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Foldable mechanism of mobile terminal and mobile terminal

  • US 10,310,566 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2018
  • Issued: 06/04/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A foldable mechanism of a mobile terminal, comprising:

  • a soft support structure to connect a first housing and a second housing of the mobile terminal, the soft support structure comprising a plurality of V-shaped supports arranged in a single row, open ends of adjacent V-shaped supports are connected, and an opening of each V-shaped support faces a flexible display screen of the mobile terminal; and

    a hard support structure included in each V-shaped support and configured to support the flexible display screen, wherein each hard support structure blocks two ends of a V-shaped support corresponding to the hard support structure; and

    further comprising a blocking layer included between bending tip portions of any two adjacent V-shaped supports;

    when the foldable mechanism of the mobile terminal is bent, bending tip portions of the plurality of V-shaped supports converge, and each blocking layer is compressed into a gap between two V-shaped supports connected by the blocking layer; and

    when the foldable mechanism of the mobile terminal is unfolded, the bending tip portions of the plurality of V-shaped supports move away from each other, and each blocking layer is unfolded to block the gap between the two V-shaped supports connected by the blocking layer.

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