US 12,438,970 B2
Rotating mechanism, supporting apparatus, and electronic device
Jian Sun, Shenzhen (CN); Yaolei Zhang, Shenzhen (CN); Haifei Li, Shenzhen (CN); Yuan Wang, Shenzhen (CN); Guotong Zhou, Shenzhen (CN); and Leibo Yuan, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Honor Device Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/921,665
Filed by HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 26, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/089416
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/247566, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110587683.5 (CN), filed on May 27, 2021; and application No. 202110763979.8 (CN), filed on Jul. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0259487 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0268 (2013.01) [H04M 1/022 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotating mechanism, comprising a base, a first connecting piece, a second connecting piece, a lifting plate, a force applying structure, and a supporting structure; wherein
both the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are rotatably connected to the base; the lifting plate is located between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece; the lifting plate is provided with a fitting surface, and the fitting surface is used for fitting a part of a flexible display; and the lifting plate is provided with a lifting space, the force applying structure is located on at least one side in a circumference of the lifting space, and the force applying structure is connected to the lifting plate; and
the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece can rotate between an unfolding position and a folding position relative to the base; and when the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are in the unfolding position, the force applying structure applies, to the lifting plate, a tensile force from the lifting plate to a side of the lifting plate away from the fitting surface, the lifting plate is supported on the supporting structure, and the supporting structure applies, to the lifting plate, a first supporting force that counterbalances the tensile force.