FIELD OF INVENTION

The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, and more particularly to a folding display device.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

With the development of flexible display technologies, organic light emitting diode (OLED) has shown its great potential in flexible displays, its applications from fixed flexible display screens to foldable display screens, making screens have both large size and portable features.

In the foldable display screens, designs of rotating shafts directly affect force of flexible organic light emitting diode display screens during deployment and bending, thereby affecting service life of the flexible organic light emitting diode display screens. Because Ordinary rotating shafts only play a role of rotation, when applied to the flexible organic light emitting diode display screens, a length of the flexible organic light emitting diode display screen at the rotating shaft changes continuously with the rotation of the rotating shaft, and the flexible organic light emitting diode display screen at the rotating shaft indicates that the flexible organic light emitting diode display screen is continuously subjected to stress (tensile stress or compressive stress), which may cause damage to the flexible organic light emitting diode display screen.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

An objective of an embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide a folding display device to solve issues that a length of a flexible display panel at a rotating shaft changes greatly when the folding display device is converted between an externally bent state and a flattened state, which may cause damage to the flexible display panel.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a folding display device. The folding display device includes a first support frame, a second support frame, a flexible display panel, a connecting assembly, and a rotating shaft assembly. The rotating shaft assembly is rotatably connected between the first support frame and the second support frame through the connecting assembly, the flexible display panel is fixed on the first support frame and the second support frame and covers the rotating shaft assembly, and the rotating shaft assembly includes 2N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts. 2N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts of the folding display device in a flattened state are arranged side by side and two adjacent cylindrical rotating shafts are in contact with each other. When the first support frame and the second support frame are rotated to be in two parallel opposite planes and the folding display device is in an externally bent state, 2N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts are divided into a first layer and a second layer stacked with each other, the second layer has N cylindrical rotating shafts arranged side by side, the first layer has N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts arranged side by side, two adjacent cylindrical rotating shafts of the first layer are in contact with each other, N cylindrical rotating shafts of the second layer are stacked on N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts of the first layer and support the flexible display panel corresponding to the rotating shaft assembly, N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. The folding display device further includes a metal sheet fixed to the first support frame and the second support frame and covering the rotating shaft assembly, and the flexible display panel is fixed to a surface of the metal sheet away from the rotating shaft assembly.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the rotating shaft assembly includes a first cylindrical rotating shaft, a second cylindrical rotating shaft, a third cylindrical rotating shaft, and a fourth cylindrical rotating shaft, the first cylindrical rotating shaft is rotatably connected with the first support frame, the fourth cylindrical rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the second support frame, the first cylindrical rotating shaft and the second cylindrical rotating shaft are rotatably connected by a first connecting rod, the third cylindrical rotating shaft and the fourth cylindrical rotating shaft is rotatably connected by a second connecting rod, the second cylindrical rotating shaft and the third cylindrical rotating shaft are connected by an elastic connecting rod, and a first gear disposed on the second cylindrical rotating shaft and a second gear disposed on the third cylindrical rotating shaft abut each other.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the rotating shaft assembly includes a first cylindrical rotating shaft, a second cylindrical rotating shaft, a third cylindrical rotating shaft, a fourth cylindrical rotating shaft, a fifth cylindrical rotating shaft, and a sixth cylindrical rotating shaft, the first cylinder rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the first support frame, the sixth cylindrical rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the second support frame, the first cylindrical rotating shaft and the second cylindrical rotating shaft is rotatably connected by a first connecting rod, the second cylindrical rotating shaft and the third cylindrical rotating shaft are rotatably connected by a first elastic connecting rod, a first gear disposed on the second cylindrical rotating shaft and a second gear disposed on the third cylindrical rotating shaft abut each other, the fifth cylindrical rotating shaft and the sixth cylindrical rotating shaft are rotatably connected by a second connecting rod, the fourth cylindrical rotating shaft and the fifth cylindrical rotating shaft are rotatably connected by a second elastic connecting rod, a third gear disposed on the fourth cylindrical rotating shaft and a fourth gear disposed on the fifth cylindrical rotating shaft abut each other, and the third cylindrical rotating shaft and the fourth cylindrical rotating shaft are rotatably connected by a third connecting rod.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the cylindrical rotating shafts includes a hollow rotating shaft body and two transmission rotating shafts, an end of one of the transmission rotating shafts is inserted into a cavity of an end of the hollow rotating shaft body, and an end of another of the transmission shafts is inserted into a cavity of another end of the hollow rotating shaft body.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the two transmission rotating shafts of one of the cylindrical rotating shafts and the first support frame are rotatably connected by two sets of first connecting members, the two sets of first connecting members are rotatably connected one-to-one with the two transmission rotating shafts of one of the cylindrical rotating shafts and connected to the first support frame detachably and fixedly, the two transmission rotating shafts of another of the cylindrical rotating shafts and the second support frame are rotatably connected by two sets of second connecting members, the two sets of second connecting members are rotatably connected one-to-one with the two transmission rotating shafts of another of the cylindrical rotating shafts and connected to the second support frame detachably and fixedly, and the connecting assembly includes the two sets of first connecting members and the two sets of second connecting members.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each set of the first connecting members includes a first connecting component and two second connecting components, each set of the second connecting members includes a third connecting component and two fourth connecting components, two ends of the first connecting component are detachably and fixedly connected to the two second connecting components, respectively, a middle of the first connecting component is detachably and fixedly connected to the first support frame, two ends of the third connecting component are detachably and fixedly connected to the two fourth connecting components, respectively, a middle of the third connecting component is detachably and fixedly connected to the second support frame, the two second components of each set of the first connecting members are rotatably connected to one of the transmission rotating shafts of the cylindrical rotating shaft, and the two fourth components of each set of the second connecting members are rotatably connected to another of the transmission rotating shafts of the cylindrical rotating shaft.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a middle of the first connecting component has a first connecting hole, a middle of the third connecting component has a second connecting hole, the first support frame has two first fixing slots and third connecting holes each disposed in each of the first fixing slots, the second support frame has two second fixing slots and fourth connecting holes each disposed in each of the second fixing slots, two sets of the first connecting members are respectively disposed in the two first fixing slots and pass through the first connecting hole and the third connecting hole by bolting through to detachably and fixedly connect the first connecting member and the first support frame, two sets of the second connecting members are respectively disposed in the two second fixing slots and pass through the second connecting hole and the fourth connecting hole by bolting through to detachably and fixedly connect the second connecting member and the second support frame.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the hollow rotating shaft bodies includes a first plane, a second plane, a third plane, and a curved surface, the curved surface is opposite to the first plane, the second plane is opposite to the third plane, the second plane is connected to an end of the first plane and the curved surface, and the third plane is connected to another end of the first plane and the curved surface.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, 2N+2 of the hollow rotating shaft bodies are hollow cylinders.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a folding display device. The folding display device includes a first support frame, a second support frame, a flexible display panel, a connecting assembly, and a rotating shaft assembly. The rotating shaft assembly is rotatably connected between the first support frame and the second support frame through the connecting assembly, the flexible display panel is fixed on the first support frame and the second support frame and covers the rotating shaft assembly, and the rotating shaft assembly includes 2N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts. 2N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts of the folding display device in a flattened state are arranged side by side and two adjacent cylindrical rotating shafts are in contact with each other. When the first support frame and the second support frame are rotated to be in two parallel opposite planes and the folding display device is in an externally bent state, 2N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts are divided into a first layer and a second layer stacked with each other, the second layer has N cylindrical rotating shafts arranged side by side, the first layer has N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts arranged side by side, two adjacent cylindrical rotating shafts of the first layer are in contact with each other, N cylindrical rotating shafts of the second layer are stacked on N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts of the first layer and support the flexible display panel corresponding to the rotating shaft assembly, N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. The folding display device further includes a metal sheet fixed to the first support frame and the second support frame and covering the rotating shaft assembly, and the flexible display panel is fixed to a surface of the metal sheet away from the rotating shaft assembly.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the rotating shaft assembly includes a first cylindrical rotating shaft, a second cylindrical rotating shaft, a third cylindrical rotating shaft, and a fourth cylindrical rotating shaft, the first cylindrical rotating shaft is rotatably connected with the first support frame, the fourth cylindrical rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the second support frame, the first cylindrical rotating shaft and the second cylindrical rotating shaft are rotatably connected by a first connecting rod, the third cylindrical rotating shaft and the fourth cylindrical rotating shaft is rotatably connected by a second connecting rod, the second cylindrical rotating shaft and the third cylindrical rotating shaft are connected by an elastic connecting rod, and a first gear disposed on the second cylindrical rotating shaft and a second gear disposed on the third cylindrical rotating shaft abut each other.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the rotating shaft assembly includes a first cylindrical rotating shaft, a second cylindrical rotating shaft, a third cylindrical rotating shaft, a fourth cylindrical rotating shaft, a fifth cylindrical rotating shaft, and a sixth cylindrical rotating shaft, the first cylinder rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the first support frame, the sixth cylindrical rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the second support frame, the first cylindrical rotating shaft and the second cylindrical rotating shaft is rotatably connected by a first connecting rod, the second cylindrical rotating shaft and the third cylindrical rotating shaft are rotatably connected by a first elastic connecting rod, a first gear disposed on the second cylindrical rotating shaft and a second gear disposed on the third cylindrical rotating shaft abut each other, the fifth cylindrical rotating shaft and the sixth cylindrical rotating shaft are rotatably connected by a second connecting rod, the fourth cylindrical rotating shaft and the fifth cylindrical rotating shaft are rotatably connected by a second elastic connecting rod, a third gear disposed on the fourth cylindrical rotating shaft and a fourth gear disposed on the fifth cylindrical rotating shaft abut each other, and the third cylindrical rotating shaft and the fourth cylindrical rotating shaft are rotatably connected by a third connecting rod.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the cylindrical rotating shafts includes a hollow rotating shaft body and two transmission rotating shafts, an end of one of the transmission rotating shafts is inserted into a cavity of an end of the hollow rotating shaft body, and an end of another of the transmission shafts is inserted into a cavity of another end of the hollow rotating shaft body.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the two transmission rotating shafts of one of the cylindrical rotating shafts and the first support frame are rotatably connected by two sets of first connecting members, the two sets of first connecting members are rotatably connected one-to-one with the two transmission rotating shafts of one of the cylindrical rotating shafts and connected to the first support frame detachably and fixedly, the two transmission rotating shafts of another of the cylindrical rotating shafts and the second support frame are rotatably connected by two sets of second connecting members, the two sets of second connecting members are rotatably connected one-to-one with the two transmission rotating shafts of another of the cylindrical rotating shafts and connected to the second support frame detachably and fixedly, and the connecting assembly includes the two sets of first connecting members and the two sets of second connecting members.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each set of the first connecting members includes a first connecting component and two second connecting components, each set of the second connecting members includes a third connecting component and two fourth connecting components, two ends of the first connecting component are detachably and fixedly connected to the two second connecting components, respectively, a middle of the first connecting component is detachably and fixedly connected to the first support frame, two ends of the third connecting component are detachably and fixedly connected to the two fourth connecting components, respectively, a middle of the third connecting component is detachably and fixedly connected to the second support frame, the two second components of each set of the first connecting members are rotatably connected to one of the transmission rotating shafts of the cylindrical rotating shaft, and the two fourth components of each set of the second connecting members are rotatably connected to another of the transmission rotating shafts of the cylindrical rotating shaft.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a middle of the first connecting component has a first connecting hole, a middle of the third connecting component has a second connecting hole, the first support frame has two first fixing slots and third connecting holes each disposed in each of the first fixing slots, the second support frame has two second fixing slots and fourth connecting holes each disposed in each of the second fixing slots, two sets of the first connecting members are respectively disposed in the two first fixing slots and pass through the first connecting hole and the third connecting hole by bolting through to detachably and fixedly connect the first connecting member and the first support frame, two sets of the second connecting members are respectively disposed in the two second fixing slots and pass through the second connecting hole and the fourth connecting hole by bolting through to detachably and fixedly connect the second connecting member and the second support frame.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the hollow rotating shaft bodies includes a first plane, a second plane, a third plane, and a curved surface, the curved surface is opposite to the first plane, the second plane is opposite to the third plane, the second plane is connected to an end of the first plane and the curved surface, and the third plane is connected to another end of the first plane and the curved surface.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, 2N+2 of the hollow rotating shaft bodies are hollow cylinders.

Beneficial effects of an embodiment of the present disclosure are that, a folding display device is provided. The folding display device includes 2N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts. 2N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts of the folding display device in a flattened state are arranged side by side and two adjacent cylindrical rotating shafts are in contact with each other. When the folding display device is in an externally bent state, 2N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts are divided into a first layer and a second layer stacked with each other, the second layer has N cylindrical rotating shafts arranged side by side, the first layer has N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts arranged side by side, two adjacent cylindrical rotating shafts of the first layer are in contact with each other, N cylindrical rotating shafts of the second layer are stacked on N+2 cylindrical rotating shafts of the first layer and support the flexible display panel corresponding to the rotating shaft assembly, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. When the folding display device changes between the flattened state and the externally bent state, a change of a length of a corresponding flexible display panel at the rotating shaft assembly is small, such that a stress of the flexible display panel during the change is reduced, and the flexible display panel is avoided to be damaged.

