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Granted Patent B2
US 11,474,646 · App. 17/004,476 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Electronic device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Jun Ishikawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,474,646
App. No.
17/004,476
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device having a novel structure is provided. A battery is provided in each component of an electronic device, whereby the electronic device includes two batteries. The electronic device including the two batteries and a display portion that can be called a flexible display and has a plurality of foldable portions is provided as a novel device.

Claims (43)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing and a second housing connected with a hinge, the first housing including a first secondary battery and the second housing including a second secondary battery;

a display portion overlapping with the first housing and the second housing in an opened state, the display portion including a bendable portion, the bendable portion overlapping with the hinge; and

a touch input portion,

wherein the display portion comprises a first display portion overlapping with the first housing and a second display portion overlapping with the second housing,

wherein the first display portion and the second display portion overlap and face each other in a folded state, and

wherein the first display portion is smaller than the second display portion.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first display portion overlaps with the first secondary battery and the second display portion overlaps with the second secondary battery.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first secondary battery and the second secondary battery is a lithium-ion secondary battery.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third display portion,

wherein the third display portion overlaps with the first housing and the second housing in the folded state.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is configured to be bent with a radius of curvature of 1 mm to 150 mm inclusive.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the bendable portion is configured to be bent with a radius of curvature of 4 mm or less.

7. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing and a second housing connected with a hinge, the first housing including a first secondary battery and the second housing including a second secondary battery; and

a display portion overlapping with the first housing and the second housing in an opened state, the display portion including a bendable portion, the bendable portion overlapping with the hinge,

wherein the display portion comprises a first display portion overlapping with the first housing and a second display portion overlapping with the second housing,

wherein the first secondary battery and the second secondary battery differ in size, and

wherein the first display portion and the second display portion overlap and face each other in a folded state.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the first display portion and the second display portion differ in size.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the first display portion overlaps with the first secondary battery and the second display portion overlaps with the second secondary battery.

10. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the first secondary battery and the second secondary battery is a lithium-ion secondary battery.

11. The electronic device according to claim 7 , further comprising a third display portion,

wherein the third display portion overlaps with the first housing and the second housing in the folded state.

12. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the electronic device is configured to be bent with a radius of curvature of 1 mm to 150 mm inclusive.

13. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the bendable portion is configured to be bent with a radius of curvature of 4 mm or less.

14. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing and a second housing connected with a hinge, the first housing including a first secondary battery and the second housing including a second secondary battery; and

a display portion overlapping with the first housing and the second housing in an opened state, the display portion including a bendable portion, the bendable portion overlapping with the hinge,

wherein the display portion comprises a first display portion overlapping with the first housing and a second display portion overlapping with the second housing,

wherein the electronic device further comprises a third display portion,

wherein the first secondary battery and the second secondary battery differ in size, and

wherein the first display portion and the second display portion overlap and face each other in a folded state.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the third display portion overlaps with the first housing and the second housing in the folded state, and

wherein the third display portion is visible by a user in the folded state and/or wherein the third display portion displays an image toward the outside when the electronic device in the folded state.

16. The electronic device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the first display portion, the second display portion, and the third display portion are visible by a user in the opened state, and

wherein the first display portion, the second display portion, and the third display portion differ in size.

17. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the first display portion overlaps with the first secondary battery and the second display portion overlaps with the second secondary battery.

18. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein each of the first secondary battery and the second secondary battery is a lithium-ion secondary battery.

19. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the electronic device is configured to be bent with a radius of curvature of 1 mm to 150 mm inclusive.

20. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the bendable portion is configured to be bent with a radius of curvature of 4 mm or less.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-039913 · Feb 28, 2014 · national
JP 2014-045237 · Mar 7, 2014 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16197650 · Nov 21, 2018
Continuation 15497252 · Apr 26, 2017
Continuation 14631370 · Feb 25, 2015
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