US 12,422,885 B2
Foldable electronic device
Jui-Yi Yu, New Taipei (TW); Chun-Hsien Chen, New Taipei (TW); Hui-Ping Sun, New Taipei (TW); Chun-Hung Wen, New Taipei (TW); and Yen-Chou Chueh, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Acer Incorporated, New Taipei (TW)
Filed by Acer Incorporated, New Taipei (TW)
Filed on May 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/311,906.
Claims priority of application No. 111137721 (TW), filed on Oct. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0111330 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1616 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1679 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable electronic device, comprising:
a first body;
a second body;
a supporting member;
a first hinge, connecting the first body and the supporting member, so that the first body and the supporting member are rotated relatively to be folded or unfolded;
a second hinge, connecting the second body and the supporting member, so that the second body and the supporting member are rotated relatively to be folded or unfolded; and
a gravity-type latch, movably disposed in the supporting member,
wherein in a transforming process of the first body folding to the supporting member and together unfolding relative to the second body, the first body and the supporting member form an unfolding angle relative to the second body,
the gravity-type latch is latched onto the first body in response to the unfolding angle being smaller than a predetermined value, to hinder relative rotation of the first body and the supporting member, and
the gravity-type latch is de-latched from the first body through gravity in response to the unfolding angle being equal to or greater than the predetermined value, to enable the relative rotation of the first body and the supporting member.