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US 10,671,179 B2Granted
Rollable and flexible input device
AssigneeShenzhen Royole Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsXinyuan Xia, Linyu Yu, Songya Chen, Yu Zhou, Gang Chen
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Abstract
A rollable and flexible input device includes a drum, a reel received in the drum, an input device body connected to the reel, and a battery. The reel is rotated relative to the drum so that the input device body is in a rolled-up state or a stretched state. The reel defines a battery cavity, and the battery is disposed in the battery cavity.
Claims19
A rollable and flexible input device, comprising:
- a drum comprising:
- a protruding tube protruding from one end portion of the drum;
- and
- a limit ring sleeved on the protruding tube and fixed to the protruding tube via clamping;
- a reel rotatably arranged in the drum;
- an input device body connected to the reel and rolled up onto or released from the reel when the reel is rotated;
- electronic elements received in the drum;
- and
- a switch component comprising:
- a wiring board received in the drum and electrically coupled to the electronic elements;
- and
- a flexible touchpad fitted to an outer annular surface of the limit ring and electrically coupled to the wiring board, wherein the flexible touchpad is configured to receive touch operation and realize control of the electronic elements in response to user operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.