US 12,445,544 B2
Foldable electronic device
Ching-Hui Yen, New Taipei (TW); Chien-Cheng Yeh, New Taipei (TW); and Chun-Hao Huang, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to SYNCMOLD ENTERPRISE CORP., New Taipei (TW)
Filed by SYNCMOLD ENTERPRISE CORP., New Taipei (TW)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/314,754.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/427,327, filed on Nov. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 112200992 (TW), filed on Feb. 3, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0171663 A1, May 23, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0216 (2013.01) [H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable electronic device, comprising:
a central base including a body portion, a track portion, a lifting plate, at least one first inner arc-shaped slider and at least one second inner arc-shaped slider, wherein the track portion is formed by extending outward from the body portion, and the first inner arc-shaped slider and the second inner arc-shaped slider are respectively formed on the body portion and spaced apart from each other, and wherein the lifting plate is movably disposed on the body portion and is able to transform between a highest position and a lowest position relatively;
a torque module disposed on the track portion;
a first wing member including at least one first inner arc-shaped slideway and at least one first outer arc-shaped slideway, wherein the first inner arc-shaped slider is slidably disposed on the first inner arc-shaped slideway, whereby the first wing member is able to pivot relative to the body portion with a first inner virtual axis as a center;
a first transmission member pivotally connected to the torque module and the body portion;
a first panel body including a first carrying member having at least one first outer arc-shaped slider, wherein the first carrying member is able to linearly slide relative to the first transmission member, and the first outer arc-shaped slider is slidably disposed on the first outer arc-shaped slideway, whereby the first carrying member is able to pivot relative to the first wing member about a first outer virtual axis;
a second wing member including at least one second inner arc-shaped slideway and at least one second outer arc-shaped slideway, wherein the second inner arc-shaped slider is slidably disposed on the second inner arc-shaped slideway, whereby the second wing member is able to pivot relative to the body portion with a second inner virtual axis as a center;
a second transmission member pivotally connected to the torque module and the body portion and spaced apart from the first transmission member;
a second panel body including a second carrying member having at least one second outer arc-shaped slider, wherein the second carrying member is able to linearly slide relative to the second transmission member, and the second outer arc-shaped slider is slidably disposed on the second outer arc-shaped slideway, whereby the second carrying member is able to pivot relative to the second wing member about a second outer virtual axis;
a synchronous module including a synchronous slider body slidably disposed between the first transmission member and the second transmission member, wherein the first transmission member and the second transmission member are respectively connected to the synchronous slider body, and the synchronous slider body is able to drive the first transmission member and the second transmission member to rotate synchronously and reversely when the synchronous slider body slides; and
a flexible screen disposed on the first panel body, the second panel body, the first wing member and the second wing member, and including a bendable area;
wherein the first panel body and the second panel body are able to transform between an unfolded state and a folded state, wherein when the first panel body and the second panel body are in the unfolded state, the flexible screen is flattened, the lifting plate is positioned at the highest position, and the first wing member, the second wing member and the lifting plate jointly support the bendable area, wherein when the first panel body and the second panel body are in the folded state, the bendable area of the flexible screen bends, the lifting plate is positioned at the lowest position, and the first wing member, the second wing member and the lifting plate jointly define a yielding space for accommodating the bendable area.