Folding devices
AssigneeTahoe Research, Ltd.
InventorJason M. Brand
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Abstract
Folding devices are disclosed. An example folding device includes a first frame; a second frame; an actuator including a first end coupled to the first frame and a second end hingably coupled to the second frame; and a display coupled to the first and second frames, when the folding device is in a folded position, the display wraps around ends of the first and second frames to cover a joint between the first and second frames, when the folding device rotates from the folded position toward an unfolded position, the actuator urges the ends of the first and second frames away from one another to encourage the display to unwrap from around the ends.
Claims14
A folding electronic device comprising:
- a display including a first display portion, a second display portion, and a third display portion, the third display portion between the first display portion and the second display portion;
- a first frame to support the first display portion;
- a biasing element coupled to the first frame;
- and
- a second frame to support the second display portion, an end of the second frame being configured to pivot about a first axis to cause movement of an end of the first frame, and
- the biasing element being configured to exert a force on the first frame as the end of the second frame pivots about the first axis, the force on the first frame being configured to move the folding electronic device between a folded position and an unfolded position without rotating the first frame about the first axis.
A folding electronic device comprising:
- a first frame having an end;
- a biasing element coupled to the first frame;
- a second frame having an end;
- and
- a flexible display overlaying a portion of the first frame and a portion of the second frame, the end of the first frame to rotate about an axis,
- the biasing element being configured to exert a force on the first frame as the end of the first frame is rotated about the axis, the force on the first frame being configured to cause the end of the second frame to move in a direction not defined by the axis, and
- the flexible display being configured to move between a folded position and an unfolded position in response to the rotation of the end of the first frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.