US 12,282,357 B2
Support apparatus and foldable electronic device
Yangjie Tang, Shenzhen (CN); Yameng Wei, Shenzhen (CN); Lei Feng, Shenzhen (CN); Yuan Wang, Shenzhen (CN); and Wenxing Yao, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Honor Device Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 18/005,430
Filed by Honor Device Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 27, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/089574
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/015957, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 16, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202110916880.7 (CN), filed on Aug. 11, 2021; and application No. 202210126131.9 (CN), filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0248512 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1616 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support apparatus, comprising:
a hinge assembly, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a rotating shaft mechanism and a shaft cover, and the rotating shaft mechanism is at least partly accommodated in an accommodation space defined by the shaft cover;
a first housing and a second housing, wherein the first housing and the second housing are respectively located on opposite sides of the hinge assembly, the first housing and the second housing are configured to rotate relative to the shaft cover through the rotating shaft mechanism, the first housing, the second housing, and the rotating shaft mechanism each have a support surface configured to support a foldable screen, and a first movement gap is between the first housing and an outer surface of the shaft cover; and
a first flexible seal, wherein the first flexible seal fits into and seals the first movement gap;
wherein an embedded groove extends in one of the first housing and the shaft cover, the first flexible seal comprises a flexible body, and the flexible body is disposed in the embedded groove; and
wherein a retaining groove extends from a groove surface of the embedded groove, and a protruding portion adapted to the retaining groove is formed on the flexible body.