US 12,407,768 B2
Foldable mechanism and foldable terminal
Shaohong Dong, Shenzhen (CN); Guimin Chen, Shenzhen (CN); Ruihao Chen, Shenzhen (CN); Kaifang Jin, Shenzhen (CN); and Changfu Dong, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 18/029,474
Filed by Honor Device Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Dec. 29, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/143394
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/185167, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 5, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202210334431.6 (CN), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0364800 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/022 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable mechanism, comprising:
a base;
a first pressing plate swing arm;
a second pressing plate swing arm; and
a flexible support plate,
wherein a first rotating portion of the first pressing plate swing arm is rotatably connected to the base, the flexible support plate is mounted on the first pressing plate swing arm and bends under driving of the first pressing plate swing arm,
wherein a bending direction of the flexible support plate is parallel to a first rotation axis of the first pressing plate swing arm relative to the base,
wherein a second rotating portion of the second pressing plate swing arm is rotatably connected to the base, the flexible support plate is further mounted on the second pressing plate swing arm and bends under driving of the second pressing plate swing arm, and the bending direction of the flexible support plate is further parallel to a second rotation axis of the second pressing plate swing arm relative to the base,
wherein a first connection portion of the first pressing plate swing arm is provided with a first assembly hole, a second connection portion of the second pressing plate swing arm is provided with a second assembly hole, and the flexible support plate comprises a flexible support portion, a first fixing portion, and a second fixing portion, and
wherein the flexible support portion is provided with a plurality of strip-shaped grooves, the plurality of strip-shaped grooves are parallel to each other and arranged at intervals, a corresponding extending direction of each of the strip-shaped grooves is parallel to the bending direction of the flexible support plate, the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion are fixedly connected to a bottom surface of the flexible support portion, the first fixing portion is mounted in the first assembly hole of the first pressing plate swing arm, and the second fixing portion is mounted in the second assembly hole of the second pressing plate swing arm.