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Granted Patent B2
US 12,442,630 · App. 17/869,905 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Electronic device

Inventors: Keisuke Nishimoto (Nagaokakyo, JP); Hidekazu Kano (Nagaokakyo, JP); Shiori Nagamori (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
G01B7/30H04M1/0214
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Patent No.
US 12,442,630
App. No.
17/869,905
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided that includes a first body, a second body having a structure that rotates with respect to the first body about a central axis, a first sensor that outputs a first detection signal having a first output value indicating that an open angle formed by the first body and the second body is a reference angle, a second sensor that outputs a second detection signal having a second output value that changes under an influence of a change in the open angle, and a control unit that calculates the open angle based on the first detection signal and the second detection signal.

Claims (23)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first body;

a second body configured to rotate about a central axis with respect to the first body;

a flexible coupling member including a first fixing part coupled to the first body, a second fixing part coupled to the second body, and a non-fixing part disposed between the first fixing part and the second fixing part and that is not fixed to the first body or the second body, the flexible coupling member configured to deform when the second body rotates about the central axis with respect to the first body; and

a first sensor coupled to the non-fixing part and configured to output a first detection signal having a first output value that indicates that an open angle between the first body and the second body about the central axis is a reference angle when the non-fixing part deforms.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first output value of the first detection signal takes a maximum value when the open angle is the reference angle.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the central axis extends in a front-back direction of the electronic device,

an up-down direction is a direction in which a bisector of the open angle extends as viewed in the front-back direction,

a left-right direction is a direction that is orthogonal to the front-back direction and the up-down direction,

the second body is located on a right side of the first body, and

the non-fixing part is curved so as to protrude downward from the first fixing part and the second fixing as viewed in a front-rear direction.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein:

a left part of the non-fixing part has a left curved part that is bent leftward as viewed in the front-back direction when the open angle is 180°, and

a right part of the non-fixing part has a right curved part that is bent rightward as viewed in the front-back direction when the open angle is 180°.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , further comprising a control unit configured to detect that the open angle between the first body and the second body about the central axis is the reference angle based on the first detection signal.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , further comprising a second sensor configured to output a second detection signal having a second output value configured for calculating the open angle that changes as the second body rotates with respect to the first body about the central axis.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the second sensor is attached to the left curved part or the right curved part of the non-fixing part.

8. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the first sensor is attached to a lower end part of the non-fixing part.

9. The electronic device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a contact member coupled to the non-fixing part,

wherein a state in which the non-fixing part receives a force from the contact member and a state in which the non-fixing part does not receive a force from the contact member are switched when the open angle changes.

10. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the second output value is a voltage that changes based on an angular velocity of the open angle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: NISHIMOTO, KEISUKE; KANO, HIDEKAZU; NAGAMORI, SHIORI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060577/0209 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-186234 · Nov 9, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021039324 · Oct 25, 2021
Related Publication 20220357145A1 · Nov 10, 2022
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