US 11,991,301 B2
Hinge of mobile terminal having flexible outer screen and mobile terminal having flexible outer screen
Lifeng Ge, Zhejiang (CN)
Assigned to HANGZHOU AMPHENOL PHOENIX TELECOM PARTS CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN)
Appl. No. 17/415,936
Filed by Hangzhou Amphenol Phoenix Telecom Parts Co., Ltd., Zhejiang (CN)
PCT Filed Dec. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/122400
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/125392, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811552555.1 (CN), filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0070285 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0268 (2013.01) [H04M 1/0216 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hinge of a mobile terminal having a flexible outer screen, comprising a neutral layer structure that may be bent and unfolded and a bottom middle skeleton structure that may be bent and unfolded; the middle part of the neutral layer structure is fixedly connected to the middle part of the middle skeleton structure, and left and right sides of the neutral layer structure are movably connected to the left and right sides of the middle skeleton structure respectively; and flexible components are respectively provided between the left side of the neutral layer structure and the left side of the middle skeleton structure and between the right side of the neutral layer structure and the right side of the middle skeleton structure;
wherein the neutral layer structure comprises a middle fixing part, a left connecting structure, and a right connecting structure, a flexible part that is capable of bending and restoration along the bending shape and unfolding shape of the hinge is disposed on the neutral layer structure, the flexible part is connected to the middle fixing part, the left connecting structure and the right connecting structure, and the height of the flexible part in the thickness direction of the hinge is basically the same as the height of the neutral layer of the flexible screen in the thickness direction when the flexible screen is disposed on the hinge.