IP Library Granted Patent US 12,222,771
Granted Patent B2
US 12,222,771 · App. 18/167,074 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Electronic apparatus

Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuya Tatsuno (Kanagawa, JP); Shinichi Kubota (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Hosoya (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F1/1681F16C11/04G06F1/1616
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Patent No.
US 12,222,771
App. No.
18/167,074
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis and a second chassis; a hinge connecting the second chassis to the first chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; an electrical device including a display provided in the first chassis; a printed circuit board provided in the second chassis; and a flexible substrate for electrically connecting the electrical device and the printed circuit board, the first chassis including a rotating body that rotates coaxially with the hinge by a rotational movement with respect to the second chassis and has the flexible substrate passed therethrough, and the rotating body including: a first opening guiding the flexible substrate to the electrical device; a second opening guiding the flexible substrate to the printed circuit board; and a substrate opening through which the flexible substrate passes.

Claims (25)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first chassis and a second chassis;

a hinge connecting the second chassis to the first chassis in a relatively rotatable manner;

an electrical device including a display provided in the first chassis;

a printed circuit board provided in the second chassis; and

a flexible substrate for electrically connecting the electrical device and the printed circuit board, wherein

the first chassis includes: a rotating body that rotates coaxially with the hinge by a rotational movement with respect to the second chassis and has the flexible substrate passed therethrough,

the rotating body includes: a first opening guiding the flexible substrate to the electrical device; a second opening guiding the flexible substrate to the printed circuit board; and a substrate opening through which the flexible substrate passes,

the substrate opening extends in a direction in which the first chassis and the second chassis are stacked in a folded form in which the first chassis and the second chassis are stacked together with one surface of each thereof opposing each other, and the rotating body has a first half body on a side facing the second chassis with the substrate opening sandwiched therebetween, and a second half body on a side opposite thereto, and

a distal end portion forming the second opening in the first half body falls within a range of a profile of a rotation shaft member in a side view of the distal end portion observed on an extension of the rotation shaft member providing a center of rotation of the hinge.

2. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first chassis and a second chassis;

a hinge connecting the second chassis to the first chassis in a relatively rotatable manner;

an electrical device including a display provided in the first chassis;

a printed circuit board provided in the second chassis; and

a flexible substrate for electrically connecting the electrical device and the printed circuit board, wherein

the first chassis includes: a rotating body that rotates coaxially with the hinge by a rotational movement with respect to the second chassis and has the flexible substrate passed therethrough,

the rotating body includes: a first opening guiding the flexible substrate to the electrical device; a second opening guiding the flexible substrate to the printed circuit board; and a substrate opening through which the flexible substrate passes,

the substrate opening extends in a direction in which the first chassis and the second chassis are stacked in a folded form in which the first chassis and the second chassis are stacked together with one surface of each thereof opposing each other, the rotating body has a first half body on a side facing the second chassis with the substrate opening sandwiched therebetween, and a second half body on a side opposite thereto, and

an inner side surface forming the second opening in the first half body has a distal end portion thereof closest to the center of rotation.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second half body constitutes a side surface of the first chassis, and

the flexible substrate is fixed to an inner surface of a straight wall portion of the second half body, the straight wall portion forming a side surface of the first chassis.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the rotation shaft member is press-fitted into a part of the first chassis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2023
From: KINOSHITA, HIROAKI; TATSUNO, KAZUYA; KUBOTA, SHINICHI; HOSOYA, SATOSHI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 062714/0185 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-034335 · Mar 7, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230280799A1 · Sep 7, 2023
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