Electronic device hinge with movable rigid display support
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorKabir Siddiqui
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Abstract
A hinge for a foldable electronic device includes a spine, a first hinge guide, a second hinge guide, and a display support. The first hinge guide is rotatably connected to the spine around a first axis. The second hinge guide rotatably connected to the spine around a second axis. The display support is connected to the first hinge guide in a first track and connected to the second hinge guide by a second track. A translational position of the display support relative to the spine is related to a first rotational position of the first hinge guide relative to the spine and a second rotational position of the second hinge guide relative to the spine.
Claims22
A hinge for a foldable electronic device, the hinge comprising:
- a spine;
- a first hinge guide rotatably connected to the spine around a first axis;
- a second hinge guide rotatably connected to the spine around a second axis;
- a display support connected to the first hinge guide in a first groove and connected to the second hinge guide by a second groove, wherein a translational position of the display support relative to the spine is related to a first rotational position of the first hinge guide relative to the spine and a second rotational position of the second hinge guide relative to the spine, wherein the first hinge and the second hinge cooperate to rotate from a zero degree orientation to a 270 degree orientation such that the display support is configured to contact a flexible OLED display panel from the zero degree orientation to the 270 degree orientation.
A foldable electronic device comprising:
- a first chassis;
- a second chassis;
- a hinge including:
- a spine;
- a first hinge guide rotatably connected to the spine;
- a second hinge guide rotatably connected to the spine;
- a display support connected to the first hinge guide in a first track and connected to the second hinge guide by a second track, wherein a translational position of the display support relative to the spine is related to a first rotational position of the first hinge guide relative to the spine and a second rotational position of the second hinge guide relative to the spine, wherein the first hinge and the second hinge cooperate to rotate the first chassis and the second chassis from a zero degree orientation to a 270 degree orientation such that the display support is configured to contact a flexible OLED display panel from the zero degree orientation to the 270 degree orientation.
A foldable electronic device comprising:
- a first chassis;
- a second chassis;
- a hinge including:
- a spine;
- a first hinge guide rotatably connected to the spine;
- a second hinge guide rotatably connected to the spine;
- a display support connected to the first hinge guide in a first track and connected to the second hinge guide by a second track, wherein a translational position of the display support relative to the spine is related to a first rotational position of the first hinge guide relative to the spine and a second rotational position of the second hinge guide relative to the spine;
- a flexible OLED display panel connected to the first chassis and second chassis and crossing the hinge, wherein the first hinge and the second hinge cooperate to rotate the first chassis and the second chassis from a zero degree orientation to a 270 degree orientation such that the display support contacts the flexible OLED display panel from the zero degree orientation to the 270 degree orientation;
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- an elastic cover connected to the first chassis and the second chassis and crossing the hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.