US 11,917,780 B2
Hinged device with a flexible display
Devin Caplow-Munro, Seattle, WA (US); Denys Yaremenko, Carnation, WA (US); Brett Tomky, Seattle, WA (US); Luke Schwartzel, Bothell, WA (US); Anne Pirie, Peninsula, OH (US); and Errol Mark Tazbaz, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/689,291.
Prior Publication US 2023/0292455 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0226 (2013.01) [F16C 11/04 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a first portion secured to rotate relative to a spine assembly and a second portion secured to rotate relative to the spine assembly;
a flexible display extending along a front surface of the first portion over the spine assembly to a front surface of the second portion;
a first spine cover secured relative to the spine assembly and extending along a rear surface and into the first portion and a second spine cover secured relative to the spine assembly and extending along a rear surface and into the second portion, and an extent to which the first spine cover extends into the first portion and the second spine cover extends into the second portion is configured to be relatively less when the first and second portions are at a zero-degree orientation and relatively more when the first and second portions are at a 180-degree orientation;
a first display support having an end pivotally secured in the first portion and configured to be biased toward a position that is substantially parallel to the front surface by the first spine cover in the 180-degree orientation and to transition to a position that forms an acute angle with the front surface at the zero-degree orientation; and,
a second display support having an end pivotally secured in the second portion and configured to be biased toward a position that is substantially parallel to the front surface by the second spine cover in the 180-degree orientation and to transition to a position that forms an acute angle with the front surface at the zero-degree orientation.