IP Library Granted Patent US 11,096,294
Granted Patent B2
US 11,096,294 · App. 16/856,127 · Granted Aug 17, 2021

Portable information device and display assembly

Inventors: Moriyuki Tsuchihashi (Yokohama, JP); Kenji Watamura (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
H05K5/0017G06F1/1626G06F1/1641G06F3/041H05K5/0226G06F2203/04102
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Patent No.
US 11,096,294
App. No.
16/856,127
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable information device includes: a first chassis member; a second chassis member foldably coupled to the first chassis member; a display provided across an inner surface of the first chassis member and an inner surface of the second chassis member, the display being foldable and a touch panel being stacked on the display; and a sheet member fixed to a back side of the display. The sheet member includes: a first layer portion provided with a plurality of holes at least in a part overlapping a bent portion of the display; and a second layer portion entirely covering the first layer portion, the second layer portion being made up of a conductor that is thinner than the first layer portion and having no hole at least in a location overlapping a wiring region of the touch panel.

Claims (28)

1. A portable information device comprising:

a first chassis member;

a second chassis member foldably coupled to the first chassis member;

a display across an inner surface of the first chassis member and an inner surface of the second chassis member, the display being foldable and a touch panel stacked on the display; and

a sheet member fixed to a back side of the display,

wherein the sheet member comprises:

a first layer portion having a plurality of holes at least in a part overlapping a bent portion of the display; and

a second layer portion entirely covering the first layer portion, the second layer portion being made of a conductor that is thinner than the first layer portion and having no hole in at least a location overlapping a wiring region of the touch panel.

2. The portable information device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of holes are in the entire first layer portion.

3. The portable information device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the sheet member, a top surface of the second layer portion is fixed to the back side of the display and the first layer portion is on a bottom surface side of the second layer portion.

4. The portable information device according to claim 1 , wherein an inner diameter of each of the holes is 0.5 mm or smaller.

5. The portable information device according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet member has a stacked structure of a first sheet that makes up the first layer portion and a second sheet that makes up the second layer portion.

6. The portable information device according to claim 5 , wherein

the first sheet is a stainless steel sheet or an aluminum sheet, and

the second sheet is a stainless steel sheet, an aluminum sheet, a copper sheet or a carbon sheet.

7. The portable information device according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet member is made up of one sheet, one side of the one sheet having a plurality of recesses to serve as the first layer portion, and another side of the one sheet, which is a back side of the one side, serving as the second layer portion.

8. A display assembly comprising:

a display that is foldable, a touch panel being stacked on the display; and

a sheet member fixed to a back side of the display,

wherein the sheet member comprises:

a first layer portion having a plurality of holes at least in a part overlapping a bent portion of the display; and

a second layer portion entirely covering the first layer portion, the second layer portion being made of a conductor that is thinner than the first layer portion and having no hole in at least a location overlapping a wiring region of the touch panel.

9. The display assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of holes are in the entire first layer portion.

10. The display assembly according to claim 8 , wherein, in the sheet member, a top surface of the second layer portion is fixed to the back side of the display and the first layer portion is on a bottom surface side of the second layer portion.

11. A display assembly comprising:

a display that is foldable, a touch panel being stacked on the display; and

a sheet member fixed to a back side of the display,

wherein the sheet member includes a first layer portion having a plurality of holes in at least a part overlapping a bent portion of the display.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2022
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060638/0044 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2020
From: TSUCHIHASHI, MORIYUKI; WATAMURA, KENJI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 052474/0140 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-107891 · Jun 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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