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US 10,705,563 B2Granted
Foldable terminal
AssigneeGuangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
InventorYugui Lin
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a foldable terminal, including a body and a flexible screen assembly. The body includes a first structural member, a second structural member and a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly includes a fixed member and two sliding bars. The two sliding bars are rotatably coupled to two side walls of the fixed member correspondingly and coupled to the first structural member and the second structural member correspondingly. The flexible screen assembly is disposed to a first side surface of the body, and has a bending area facing the fixed member.
Claims20
A foldable terminal, comprising a body and a flexible screen assembly,
- the body comprising a first structural member, a second structural member and a coupling assembly, an end portion of the first structural member defining a first sliding cavity and an end portion of the second structural member defining a second sliding cavity;
- the coupling assembly comprising a fixed member and two sliding bars, first ends of the two sliding bars being rotatably coupled to two opposite side walls of the fixed member correspondingly, second ends of the two sliding bars being slidably coupled to the first sliding cavity and the second sliding cavity correspondingly;
- the flexible screen assembly being disposed to a first side surface of the body, the flexible screen assembly comprising a bending area facing the fixed member, the first side surface of the body comprising at least side surfaces of the first structural member and the second structural member facing the flexible screen assembly;
- wherein when the first structural member and the second structural member are folded toward each other, the fixed member slides toward a second side surface of the body opposite to the first side surface of the body under push of the bending area, in which the second side surface of the body comprises at least side surfaces of the first structural member and the second structural member facing away from the flexible screen assembly;
- when the first structural member and the second structural member are spread relative to each other, the two opposite side walls of the fixed member get close to the end portions of the first structural member and the second structural member correspondingly, so as to flatten the second side surface of the body;
- wherein when the foldable terminal is in a folded state, the flexible screen assembly is sandwiched between the first structural member and the second structural member;
- and
- wherein when the foldable terminal is in an unfolded state, the second side surface of the body is flat.
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A foldable terminal, comprising:
- a body comprising two structural members and a coupling assembly coupled between the two structural members, the coupling assembly comprising a fixed member and two sliding bars, first ends of the two sliding bars being rotatably coupled to two opposite side walls of the fixed member correspondingly, second ends of the two sliding bars being slidably coupled to the two structural members correspondingly;
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- a flexible screen assembly disposed to a first side surface of the body, and having a bending area facing the fixed member, the first side surface of the body comprising at least side surfaces of the two structural members facing the flexible screen assembly;
- wherein when the two structural members get close to each other to fold the body, the fixed member slides in a direction running away from the two structural members under push of the bending area;
- when the two structural members depart from each other to unfold the body, the fixed member gets close to the two structural members, so as to flatten a second side surface of the body opposite to the first side surface of the body, in which the second side surface of the body comprises at least side surfaces of the two structural members facing away from the flexible screen assembly;
- wherein when the foldable terminal is in a folded state, the flexible screen assembly is sandwiched between the first structural member and the second structural member;
- wherein when the foldable terminal is in an unfolded state, the second side surface of the body is flat.
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A housing for a foldable terminal, comprising:
- a first structural member and a second structural member;
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- a coupling assembly coupled between the first structural member and the second structural member, and comprising:
- a fixed member having two side walls opposite to each other;
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- two sliding bars, one of the two sliding bars having a first end rotatably coupled to one of the two side walls of the fixed member, and a second end slidably coupled to the first structural member, and the other one of the two sliding bars having a first end rotatably coupled to the other one of the two side walls of the fixed member, and a second end slidably coupled to the second structural member;
- wherein when the foldable terminal is in a folded state, the first structural member and the second structural member are configured to sandwich a flexible screen assembly of the foldable terminal, in which the flexible screen assembly is disposed to a side surface of the housing;
- wherein when the foldable terminal is in an unfolded state, another side surface of the housing opposite to the side surface where the flexible screen assembly is arranged is flat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.