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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2018
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
William Riis Hamburgen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yi Tao, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US);
James Cooper, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Stuart Fitch, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jeffrey Hayashida, San Francisco, CA (US);
Avi Hecht, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lawrence Lam, San Jose, CA (US);
Andreas Nowatzyk, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan Nivet, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kelvin Kwong, San Jose, CA (US);
Kiarash Vakhshouri, San Jose, CA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computing device includes memory configured for storing executable instructions, a processor configured for executing the instructions, a foldable display layer configured for displaying information in response to the execution of the instructions, and a bend limit layer coupled to the foldable display layer and arranged substantially parallel to a display surface of the foldable display layer. The bend limit layer is configured to increase its stiffness non-linearly when a radius of a bend of the bend limit layer is less than a threshold radius of curvature of the foldable display layer, the threshold radius of curvature being greater than 1 mm and less than 20 mm.