Folding mechanism and electronic equipment

The invention discloses a folding mechanism and electronic equipment. The folding mechanism comprises a main shaft, a first connecting arm, a first pin shaft, a first gear, a first matching piece, a second matching piece, a third matching piece and a first elastic piece. In the unfolding or folding process of the electronic equipment, the first elastic piece can deform, and the first elastic piece can extrude the first matching piece. The first mating member may apply a force to the first gear. In this way, the friction force between the first gear and the first matching piece can be increased to a large extent. The rotating speed of the first gear relative to the main shaft is slowed down, the rotating speed of the first connecting arm relative to the main shaft is slowed down, and the rotating speed of the first shell relative to the main shaft is slowed down. Therefore, the folding mechanism can reduce the rotating speed of the first shell, so that the flexible screen of the electronic equipment is protect