Portable information handling system midframe to sliding frame assembly
A portable information handling system presents visual images with a flexible display disposed over separate housing portions rotationally coupled by a set of hinges having an opening defined between them. A multi-segmented support couples to the hinges in the opening to dispose a planar surface proximate the flexible display and extend plural parallel members up from the planar support between the hinges, the plural parallel members separating in response to rotation from a flat to a curved orientation.
1. A method for manufacture of a portable information handling system, the method comprising:
injection molding a multi-segmented support having a planar surface on one side and plural parallel members extending out the opposite side, the multi-segmented support bending about the planar surface;
coupling the planar surface to a flexible display;
coupling each end of the multi-segmented support to a hinge;
insert molding a metallic member through a central portion of the multi-segmented support; and
coupling each hinge to the multi-segmented support with a screw passing through the metallic member.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein each hinge comprises five rotationally-interfaced elements, the screw coupled at a central of the five rotationally interfaced elements.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
rotating the hinge about an axis from a flat orientation to a curved orientation;
conforming the planar surface to the hinge at the curved orientation proximate the axis; and
spreading the parallel members apart from each other on the curved orientation distal the axis.
4. A method for manufacture of a portable information handling system, the method comprising:
injection molding a multi-segmented support having a planar surface on one side and plural parallel members extending out the opposite side, the multi-segmented support bending about the planar surface;
coupling the planar surface to a flexible display; and
coupling each end of the multi-segmented support to a hinge;
wherein injection molding further comprises forming the multi-segmented support with the planar surface in a curved orientation and the parallel members separated from each other.
5. A method for manufacture of a portable information handling system, the method comprising:
injection molding a multi-segmented support having a planar surface on one side and plural parallel members extending out the opposite side, the multi-segmented support bending about the planar surface;
coupling the planar surface to a flexible display;
coupling each end of the multi-segmented support to a hinge;
coupling each hinge to first and second housing portions; and
disposing a sliding frame assembly between each housing portion and the flexible display to support the flexible display during rotation of the hinges.