# US 11,907,028 B2 · Portable electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,907,028 B2 - Document ID: US11907028B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/841,680 - Filed: 2022-06-16 - Published: 2022-12-29 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-06-25 - Assignees: Compal Electronics, Inc. - Applicants: Yu-Wen Cheng; Wei-Ning Chai; Ting-Wei Liu; Tzu-Yung Huang; Wang-Hung Yeh - Inventors: Yu-Wen Cheng; Wei-Ning Chai; Ting-Wei Liu; Tzu-Yung Huang; Wang-Hung Yeh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11907028B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - G06F 1/1681: {Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683)} - G06F 1/1641: {the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components (G06F1/1647 takes precedence)} - G06F 1/1669: {Detachable keyboards} - G06F 2200/1614: Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A portable electronic device, including a first body and a second body, is provided. The second body includes a support structure and a display panel. The support structure is pivotally connected to the first body and is connected to the display panel. The support structure has a first bendable portion. An included angle between the first bendable portion and an edge of the support structure is 45 degrees. The support structure is adapted to be bent along the first bendable portion, so that the second body switches between a first mode and a second mode relative to the first body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable electronic device, comprising: a first body; and a second body, comprising a support structure and a display panel, wherein the support structure is pivotally connected to the first body and is connected to the display panel, wherein the support structure has a first bendable portion, and an included angle between the first bendable portion and an edge of the support structure is 45 degrees, the support structure is adapted to be bent along the first bendable portion, so that the second body switches between a first mode and a second mode relative to the first body, wherein the support structure has a second bendable portion parallel to the edge of the support structure, wherein the first bendable portion and the second bendable portion are staggered with each other to divide the support structure into a first block, a second block, a third block, and a fourth block. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the second body is closed onto the first body, the display panel is located between the first body and the support structure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first bendable portion divides the support structure into the first block and the second block. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the second body is closed onto the first body, the support structure is located between the first body and the display panel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the second bendable portion and the edge is equal to a distance between the second bendable portion and another edge. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first block is connected to the display panel, and the second block is pivotally connected to the first body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first block and the third block are respectively located on two opposite sides of the second bendable portion, and the first block and the fourth block are respectively located on two opposite sides of the first bendable portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein an area of the second block is greater than an area of the fourth block, the area of the fourth block is greater than an area of the first block, and the area of the first block is greater than an area of the third block. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the support structure comprises a soft layer connecting the first block, the second block, the third block, and the fourth block. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The portable electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the soft layer is disposed in the first block, the second block, the third block, and the fourth block. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The portable electronic device according to claim 9, wherein a gap between the first block, the second block, the third block, and the fourth block exposes at least part of the soft layer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The portable electronic device according to claim 11, wherein at least part of the soft layer forms the first bendable portion and the second bendable portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The portable electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the first block is located between the display panel and at least part of the soft layer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The portable electronic device according to claim 9, wherein at least part of the soft layer is located between the display panel and the first block. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the second body is in the first mode, the first block and the second block do not overlap with each other, and when the second body is in the second mode, the first block overlaps with the second block and the fourth block, and the third block overlaps with the second block. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the support structure is adapted to be bent along the second bendable portion, so that the second body switches between the first mode and a third mode relative to the first body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The portable electronic device according to claim 16, wherein when the second body is in the first mode, the first block, the second block, the third block, and the fourth block do not overlap with each other, and when the second body is in the third mode, the first block overlaps with the second block and the third block, and the fourth block overlaps with the second block. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The portable electronic device according to claim 16, wherein the second body comprises a plurality of magnetic members, the magnetic members are respectively disposed on the support structure and the display panel, the second body is maintained in the first mode, the second mode, or the third mode by magnetic attraction between at least two of the magnetic members. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The portable electronic device according to claim 16, wherein the second body comprises a plurality of sensors disposed on the support structure or the display panel, and the sensors are adapted to sense whether the second body is the first mode, the second mode, or the third mode. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The portable electronic device according to claim 16, further comprising an expansion module disposed in the second block or the fourth block. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The portable electronic device according to claim 20, wherein when the second body is in the first mode or the third mode, the expansion module is closed, when the second body is in the second mode, the expansion module does not overlap with the display panel, when the second body is in the second mode, the expansion module is opened. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The portable electronic device according to claim 20, wherein the expansion module is a contact function module or a hotkeys module, and the contact function module is a wireless charging module or a data transmission module. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first body comprises a main circuit board, the display panel comprises a control circuit board, and the portable electronic device further comprises a wiring, wherein the wiring connects the main circuit board and the control circuit board through the support structure. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The portable electronic device according to claim 23, wherein the wiring has a first segment disposed in the first block and connected to the control circuit board, the wiring has a second segment, the second segment is disposed in the second block to connect to the main circuit board, the wiring has a third segment, and the third segment is disposed in the third block to connect the first segment and the second segment. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The portable electronic device according to claim 23, wherein the wiring has an extended segment disposed in the display panel and connected to the control circuit board, the wiring has a first segment, and the first segment is disposed in the first block and is connected to the extended segment. ### Claim 26 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first bendable portion comprises a third rotating shaft fixed to the third block, and the second bendable portion comprises a fourth rotating shaft fixed to the fourth block. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The portable electronic device according to claim 26, wherein the first bendable portion comprises a first rotating shaft fixed to the first block. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The portable electronic device according to claim 26, wherein the second bendable portion comprises a second rotating shaft fixed to the first block. ### Claim 29 (depends on 26) The portable electronic device according to claim 26, further comprising an angle tube fixed to the second block, a section of the angle tube corresponds to the first bendable portion, and another section of the angle tube corresponds to the second bendable portion. ### Claim 30 (depends on 26) The portable electronic device according to claim 26, further comprising a first decorative tube disposed between the first block and the fourth block, and a second decorative tube disposed between the first block and the third block.