US 12,085,992 B2
Support device and foldable device
Linlin Xu, Beijing (CN); Yonghong Zhou, Beijing (CN); Baofeng Sun, Beijing (CN); Shangchieh Chu, Beijing (CN); Bo Wang, Beijing (CN); Yanli Wang, Beijing (CN); and Wei Liu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 17/781,504
Filed by BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Jul. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/104534
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/037286, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202010824603.9 (CN), filed on Aug. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0004192 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support device, wherein the support device is disposed on a back side of a bendable structure, the bendable structure comprising a bending portion, and a first non-bending portion and a second non-bending portion disposed on two sides of the bending portion, respectively; the support device comprising:
a first support, configured to be connected to the first non-bending portion;
a second support, configured to be connected to the second non-bending portion;
a rotating shaft support, configured to be rotatably connected to the first support and the second support; and
at least one support component, wherein each support component is connected to the rotating shaft support and configured to be connected to the bending portion;
wherein the rotating shaft support comprises a strip-shaped support beam and a strip-shaped rotating shaft; wherein the support beam is provided with a rotating shaft hole penetrating through the support beam, wherein an axis of the rotating shaft hole is parallel to an extending direction of the support beam; and the rotating shaft is disposed in the rotating shaft hole and is rotatable in the rotating shaft hole; and
each support component comprises a strip-shaped support bar, a sheet structure connected to a side of the support bar, and a second protruding structure disposed at an end, distal from the support bar, of the sheet structure; the support beam is provided with a third groove, a fourth groove, and a communication groove disposed inside the support beam and configured to communicate the third groove and the fourth groove; wherein the support bar is disposed in the third groove, the second protruding structure is disposed in the fourth groove, and the sheet structure is disposed in the communication groove; and the support bar is further configured to be fixedly connected to the bending portion.