US 11,758,672 B2
Electronic apparatus
Takayuki Morino, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/694,963.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-071168 (JP), filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338362 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0226 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a first chassis that accommodates a first electronic component;
a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, wherein the second chassis accommodates a second electronic component;
a hinge that connects the first chassis and the second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner between a first posture where the first chassis and the second chassis are stacked to be overlaid in their surface normal directions and a second posture where the first chassis and the second chassis are placed side by side in the direction perpendicular to the surface normal directions;
a flexible board extending over the first chassis and the second chassis to be located across adjacent ends of the first chassis and the second chassis, wherein
the flexible board connects the first electronic component and the second electronic component,
the flexible board includes a first folded portion that is offset from the adjacent ends in a direction toward the first chassis, and
the first folded portion is folded from a first direction, which is directed from the second chassis to the first chassis, to a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; and
a display that extends over the first chassis and the second chassis, and has a bending region that is bent together with a relative rotation between the first chassis and the second chassis, wherein
the first folded portion is folded from the first direction to the second direction while gradually separating away from a rear face of the display, and
the second folded portion is folded from the second direction to the first direction while gradually separating away from the rear face of the display.