US 11,886,240 B2
Mobile terminal with a bendable structure
Wentao Bie, Shanghai (CN); Wen Fan, Dongguan (CN); Chia Huan Chang, Shenzhen (CN); Qilin Xu, Shanghai (CN); and Rui Wang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/260,907
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Jul. 17, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/095964
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/014865, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0263558 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1618 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H05K 1/0281 (2013.01); H05K 1/147 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first part;
a second part;
a bending structure having a fixed size; and
a flexible circuit board coupled to the first part and the second part and configured to transmit a signal between the first part and the second part, wherein the flexible circuit board comprises:
a first end electrically coupled to the first part;
a second end electrically coupled to the second part; and
two bending parts within the bending structure,
wherein the two bending parts form an S-shaped structure and maintain the S-shaped structure when the apparatus is folded and when the apparatus is unfolded,
wherein the bending structure is configured to contain different lengths of the flexible circuit board, and
wherein a first length of the flexible circuit board in the bending structure when the apparatus is unfolded is less than a second length of the flexible circuit board in the bending structure when the apparatus is folded.