US 11,703,915 B2
Elastic stretch and retraction mechanism and electronic device
Zhenhua Liu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Filed by BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/328,711.
Claims priority of application No. 202011167506.3 (CN), filed on Oct. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0129042 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1679 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1624 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elastic stretch and retraction mechanism for an electronic device, comprising:
a fixed bracket fixed to a housing assembly of the electronic device;
a guide member connected to the fixed bracket;
a sliding member slidably connected to the guide member, and configured to connect with a stretch and retraction end of a flexible screen of the electronic device; and
an elastic member arranged between the fixed bracket and the sliding member, and configured to reset the sliding member,
wherein the sliding member is provided with a first limiting slot, the fixed bracket is provided with a second limiting slot opposite to the first limiting slot, the elastic member is limited in the first limiting slot and in the second limiting slot, and the elastic member is configured to stretch and retract along a direction from the first limiting slot to the second limiting slot.