H04M1/0247

Display device
11231747 · 2022-01-25 · ·

A display device is capable of substantially preventing damage to a display panel and a hinge portion, the display device including: a panel support portion including a first support portion, a second support portion, and a third support portion; a first hinge portion connecting the first support portion and the second support portion; a second hinge portion connecting the second support portion and the third support portion; a flexible display panel disposed on the panel support portion; and a hinge controller controlling each of the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion to be rotatable or unrotatable based on a first angle between the second support portion and the first support portion and a second angle between the second support portion and the third support portion.

Multi-foldable electronic device

An electronic device includes a foldable housing that includes a first hinge structure; a second hinge structure; a first housing structure including a first surface, a second surface facing away from the first surface, and a first side member surrounding a first space between the first surface and the second surface; a second housing structure including a third surface, a fourth surface facing away from the third surface, and a second side member surrounding a second space between the third surface and the fourth surface; a third housing structure including a fifth surface, a sixth surface facing away from the fifth surface, and a third side member surrounding a third space between the fifth surface and the sixth surface, wherein the first housing structure and the second housing structure are connected through the first hinge structure and the third housing structure are connected to the second housing structure through the second hinge structure, wherein through the first hinge structure, the second surface face the fourth surface in a folded state and the first surface and the third surface face in the same direction in an unfolded state, and wherein, through the second hinge structure, the third surface faces the fifth surface in the folded state and the third surface and the fifth surface face in the same direction in the unfolded state; and a flexible display extended from the first surface through the third surface to at least a portion of the fifth surface, wherein the second surface includes a recess whose vertical distance to the first surface is at least partially shorter than a vertical distance of a nearby site, and wherein the fourth surface includes a portion corresponding to the recess to make surface contact with the second surface.

TERMINAL DEVICE
20210352165 · 2021-11-11 · ·

The present disclosure discloses a terminal device, including at least two folding portions, a rotational shaft, and a telescopic device, where each of the folding portions includes a housing and a display screen arranged on the housing, each housing is provided with the rotational shaft, two adjacent folding portions are connected to each other by the telescopic device, two ends of the telescopic device are respectively connected to the rotational shafts on the two adjacent folding portions, the terminal device has a folded state and an extended state, in the folded state, two adjacent folding portions are folded, and in the extended state, display screens of the two adjacent folding portions abut on each other and are coplanar.

HOUSING FEATURES OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

An enclosure and a method for forming an enclosure are disclosed. The enclosure may be formed from metal, such as aluminum, and further include a non-metal portion allowing for transmission and receipt of electromagnetic waves. The non-metal portion may be interlocked to the enclosure and in particular, to a region within the enclosure including a first material having a relatively high strength and stiffness compared to the non-metal portion. Interlocking means may include forming dovetail cuts into the enclosure to receive the non-metal portion, a hole or cavity drilled into the enclosure which includes internal threads, and a rod inserted into the first material to provide a tension to the non-metal portion. Methods of assembling internal components using anodization are also disclosed.

Housing features of an electronic device

An enclosure and a method for forming an enclosure are disclosed. The enclosure may be formed from metal, such as aluminum, and further include a non-metal portion allowing for transmission and receipt of electromagnetic waves. The non-metal portion may be interlocked to the enclosure and in particular, to a region within the enclosure including a first material having a relatively high strength and stiffness compared to the non-metal portion. Interlocking means may include forming dovetail cuts into the enclosure to receive the non-metal portion, a hole or cavity drilled into the enclosure which includes internal threads, and a rod inserted into the first material to provide a tension to the non-metal portion. Methods of assembling internal components using anodization are also disclosed.

Foldable screen and electronic device

A foldable screen includes a screen assembly and a housing assembly, the housing assembly includes at least three housings, and the screen assembly covers the at least three housings. The foldable screen includes linked connection assemblies, any two adjacent housings in the at least three housings are connected by the linked connection assemblies, and the at least three housings are unfolded or folded relative to each other at the same time by the linked connection assemblies.

Display system having a continuous flexible display with display supports

A display system comprises a continuous flexible display and two main display supports being hingeably connected with respect to each other between a closed storage position and a planar open position for fixing the flexible display in an open position. Each of the supports is structurally configured to support respectively a first and a second portion of the flexible display, a segment of the flexible display is located between the said respective portions of the flexible display in the open position. The display system comprises a spring force biased mechanism operative in either the open or closed position or both the open and closed positions of the flexible display, biasing said segment of the flexible display in the respective position.

Flexible device

A flexible device includes two opposite sides and a flexible functional element. Each side includes a movable element having a top portion. The flexible functional element includes a flexible functional screen and a support plate supporting the flexible functional screen. The support plate includes a plate body and fixing sheets extending from the plate body. The plate body separably abuts against the top portions of the movable elements, and the fixing sheets fix to the movable elements.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND OPERATING FOLDABLE DISPLAY

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing, a flexible display, at least one camera, at least one sensor and at least one processor, wherein the foldable housing includes a first housing having a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first connecting member which is connected to a side surface of the first housing and which can be folded in a first rotating direction and unfolded in a second rotating direction, a second housing which is connected to the first connecting member and has a third surface facing the first direction and a fourth surface facing the second direction, and in which the flexible display is positioned on the third surface, a second connecting member connected to the side surface of the second housing, and a third housing which is connected to the second connecting member and has a fifth surface facing the first direction and a sixth surface facing the second direction.

Electronic device having antennas

An electronic device according to one implementation includes a flexible display having a first region coupled to a front surface of a first frame, a second region coupled to a third frame, and a third region located between the first region and the second region, and an antenna implemented as one of a plurality of metal rims formed on one of the first frame and the third frame, and connected to a feeding unit at one point and a ground at another point through a switching unit to radiate signals through different bands.