Laptop computer with folding auxillary screens
View Patent ↗The present invention provides a laptop computer with three display screens which can be easily deployed. According to an aspect of the present invention disclosed herein, there is provided a laptop computer, comprising: a keyboard; a processor and a computer memory device housed beneath the keyboard; a first display screen configured to fold over the keyboard by a first pair of hinges; a second pair of hinges connecting the first display screen and keyboard to a second display screen and a third display screen; and a third pair of hinges connecting the second display screen and the third display screen, wherein: the second display screen is configured to fold over the third display screen; and once folded together the second display screen and third display screen are configured to fold over the keyboard and first display screen.
1 . A laptop computer, comprising:
a keyboard panel;
a processor and a computer memory device housed beneath the keyboard panel;
a first body having a first display screen configured to fold over the keyboard by a first pair of hinges;
a second body having a second display screen and a third display screen joined a side of the first body;
a second pair of hinges connecting the first display screen and keyboard to a the second display screen and a the third display screen; and
a third pair of hinges connecting the second display screen and the third display screen, wherein angle of the screens can be adjusted by the user by pivoting about the hinges which are provided rigid enough to maintain the selected angle;
wherein:
the third display screen faces in an upward direction towards the sky;
the second display screen is configured to fold over the third display screen;
the second display screen and the third display screen are attached to the first display screen and the keyboard fixed on the right side of the first display screen and the keyboard;
and
the keyboard panel, first display screen, second display screen, and third display screen are identically sized to facilitate folding with flush edges so as to form one continuous surface free of space and running flush from the top of the first, second, and third screen to the base;
once folded together the second display screen and third display screen are configured to fold over the keyboard and first display screen to stack all four;
wherein the second display screen and the third display screen connected by the second hinge enable the second and third display screens to fold face-to-face so that the third hinge connects the first assembly at the keyboard to the second assembly at the lower display to enable the folded second assembly to rotate beneath the keyboard and so that in the closed configuration, the first display rests upon the keyboard, and the face-to-face folded second and third displays are positioned beneath the keyboard, yielding a consolidated portable form factor with all display surfaces protected within the enclosure;
all of the surfaces of the first body, second body, first display screen, second display screen, third display screen are flush against each other in the closed configuration; and
the hinges are configured so that no other folding pattern is possible.
2 . The laptop computer of claim 1 , further comprising a connector between the first display screen and a second display screen to hold the screens in the same plane.
3 . The laptop computer of claim 2 , wherein the connector is magnetic.
4 . The laptop computer of claim 2 , wherein the connector is permanently affixed to the first display screen.
5 . The laptop computer of claim 1 , further comprising a USBC port in the housing containing the processor.
6 . The laptop computer of claim 5 , wherein the second display screen and the third display screen are connected through a PCB board in a screen case for the second display screen and the third display screen and each of the second and third display screens gets an eDP signal originating from that PCB board.
7 . The laptop computer of claim 6 , wherein the internal USBC connection travels through one of the second pair of hinges.
8 . The laptop computer of claim 6 , wherein the internal USBC connection travels through one of the third pair of hinges.