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US 12,342,484 · App. 18/451,091 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Foldable apparatus for foldable device

Inventors: Ching-Fu Wang (Taipei, TW); Sheng-Che Su (Taipei, TW); Po-Wen Hsiao (Taipei, TW); Chia-Ho Lin (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: EVOLUTIVE LABS CO., LTD.
H05K5/0226A45C11/00A45C13/005A45C11/002H05K5/0017
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Patent No.
US 12,342,484
App. No.
18/451,091
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a foldable apparatus for receiving a foldable device. The foldable apparatus includes a casing for receiving the foldable device. The casing includes a body and a bending zone. The body is for providing an accommodation to the foldable device. The bending zone is for folding the body from an unfolded position to a folded position. The bending zone includes a stress relaxation structure for retaining the body in the folded position and reversing the body to the unfolded position.

Claims (21)

1. A foldable apparatus, comprising:

a frame for receiving a foldable device, including:

a flexible structure for folding the frame, including;

a first element, wherein a plurality of first recesses is formed on the first element; and

a second element, wherein a plurality of second recesses is formed on the second element;

wherein the first recesses located proximate to ends of the first element have a depth greater than the first recesses located substantially at a middle portion of the first element;

wherein the second recesses located proximate to ends of the second element have a depth greater than the second recesses located substantially at a middle portion of the second element.

2. The foldable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first recesses is formed on two opposite sides of the first element, and the plurality of second recesses is formed on two opposite sides of the second element.

3. The foldable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the flexible structure of the frame is configured to align with a joint of the foldable device when the foldable device is received in the frame.

4. The foldable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the frame includes a first part and a second part, and the first element and the second element connect the first part and the second part.

5. The foldable apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first part, the second part, the first element and the second element are integrally molded.

6. The foldable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first element and the second element include fishbone structures.

7. A foldable frame for receiving a foldable device, comprising:

a first side edge; and

a second side edge opposite to the first edge;

wherein the first side edge comprises a first flexible structure, and the second side edge comprises a second flexible structure;

wherein a thickness of the first flexible structure decreases gradually from its two ends toward its middle portion;

wherein a thickness of the second flexible structure decreases gradually from its two ends toward its middle portion.

8. The foldable frame of claim 7 , wherein the first flexible structure comprises a first plurality of recesses and the second flexible structure comprises a second plurality of recesses.

9. The foldable frame of claim 8 , wherein a gap of each of the first plurality of recesses is 0.1 millimeter to 5 millimeter and a gap of each of the second plurality of recesses is 0.1 millimeter to 5 millimeter.

10. The foldable frame of claim 9 , wherein a distance between two adjacent two recesses among the first plurality of recesses is 0.1 millimeter to 5 millimeter and a distance between two adjacent two recesses among the second plurality of recesses is 0.1 millimeter to 5 millimeter.

Continuity (3)
Division 16863150 · Apr 30, 2020
Provisional Application 62842949 · May 3, 2019
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