IP Library Granted Patent US 11,487,327
Granted Patent B2
US 11,487,327 · App. 17/236,180 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Display assembly, portable information device, manufacturing method of display assembly, and manufacturing method of portable information device

Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuya Ushioda (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroaki Kinoshita (Kanagawa, JP); Takehito Yamauchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F1/1637G06F1/1616G06F1/1641
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Patent No.
US 11,487,327
App. No.
17/236,180
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display assembly includes: a first plate having a first surface; a second plate having a second surface; and a display formed into one sheet shape and including a first region fixed to the first surface, a second region fixed to the second surface, and a third region as a region between the first region and the second region. The display assembly includes a flat plate form in which the first and second surfaces are lined up in a plane direction to be formed into a flat-plate shape, and a folded form in which the third region is so bent that the surface of the first plate and the surface of the second plate face each other. In the flat plate form, a tension is applied to the third region in a width direction toward the first region and the second region.

Claims (34)

1. A display assembly comprising:

a first plate;

a second plate disposed adjacent to the first plate; and

a display formed into one sheet shape and that comprises:

a first region fixed to a first surface of the first plate;

a second region fixed to a second surface of the second plate; and

a third region as a region between the first region and the second region, wherein

the third region is disposed to straddle adjacent end faces of the first plate and the second plate and to be bendable without being fixed to the first surface and the second surface,

the display assembly comprises:

a flat plate form in which the first surface and the second surface are lined up in a plane direction to be formed into a flat-plate shape; and

a folded form in which the third region is so bent that the first surface and the second surface face each other,

in the flat plate form, a tension is applied to the third region in a width direction toward the first region and the second region,

a sheet-shaped member is disposed on a back surface of the display and includes a plurality of holes disposed in the first region, the second region, and the third region, and

the sheet-shaped member is so formed that an opening ratio of the holes in the third region is larger than an opening ratio of the holes in the first region and the second region.

2. The display assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a dimension of the third region in the width direction in a state of being applied with the tension is stretched by 0.3% or more with respect to a dimension of the third region in a state of being not applied with the tension.

3. The display assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a dimension of the third region in the width direction in a state of being applied with the tension is stretched in a range of less than 3.3% with respect to the dimension of the third region in the width direction in the state of being not applied with the tension.

4. The display assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the adjacent end faces of the first plate and the second plate come into contact with each other in the flat plate form.

5. A manufacturing method of a display assembly, comprising:

setting a first plate and a second plate on a jig in a state of being adjacent to each other to retain a first surface of the first plate and a second surface of the second plate in an angular posture of less than 180 degrees; and

fixing:

a first region of a display, formed into one sheet shape, to the first surface; and

a second region of the display to the second surface, wherein

a third region between the first region and the second region of the display is disposed in a position to straddle adjacent end faces of the first plate and the second plate without being fixed to the first surface and the second surface,

a sheet-shaped member is disposed on a back surface of the display and includes a plurality of holes disposed in the first region, the second region, and the third region,

the sheet-shaped member is so formed that an opening ratio of the holes in the third region is larger than an opening ratio of the holes in the first region and the second region, and

the fixing of the first region and the second region of the display includes fixing the sheet-shaped member disposed on the back surface of the display to the first surface and the second surface, respectively.

6. The manufacturing method according to claim 5 , wherein in a state where the first surface and the second surface set on the jig are oriented downward, the fixing causes the display to be moved from down to up and fixes the display to the first plate and the second plate.

7. A manufacturing method of a portable information device, comprising:

fixing a first region of a display, formed into one sheet shape, to a first surface of a first plate, and fixing a second region of the display to a second surface of a second plate adjacent to the first plate, wherein a third region between the first region and the second region of the display is disposed in a position to straddle adjacent end faces of the first plate and the second plate without being fixed to the first surface and the second surface; and

attaching the first plate to a first chassis and attaching the second plate to a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis and coupled rotatably to the first chassis, wherein

the attaching attaches the second plate to the second chassis in a state of applying, to the third region, a tension in a width direction toward the first region and the second region after attaching the first plate to the first chassis,

a sheet-shaped member is disposed on a back surface of the display and includes a plurality of holes disposed in the first region, the second region, and the third region,

the sheet-shaped member is so formed that an opening ratio of the holes in the third region is larger than an opening ratio of the holes in the first region and the second region, and

the fixing of the first region and the second region of the display includes fixing the sheet-shaped member disposed on the back surface of the display to the first surface and the second surface, respectively.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070269/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2021
From: HORIUCHI, SHIGEHIRO; USHIODA, TATSUYA; KINOSHITA, HIROAKI; YAMAUCHI, TAKEHITO
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 056146/0181 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-84757 · May 13, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210360800A1 · Nov 18, 2021
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