Patent Publication Number: US-10767808-B2

Title: Variable curved surface bracket structure and curved display device

Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     The present application is a National Phase of International Application Number PCT/CN2018/074029, filed Jan. 24, 2018, and claims the priority of China Application No. 201810032150.9, filed Jan. 12, 2018. 
     FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     The disclosure relates to the technical field of electrical equipment bracket structure, in particular to a variable curved bracket structure and a curved display device. 
     BACKGROUND 
     The screen of the existing liquid crystal display television (LCD TV) is a flat panel or a curved surface. The curved LCD TV display can provide an enveloping sense and three-dimensional sense and improve the visual experience of the customer. However, when the number of people watching at the same time becomes more, the viewing angle not near the center line of the curved surface becomes asymmetry, which affects the experience, then flat panel LCD TV is more suitable for the audience. 
     That is, the screen curvature of the existing LCD TV cannot be adjusted and cannot be suitable for many different viewing needs. 
     Therefore, the prior art still needs to be further developed. 
     SUMMARY 
     In view of the shortcomings of the existing technology, the purpose of the disclosure is to propose a structure with a variable curved surface so as to solve the problem that the curvature of the screen of the existing liquid crystal television cannot be adjusted and cannot be suitable for many different viewing needs. 
     To achieve the object, the disclosure adopts the following technical solutions: 
     a variable curved surface bracket structure includes a base and a bracket arranged on the base, and the bracket is in contact with the back of the display screen, the bracket includes a fixed sheet and moving sheets respectively hinged on two sides of the fixed sheet; the variable curved bracket structure further includes a moving mechanism disposed on the base and drivingly connected to the moving sheets so that the moving sheets rotate forward or backward relative to the fixed sheet. 
     The moving mechanism includes: a pushrod structure arranged on the base and including a retractable pushrod and a driving device in driving connection with the pushrod; 
     at least a linkage strut assembly includes at least a connecting rod and at least a strut, an end of the connecting rod is rotatably connected to the pushrod and another end of the connecting rod is connected to the strut, two ends of the strut are respectively connected to the moving sheets respectively hinged on two sides of the fixed sheet. 
     The linkage strut assembly further includes a rod bush and a cam wheel, the rod bush is arranged in the fixed sheet, the strut penetrates into the rod bush and rotates relative to the rod bush, two ends of the strut are respectively disposed with the cam wheels and abut against the moving sheets, the cam wheels rotate to push the moving sheets forward or to move the moving sheets backward. 
     The linkage strut assembly includes two sets, respectively arranged on upper and lower sides of the bracket. 
     each of the linkage strut assembly includes a first connecting rod, a second connecting rod, a first strut, a second strut, a first rod bush, a first cam wheel, and a second cam wheel, the first strut and the second strut are both disposed through the first rod bush, an end of the first connecting rod is rotatably connected to a side connecting the pushrod, another end of the first connecting rod is connected to the first strut, an end of the second connecting rod is rotatably connected to a side opposite to a side connecting the pushrod and the first connecting rod, another end of the second connecting rod is connected to the second strut, the first cam wheel is arranged on a rod end of a side of the first strut opposite to a side of the first strut connected to the first connecting rod, and the second cam wheel is arranged on a rod end of a side of the second strut opposite to a side of the second strut connected to the second connecting rod; 
     the moving sheets include a first moving sheet and a second moving sheet, the first moving sheet hinged with a side of the fixed sheet adjacent to the first cam wheel and abutting against the first cam wheel, and the second moving sheet hinged with a side of the fixed sheet adjacent to the second cam wheel and abutting against the second cam wheel. 
     A first transfer rod is rotatably connected between the first connecting rods of the two sets of the linkage strut assemblies, a second transfer rod is rotatably connected between the second connecting rods of the two sets of the linkage strut assemblies; a balance rod is also connected between the first transfer rod and the second transfer rod. 
     the first connecting rod, the second connecting rod, and the pushrod are further disposed with a sliding groove at a rotating connection, the pushrod is disposed with a pin, the pin penetrates the sliding groove of the first and the second connecting rods fixed on an upper side of the fixed sheet. 
     A plurality of elastic hinges is disposed at a hinged junction of the fixed sheet and the moving sheets. 
     Each of the moving sheets is disposed with a screen supporting barb. 
     The driving device is driven by an electric motor, and the electric motor is electrically connected to a control circuit to control expansion and contraction of a push rod. 
     The disclosure also provides a curved display device including a variable curved surface bracket structure as described above and a display screen mounted on the variable curved surface bracket structure. 
     In the variable curved bracket structure of the technical proposal of the disclosure, by arranging the bracket as a fixed sheet and moving sheets hinged with the fixed sheet, and arranging a retractable pushrod and a connecting rod rotatably connected to the pushrod, the ends of the connecting rods are connected to the struts, both ends of the strut abuts against the moving sheets, the strut moves forward or rotates under the action of the connecting rod, and drives the moving sheets to rotate forward or backward, thus the curvature of the display screen in contact with the bracket can be adjusted, curved or flattened to meet different viewing needs. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       To illustrate technical schemes of the disclosure or the prior art more clearly, the following section briefly introduces drawings used to describe the embodiments and prior art. Obviously, the drawing in the following descriptions is just some embodiments of the disclosure. The ordinary person in the related art can acquire the other drawings according to these drawings without offering creative effort. 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of a variable curved surface bracket structure and a display screen in a flat state according to the disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is structural diagram of the variable curved surface bracket structure in a flat state according to the disclosure; 
         FIG. 3  is structural diagram of a variable curved surface bracket structure in a curved state according to the disclosure; 
         FIG. 4  is an enlarged schematic diagram of A in  FIG. 3 ; and 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram of a curved surface structure of a variable curved bracket structure and a display screen according to the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     EXPLANATION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                   
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                 100 
                 Bracket structure 
               
               
                   
                  10 
                 Base 
               
               
                   
                  20 
                 Bracket 
               
               
                   
                  21 
                 Fixed sheet 
               
               
                   
                  22 
                 moving sheet 
               
               
                   
                  22a 
                 First moving sheet 
               
               
                   
                  22b 
                 Second moving sheet 
               
               
                   
                  30 
                 Pushrod structure 
               
               
                   
                  31 
                 Pushrod 
               
               
                   
                 311 
                 Pin 
               
               
                   
                  32 
                 Driving device 
               
               
                   
                  40 
                 Linkage strut assembly 
               
               
                   
                  41 
                 Connecting rod 
               
               
                   
                  41a 
                 First connecting rod 
               
               
                   
                  41b 
                 Second connecting rod 
               
               
                   
                  42 
                 Strut 
               
               
                   
                  42a 
                 First strut 
               
               
                   
                  42b 
                 Second strut 
               
               
                   
                  43 
                 Rod bush 
               
               
                   
                  43a 
                 First rod bush 
               
               
                   
                  44 
                 Cam wheel 
               
               
                   
                  44a 
                 First cam wheel 
               
               
                   
                  44b 
                 Second cam wheel 
               
               
                   
                  51 
                 First transfer rod 
               
               
                   
                  52 
                 Second transfer rod 
               
               
                   
                  53 
                 Balance rod 
               
               
                   
                  60 
                 Elastic hinge 
               
               
                   
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                 Screen supporting barb 
               
               
                   
                 200 
                 Display screen 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The realization, functional features and advantages of the objectives of the disclosure will be further described in conjunction with embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     The following sections offer a clear, complete description of this disclosure in combination with the embodiments and accompanying drawings. Obviously, the embodiments described herein are only a part of, but not all the embodiments of this disclosure. In view of the embodiments described herein, any other embodiment obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art skilled in this art without offering creative effort is included in a scope claimed by this disclosure. 
     It should be noted that, all directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front, rear, . . . ) in the embodiments of the disclosure are merely used to explain the differences between the components in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings) regarding the positional relationship, the movement situation and the like, if the specific posture changes, the directivity indication also changes accordingly. 
     In the disclosure, the terms “connected”, “fixed” and the like should be broadly understood unless expressly stated and limited otherwise. For example, “fixed” may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or a unitary one; it may be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediary medium and may be the interconnection of two elements or the interaction of the two elements unless expressly limited otherwise. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the terms in the disclosure may be understood based on specific situations. 
     In addition, the description of the “first”, the “second”, and the like in the disclosure are merely for the purpose of description and are not to be construed as indicating or implying any relative importance or implied reference to the number of indicated technical features, Thus, features defining “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In addition, the technical solutions between the various embodiments may be combined with each other, but they must be based on the implementation that can be implemented by those skilled in the art. When the combinations of the technical solutions appear, contradictory or cannot be implemented, it should be considered that the combination of the technical solutions does not exist, nor is it within the protection scope of the disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 3 , the disclosure provides a variable curved surface bracket structure  100 , which includes a base  10  and a bracket  20  disposed on the base  10 . The bracket  20  is in contact with the back of the display  200 . The display screen  200  of the disclosure is designed to have a certain degree of flexibility, can be arbitrarily converted from the plane to a certain range of curvature. The bracket  20  includes a fixed sheet  21  and moving sheets  22  respectively hinged with two sides of the fixed sheet  21 . The variable curved bracket structure  100  further includes a moving mechanism disposed on the base  10  and driven by the moving sheets  22  so that the moving sheets  22  are rotated forward or backward relative to the fixed sheet  21 . The moving mechanism can adopt a variety of structural designs, such as pushing the moving sheets by hydraulic or electric driving a pushrod or pulling back the moving sheets backward to realize the function of turning the moving sheets forward or backward. When the moving sheets on both sides of the fixed sheet rotate forward relative to the fixed sheet, the curvature of the display screen will be larger. When the moving sheets on both sides of the fixed sheet is returned backward, the curvature of the display screen becomes smaller until the display screen becomes a flat state, thus the display screen may be adjusted between the flat state and a certain range of curved to be suitable for the demand in different occasions. 
     In the variable curved bracket structure provided by the technical solution of the disclosure, the moving sheets are hinged with two sides of the fixed sheet by dividing the bracket into a fixed sheet and two moving sheets, and a moving mechanism is provided. The moving mechanism is in driving connection with the moving sheets, the moving mechanism drives the moving sheets to rotate backward or forward backward so that the curvature of the display screen contacting the bracket can be adjusted and can be turned into a curved surface or a flat surface for different use occasions to meet different viewing requirements. 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , the moving mechanism includes: 
     a pushrod structure  30 , disposed on the base  10 , including a retractable pushrod  31  and a driving device  32  drivingly connected to the pushrod  31 ; and at least a linkage strut assembly  40  including at least a connecting rod  41  and at least a strut  42 . An end of the connecting rod  41  is rotatably connected to the pushrod  31 , and another end of the connecting rod  41  is connected to the strut  42 . Two ends of the strut  42  are respectively connected to the moving sheets  22  on both sides of the fixed sheet  21 , the strut  42  makes the moving sheets rotate forward or return backward. The strut  42  of the disclosure moves forward or rotates under the action of the connecting rod  41  to drive the moving sheets  22  to rotate forward or backward so that the curvature of the display screen  200  in contact with the bracket  20  can be adjusted and can be curved also can be flat, thereby being suitable for different occasions to meet different viewing needs. 
     The driving device  32  of the disclosure can adopt manual adjustment or electric adjustment, and the stretching of the pushrod  31  can be hydraulic or pneumatic. Preferably, the driving device  32  is driven by an electric motor, and the electric motor is electrically connected to a control circuit to control stretching of a pushrod  31 . 
     The linkage strut assembly  40  further includes a rod bush  43  and cam wheels  44 . The rod bush  43  is disposed on the fixed sheet  21 . The strut  42  penetrates the rod bush  43  and rotates relative to the rod bush  43 . Two ends of the strut  42  are respectively disposed with the cam wheels  44  and abut against the moving sheets  22 , and the cam wheels  44  rotate to push the moving sheets  22  forward or to move the moving sheets  22  backward. The rotation of the connecting rod  41  drives the strut  42  to relatively rotate on the rod bush  43  and simultaneously drives the cam wheels  44  at both ends of the strut  42  to rotate. Since the cam wheels  44  and the moving sheets  22  resist, and due to the structural characteristics of the cam wheels  44 , During the rotation, the moving sheets  22  are pushed forward or the moving sheets  22  are returned backward to complete the curvature transformation between the fixed sheet  21  and the moving sheets  22 . Since the cam wheels  44  abut against the moving sheets  22 , and simultaneously due to the structural characteristics of the cam wheels  44 , the moving sheets  22  are pushed forward or the moving sheets  22  are pushed backward by the rotation of the cam wheels  44  so as to complete the curvature transformation between the fixed sheet  21  and the moving sheets  22 . 
     Preferentially, in the embodiment of the disclosure, the linkage strut assembly  40  includes two sets, respectively arranged on the upper and lower sides of the bracket  20 . The arrangement of the two sets of linkage strut assembly  40  makes the stress on the moving sheets  22  more balanced. 
     Specifically; referring to  FIG. 3 , each of the linkage strut assemblies  40  includes a first connecting rod  41   a , a second connecting rod  41   b , a first strut  42   a , a second strut  42   b , a first rod bush  43   a , a first cam wheel  44   a , and a second cam wheel  44   b . The first strut  42   a  and the second strut  42   b  both penetrate into the first rod bush  43   a . One end of the first connecting rod  41   a  is rotatably connected to a side connecting the pushrod  31 , another end of the first connecting rod  41   a  is connected to the first strut  42   a , one end of the second connecting rod  41   b  is rotatably connected to a side opposite to a side connecting the pushrod  31  and the first connecting rod  41   a ; another end of the second connecting rod  41   b  is connected to the second strut  42   b ; the first cam wheel  44   a  is arranged on a rod end of a side of the first strut  42   a  opposite to a side of the first strut  42   a  connected to the first connecting rod  41   a , and the second cam wheel  44   b  is arranged on a rod end of a side of the second strut  42   b  opposite to a side of the second strut  42   b  connected to the second connecting rod  41   b;    
     The moving sheets include a first moving sheet  22   a  and a second moving sheet  22   b , the first moving sheet  22   a  hinged with a side of the fixed sheet  21  adjacent to the first cam wheel  44   a  and abutting against the first cam wheel  44   b , and the second moving sheet  44   b  hinged with a side of the fixed sheet  21  adjacent to the second cam wheel  44   b  and abutting against the second cam wheel  44   b . The rotation of the first cam wheel  44   a  drives the first moving sheet  22   a  to rotate relative to the fixed sheet  21  and the rotation of the second cam wheel  44   b  causes the second moving sheet  22   a  to rotate relative to the fixed sheet  21  so as to complete the curvature adjustment of the first moving sheet  22   a  and the second moving sheet  22   b  with respect to the fixed sheet  21  thereby achieving the curvature adjustment of the display screen  200 . As shown in  FIG. 5 , the first moving sheet  22   a  and the second moving sheet  22   b  are rotated forward relative to the fixed sheet  21  to form a certain curvature. In this case, the display screen  200  mounted on the bracket  20  also has a corresponding curved surface. 
     Further, as shown in  FIG. 4 , the first transfer rod  51  is rotatably connected between the first connecting rods  41   a  of the two sets of the linkage strut assemblies  40 , and the second connecting rod  52  is rotatably connected between the second connecting rod  41   b  of the two sets of the linkage strut assemblies  40 ; a balance rod  53  is connected between the first transfer rod  51  and the second transfer rod  52 , The setting of the transfer rod and the balance rod makes the synchronization of the transmission between the upper and lower sets of the linkage strut assemblies of the bracket smoother and the transmission more stable and improves the reliability of the transmission. 
     Continued to refer to  FIG. 4 , the first connecting rod  41   a  and the second connecting rod  41   b  and the pushrod  31  are further disposed with a sliding groove  411  at a rotating connection, the pushrod  31  is disposed with a pin  311 , the pin  31  penetrates the sliding groove  411  of the first connecting rod  41   a  and the second connecting rod  41   b  fixed on an upper side of the fixed sheet  21 . The setting of the sliding groove  411  makes the variation of the curvature range of the moving sheets  22  relative to the fixed sheet  21  adjustable. 
     Preferably, as shown in  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 4 , an elastic hinge  60  is disposed at the hinge of the fixed sheet  21  and the moving sheets  22 , A plurality of elastic hinges  60  may be disposed, and the elastic hinges  60  provide resilience so that the moving sheets keep in close contact with the cam wheels after the rotation. 
     In the embodiments of the disclosure, both the fixed sheet  21  and the moving sheets  22  are flat sheets, so that the contact between the bracket  20  and the display screen  200  is the surface contact, and the display screen is more evenly stressed during the adjustment of the curved surface to protect the display screen. 
     Preferably, a screen supporting barb  70  is disposed on the moving sheets  22 , The screen supporting barb  70  facilitates the mounting and fixing of the display screen  200  and the variable curved bracket structure  100 . 
     The foregoing descriptions are merely some embodiments of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. All equivalent structural changes made by the present specification and the accompanying drawings under the inventive concept of the disclosure or direct/indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the protection scope of the disclosure.