IP Library Granted Patent US 12,650,715
Granted Patent B2
US 12,650,715 · App. 18/618,046 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Electronic apparatus

Inventors: Yalu Liu (Yokohama, JP); Hiroaki Kinoshita (Yokohama, JP); Takayuki Morino (Yokohama, JP); Daisuke Takahashi (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
G06F1/1681G06F1/1616G06F1/203
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Patent No.
US 12,650,715
App. No.
18/618,046
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a first chassis and a second chassis that are relatively rotatably connected via a hinge, and includes: a flexible board extending across the first chassis and the second chassis; and a graphite sheet disposed on the flexible board, the graphite sheet together with the flexible board extending across the first chassis and the second chassis, the flexible board and the graphite sheet having a substantially S-shaped surplus length absorbing part having two folded parts curved in opposite directions inside the first and second chassis, the flexible board and the graphite sheet adhering to each other by adhesive tape over an entire length of the surplus length absorbing part.

Claims (7)

1 . An electronic apparatus including a first chassis and a second chassis that are rotatably connected via a hinge, comprising:

a flat cable extending across the first chassis and the second chassis; and

a heat transfer sheet on the flat cable, the heat transfer sheet together with the flat cable extending across the first chassis and the second chassis,

the flat cable and the heat transfer sheet having a substantially S-shaped surplus length absorbing part that includes two folded parts curved in opposite directions inside at least one of the first chassis or the second chassis, the flat cable and the heat transfer sheet adhere to each other over an entire length of the surplus length absorbing part;

wherein a laminate of the flat cable and the heat transfer sheet includes a sliding sheet on at least one side of the surplus length absorbing part.

2 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the heat transfer sheet includes a graphite sheet.

3 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the flat cable includes a flexible board.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2024
From: LIU, YALU; KINOSHITA, HIROAKI; MORINO, TAKAYUKI; TAKAHASHI, DAISUKE
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023099381 · Jun 16, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240420869A1 · Dec 19, 2024
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