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Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2020
Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Davis Ou, New Taipei, TW;

Mike Liu, New Taipei, TW;

Vincent Chien, New Taipei, TW;

Ollie Chen, New Taipei, TW;

Chun Tseng, New Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01);
Abstract

A foldable device may include a foldable layer and a hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism may include a hinge cover fixedly coupled to a hinge base. A plurality of rotation pivots may be rotatably coupled to the hinge base and the hinge cover. A housing of a computing device may be coupled to the rotation pivots, such that, as the rotation pivots rotate into the hinge base and hinge cover, the computing device is unfolded, and as the rotation pivots rotate out of the hinge base and hinge cover, the computing device is folded. Rotation of the rotation pivots into and out of the hinge base and hinge cover may be restricted by one or more stopping mechanisms, so as to maintain a foldable display of the computing device within allowable bending limits.


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