Folding Sliding Housing Mechanism for Dual-Axis Display Motion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic devices with flexible displays that can fold or unfold lack the ability to seamlessly integrate sliding and folding motions, limiting their versatility and user experience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device design incorporating a base housing, a sliding housing, a folding housing, a display, a rolling module, and a hinge module, allowing for both sliding and folding motions by rotating about defined axes, enabling various display configurations and states.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a flexible display is made foldable to provide wider screen and various angles, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases due to mechanical structure requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested structure where the sliding housing is disposed within the base housing, and the folding housing is disposed within the sliding housing. This nesting arrangement allows multiple functional housings to be integrated in a compact manner, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining display flexibility and various viewing angles.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a multi-functional device where the housing structure serves multiple purposes: the sliding housing enables sliding motion for display extension, the folding housing enables folding motion for angle adjustment, and both housings collectively provide structural support. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components, thereby reducing device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If sliding and folding motions are integrated to expand display area, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases due to multiple motion mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the sliding motion mechanism and folding motion mechanism into a single integrated housing structure. The sliding housing and folding housing are combined such that both motions can be performed within the same structural framework, reducing the need for separate independent mechanisms and thereby reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic motion capabilities where the housing can perform sliding motion along a sliding direction and folding motion along a folding direction independently or simultaneously. This dynamic design allows the display configuration to adapt to different user needs while maintaining a relatively simple underlying mechanical structure through shared components.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple housings are used to enable sliding and folding motions, then adaptability is improved, but manufacturing difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the housing into distinct functional components: base housing, sliding housing, and folding housing. Each housing is designed to perform a specific motion function, making manufacturing and assembly more manageable. The segmented design allows for specialized production of each housing type while maintaining overall system integration through standardized coupling mechanisms.
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AI summary
An electronic device includes: a base housing, a sliding housing at least partially overlapping the base housing and slidably coupled to the base housing, a folding housing least partially overlapping the base housing and connected to the sliding housing, a display disposed on the folding housing and the sliding housing, at least part of the display being located inside the base housing, a rolling module comprising a rollable support coupled to a rear surface of the display and having one side connected to the sliding housing and an opposite side extending into an inner space of the base housing, and a hinge module comprising a hinge connected to the folding housing and the sliding housing wherein the sliding housing is configured to rotate about a first axis of rotation and the folding housing is configured to rotate about a second axis of rotation. The electronic device is configured to be capable of performing a sliding motion in which the folding housing and the sliding housing move in a sliding direction to extend or retract a display area of the electronic device and a folding motion in which the folding housing is folded or unfolded relative to the sliding housing to fold or unfold part of the display area.