US 12,314,082 B2
Foldable terminal device including at least three housings coupled by rotating shafts
Junchao Luo, Shenzhen (CN); Hongfan Lin, Shanghai (CN); Jiafeng Ding, Shanghai (CN); Hanbiao Jin, Shanghai (CN); Guanghai Huang, Dongguan (CN); and Wei Shan, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,458.
Application 17/804,458 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/124521, filed on Oct. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201911190782.9 (CN), filed on Nov. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0291720 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1679 (2013.01); G06F 1/1683 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal device, comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing;
a third housing, wherein a first plurality of rotating shafts are disposed at a first end of the third housing, and a second plurality of rotating shafts are disposed at a second end of the third housing that is opposite to the first end of the third housing, a first side of the third housing is connected to the first housing through the first plurality of rotating shafts and the second plurality of rotating shafts, a second side of the third housing is connected to the second housing through the first plurality of rotating shafts and the second plurality of rotating shafts, the first side of the third housing is opposite to the second side of the third housing, the third housing is a semi-closed housing, opening areas are respectively disposed on two sides of the third housing, and wherein each of the opening areas has an elongated shape where a length is greater than a width, and is defined by rounded corners, wherein the length direction of each opening area is parallel to the major axes of the rotating shafts of the first plurality of rotating shafts and the second plurality of rotating shafts;
a first magnet, wherein the first magnet is fixed in the third housing; and
a wire penetrating through an interior of the third housing through the opening areas of the third housing, wherein ends of the wire are respectively connected to the first housing and the second housing, and wherein a fastener is fixedly connected to the wire; and
wherein the fastener is magnetically connected to the first magnet and fastens the wire in the third housing;
wherein the fastener comprises a second magnet, the second magnet is connected to the first magnet, and the wire is disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet;
wherein the terminal device further comprises a support, and the support is disposed between the second magnet and the first magnet;
wherein the wire comprises a flexible printed circuit board, and the flexible printed circuit board is disposed between the support and the second magnet;
wherein the flexible printed circuit board is in contact with or connected to the support; and
wherein the flexible printed circuit board is in contact with or connected to the second magnet.