Electronic device with flexible display
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsDavis Ou, Hsu An-Szu, Han-Wen Yeh, Mike Liu, Penyu Liao, Yao Hsu-Hong
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Abstract
An electronic device includes: a processor; a memory; a first body member; a second body member; a flexible display, wherein a first portion of the flexible display is mounted to the first body member, and wherein a second portion of the flexible display is mounted to the second body member; a shaft mounted to the second body member; a hinge coupled to the first and second body members; a first arm having a first pivot with the first body member; and a threaded coupling between the first arm and the shaft.
Claims23
An electronic device comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory;
- a first body member;
- a second body member;
- a flexible display, wherein a first portion of the flexible display is mounted to the first body member, and wherein a second portion of the flexible display is mounted to the second body member;
- a shaft mounted to the second body member;
- a hinge coupled to the first and second body members;
- a first arm having a first pivot with the first body member;
- and
- a threaded coupling between the first arm and the shaft, wherein the threaded coupling comprises a spiral groove in the shaft, and a pin coupled to the first arm, the pin configured to travel in the spiral groove.
An electronic device comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory;
- a first body member;
- a second body member;
- a flexible display, wherein a first portion of the flexible display is mounted to the first body member, and wherein a second portion of the flexible display is mounted to the second body member;
- a plate coupled to the second body member by a hinge;
- an arm having a first pivot with the first body member and a second pivot with the plate;
- and
- a threaded coupling between the arm and the second body member, wherein the threaded coupling comprises a spiral groove coupled to one of the arm and the second body member, and a pin coupled to another of the arm and the second body member, the pin configured to travel in the spiral groove.
An electronic device comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory;
- a first body member;
- a second body member;
- a flexible display, wherein a first portion of the flexible display is mounted to the first body member, and wherein a second portion of the flexible display is mounted to the second body member;
- a plate coupled to the second body member by a hinge having a rotation axis, the plate slidingly coupled to the first body member;
- a first arm pivotally coupled to the first body member, the first arm having a first pivot with the first body member and a second pivot with the plate, the first arm engaging with the second body member to advance the first body member perpendicular to the rotation axis upon relative rotation between the first and second body members;
- a shaft coupled to the second body member, wherein the first arm engages with the shaft via a third pivot;
- a first bracket coupled to the first arm by the third pivot, wherein the first arm engages with the shaft through the first bracket;
- a second arm pivotally coupled to the first body member;
- and
- a second bracket coupled to the second arm;
- wherein the first and second brackets are configured for travelling along the shaft in opposite directions from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.