US 12,474,734 B2
Electronic apparatus
Yalu Liu, Yokohama (JP); Hiroaki Kinoshita, Yokohama (JP); Takayuki Morino, Yokohama (JP); and Haonan Xiao, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed by LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/635,479.
Claims priority of application No. 2023097968 (JP), filed on Jun. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0419211 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1616 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a first chassis;
a second chassis rotatably connected to the first chassis between a first posture in which the first chassis and the second chassis are stacked such that surface normal directions of the first chassis and the second chassis overlap each other, and a second posture in which the surface normal directions of the first chassis and the second chassis are disposed side by side to each other on left and right sides;
a display over the first chassis and the second chassis, that has a bending region which is bent according to relative rotations of the first chassis and the second chassis;
a support component that extends along adjacent end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis, that straddles the adjacent end portions, that has a support surface which supports a back surface of the bending region during the second posture, and that has a step on the support surface;
a first movable component that is disposed in the support component on a first chassis side, that moves with respect to the support component as the first chassis and the second chassis rotate, and that has a first surface aligned with the support surface on the first chassis side during the second posture;
a second movable component that is disposed in the support component on a second chassis side, that moves with respect to the support component as the first chassis and the second chassis rotate, and that has a second surface aligned with the support surface on the second chassis side during the second posture;
a first sheet-like member that is flexible, that extends along a longitudinal direction of the support component, that has one edge portion in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and between the bending region and the support surface, and that has another edge portion fixed to the first surface; and
a second sheet-like member that is flexible, that extends along the longitudinal direction of the support component, and has another edge portion in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and between the bending region and the support surface to face the one edge portion of the first sheet-like member, wherein the another edge portion is fixed to the second surface.