IP Library Granted Patent US 11,758,672
Granted Patent B2
US 11,758,672 · App. 17/694,963 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Electronic apparatus

Inventor: Takayuki Morino (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H05K5/0226H05K5/0017
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Patent No.
US 11,758,672
App. No.
17/694,963
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis accommodating a first electronic component; a second chassis accommodating a second electronic component; a hinge connecting the first chassis and the second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; and a flexible board connecting the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The flexible board includes a first folded portion that is offset from adjacent ends of the first and second chassis in the direction toward the first chassis, the first folded portion being folded from a first direction, which is directed from the second chassis to the first chassis, to a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.

Claims (44)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first chassis that accommodates a first electronic component;

a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, wherein the second chassis accommodates a second electronic component;

a hinge that connects the first chassis and the second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner between a first posture where the first chassis and the second chassis are stacked to be overlaid in their surface normal directions and a second posture where the first chassis and the second chassis are placed side by side in the direction perpendicular to the surface normal directions;

a flexible board extending over the first chassis and the second chassis to be located across adjacent ends of the first chassis and the second chassis, wherein

the flexible board connects the first electronic component and the second electronic component,

the flexible board includes a first folded portion that is offset from the adjacent ends in a direction toward the first chassis, and

the first folded portion is folded from a first direction, which is directed from the second chassis to the first chassis, to a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; and

a display that extends over the first chassis and the second chassis, and has a bending region that is bent together with a relative rotation between the first chassis and the second chassis, wherein

the first folded portion is folded from the first direction to the second direction while gradually separating away from a rear face of the display, and

the second folded portion is folded from the second direction to the first direction while gradually separating away from the rear face of the display.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the flexible board further includes a second folded portion that is offset from the adjacent ends in the direction toward the second chassis, and

the second folded portion is folded from the second direction to the first direction.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the flexible board further includes a hinge fixing portion located between the first folded portion and the second folded portion, and

the hinge fixing portion is relatively fixed to the hinge.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the flexible board further includes:

a first-chassis fixing portion following the first folded portion folded to the second direction, wherein the first-chassis fixing portion is relatively fixed to the first chassis; and

a second-chassis fixing portion following the second folded portion folded to the first direction, wherein the second-chassis fixing portion is relatively fixed to the second chassis.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the flexible board further includes:

a first bending portion bending, following the first folded portion folded to the second direction, to extend along the adjacent ends; and

a second bending portion bending, following the second folded portion folded to the first direction, to extend along the adjacent ends.

6. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first chassis that accommodates a first electronic component;

a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, wherein the second chassis accommodates a second electronic component;

a hinge that connects the first chassis and the second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner between a first posture where the first chassis and the second chassis are stacked to be overlaid in their surface normal directions and a second posture where the first chassis and the second chassis are placed side by side in the direction perpendicular to the surface normal directions;

a flexible board extending over the first chassis and the second chassis to be located across adjacent ends of the first chassis and the second chassis, wherein

the flexible board connects the first electronic component and the second electronic component,

the flexible board includes:

a first folded portion that is offset from the adjacent ends in the direction toward the first chassis, wherein the first folded portion is folded from a first direction, which is directed from the second chassis to the first chassis, to a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; and

a chassis fixing portion following the first folded portion folded to the second direction, wherein a first chassis fixing portion is relatively fixed to the first chassis; and

a display that extends over the first chassis and the second chassis, and has a bending region that is bent together with a relative rotation between the first chassis and the second chassis, wherein

the first folded portion is folded from the first direction to the second direction while gradually separating away from a rear face of the display, and

the second folded portion is folded from the second direction to the first direction while gradually separating away from the rear face of the display.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the flexible board further includes a hinge fixing portion that is relatively fixed to the hinge, and

the first folded portion is located between the hinge fixing portion and the chassis fixing portion.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the flexible board further includes a bending portion bending, following the first folded portion folded to the second direction, to extend along the adjacent ends.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the flexible board further includes a second folded portion that is offset from the adjacent ends in the direction toward the second chassis, wherein the second folded portion is folded from the second direction to the first direction.

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 070266/0925 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: MORINO, TAKAYUKI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 059281/0610 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-071168 · Apr 20, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220338362A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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