US 12,436,570 B2
Computing device with hinge and flexible display
Devin Samuel Jacob Caplow-Munro, Seattle, WA (US); Daniel Clark Park, Woodinville, WA (US); Eric Paul Witt, Redmond, WA (US); Karsten Aagaard, Monroe, WA (US); Denys V Yaremenko, Bellevue, WA (US); Brett Andrew Tomky, Seattle, WA (US); Errol Mark Tazbaz, Bellevue, WA (US); and Tung Yuen Lau, Hong Kong (CN)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/062,902.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/365,832, filed on Jun. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393624 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable computing device, comprising:
a first portion;
a second portion;
a hinge assembly rotatably coupling the first portion to the second portion; and
a flexible display extending at least partially across the first portion, at least partially across the second portion, and spanning the hinge assembly between the first portion and the second portion;
the hinge assembly including:
a hinge core;
a first linkage component rotatably coupling the hinge core to the first portion and forming a portion of a backing support for the flexible display;
a first hinge guide rotatably coupling the hinge core to the first portion;
a second linkage component rotatably coupling the hinge core to the second portion and forming another portion of the backing support for the flexible display; and
a second hinge guide rotatably coupling the hinge core to the second portion;
wherein the first portion forms another portion of the backing support for the flexible display and the second portion forms another portion of the backing support for the flexible display;
wherein a backing support surface of the first linkage component for the flexible display is angled relative to a backing support surface of the first portion for the flexible display in a folded configuration of the foldable computing device, and is coplanar with the backing support surface of the first portion in an unfolded configuration of the foldable computing device; and
wherein a backing support surface of the second linkage component for the flexible display is angled relative to a backing support surface of the second portion for the flexible display in the folded configuration of the foldable computing device, and is coplanar with the backing support surface of the second portion in the unfolded configuration of the foldable computing device.