Motorola Mobility LLC

Motorola Corporation

Google Inc.

Steve C Emmert

Alberto R Cavallaro

Thomas E Gitzinger

Christopher P Carlson

Patrick J Cauwels

Roger W Harmon

Jee-Woong Lee

Paul M Pierce

Dickon Isaacs

Mark D Zaveson

Richard John Dombrowski

Daniel P Rodgers

Ryszard J Gordecki

Daniel T Berg

Ruben D Castano

Cheol Woo Park

Maninder Singh Sehmbey

Daniel Philip Groebe

Chad E Davis

Nicholas Alan Fraser

Yongho Lim

Ricardo Eduardo Hugo Flores Meneses

Katherine C Morgenroth

James Sloss

Rachid M Alameh

Christopher A Arnholt

Mohammed Rajeek Abdul-Gaffoor

Hae Rim Jeong

Nicholas Woodley

Mark D Finney

Louis Jerome Lundell

Paul Lynn Fordham

Daniel V Clements

Toshihiro Fujimura

Joel Soto

Greg R Black

Kenneth Allen Paitl

William R Groves

Giles T Davis

John P Boos

Lei Xia

Yong-Ho Lim

Ioannis A Zigras

Phillip R Nensel

James E Wicks

Brett Coakley

Glenn S Schultz

Scott A Puckett

Matthew D Thomas

Dickson Isaacs

Yi-Lin Pei

Display

An electronic device includes a first device housing and a second device housing. A hinge couples the first device housing to the second device housing. The first device housing is pivotable about the hinge relative to the second device housing. The hinge separates a first chamber defined by the first device housing and a second chamber defined by the second device housing. A flexible substrate passes through the first chamber and the second chamber. The flexible substrate spans the hinge, either by passing through or around a hinge housing. The flexible substrate deforms to a curvilinear deformed state within one or both of the first chamber or the second chamber when the first device housing and the second device housing pivot about the hinge from a closed position to an axially displaced open position.

Hinged electronic device with chambers accommodating a dynamic flexible substrate and corresponding systems

An electronic device includes a first device housing and a second device housing that is slidable along the first device housing. The electronic device includes a flexible display and a slider framework fixedly coupled to the first device housing. A display mover slidably couples the flexible display to the slider framework, while a housing mover slidably couples the second device housing to the slider framework. An actuator coupled between the display mover and the housing mover causes the display mover and the housing mover to slide symmetrically in opposite directions along the slider framework when the second device housing slides relative to the first device housing between a closed position and an open position.

Electronic devices with sliding device housings and translating flexible displays and corresponding methods

A wearable electronic device includes an anterior pendant and a posterior pendant. A first neck strap couples a first side of the anterior pendant to the posterior pendant, while a second neck strap couples a second side of the anterior pendant to the posterior pendant. The posterior pendant includes a first single channel posterior audio output delivering a left channel audio signal through a first port and a second single channel posterior audio output delivering a right channel audio signal from a second port. The anterior pendant has a single channel anterior audio output delivering a combined left channel audio signal and right channel audio signal to pull the stereo image defined by the combined acoustic signals toward the anterior pendant.

Wearable audio device with centralized stereo image and corresponding methods

An electronic device includes a first device housing and a second device housing that is slidable relative to the first device housing. A flexible display is supported by a foldable substrate having a first end of the foldable substrate rigidly coupled to the first device housing. A second end of the foldable substrate is rigidly coupled to a tensioner.

Sliding electronic devices with translating flexible displays having rigidly coupled foldable substrates and corresponding methods

An electronic device includes a first device housing coupled to a second device housing by a hinge. A heat spreader is coupled to the first device housing and the second device housing and spans the hinge. A flexible display coupled to the first device housing and the second device housing and spans the hinge. The heat spreader and the flexible display can be coupled to the first device housing and the second device housing, respectively, at different locations. Alternatively, the flexible display can be coupled to the heat spreader at a location that is collocated with the location at which the heat spreader is coupled to the first device housing and the second device housing, respectively.

Hinged electronic device with flexible display and heat spreader

An electronic device has a device housing and a unitary pre-formed fascia coupled to, and wrapping around at least two sides of, the device housing. The electronic device can be manufactured by loading a unitary glass fascia to cause at least two surfaces of the unitary glass fascia to separate, positioning a device housing within the unitary glass fascia while the unitary glass fascia is loaded, and unloading the unitary glass fascia to cause the at least two surfaces of the unitary glass fascia to narrow, thereby causing the unitary glass fascia to span at least two sides of the device housing.

Unitary pre-formed fascia spanning at least two sides of an electronic device housing and corresponding methods and devices

An electronic device includes a first device housing and a second device housing. Each can optionally define a linear recess. A hinge couples the first device housing to the second device housing. The first device housing is pivotable about the hinge relative to the second device housing. A flexible display is situated in the linear recess, where included, and spans the hinge. The hinge includes a cam, a first support plate pivotally coupled to a first side of the cam, and a second support plate pivotally coupled to a second side of the cam. The first support plate, the cam, and the second support plate bridge the linear recess of each device housing when the electronic device is in an axially displaced open position, but define boundaries within which the flexible display defines a service loop when the electronic device is in a closed position.

Hinged electronic device with moving support plates for a flexible display and corresponding systems

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