attached to a first surface of the first plate member 111. The second body 120 may include a second plate member 121. A second part of the flexible body 130 may be attached to a second surface of the second plate member 121. Thus, the first plate member 111 and the second plate member 121 may jointly support the flexible body 130.
In some embodiments, the first plate member 111 and the second plate member 121 may be arranged side by side. When the first body 110 and the second body 120 are in the unfolded state, a gap may be included between the first plate member 111 and the second body 120. Thus, a support sheet may be attached to one side of the flexible body 130. A material of the support sheet may be steel.
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In embodiments of the present disclosure, in order to prevent the flexible body 130 from being bended and damaged in the accommodation chamber 101, as shown in
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In embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic apparatus includes a first body 110, a second body 120, a connection device 170, a first driving device 150, a flexible body 130, and an elastic member 140. The first body 110 and the second body 120 form an accommodation chamber 101 having an opening 124. The connection device 170 is connected to the first body 110 and the second body 120. The second body 120 may move relative to the first body 110 through the connection device 170. The first driving device 150 may be configured to drive the second body 120 to move relative to the first body 110 through the connection device 170. The flexible body 130 is attached to the first surface of the first body 110 and the second surface of the second body 120. The first surface and the second surface are located on the same side of the electronic apparatus. The elastic member 140 is arranged in the accommodation chamber 101. The first end of the flexible body 130 is fixedly connected to the first body 110. The second end of the flexible body 130 is connected to the elastic member 140 through the opening 124. The elastic member 140 may be configured to stretch the flexible body 130 by the deformation force. When the first driving device 150 drives the second body 120 to move relative to the first body 110 through the connection device 170, a part of the flexible body 130 may move through the opening 124. The elastic member 140 may pull the second end of the flexible body 130 by the deformation force. A part of the flexible body 130 may move through the opening 124, so that the area of the flexible body 130 outside the accommodation chamber 101 may be changed. Thus, the area of the flexible body 130 outside the accommodation chamber 101 may be changed as needed, which greatly improves the adaptability of the electronic apparatus.
The above description only describes some embodiments of the present disclosure. However, the scope of the present disclosure is not limited to this. Those skilled in the art may easily think of modifications and replacements in the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure. These modifications and replacements should be within the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be subject to the scope of the claims.
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202110882746.X | Aug 2021 | CN | national |