Hinge mechanism for a flexible electronic device

A hinge mechanism mountable on a support mechanism for carrying a flexible display, the support mechanism including a base seat, and first and second substrate units which respectively have first and second inboard end edges that are respectively disposed at two sides of the base seat opposite in a lengthwise direction and first and second attaching surfaces that extend respectively from the first and second inboard end edges in the lengthwise direction for first and second face parts of the flexible display to be attached thereto, said hinge mechanism comprising:

• at least one first inner guiding member disposed in the base seat and erected in a height direction that is transverse to the lengthwise direction, said first inner guiding member having a first inner sliding slot which is elongated in the lengthwise direction;
• a first movable member adjoined to said first inner guiding member in a width direction that is transverse to the lengthwise direction, and having a first moving end portion which is slidably engaged in said first inner sliding slot, and a first connecting end portion which is opposite to said first moving end portion in the lengthwise direction and which is connected with the first inboard end edge of the first substrate unit such that said first connecting end portion is movable upwardly to be placed upwardly of said first moving end portion and to bring the first substrate unit and the first face part in an upright state;
• at least one second inner guiding member disposed in the base seat, said second inner guiding member having a second inner sliding slot which is elongated in the lengthwise direction;
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• a second movable member adjoined to said second inner guiding member in the width direction, and having a second moving end portion which is slidably engaged in said second inner sliding slot, and a second connecting end portion which is opposite to said second moving end portion in the lengthwise direction and which is connected with the second inboard end edge of the second substrate unit such that said second connecting end portion is movable upwardly to be placed upwardly of said second moving end portion and to bring the second substrate unit and the second face part in an upright state, wherein
• during the upward movement of said first connecting end portion, said first moving end portion is slided along said first inner sliding slot away from the second substrate unit, and the first inboard end edge is moved away from the second substrate unit, and
• during the upward movement of said second connecting end portion, said second moving end portion is slided along said second inner sliding slot away from the first substrate unit, and the second inboard end edge is moved away from the first substrate unit so as to provide a leeway space between the first and second inboard end edges for the flexible display to be bendably received therein.