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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2024
Acer Incorporated, New Taipei City, TW;
Yi-Ta Huang, New Taipei City, TW;
Wu-Chen Lee, New Taipei City, TW;
Acer Incorporated, New Tapei City, TW;
Abstract
A foldable electronic device including a first body, a second body, and a hinge module is provided. The hinge module connects the first body and the second body along a pivoting axis such that the first body and the second body relatively rotate to each other to be folded or unfolded via the hinge module. The hinge module includes a latch disposed in the second body, a shaft member positioned in the latch, a torsion member disposed in the first body to move along with the first body and pivotally connected to the shaft member, and a screw member penetrating through a side surface of the second body from outside the second body and extending inside the second body to lock the latch and the shaft member together. A friction force generated by a relative pivoting of the torsion member and the shaft member forms a torsion force of the hinge module. Part of the screw member is exposed on the side surface of the second body.