US 12,411,523 B2
Foldable electronic device
Feng Tang, Shenzhen (CN); Yu Liu, Shanghai (CN); Chong Xing, Xi'an (CN); Dede Jiang, Shanghai (CN); Zheng Li, Shanghai (CN); and Linhui Niu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 18/042,076
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Jul. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/108823
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 17, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/037375, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202010826018.2 (CN), filed on Aug. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015236 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable electronic device comprising:
a first main body comprising a first bezel, wherein the first bezel comprises a first mounting groove;
a rotating shaft assembly;
a second main body coupled to the first main body using the rotating shaft assembly and comprising a second bezel, wherein the second bezel comprises a second mounting groove;
a flexible screen disposed on the first main body and the second main body and comprising:
a bending region comprising:
a first side; and
a second side;
a first non-bending region located on the first side; and
a second non-bending region located on the second side;
a third side comprising the flexible screen,
wherein the first main body and the second main body are configured to rotate relative to the rotating shaft assembly toward the third side; and
a protective bracket comprising:
a first rigid part adhered in the first mounting groove;
a second rigid part adhered in the second mounting groove;
a flexible part disposed on the flexible screen and comprising:
a main body segment corresponding to the bending region;
a first connection segment corresponding to the first non-bending region; and
a second connection segment corresponding to the second non-bending region;
a first metal part comprising:
a first end embedded in the first connection segment; and
a second end fixedly coupled to the first bezel; and
a second metal part comprising:
a third end embedded in the second connection segment; and
a fourth end fixedly coupled to the second bezel.