US 12,332,695 B2
Foldable apparatus and electronic device
Yangming Lin, Dongguan (CN); Haiqiang Tian, Dongguan (CN); Weifeng Wu, Dongguan (CN); Tao Huang, Shenzhen (CN); and Shangyun Wang, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/192,022.
Application 18/192,022 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/092958, filed on May 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202011061519.2 (CN), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0244274 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable apparatus comprising:
a mounting bracket; and
a rotating bracket assembly, wherein the rotating bracket assembly comprises a first rotating bracket and a second rotating bracket arranged on two different sides of the mounting bracket along a width direction of the mounting bracket; the first rotating bracket is rotatably connected to the mounting bracket by using a first rotating shaft, and the first rotating shaft is movable relative to the mounting bracket along the width direction of the mounting bracket; and the second rotating bracket is rotatably connected to the mounting bracket by using a second rotating shaft, and the second rotating shaft is movable relative to the mounting bracket along the width direction of the mounting bracket; and
when the first rotating bracket and the second rotating bracket rotate toward each other, the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are configured to move in a direction away from the mounting bracket along the width direction of the mounting bracket;
wherein the foldable apparatus further comprises:
a swing arm assembly, comprising a first swing arm and a second swing arm that are located on the two different sides of the mounting bracket along the width direction of the mounting bracket, wherein the rotating bracket assembly is rotatably connected to the mounting bracket by using the swing arm assembly, one end of the first swing arm is slidably connected to the first rotating bracket and is rotatable relative to the first rotating bracket, and an other end of the first swing arm is rotatably connected to the mounting bracket by using the first rotating shaft, and one end of the second swing arm is slidably connected to the second rotating bracket and is rotatable relative to the second rotating bracket, and an other end of the second swing arm is rotatably connected to the mounting bracket by using the second rotating shaft; and
a transmission assembly, comprising a transmission group and a push group, wherein
the transmission group comprises a first transmission connecting rod and a second transmission connecting rod that are located on the two different sides of the mounting bracket along the width direction of the mounting bracket; the first transmission connecting rod is slidably connected to the first rotating bracket and rotatably connected to the mounting bracket, and the second transmission connecting rod is slidably connected to the second rotating bracket and rotatably connected to the mounting bracket; and
the push group comprises a first push member and a second push member the first push member is rotatably connected to the second swing arm by using the second rotating shaft, and the first push member is further rotatably connected to the first transmission connecting rod, and the second push member is rotatably connected to the first swing arm by using the first rotating shaft, and the second push member is further rotatably connected to the second transmission connecting rod, wherein
an axis around which the first transmission connecting rod rotates relative to the mounting bracket and an axis around which the first transmission connecting rod rotates relative to the first push member are different axes, and an axis around which the second transmission connecting rod rotates relative to the mounting bracket and an axis around which the second transmission connecting rod rotates relative to the second push member are different axes, and
the first transmission connecting rod is configured to transfer movement of the first rotating bracket, to drive the first push member to posh the second rotating shaft to move in the direction away from the mounting bracket, and the second transmission connecting rod is configured to transfer movement of the second rotating bracket, to drive the second push member to push the first rotating shaft to move in the direction away from the mounting bracket.