IP Library Granted Patent US 12,399,540
Granted Patent B2
US 12,399,540 · App. 18/508,451 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Electronic apparatus

Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita (Yokohama, JP); Takayuki Morino (Yokohama, JP); Yalu Liu (Yokohama, JP); Daisuke Takahashi (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
G06F1/1681
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Patent No.
US 12,399,540
App. No.
18/508,451
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes the first chassis and the second chassis which are relatively and rotatably connected, a flexible board provided astride between the first chassis and the second chassis, and a graphite sheet stacked on the flexible board. The flexible board and the graphite sheet have a substantially S-shaped extra length absorption portion formed in at least one of the first chassis and the second chassis and having a first folding portion and a second folding portion which are curved in directions opposite to each other, are fixed to each other at a front and rear of the extra length absorption portion, and are fixed to each other at an intermediate portion between the first folding portion and the second folding portion, excluding the first folding portion and the second folding portion, by an adhesive tape.

Claims (14)

1. An electronic apparatus in which a first chassis and a second chassis are rotatably connected by a hinge, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a flexible board between the first chassis and the second chassis; and

a sheet between the first chassis and the second chassis together with the flexible board, wherein the sheet is stacked on the flexible board, wherein the sheet and the flexible board form a stacked body,

wherein the flexible board and the sheet have a substantially S-shaped extra length absorption portion in at least one of the first chassis and the second chassis and further have a first folding portion and a second folding portion, both of which are curved in directions opposite to each other, and both of which are fixed to each other at a front and a rear of the extra length absorption portion, and both of which are fixed to each other at an intermediate portion between the first folding portion and the second folding portion,

wherein the stacked body includes a sliding sheet at a point where the stacked body faces the first folding portion at the front and rear of the extra length absorption portion and at a point where the stacked body faces the second folding portion.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sheet is a graphite sheet or a metal sheet.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sliding sheet is polytetrafluoroethylene.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hinge has a trapezoidal cross-section that is symmetrical between the first chassis and the second chassis, and

the stacked body is at a point excluding a corner portion of each of two trapezoidal inclined surfaces of the hinge.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the stacked body is fixed by an adhesive to a top surface of the hinge and is between the two inclined surfaces of the hinge.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2023
From: KINOSHITA, HIROAKI; MORINO, TAKAYUKI; LIU, YALU; TAKAHASHI, DAISUKE
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 065554/0361 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022205799 · Dec 22, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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