US 12,411,529 B2
Connection component and mobile terminal
Dongcun Cheng, Guangdong (CN); and Zhengjun Luo, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/407,298.
Application 17/407,298 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/073955, filed on Jan. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910133644.0 (CN), filed on Feb. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0382527 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05D 3/14 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connection component, comprising:
a first base, wherein the first base comprises a first accommodation groove;
a second base, wherein the second base comprises a second accommodation groove; and
a connection mechanism, wherein the connection mechanism is rotatably connected to the first base and the second base separately to enable the first base and the second base to switch between an extended state and a folded state, wherein
in the extended state, the first base and the second base are adjacent and coplanar, and the opening of the first accommodation groove is adjacent to the opening of the second accommodation groove; and
in the folded state, the first base and the second base are overlapped, the opening of the first accommodation groove is opposite to the opening of the second accommodation groove, and the connection mechanism is accommodated in the first accommodation groove and the second accommodation groove;
wherein the connection mechanism comprises:
a first connection piece, wherein the first connection piece is rotatably connected to the first base, and the first connection piece is located in the first accommodation groove;
a second connection piece, wherein the second connection piece is rotatably connected to the second base, and the second connection piece is located in the second accommodation groove;
a first adapter, wherein the first adapter is disposed between the first connection piece and the second connection piece, a first end of the first adapter is rotatably connected to the first connection piece, and a second end of the first adapter is rotatably connected to the second base; and
a second adapter, wherein the second adapter is disposed between the first adapter and the second connection piece, a first end of the second adapter is rotatably connected to the second connection piece, a second end of the second adapter is rotatably connected to the first base, and the second adapter is rotatably connected to the first adapter;
wherein
the first connection piece has a first pivot shaft, and the first pivot shaft is rotatably connected to the first base; and
the second connection piece has a second pivot shaft, and the second pivot shaft is rotatably connected to the second base;
wherein the first base comprises:
a base plate, wherein a mounting groove is formed in the base plate; and
a base cover, wherein the base cover is detachably mounted on the base plate, a through hole is formed in the base cover, the through hole is correspondingly connected to the mounting groove, the through hole and the mounting groove jointly form the first accommodation groove, and at least one of the base plate and the base cover is rotatably connected to the first pivot shaft.